 Moses Hazen ( June 1 , 1733 – February 5 , 1803 ) was a Brigadier General in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War . Born in the Province of Massachusetts Bay , he saw action in the French and Indian War with Rogers ' Rangers . His service included particularly brutal raids during the Expulsion of the Acadians and the 1759 Siege of Quebec . He was formally commissioned into the British Army shortly before the war ended , and retired on half @-@ pay outside Montreal , Canada , where he and Gabriel Christie , another British officer , made extensive land purchases in partnership . During his lifetime he acquired land in Quebec , New Hampshire , Vermont , and New York , but lost most of his Quebec land due to litigation with Christie and the effects of the revolution . 
