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731. JEREMIAH NILEs POTTER, born Oct. 10, I796 ; died June 15, 1798.

732. ELIZABETH S. POTTER, born May 15, 1798; died May 14, I799.

733. NILES POTTER, born Aug. 31, 1800; died Jan. 1864; married XII/lira Faler. 734. SARAH POTTER, born Aug. 19, 1802; married, in 1822, Stephen Ayranlt RoAinIon. 735. ASA N. POTTER, born April 27, 1806.

CHILD OF SECOND MARRIAGE

736. ALICE POTTER, born Jan 16, 1822; died May 12, 184.7 ; married Benjamin Baltb,’ of Provi- dence, Rhode Island.

§ 395. THOMAS G. HAZARD, 6 (Thomas Hazard,5 ; George,4; Thomas, 3; Robert, 2; Thomas, I), died October 27, 1833; married Patience Borden, of Fall River.

CHILDREN

737. JOHN A. HAZARD, born April 11, 1804.; died March 28, 1877; married, Sept. 4, 1839, Pam Sfiafia/J.

738. WILLIAM HAZARD, born Oct. 30, I805 ; married Harriet Brenton.

739. THOMAS G. HAZARD, born Nov. 6, 1807 ; died Dec. 20, 1866 ; married, lst, Mary, daughter of Thoma; Hall Hazard, March 16, 184.1 ; 2d, Oct. 15, 1861, Saran, daughter of Tboma: H. Hazard, and widow of George Congdon.

74o. MARY E. HAZARD, born April 28, 1810 ; died Feb. 4., 1893.

741. GEORGE BORDEN HAZARD, born Dec. 25, 1813; married, Ist, Martba Clarke,- 2d, Phebe Read.

742. ENOCH HAZARD, born June 22, 1815 ; died March 3, 1854..

74.3. RUTI—I HAZARD, born June 30, 1817 ; died Feb. 13, 1888; married Lather Batman. 74.4. BENJAMIN HAZARD, born Nov. 15, 1819 ; married Hanna}; Davenport.

745. ISAAC HAZARD, born Jan. 31, 1823.

§396. BENJAMIN HAZARD, 6 (Thomas G., 5; George, 4; Thomas, 3; Robert, 2 ; Thomas, 1), was born September 9, 1774; he died March 10, 1841. He graduated from Brown University in 1792, and was admitted to the bar in 1796. He began the practice of law in Newport, and followed his profession there with honor for the rest of his life. In 1809, he was elected a Representa— tive to the General Assembly, and continued a member of the House until I 840. A contemporary says, “His ability was marked, and his integrity never ques- tioned.” William Hunter, in a communication to Mr. Wilkins Updike, says: “There is one individual belonging to this numerous, wide—spread and highly respecta- ble race (the Hazard family), who is deserving of particular notice and regard. We refer to the late Honble Benjamin Hazard. . . . The ancient Constitution of Rhode Island, formed out of the provisions of its admirable Charter, was the most democratic, perhaps, that ever existed. It required a semi—annual eleétion of Representatives tO the General Assembly. Mr. Hazard was a Representative from the town of Newport in the General Assembly for thirty—one years, and, of ,- course, was subjected to the ordeal of sixty—two popular elections; a singular proof Of the enlightened stability of his constituents, of his general high desert, and his peculiar fitness for this important office. This fact, independent of: all ot ers,