Moses Hazen, born in Haverhill, Massachusetts, in 1733, served in the
French and Indian War, and subsequently settled near St. Johns, New
Brunswick, accumulating much wealth, and retaining his connection
with the British army as a lieutenant on half-pay. In 1775, having
furnished supplies and rendered other assistance to Montgomery during
the Canadian campaign, the English troops destroyed his shops and
houses and carried off his personal property. In 1776, he offered his
services to Congress, who promised to indemnify him for all loss he had
sustained, and appointed him colonel in the Second Canadian Regiment,
known by the name of “Congress’s Own,” because “not attached to the
quota of any State.” He remained in active and efficient service during
the entire war, being promoted to the rank of brigadier-general the
29th of June, 1781. At the close of the war, with his two brothers,
who had also been in the army, he settled in Vermont upon land granted
to them for their services, and died at Troy, New York, on the 30th
of January, 1802, his widow receiving a further grant of land and a
pension for life of two hundred dollars.