Person:Amos Hammond (3)

BIOGRAPHY: History and Genealogies of the Hammond Families in America By Frederick Stam Hammond Volume I. Oneida, N. Y. Ryan & Burkhard, Printers 1902 Page 541 - 542 Capt. Amos Hammond, (William) b. Rehoboth,Rehoboth,Mass.

  Amos was a carpenter and builder by trade. He removed to Scituate, R. I., about 1743. The records of Scituate show that "Amos Hammon, of Rehoboth, Mass.; house carpenter," purchased land there Nov. 29, 1743. He sold land there Dec. 3, 1758. His wife, Anna, signed deed with her mark. Nov. 14, 1764, he deeded land to his son, Amos Jr. Amos Hammond, Jr., sold land March 1, 1774; his wife Rhoda signed deed. Amos Jr., of Scituate, but now of Jericho, in the county of Bershire, (Mass.) deeded land in Scituate, March 11, 1775. His son Amos Hammond . Jr., was admitted freeman in Scituate in 1760. His record in the French was as given in "Civil and Military Lists of Rhode Island," is as follows: "Providence County Reg't., Scituate, first company, May 1750, Capt. Amos Hammod," (p.140). Also May, 1751, same regiment; also May, 1754, same regiment and company, (p. 153). Also May, 1754, same regiment and company, (166). May, 1755, same regiment and company (p. 173). May, 1755, field officers of Kent county regiment; captain, Amos Hammond, under the command of Col. Christopher Harris; First Lieut., Silas Cooke, (p. 177.) June, 1758, Capt. Amos Hammond, dismissed (p. 203)  Aug., 1763, Capt. Amos  Hammond, first Scituate Company, Newport county, Troop of Horse, (p. 244) Reference to his service in the French and Indian war is found in "Arnolds History of Rhode Island, "Vol.2,pp.193-198. (See also foot notes.) The fact that he took his company into the service at the time of the Revolution is also vouched for by Mr. Sidney Rider, and has authority was probably the State Records. He was far advanced in years at the time, but the long military experience when he had seen and his decidedly military character would readily account for his having been active at that time. He was a deputy in 1754 and 1755. (R. I. Col. Records, vol. 5,p.382)

1. ↑ Arnold, James N. Vital Record of Rehoboth, 1642-1896. (Providence, RI: Narragansett Historical Publishing Co., 1897)
   page 630.

   'HAMMON ...
   Amos, [of William and Martha, 2d wife,] April 13, 1714'

2. ↑ Zubrinsky, Eugene Cole. The Hammonds of Rehoboth and Swansea, Massachusetts. New England Historical and Genealogical Register. (1995)
   149:228.

   'Children with third wife, Martha Red(a)way; first three born at Rehoboth [citing Rehoboth VRs] ...
   Amos Hammond, ... b. 13 April 1714; d. ca. 1775, prob. at Scituate, R.I.; m. at Rehoboth, 17 Nov. 1737, Anna Salisbury of Rehooth [citing Rehoboth VRs], b. at Swansea, 12 Aug. 1714, dau. of William Jr. and Bethia (____) Salisbury [citing Swansea VRs].'

3. ↑ ^3.0 3.1 The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society)
   150:218 (Additions and Corrections).

   From Eugene Cole Zubrinksy (author of original article 149 [1995]:230-43): 'His death did not occur "ca. 1775, prob. at Scituate, R.I." but after 1789, prob. at Stephentown, Albany Co. (Rensselaer Co., 1791), N.Y. Amos left Scituate about March 1775, ... The 1790 U.S. census for Stephentown contains the last known record of Amos [citing Heads of Families, 1790, New York, 46].'

4. ↑ Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia
   Article "1790 United States Census".

   'The United States Census of 1790 ... was conducted on August 2, 1790.'