109. Elizabeth⁵ Lash (Elizabeth⁴ Skillings, John³, John², Thomas¹) (#18531) was born in Boston, Suffolk, MA 2 Oct 1732.⁽⁶²⁶⁾ Elizabeth died by 5 Feb 1825 in Boston, Suffolk, MA, at 92 years of age.⁽⁶²⁷⁾ age 92 yrs

She married Isaac Cazneau in Boston, Suffolk, MA, 23 Oct 1752.⁽⁶²⁸⁾ 7 Oct 1725 ??? Boston Marrs 1700-1809 p 127 (Isaac Cazneau is #18530.)

Isaac was born 3 Jul 1729 in Boston, Suffolk, MA.⁽⁶²⁹⁾ Isaac was the son of Isaac Cazneau. Isaac died by 10 Nov 1787 in Boston, Suffolk, MA, at 58 years of age.⁽⁶³⁰⁾ age 58 yrs

Occupation: ship captain.⁽⁶³¹⁾ He was baptized in Boston, Suffolk, MA, 6 Jul 1729.⁽⁶³²⁾ Extract from NEHGS Register, V 142 (Apr 1988), "Descendants of Paix Cazneau," pp 134-136:

6. Isaac3 Cazneau (Isaac2, Paix1) was born at Boston 3 Jul7 1729, baptized at Old South Church 6 July 1729 (CRs, 156), and died at Boston (Columbian Centinel of 10 November 1787), aged 58 years. He married 23 October 1752, Elizabeth Lash, who was born at Boston 2 October 1732, baptized at New North Church 15 October 1732 ("The New North Church, Boston, 1714-1799," manuscript, Boston City Archives, 129), and died at Boston (Columbian Centinel of 5 February 1825), aged 92 years, daughter of Nicholas and Elizabeth (Skillen) Lash.

Elizabeth Cazneau owned the Covenant at the New North Church in Boston on 24 June 1753, just two months before her first child was baptized there (CRs, 40).

Isaac was a ship captain. He is listed as the captain of the Mannista, a ship of 170 tons, which sailed from Salem, MA to Liverpool, England on 6 Aug 1755; to Lisbon, 27 July 1756; and to the West Indies on 14 Sep 1756 ("Early Shipping of Salem," Essex. Inst. Hist. Coll., 68 (1932):55). He is listed in the "Records of Vessels entering the port of Boston" as arriving 23 Dec 1765 on the schooner Dove from Philadelphia; on the sloop Hannah from New Foundland on 28 Sep 1767; on the ship Diana from London on 1 Jun 1768; and on the sloop Betsey from London on 11 Apr 1769 (BRC 29 (1900):275, 297, 305, 313).

In Dec 1775 the Continental Congress authorized the construction of thirteen frigates. John Hancock arranged to have his friend, Thomas Cushing, appointed to supervise the construction of the two to be built in MA. Learning that Isaac Cazneau wanted a berth, John Hancock offered him the command of the twenty-four gun frigate (William Fowler, "John Hancock: The Paradoxical President," Register 130 (1976):170). Isaac Cazneau declined his offer in a letter of 4 Apr 1776. John Hancock had left the keys to his house in the care of Isaac when the British occupied Boston. This letter is Isaac's report on the condition of Hancock's property after the evacuation of Boston (Capt. Isaac Cazneau to John Hancock, 4 Apr 1776, Hancock Papers, box 17, folder 4, at the Society):

