Sarah (Seward) Hasey (abt. 1624 - 1680)

Born about 1624 in Chelsea, Massachusetts Bay Colony [uncertain]

Wife of William Hasey — married 1647 (to Dec 1680) in Chelsea, Massachusetts Bay

Descendants

Died Dec 1680 at about age 56 in Malden, Middlesex, Massachusetts

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Biography

Sarah Seward (surname unsure) was born about 1624 at Chelsea, Massachusetts Bay. She married at Chelsea before 1647, William Hasey, (sometimes Halce, Halsie, Hasey, Hasie, Hassy, Haseye and Hazzy; the later form was Hasey) of Pullen Point. He was born in 1619 at Chelsea, Massachusetts Bay. They lived at Rumney Marsh (Pullen Point) Massachusetts, now called Revere, Massachusetts. He bought the Samuel Cole farm at Rumney Marsh 24 Mar 1653-4, and sold his house in Boston to Cole. "Wm Hazzey" was made freeman in 1665. On 27 May 1674, Cornet William Hasey was confirmed as Lieutenant of the Three County Troop and was its commander in 1675. Sarah and William were parents of William Hasey and grandfather of William Hasey who died at Wakefield, Massachusetts in King Phillip's War, Feb 1676.^[1]

On March 9, 1649/50 "Sara Harsey ye wife of Wm Harsey" was admitted to the Boston church, and on 23 March 1651/2 Elizabeth, Sarah and Hester, daughters of "William Hersy's wife" were baptized.^[1]

Children of William Hasey and Sarah Seward

William and Sarah had the following children:^[1]

1. Sarah Hasey born 1647; m. Phineas Sprague of Malden 5 Jan 1669/70
2. Esther Hasey or Hasse Hassey (Hasse) (Haase) born 20 Mar 1650
3. Elizabeth Hasey Hassey born 23 Apr 1651
4. William Hasey born 15 Sep 1652 at Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts^[2]
5. Asa Hassey born 1 Jan 1655
6. Joseph Hasey born 29 May 1657
7. Susanna Hasey born 30 May 1660 at Boston, Suffolk. Massachusetts^[3]
8. Martha Hassey born 29 Apr 1664

Sarah died Dec 1680. The widow Judith Poole was William's second wife. Lt. William Hasey died 20 May 1689 at Wakefield, Middlesex, Massachusetts.^[1]

Alternative death info: Died Dec 1680 in Chelsea, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3} A documentary history of Chelsea : including the Boston precincts of Winnisimmet, Rumney Marsh, and Pullen Point, 1624-1824 by Chamberlain, Mellen, 1821-1900; Watts, Jenny C. (Jenny Chamberlain), 1869-1941; Cutter, William Richard, 1847-1918; Massachusetts Historical Society. Printed for the Massachusetts Historical Society. Boston. 1908. pp. 230-2
2. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCWG-W4Z : 10 February 2018), William Hasey in entry for William Hasey, 15 Sep 1652; citing BOSTON,SUFFOLK,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 397,042.
3. ↑ Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCWK-BQ3 : 10 February 2018), William Hasye in entry for Susanna Hasye, 30 May 1660; citing BOSTON,SUFFOLK,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 397,042.

• Cutter, William Richard. Genealogical and Personal Memoirs Relating to the Families of Boston and Eastern Massachusetts.
• Torrey, Clarence Almon and Bentley, Elizabeth Petty. New England Marriages Prior to 1700. 1985. Page 351.
• Pope, Charles, Henry. Pioneers of Maine and New Hampshire. (Originally published 1908, Boston MA. Reprinted for Clearfield Company, Inc. by Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore MD, 1994, 1997, Library of Congress Catalogue Card Number 65-22477, ISBN 0-8063-0278-X)

Acknowledgements

• Sara V Mosher