While prepping for our Rhode Island trip at home (see preceding posts), I’d discovered that my
eighth-great grampa Stephen (of Westerly) had married Hannah Hazard in the late
1650s. Hannah’s father was Thomas Hazard, who was among the nine men who
founded Newport in 1639. I was thus tickled to learn that I am a direct
descendant of one of the founders of Newport. Who’d a thunk?
That evening, we took a stroll along the Cliff Walk past
many of the enormous mansions Newport is famous for, including Rosecliff (parts
of the Great Gatsby were filmed there), the Marble House (built for the
Vanderbuilts) and the grandest of the grand, The Breakers (also the
Vanderbuilts). Too dark for many pics and too late to get inside, so we'll have to check them out
next time.
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