George Hazard

George Hazard was the son of George and Penelope (Arnold) Hazard of South Kingstown in the Rhode Island colony. His grandfather was Robert Hazard of Portsmouth, and his great grandfather was Thomas Hazard who settled in Portsmouth by way of Boston.{{Sfn|Austin|1887|pp=320–1}} The subject George Hazard became a freeman of South Kingstown in 1721, a Deputy in 1729, serving for five years in that capacity, and in 1733 was Speaker of the House of Deputies.{{Sfn|Robinson|1895|p=24}} In 1734 he was elected as Deputy Governor of the colony, serving until his death in 1738.{{Sfn|Robinson|1895|p=24}}

In 1733 Hazard paid £1,000 to his father for a farm called the "Foddering Place," and built a large mansion house there.{{Sfn|Robinson|1895|p=24}} In his will he left this farm to his son, also named George Hazard, who would become the Mayor of Newport{{Sfn|Robinson|1895|p=25}} Another son, Carder Hazard, served on the Rhode Island Supreme Court.

Hazard's wife, Sarah, the daughter of James and Mary (Whipple) Carder, also died in 1738, shortly after Hazard's death which was likely in the spring of 1738, since his will was recorded on 22 May of that year.{{Sfn|Robinson|1895|pp=24–25}} The couple had seven children. Hazard's mother, Penelope Arnold, was a daughter of Caleb and Abigail (Wilbur) Arnold, and a granddaughter of Governor Benedict Arnold, and of Samuel Wilbur, Jr.{{Sfn|Robinson|1895|p=11}} She was also a great granddaughter of two signers of the Portsmouth Compact, John Porter and Samuel Wilbore. Hazard's first cousin, Robert Hazard, later became deputy governor of the colony.

Most of the given ancestry of Hazard is found in John O. Austin's Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island.{{Sfn|Austin|1887|pp=320–1}} The early Brownell line is found online.{{cite web|title=Brownell Family|url=http://brownellfamily.rootsweb.ancestry.com/brownellsarrive.html|access-date=18 December 2011}}

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|1= 1. George Hazard (1700-1738)

|2= 2. George Hazard (died 1743)

|3= 3. Penelope Arnold (1669-after 1742)

|4= 4. Robert Hazard (1635-c.1710)

|5= 5. Mary Brownell (1639-1739)

|6= 6. Caleb Arnold (1644-1719)

|7= 7. Abigail Wilbur (c.1646-1730)

|8= 8. Thomas Hazard (by 1610-after 1677)

|9= 9. Martha

|10= 10. Thomas Brownell (1608 - 1665)

|11= 11. Anne Bourne (1607 - after 1665)

|12= 12. Benedict Arnold (1615–1678)

|13= 13. Damaris Westcott (1621 – after 1678)

|14= 14. Samuel Wilbur, Jr. (1622 - 1697?)

|15= 15. Hannah Porter (died 1722)

|20= 20. possibly Robert Brownell

|21= 21. possibly Mary Wilson

|22= 22. possibly Richard Bourne

|23= 23. possibly Judith Cowper

|24= 24. William Arnold (1587–1676)

|25= 25. Christian Peake (1584- c. 1659)

|26= 26. Stukeley Westcott (1592–1677)

|27= 27. Juliann Marchante (born c. 1600)

|28= 28. Samuel Wilbore (c.1595-1656)

|29= 29. Ann Smith

|30= 30. John Porter (c.1605-after 1674)

|31= 31. Margaret (Lang) Odding

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{{Reflist}}

• {{Cite book|last=Austin |first=John Osborne | authorlink = John Osborne Austin | title=Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island|place=Albany, New York |publisher=J. Munsell's Sons|isbn=978-0-8063-0006-1 |year=1887 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LA7ntaS11ocC&q=abbott%2C+daniel+235}}
• {{Cite book|title=The Hazard Family of Rhode Island, 1635 - 1894|publisher=Published by the author.|last=Robinson |first=Caroline Elizabeth |year=1895 |place=Boston |url=https://archive.org/details/hazardfamilyofrh00byurobi|page=[https://archive.org/details/hazardfamilyofrh00byurobi/page/166 166]}}

• {{cite book|last=Bicknell |first=Thomas Williams |title=The History of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations |year=1920 |volume=3 |publisher=The American Historical Society |place=New York |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TF0EAAAAYAAJ&q=Greene |access-date=2011-03-30}}

• [http://sos.ri.gov/library/history/ltgovernors/ State list of lieutenant governors of Rhode Island]

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