FIFTH GENERATION 69 session ofa grand-nephew in Westerly, Rhode Island. It was painted in Rome, about 1776. At the beginning of the War for Independence, he offered his ser— vices to the Colony; but asking for the same rank as that which he held in the British Navy, and being refused, he remained in the service of the English. Some time afterwards his vessel was captured by a Yankee privateer. The Ameri- can vessel, having guns of longer range, and being much the faster of the two, was easily able to capture the British vessel. Upon the arrival of the prisoners in Newport, there was some embarrassment amongst the men in authority (all his old friends, and some of them relations), to know what to do with Captain Hazard, as they did not like to place him in confinement. He, however, solved the problem by asking to be sent to Narragansett, on his parole, to the house of his sister, the wife of Doctor Robert Hazard, promising not to leave the garden of the house until he was exchanged. This promise he faithfully kept. In this conneétion is the following story: One morning, standing at the gate and seeing a travel— stained sailor gomg by, he hailed the man, asking if he was hungry, and being answered in the affirmative, Captain Hazard invited him into the house, and gave him a plentiful breakfast. He then asked the man if he had any money, and for answer the sailor turned his pocket inside out. Captain Hazard, putting his hand in his own pocket, took out two silver dollars, and said, “This is all the money I have; I will divide with you.” This he did, and, giving the sailor one dollar, he then accompanied him to the gate, and said, “I can go no farther; my word of honour keeps me inside the gate.” Captain Hazard was rather a dandy in personal habits and dress, wearing fine lace ruffles on his shirt and at his wrists. Like the majority of the fine gentle- men of the day, he took snuff, and carried a gold and tortoise—shell box, and when in the performance of this duty, he always bent his head far forward, in order to prevent the least particle of snuff from soiling his fine ruffles. At one time, during an engagement between his vessel and the enemy, he took out his box, and taking a pinch of snuff, bent his head far forward. At that moment a shot from the enemy 3 guns passed over his head, and killed a man standing just behind him. This is, possibly, the only instance in history where a pinch of snuff has saved an officer 3 life or killed a man. He married, Julyg ,1785, Elizabeth Wickham. She died September 22,1801. They had but one child, who died in infancy. §27I- SAMUEL HAZARD, 5 (Samuel, 4.; Stephen, 3 , Robert, 2; Thomas, I), was born about 1730; he died previous to 1788. He was one of those who, in 1779, were sent out of the Narragansett country for giving aid to the enemy. His estate was not confiscated, and he was allowed to return to his home, on giving his promise to be loyal to the American interests. He married Catharine CHILDREN 557. SAMUEL HAZARD. 558.