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Hazen Family Tree - Capt. William Hedge, Constable

William Hedge, Constable in Yarmouth, Massachusetts

Family Connection - 8th Great-grandfather of Edward Elihu Hazen, Jr. 

Will of William Hedge

William Hedge was born in Northamptonshire, England in 1612 to parents Elisha Hedge and Ann Ward Hedge. He immigrated in 1633 and settled first in Lynn. He was admitted to the Lynn church, and granted Freemanship om May 14, 1634

He moved to Sandwich, Massachusetts in 1639, then to Yarmouth, Massachusetts by 1643. 

He married his first wife before 1640, but her name is unknown. They had eight children:
        Abraham        b. 1640        d. 1735
        Elisha             b. 1642        d. 1712
        Sarah              b. 1645        d. 1670
        Elizabeth        b. 1647        d. 1731
        Mary              b. 1648        d. 1731
        William          b. 1651        d. 1734
        John               b. 1653        d. 1679
        Lemuel           b. 1644        d. after 1670
        Mercy            b. 1658        d. 1721

His first wife died sometime between 1658 and 1667.  Sometime after 1667, he married Blanche, widow of Tristram Hull. She deserted him sometime before June 30, 1670. They had no children together. 

William Hedge served in the Pequot War, but no details are available. The war was waged mostly in Connecticut between 1636 and 1638. 

William is listed in the history of Yarmouth as one of the "first comers". He was named Constable for Yarmouth in 1650. He served on juries at least three times, was on a committee to lay out a highway from Sandwich to Plymouth in 1652. In Yarmouth, he was named Ensign of the town militia, then named Captain in 1659 and again in 1662. 

He appears several times in court records. He was fined for not fencing his pigs, for allowing an Indian to have a gun, powder, and shot, and selling "wine and strong waters " without a license. He imported liquor and ammunition into Yarmouth several times, including one instance when he brought in fifteen gallons of liquor, ten pounds of powder, and fifty pounds of lead.  

In one memorable town record, William and another man broke into a house in Eastham, found and drank all the liquor in the house, then wrote "libelous and scandalous verses"  and left them on the table for the homeowner to find. 

William Hedge died sometime between June 30, 1670, when he wrote his will, and July 5, 1670, when the court asked for the will. The inventory of his estate taken on July 15, 1670, indicated a total worth of £487, none of which was real estate. His burial site is unmarked and unknown. 

William Hedge > Elizabeth Hedge > Hannah Barnes > Samuel Rider > Maria Rider > Seth Fuller > Deborah Fuller > Norman Hazen > John Vose Hazen > Edward Elihu Hazen > Edward Elihu Hazen, Jr. 

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