George Hazard (9 October 1700 - 1738) was a deputy governor of the

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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

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, and his great grandfather was

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who settled in Portsmouth by way of

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. 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. In 1734 he was elected as Deputy Governor of the colony, serving until his death in 1738. In 1733 Hazard paid £1,000 to his father for a farm called the "Foddering Place," and built a large mansion house there. In his will he left this farm to his son, also named George Hazard, who would become the Mayor of Newport Another son, Carder Hazard, served on the

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. 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. The couple had seven children. Hazard's mother, Penelope Arnold, was a daughter of Caleb and Abigail (Wilbur) Arnold, and a granddaughter of Governor

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, and of Samuel Wilbur, Jr. She was also a great granddaughter of two signers of the

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, John Porter and Samuel Wilbore. Hazard's first cousin,

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, later became deputy governor of the colony.

Ancestry

Most of the given ancestry of Hazard is found in John O. Austin's ''Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island''. The early Brownell line is found online.

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State list of lieutenant governors of Rhode Island
{{DEFAULTSORT:Hazard, George 1700 births 1738 deaths American people of English descent People from South Kingstown, Rhode Island People of colonial Rhode Island Hazard family of Rhode Island

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