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Hazen Family Tree - Thomas Howlett, Carpenter and Surveyor

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             b. 1645        d. 1718
            Samuel          b. 1646        d. 1677
            William         b. 1650        d. 1718
            Nathaniel      b. unknown  d. 1658

Alice French Howlett died on June 26, 1666. After her death, Thomas married Rebecca, the widow of Thomas Smith. They had no children together.

Thomas was a carpenter, but he was also trained as a surveyor. In April 1633, Thomas was one of a group of twelve men led by John Winthrop, Jr. sent to form a new town. The name of the town was initially Agawam, but it was incorporated as Ipswich on August 5, 1634. He participated in at least eight different committees between 1633 and 1656 to survey and lay out boundaries for various towns and properties. 

Thomas Howlett served as a Sergeant in the Pequot War, and was promoted to Ensign on May 14, 1645 in Ipswich. 

He was the Deputy to Massachusetts General Court (legislature) twice, and served on five Grand Juries and four Petit Juries between 1645 and 1667. 

Thomas Howlett died sometime between the date of his will, November 4, 1677, and the date of the estate inventory, September 10, 1678. At the time of inventory, his estate was valued at £452, including £300 of real estate. His burial site is unknown. 


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