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Facts and Events
William Hammond came to the colonies after being declared bankrupt in England on 2 Feb 1629/30. Court records indicate he "fleeth into New England" on November 20, which would put him on the Lyon departing on 1 Dec 1630.[4] But in late 1630 or early 1631 John Winthrop Jr. noted receipt of £7 5s. from "Goody Hammond to send her husband". This supports the conclusion that William Hammond was a passenger on the Lyon when it sailed from Bristol in late 1631 (the Lyon made several voyages).[5] Either way, the court reference would seem to indicate that he did not come with the Winthrop Fleet in the summer of 1630, as the Winthrop Society indicates.[1]
He was granted land at Watertown and by the "Watertown Inventory of Grants" he had six parcels: homestall of forty acres; three acres of meadow; forty acres of upland being a Great Dividend; eighteen acres of upland beyond the Further Plain; eight acres of Remote Meadow; and four acres of upland [ WaBOP 108]. In the Inventory of Possessions he held three parcels: three acres of upland; two acres of meadow; and another two acres of meadow [ WaBOP 146]. In the Composite Inventory he held six parcels: homestall of thirty-four acres; three acres of meadow; forty acres of upland being a Great Dividend; eighteen acres of upland beyond the Further Plain; eight acres of Remote Meadow; and a farm of one hundred fifty-six acres [ WaBOP 61].
On 10 November 1633 "Rose Steward of the County of Suff[olk] widow" made her will, but it was not probated until 27 June 1649 [Archdeaconry of Sudbury Wills, 247 Ashton]. Among her many bequests were those to "William Hammond the younger the son of William Hammond my son"; to "Elizabeth Hamond daughter of the said William Hamond my son my beloved grandchild"; to "Hanna Hammond another daughter of my son William Hamonde my beloved grandchild"; to "Thomas Hammond another child of my son Hamond's"; to "Sarah Hammond another daughter of my son Hammond's"; and to "John Hammond another of my son Hammond's children."
In his will, dated 1 July 1662 and proved 16 December 1662, "William Hammond of Watertowne ... now about ninety years of age" bequeathed to "my loving & dear wife Elizabeth Hammond my whole estate" for life, and after her death to "my son John Hammond all my houses & lands"; to "Thomas Hammond son of my son Thomas Hammond deceased" £40 when twenty-one, but if he dies before that then "the £40 to be equally divided between the children of my daughter House & daughter Barnes [i.e., Barron's] children"; to "daughter Barnes" £30; to "the four children of my daughter Elizabeth House deceased" £5 apiece; to "Adam Smith son of my daughter Sarah ... one mare colt" and to "my daughter Sarah Smith" £5 [6]
His inventory totalled £467 16s. 9d., including £318 in real estate: "one dwelling house & an orchard," £24; "23 acres of pasture land," £69; "11 acres of broken-up land," £48; "15 acres of meadow," £90; "8 acres of meadow remote," £15; "18 acres of land in lieu of township," £6; "1 Great Dividend, 40 acres," £40; "1 farm, 160 acres," £20; and "a part of a barn," £6 [7]
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Middlesex County, Massachusetts Probate Records.
WILL: Middlesex Probate No. 7167 on file at East Cambridge, MA; dated July 1, 1662; proved Dec. 16, 1662. Names wife Elizabeth; sons John & Thomas deceased; daughters Barnes, Elizabeth House; Adam Smith son of daughter Sarah. Exors: wife Elizabeth & son John. [Hammond genealogy p. 57]
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 William Hammond, in Anderson, Robert Charles. The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620-1633. (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1995)
2 (G-O): 850.
ORIGIN: Lavenham, Suffolk
MIGRATION: 1631
FIRST RESIDENCE: Watertown
OCCUPATION: Husbandman.
CHURCH MEMBERSHIP: Admission to Watertown church prior to 25 May 1636 implied by freemanship.
FREEMAN: 25 May 1636 [MBCR 1:371].
EDUCATION: His inventory included "one great Bible and 3 other books" valued at 13s.
OFFICES: Watertown selectman, 8 November 1647 [WaTR 1:10]. With Isaac Stearns, arbiter in
dispute between John Wincoll and Benjamin Crisp [WaTR 1:14]. "Old Goodman Hammond" was
appointed to a committee to assign seats in the meetinghouse, 17 November 1656 [WaTR 1:47].
ESTATE:
- On 26 February 1629/30 William Hammond was declared a bankrupt in England and "the 20th of
November after that date he departe[d] the land and fleeth into New England [NEHGR 106:83,
citing a 1656 law suit against William Hammond]. (This would place him on the Lyon which sailed
from Bristol on 1 December 1630 and arrived in New England the following February [WP 2:317].)
