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Note for: Abraham Bronson, ABT 1647 - 27 Jun 1719 Index

Christening:
     Date:   28 Nov 1647
     Place:   Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States

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Note for: Roger Bronson, 1601 - ABT 1602 Index

Christening:
     Date:   12 Jul 1601
     Place:   , Lamarsh, Essex, England, United Kingdom

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Note for: Edith Bronson, 1605 - 1627 Index

Christening:
     Date:   13 Jan 1605
     Place:   , Lamarsh, Essex, England, United Kingdom

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Note for: Cornelius Bronson, 1609 - 8 Mar 1656/1657 Index

Christening:
     Date:   18 Feb 1609/1610
     Place:   , Earls Colone, Essex, England, United Kingdom

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Note for: Alice Bronson, 1612 - 30 Aug 1612 Index

Christening:
     Date:   22 Aug 1612
     Place:   , Earls Colone, Essex, England, United Kingdom

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Note for: Richard Bronson, 1615 - 26 Sep 1687 Index

Christening:
     Date:   23 Aug 1615
     Place:   , Earls Colone, Essex, England, United Kingdom

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Note for: Elizabeth Bronson, 1617 - 24 May 1618 Index

Christening:
     Date:   23 Mar 1617
     Place:   , Earls Colone, Essex, England, United Kingdom

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Note for: John Bronson, ABT 1548 - Index

Burial:
     Date:   4 Feb 1622/1623
     Place:   , Earls Colone, Essex, England, United Kingdom

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Note for: Mrs Joan Bronson, ABT 1552 - Index

Burial:
     Date:   11 Feb 1616/1617
     Place:   , Earls Colone, Essex, England, United Kingdom

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Note for: Robert Hazard, 1635 - 1710 Index

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REFN: 8QTD-16From: The Hazard Family of Rhode Island 1635-1894 byCaroline E . Robinson. 1895. pp. 3-5

THE HAZARD FAMILY

Second Generation

Robert Hazard 2 (Thomas, I) was born 1635; he died 1710. In 166 5 he wasadmitted freeman of Portsmouth, Rhode Island. From thi s time until 1698his name often appears in the Colonial record s as chosen to fill someimportant position. In 1658, he sold Jo hn Roome, of Portsmouth, all hisinterest in Conanicut and Dutc h Island. In 1667, the court at Plymouthordered, in referenc e to a controversy between the English and theIndians about bou nds in Dartmouth, that in caseRobert Hazard, of RhodeIsland, co uld be procured, he should run the lines, etc. In 1670, he was juryman. In 1671, he bought five hundred acres of land in Kin gstown,of the Pettaquamscutt purchasers.
In 1676, he and three others of Portsmouth were a committee orde red bythe Assembly to appoint their own men as keepers of India ns above twelveyears of age.
The Indians were to have "a sufficient place of security." An y masteroffending was to pay a fine of 5. In 1676, Robert Haz ard was on acommittee to procure boats for the colony's defenc e "for the present,and there to be four boats with five or si x men each." At the same datehe and three others were empowere d to take exact account of all theinhabitants on the island, "E nglish, Negroes and Indians, and make alist of the same, and al so take exact account how all persons areprovided with corn, gu ns, powder, shot and lead." A barrel of powderwas put in charg e of himself and three others, and two great guns in theyard o f the late William Brenton, were to be impressed into the country's service and carried to Portsmouth, and placed, one "in the F erryNeck and one near the house of John Borden." Robert Hazar d and threeothers were to see that the guns were set on carriag es and fitted forservice.
In 1676, also, he was appointed as commissioner to take care o f andorder the several watches and wards on the island, and app oint theplaces.
In 1687, he was taxed 11 s 7d in Kingstown. Not long after thi s date,he built his house in Kingstown, which was still standin g in the earlypart of the present century. It was on the sit e where now stands thehouse owned and occupied by the daughter s of William Watson, Esqr., inthe village of Mooresfield. Th e old house was very large, ---- possiblythe largest in the tow n, not only at that time but for many yearsafter. A well authe nticated story is told of Dr. William Shaw, who,being called i n to attend a sick person in the house, drove into theback yard , and entered the house by the kitchen door. When he went out, he asked if the family always walked from the front door to th e rearof the house, or did they have some conveyance? The el l was longer thanthe main body of the house, and in this ell wa s a capacious chimney.Inside the chimney were two stone seats , where, tradition says, thelittle slave children were wont t o sit; the heat from the big oak-logsbeing no bad substitute fo r the hot sands of Africa.
In 1695, Robert Hazard gave to his son George the larger part o f hisPettaquamscutt purchase. The deed runs: " I, Robert Hazar d, late ofPortsmouth, now of Kingstown, alias Rochester, for th e natural affectionthat I have unto my son George .. Have give n to him all my whole rightand interest in or to the farm I liv e on now, by virtue of a deed fromthe whole Company of Purchase rs, as may appear by a deed given undertheir hand. Said farm c ontains five hundred acres of land, more orless, bounded as i n my original deed from aforesaid purchasers. Only I,said Robe rt Hazard, do reserve one hundred and twenty acres, and my nowd welling-house." The boundaries mention big rock in the boundar y line,about ten feet high. This rock is still to be seen i n a substantialstone wall, and gave rise to the familiar name o f his grandson Robert,who was called "Roc" Robert. This was al so his signature, Robert Roc[his mark] Hazard.
In 1710, a short time before his death, Robert sold the remainin g partof his farm, with " my manor house where I now live," t o his son Robert(for 300, current money), who, in 1718, gave i t by will to his sonRobert, after his mother's death; making th ree Roberts who hassuccessively owned and occupied the old hous e. The last, upon the deathof his mother in 1739, sold to hi s uncle George the remaining part ofthe farm. He in his turn g ave the whole farm to his son, Col. ThomasHazard, by will, in 1 743. Col. Thomas, in 1748, sold it to John Rose.And thus, aft er sixty years, the old homestead passed out of thepossession o f the Hazard family.
Previous to the deed of gift to his son George, Robert had, in 1 692,given to his son Stephen "all rights and interests in lan d belonging toPoint Judith Neck, being ye seventh part of yesam e, excepting onehundred acres and Little Neck, so called, nex t Boston neck."
In 1695, he also gave his son Jeremiah two hundred acres of lan d inTiverton; and that his eldest son Thomas had land given t o him by hisfather, is proved by the fact that in his will he s ays, " land that cameto me by inheritance from my father, Rober t Hazard."By these deeds itwould seem that Robert Hazard owne d more than one thousand acres of land.
Robert married Mary Brownell, daughter of Thomas and Anne Browne ll. Shewas born in 1639, and died in 1739, being exactly one h undred years ofage. In an old copy of the Boston Gazette, date d Feb. 12 1739, is foundthe following notice: "Newport, Feb. 9 . Mrs. Mary Hazard, widow of Mr.Robert Hazard, of South Kingsto n, and Grand Mother to the deceasedGeorge Hazard, Esq., late De puty Governor of Rhode Island, departed thislife the 28th day o f January last, in the Hundredth Year of her age, whowas decent ly interr'd the Wednesday following. She had 500 Children,Gran d Children, and Great Grand Children, and left behind her now living two hundred and five of the aforesaid number. She was acco unted avery useful Gentlewoman both to the Poor and Rich on man y accounts, andparticularly amongst Sick Persons for her Skil l & Judgement, which shedid Gratis."