Nathaniel Hazen (1745 - 1835)

Born 17 Mar 1745 in New London, Connecticut Colony

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Died 3 Nov 1835 at age 90 in North Sewickley, Beaver, Pennsylvania, United States

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Private Nathaniel Hazen served with 3rd Regiment, Connecticut Militia during the American Revolution.

Nathaniel Hazen is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A053571.

Nathaniel Hazen is an NSSAR Patriot Ancestor.
NSSAR Ancestor #: P-178640
Rank: Private

Biography

Nathaniel Hazen was born March 17, 1745 to parents John Hazen and Deborah Peck in New London, Connecticut Colony. ^[1]

He married Mary Bell November 27, 1768. Their children were:

1. Jeremiah Hazen was born October 11, 1769 in Westmoreland, Connecticut. He married Dorothy Sears.
2. James Hazen was born January 7, 1772 in Wyoming Valley, Pennsylvania. He first married Nellie Merrick; he later married Jerusha Runyon.
3. Isaac Hazen was born October 6, 1775 in Wyoming Valley, Pennsylvania. He married Mary Applegate.
4. Sarah Hazen was born September 5, 1777 in Luzerne, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, United States. She married Thomas Philips.
5. Mercy Hazen was born October 29, 1779 in Sussex, New Jersey, United States.
6. Nathaniel Hazen was born July 30, 1781 in Sussex, New Jersey, United States. He first married Marcy Duer; he later married Elizabeth Egbert.
7. Deborah Hazen was born August 14, 1782 in Pennsylvania, United States. She married Isaac Hill.
8. Mary Hazen was born September 2, 1784 in Sussex, New Jersey, United States. She married Samuel Baldwin.
9. Nathan Hazen was born May 1, 1786 in Peters Creek, Washington, Pennsylvania, United States. He married Levina Kirkendall.
10. Hannah Hazen was born July 20, 1788 in Washington, Pennsylvania, United States. She married John Merrick.
11. Samuel Hazen was born August 27, 1791 in Washington, Pennsylvania, United States. He married Eliza McDaniel.
12. Huldah Hazen was born February 24, 1794 in Allegheny, Beaver, Pennsylvania, United States. She married Abraham McDanel.

Nathaniel was a farmer and a whiskey producer, and participated in the Whiskey Rebellion.

An oral family history as told for the most part by Isaac Hazen, son of Nathaniel, to Aaron L. Hazen, about 1857:

The family tradition is that Nathaniel Hazen, soon after his marriage, joined the other Connecticut colonists in the Wyoming settlement on the Susquehanna River, but was driven out by the Indians at the time of the massacre in 1778. He, together with two or three brothers of his father, returned to New Jersey. [The records of Sussex Co., N. J., show that he was named an executor of the estate of his brother-in-law James Bell in 1778 and that "Nathaniel Hazen late of Newton, Sussex Co." sold land in Newton in 1793.] He is said to have served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War, and at its close to have moved with his brothers Joseph and Samuel to Fort Pitt (now Pittsburgh, Pa.). Not satisfied with Fort Pitt, they located in Washington County on Chartiers Creek in the Monongahela valley. They were very poor, having lost all when driven from the Wyoming valley, and here in the west, without convenient markets, their life was full of hardships. They took to making their grain into high wines, which they transported on pack saddles to Philadelphia, where they traded it for necessaries. Then Congress passed the Act levying an excise tax on high wines payable in coin, but the settlers had no coin and considered the tax unjust. In the ensuing Whiskey Rebellion, the Hazens were among the insurgents and at its close, rather than ask pardon for wrong which they did not admit they committed, the family in council decided to seek refuge in the wilderness. They went north of the Ohio River and opened up the tract where North Sewickley, Beaver Co., is now located. Nathaniel Hazen's farm was still in the possession of his grandson Smith McDaniel Hazen in the 1850s.

