Thomas Hazen b. 29 Jan 1657 Bradford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts d. 12 Apr 1735 Norwich, New London County, Connecticut

1657 - 1735 (78 years)

Name	Thomas Hazen [1]
Born	29 Jan 1657	Bradford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts [1]
Gender	Male
Freeman	Boxford, Essex County, Massachusetts
Military	1675
	Major Samuel Appleton's company, Narraganset campaign, King Philip's War
Resided	Rowley, Essex County, Massachusetts
Resided	Boxford, Essex County, Massachusetts
Resided	1711	Norwich, New London County, Connecticut
	moved to West Farms
Died	12 Apr 1735	Norwich, New London County, Connecticut [1]
Buried	Old Indian Burial Ground, Franklin, Connecticut
Person ID	I22354	Jerry Milo Johnson
Last Modified	29 Mar 2015

Father	Edward Hazen, b. 12 Dec 1614, Cadney, Lincolnshire, England , d. 22 Jul 1683, Bradford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts (Age 68 years)
Relationship	Natural
Mother	Hannah Grant, b. 16 Nov 1631, Cottingham, Yorkshire, England , d. 25 Nov 1698, Haverhill, Essex County, Massachusetts (Age 67 years)
Relationship	Natural
Family ID	F7996	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family Mary Howlett, b. Abt 1664, Bradford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts , d. 24 Oct 1727, Norwich, New London County, Connecticut (Age ~ 63 years)

Married 01 Jan 1683 Bradford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts [1]

Children

	1. . Hazen
	2. Thomas Hazen, b. 07 Feb 1689, Boxford, Essex County, Massachusetts , d. 1776, Norwich, New London County, Connecticut (Age 86 years) [Natural]
	3. J. Hazen
	4. . Hazen
	5. . Hazen
	6. . Hazen
	7. John Hazen, b. 23 Mar 1685, Boxford, Essex County, Massachusetts , d. 24 Feb 1772, Norwich, New London County, Connecticut (Age 86 years) [Natural]
	8. . Hazen
	9. . Hazen
	10. . Hazen
	11. . Hazen

Family ID F8002 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Event Map

	Born - 29 Jan 1657 - Bradford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
	Freeman - - Boxford, Essex County, Massachusetts
	Resided - - Rowley, Essex County, Massachusetts
	Resided - - Boxford, Essex County, Massachusetts
	Married - 01 Jan 1683 - Bradford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
	Resided - moved to West Farms - 1711 - Norwich, New London County, Connecticut
	Died - 12 Apr 1735 - Norwich, New London County, Connecticut
	Buried - - Old Indian Burial Ground, Franklin, Connecticut

