Isaac Cazneau, I

Biography

Isaac Cazneau was born on June 10, 1697 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States. His parents were Capt DeLa Paix Cazeneau and Margaret Germaine.

Isaac married Hannah Johnson on September 22, 1726 in Boston, Massachusetts. Together they had the following children: Benjamin Belcher Cazneau.

He died on May 8, 1774 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States and was buried in May 1774 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts.

“ History of the Military company of the Massachusetts, now called the Ancient and honorable artillery company of Massachusetts. 1637-1888” (1895) By Oliver Ayer Roberts. Page 29. GoogleBooks

Isaac Cazneau (1744), saddler, of Boston, was born in 1696. He married, Sept. 22, 1726, Hannah Johnson, who died April 8, 1784, aged seventy-eight years. She was buried from Mrs. Winslow's, on Hanover Street. His name is variously spelled in the town records, – Casno, Casneau, and Cazneau. Isaac Cazneau (1744) was chosen a constable March 8, 1730, but was excused. Being re-chosen, March 14, 1736, he declined to serve and paid the fine. He was clerk of the market in 1746, 1753, 1754, and 1777, and sealer of leather in 1762. He belonged to the military, and rose to the grade of captain. Feb. 18, 1729, the selectmen executed a lease to “Isaac Casno, sadler,” of a shop or tenement, No. 7, fronting on Dock Square, for twenty pounds per annum, and, Oct. 19, 1739, it was re-leased to him for five years at thirty pounds per annum. This lease was again renewed Sept. 1, 1744. He resided on Water Street in 1744, for at a meeting of the selectmen, April 4, 1744, “Mr. Isaac Casno [1744] appeared and desired liberty to erect a sign-post before his house in Water Street.” His untenanted house “in the upper part of Water Street” was destroyed in the great fire of 1760. Isaac Cazneau (1744). AUTHORITY: Boston Records. Jan. 4, 1757, Mr. Cazneau (1744) was employed by the selectmen to “make a good serviceable sedan, at the charge of the town,” for removing the sick at Rainsford Island. He was fourth sergeant of the Artillery Company in 1747, and third sergeant in 1755. He died in May, 1774, aged seventy-eight years.

References

• ”Report of the Record Commissioners of the City of Boston, Volume 24.” By Boston (Mass.). Registry Department. Page 254. GoogleBooks Benjamin Belcher, Son of Isaac Cazneau and Hannah his Wife. 18 July 1744.
• https://newenglandgenealogy.pcplayground.com/f_366.htm#98 lists 10 children