Richard Hassell, of Cambridge & Dunstable

Richard Hassell

• Born 1622 in Axbridge, Somerset, England [uncertain]
• Husband of Joan (Bateman?)— married before 1643 in Cambridge, MA
• Father of Elizabeth (Hassell) Wright, Joseph Hassell and Esther (Hassell) Perry

Origins

Thus far, no reliable sourcing has shown that Richard's parents were William Hassell, Jr. and Sarah Hassell

Was he related to John Hassell, of Rehoboth

Biography

From https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Hassell-40

RICHARD-1 HASSELL, born abt 1622 probably in England, and settled in Cambridge. He was admitted freeman in Cambridge MA 1647.

He and his wife, Joan (or Joanna or Jane in some records), were early members of the church of Cambridge.

In the division of Shawshin, now Billerica, by Cambridge in 1652, he received lot 69, of 60 acres. Court files of Middlesex County MA, 1662 shows "Test: Richard Hassall aged abt 40 yrs." He removed to Billerica in 1676, and April 12, 1678, he was chosen "to inspect the lads on the Sabbath days." He removed from Billerica to Dunstable in 1679.

He was an intelligent man and a worthy citizen. There is no record of his death

While Anderson has no sketch of a Richard Hassell or Hadsell, there is a passing mention of Richard in the sketch for Dolor Davis, who describes Richard as a "loving and respected friend" and designates him an overseer of his will, dated 13 Sep 1672 and proved 2 July 1673.

Children of Richard & Joan HASSELL

1. ELIZABETH, born September 20, 1643 Cambridge MA; married November 1, 1661, Joseph Wright, born in Woburn about 1639, son of Dea. John and Priscilla Wright. He was a deacon and a selectman of Woburn. He died March 31, 1724; she died June 28, 1713. Eleven children b. in Woburn MA [WRIGHT]: including Benjamin, Elizabeth, Sarah, John, Joanna, James, Timothy, Stephen, Jacob, and Ruth.
2. JOSEPH, born September 20, 1645; married Anna Perry (sister to Obadiah, his sister Hester's husband). [Boston recs: "Joseph Hassall sonne of Richard & Joan borne 20 (7) 1645.
3. ESTHER / HESTER. born December 6, 1648; married 21 Aug 1667 to Obadiah Perry; married, second, 30 Aug 1693 to Martin Townsend of Watertown MA. See Perry family in book, "Old Dunstable, Maine and New Hampshire Founders" [Boston recs: "Hester Hassall dau of Richard & Jane borne 6 (10) 164[].
4. ALICE, born about 1665, married Christopher Temple; married, second, 10 Jan 1694-95 to Jacob Kendall (as his 2nd wife, his first being Persis Haywood). See Temple family in book, "Old Dunstable, Maine and New Hampshire Founders"
5. ANNAH [from the "Watertown MA Genealogies and History"] daughter of Richard and Anna Hassell of Waterbury, b. 6 Oct 1669. Possibly she is a child of another family

Notes

The Compendium of FIRST FAMILIES OF AMERICA, Vol. 5, p.448 gives what is called "pedigree of "Joseph Hadsell", as follows:

• Richard Hadsell, Born: 1622, Married: Joan Bateman
• Joseph Hadsell, Born: 9/20/1645, Married: Mary Perry, Killed by Indians.
• Joseph Hadsell, Born: 1675, Married: Hanna.
• Joseph Hadsell, Born: about 1695 of Westerly, R.I.

With this last Joseph, we find authontic records for his connected line, down to the present time.

Links

• http://genforum.genealogy.com/hadsell/messages/29.html
• Page 218 of The Pioneers of Massachusetts: A Descriptive List, Drawn from Records of the ... By Charles Henry Pope

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early resident of cambridge then dunstable

GEDCOM Note

Richard Hassell settled in Cambridge before 1643. He was admitted freeman, 1647. He and his wife, Joan, were early members of the church of Cambridge. In the division of Shawshin, now Billerica, by Cambridge in 1652., he received lot 69, of 60 acres. He removed to Billerica in 1676, and April 12,1678 he was chosen "To inspect the lads on Sabbath days." He removed from Billerica to Dunstable in 1679. He was an intelligent man and worthy citizen. There is no record of his death.

Richard Hassell settled in Cambridge before 1643. He was admitted freeman, 1647. He and his wife, Joan, were early members of the church of Cambridge. In the division of Shawshin, now Billerica, by Cambridge in 1652., he received lot 69, of 60 acres. He removed to Billerica in 1676, and April 12,1678 he was chosen "To inspect the lads on Sabbath days." He removed from Billerica to Dunstable in 1679. He was an intelligent man and worthy citizen. There is no record of his death.