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William Hammond 1575 – 1662 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 30 Oct 1575

Birth Location: Lawshall, Suffolk, England

Death Date: 8 Oct 1662

Death Location: Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Father: Robert Hammond

Mother: Elizabeth Myrth

Spouse(s): Elizabeth Payne\Paine

Children(s): Anna Hammond

William Hammond Sr was born in 1575 in Lawshall, Suffolk, England, the child of Robert William Thomas Hammond and Elizabeth Myrth. William Hammond Sr married Elizabeth Payne\Paine, and had children including Anna Hammond. William Hammond Sr passed away in 1662 in Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony.

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Biography

  • William Hammond Sr was born in 1575 in Lawshall, Suffolk, England, the child of Robert William Thomas Hammond and Elizabeth Myrth.
  • William Hammond Sr married Elizabeth Payne\Paine, and had children including Anna Hammond.
  • William Hammond Sr passed away in 1662 in Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony.

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Spouses(s)

Children(s)

William Hammond's Ancestors

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William Hammond
1575 – 1662
Birth Place: Lawshall, Suffolk, England
Parents
Robert William Thomas Hammond
1524 – 1582
Great Whelnethan, Suffolk, England
Elizabeth Myrth
1528 – 1624
Suffolk, England
Grandparents
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

William Hammond's Descendants

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William Hammond (30 Oct 1575 – 8 Oct 1662) m. Elizabeth Payne\Paine (11 Sep 1586 – 27 Sep 1670)
  1. 1. Anna Hammond (14 Jul 1616 – 1 September 1685) m. Elder (Thomas) Dimmick\Dymoke (7 October 1604 – 4 Jun 1658)
    1. 1. Susanna Cook (1635 – 06 Sep 1692) m. Lt (Robert) Shelley (1600 – 06 Sep 1692)
      1. 1. Benjamin Shelley (12 Mar 1679 – 1718) m. Jane Wilcox (1668 – 1748)
        1. 1. Sarah Shelley (1698 – 12 Aug 1757) m. William (Walter Worden of) Stonington (1698 – 1781)

William Hammond's Timeline

3 Records

1575
30 Oct 1575
Birth of William Hammond Sr in Lawshall, Suffolk, England
Lawshall, Suffolk, England
1575
30 Oct 1575
William Hammond Sr was baptized in Lavenham,Suffolk,England
Lavenham,Suffolk,England
1662
8 Oct 1662
Age 87
Death of William Hammond Sr in Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 30 Oct 1575
    Event Place: Lawshall, Suffolk, England
    Record Source:
    [1] U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current
    [2] Global, Find A Grave Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Baptism
    Event Date: 30 Oct 1575
    Event Place: Lavenham,Suffolk,England
    Record Source:
    [1] England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975
    [2] North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000, Book Title: The history and genealogy of the Prentice, or Prentiss family, in New England, etc , from 1631 to 1

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Date: 1631
    Event Place: Watertown, Massachusetts
    Record Source: U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s, Place: Watertown, Massachusetts; Year: 1631; Page Number: 850

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Date: 1631
    Record Source: New England, The Great Migration and The Great Migration Begins, 1620-1635

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: Harmston, Lincolnshire, England
    Record Source: England, Select Marriages, 1538-1973

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: USA
    Record Source:
    [1] History and genealogies of the Hammond families in America
    [2] Foster record : an account of Thomas Foster of Billerica, Massachusetts and some of his descendants

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA
    Record Source: New England, The Great Migration and The Great Migration Begins, 1620-1635

    Genealogy Event 8
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 8 Oct 1662
    Event Place: Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony
    Record Source:
    [1] U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current
    [2] Global, Find A Grave Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current

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