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Notes

He was in possession of a farm in Rowley given him by his father at thedeath of the latter. Soon after his marriage he removed to Boxford , where he was made freeman on March 22,1689/90. He was admitted to full communion in the church at Topsfield on August 28,1687. He was dismissedfrom this church, where most of the baptisms of his children are recorded, to become a constituent member of the church in Boxford on October4,1702.
The records of the town of Boxford contain many items which show his growing importance in the life of the community. "At a legal towne metinghild in Boxford the ____ day of March 1687, Thomas Radington Thomas hazan Josaph Andrus be Chosen Survaiers." On "2 July 87 the Selact men ofthis Towne of Boxford have leat the parsoneg medow to Thomas hazen anddaniel wood this presant year for Six shillings to be payed i n Coren to the Cunstabul for the Ves of the Towen." On May 21,1688, "the Town choes6 men for Selact men for ye year in sewing by a voat" of whom Thomas hazen was forth. On June 24,1689 "Corporall Thomas hazen" was second of the "Selact men" also on March 8,1691/2 and March 13,1
693/4, "Corporel Thomas hazen's" name is first among the five "seact men."
On Jan. 29,1694/5, "the Town Choes 5 men to be a commety to carey on the worck of bulding the meting hous in the Town of Boxford a Cording to thair beast discrasion," of whom Thomas hazen was oNE In Feb. 1696/7, Thomas "hazen" was chosen one of the "fenc vewars for the yer insewing." "At a Lawful town meeting hild in Boxford the Eaith of Septem 1698 the Town Choes Thomas hassen moderator." On Jan. 3,1698/9, "The Town Choes Sargent hazen moderator for the day"; also "Sargent Thomas heazen" was one of the "5 men Chosen for our Commety to carey on the meting hows." On March 12,1699/1700. "first the Town Choes E(n)sien hazen moderator for the day."
On Jan. 16,1700/1, Samuel English, an Indian, for the sum of nine pounds, gave a deed for the 12000 acres constituting the township of Boxfordto a committee of five men appointed by the town, of whom Ensign Thomashazen was oNE On Jan. 20,1700/1 "the town has voted to Choes 5 men tosettle our inhabetanc of the Town in seating our inhabitanc in our meting house a Cording to thair Sivel wrights having Regard Chefiy to Esteats yet soe as to have Respacts to ould age : the men Chosen for this servis bee as foloweth Ensien hazen Sargent bixbee Corparal Radington JohnAndrus and Jonathan foster." On March 11,1700/1 "theTown Choes williamfoster and Ensien hazen tithing men for the year. "
"At a Town meting hild in Boxford the 24 of november 1701 The Town Choes Ensien heazen moderator for the day." On March 10,1701/2 "Ensien hazen is Chosen town Trasurer for the year insewing . . . . also Ensien hazen is chos to saru on the Jury of trials this next Court to bee houldenat Ipswich." "At A law Full towen meting held in Boxford Dacember the 15: 1702 the tow(n) chos insin hazzan modarator for the day" (record of Joseph Bixby). On March 9,1702/3 "the Town Choes Ensien Thomas hazen moderator for the presant meting . . . . also the Towen have chosen 5 Selact men and thaier names be as followeth : John pebody Ensien Thomas hazen Jonathan foster Samuel Simons juenrand Timothy Dorman---also the Towen Choes Ensien Thomas hazen Towen treasurer for the yer."
On Feb. 22,1703/4 "Ensien thomas hazen" was chosen in place of Zerrubabal Endicot to whom the town of Topsfield made objection to serve on a committee to settle the bounds between the towns. On March 13,1704/5 "The Towen Choes Insien hazzen moderator for the presant meting . . . . also voted by the towen that Ensien hazen shal be Towen trasurer for the year insuing." On Feb. 26,1705/6 "also Towen Choes Ensien hazzen Sargentbixbe and Zerobebabel Endicot to vew a pees of land that John wood desirad of the towen lying in the Eastwardly corner of the pasnig farm andto mack Retorn to the towen what they did Estem s dland to bee worth."
On March 12,1705/6 "also Ensien hazzen is Choes Selact man for the yer 1706 also assesar for 1706 . . . . also Insien hazen is chosen Touen Trasurer for the year in sewing . . . . also . . . . wee haue chosen leiutpebody Ensien hazzen and John Eames to bee a Commety to meet with Topsfiles commety . . . . a bout a deuiding lien between our towens." He wasa selectman also in 1708, and
on March 1710/1 "The Town chos Leften. hazen for Town Clark" to succeedCapt. John Peabody, who had filled the office till that time.Probably it was not untill the spring of the following year that he re
moved to Norwich, CT, for his first deed there is dated March 17,1711/12 and reads "Thomas Hazzen of Boxford, MA, yeoman," bought of JOnathan Hartshorn for 200, twenty acres "on the east side of the highway that leads to Pottapouge, with a dwelling house, abutting easterly on the land of Benjamin Armstrong." He was admitted an inhabitant in Norwich Dec.21,1712. "Mr. Thomas Hazen member of ye church in Boxford" and his wifewere received into the First Church of Norwich (date omitted in the church records); in 1716 he and his sons John and Thomas were among the petitioners for the formation of the West Farms Society to accommodate the portion of the town in which they live d
and Jan. 4,1718, upon the organization of the Second Church of Norwich (now the Franklin Congregational Church, -ie c. 1945), Thomas Hazzen andMrs. Mary Hazzen were among the original members.
No record of the will of Thomas Hazen has been found, and probably he left none, for he gave each of his two older sons a farm soon after their marriage, and the following deed dated Feb. 5, 1717/18, provided for the rest of the children: "I Thomas . . . . for and in consideration of ye love goodwill and ffatherly affection which I have and do bare towards my well beloved son Jacob Hazzen of ye same Norwich afores'd Togetherwith ye Consideration of good and sufficient security by my s'd son Jacob given to me at ye signing and sealing of these presents for ye payment of Thirty pounds apiece to his seven sisters (that is to say) thirtypounds to each of them yt have had nothing, and to make up ye sum of Thirty pounds to each of them yt have had part thereof allready, and also to take care , with myselfe, to pay my just Debts during my life, andafter my death to discharge all my Just Debts, . . . . have nad do give. . . unto him my s'd son Jacob Hazzen all my farme of lands which I now live upon in ye Township of Norwich and was laid ou in four parcells, To say fourteen acres lying on ye East side of ye highway y yt leads to pottapauge with ye dwelling house upon it . . . . with twenty three acres on ye west side of ye highway opposite . . . . with twenty acres on ye east side by ye house . . . . with four acres on ye hill called mount hope." This farm descended directly to Jacob' s great-grandson, Col. Henry Hazen of Franklin. It was more recently owned (ie c. 1945) by aDriscoll family.

eleven Children, the first one born at Rowley, the others at Boxford ,MA:

Freeman:

He lived on 22 Mar 1689 at Boxford, Essex, MA; made freeman here; dismissed from the church in Topsfield to become a member of the church in Boxford in 1702.

Resided:

He lived on 22 Mar 1689 at Boxford, Essex, MA; made freeman here; dismissed from the church in Topsfield to become a member of the church in Boxford in 1702.

Military:

His name is on the roll of Major Samuel Appleton's company which servedin the Narraganset campaign in King Philip's War in 1675. he is on thelist of divers persons who were "damnified" by the burning of Major Appleton's tent at Narraganset, whose losses the court voted to repay in September 1676. As a reward for his service he was made one of the grantees of Narraganset Township No. 4 (now Greenwich, MA), the grant being confirmed about 1738-40 (Bodge, SOLDIERS OF KING PHILIP'S WAR, pp. 154, 157,426.)

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.

Sources

[S292] Genealogy of Neal Frank Carrier, Neal Frank Carrier, (Name: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~carrier/ifamily/index.html;), http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~carrier/ifamily/HTMLFiles/HTMLFiles_03/Edmond_Ingalls_P2153.html (Reliability: 3).