Genealogy Blog - Hazen, Bradley, Stricker, Rosemeyer Families

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 ...

John Wiswall - Ruling Elder, First Church, Boston Family Connection - 9th great-grandfather of Roy Ellsworth Stricker John Wiswall was born in Warrington, Lancashire, England and was baptized on September 20, 1601. John immigrated to Massachusetts on July 24, 1633 and settled in Dorchester, where he built a house. In 1638, he returned to England briefly to marry Margaret Smith. The couple returned to Dorchester after the wedding. John and Margaret had at least ten children:                              Hannah          b. 1638          d. 1694                    Rebecca         b. 1639           d. 1709                    Deborah        b. 1641        ...