Patrilineage for Hamman/Hammond Participant Kit # 297903
(David R. Hammond, [email protected])
--- John Hammond (b. MD, 24 Jul 1786 - d. Fleming Co., KY, 1 Mar 1872)
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--- Salathiel James Hammond (b. Fleming Co., KY, 7 Apr 1815 - d. Fleming Co., KY 6 Feb 1895)
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--- Walter A. Hammond (b. Fleming Co., KY, 26 Feb 1856 - d. DeKalb Co., IL, 21 Feb 1929)
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--- John Walter Hammond (b. Fleming Co., 2 Apr 1894 – d. Miner Co., SD, 14 Jul 1961)
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--- Robert Raymond Hammond (b. Miner Co., SD, 20 Jul 1918 – d. Arapahoe Co., CO, 28 Nov 2010)
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--- David Richard Hammond (b. Catslop Co., Oregon, 1947)
John S Hammond
As of the date of this report, we have not yet been able to identify where in Maryland John Hammond was born, or to which of the many Maryland Hammond families he belonged. There are indications that his middle initial was "S." and it is quite possible this represented "Smith" (Alan Hammond). At one time David R. Hammond believed that a connection could be made to John Hammond and Elizabeth McConnell who were married in Baltimore in 1783. They had a son John McConnell Hammond born July 23, 1786 in Baltimore, one day before our John's birth date of July 24, 1786 as indicated on his gravestone at Fitch Chapel Cemetery. Research at the Maryland Historical Society by David in 1993 indicated however that this John M. Hammond apparently died in early childhood and is buried at St. Pauls Episcopal Church in Baltimore.
We also do not know when John Hammond moved to Kentucky, nor if other members of his family
accompanied him. A guess would be between about 1800 and 1808, but certainly some time prior to his marriage to Sarah Fitch's in Sept 1809. It does appear that John came first to Fleming County but with no other immediate Hammond relatives. One possible explanation for the how and why of his journey could be that he was acquainted with the Fitch families of Baltimore, and that he accompanied Salathiel Fitch back to Kentucky during on one Salathiel's annual trips to Baltimore to procure merchandise. The 1810 census shows a John and Sarah Hammond of the correct ages residing in Fleming County. However, one male and one female both under 10 years of age are listed in this household. By the 1820 census they clearly had moved to Lewis County, residing on the Mud Lick Branch of the North Licking River, between Caleb Taylor to the east and Joshua Powers on the west (November 1821 Term of Lewis County Court, History of Lewis County by O. G. Ragen). John was apparently apprenticed to Joshua Powers as indicated in the description of Lewis County road overseers in the April 1827 Term of Lewis County Court: "...Reason Beckett's farm was on Mudlick, just where the road came down the hill; John Hammond, when his apprenticeship was over, settled on the North Fork at the mouth of Mudlick, and adjoining his master, Mr. Powers, who lived where the road first came to North Fork, and perhaps half a mile from the crossing." These locations are a short distance east-southeast of the present town of Foxport south of Lewis County Highway 344. In a deed dated August 26, 1833, John Hammond purchased approximately 157 acres (?) on the North Fork of the Licking in Lewis County for $315.50 from James and Elizabeth Edmondson of Davidson County, Tennessee. James Hammond (Salathiel James Hammond ?) and Joshua Powers were witnesses to this transaction. John Hammond also acquired two tracts of approximately 50 acres each in the area where Mud Lick Branch enters the North Licking. These are listed in the Kentucky Land Grants with dates of May 22, 1838 and February 28, 1839. The surveys for these two tracts were made May 15, 1838 and November 2, 1838, respectively, with John Hammond, Jr. listed as a participant in both surveys and Thomas W. Hammond in the latter.
An interesting point about the 1840 census is that one male aged 80 to 90 is shown living in the John Hammond household. After Sarah's death in 1841, John appears to have married Sarah's sister Rachel Fitch Quinn in 1842 in Fleming County, Rachel being the widow of James Quinn. John, Rachel and the younger children continued to live on Mud Lick as indicated by the 1850 census. But sometime between 1850 and 1860, John moved back to Fleming County, as the 1860 census shows John and Rachel living there, in apparent proximity to his son Salathiel James Hammond. After Rachel's death in 1869, John lived with Salathiel and Lavina's family as per the 1870 census. John is buried at Fitch Chapel beside Sarah and Rachel.
