Genealogy Blog - Hazen, Bradley, Stricker, Rosemeyer Families

Francis Peabody, Farmer and Town Clerk, Founder of Hampton and Topsfield Family Connection - 8th great-grandfather of Edward Elihu Hazen, Jr.  Francis Peabody was born in England in about 1613. In 1635, he was a passenger on the ship "Planter" and immigrated to Massachusetts. He first settled in Ipswich. By 1639, he was one of the founding settlers of  Hampton, New Hampshire, part of the group led by Stephen Bachiler. He was a member of the church in Hampton, and was named Freeman in 1642. He served on a jury at least thee times, and was named "Commissioner to end small causes" in Hampton.  By 1640, he married Lydia, surname unknown. They had four children before her death in 1649.                Lydia               b. 1640          d. 1715               John                 ...

Henry Wolcott - Magistrate and Legislator, Original Settler of Windsor, Connecticut Family Connection - 9th great-grandfather of Roy Ellsworth Stricker Grave of Henry and Elizabeth Wolcott, Palisado Cemetery, Windsor, Connecticut Henry Wolcott was born in 1578, the son of John Wolcott, and baptized on December 6, 1578 at Lidyard St. Lawrence, Somersetshire, England. Henry married Elizabeth Saunders in Lidyard St. Lawrence on January 19, 1606.  They had seven children:          John                   b. 1607          d. before 1642          Henry                 b. 1616          d. 1680          George             b. 1622          d. 1662          Anne      ...

Henry Kimball - Early settler of Watertown Family Connection - 9th Great-grandfather of Ruth Ann Hazen Henry Kimball was born in about 1590 in Essex, England to father Richard Kimball. Henry was the brother of Richard Kimball, the subject of the Nov. 25, 2025 blog post.  Memorial to the Early Settlers of Watertown On November 27, 1628, Henry married Susan Stone, widow of Richard Cutting. They had three children:                        Elizabeth          b. 1629          d. 1719                    Susan                 b. 1632          d. 1673                    John                    b. 1637          d. 1714 Eliz...

Thomas Howlett, Co-Founder of Ipswich, Carpenter and Surveyor Family Connection - 8th great-grandfather of Edward Elihu Hazen, Jr.  Early Map of Ipswich, Massachusetts Thomas Howlett was born in England in about 1606. He migrated to Boston in 1630. He was the 51st member admitted to the Church in Boston in late 1630. He was made Freeman on March 4, 1633.  By 1637, Thomas married Alice French. They had seven children:               Thomas          b. 1637          d. 1667               Sarah               b. 1639          d. 1700               John                 b. 1643          d. 1708               Mary        ...

Roger Mowry - Innkeeper Family Connection - 10th great-grandfather of Roy Ellsworth Stricker Mowry Family Monument, North Smithfield, Rhode Island Memorial to Roger Mowry Roger Mowry was born in England in about 1610. In 1630, he migrated to the Massachusetts Bay Colony and settled in Salem. His job in Salem was to be the "neat herd" - the person who herded all the cattle kept in town to pastures outside of town to graze each day. He was made Freeman on May 18, 1631. In 1636 he was granted forty acres of land in Salem. He was granted another fifty acres in August 1637.  By 1637, Roger married Mary Johnson, daughter of John Johnson. They had eleven children:               Jonathan          b. 1637 in Salem              d. 1708               Bethiah            b. 1638 in Salem           ...

Patriot's Day 2026 and the Acton Minutemen This blog post will be a little different from they others. Yesterday was Patriots Day, an annual Massachusetts State holiday to honor those who fought for the Massachusetts colony against the British in the Battles of Lexington and Concord in 1775.  First - a memory. When our family moved to Acton, we picked a house that we could afford during a single crazy week. We didn't notice that down the street and around the corner, about a mile from our house, is a historical marker for the homestead of Isaac Davis. It didn't take long for us to learn who Isaac Davis was.  Isaac Davis was a blacksmith and gunsmith. He was also the captain of the Acton Minutemen, the local militia. Ever since the British Parliament revoked the Provincial Charter of Massachusetts in 1775, towns all over the area began training their local militia companies. In Acton, the local militia was trained and ready. Isaac Davis even fitted their guns with bayonets, ...

I have updated all the blog posts - I added labels to identify towns of residence for each blog subject. So now, if you wanted to see which people lived in Salem, you can click on the three green horizontal lines at the top right and type in Salem. This will give you all the blog posts of the people who lived in Salem.  Enjoy!

