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less number of Thomas Hazards. He was born in 1658 (or 1660),
being the eldest son of Robert and a grandson of Thomas Hazard, the original emigrant from Great Britain, and was about
eighty-five years old at the date of this entry. He died in 1749,
at about the age of ninety-one. He was a very great landholder
(Note 16), at one time owning Poppasquash Neck at Bristol
and, later, six farms, aggregating nearly fifteen hundred acres,
noted for their fertility, in the southern part of Boston Neck,
Narragansett, beside large tracts of land lying west of Narrow
River.—T. R. Hazard's RecollecJions of Olden Times, pp. 183-
192.
89 " Tom Walmsley."
Walmsley, although evidently a much respected neighbour of
Doctor MacSparran, had negro blood in his veins, being what
was then known as a Mustee, — a form of the Spanish word
Mestizo, — the offspring of a white person and a quadroon.
Tom's wife, Elizabeth, was an Indian. He is continually mentioned, in the Diary, as working upon the Doctor's farm. The
last recorded official act of Doctor MacSparran, before going
to England in 1754, was the baptism of four children of
Thomas Walmsley, his wife having been baptized in 1742.
There is an antiquarian interest attached to this name, inasmuch as now, after the passage of a century and a half, it is
still preserved in "Walmsley Hill," the designation of the
road, by which one, approaching the ancient Glebe House
from the north, descends from MacSparran Hill. Ruins of the
chimney of the Walmsley house are still to be seen on the
south-east corner, in leaving the Post Road, to go down the
hill. Although partially a negro, Thomas Walmsley appears to
have been himself a slaveholder. In the Diary, under the date
October 3, 1744, we shall find him spoken of as the Master
of Tom Commock, a sailor, to whom some prize money was
coming, Doctor MacSparran arranging the division of it for
Walmsley.
90 "George Hazard's wife." Note 16.
Nine more or less unexpected guests at dinner illustrate well
old Narragansett hospitality, in general, and that of Mrs. MacSparran, in particular.
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| Title | A letter book and abstract of out services written during the years 1743-1751 |
| Creator | MacSparran, James |
| Publisher | D.B. Updike, Merrymount Press |
| Place of Publication | Boston |
| Date | 1899 |
| Language | eng |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Title | 00000162 |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Transcript | 512oteg less number of Thomas Hazards. He was born in 1658 (or 1660), being the eldest son of Robert and a grandson of Thomas Hazard, the original emigrant from Great Britain, and was about eighty-five years old at the date of this entry. He died in 1749, at about the age of ninety-one. He was a very great landholder (Note 16), at one time owning Poppasquash Neck at Bristol and, later, six farms, aggregating nearly fifteen hundred acres, noted for their fertility, in the southern part of Boston Neck, Narragansett, beside large tracts of land lying west of Narrow River.—T. R. Hazard's RecollecJions of Olden Times, pp. 183- 192. 89 " Tom Walmsley." Walmsley, although evidently a much respected neighbour of Doctor MacSparran, had negro blood in his veins, being what was then known as a Mustee, — a form of the Spanish word Mestizo, — the offspring of a white person and a quadroon. Tom's wife, Elizabeth, was an Indian. He is continually mentioned, in the Diary, as working upon the Doctor's farm. The last recorded official act of Doctor MacSparran, before going to England in 1754, was the baptism of four children of Thomas Walmsley, his wife having been baptized in 1742. There is an antiquarian interest attached to this name, inasmuch as now, after the passage of a century and a half, it is still preserved in "Walmsley Hill," the designation of the road, by which one, approaching the ancient Glebe House from the north, descends from MacSparran Hill. Ruins of the chimney of the Walmsley house are still to be seen on the south-east corner, in leaving the Post Road, to go down the hill. Although partially a negro, Thomas Walmsley appears to have been himself a slaveholder. In the Diary, under the date October 3, 1744, we shall find him spoken of as the Master of Tom Commock, a sailor, to whom some prize money was coming, Doctor MacSparran arranging the division of it for Walmsley. 90 "George Hazard's wife." Note 16. Nine more or less unexpected guests at dinner illustrate well old Narragansett hospitality, in general, and that of Mrs. MacSparran, in particular. [ 101 ] |
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