Hazen Family Tree - Thomas Grant Hazen

 Lt. Thomas Grant Hazen - 

Family Connection - 7th great-grandfather of Edward Elihu Hazen Jr. 

Hazen-Kimball-Aldrich House 

Georgetown, MA

Thomas Grant Hazen was born at Rowley, Massachusetts on January 29, 1657. His parents were Edward Hazen and Hannah Grant. 

In 1675 at age 18 Thomas joined Major Samuel Appleton's militia company and served in the Narraganset campaign known as the Great Swamp Fight in King Phillip's War. 

As reward for his service, he was granted land in Narraganset Township #4, now Greenwich, Massachusetts. 

He married Mary Howlett, daughter of Tomas Howlett and Lydia Peabody, on January 1,1683. Thomas and Mary had eleven children:

        

    Hannah, b. October 10, 1684

    Alice, b. June 10, 1686

    John, b. March 23, 1688

    Thomas, b. Feb. 7, 1690

    Jacob, b. Dec. 5, 1691

    Mary and Lydia, twins, b. Sept. 1, 1694

    Hepzibah, b. March 22, 1696

    Ruth, b. Oct. 3, 1699

    Jeremiah, b. Jan. 4, 1701

    Edna, b. Dec. 25, 1704

His father Edward Hazen died on July 2, 1683, and Thomas was given part of his father's property in Rowley at that time. 

The house pictured above, the Hazen-Kimball-Aldrich House in what is now Georgetown (then part of  Rowley), Massachusetts, was originally built by Thomas Hazen some time in the 1680's. The original part of the house is the central chimney and rooms to the right of it. The house was added to and remodeled by subsequent owners and is still a private residence today. 

A few years after his marriage, Thomas and Mary moved to the town of Boxford, Massachusetts. At that time, he joined the church in Topsfield, and that is where most of their children were baptized. 

Thomas was made freeman in Boxford on March 22, 1689. This means that until that time, he was on "probation" to insure that his behavior met the standards of the church and community. Once granted Freeman status, he could vote and be appointed to office. In 1702, he left the church in Topsfield to be one of the founding members of the church in Boxford. In his time in Boxford, he held many roles and offices - surveyor, selectman (town council member), town building committee member, moderator of the town meeting, and town treasurer.

In 1711, Thomas, his wife Mary, his sons John and Thomas, and all the younger children moved to Norwich, Connecticut. Hannah and Alice were already married at that time and remained with their husbands in Boxford.  Thomas purchased twenty acres including a house on March 17, 1711. He was admitted as a resident of Norwich on December 21, 1712.  He and his wife were received into the First Church of Norwich. In 1716, Thomas and his sons were part of a petition to form the West Farms Society to represent the area where they lived. On January 1718, Thomas and Mary were among the original members of the Second Church of Norwich. 

Thomas died on April 12, 1735 in Norwich. No will was ever found, but he had already made provision for all of his children by a deed dated February 5, 1717. Each of his two older sons were given farms soon after their marriages. His son Jeremiah predeceased him.   His son Jacob was given ownership of Thomas's farm, and each of his daughters were grated a sum of thirty pounds. Thomas's Norwich farm remained in the Hazen family for the next four generations. 

Thomas's wife Mary died on October 24, 1727 and was buried on a mound known at that time as the Old Indian Burying Ground.  It is now known as the Great Pine Swamp Cemetery. Her tombstone is still there, alongside a stone for their daughter Hepzibah.  It is assumed that Thomas was buried next to her, but no stone exists for him. 

Thomas Grant Hazen > Thomas Hazen II  > Thomas Grant Hazen III > Solomon Hazen > Solomon Hazen II > Norman Hazen  > John Vose Hazen  > Edward Elihu Hazen  > Edward Elihu Hazen Jr. 

Thomas Grant Hazen is in the green section of the Solomon Hazen tree, third ring from the center person. Solomon Hazen is in the green section of the Edward Elihu Hazen Jr. tree, second ring from outside ring.