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- THOMAS HAZARD, the progenitor of the Hazard family in the United Statesof America, was born in 1610; he died in 1680; he married, 1st, Martha(???), who died in 1669. He married, 2d, Martha, widow of Thomas Sheriff;she died in 1691. His name is first found in Boston, Massachusetts, in1635. In 1638, March 25, he was admitted freeman of Boston. Two yearslater he was admitted freeman of Portsmouth, Rhode Island. In 1639, April28, he and eight others signed the following contract, preparatory to thesettlement of Newport, Rhode Island: 'It is agreed by us whose hands areunderwritten to propagate a plantation in the midst of the island orelsewhere, and to engage ourselves to bear equal charge, answerable toour strength and estates, in common, and that our determination shall beby major voice of judge and elders, the judge to have a double voice.'The founders and first officers of the town of Newport were WilliamCoddington, Judge; Nicholas Easton, John Coggeshall, William Brenton,John Clarke, Jeremy Clarke, Thomas Hazard, and Henry Bull, Elders;William Dyre, Clerk. In 1639, June 5, he was named one of fourproportioners of land in Newport, any three of whom might proportion it;'the company laying it forth to have 4d. an acre for every acre laid.'September 2, 1639, he was admitted freeman of Newport, and in 1640, March12, he was appointed a member of the General Court of Elections. In 1665,he was for a short time in Newtown, Long Island. In his will, proved1680, his wife Martha, whom he calls his 'beloved yokefellow,' is soleexecutrix, and he gives her 'all movable and immovable estate, ashousing, goods, cattle, and chattels, etc.' To his son Robert he gives1s. To his daughters, Hannah Wilcox and Martha Potter, wife of IchabodPotter, 1s. There is a long line of descendants from this daughterMartha, and Ichabod Potter, with frequent intermarriages in the Hazardfamily. In the early history of the family it was almost an exception tofind a Hazard who did not marry a cousin, and it is a curious fact thatthe lines in which these marriages were the most frequent, were oftenmarked by the strongest men and women, both mentally and physically. Of Boston 1635, Newport 1639. He m. 2nd, Martha Sherriff (Shrieve) widowof Thomas. Ship Carpenter, surveyor & planter. 1635, Came to Boston, Ma from England with 1st wife Martha & son Robert. 1636, Admitted Freeman at Boston, Ma. 1638, Admitted Freeman at Portsmouth, RI. 1639, Signer of Compact for settlement of Newport, RI. 1640, Member of General Court of Elections. 1652, One of founders of Newtown, Long Island, NY. 1652-55, Magistrate under the Dutch. 1654, Member of Governor's Council. 1655, Returned to Portsmouth, RI, but reappeared at Newtown, Long Island,NY 1656 & 65.
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1610 - 1680 (70 years)