Robert Hazard (12 September 1702 – 1751) was a
deputy governor of the
Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations.
Early life
Hazard was the son of Stephen Hazard of South Kingstown in the Rhode Island colony, his grandfather was Robert Hazard of
Portsmouth, Rhode Island
Portsmouth is a town in Newport County, Rhode Island, United States. The population was 17,871 at the 2020 U.S. census. Portsmouth is the second-oldest municipality in Rhode Island, after Providence; it was one of the four colonies which merged ...
, and his great grandfather was
Thomas Hazard who settled in Portsmouth by way of
Boston
Boston (), officially the City of Boston, is the state capital and most populous city of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, as well as the cultural and financial center of the New England region of the United States. It is the 24th- mo ...
. Hazard was a first cousin of
George Hazard
George Hazard (9 October 1700 - 1738) was a deputy governor of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations.
Life
George Hazard was the son of George and Penelope (Arnold) Hazard of South Kingstown in the Rhode Island colony. His g ...
who was an earlier deputy governor of the colony.
Career
Robert Hazard became a freeman of South Kingstown in 1722. In 1734, he became a Deputy in Rhode Island's General Assembly, which position he held through 1749. In 1750, he was elected Deputy Governor of the colony, serving for less than a full one-year term, from May 1750 until his death in 1751.
Hazard lived at
Point Judith, at the southern extreme of South Kingstown, on land that he inherited from his father.
Personal life
He married Esther, the daughter of Joseph and Esther (Gallup) Stanton. Together, they were the parents of nine children, including Joseph, Elizabeth, Esther, Stephen, Robert, Samuel, Hannah, Joshua, Stanton.
His eldest son, Joseph Hazard, married Hannah Nichols, the daughter of Deputy Governor
Jonathan Nichols.
See also
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List of lieutenant governors of Rhode Island
The current lieutenant governor of Rhode Island is Sabina Matos, who was sworn in on April 14, 2021, after Daniel McKee succeeded to the office of governor. The first lieutenant governor was George Brown.
In Rhode Island, the lieutenant gove ...
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List of colonial governors of Rhode Island
This is a list of the judges, presidents, and governors of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations from 1638 to 1776.
Governor of Providence
*Roger Williams June 1636 - September 1644
Judges of Portsmouth
*William Coddington 7 ...
References
Bibliography
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Further reading
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External links
State list of lieutenant governors of Rhode Island
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1702 births
1751 deaths
American people of English descent
People from South Kingstown, Rhode Island
People from colonial Rhode Island
Hazard family of Rhode Island