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Facts and Events
According to The Hammond Families, Thomas Hammond of Lavenham was probably born about 1545. The earliest existing records in Lavenham date from about 1560 and no record of his birth can be found. He was evidently an agriculturalist and the possessor of some lands in the parish. He gave up the house left him by his father in [Long] Melford and remained in Lavenham, while his brother William appears to have gone to [Long] Melford, where he reared a family of eight children, of whom:
- Thomas came to America and settled in Hingham, removing to Cambridge Village (now Newton) a few years later. Both the Hammonds and Warrens lived on Hall St., in [Long] Melford, and there was considerable intimacy between the families prior to the emigration to America. This intimacy appears to have continued for many years after the emigration.
Thomas Hammond married in Lavenham, May 14, 1573, to Rose Trippe, whose parentage has not been ascertained. She had a brother, William Trippe, who was a witness to Thomas Hammond's will in 1589. Thomas died November 24, 1589, while still a young man, leaving his widow Rose and a family of small children.
WILL OF THOMAS HAMMOND,
OF LAVENHAM, COUNTY SUFFOLK, ENGLAND.
IN THE NAME OF GOD, AMEN.
The seconde daye of October 1589, I, Thomas Hamonde, of Lavenham
in the Countie of Suff. Shereman, whole of mynde and of good and
p'fecte rememberance make and ordayne this to be my last Will and Testamentein
mann. followeinge:
Firste. I bequeathe my soule unto Almightie God, my maker &
Redem., my bodie to the earthe &c.
Item, I give to Rose my wief my house wherein Thomas Westlie
nowe dwelleth wt h all and singular th appetenncs during the term of her
naturall lief. And after the deceese of my said wief I will the said house
wt h th appetennces to remayne unto Willm Hamond my sone his heires and
assignes forever.
Item, I give unto Rose my saide wief, my fielde called Great Lyverdowne
wt h a convenient waie to the same thurrowe my lane that lieth
betwene the lannd of John Woode the elder and Rob* Daniell and throughe
my fielde called Little Liverdon for her drif te and carriage duringe the terme
of her natural lief. And after the decease of my saide wief I will the said
fielde and the said waye for dryvinge and carryinge to remaine unto Willm
Hamonde my sonne his heires and assignes forever.
Item, I give unto Rose my wief, my fielde called Little Lyverdon
wt h the lane thereunto now leaddinge wt h all and singular the appetnncs
duringe the terme of her naturall lief, and after her decease I will that the
saide field called Litle Liverdon and the said lane shall remayne unto Elizabeth
Hamond my daughter, and to the heires of her bodye lawfully begotten,
and if the saide Elizabeth shall dep'te owte of this lief before Rose my
wief wth out yssue of her bodie lawfully begotten, that then I will the saide
lane to remayne unto Willm, my sonne, his heires and assignes forever. But
if it fortune the saide Elizabeth my daughter to overlive Rose my said wief,
that then I will the said feyld called Litle Liverdon and the said lane wth
there appetnnce shall remayne unto the saide Elizabeth her heires and
assignes forever.
Item, I give unto Rose my daughter, fortie shillings of lawfull monie
of Englande, to be paide unto her at her age of xxj'1 years.
Item, I give unto Martha Hamonde, my daughter, fortie shillings of
lawfull monie of Englande to be paide unto her at her age of xxjtJ yeares.
Item, I give unto Marie Hamonde my daughter, fortie shillings of
lawfull monie of Englande to be paide unto her at her age of xxjw yeares.
Item, I give unto Susann Hamonde my daughter, fortie shillings of
lawfull monie of Englande to paide unto her at her age of xxju yeres.
Item, I give unto Margarett Jollye, my sister, a fether bedd and a
Shippe Cheste.
The residue of all my goods, corne, cattells, monie, moveables, plate,
household stuff and whatsoever my debts beinge payde and this my laste
Will and testamente p'formed and fullfilled, I give unto Rose my wief,
whom I make and ordayne to be sole Executrix of this my last Will and
Testamente.
In witness I have hereunto sett my hand and Seale the day and yere
afore written.
[Signed] Thomas Hammond
Witnesses hereunto Robt. Lynch, Willm Trippe by me John Rynge, by me
Henrye Parker. Proved December 11, 1589.
References
- Hammond, Frederick Stam. History and Genealogies of the Hammond Families in America: With an Account of the Early History of the Family in Normandy and Great Britian. (Oneida, New York: Ryan & Burkhart, Printers, 1902-1904)
pp.50-52.
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