A legend has been handed down regarding John Hammond's Maryland roots. According to Ida Hammond Talbot, "the original Hammond ancestor to Kentucky (John ?) leased land holdings in Maryland before leaving; later a group of Hammond descendents (some of the more "well-to-do" Hammond and Fitch family members) returned to Maryland to look into the lease; the lease was proved, but a "large town" or "city" was by then established on the site and nothing could be done."
(David R. Hammond 05/06/01, update 12/29/03; 08/13/13)
Mudlick; Reason Beckett's farm was on Mudlick, just where the road came down the hill; John Hammond, when his apprenticeship w^as over, settled on North Fork at the mouth of Mudlick, and adjoining his master, Mr. Powers, who lived where the road first came to North Fork, and perhaps half a mile from the crossing; Thomas West's farm was on the hill on the west side of Mudlick. The turnpike road from Petersville to Mt. Carmel is on almost the same ground, except some changes on the hillsides, that was traversed by the road worked by Mr. Powers and his hands in 1827.
Sarah Fitch
Nickname may have been "Sally"
Mary J. Hammond
In 1850 Federal Census Mary listed as head of household in Dist 1 of Fleming County, Kentucky with 3 sons.
In 1860 Federal Census Mary listed as head of household in Dist 2 of Fleming County, Kentucky with 3 sons and an Alice Harry age 8; her farm is page following listing for her father John Hammond.
Eliza F. Hammond
Middle initial "F" in 1860 census.
Salathiel James Hammond
Salathiel James Hammond was probably born in Lewis County, Kentucky, although Fleming County remains a possibility. He grew up on his parent's farm located on the Mud Lick Branch of the North Licking River in western Lewis County, just to the east of the present village of Foxport. It appears that he spent his entire adult life in Fleming County, with the exception of travels to Missouri. According to Ida Hammond Talbot, as a young man James traveled with two of his brothers (Thomas Wesley and John S. Jr. ?) into Missouri to look at land. James did not like what he saw and returned to Kentucky. He married his first cousin Lavina Jane Fitch October 10, 1837. They farmed near the location of Fitch Chapel north of Flemingsburg. The 1884 Plat Book for Fleming County shows S. J. Hammond's farm on the west side of the Talyor's Mill Road, approximately 4/10th mile south of Fitch's Chapel. Ida Hammond Talbot remembers living on this farm as a very young girl (probably between 1890 and 1896) and describes her grandfather James as a kindly man who had nicknames for each of his grandchildren. James and Lavina lived in the "Big House" there, while Walter and Carrie Hammond and their children lived in the "Little House".
David R. Hammond (05/2001)
John S. Hammond Jr
John Smith Hammond Jr. is listed in the 1850 Federal Census as residing in North Madison, Jefferson County, Indiana with Rachel D. and Samuel A. (under one year of age)-last name spelled as "Hamond"; in the 1860 Federal Census shown residing in Miller Township of Scotland County, Missouri. He is not listed on the 1858 Scotland County plat map, but in the 1878 version owns land in Sections 25 and 36 of Miller Township, and Sections 30 and 31 of Union Township.
Rachel Ellen Hammond
Highly probable that Rachel married Cornelius Clark in Scotland County, Missouri Feb 7, 1856. Cornelius and Rachel may have moved to Washington Territory over the Oregon Trail at same time as her sister Eliza Eshom & family did in 1864.
To date have been unable to locate Cornelius & Rachel Clark in 1860 Federal Census.
Thomas Wesley Hammond
Thomas Wesley Hammond first married Phoebe Fitch, a cousin, who died soon after the birth of their only child, Phoebe Hammond. He then married Annah (Annie) Wallingford in Kentucky. The family later moved to Clinton, Missouri.
(Alan Hammond)
Matilda B. Hammond
Ezeckiel Jones living with this family at time of 1860 Federal Census.
Sarah Thomas Hammond
From the Aberdeen Daily News 19 Feb. 1912: "Mrs. Hiram Watts, aged 93 years, died at the home of her son, Frank Watts, near Leola, on Tuesday, February 13. Her husband died last June."
Minerva Hammond
Living next door to father John Hammond and stepmother (and aunt) Rachel Hammond in 1860 Federal Census.