It has been impossible to get any connected or authentic account of the Hammonds of Marblehead prior

to about 1709. There are undoubtedly several distinct families in Marblehead and vicinity descended

from different emigrant ancestors. It is possible that some of these are descendants of John Hammond,

the early settler in Gloucester, but there seems to be no proof that such is the case. Richard Hammond

was in Marblehead as early as 1670 and may have been the father of Edward Hammond who married

there in 1709, but it is possible that this Edward was the son of Edward and Susanna (Bradley)

Hammond, who was born in Bristol, R. I., Dec. 1, 1687. (See R. I. families in following pages.) There is

some evidence of a connection between the families of Marblehead and those of Rehoboth and

Swanzey, Mass.

It is almost certain that the ancestor of the main family in Marblehead came from Ipswich, England. It

seems probable that both the Hammond and Peach families of Marblehead originally came from this

locality, and the Richard Hammond who was in Marblehead in 1670 was probably born in Ipswich,

England. His parentage was probably as follows:

(I) EDWARD HAMMOND and wife, Catherine, were living in the Parish of St. Clements, Ipswich,

England, in 1571 and 1577. They had several children, among whom were Mary, Susan and William.

(II) WILLIAM HAMMOND, son of Edward and Catherine, was twice married and left a large family

of children, among whom were the following, all mentioned in his will dated Jan. 24, 1649, proved May

23, 1650:

1. JOHN, b. (???); m. St. Clements, Ipswich, 1658, Elizabeth Crane. Had

several children, among whom were sons, John and William.

2. WILLIAM, a mariner whose will was probated, Arch. Suffolk, March 13,

1661. Wife Dorcas, sons John and William. Daughters Hannah,

Dorcas and Martha.

3. EDWARD, a mariner, m. St. Clements, Ipswich, 1638, Thomasine Peach,

dau. of William Peach, of Ipswich, Mariner, and Thomasine Cole,

his wife. His will was probated, Arch. Suffolk, Nov. 2, 1667, and

names children Jonathan, Nathaniel, Edward, Samuel, John,

William, Abigail and Thomasine. His sons, Edward and William,

were mariners and ship owners.

4. RICHARD, living in 1649, but no later records of him have been found in

England. He was probably the Richard of Marblehead.

5. MARY, living in 1649.

6. SARAH, the wife of John Barnes, of Ipswich.

7. (???), (a daughter) wife of (???) Grymble, in 1649.

"The Hammonds of Ipswich were a race of hardy sea captains and themselves in great part owners of

the ships they sailed in and of the cargoes they carried. They held the Manor of Newton Hall, in

Swilland, for several generations. Edward Hammond, who died a little after the Restoration, is

mentioned with approval by Matthias Candler, the Genealogical Vicar of Coddenham. 'Henry

Bloomfield,' he says, 'one of the Chiefe Constables of the Hu of Thredling, married to his second wife,

Thomasine daughter of Thomas Coale of Ipswich, the relict of Wm. Peche a Mr of a ship neere the old

Barre gates in Ipswich. She had a daughter married to Edward Hamont, Mr of a ship in Ipswich, a pius

man.'" -- Harl. M. S. 6071. p. 543.

"A tombstone in the church yard at St. Clements, Ipswich, has the following inscription: 'The Burying

place of Captain Benjamin Hamond and Captain John Hamond, sons of Edward Hamond, in this parish,'

and bears the coat of arms. The Shield, Party per pale, displays a quartrefoil between three demi--lions

passant guardant; and the Crest above, on helmet and torse, is a wolf's head erased." (Suffolk Manorial

Families.)

The Hammonds of Marblehead were nearly all mariners. Many of them were captains and ship owners.

It is probable that Elias Hammond, who settled in Marblehead about 1725, was from Lynn or Salem and

was a descendant of Elias Hammond, an early settler of Boston or Charleston. We shall first follow the

descendants so far as known of Edward Hammond, who married there in 1709.

(I) EDWARD HAMMOND, b. unknown, perhaps in Bristol, R. I., Dec. 1, 1687; d. Marblehead, Mass.;

m. Jan. 1, 1709, Rebecca Wormstele, whose parentage is unknown. The records in Marblehead are

very incomplete and it has been impossible to get more facts. Perhaps he had more children than those

credited to him and he may have been the father of John and Philip whose decendants follow his in this

work, but there is no evidence to show this and tradition denies it.

Edward was certainly the ancestor of the most numerous branch of the family in Marblehead. His

descendants were generally mariners, captains and ship owners, or in the West India trade. They were

generally well-to-do or wealthy people and the majority of those now living are people of superior

education and considerable means.

Children:

2* 1. EDWARD, b. Oct. 1, 1709.

3* 2. BENJAMIN, b. May 9, 1713.

