Mary (Howard) Hammond (abt. 1640 - bef. 1678)

Born about 4 Apr 1640 in Lower Norfolk County, Virginia Colony

Wife of John Hammond — married about 1663 in Anne Arundel County, Maryland

Descendants

Died before 1678 before about age 37 in Anne Arundel County, Province of Maryland

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Biography

Mary (Howard) Hammond was a Maryland colonist.

Mary Howard was probably born about 1651 in Lower Norfolk County, Virginia. ^[1]

Mary died before 1678 in Anne Arundel County, Province of Maryland. Her husband, John Hammond, married second Mary Unknown, widow of Thomas Roper, by 1678. This second wife died in 1721.

Parents

Sharon Doliante shows Mary as a daughter of Matthew Howard who was born about 1609 and migrated to Lower Norfolk County, Virginia. Mary is not named in Matthew Howard's will, but could have been born between the time his will was written and his untimely death.

Saunders states that "The earliest mention I have found of this is by Warfield (1905).^[2]

Warfield claimed that since Matthew's son Samuel in his will made a bequest to his "cousin" [nephew] John HAMMOND, Jr., this proved that John HAMMOND, Sr.'s wife Mary was nee HOWARD, the daughter of Matthew. The Maryland Calendar of Wills has a confusing abstract of Samuel HOWARD's will. The abstract states he left to "cousins John HOWARD, Eliza: NORWOOD, Sarah BRICE, Hannah HAMMOND, Cornelius and Joseph HOWARD and John HAMMOND, Jr., personalty." The abstract later states that trustees were "cousins John HOWARD and John HAMMOND, Jr., afsd."23 The abstract is correct (but easily misread) in that in the recorded will book copy,14 those names through Joseph HOWARD were called "cousins". John HAMMOND, Jr., appearing after a second "and" in the Maryland Calendar of Wills was not included in being called a "cousin." In the will book copy, the plural "cousins" was used to refer to John HOWARD and John HAMMOND, Jr. as trustees. He claimed that since Matthew's son Samuel in his will made a bequest to his "cousin" [nephew] John HAMMOND, Jr., this proved that John HAMMOND, Sr.'s wife Mary was nee HOWARD, the daughter of Matthew. ^[3]

Marriage to John Hammond

About 1663 in Anne Arundel County, she married Major General John Hammand, who died testate in Anne Arundel County, and was buried November 29, 1707. ^[4]

She is the heroine of the book Providence, Ye Lost Town at Severn in Maryland by James Moss (1976). The book is based on letters she wrote to her parents. The book traces our Howard lineage and the lives of Ann & Matthew Howard in Maryland. ^[5]

Children

Mary and John Hammond had five children, ^[1] named in their father's will (Wills 12, f. 184): ^[5]

1. Thomas Hammond
2. Charles Hammond
3. John Hammond, Jr (1668-1742)
4. William Hammond
5. Mary Hammond

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Sharon J. Doliante. Maryland and Virginia Colonials: Genealogies of Some Colonial Families. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing, 1991 (Reprinted 2004), Volume I, page 364.
2. ↑ Warfield, J.D. (1905). Founders of Anne Arundel and Howard Counties, (pp. 71, 179). Baltimore: Kohn & Pollock. (Saunders, 2014,
3. ↑ Fredric Z. Saunders. Howard Family of Anne Arundel County, Maryland Saunders is a respected professional genealogist. Last revised 14 December 2014. Accessed 26 February 2020 jhd
4. ↑ Warfield, op. cit, p. 179, cited by Doliante, 364.
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1}

See also:

• Will

• Colonial Families of the United States of America: in Which is Given the History, Genealogy and Armorial Bearings of Colonial Families Who Settled in the American Colonies From the Time of the Settlement of Jamestown, 13th May, 1607, to the Battle of Lexington, 19th April, 1775. 7 volumes. 1912. Reprinted, Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1966, 1995., Page 256, Colonial Families of the USA - Hammond Family

• https://www.geni.com/people/Matthew-Howard/6000000001200785456?through=6000000003682990378

• Ancestry Profile

• Ancestry Profile

• Early Colonial Settlers of Southern Maryland and Virginia's Northern Neck Counties

p. 298 of Baltimore County Families, 1659-1759 HAMMOND, JOHN (1), was b. 1643, d. 1707 in A. A. Co.; imm. To Md. C. 1655; m. 1st Mary (d. c.1678), dau. of Matthew and Ann Howard; m. 2nd Mary (---) wid. Of (---) Roper; rep. A. A. Co. in Assembly, 1692-93, 1697/8-1698, and later; had iss.: John, b. c. 1665; Willam, d. 1711/12; Charles, b. c.1670, d. 1713; Thomas; Mary, m. Cornelius Howard, and Elizabeth (355; 370:393).

My Note: Mary, m. Cornelius Howard (above) is generally believed to be the daughter of the 2nd wife Mary (---) and Thomas Roper because of the will the 2nd wife Mary left in 1721. She willed all of her estate, including land from Thomas Roper, to the descendants of her daughter, Mary, and none of it to the Hammond sons who are the sons of Mary Howard, the 1st wife of John Hammond. (See summary of the will below)

Maryland Calendar of Wills 1635-1743 Name Mary Hammond [1] Will Date 4 Apr 1721 Will Place Anne Arundel, Maryland, British America Probate Date 6 Apr 1721 Death Year Abt 1721 Text Hammond (Hamond), Mary,A. A. Co.,4th Apr., 1721; 6th Apr., 1721. To grandsons John. Thomas and Cornelius Howard, grand-daus. Sarah and Elinor Howard, personalty. To 3 grand-child., viz. Thomas, Sarah and Elinor Howard, residue of estate. To John Beale, ex., care of grandson John Howard and to see that he has a good education. Test: John Unett, Wm. Anglin, Anne Selby. Note: Moses Maccubin and Cornelius Howard present at probate. 16, 366. Original Source Name Land Office Original Source Location Annapolis, Maryland, USA Original Source Series Will books Original Source Book 16 Original Source Page 366