William Gager, Surgeon Family Connection - 8th great-grandfather of Edward Elihu Hazen, Jr.  William Gager was born in 1592 to James Gager. He was baptized on June 15, 1592 in Little Waldingfield, Suffolk, England. He and his wife, name unknown, had nine children:               Sarah          b. 1618          d. 1627               John            b. 1620          d. 1703               William      b. 1622          d. 1622               William      b. 1623          d. 1626               Rebecca      b. 1625          d. 1625           ...

George Chappell, Carpenter Family Connection - 9th great-grandfather of Roy Ellsworth Stricker Founder's Monument, Windsor, Connecticut George Chappell was born in about 1615 in England. The first record of him is in 1635, on the manifest for the ship Christian, where he was listed as being 20 years old. On March 28, 1637, he was apprenticed to Francis Stiles of Windsor, Connecticut. George and Francis are both listed on the Founder's Monument in Windsor.  In 1637, George Chappell most likely participated in the Battle of Mystick Fort, the attack on the Pequot Native American tribe, where 400-700 Pequots were killed by a group of colonists led by John Mason of Windsor.  By 1642, George moved to the town of Wethersfield, Connecticut and married Christian, family name unknown. They had five children, all born in Wethersfield.                Mary               b. 1642        ...

Admiral Thomas Graves Family Connection - 8th great-grandfather of Ruth Ann Hazen The Battle of Scheveningen by Jan Abrahamsz Beerstraaten Painted in 1654, in the collection at Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam Thomas Graves was born in Stepney, London, England on June 6, 1605, to parents John Graves and Sarah Malter Graves. John Graves was a shipwright. He married Katherine Grey in Stepney, London in 1630. They had seven children:               Rebecca          b. 1630          d. 1664               John                  b. 1633          d. 1664               William           b. 1636          d. 1653               Thomas           b. 163...

Jeremy Adams, Innkeeper Family Connection - 8th great-grandfather of Edward Elihu Hazen Map of Hartford, Connecticut in 1640 Jeremy Adams was born in England in 1604. He migrated to Massachusetts in 1633 and settled in Cambridge. He was part of  Rev. Thomas Hooker's congregation, and was named Freeman on May 6, 1635.  In 1636, Hooker lead one hundred members of his congregation on a two week overland journey to found the town of Hartford, Connecticut. Jeremy Adams was a member of that group.  In 1637, Jeremy married Rebecca Baseden, widow of Samuel Greenhill. They had five children:                              John               b. 1637          d. 1670               Hannah         b. 1639          d. 1670       ...

Roger Chandler, Sayworker Family Connection - 10th great-grandfather of Roy Ellsworth Stricker Marker for site of first Duxbury Meeting House Roger Chandler was born in 1586 and was baptized on May 22, 1586 in Little Bromley, Essex, England. At some unknown date, he joined the other Puritan separatists in Leiden, Netherlands. He married  Isabella Chilton there on July 21, 1615. Isabella Chilton was the daughter of Mayflower passenger James Chilton and his wife, who both died shortly after the Mayflower arrived in Plymouth in 1621. Roger and Isabella had four children:               Samuel          b. bef. Oct. 1622          d. 1622               Sarah              b. bef. 1622                    d. 1675             Mary ...

George Munnings, Founder of Sudbury Family Connection - 9th great-grandfather of Ruth Ann Hazen George Munnings was born in Rattlesden, Suffolk, England and baptized on September 5, 1596. On June 12, 1620, he married Elizabeth Groome in Rattlesden. They had three children:               Elizabeth          b. 1621          d. unknown, but after 1637               Abigail              b. 1624          d. 1624               Abigail             b. 1626          d. 1666 In 1634, George, Elizabeth, and their two surviving daughters migrated to Watertown, Massachusetts on the ship Elizabeth. George was a cordwainer (shoemaker ) in England, but there is no indication that he continued that work after migr...

Robert Goodale, Salem Planter Family connection - 7th great-grandfather of Edward Elihu Hazen, Jr.                                                  The Burying Point - the First Cemetery in Salem Robert Goodale was born in England in about 1604. He married Katherine, surname unknown, by 1630. They had seven children:               Mary               b. 1630          d. 1668               Abraham       b. 1632          d.  after 1634                Isaac                b. 1633          d. 1679               Elizabeth ...