Abigail Hazard

1759–before 1788 (Age 29)
West Greenwich, Kent, Rhode Island, United States

The Life Summary of Abigail

When Abigail Hazard was born in 1759, in West Greenwich, Kent, Rhode Island, United States, her father, Robert Hazard IV, was 31 and her mother, Alice Aylce Thomas, was 25. She married Jared Bailey on 10 September 1780, in West Greenwich, Kent, Rhode Island, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. She died before 1788, in her hometown, at the age of 28.

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Family Time Line

Jared Bailey
1758–1839
Abigail Hazard
1759–1788
Marriage: 10 September 1780
George Bailey
1781–
Mary Bailey
1783–

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    10 September 1780West Greenwich, Kent, Rhode Island, United States
    • Children

    (2)

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings

    (6)

    +1 More Child

    World Events (4)

    1776
    Age 17
    Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
    1776 · Rhode Island Declares Independence
    Age 17
    Rhode Island declares independence from Great Britain on May 4, 1776, making it the first colony to do so officially.
    1781 · The First Constitution
    Age 22
    Serving the newly created United States of America as the first constitution, the Articles of Confederation were an agreement among the 13 original states preserving the independence and sovereignty of the states. But with a limited central government, the Constitutional Convention came together to replace the Articles of Confederation with a more established Constitution and central government on where the states can be represented and voice their concerns and comments to build up the nation.

    Name Meaning

    English: Anglo-Norman French variant of Hansard .English and French: nickname from Old French, Middle English hasard, hazard ‘game of dice’, perhaps given to a player at hazard, i.e. a gambler, trickster, or rascal. The word probably derives from Arabic az-zahr, from az, assimilated form of the definite article al, + zahr ‘die’. It appears to have been picked up in the Holy Land and brought back to Europe by Provençal crusaders.English: possibly in some instances of Flemish origin, a nickname from Middle Dutch hasart ‘hare’.

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

    Possible Related Names

    Hassard
    Hazzard
    Hansard

    Sources (3)

    • Abigal Hassard, "Rhode Island Births and Christenings, 1600-1914"
    • Abigail Haszard, "Rhode Island, Marriages, 1724-1916"
    • Book, "The Hazard Family of Rhode Island" by Caroline E Robinson, 1896

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