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;