"Sir I Recd your favor ... and Heartily Congratuc you on the Evacuation of the Troops from hence ... I am now to Inform you of the State of your own & Aunts Interest, The Mantion House was thought by most People a Place devoted to Destruction, has Escap'd a Scouering, in more than one Sence, - The Best Furniture I put into the Chamber back of the Great Chamr and keep't the Key till about three weeks before Genl Clinton Left the House, then was sent for and the Key demanded to Search for papers, I told him there was not any in the House, but that would not do, when we came to Open the Door the Key would not Turne. I told him some Person had Spoild the Lock by Trying with some other Key, on this he seem'd much Displeas'd and said would Brake it open ... a few days Before he Left the House he sent for me and Desired I would Look about & See if any things was Wanting, told him the Great Settee was not in the House, & Desired he would see returnd which he did. The Back Gammon Table in the Liberary was wanting ... he desired one of his Capts. to purchase one as good and send it up, but I never saw it yet ... The Stable and Coach House has been a Hospital, a great number of Small Windows below and above in the back and south End have been cut out, the Garden is Pretty well ... your house where Pelham Lived Intirely destroy'd, Mr. Pennys House come next wch was a Barrack the great Stair case all to Pieces & Other were very badly Treated, your Aunts house (D Greenleaf's) Pretty well Except Cellar Partitions ... your new Ship they Scuttled Cut the Stern post two thirds of half way up from the Keel ... All the Books & Papers &c that was in the Counting House I have in Safety ... your and &Mr Adam's Pictures is safe ... The Town in Genl is Shockingly Defaced Especially the Places of Publick worship, your name on the Corner Stone of D. Coopers Church is mangled out with an ax ... I am now to Return you my Sincere thanks for your Kind Intention toward me, Especially for one of the Ships, at Present had Reather decline it, my wife, Family & some friends are desireous I would not Accept. Before I Recd your Letter Mr Lowell wrote me mentiong your Intention to Imploy some Person to Ride through the Country to Settle your acct & Collect your Debts ... I desired him to write you I would undertake it, now Sir if you think I can be Serviceable to you that way Please to Command me, if any thing in future Should Offer (in your Gift) that would Afford a Comfortable Liveing, and be the means of Keeping me from Sea till happier Days, I should Prefere it ... Your Most Obedt Servt, Isaac Cazneau."

Children, baptized at New North Church (CRs, 40), surname Cazneau:

i. Joseph Johnson4, bp 12 Aug. 1753; d 1 Jul 1791 (HEC; Columbian Centinel of 10 Jan 1793 stated that he died on the coast of Africa). HEC claimed also that he m. (?) Brown of England.

ii. Elizabeth, bp 14 Mar 1756; d 22 Oct 1846??; m at Boston 30 Jun 1778 John Boyle, b at Marblehead 6 Mar 1745/6, d at Boston 18 Nov 1819 s/o John and Lydia (Gales) Boyel. He had m1 at Boston 12 Mar 1772 Celia or Cecelia Gay (Register 84 (1930):143-145).

iii. Margaret, bp 25 Jun 1758; d 1839 (Columbian Centinel of 26 Jun 1839); m1 at Boston 1 Oct 1782 Simeon Skillon, bp at New North Church 19 Dec. 1756 (CRs, 186), d bet 9 and 28 Apr 1806 (Suffolk Co Probate File 22629), s/o Simeon and Ruth (Phillips) Skillon. She m2 Nathaniel Goodwin of Newburyport (HEC).

iv. Sarah, bp 7 Sep 1760; d 10 Jul 1835; m at Boston 29 Jul 1781 Isaiah Simmons.

v. Isaac, bp 12 Aug 1764; d at Boston 16 Mar 1849, ac. 8r y, "Three months after his wife, without whom life lost its attraction and its charm" (New North Church Deaths, 137); m at Andover, MA 7 Dec 1793 Anna Symmes, b there 1 Apr 1768, d at Boston 12 Jan 1849, ac 80y, d/o Rev. William4 (William3-2, Zachariah1) and Anna (Gee) Symmes (John Adams Vinton, The Symmes Memorial (Boston, 1873), 44).

vi. Andrew, bp 19 Oct 1766; d at Boston 9 Feb 1833, ac 66; m1 at Boston 21 Mar 1802, his 2nd cousin Hannah Cazneau, bp at Trinity Church 24 Aug 1779 (CRs 2:585), d at Dorchester, MA 11 Aug 1808, ae 29, buried at Trinity Church 13 Aug 1808 (ibid., 2:822), the d/o Samuel Johnson and Rebecca (Burroughs) Cazneau (see 10, iii). He m2 at Boston, 29 Oct 1809, his 2nd cousin, Margaret Cazneau, bp at Newburyport 9 Nov 1790, the sister of his first wife (see 10, vii).

vii. Abigail, bp 30 Jul 1769; d 8 Dec 1802, unm (HEC).

viii. Lydia, b 11 Feb 1772, bp 16 Feb. 1772; m William Palfrey (see 19, i).