4* 3. WILLIAM, b. Oct., 1716.

5. 4. SARAH, b. Feb. 16, 1718.

6. 5. RICHARD, b. Oct. 1, 1721.

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(II) EDWARD HAMMOND, (Edward1) b. Marblehead, Mass., Oct. 1, 1707; d. Sudbury, Mass.,

before Oct., 1756; m. 1st Feb. 15, 1732, Mary Mulley. She d. and he m. 2d Dec. 2, 1737, Susanna

Oakes, dau. of Richard Oakes, of Marblehead and Sudbury, Mass. The will of Richard Oakes, of

Sudbury, dated Oct. 19, 1756, leaves his property to his daughter, Susanna Hammond, late wife of

Edward Hammond, deceased, and names her as executrix. If she re-marries the property is to go to his

grandchildren, William and Mary Hammond, to be equally divided between the two after the death of

their aunt, Hannah Oakes.

Chil. by 1st m.:

7. 1. BENJAMIN, bapt. Dec. 3, 1732; probably d. young.

Chil. by 2d m.:

8* 2. EDWARD, b. about 1738.

9* 3. WILLIAM, b. about 1740.

10* 4. MARY, b. about 1742.

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(II) BENJAMIN HAMMOND, (Edward1) b. Marblehead, Mass., May 9, 1713; d. Marblehead, Mass.;

m. 1st Dec. 4, 1735, Elizabeth Oakes, whose parentage is unknown. She may have been a sister of

Susanna, wife of his brother, Edward, but this is by no means certnin. She d. about 1744 and he m. 2d

Nov. 22, 1744, Hannah Vinson, parentage unknown. The baptisms of his children are recorded in the 2d

church of Marblehead.

Children:

11. 1. BENJAMIN, bapt. Sept. 12, 1736; d. young.

12. 2. ELIZABETH, bapt. April 9, 1738; m. Dec. 14, 1756,

Jacob Oliver.

13. 3. REBECCA, bapt. March 18, 1740; m. Feb. 22, 1758,

Joseph Ashton.

14. 4. MARY, bapt. Feb. 28, 1742; d. young.

15. 5. BENJAMIN, bapt. April 15, 1744; d. young.

Chil. 2d m.:

16. 6. MARY, bapt. June 14, 1747.

17* 7. BENJAMIN, bapt. June 14, 1747.

18. 8. EDWARD, bapt. Nov. 5, 1749; d. young.

19. 9. EDWARD, bapt. May 12, 1751.

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(II) WILLIAM HAMMOND, (Edward1) b. Marblehead, Mass., Oct., 1716; d. Marblehead, Mass.; m.

Jan. 1, 1739, Hannah Peach.

Children:

20. 1. EDWARD, b. May 17, 1741; d. young.

21. 2. WILLIAM, b. June 13, 1742; d. young.

22* 3. WILLIAM, b. April 1, 1744.

23* 4. THOMAS PEACH, b. Aug. 24, 1746.

24* 5. BENJAMIN, b. Aug. 14, 1748.

25* 6. HANNAH, b. Aug. 19, 1750.

26* 7. JOHN, b. May 3, 1752.

27* 8. RICHARD, b. July 25, 1754.

28. 9. REBECCA, b. Oct. 2, 1757; d. un-m. Dec. 26, 1835.

29* 10. EDWARD, b. Dec. 7, 1760.

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(III) EDWARD HAMMOND, (Edward2) b. Sudbury, Mass., 1738; d. Sudbury, Mass., March 1761;

un-m.

His mother, widow Susanna Hammond, brother William Hammond and sister Mary Hammond,

petitioned the court March 28, 1761, for the appointment of Cornelius Wood, administrator of his estate.

He was appointed and gave bond with Josiah Richardson and Ezra Taylor as sureties. Jan. 4, 1762,

Wood petitioned for commissioners in insolvency on the estate and John Hawes and Asher Cutler were

appointed. No inventory or other papers are on file. (Middlesex Probate, No. 7142.)

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(III) WILLIAM HAMMOND, (Edward2) b. Sudbury, Mass., 1739; d. Natick, Mass., June 16, 1816; m.

Feb. 14, 1764, Kezia Hawes, b. June 25, 1746, d. June 1, 1826, of Needham, Mass. He removed to

Natick about 1761. (H. Mann.) He was a Corp. in Capt. Joseph Morse's Co., Col. Samuel Bullard's

Regt., on the Lexington Alarm, April 19, 1775, and served five days. He served as a private in Capt.

Joshua Fiske's Co., Col. Abner Perry's Regt., from July 28, 1780, to Aug. 7, 1780. He probably saw

much service between these two

enlistments as there appears to have been considerable service credited to William Hammond, but

nothing to indicate his residence. His gravestone, surmounted by a willow and urn, bears the following

inscription:

"Weep not, my friends, dry up your tears,

I must lie here until Christ appears,

And at his coming, hope to have,

A glorious rising from the grave."

