Recollections of Olden Times
Author: Thomas Robinson Hazard
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Published: 1879
Total Pages: 308
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKRowland Robinson (1719-1806), son of Governor William Robinson, came to Narragansett from England. He married Anstis Gardiner in 1741. Ancestry is traced to Rowland Robinson who was born in Cumberland, England in 1654 and came to America in 1675. He married Mary Allen (1656-1706) and later died in 1716 in South Kingston, Rhode Island. The Hazards are traced to Duke de Charante, ca. 1060, living on the borders of Switzerland. The Hazards of Rhode Island are traced to Thomas Hassard who settled in Rhode Island, ca. 1639. Descendants lived in Vermont, Rhode Island, South Carolina, New York, and elsewhere. James Sweet, son of Isaac and Mary, came to America from Wales in 1630 and settled in North Kingstown, Rhode Island. He married Mary Green.