She was baptized in Boston, Suffolk, MA, 15 Oct 1732.⁽⁶³³⁾

Elizabeth Lash and Isaac Cazneau had the following children:

298 i. Joseph Johnson⁶ Cazneau (#21660) was born in Boston, Suffolk, MA by 12 Aug 1753.⁽⁶³⁴⁾ Joseph died 1 Jul 1791 in East Coast of Africa, at 37 years of age.⁽⁶³⁵⁾ He married she Brown.⁽⁶³⁶⁾ (she Brown is #21661.) She was born in of ENG.⁽⁶³⁷⁾

He was baptized in Boston, Suffolk, MA, 12 Aug 1753.⁽⁶³⁸⁾

299 ii. Elizabeth Cazneau (#21662) was born in Boston, Suffolk, MA by 14 Mar 1756.⁽⁶³⁹⁾ Elizabeth died 22 Oct 1846 at 90 years of age.⁽⁶⁴⁰⁾ She married John Boyle in Boston, Suffolk, MA, 30 Jun 1778.⁽⁶⁴¹⁾ (John Boyle is #21663.) John was born 6 Mar 1745/6 in Marblehead, Essex, MA.⁽⁶⁴²⁾ John was the son of John Boyle and Lydia Gales. John died 18 Nov 1819 in Boston, Suffolk, MA, at 73 years of age.⁽⁶⁴³⁾

She was baptized in Boston, Suffolk, MA, 14 Mar 1757.⁽⁶⁴⁴⁾

300 iii. Margaret Cazneau (#18528) was born by 25 Jun 1758.⁽⁶⁴⁵⁾ Margaret died by 26 Jun 1839 at 81 years of age.⁽⁶⁴⁶⁾ see also Columbian Centinel of 26 Jun 1839 She married twice.

She married Simeon Skillings in Boston, Suffolk, MA, 1 Oct 1782.⁽⁶⁴⁷⁾ (Simeon Skillings is #18527.) Simeon was born 29 Dec 1740 in Boston, Suffolk, MA.⁽⁶⁴⁸⁾ Simeon was the son of Simeon Skillings and Ruth Phillips. Simeon died by 28 Apr 1806 in Boston, Suffolk, MA, at 65 years of age.⁽⁶⁴⁹⁾ bet 9 and 28 Apr 1806 (Suffolk Co Probate file 22629)

He was baptized in Boston, Suffolk, MA, 19 Dec 1756.⁽⁶⁵⁰⁾

Abstract from NEHGS Reg Vol. 142, p 135:

Children baptized at New North Church (CRs, 40), surname Cazneau

iii. Margaret, bp. 25 June 1758, d. 1839 (Columbian Centinel of 26 June 1839); m. (1) at Boston 1 Oct 1782 Simeon Skillon bp. at New North Church 19 Dec 1756 (CRs, 186), d. between 9 and 28 April 1806 (Suffolk Co. Probate file 22629), son of Simeon and Ruth (Phillips) Skillon. She m. (2) Nathaniel Goodwin of Newburyport (HEC).

She married Nathaniel Goodwin aft 1782.⁽⁶⁵¹⁾ (Nathaniel Goodwin is #18529.) Nathaniel was born in of Newburyport, Essex, MA.⁽⁶⁵²⁾

She was baptized in Boston, Suffolk, MA, 25 Jun 1758.⁽⁶⁵³⁾

301 iv. Sarah Cazneau (#21667) was born in Boston, Suffolk, MA by 7 Sep 1760.⁽⁶⁵⁴⁾ Sarah died 10 Jul 1835 at 74 years of age.⁽⁶⁵⁵⁾ She married Isaiah Simmons in Boston, Suffolk, MA, 29 Jul 1781.⁽⁶⁵⁶⁾ (Isaiah Simmons is #21668.)

