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American judge (1762?1840)
Jeffrey Hazard
(1762 ? 1840)
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was a justice of the
Rhode Island Supreme Court
from May 1810 to May 1818,
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and
Lieutenant-Governor of Rhode Island
from 1833 to 1835, and from 1836 to 1837.
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Hazard's father, in his will, dated June 1, 1773, probated December 14, 1773, gives "my son Jeffrey all my lands lying in Exeter and in West Greenwich".
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In addition his service as a supreme court justice and as lieutenant governor, Hazard was also "for many years Representative in the General Assembly, and chief justice of the Court of Common Pleas".
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Hazard married Amey, daughter of Thomas Tillinghast; she was born in 1773, and died June 3, 1870. They had a large family.
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