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     Daniel Poor was born about 1624.¹ He married Mary Farnham, daughter of Ralph Farnham and Alice (?), on 20 October 1650 in Boston, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts.¹
     He immigrated to New England at age 14 on the ship Bevis, traveling as a servant.¹

     Thomas Farnham was baptized on 10 April 1631 at St. Nicholas in Rochester, Kent Co., England.¹ He married Elizabeth Sibborn, daughter of John Sibborn and Mary (?), on 8 July 1660 in Andover, Essex Co., Massachusetts.¹ He died on 11 January 1685 in Andover, Essex Co., Massachusetts, at age 53.¹

     Elizabeth Sibborn was born on 21 October 1642 in Boston, Massachusetts.¹ She was baptized on 11 August 1644 in Boston, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts.² She married Thomas Farnham, son of Ralph Farnham and Alice (?), on 8 July 1660 in Andover, Essex Co., Massachusetts.¹ She died on 26 August 1683 in Andover, Essex Co., Massachusetts, at age 40, eight months after her last child was born.¹

     Ralph Farnham was baptized on 4 August 1633 at St. Nicholas in Rochester, Kent Co., England.¹ He married Elizabeth Holt, daughter of Nicholas Holt, on 26 October 1657 in Andover, Essex Co., Massachusetts.^2,1 He died on 8 January 1691/92 in Andover, Essex Co., Massachusetts, at age 58.¹

     Elizabeth Holt was born on 30 March 1636 in Newbury, Massachusetts.¹ She married Ralph Farnham, son of Ralph Farnham and Alice (?), on 26 October 1657 in Andover, Essex Co., Massachusetts.^2,1 She died on 14 October 1710 in Andover, Essex Co., Massachusetts, at age 74.¹

     John Farnham was born about 1641 probably in Ipswich, Massachusetts.¹ He married Rebecca Kent on 12 November 1667 in Andover, Essex Co., Massachusetts.¹ He died on 17 June 1723 in Andover, Essex Co., Massachusetts.¹

     Rebecca Kent was probably born on 3 August 1650 in Newbury, Massachusetts.¹ She married John Farnham, son of Ralph Farnham and Alice (?), on 12 November 1667 in Andover, Essex Co., Massachusetts.¹ She died on 8 February 1728/29 in Andover, Essex Co., Massachusetts, at age 78.¹

     Isabel Lawton married Samuel Albro, son of John Albro and Dorothy (?), say 1670.^1,2 She died on 1 April 1730.¹

     Ruth Lawton married William Wodell, son of Gershom Wodell and Mary Tripp, on 10 February 1681.¹ She died on 15 April 1726.¹

     William Wodell was born in 1663.¹ He married Ruth Lawton, daughter of George Lawton and Elizabeth Hazard, on 10 February 1681.¹ He died on 6 January 1699.¹

     Ruth Albro married (?) Sweet.²

     (?) Sweet married Ruth Albro, daughter of Samuel Albro and Isabel Lawton.¹

     Mary Stokes married John Albro, son of John Albro and Dorothy (?), on 27 April 1693 in Portsmouth, Rhode Island.¹