In the "year 1645 Rose his mother dyeth ... but now in the year 1647 his son Thomas come from
New England to be admitted to the land" [NEHGR 106:83]. On 22 November 1647 "W[illia]m Hamond
granted a letter of attorney unto Thomas Hamond his son to ask & demand of the lord of the
manor the possession of certain lands in Lavenham in Suffolk which were the possession of Rose
Steward his mother" [Aspinwall 112].
- On 25 July 1636 William Hammond was granted forty acres in the Great Dividend [WaBOP 5];
granted eight acres in the Remote Meadows, 26 June 1637 [WaBOP 8];
granted a farm of one hundred fifty-five acres, 10 May 1642 [WaBOP 12].
- In the Watertown Inventory of Grants William Hammond held six parcels: homestall of forty
acres; three acres of meadow; forty acres of upland being a Great Dividend; eighteen acres
of upland beyond the Further Plain; eight acres of Remote Meadow; and four acres of upland
[WaBOP 108]. In the Inventory of Possessions he held three parcels: three acres of upland;
two acres of meadow; and another two acres of meadow [WaBOP 146]. In the Composite Inventory
he held six parcels: homestall of thirty-four acres; three acres of meadow; forty acres of
upland being a Great Dividend; eighteen acres of upland beyond the Further Plain; eight
acres of Remote Meadow; and a farm of one hundred fifty-six acres [WaBOP 61].
- In his will, dated 1 July 1662 and proved 16 December 1662, "William Hammond of Watertowne
... now about ninety years of age" bequeathed to "my loving & dear wife Elizabeth Hammond my
whole estate" for life, and after her death to "my son John Hammond all my houses & lands";
to "Thomas Hammond son of my son Thomas Hammond deceased" £40 when twenty-one, but if he dies
before that then "the £40 to be equally divided between the children of my daughter House &
daughter Barnes [i.e., Barron's] children"; to "daughter Barnes" £30; to "the four children
of my daughter Elizabeth House deceased" £5 apiece; to "Adam Smith son of my daughter Sarah
... one mare colt" and to "my daughter Sarah Smith" £5 [MPR 2:88-90, Case #10262].
- The inventory of the estate of William Hammond totalled £467 16s. 9d., including £318 in
real estate: "one dwelling house & an orchard," £24; "23 acres of pasture land," £69; "11
acres of broken-up land," £48; "15 acres of meadow," £90; "8 acres of meadow remote," £15;
"18 acres of land in lieu of township," £6; "1 Great Dividend, 40 acres," £40; "1 farm, 160
acres," £20; and "a part of a barn," £6 [MPR 2:90-93, Case #10262].
BIRTH: Baptized Lavenham, Suffolk, 30 October 1575, son of Thomas and Rose (Trippe) Hammond.
DEATH: Watertown 8 October 1662 "aged about ninety-four [sic]" [WaVR 25].
MARRIAGE: Lavenham, Suffolk, 9 June 1605 Elizabeth Paine, ...
COMMENTS:
- The Hammond family came to New England in at least three stages. In late 1630 or early 1631
John Winthrop Jr. noted receipt of £7 5s. from "Goody Hammond to send her husband" [WP 3:6].
This supports the conclusion that William Hammond was a passenger on the Lyon when it sailed
from Bristol in late 1631.
- On 26 September 1633 Governor John Winthrop wrote to Sir Simonds D'Ewes, informing him that
"Yours by young Hamond I received," indicating that William Hammond Jr. probably sailed for
New England in one of the ships that arrived in the fall of 1633 [WP 3:139]. His sister Anne
and brother Thomas may also have come at this time, for they are not included a year later
in the passenger list of the Francis, which sailed from Ipswich in the spring of 1634 with
Elizabeth Hammond (aged 47), Elizabeth Hammond (aged 15), Sarah Hammond (aged 10) and John
Hammond (aged 7) on board [Hotten 279].
- On 6 November 1660 Watertown selectmen sent the constables to "Old Hamond to let him know,
that contrary to order of town, he had entertained into his family such a person as is likely
to prove chargeable, do therefore desire him to rid the town of such an encumbrance or
otherwise to bear the burden thereof himself" [WaTR 1:66].
- In his record of admissions to Scituate church Rev. John Lathrop entered on 14 April 1636
"Elizabeth Hammon my sister having a dismission from the church at Watertown" [NEHGR 9:280];
Lothrop's first wife, Hannah House, was sister of Samuel House; since Lothrop refers to her
by maiden name but also calls her sister, the admission to Scituate church may have taken
place after the contract of marriage, but before the marriage itself (note, however, that
the first child of the couple was baptized on 23 October 1636 [NEHGR 9:281]) [NEHGR 66:356-59]. ...
- 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)
53-61.
- ↑ Great Migration, citing NEHGR 106:83, citing a 1656 law suit against William Hammond
- ↑ Great Migration, citing WP 3:6
- ↑ MPR 2:88-90, Case #10262.
- ↑ MPR 2:90-93, Case #10262
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