Edward Hazen (bef. 1614 - bef. 1683)

Born before 14 Dec 1614 in Cadney, Lincolnshire, England

Ancestors

Husband of Hannah (Grant) Browne — married 2 Mar 1650 (to 22 Jul 1683) in Rowley, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Descendants

Died before 22 Jul 1683 at about age 68 in Rowley, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

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Biography

EDWARD HAZEN was baptized 24 Dec 1613,^[1] at Cadney, Lincolnshire, England to parents Thomas and Elizabeth Hassen / Hazen. ^{[2] [3]}

Edward Hazen arrived in Massachusetts in 1647.^{[4] [5]} He settled in Rowley, Essex County, Massachusetts.

He married 1st Elizabeth who died childless on 18 September 1649.

He married 2nd Hannah Grant (LNAB specified) on March 2, 1650.^[6] Hannah Grant (wife of Edward Hazen) was born October 16, 1631 in Cottingham, Yorkshire, England the daughter of Thomas Grant and Jane Haborne. She died 16 February 1715 in Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts.

Edward and Hannah Hazen had the following known children in Rowley: ^[7]

• Elizabeth, b. 8 Mar 1651; d. 1747, Rowley, MA; m. Nathaniel Harris
• Hannah, b. 6 Sep 1653; d. 10 Oct 1678, Rowley, MA; m. William Gibson
• John, b. 22 Sep 1655; d. 1683, Rowley, MA
• Thomas, b. 29 Jan 1658; d. 12 Apr 1735, Norwich, New London, CT.
• Edward, b. 10 Sep 1660; d. 26 Dec 1748, Rowley, MA;
• Isabel, b. 21 jul 1662; d. 24 Jul 1735, Rowley, MA; m. John Wood
• Priscilla, b. 25 Nov 1664; d. 25 Jul 1752, Rowley, MA; m. Jeremiah Pearson
• Edna, b. 20 Jun 1667; d. 1727, Rowley, MA; m. Timothy Perkins
• Richard, b. 6 Aug 1669; d. 25 Sep 1733, Haverhill, Essex, MA
• Hephzibah, b. 22 Dec 1671; d. 29 Nov 1689, Rowley, MA
• Sarah, b. 22 Aug 1673; d. 9 Apr 1706, Rowley, MA; m. Daniel Wicom, Jr.

Edward Hazen is said to have been a “man of influence.” He was Overseer or Selectman of Rowley in 1650, 1651, 1654, 1655, and 1668. He was Judge of Delinquents in 1666.

Edward died July 22, 1683 in Rowley, Essex County, Massachusetts. His will was probated 25 Sep 1683, Essex County, Massachusetts. ^[8] In 1684 his widow Hannah Grant Hazen married 2nd George Browne (b.Mar 1650) in Rowley. ^[9][10]

Research Notes:
(1) Slightly different marriage date which is probably, in part, due to the calendar change:

Edward Hazzen m. Hannah, 1 Jan 1650, Rowley, Essex, Massachusetts. ^[11]

(2) Caution: Contradictory information given in the following biography which doesn't reference sources for this particular family line: ^[12]

Edward Hazen, son of Sergeant Thomas Hazen, immigrant and one of the first 10 settlers of Ipswich, Massachusetts in 1632. He was b. England; d. Ipswich. Children b. in Ipswich.

(3) PGM Status pertaining to spouse Hannah Grant Hazen: father Thomas Grant arrived between 1620-1638, Massachusetts. Source: Pope, Charles Henry.^[13]

Sources

1. ↑ Lincolnshire : Cadney : All Saints : Parish Register : "Parish Register" database, FreeREG (https://www.freereg.org.uk/search_records/5818870ee93790ec8b98ab7b : viewed 17 Dec 2022) baptism Edward Hasson 24 Dec 1613
2. ↑ England, Select Births & Christenings, 1538-1975; Salt Lake City, Utah: FamilySearch, 2013. Reprinted as [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014. Accessed 18 Sep 2019.
3. ↑ Author: T Hazen, Tracy Elliot. "The Hazen family in America : a genealogy". Thomaston, Conn.: R. Hazen, 1947, pp. 4-5.
4. ↑ Filby, P. William, ed. Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s (Farmington Hills, MI, USA: Gale Research, 2012)
5. ↑ COLKET, MEREDITH B., JR. Founders of Early American Families: Emigrants from Europe, 1607-1657. Cleveland: General Court of the Order of Founders and Patriots of America, 1975. 366p.
6. ↑ Torry, Clarence A.: "New England Marriages Prior to 1700". Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2004. Reprinted (online db) by Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2012. Online accessed 18 Sep 2019.
7. ↑ "The Pioneers of Massachusetts, 1620-1650; pg.224; by Pope, Charles Henry; Reprinted online by Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. Accessed 18 Sep 2019.
8. ↑ Massachusetts County, District and Probate Courts; 'Massachusetts, Wills & Probate Records, 1635-1991'; Item Description: Probate Records, Haren, J-Head, A, 1828-1991; Case Number: 12993; Author: Massachusetts. Supreme Judicial Court (Essex County); Probate Place: Essex, Massachusetts; Republished by Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015; db online accessed 18 Sep 2019.
9. ↑ See New England Marriages Prior to 1700; pg. 361.
10. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/104530502/edward-hazen: accessed September 29, 2024), memorial page for Edward Hazen (14 Dec 1614–22 Jul 1683), Find A Grave: Memorial #104530502, citing Rowley Burial Ground, Rowley, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA; Maintained by Chesnut/Behunin Descendant (contributor 47104688)
11. ↑ Dodd, Jordan, Liahona Research, comp. Massachusetts, Marriages, 1633-1850. Reprinted Family History Library, Salt Lake City, UT, Film # 0496782. Reprinted [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005. Accessed 18 Sep 2019.
12. ↑ "Ancestors & Descendants of Daniel Gardner V & Mary Hodges Gardner, late of Champaign, Ill". Reprinted as North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000;
13. ↑ POPE, CHARLES HENRY. The Pioneers of Massachusetts, A Descriptive List, Drawn from Records of the Colonies, Towns and Churches, and other Contemporaneous Documents. Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1998. 550p. Reprinted by Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. Online db access 18 Sep 2019.

See also:

• Jacobus, Donald Lines. The Granberry Family and Allied Families (E. F. Waterman, Hartford, Conn., 1945)
• History of Essex County, Massachusetts; with biographical sketches of many of its pioneers and prominent men Publication; Philadelphia: J.W. Lewis & Co., 1888; Reprinted by The Generations Network, Inc., 2005.
• Jackson, Ron V., Accelerated Indexing Systems, comp. Massachusetts Census, 1790-1890 (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999). Microfilmed schedules of the U.S. Federal Decennial Census, territorial/state censuses, and/or census substitutes.
• The Ancestry of Bethia Harris, 1748-1833 (The Southworth Press, Portland, Maine, 1934) Page 14
• Blodgette, George Brainard, Early Settlers of Rowley, Massachusetts Revised, Edited and Published by Jewett, Amos Everett. Newcomb & Gauss Co., Printers, Salem, Massachusetts, USA, 1933. Reprinted by the New England History Press, Somersworth, New Hampshire. 1981. Pg. 146.
• Wakefield, Homer. "Wakefield memorial, comprising an historical, genealogical and biographical register of the name and family of Wakefield"; Bloomington, IL, Private Printing; 1897