THIRD GENERATION 9 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     1708, he bought two parcels of land from Benedict Arnold, one containing one 
     
    

    
     hundred and sixty acres and the other twenty- six acres. This last purchase was 
     
    

    
     what ls called Little Neck Farm, and was afterwards given to his son George. In 
     
    

    
     1727 he bought of Samuel Vial six hundred and sixty acres in Boston Neck, and 
     
    

    
     1n 1738, eight hundred acres of Francis Brinley, adjoining the above purchase. Be— 
     
    

    
     sides these lands, he at different times bought small pleces ofland varymg from 
     
    

    
     ten rods to twenty—five acres, in different parts of the town. The whole amount 
     
    

    
     of his land, including land that he mentions in a deed as “coming to me by 1n- 
     
    

    
     heritance,” amounted to something less than four thousand acres. 
     
    

    
     The greater part of his land, he, according to the custom of the day, gave to 
     
    

    
     his sons before his death; and as each son attained his majority he was given, 
     
    

    
     “for natural aneétion, ’ and, as sometimes was added,‘ ‘valuable consideration,” 
     
    

    
     a farm of several hundred acres. On most of these farms thus given away were 
     
    

    
     dwelling houses, out—buildings, and orchards. In his will he mentions no land, 
     
    

    
     with the exception of three hundred and sixteen acres that he gave to his grand~ 
     
    

    
     son and Fones Hazard, son of his deceased son, Stephen. The inventory of his 
     
    

    
     personal estate shows no list Ofcattle and slaves, as is shown in the inventories of 
     
    

    
     the estates of his brothers, all of whom, except Jeremiah, the youngest, he outlived. 
     
    

    
     The inventory shows about £3,785. A few hundred pounds went to his daughters 
     
    

    
     and granddaughters, and the rest to his son Robert, who was named residuary 
     
    

    
     legatee. The manor—house and homestead farm also, not having been given away, 
     
    

    
     became Robert’s. In the early part of the present century the old house was still 
     
    

    
     standing, not far from that now owned and occupied by Thomas G. Hazard, a 
     
    

    
     lineal descendant of Thomas Hazard, [3]. 
     
    

    
     Thomas Hazard divided his Ecston Neck land by deeds to his sons thus, be— 
     
    

    
     ginning north. 
     
    

    
     Benjamin, three hundred and thirty acres [now called the Jencks farm]; Jonathan, 
     
    

    
     three hundred acres [Governor Brown farm], and two hundred and nine acres 
     
    

    
     [John J. Watson farmJ; Robert, two hundred acres [the Updike farmJ; George, 
     
    

    
     two hundred acres [Thomas G. Hazard farm], and two hundred and nine acres 
     
    

    
     [Thomas M. Potter farm]. 
     
    

    
     He married, it is supposed, Susannah Nichols ; she died before him. 
     
    

    
     CHILDREN 
     
    

    
     39. MARY HAZARD, born Oct. 3, 1683; married, Ist, 370572 Roéimm, son of Row/am! Rafiimm and 
     
     Mary; married, 2d, Peter Earle”, 5011 of 3917713; Early”. 
     
    

    
     40. HANNAH HAZARD, born April II, 1685; married Nit/1014: Eartm, son of fame; Eaitm. 
     
    

    
     4I. SARAH HAZARD, born July 5, I687; married Step/9m E41107], son of yamer Eartzm. 
     
    

    
     42. ROBERT HAZARD, born May 23, I 689; married Saralz Bara’m, daughter ofRz't/mrd and InnocentBordtfl. 
     
    

    
     43. THOMAS HAZARD, born May II, 1691; died before his father. Tradition says that he married a 
     
     member of the Eartofl family. 
     
    

    
     44. STEPHEN HAZARD, born June 13, 1693; married Margaret Fofler. 
     
    

    
     45. JEREMIAH HAZARD, born June 5, I697; He was admitted freeman from the town of Kingstown 
     
     in 1722. In 1733, he sold to his brothers Robert and George, the land given to him by his 
     
    
   
   
    
     father Thomas. The land sold is the farm now owned by W. B. Weeden in Matunuc. Jeremiah 
     
    
   
   
    
     is mentioned in his father’s will as having already had his share of his estate. 
     
     46.