The will of Rodger Hammond of Rochester was dated 2 September 1758. he mentions his wife Charity, and his children, Rodger Hammond, Olive Hammond, Deborah Hammond, and Thankful Hammond. (Note: there is no record that it had been proved, and it seems the town clerk did not finish writing the will).[3]
His inventory was taken on 28 November 1758 in Rochester.[4]
In 1768, a division of his land that was bequeathed in his will, was recorded in Plymouth land records, between Olive Wing, wife of Stephen Wing, Timothy Hammond, Deborah Hammond, and Nathaniel Hammond, guardian to Thankful Hammond.[5]
↑Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850, (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2016). Reference Rochester Volume 2, page 157
↑ "Massachusetts, Plymouth County, Probate Records, 1633-1967," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-897D-69RZ : 20 May 2014), Probate records 1758-1764 vol 15-16 > image 76 of 623; State Archives, Boston.
↑ "Massachusetts, Plymouth County, Probate Records, 1633-1967," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G97D-6S9J : 20 May 2014), Probate records 1758-1764 vol 15-16 > image 47 of 623; State Archives, Boston.
↑ "Massachusetts Land Records, 1620-1986," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89Z7-PCR : 22 May 2014), Plymouth > Deeds 1767-1772 vol 54-55 > image 235-236 of 573; county courthouses and offices, Massachusetts.
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