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Hazen Family Tree - Francis Peabody, Founder of Hampton New Hampshire and Topsfield Massachusetts

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              b. 1642        d. 1720
            Joseph          b. 1645        d. 1721
            William        b. 1647        d. 1699      

In 1650, he married Mary Foster, the widow of Daniel Wood. They had ten children:

            Mary            b. 1650        d. 1690
            Isaac             b. 1652        d. 1727
            Sarah            b. 1654        d. 1732
            Hepzibah      b. 1656        d. 1727
            Ruth              b. 1658        d. 1725
            Damaris        b. 1660        d. 1660
            Samuel          b. 1662        d. 1677
            Jacob             b. 1664        d. 1689
            Hannah          b. 1668       d. 1698
            Nathaniel       b. 1669        d. 1715

In 1650, Francis and his family left Hampton to be one of the founding families of Topsfield, Massachusetts. Francis was elected selectman (town councilman) seven times, Town Clerk seven times, Assessor,  and Sealer of Weights and Measures. In May 1668, the Massachusetts Bay General Court (legislature) appointed him Lieutenant of the Topsfield militia. 

In 1664, the town of Topsfield voted to permit a grist mill to be built on the Pye Brook. Francis Peabody built the mill in 1665 so the townspeople had a local place to grind their corn and rye.  Next, Peabody proposed that a sawmill be built. The town voted permission, and the saw mill was built in 1672. By 1671, the demand for both mills was so high the water sources were not sufficient, so Peabody proposed and then competed the rerouting of another waterway to supplement the current waterways. 

Peabody Grist Mill



Francis Peabody died in Topsfield on February 19, 1697. The inventory of his estate totaled £1327, of which £1030 was real estate. His land was divided between his surviving sons upon his death. 

Francis Peabody > Lydia Peabody > Mary Howlett > Thomas Hazen II > Thomas Grant Hazen > Solomon Hazen > Solomon Hazen > Norman Hazen > John Vose Hazen > Edward Elihu Hazen > Edward Elihu Hazen, Jr.      Charts H-A and H-Main


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