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THE NEW BRUNSWICK MAGAZINE.

the sea has not been traced."[1] The Hazens of New Brunswick belong to the eighth and ninth generations of the family in America.

(1) Edward Hazen, the immigrant ancestor, was a resident of Rowley, Massachusetts, as early as the year 1649. By his wife Hannah Grant, he had a family of four sons and seven daughters. His youngest son, Richard, born August 6, 1669, inherited the large estate of his step-father George Browne of Haverhill.

(2) Richard Hazen married Mary Peabody daughter, of Captain John Peabody,[2] and had a family of five sons and six daughters, one of the latter, Sarah, was the mother of James Simonds. The third son, Moses Hazen, was the ancestor of our New Brunswick Hazens.

(3) Moses Hazen married May 17, 1701, Abigail White (the aunt of James White who came to St. John); their oldest son, Captain John Hazen, distinguished himself in the Crown Point expedition of 1757, and on other occasions during the French war.[3] He married November 30, 1752, Anne Swett of Haverhill, and their only son, John, born November 29, 1755, came with his uncle William to St. John and afterwards took up his residence in Burton, Sunbury County, where he married September 2, 1787, Priscilla, daughter of Dr. William McKinstry, by whom he had twelve children. Among their descendants the best known is J. Douglas Hazen, ex-mayor of Fredericton and lately member in the Dominion parliament for the city and county of St. John. Captain Moses Hazen, second son of the elder Moses Hazen, has been frequently mentioned in this

  1. ↑ Possibly the Hazens may have come to America from the vicinity of Newcastle on Tyne, where the name has been located early in the last century.
  2. ↑ Capt. John Peabody's father, Lieut. Frances Peabody, was the first of that family to come to America; from him are descended Capt. Francis Peabody, the father of the Maugerville colony, and also George Peabody, the great London banker and philanthropist.
  3. ↑ Both James Simonds and James White had commissions in the provincial forces of Massachusetts and were with Captain John Hazen, their cousin, in this campaign.
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