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- The following are excerpts from the book "History of Hartford, Vermont " by William Howard Tucker Call Number: F59.H3T89 This book contains the history of Hartford, Vermont from 1761 to 1889.
THE HAZEN FAMILY. The only authentic recorded data concerning the Hazen family in thiscountry dates no further back than 1649, when Edward Hazen, theAmericanancestor, came over from England and settled in Rowley, Mass.The historyof his descendants to the third generation at least, isexceedinglymeagre. I am indebted to Mr. Henry Allen Hazen, ofWashington, D. C., forvaluable genealogical facts concerning the Hazenfamily, a portion ofwhich were contributed by Mr. Hazen to the NewEngland Historical andGenealogical Register for April, 1879, but thespace allotted togenealogies, in the original plan of this history,precludes the use ofall the facts compiled by him, and I shalltranscribe from hiscompilations only such facts in the history ofEdward Hazen and hisdescendants as, added to facts in detail derivedfrom other sources,enable me to form an interesting historicalmemorial of the Hazen family;and enable the present generation totrace the family history from itsfirst beginnings in this country tothe present day, having specialreference to the descendants of ThomasHazen 3d, a large number of whomnow reside in Hartford.
The origin of this family beyond the sea has not been traced.Recentinformation locates a family bearing the name inNewcastle-on-Tyne, inthe last century, and possibly the fact mayafford a clue to the Englishhome of the Puritan Edward.
EDWARD HAZEN was the immigrant ancestor. The first mention of thename,which has been found, occurs in the records of Rowley."Elizabeth, wifeof Edward Hassen, was buried 1649, Sept. 18." He was aman of substanceand influence in the town; was overseer or selectmanin 1650, '51, '54,1660, '61, '65, and 1668, and judge of delinquents1666. In the recordsof surveys, Feb. 4, 1661, he appears entitled to"seven gates." Theserelated to cattle rights on the town commons; theaverage number beingthree, and no one had more than seven. Theinventory of his estateamounted to œ404:7:
Of his first wife, Elizabeth, nothing is known, or where, or howlongthey had been married. He married 2d, in March, 1650, Hannah, dau.ofThomas and Hannah Grant. He was buried in Rowley, July 22, 1683.Hiswidow m. 2d, March 17, 1683-4, George Browne of Haverhill, who,Sept. 9,1693, adopted her youngest son Richard as the sole heir to hislargeestate. Lieut. Browne d. Oct. 31, 1699, aged 76; his wife d.Feb., 1715.The children of Edward and Hannah (Grant) Hazen, all bornin Rowley,were: Elizabeth, b. March 8, 1650-1, m. April 1, 1670,Nathanicl, son ofJohn and Bridget Harris of Rowley; Hannah, b. Sept.,1653, m. WilliamGibson, and d. before 1683, leaving three children;John, b. Sept. 22,1655; Thomas, b. Feb. 29, 1657-8, d. in Norwich,Ct., April 12, 1735;Edward, b. Sept. 10, 1660, died 1748; Isabella, b.July 21, 1662, m. Jan.16, 1680, John, son of Thomas and Ann Wood ofBoxford; Pricilla, b. Nov.25, 1664, m. July 21, 1681, Jeremiah, son ofJohn and Dorcas Pearson ofRowley; Edney, b. June 20, 1667, m. Aug. 2,1686, Timothy, son of Rev.William and Elizabeth (Wooton) Perkins ofTopsfield; Richard, b. Aug. 6,1669, d. in Haverhill, Mass., Sept. 25,1733; Hipzebeth, b. Dec. 22,1671, m. 1689, d. in Rowley, Nov. 29,1689; Sarah, b. Aug. 22, 1673, m.June 27, 1690, Daniel Wicom, Jr., ofRowley.
THOMAS2 (Edward1) owned a farm in Rowley at his father's death;heremoved to Boxford before March 22, 1689-90, where he was madefreeman;he was dismissed from the church in Topsfield, to become oneof theconstituent members of the church in Boxford in 1702, and in1711 againremoved to Norwich, Ct., where he d. April 12, 1735, aged 77years. * * *He m. Jan. 1, 1682-3, Mary, dau. of Thomas Howlet; she d.Oct. 24, 1727.Their children were: John, b. 1683-4, March 23, m. MercyBradstreet;Hannah, b. Oct. 10, 1694, in Rowley, m. July 13, 1727,Joshua, son ofBenjamin Morse of Newbury, Mass.; Alice, b. in Boxford,June 16, 1686;Ednah, b. (when?), m. Oct. 21, 1724, Joshua Smith ofNorwich, Ct.;Thomds, bapt. Topsfield, Mass., May 4, 1690, d. inNorwich, Ct., 1776-77;Jacob, bapt. Topsfield, April 24, 1692, d. inNorwich, Ct., Dec. 22,1755; Mary and Lydia, bapt. Topsfield, Sept. 9,1684; Lydia m. March 17,1713-14, Benjamin, son of Caleb and Margaret(Post) Abell of Norwich,Ct.; Hepzibah, bapt. Topsfield, May 16, 1697,m. Oct. 1, 1716, David Laddof Norwich, Ct., d. March 13, 1728; Ruth,b. Oct. 23, 1699, d. inNorwich, Ct., Feb. 18, 1739-40; Jeremiah, bapt.Topsfield, May 3, 1702.
