T. Howlett

Family/Spouse: L. Peabody. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

From record of Eugene Girdwood lists Joan, b. 16834; in. Mercy Bradstreet as daughter. Edna b. OCT 21, 1724, Joshua Smith of Norwich, Conn
. V. Thomas, bapt. Topsfield, MA, May 4, 1690; d. in Norwich, CT 1776 or 1777. Jacob, bapt. Topsfield, April 24, 1692; died in Norwich, CT, Dec 22, 1755.
Research: Birth -- IGI Film # 685 Date 1849 source Call #476926 Type Film -- this shows Thomas Hazen as Father and Mary Howlett as Mother.[Hazen21404.FTW]

Buried:
On a mound called the Old Indian Burying-ground in a field opposite thehouse is a tombstone inscribed "HERE LYES Y_e_ BODY / OF MRS MARY HAZEN/ LATWIFE TO LEUT / THOMAS HAZEN / WHO DIED OCTOR / Y_e_ 24 1727 AGED/6 3YEARS." It is said that her husband is also buried there, but no stone remains to mark his grave. It is said that some stones were taken from this place by an irresponsible Irishman for use as rabbit traps.

Mary married Thomas Hazen on 01 Jan 1683 in Bradford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. Thomas (son of Edward Hazen and Hannah Grant) was born on 29 Jan 1657 in Bradford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; died on 12 Apr 1735 in Norwich, New London County, Connecticut; was buried in Old Indian Burial Ground, Franklin, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• BAPM: 04 May 1690, Topsfield, Essex County, Massachusetts

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Thomas received from his father by deedof gift, dated 13 Mar. 1716/17, a farm of ninety acres on Pottapaug Hill in Norwich [now in Sprague], where he always lived. He purchased other lands there and provided for his son Joseph by the gift of fifty acres on Pottapaug Hill 3 Mar. 1746/47 and for his son Moses by giving hima half of all his lands on Pottapaug Hill on 3 Nov. 1763, except sevenacres given by his will to Joseph. Probably his son Thomas, who removed to Woodbury immediately after his marriage, was given the means to begin his numerous purchases of land there.The will of Thomas Hazen, dated 3 Nov. 1763 and probated at Norwich 9 Feb. 1774, established the marriages of three of his daughters not previously discovered, and is as follows:
Know all Men by these presents that I Thomas Hazzen of Norwich in the County of New London & Colony of Conneccticut in New England, Considering ye Mortality of Body &c have thought fitt Now while I am in Right understanding & Memory to Settle & Dispose of my Worldly Goods and Estate by this my Last Will and Testament in the following Manner and form--
And first of all after my Just Debts & funarel Charges are Discharged IWill that my Loving & faithful wife Elisabeth have & Enjoy ye free use&Improvement of ye East Room in my Dwelling house & ye Necessary previledge in ye Celler & a Convient Garden Spot by Sd house So Long as SheShall Remain my widow, I also Will that my Sd wife have ye previledge of Giting her Necessary fire wood for her own use in Sd house on my LandSo Long as She Shall Remain my widow, I also Will that my Sd wife haveone Cow well keept in all Seasons of y year by my son Moses Hazzen at his proper Cost & Charge, So Long as She Shall Remain mly widow, I also Give to my Sd wife one Good Cow and all ye Houshold Good which She brought tome at our Marriage, & thirty pounds Lawful Money (to be paid to her bySd Son Moses in one year after my Decease) to be at her Dispose for Ever, all in Lieu of her Right of Dower or thirds my Estate--
Item I Give and Bequeath to my Daughter Martha Story fifteen pounds Lawful Money or an Equivalent thereunto in Bill of Credit of ye Colony of CT to be paid to her by my Son Joseph Hazzen within two years after my Decease,
Item I Give & Bequeath to my Sd Son Joseph Hazzen and to his heirs and assigns for Ever four Acres of Intervale Land upon the Lower End of my Intervale Land adjoyning to Shoutucket River, & three Acres of other Land adjoining to Sd four Acres of Intervale Land he my Sd Son Joseph paying to my Sd Daughter Martha as above Willed to her--
Item I Give & Bequeath to my four Daughters Namly Sarah Bell, Allice Chapman, Martha Story & Hannah Hide Sisteen pounds Lawfull Money or an Equivalent thereunto in Bills of Credit of ye Colony of CT to be Equally Divided ABetween them, and paid to them by my three Sons Namly Joseph Hazzen Thomas Hazzen & Moses Hazzen in Equal proportion in five years after my Decease--
Item I Give & Bequeath to my Sd three Son [sic] above Named & to their heirs & assigns for Ever about Eight Acres of Land which I have that is Lying & Being in ye Township of Waterbury In the County of New Haven to be Equally Divided Between them they paying Each one his Equal proportion to my four Daughters above Named of ye above Mentioned Sixteen poundsas above willed and ordered be paid to them my Sd four Daughters.
Item I Give & Bequeath to my Daughter Sarah Bell fifteen pounds Lawful Money or an Equivalent thereunto in Bills of Credit of ye Colony of CT to be paid to her by my Sd Son Moses within four years after mly Decease--
Item I Give & Bequeath to my Daughter Allice Chapman five pounds LawfulMoney or an Equivalent thereunto in Bills of Credit of ye Colony of CTto be paid to her by my Sd Son Moses within four years after my Decease--
Item I Give & Bequeath to my Daughter Hannah Hide fifteen pounds LawfulMoney or an Equivalent thereunto in Bills of Credit of ye Colony of CTto be paid to her within four years after my Decease--
Item I Give & Bequeath to my Sd Son Moses Hazzen & to his heirs & assigns for Ever all the Rest of my Estate Both Real and personal he my Sd Son Moses paying performing & Allowing to my Sd wife as above willed to her, and paying to three of my Sd Daughters Namly Sarah Allic e & Hannahas above Willed them that is to Say fifteen pounds to Sd Sarah & Five pounds to Sd Allice, & fifteen pounds to Sd Hannah, and h e ye Sd Moses is above ordered--
Finally I Do make Constitute and appoint my Sd Son Joseph Hazzen to be my Sole Executor of this my Last will & Testament (who Shall be paid outof my Estate for his Charge & trouble) and I Do hereby Solomnly Revokemake Null and void all other Wills Testaments & Bequests by me heretofore made, Ratifying & Allowing this & No other to be my Last Will & Testament, In Witness whereof I ye Sd Thomas Hazzen have here unto Set my hand and Seal the third Day of November A D: 1763--Signed Sealed published & Declared by the Sd Thomas Hazzen as his Last Will
and Testament In presence of us ye Subscribers Ebenr Hartshorn DanielArmstrong Juner Ebenr Hartshorn ye 3rd [Signed] Thomas hazzen [seal]
The inventory of the estate amounted to 324-1-5 and was taken in Mar and Apr. 1774 by Ebenr Hartshorn, James Elderkin, and Jeremiah Ladd .
The will was exhibited by Moses Hazen, as Joseph Hazen informed the court by letter that he was unable to accept the trust because of infirmity and desired his brother Moses to be appointed. The court appointed Moses 1 Mar. 1774, Moses Hazzen and Ezekiel Ladd, both of Norwich, were bound 1 Mar. 1774, Ebenr Hartshorn and Benj: Huntington Jrt, witnessing the bond.
When the estate was distributed 4 July 1774, Elizabeth, the widow, was given twelve rods of garden spot, the east room of the dwelling house, and a necessary plrivilege in the cellar and getting wood; also one feather beddd, bolster, and two pillows, one check bird eye coverlid, one streaked coverlid, one white woolen sheet, and a large number of other household articles (all that she brought at her marriage). The inventory list the value as 15-9-7 pounds.[Hazen21404.FTW]

Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married Mercy Bradstreet in 1709 in Norwich, New London County, Connecticut. Mercy (daughter of John Bradstreet and Sarah Perkins) was born on 02 Jun 1689 in Topsfield, Essex County, Massachusetts; died on 22 Nov 1725 in Norwich, New London County, Connecticut; was buried in Norwich, New London County, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married Elizabeth Dart on 31 May 1726. Elizabeth was born in in New London, New London County, Connecticut; died in in New London, New London County, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• BAPM: 06 Nov 1715

Notes:

Nothing has been learned of his marriage and death.
The name of Samuel Hazen is the first of the family to have been found in New Jersey records. In an old volume at Newton appears this record: "At a court of General Sessions of the Peace held at Hardwick, County ofSussex, on the Third Tuesday in February in the year of our Lord one Thousand seven hundred and fifty five and in the Twenty eighth year of his Majesty's Reign--The King vs. Charles McConnell--Indictment for misdemeanor. The attorney general opened the cause--and the following Evidences pro Rege--Mary Robins, Jane Robins, Joshua Robins, Saml. Hazen, Thomas Wolverton."Soon after this date, the names of Thomas and Daniel Hazen appear in the same book of court records, and in 1778 the name of Nathaniel Hazen [son of John]. The corroborates the general tradition among their descendants that three or four brothers came from CT to New Jersey at about the same time. The only known child of Samuel is his son Samuel.[HazenGary.FTW]

Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• BAPM: 06 Nov 1715

Notes:

Military:
This is probably the "Simon Hazon" whose name, together with that of "Samuel Hazon," appears on a muster roll of volunteersenlisted under command of Capt. Albartus Tiebout to serve in the expedition against Canada, mustered in New York 12 July 1746. [2d Annual Report, State Historian of NY (1897), p. 618.]