There is a S. A. R. marker on his grave. The gravestone of his widow bears the following inscription:

"Mrs. Kezia, wife of William Hammond, died June 1, 1826, ’, 80."

"O peaceful grave receive this clay

And keep it till the glorious day,

When our Grand Master bids arise

And join the lodge above the skies."

Children:

30* 1. SUSANNA, b. Aug. 6, 1764; d. Oct. 6, 1847.

31* 2. EDWARD, b. May 25, 1768; d. June 12, 1851.

32. 3. KEZIA, b. June 12, 1771.

33. 4. WILLIAM, b. Oct. 4, 1773; d. June 15, 1783.

34. 5. MERCY, b. May 13, 1776; d. July 26, 1849.

35. 6. EUNICE, b. July 14, 1780; d. July 29, 1860.

36* 7. BETSEY, b. Sept. 9, 1782; d. June 24, 1872.

37. 8. WILLIAM, b. July 6, 1785.

38. 9. MARY, b. Sept. 8, 1787; d. April 22, 1872.

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(III) MARY HAMMOND, (Edward2) b. Sudbury, Mass., about 1742; d. (???) (???); m. Sept. 1, 1763,

Samuel Haynes, of Needham, Mass. It is not known how many children they had. His residence is given

as Needham in the marriage record but may have removed to Sudbury before 1769, as his son's birth is

recorded there.

Children:

39. 1. BENJAMIN, (Hayes) b. Sept. 2, 1769.

(III) BENJAMIN HAMMOND, (Benjamin2) b. Marblehead, Mass., June 14, 1747; d. Marblehead,

Mass.; m. Oct. 16, 1768, Susan Ellidge, parentage unknown.

Children:

40. 1. BENJAMIN, bapt. Jan. 16, 1769.

41. 2. ELIZABETH, bapt. May 5, 1771; d. young.

42. 3. ELIZABETH, bapt. Jan. 18, 1772.

43. 4. RICHARD, bapt. Oct. 8, 1775.

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(III) WILLIAM HAMMOND, (William2) b. Marblehead, Mass., April 1, 1744; d. (???) (???); m. Jan.

7, 1767, Susanna Vickery.

Children:

44. 1. EDWARD, b. March 13, 1768; d. young.

45. 2. HANNAH, b. June 23, 1771.

46* 3. EDWARD, b. Aug., 1775.

47* 4. ABIGAIL, b. April 7, 1776.

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(III) THOMAS PEACH HAMMOND, (William2) b. Marblehead, Mass., Aug. 24, 1746; d.

Marblehead, Mass., 1807; m. Nov. 7, 1773, Hannah Peach, b. (???) --, 1752, d. May 13, 1820. He was

prizemaster on the Brigantine "Freedom," Capt. John Cloatson, master, Sept. 9, 1777, to Dec. 18, 1777.

("Mass. Soldiers and Sailors in Rev.") His widow was appointed administratrix on his estate Oct. 21,

1807.

Children:

48. 1. HANNAH, b. Aug. 28, 1774; d. 1784.

49. 2. ANNIS, b. April 6, 1776.

50* 3. THOMAS P., b. Dec. 5, 1779.

51. 4. WILLIAM, b. Aug. 31, 1783; d. 1786.

52. 5. HANNAH, b. Oct. 1, 1786; d. Oct. 3, 1804.

53. 6. WILLIAM, b. Aug. 13, 1789; d. Sept., 1789.

(III) BENJAMIN HAMMOND, (William2) b. Marblehead, Mass., Aug. 19, 1748; m. 1st July 3, 1767,

Mary Dennis, b. Sept. 20, 1750; m. 2d March 8, 1785, Jane Sweetland; m. 3d Nov. 20, 1797, Mrs.

Rebecca Malcolm.

Chil. by 1st m.:

54* 1. BENJAMIN, b. Aug. 23, 1767.

55* 2. JOHN, b. Oct. 30, 1770.

56* 3. WILLIAM, b. Nov. 15, 1772.

57. 4. EDWARD, b. July 2, 1775.

58. 5. MARY, b. Jan. 23, 1778; m. Dixey.

59. 6. HANNAH, b. June 12, 1780; m. McIntire.

60. 7. ANNA, b. Aug. 11, 1782; d. young.

61. 8. SALLY DENNIS, b. June 11, 1784; m. J. Main.

Chil. by 2d m.:

62. 9. JAMES DENNIS, b. Dec. 10, 1785.

63. 10. JONATHAN THOMPSON, b. June 15, 1788.

64. 11. MARGARET MERSERVEY, b. June 28, 1790.

65. 12. ANNA, b. March 25, 1794; m. Burns.

