Person:Benjamin Hazard (4)
Hon. Benjamin Hazard
b.18 Sep 1770 Middletown, Newport, Rhode Island, United States
d.10 Mar 1841 Newport, Newport, Rhode Island, United States
Parents and Siblings
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m. Abt 1760
  1. George P. Hazard1763 - 1839
  2. Jonathan Easton HazardAbt 1764 - 1840
  3. Hon. Benjamin Hazard1770 - 1841
  4. Dr. Enoch Hazard
  5. Ruth Hazard - 1806
Spouse and Children
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  • H.  Hon. Benjamin Hazard1770 - 1841
  • W.  Harriet Lyman1784 - 1875
  1. Margaret Lyman Hazard1817 - 1913
  2. Thomas G. Hazard
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Facts and Events
Name Hon. Benjamin Hazard
Gender Male
Birth[3] 18 Sep 1770 Middletown, Newport, Rhode Island, United States
Marriage to Harriet Lyman
Death[1] 10 Mar 1841 Newport, Newport, Rhode Island, United States
Reference Number? Q4888800?


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Benjamin Hazard (1774–1841) was a Rhode Island legislator, attorney and member of the Hartford Convention.

Hazard was born on September 9, 1774 in Middletown, Rhode Island. He graduated from Brown University in the class of 1792 and later married Harriet Lyman, daughter of Daniel Lyman and Mary Wanton. Hazard then studied the law, and was admitted to the bar in 1796 and started a law practice in Newport, Rhode Island. In 1809, he was first elected a Representative from Newport and served as Speaker of the House from October 1816, to May 1818. Hazard retired from the Rhode Island General Assembly in 1840. He died in his Wanton-Lyman-Hazard House on March 10, 1841. Hazard was an active member of Trinity Church in Newport. Mentioned in will of brother George P. Hazard.

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References
  1. ↑ The Newport Mercury
    13 Mar 1841.

    On Wednesday morning, after a lingering illness, Hon. Benjamin Hazard, aged 68 years. ...

  2.   Rhode Island Historical Cemetery Commission.

    HAZARD, Benjamin O. B., Hon. 1775c - 1841 NT001

  3. ↑ Benjamin Hazard, in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia.
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