Rash's Surname Index
Notes for Samuel HAZARD
HAZARD, Samuel, archæologist, was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania., May 26, 1784; son of Ebenezer Hazard, U.S. postmaster-general; and grandson of Samuel Hazard, original trustee of the College of New Jersey. He was employed in commercial business in Philadelphia and made several voyages to the Mediterranean and to the West Indies. He engaged in the cotton business in Huntsville, Ala., 1818-27, when he returned to Philadelphia, engaged as a publisher and bookseller, and was secretary of the Board of Guardians of the poor of the city, 1827-34. In 1850 he was elected an honorary member of the Pennsylvania historical society, and from 1862 until his sight failed, he was librarian. He was a member of many learned societies; secretary of the board of trustees of the Presbyterian church for twenty-eight years, and was on the committee for building the Second Presbyterian church and signed the deeds for it. He was married to Abbie Clark Hetfield of Elizabeth, N.J., and had nine children. He devoted much time to literary work; prepared and published Communication to the Board of Trustees, embodying all the facts about the history of the Second Presbyterian church, and is the author of: Register of Pennsylvania (16 vols., 1828-36); United States Commercial and Statistical Register (6 vols., 1839-42); Annals of Pennsylvania, 1609-82 (1850); Pennsylvania Archives, 1682-1790 (12 vols., 1853); and an index to the previous (28) volumes for the state (1860). He died in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania., May 22, 1870.
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