Quirky Ancestor or Quirky Research?

For a long time my Hazen line was Hazen - Dart - Douglas line. At least one researcher claimed that the Hazens were a family with Mayflower ancestry.

That idea became the focus of a Salt Lake trip. Elizabeth Dart [1696-aft. 1736], wife of John Hazen [1687-1772] was the key to the solution. Good old-fashioned research turned up two marriages for Elizabeth. The first, as Elizabeth Turner to Thomas Dart. The second as Elizabeth Dart to John Hazen. An assortment of records confirmed that Elizabeth Dart Hazen was, indeed, Elizabeth Turner.

That changed the picture and confirmed the rumor. Elizabeth Turner Dart Hazen was the daughter of Ezekiel Turner and Susanna Keeney. Ezekiel was the son of John Turner "the elder" and Mary Brewster. Mary was the daughter of Jonathan Brewster and Lucretia Oldham. Jonathan was the son of the Mayflower's William Brewster. Ta-da!

Susanna Keeney was the daughter of John Keeney and Sarah Douglas. Sarah was the daughter of William Douglas Sr. and Ann Mattle. Sarah's brother, William Jr. was Thomas Dart's grandfather. Even with all of the ancestor juggling, I managed to keep my Douglas line in the fold!