She was baptized in Boston, Suffolk, MA, 7 Sep 1760.⁽⁶⁵⁷⁾

302 v. Isaac Cazneau (#21669) was born in Boston, Suffolk, MA by 12 Aug 1764.⁽⁶⁵⁸⁾ Isaac died 16 Mar 1849 in Boston, Suffolk, MA, at 84 years of age.⁽⁶⁵⁹⁾ age 84 yrs He married Anna Symmes Andover, Suffolk, MA, 7 Dec 1793.⁽⁶⁶⁰⁾ (Anna Symmes is #21670.)

Anna was born 1 Apr 1768 Andover, Suffolk, MA.⁽⁶⁶¹⁾ Anna was the daughter of Rev William Symmes and Anna Gee. Anna died 12 Jan 1849 in Boston, Suffolk, MA, at 80 years of age.⁽⁶⁶²⁾ age 80 yrs

He was baptized in Boston, Suffolk, MA, 12 Aug 1764.⁽⁶⁶³⁾

303 vi. Andrew Cazneau (#21673) was born in Boston, Suffolk, MA by 19 Oct 1766.⁽⁶⁶⁴⁾ Andrew died 9 Feb 1833 in Boston, Suffolk, MA, at 66 years of age.⁽⁶⁶⁵⁾ age 66 yrs He married twice.

He married Hannah Cazneau in Boston, Suffolk, MA, 21 Mar 1802.⁽⁶⁶⁶⁾ Andrew and Hannah were 2nd cousins (Hannah Cazneau is #21674.)

Hannah was born by 24 Aug 1779 in Boston, Suffolk, MA.⁽⁶⁶⁷⁾ Hannah was the daughter of Samuel Johnson Cazneau and Rebecca Burroughs. Hannah died 11 Aug 1808 in Dorchester, Suffolk, MA, at 28 years of age.⁽⁶⁶⁸⁾ age 29 yrs

Her body was interred 13 Aug 1808 in Boston, Suffolk, MA, Trinity Church.⁽⁶⁶⁹⁾ She was baptized in Boston, Suffolk, MA, 24 Aug 1779.⁽⁶⁷⁰⁾ He married Margaret Cazneau in Boston, Suffolk, MA, 29 Oct 1809.⁽⁶⁷¹⁾ Andrew and Margaret were 2nd cousins; Margaret was sister to his first wife (Margaret Cazneau is #21677.)

Margaret was born by 9 Nov 1790 in Newburyport, Essex, MA.⁽⁶⁷²⁾ Margaret was the daughter of Samuel Johnson Cazneau and Rebecca Burroughs. She was baptized in Newburyport, Essex, MA, 9 Nov 1790.⁽⁶⁷³⁾

He was baptized in Boston, Suffolk, MA, 19 Oct 1766.⁽⁶⁷⁴⁾

304 vii. Abigail Cazneau (#21678) was born in Boston, Suffolk, MA by 30 Jul 1769.⁽⁶⁷⁵⁾ Abigail died 8 Dec 1802 at 33 years of age.⁽⁶⁷⁶⁾ Abigail was unmarried.⁽⁶⁷⁷⁾ She was baptized in Boston, Suffolk, MA, 30 Jul 1769.⁽⁶⁷⁸⁾

305 viii. Lydia Cazneau (#21679) was born in Boston, Suffolk, MA 11 Feb 1772.⁽⁶⁷⁹⁾ She married William Palfrey.⁽⁶⁸⁰⁾ (William Palfrey is #21680.)

She was baptized in Boston, Suffolk, MA, 16 Feb 1772.⁽⁶⁸¹⁾

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