I am trying to find our more information on a Robert Hazard that bought some of the first land in Dunham in 1804. He died in 1836 in Dunham and left his farm to his son Potter. He also had a son Robert who married Phebe Wing in the early 1800's. They had a number of children. One of which was a Thomas Robert Hazard who married Ann Cook and later married a Mary Jane Peters the daughter of Isaac Peters and Nancy Garfield. Thomas Robert died a few years later and Mary Jane gave up her children Grace and Gertrude up for adoption and later married a man by the name of Burbank. I am interested in any info. that might be found out about both families. The Hazard family I know came from Rhode Island but Thomas Robert Hazard is a very common name in Rhode Island. I believe he may have been married to a Mary Slokum . I have very little info. on Issac Peters other than census records.
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Laurie,Potter Hazard married Edith Edwina Westover in Richford,Vt. March 21, 1887. Edith died Oct. 11, 1899 while living in Sutton, Que. but I do not know where she is buried. Her parents are John Sylvester Westover and Clotilda Darrah. I do not know her date of birth but it was about 1868 according to the 1871 census . She had a brother Henry (my ancestor) and a sister Henrietta,they were twins.Please let me know if you ever find out where she is buried.I do not know anymore about Potter.
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Hi, my great grandmother is the daughter of Thomas and Anna Cook Hazzard.Her name is Diana Hazzard and married 1st.Daniel W. Abel,after his death she married Victor Mason and Diana is buried in the Pine grove Cemetery in Newport, Vermont. Gloria
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Might you have a Carpenter family member somewhere?
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Looking for Carpenter/Hazzard relations..Brome
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Robert Hazard (Sr), his wife Mary Slokum and their son, Potter, are buried in a tiny graveyard in a field on Russell Road, East Dunham, Qc, on their original homestead land. They died one day apart in 1836 (Dec. 19th and 20th respectively). The graveyard is maintained by the Missisquoi Historical Society. Robert Hazard Jr and his wife Phoebe Wing are buried in the All Saints Anglican Cemetery in the village of Dunham, as are their children Robert (3rd) and Sarah Hazard Selby. I know that Robert Jr also had a son named after his brother, Potter, but don't have info this younger Potter.
Robert Sr and Mary had 3 other children who all married siblings of the Thomas family of Rhode Island before emigrating all together to this area of Canada: Desire Hazard m Peleg Thomas, Thomas Hazard m. Deborah Thomas, Elizabeth Hazard m. Jeffrey Thomas. I believe that Potter Sr married very late in life to Lucy Malvina Clark - 35 yrs his junior. She is buried in the Abbot's Corner Cemetery.
The name Potter seems to originate from a Martha Potter, first wife of Thomas Hazard of Rhode Island - her death sometime before 1675, as that is the year he remarried to Martha Sheriff.
I guided graveyard tours for the MHS (mentioned above) back in the early 2000's. The Hazard was one of the most interesting albeit one of the smallest. Anne
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I believe that my Potter is the son of Thomas Hazard and Ann Cook and I think Thomas was the son of Robert Jr. Thank you very much for your reply.You must have loved that job! thanks Gail
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Anne, I have been conducting research on my wife's family for some time now, and I believe she is descended from Potter Hazard [1825-1901] (son of Robert Hazard Jr. and Phoebe Wing) and Elizabeth Grimble [1835-1911]. I'm very interested in any additional information you may have on the Hazards, and what your sources are. I have not been able to trace beyond Robert Hazard Sr. and Mary Slokum either. Any help would be much appreciated. Thank you for your time, Paul J. Mohler
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Hi Paul,
I am related to Potter Hazard and Elizabeth Grimble through their daughter Alice Hazard Spicer. Alice is my great grandmother.
How is your wife related?
Shirley
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Hi Shirley, Thank you for your reply. I've already taken the time to peruse your tree. My wife is descended from John Hazard and his wife Clara Barber. I believe John would have been one of Alice's older brothers. John and Clara are my wife's great-grandparents. Paul
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