Notes:

The birth of John is recorded at Boxford as 21 Feb. 1710. It seems probable that when, years later, John Hazen had all his children recordedat Norwich, a mistake was made as to the exact age of his firstborn, for John, the eldest child, is there recorded as born 21 Feb 1711/12. It is possible that there were two Johns born exactly a year apart, but the above explanation is more reasonable.
The birth of Hannah is given above as on the Norwich town record; on the Lyme records the same child is given as born 18 May 1731 at Norwich.
The birth of Thomas, according to his own family record, was 16 Jan. 1733, but as he gives the name of his father John on that record, there can be no question that he is to be identified with the Thomas born in Lyme. The case of Hannah proves that either the father or the town clerk was not to be relied on, and considering the numerous cases among thedescendants, of parents who cannot give the ages of children, and sometimes not even their own, accurately, such discrepancies ought to have no great weight.
He received land from his father by a deed dated 25 Jan. 1736/7; "I John Hazen of Lyme for ye love good will and natural affection I have owe and do bear unto my loveing and dutifull son John Hazen of sd Lyme . . .. give . . . unto him" two pieces of land containing 25 1/2 acres in the East Parish of Lyme. This land with a dwelling house was conveyed by John Hazen, Jr., to Robert Miller, 3 Jan 1739/40, and on the same date he bought of Robert Miller another house and 25 acres for 400 pounds.This place he sold again, with 7 1/2 acres purchased of "his honored father," to David Huntley for 500 pounds, 14 Sept. 1742. No later Hazendeeds are recorded in Lyme, though from the record of births of the children, it is evident that the family was there at least twelve years later. He seems to have made a prospecting trip in New Jersey about 1745, but there is no evidence that he had any residence outside of CT

Other Events:

• BAPM: 05 Aug 1722

Sarah married Gamaliel Reynolds on 31 Oct 1749 in Norwich, New London County, Connecticut. Gamaliel was born on 04 Nov 1725 in Norwich, New London County, Connecticut; died on 07 May 1805 in Norwich, New London County, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• BAPM: 26 Jul 1724

Notes:

He was doubtless married in New Jersey. On 15 Aug. 1755, it is recorded that Daniel Hazen paid a fee of 8s. 9d. for Hardwicktownship (Old Sussex Co.]. At a Court held at "New Town in and for theCounty of Sussex," the third Tuesday in November, 1757, Daniel Hazen and Isaac Bell served on the Grand jury. He was a juror with Thomas Hazen [his brother], 22 May 1764. He was also a juror at the August term,1770, and the May term, 1771.
His son, Arthur Hazen, was appointed administrator of his estate, 25 Dec 1788. Several deeds indicate that Ziba bought out most of the sharesof his brothers and sisters in the home farm. On 4 Apr. 1794, "WhereasDaniel Hazen late of Independence deceased was seized of an estate of113 acres lying in Independence in fee simple on which estate he liveduntill the 4th day of December 1788 and there died Intestate leaving eight sons Daniel John Arthur Ziba Caleb Jacob Ahimaaz and William and fivedaughters Rachel Allace Mary (Marcy in some deeds of the heirs) Sarah and Lenia . . . Allas Hazen of Independence" sold all her share in her father's estate to "Ziba Hazen of Roxbury, " for 12pounds 10 s. Lenah Hazen of Independence sold her share to Ziba of Roxbury, for 12 pounds, 1Apr. 1797; Jacob Hazen of Independence sold his share to Ziba, for 25 pounds, 4 Apr 1799; Ziba bought Daniel's share for 28 pounds 10s.,7 June1797. On 29 May 1812, Rachel Hazen of Independence, widow of Daniel, for $1000, quitclaimed all right of dower in the 113 acres of Daniel Hazen deceased, to Ziba Hazen of Mansfield.[Hazen21404.FTW]

Other Events:

• BAPM: 08 May 1720
• Military: 1778; Ensign Seventh Dutchess County Regiment

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Bapt. 8 May 1720 Caleb Hazen, with his wife and father in law, came towhat is now the town of Carmel in 1740, and settled on what has ever since been called "Hazen Hill," on the south side of Croton River, aboutamile and a half southwest of the village of Carmel.

The Hazen Family in America book has the following paragraph:
The tradition is that Eleazer Hamblin brought his family from Cape Cod to CT about 1739, and left them with the family of John Hazen for the winter, while he was prospecting in Philipse Patent (later Frederickstown), N. Y. When he returned to Connecticut in the spring, he found CalebHazen ready to go with him as his son-in-law. They settled within thelimits of the present town of Carmel, Putnam County; Caleb Hazen had afarm of about 500 acres on what has since been called Hazen Hill. He built his home on the west branch of the Croton River near the south endofthe dam at Reservoir D, and erected a forge and furnace a few rods below the bridge there. He manufactured everything made of iron then needed in building or in agriculture. The iron ore was obtained from a mine under what is now Brewster. As his children married, portions of thefarm were set off and houses builtfor them.

Caleb married Sarah Hamblin in Mar 1738 in Carmel, Dutchess County, New York. Sarah (daughter of E. Hamblin and S. Sears) was born on 16 Mar 1719 in Barnstable, Barnstable County, Massachusetts; died in Dec 1814 in Carmel, Dutchess County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]