Chil. by 3d m.:

66. 13. RICHARD, b. Sept. 8, 1798.

67. 14. REBECCA, b. May 10, 1800; m. M. H. Hill.

68. 15. BENJAMIN, b. June 23, 1804; d. in San Domingo,

about 1820.

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(III) HANNAH HAMMOND, (William2) b. Marblehead, Mass., Aug. 19, 1750; m. May 15, 1769,

Ephraim Ireson.

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(III) JOHN HAMMOND, (William2) b. Marblehead, Mass., May 3, 1752; d. (???) (???); m. June 7,

1775, Elizabeth Peach. He was fifer in Capt. Francis Felton's Co. engaged in sea coast defense Sept.

26, 1775. Service, one month. (Mass. Soldiers and Sailors in Rev.)

Children:

69. 1. JOHN, b. July 27, 1777.

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(III) RICHARD HAMMOND, (William2) b. Marblehead, Mass., July 25, 1754; d. (???) (???); m. Nov.

19, 1780, Elizabeth Smith, (possibly Elizabeth Felton.) He was a marine on the ship "Jason," Capt. Simon

Forrester, master, June 15, 1780, in Revolutionary War. (Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors in Rev.)

Children:

70. 1. ELIZABETH, b. Nov. 11, 1781.

71* 2. RICHARD, b. Dec. 1, 1783.

72. 3. WILLIAM, b. Dec. 31, 1786; d. a prisoner of war

in England, Sept. 14, 1814.

73. 4. JOHN, b. April 19, 1789; d. infant.

74. 5. JOHN, b. Sept. 11, 1791; d. Liverpool, Eng., Dec.

2, 1818; un-m.

75. 6. EDWARD, b. Nov. 10, 1793; d. infant.

76* 7. EDWARD, b. Nov. 5, 1795.

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(III) CAPT. EDWARD HAMMOND, (William2) bapt. Marblehead, Mass., Dec. 7, 1760; d. (???)

(???); m. Sept. 24, 1789, Rebecca Flack; b. (???) (???); d. April 29, 1821.

Children:

77. 1. EDWARD, b. Feb. 5, 1790; d. young.

78. 2. WILLIAM, b. Dec. 11, 1791; d. in war of 1812.

79* 3. REBECCA H., b. Aug. 3, 1794.

80. 4. EDWARD, b. Oct. 30, 1796; d. at sea.

81. 5. VICKERY, b. Sept. 16, 1798; d. at sea.

82. 6. JOHN, b. Sept. 28, 1800; d. at sea.

83* 7. RICHARD, b. June 26, 1803.

84* 8. SUSAN, b. Aug. 28, 1808.

85* 9. ELIZABETH, b. Feb. 18, 1809.

(IV) SUSANNA HAMMOND, (William3) b. Natick, Mass., Aug. 6, 1764; d. Oct. 6, 1847.

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(IV) EDWARD HAMMOND, (William3) b. Natick, Mass., May 25, 1768; d. Natick, Mass., June 12,

1851; m. July 9, 1788, Beulah Gay, b. Jan. 4, 1768; d. Feb. 10, 1846, dau. of Jeremiah and Lydia

((???))Gay, of Natick, Mass.

He was a selectman in Natick, a prominent and wealthy man in town. This family of Hammonds are a

long lived race and nearly all of his children lived to a great age. His gravestone has a hand pointing

upward and the inscription,

"Look to Jesus."

"Gone to thy peaceful rest,

For thee we need not weep."

His wife's gravestone contains the following:

"Mrs. Beulah, wife of Edward Hammond;

Died Feb. 10, 1846, ’t. 78."

"Farewell loved mother, from care set free,

No more shall pain thy bosom swell,

Nor friendship throw her arm around thee,

For thou art gone; gone home to dwell.

Sleep, mother, I would not awake thee,

Or call thy spirit from its rest,

For Jesus called thee home to be,

A ransomed one among the blest."

Children:

86* 1. LYDIA, b. Oct. 11, 1789; d. Jan. 18, 1890.

87* 2. EDWARD, b. Sept. 16, 1791; d. Oct. 5, 1882.

88. 3. WILLIAM, b. Jan. 22, 1794; d. March 10, 1861.

89. 4. JEREMIAH G., b. March 22, 1796; d. July 16, 1854.

90. 5. SALLY, b. Jan. 31, 1798; d. May 23, 1873.

91* 6. RICHARD, b. Oct. 22, 1799; d. April 12, 1885.

92* 7. OTIS, b. Sept. 15, 1802.

93* 8. THOMAS F., b. Dec. 28, 1804; d. Feb. 25, 1885.

94* 9. JOHN, b. April 1, 1807; d. May 16, 1894.

95. 10. EMELINE, b. June 15, 1809; d. May 11, 1853.