Brief Life History of Abigail
When Abigail Hazard was born on 4 January 1762, in West Greenwich, Kent, Rhode Island, British Colonial America, her father, Robert Hazard IV, was 33 and her mother, Alice Aylce Thomas, was 31. 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 West Greenwich, Kent, Rhode Island, United States.
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- Abigail Haszard, "Rhode Island Town Births and Baptisms Index, 1639-1932"
- Book, "The Hazard Family of Rhode Island" by Caroline E Robinson, 1896
- Abigal Hassard, "Rhode Island Town Births and Baptisms Index, 1639-1932"
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World Events (7)
1763 · First Synagogue in America
The first Jewish Synagogue in America was built in Newport, Rhode Island in 1763. It still stands today, making it the oldest synagogue in the United States.
1772 · The Gaspee Affair
On June 9, 1772, colonists that are angry with the trade restrictions that Britain put them under, board the HMS Gaspee and set it ablaze. This was the first act of violence against the British on the North American continent.
1776
Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
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.
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