Thomas Hazen
- Baptized: 11 Mar 1581, Cadney, Lincolnshire, England 1539
- Marriage: Elizabeth 1539
- Buried: 21 May 1628, Grasby, Lincolnshire, England 1539
 Noted events in his life were:
• Background Information. 1539
Thomas Hassen was baptized at Cadney, co. Lincoln, 11 Mar 1580, buried at Grasby, co. Lincoln, 21 May 1628; he married Elizabeth.
Thomas Hassen removed to Grasby between 1615 and 1617. In 1619 Thomas Wright and Thomas Hassen were church wardens of Grasby.
His will reads as follows:
"In the name of God Amen the xvth day of May Anno Dni 1628 I Thomas Hassen of Gresby in the Cou;nty of Lincoln laborer sick in bodie but of good & pfect memorie (God be thanked for it) doe ordayne & make this my last will & testament in manner & forme following
ffirst I comit my soule into the hands of Almightie God my Creator and my bodie to be buryed in the Churchyard of Gresby aforesaid.
Item I giue to John Hassan my sonne thirtie shillinge in money & penneworthes when he shall come to the adge of xxi years.
Item I giue to Edward Hassen my sonne thirtie shillings to be paide as aforesaid.
Item I giue to Robert Hassen my sonne ffortie shillings to be paid as aforesaid.
Item I giue to Richard Hassen my sonne ffortie shillings to be paid as aforesaid.
Item I giue to willm Hassen my sonne ffortie shillings to be paid as aforesaid
And if it please God that any of my said childre shall depart this lyf before they accomplish the age of xxi yeares then I will that ther porcion or porcons shalbe equally deuided amongst the rest of my said children.
Item I giue to Willm Hassen my Brothers sonne one ewe hogg
All the rest of my goods not given nor bequeathed my debts payde my legacies discharged and all my funeral expenses deducted I gius to Elizabeth Hassen my wife whome I make my full & sole Executrix of this my last will & testament.
Witness hereof Tho: Leach cler, Ezechiell Leach, John Bower.
Debts which the testator oweth. To Mr Barnard upon thre obligations ciii xis viijd"
Proved at Tasine the 28th day of July 1628 by the Executris. [Consistory Court of Lincoln, Register 1628, II, 277]
Children, the first three were baptized at Cadney, while the others were baptized at Grasby:
John, bap. 1 Nov 1612
Edward, bap. 24 Dec 1614; the emigrant later of Rowley, Massachusetts
Robert, bap. 30 Nov 1617
Richard, bap. 28 Dec 1619
William, bap. 21 Jul 1622, bur. at Grasby, 31 Mar 1629
The Hazen Family of America, pp. 4-5
Thomas married Elizabeth.1539
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