Hazen Davis
1794 -1875-
Hazen Davis was for many years employed on the Merrimack River and Middlesex Canal as a raftman and boatman. Stone bought in the Quincy Market in Boston was brought down by boats through the Merrimack Canal. Freight was $2.00 a ton going south and $8.00 a ton going north. Traces of the canal can still be found in Woburn. After leaving the river, he settled in Manchester and owned a farm on the sight where the city waterworks pumping station is now located. Later he went to Londonderry, then to East Manchester, then to Hallsville, and to Auburn in 1849 where he bought a farm that was occupied by his grandson, Richard Davis, on the Bunkerhill Rd. He died there at the age of 80. He was a Democrat and held several town offices. He was a soldier in the war of 1812 serving in Portsmouth and Rye Beach. Lucy, his wife, was born in Antrim, NH and was a member of the First Congregational Church of Manchester. (Information from Grant E. Davis)