JOHN3 (Thomas2, Edward1), b. Mch. 23, 1683; m. Mars, dau. of John and
Sarah (Perkins) Bradstreet, and gr.-dau. of Gov. Simon Bradstreet, andofRev. William Perkins. She d. Nov. 22, 1725, in Norwich, Ct., and hem.there 2nd, May 31, 1726, Elizabeth, prob. dau. of Daniel andElizabeth(Douglan) Dart. Ch. 12. * * * To the line of this John it isprobablethat the extensive families in New Jersey belong, from whichoffshootsare found in Pennsylvania, and in Walsingham, Ontario,Canada. Among itspresent representatives are Abraham Hazen, asuccessful merchant inBroadway, New York city, and the Hon. Abraham D.Hazen, of Pennsylvania,now (1889) third assistant Post Master General.
THOMAS3 (Thomas2, Edward1), m. Sept. 30, 1714, Sarah Ayer, ofNorwich,Ct. She d. Sept. 16 1753, and he m. 2nd, Mrs. Elizabeth Bacon.Childrenall b. in Norwich, Ct.: Sarah, b. Sept. 12, 1715. Joseph, b.June 30,1717; m. Dec. 8, 1740, Elizabeth Durkee, of Norwich. Thomas,b. Sept. 30,1719. Alice, b. Apr. 30, 1722. Martha, b. July 3, 1725; m.Dec. 4, 1753,Jacob, son of Jacob and Hannah (Kingsbury) Hyde, ofHaverhill, Mass.Moses, b. Dec. 1, 1731; d. July 11. 1812; m. Nov. 13,1755, ElizabethMerrill. She d. Jan. 4, 1776, and he m. 2nd, Jan. 9,1783 Joanna Sampson,of Norwich, who d. May 29, 1813.
MOSES3 (Richard2, Edward1), b. May, 17, 1701; m. Mch. 5, 1727-8,Abigail,dau. of John and Lydia (Gilman) White. The Worshipful WilliamWhite, ofHaverhill, was grandfather of John White. Their children borninHaverhill, Mass., were: Abigail, b. Jan. 7, 1728; m. Nov. 16, 1749,MosesMoors. Gen. Benjamin Moors, of Plattsburg, N. Y., was their son.John, b.Aug. 11, 1731, d. probably in Haverhill, N. H., before theRevolution.After the French and Indian war broke out he distinguishedhimself bygood service. In the Crown Point expedition, 1757, he waslieutenant inCapt. Jacob Bayley's company, Capt. Meserve's regimentfrom NewHampshire. * * * After the war, he and Col. Bayley joined intheenterprise of settling the rich Coos country, and became, in 1761,thefirst settler of Grafton County, N. H., at Haverhill. BayleyoccupiedNewbury, on the opposite side of the Connecticut, the nextspring. He m.Nov. 30, 1752, Anne Swett, of Haverhill, who d. Sept. 29,1765. * * *Moses, b. June 1, 1733; d. Feb. 4, 1803 in Troy, N. Y. Likehis brotherhe was in the French war, and distinguished himself underWolfe on thePlains of Abraham, where he was severely wounded. Afterthe war heretired on half pay for life in the British army, andsettled at St.Johns, Canada, where he married a French lady, CharlotteLa Sausu, buthad no children. When the Revolution came, he joined thepatriot cause,sacrificing a large estate and his half-pay for life,raised a regimentof Canadians, which was recruited from all quartersas the war proceeded,and known variously as "Congress's Own," and"Hazen's Own." The traitorArnold honored him by baseless charges ofinsubordination, but the recordproves his good conduct and he wasBrigadier-General at the close of thewar. He cut a military roadthrough northern Vermont, from Peacham toHazen's Notch, in Montgomery,which still bears his name.
JOSEPH4, (Thomas3, Thomas2, Edward), b. June 30, 1717; m. Dec. 8,1740,Elizabeth Durkee, of Norwich, Ct. He removed, about 1780, withhis sonsto Grand Isle, Vt., where they were among the first settlers,and wherethe family has been numerous and honored.
