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George Hammond
chr.5 Sep 1780 South Bersted, Sussex, England
bur.7 Jul 1835 Chichester, Sussex, England
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m. 11 Nov 1777
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George Hammond was baptised on 5th September 1780 at South Bersted on the Sussex coast, son of Sarah Hammond, formerly Stocker, and her husband George Hammond, a blacksmith. On 7th July 1803, aged 22, George married Ann Ewen in the nearby city of Chichester, at the church of St Peter the Less. She appears to have been from Mid Lavant, a couple of miles north of the city. Three months later they had a daughter, Harriet, baptised at Funtington, about three miles west of Mid Lavant. Ann died when she was only 25 years old, having been married for less than eighteen months. She was buried at Mid Lavant on 7th January 1805. Just over a year later, George married again. His second wife was Elizabeth Ewen and they married on 19th January 1806 at St Andrew’s church in Chichester. An Elizabeth Ewen had been one of the witnesses to George’s first marriage – it is entirely possible therefore that Elizabeth was a relative of George’s first wife. George and Elizabeth went on to have another nine children together between 1807 and 1825, although their eldest appears to have died as a baby, being buried at Mid Lavant a month after her baptism. All the children were baptised in Chichester, although in three different parishes within the city – St Andrew, St Peter the Great and St Pancras. George worked as a baker. Back in South Bersted, George’s mother died in 1827. George died in 1835, aged 54. He was buried at St Pancras’ church in Chichester on 7th July 1835. Elizabeth survived him by nearly nine years. His father also outlived him. References
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