Delaware Superior Court Judges - Associate Judges of Delaware, David Hazzard, Charles L. Terrassociate Judges of Delaware, David Hazzard, Charles L. Terry, JR., John J. Milligan, William H. Boyce Y, JR., John J. Milligan, William H. Boyce (Paperback)

Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Associate Judges of Delaware, David Hazzard, Charles L. Terry, Jr., John J. Milligan, William H. Boyce, William Swain Lee, John W. Houston, William G. Whiteley, Caleb S. Layton, Collins J. Seitz, Leonard Eugene Wales, Joseph J. Longobardi, Caleb Rodney Layton Iii. Excerpt: David Hazzard (May 18, 1781 July 8, 1864) was an American merchant and politician from Milton, in Sussex County, Delaware. He was a member of the Democratic-Republican Party, then the National Republican Party, and finally the Whig Party. He served in the Delaware General Assembly, as Governor of Delaware, and as an Associate Justice on the Delaware Superior Court. Hazzard was born at Broadkill Neck in Sussex County, near Milton, the only son of John and Mary Purnell Houston Hazzard. The family descended from the 17th century English immigrant, Croad Hazzard. John Hazzard was said to have helped ferry the Continental Army across the Delaware River the night before the Battle of Trenton in 1776. He later started a store in Milton. David Hazzard married Elizabeth Collins, sister of Governor John Collins on July 12, 1804, and they had five children, Ann, Maria, John Alexander, William Asbury, and David. They lived at 327 Union Street in Milton in a home built in the late 18th century. It is now a bed and breakfast. They were members of the Goshen Methodist Church when it was located on Chestnut Street in Milton. Hazzard was appointed a lieutenant of Delaware militia on October 14, 1807, but resigned May 28, 1808. On July 4, 1812, with the coming of the War of 1812, Hazzard was appointed an ensign in the Grenadiers attached to Captain Peter T. Wright's First Company of the 8th Regiment of Delaware militia. It was primarily occupied in strengthening the defenses of Lewes, Dela... More: http://booksllc.net/?id=2621775