Land transfers

• On January 28, 1797, Charles Morgan of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, for 91 pounds 10 s. conveyed to Nathaniel Hazen of Allegheny County 182 acres 143 perches called "Harcourt," [also read "Mancourt"], situated on the waters of Montours Run in Allegheny County. [Allegheny Co. Deeds, 18:463.]
• On September 9 1807, Benjamin Chew, Jr. conveyed to Nathaniel Hazen of Beaver County, Pennsylvania, 200 acres, part of a tract called "Hatfield," situated on the Conequenessing Creek. [Beaver Co. Deeds, B:83.]
• In January 1821, Nathaniel Hazen and wife Mary of Beaver Co. for $1000 conveyed to Samuel Hazen land in North Sewickley Township, Beaver County, Conequenessing Creek, containing 115 acres, being part of Hazen's Delight which contained 393 acres 32 perches, of which 208 acres 50 perches were conveyed by Isaac Hazen to Nathaniel Hazen on 24 Mar. 1806. Witnesses: Stephen Rlunyan, Johannah Runyan. [Beaver Co. Deeds, H:182.]

From "Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania": ^[2]

Judge Wilson married, December 25, 1888, Sarah Ida Hazen, daughter of Nathan and Judith Hazen of North Sewickley township, Beaver county, granddaughter of Samuel and Eliza (McDannel) Hazen and great-granddaughter of Nathaniel Hazen who came from New Jersey and settled on a farm in Beaver county.

Nathaniel served in the Revolutionary War as a private in Captain Durkee's Third Company, 3rd Connecticut Regiment, 1775. ^[3]

Residences
1790 12 in household; Washington, Pennsylvania, United States. ^{[4] [5]}
1798 Peters, Greene, Washington, and Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States. ^[6]
1800 8 in household; Sewickley, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, USA. ^{[7] [8] [9]}
1810 8 in household; North Sewickley, Beaver, Pennsylvania, United States. ^[10]
1820 6 in household; North Sewickley, Beaver, Pennsylvania, United States. ^[11]
1830 2 in household; North Sewickley, Beaver, Pennsylvania, USA. ^[12]
1832 North Sewickley, Beaver, Pennsylvania, USA. ^[13]

Will of Nathaniel Hazen, dated October 13, 1830, proved June 6, 1836, farmer of North Sewickley township, Beaver County, Pennsylvania, left to his wife Mary the house where he resided and certain sums contained in an article between him and his son Samuel; to son James $10 and his blacksmith's tools which he already had; to son John $10 and to John's son John $5; to son Isaac $5; to son Nathaniel $1; to son Nathan $1; to son Samuel all the land he possessed, he to pay $10 an acre; to James, Lemuel, Amos, and Nathaniel Hazen [sons of his deceased son Jeremiah] $45 equally divided. John Merrick and son John Hazen to be executors. Witnesses: Abraham McDaniel, Sarah Eberhart, Elizabeth McDaniel, John Eberhart. [Beaver Co., Wills, B:130.]

Nathaniel died November 3, 1835 in North Sewickley, Beaver, Pennsylvania, United States ^{[14] [15]} and was buried in North Sewickley, Beaver County, Pennsylvania, United States of America. ^[16]

Sources

1. ↑ Source: S50 124
2. ↑ Source: S132 179
3. ↑ SAR https://sarpatriots.sar.org/patriot/display/178640
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5. ↑ Source: S149 326
6. ↑ Source: S91 National Archives and Records Administration; Washington, D.C 347
7. ↑ Source: S102 362
8. ↑ Source: S44 Year: 1800; Census Place: Sewickley, Beaver, Pennsylvania; Series: M32; Roll: 36; Page: 157; Image: 12; Family History Library Film: 363339 373
9. ↑ Source: S150 385
10. ↑ Source: S42 Year: 1810; Census Place: North Sewickley, Beaver, Pennsylvania; Roll: 45; Page: 440; Image: Pam252_45-0018; FHL Roll: 0193671 399
11. ↑ Source: S46 1820 U S Census; Census Place: North Sewickley, Beaver, Pennsylvania; Page: 122; NARA Roll: M33_96; Image: 75 415
12. ↑ Source: S47 Year: 1830; Census Place: North Sewickley, Beaver, Pennsylvania; Series: M19; Roll: 165; Page: 306; Family History Library Film: 0020639 431
13. ↑ Source: S100 Beaver County Genealogy and History Center; Beaver, Pennsylvania; North Sewickley 447
14. ↑ Source: S20 462 Name: Page Link: Name: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current URL: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/38231329/nathaniel-hazen
15. ↑ Source: S21 469
16. ↑ Source: S20 494 Name: Page Link: Name: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current URL: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/38231329/nathaniel-hazen

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