     Thomas Hazard was born say 1600.^1,2,3,4 He married first Martha (?) say 1620.¹ He married second Martha (?) soon after 29 May 1675, the date of a pre-marital document stating "whereas there is promise of matrimony betwixt Thomas Hassard and Martha Shreife, yet I, the aforesaid Thomas Hassard, do take the same Martha Shrief her own person, without having anything to do with her estate or with anything that is hers for matters of goods but only to join in marriage to enjoy her body and she mine to be a comfort to each other in our old age."¹
     He immigrated to New England in 1635, and initially settled in Boston, Massachusetts,¹ where he was admitted to the church on 22 May 1636.¹ His occupation was then listed as ship carpenter.¹ He was admitted as a freeman in Boston on 25 May 1636.¹
     By 28 April 1639 he had moved to Newport, Rhode Island, when he was listed there as one of the town's founders.¹ On 5 June 1639 he was part of a committee charged with granting lands in Newport.¹ He became a freeman there on 2 September 1639.¹
     He moved again, to Portsmouth, Rhode Island, perhaps about 1644¹, as on 20 June of that year he sold parcels of upland and marsh in Newport to Henry Bull.¹ In any case he was clearly in Portsmouth by 2 February 1651/52, when he was serving there on a committee to grant lands.¹ On 3 November 1658 he was chosen for a petit jury, but apparently elected not to serve, for which he was fined 5s.¹
     On 30 January 1658/59 he gave his daughter Hannah 34 acres of land in Portsmouth, as part of her dowry on the occasion of her marriage to Stephen Wilcox.¹
     On 10 December 1666 he sold 30 acres of land in Portsmouth, Rhode Island, to Thomas Shreife, in exchange for "a quarter share of [land] and appurtenances at Mishcamacuk" and £20, and with the provision that the land remain in his (Thomas Hazard's) possession during his lifetime.¹
     He made a total of three wills during his lifetime. According to a statement he made on 6 August 1677, the first was about 1647 ("about thirty years past"), and left all his land to his son Robert and his moveables to his other children.¹ His second will was dated 30 November 1669 and left bequests to his wife, children, and a grandchild, with his son Robert named as executor.¹ The third will, which superseded the previous two, was dated 13 November 1676. In it he left all of his estate to his second wife Martha, who was named executrix. He also confirmed the terms of the 1666 sale of his land to Thomas Shreife, his wife Martha's first husband, which stated that the land was to remain in his (Thomas Hazard's) possession until his death, then (since Thomas Shreife had since died) go to "my beloved yoakfellow Martha Hassard now living." He effectively disinherited his children, leaving 1s to his son Robert and 1s each to his "loving" daughters Hannah and Martha.¹ The statement he made on 6 August 1677 denied a claim to his estate by his son Robert, saying that he had "seen just cause to make null and void" his first two wills, and that he wished to "fully revoke & abolish the power of heirship and executorship in either of my said former wills given to my son Robert Hasard."¹
     In The Great Migration, Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635 Anderson notes that several genealogies say that this Thomas Hazard lived in Newton on Long Island from 1652 to 1656, but presents convincing evidence that they were actually two separate men.¹

More Information / Background

• Puritan migration to New England (1620–1640)
  
• New England's Great Migration
  
• Thomas Hazard.
  

     Martha (?) married Thomas Hazard say 1620.¹

     Martha (?) married first Thomas Shrieve.¹ She married second Thomas Hazard soon after 29 May 1675, the date of a pre-marital document stating "whereas there is promise of matrimony betwixt Thomas Hassard and Martha Shreife, yet I, the aforesaid Thomas Hassard, do take the same Martha Shrief her own person, without having anything to do with her estate or with anything that is hers for matters of goods but only to join in marriage to enjoy her body and she mine to be a comfort to each other in our old age."¹ She married third Lewis Hues about February 1691/92.¹ The marriage was short, as on 22 March 1691/92 he "took an occasion privately to go away within six or seven weeks after he was married, taking away great part of her estate, that was hers in her former husband's time."¹

     Robert Hazard was born by 1628 (based on his sale of property on 12 October 1649, when he was likely at least age 21).¹ He married Mary Brownell, daughter of Thomas Brownell, by abt 1660.²
     On 12 October 1649 he sold a house and land in Portsmouth, Rhode Island, to Robert Cowland.¹
     About 1677, while his father Thomas was still living, he apparently made a claim to a portion of his father's estate, perhaps prompted by the terms of his father's third will, made on 13 November 1676. In his father's first will, made about 1647, Robert was left all of his father's lands, and in the second will, made on 30 November 1669, he was left a legacy and named executor of his father's estate. The third will, however, left everything to Robert's stepmother Martha. On 6 August 1677 his father made a statement denying the claim, saying that he had "seen just cause to make null and void" his first two wills, and that he wished to "fully revoke & abolish the power of heirship and executorship in either of my said former wills given to my son Robert Hasard."¹

     Mary Brownell was born about 1641 (based on a deposition made on 2 September 1721 when she was "aged 80 years past").¹ She married Robert Hazard, son of Thomas Hazard and Martha (?), by abt 1660.²

     Martha Hazard was born say 1642.¹ She married first Ichabod Potter by abt 1662.² She married second Benjamin Mowry.¹

     Ichabod Potter married Martha Hazard, daughter of Thomas Hazard and Martha (?), by abt 1662.²

     Benjamin Mowry married Martha Hazard, daughter of Thomas Hazard and Martha (?).¹