The number of Joseph's children is not known to the author. Hehad,however, six daughters, three of whom, Sarah, Mercy and Mary,marriedrespectively Nathaniel Dutton, Joshua Hazen and David Newton,all farmersof Hartford, Vt. Three other daughters marriedrespectively: Capt. Rouse,after whom Rouse's Point, in New York, wasnamed; Capt. Wood, and anArmstrong, of Poultney, Vt.
The foregoing facts are taken, chiefly, from Mr. Hazen's history ofthefirst four American generations of the Hazen family. I am alsoindebtedto him for valuable information concerning the followinghistory of thefirst four generations of the descendants of ThomasHazen 3d.4 (Thomas3,Thomas2, Edward1). Thomas 3d was of the fourthAmerican generation, but anew classification will be observed inrespect to the history of himselfand his descendants. He will beclassed as Thomas 3d (1st Gen.); hischildren (2d Gen.); hisgrandchildren (3d Gen.); his great grandchildren(4th Gen.)
In my researches for date concerning the Hazen family, I discovered inanold account book, found among the effects of the late Dea.PhilemonHazen, the following memorial:
"The first Hazen in America had three sons, Richard, Thomas andEdward.The sons of Thomas were John, Thomas 2d, and Jacob. The sons ofThomas2d, are Joseph, Thomas 3d, and Moses. Thomas 3d married AnnTenney, andhad by her:
1. EUNICE, born April 1, 1743; died Oct. 18, 175 2. JOSHUA, born Oct. 19, 1745; died April 22, 179 3. ABIA, (Hopson) born Sept. 5, 1747; died Oct. 27, 181 4. ASA, born Nov. 16, 1749; died March 12, 181 5. REUBEN, born April 12, 1751; died Feb. 18, 176 6. ELIJAH, born Oct. 25, 1752; died Feb. 2, 183 7. SILAS, born Sept. 17, 1754; died Nov. 24, 177 8. HEZEKIAH, born March 15, 1756; died July 25, 182 9. THOMAS 4th, born March 13, 1758; died Aug. 9, 183 10. SOLOMON, born Nov. 4, 1759; died July 26, 1849 (ts 11. DANIEL, born July 17, 1761; died Nov. 22, 181 12. ANN, born Feb. 17, 1763; died Sept. 30, 176 13. EUNICE, born Jan. 20, 1765; died May 27, 182 14. PHILEMON, born Nov. 16, 1766; died Dec. 19, 1845 (ts 15. REUBEN, born April 7, 1768; died June 18, 1852 (ts 16. ANN (Burton) born Feb. 21, 1771; died April 21, 1859(ts)."
(ts). Dates taken from tombstones in Christian St. Cemetery.
All of the children above named were born in Connecticut. Eunice, bornin1743, Reuben, born in 1751, and Ann, born in 1763, died inConnecticut.From the above memorial, and data gathered from othersources, I haveformulated a genealogical record of the first fourgenerations of thedescendants of Thomas Hazen 3d, of Woodbury, Ct.
THOMAS HAZEN4 (Thomas3, Thomas2, Edward1), b. Sept. 30, 1719, m. March7,1742, Ann Tenney of Norwich, Ct., b. 1726; he d. Aug. 19, 1782; shed.
July 29, 1802. The fruit of their marriage is seen in the foregoinglist.He moved from Woodbury, Ct., to Hartford, Vt., about 1771, andsoonbecame a prominent actor in the municipal affairs of the town.
In 1765, the proprietors made an effort to obtain a grant of thetownfrom the governor of New York, and employed as their agent OliverWillardof Hartland, Vt. In order to settle with Willard for hisservices, theproprietors applied to Joshua Hazen for the money. Heborrowed of hisfather, Thomas Hazen 3d, the required amount. On the12th of May, 1773,the proprietors voted to let Thomas Hazen 3d, haveone thousand acres ofland lying in a square body at the northwestcorner of the town for themoney his son Joshua hired for them. In themeantime, the proprietors hadsent Thomas Hazen 3d, to New York toendeavor to obtain a grant of thetown from Lieut.-Governor Colden. Forthis service Mr. Hazen was grantedthe privilege of pitching hisundivided land in any section of the townthen unappropriated. Hepitched 560 acres adjoining the 1000 acrespreviously voted to him; hispitch was made May 30, 1781. On the 20th ofAugust, 1781, he gave toeach of twelve of his children 120 acres of saidland, and reserved thesame quantity for himself: total, 1560 acres. Hesubsequently pitchedand purchased more than 1000 acres in the town, andhis sons obtainedpossession of an additional 1000 acres. He built, in1775, the firsttwo-story house in the town, in which he lived with hisson Asa, theirhome farm being afterwards the home farm of his grandson,the lateAllen Hazen, and now the home farm of his great grandson,Charles D.Hazen.
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