STEPHEN AND HANNAH (HAZARD) WILCOX AND FAMILY

Stephen Wilcox and Hannah Hazard were married in Portsmouth, Rhode Island on the last day of June 1658, just 20 years after Portsmouth became a settlement.

Portsmouth was settled in 1638 by a group of religious dissenters from Massachusetts Bay Colony, including Dr. John Clarke, William Coddington, and Anne Hutchinson. It is named after Portsmouth, Hampshire, England. Roger Williams convinced the settlers that they should go there instead of settling in the Province of New Jersey, where they had first planned on going.

It was founded by the signers of the Portsmouth Compact. Its original Indian name was Pocasset, and it was officially named Portsmouth on May 12, 1639. It became part of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations and eventually part of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations.

Hannah was born in Portsmouth in September 1637  (but Portsmouth was called Pocasset at her birth). Stephen was born in Croft, Lincolnshire, England. Below is a list of their children who were all born in Washington County, Rhode Island:

1659 Bethiah 
1662 Edward
1664 Thomas
1666 Daniel
1668 William
1670 Stephen
1672 Hannah, our ancestor
1674 Jeremiah
1676 Elizabeth

From 1670 to 1672 Stephen was a deputy (representative) of the general court from Newport, RI. By 1672 there were 22 deputies in Rhode Island.

STEPHEN WILCOX
BORN: 6 Feb 1633 in Croft, Lincolnshire, England
MARRIED: 30 Jun 1658 in Portsmouth, Washington, RI
DIED: 6 Feb 1690 in Westerly, Washington, RI

HANNAH HAZARD
BORN: 10 Sep 1637 in Portsmouth, Washington, RI
DIED:               1685 in Portsmouth, Washington, RI
SOURCES: Book, "The Hazard Family of Rhode Island" by Caroline E Robinson, 1896 Citation: BYU Library, Provo, UT Source text: Pg 6; Compendium of American Genealogy 1600s-1800s Vol. II
Citation: Fredrick A. Virkus, (Genealogical Publishing Co.; Baltimore; 1968;), Page 321; 

JEREMIAH AND ANN (AUDLEY/ODLIN) CLARKE AND FAMILY

Here is another family who lived in Rhode Island. Jeremiah served as the Deputy to the general court in Newport from 1696 to 1705. He was also a deacon of the Baptist Church in 1701. Jeremiah and Ann had nine children that I know of. Their names and birth dates are as follows:

1667 Jeremiah
1668 Mary
1669 Frances
1672 Henry
1674 Sarah
1674 Anne
1676 Samuel, our ancestor
unk  James
unk  Weston

JEREMIAH CLARKE
BORN: 1643 in Newport, Newport, RI
MARRIED: 1666 in Portsmouth, RI
DIED: 16 Jan 1729 in Newport, Newport, RI

ANN AUDLEY or ODLIN
BORN: 29 Oct 1643 in Boston, Suffolk, MA
DIED: 15 Dec 1732 in Newport, Newport, RI
SOURCES: In May 1998, researcher, Leon Stiles,.re Jeremiah's birth and death information and Ann's death information; William Cutter, Genealogy and Family History of Central New York Vol III, page 1526 written about Jeremiah's religion; CD#2, FamilyTreeMaker, regarding Ann's birth information; Jeremiah Clark Birth Date: 1643 Birthplace: Rhode Island Volume: 29 Page Number: 389 Reference: Gen. Column of the " Boston Transcript". 1906-1941; "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVGN-NNKQ : 13 December 2015), Jeremiah Clarke, 1729; Burial, , , ,, ; citing record ID 126997189, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.; Jeremy Clarke's family : an address before the Rhode Island Historical Society, March, 1879
Citation: Digitizing sponsor Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center Book contributor Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center Source text: by Turner, H. E. (Henry Edward), 1816-1897 Published 1881 Book Page 5

THE FAMILY OF SAMUEL AND MARY (FOSTER) BURDICK

Samuel Burdick was born and reared in Westerly, Washington, Rhode Island and was a member of the Sabbatarian Church at age 20. He was a carpenter and a farmer. He and Mary Foster were married about 1690 near Mary's home in New London, Connecticut.

Mary's first child, Mary, was born in Westerly in 1694 but baby Mary died in infancy. Their next six childern were all born in Westerly, as follows:

1696 Samuel
1699 Mary, our ancestor
1700 Thomas
1705 Edward
1708 Deborah
1710 Tacy Lucy

In 1738, Samuel added "cooper" to his list of occupations, at the age of 70. 

SAMUEL BURDICK
BORN: 1668 in Westerly, Washington, RI
MARRIED: abt 1690 in New London, New London, CT
DIED: 30 Apr 1756 at age 88

MARY FOSTER
BORN: 14 Jun 1675
DIED: 1768 in Westerly, Kings, RI
SOURCES: 1998 Researcher, Leon Stiles, re Samuel's birth date and place; WFT#1868, vol 3, says  that Samuel was born in Westerly, RI; WFT#742, vol 1 death date and place of Samuel. WFT#198,vol 14=married about 1690;