Margaret (Puckett) Hamlett (1822 - 1912)

Born 16 Jun 1822 in Nelson Co. Va.

Ancestors

Wife of David Hamlett — married 1 Nov 1834 in Nelson, Virginia, United States

Descendants

Died 13 Feb 1912 at age 89 in Wood, Clayton, Iowa, United States

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Biography

Name

Name: Margaret Freylinghausen /Puckett/^[1]

Name: Margaret Harris /Puckett/

Name: Margaret /James/^[2]

Found multiple versions of NAME. Using Margaret Freylinghausen /Puckett/.

Birth

Birth:

Date: 6 Jun 1822

Place: Nelson Co. Va.^[3][4]

Residence

Residence: Age: 58Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Wife

Date: 1880

Place: Elk, Clayton, Iowa, United States^[5]

Marriage

: Husband: David Hamlett

Wife: Margaret Freylinghausen Puckett

Date: 1 Nov 1834

Place: Nelson, Virginia, United States^[6]

Children

Martha Hamlett

William Archer Hamlett

Sarah Margaret Hamlett

James David Hamlett

Frelinghuysen Hamlett

Thomas Hamlett

John J Hamlett

Dicey Ann Hamlett

John Hamlett

Seaton Hamlett

Elias Hamlett

Notes

Margaret was only 12 years old when she married David.

Margaret's father died when she was an infant and she assumed the name of Puckett, that of her step-father.

Margaret and David are buried in the Hamlett Cemetery, east of Wood, Iowa. David moved his family there with the exception of 3 children. He purchased many parcels of land and they all became farmers and raised horses and cattle and became politicians. :David's will was probated early 1891 in Clayton County, Iowa.

Sources

1. ↑ Source: #S-718283670 Page: Year: 1880; Census Place: Elk, Clayton, Iowa; Roll: 333; Family History Film: 1254333; Page: 328A; Enumeration District: 131; Image: 0299 APID: 1,6742::31984113
2. ↑ Source: #S-718279193 Page: Source number: 6888.008; Source type: Family group sheet, FGSE, listed as parents; Number of Pages: 1 APID: 1,7836::641114
3. ↑ Source: #S-718279193 Page: Source number: 6888.008; Source type: Family group sheet, FGSE, listed as parents; Number of Pages: 1 APID: 1,7836::641114
4. ↑ Source: #S-718283670 Page: Year: 1880; Census Place: Elk, Clayton, Iowa; Roll: 333; Family History Film: 1254333; Page: 328A; Enumeration District: 131; Image: 0299 APID: 1,6742::31984113
5. ↑ Source: #S-718283670 Page: Year: 1880; Census Place: Elk, Clayton, Iowa; Roll: 333; Family History Film: 1254333; Page: 328A; Enumeration District: 131; Image: 0299 APID: 1,6742::31984113
6. ↑ Source: #S-718279193 Page: Source number: 6888.008; Source type: Family group sheet, FGSE, listed as parents; Number of Pages: 1 APID: 1,7836::519830

• Find A Grave: Memorial #11912206
• "Virginia Marriages, 1785-1940", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XRZR-2QG : 29 January 2020), Margaret Pucket in entry for David Hamblet, 1834.
• "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHMS-VPK : 18 February 2021), Margaret Hamlett in entry for David Hamlett, 1860.
• "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDJP-1X1 : 28 May 2021), Margaret Hamlett in entry for David Hamlett, 1870.
• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:ML1F-CZM : accessed 22 September 2021), Margaret Hamlet in household of Thomas Hamlet, Elk, Clayton, Iowa, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 57, sheet 4A, family 58, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 397; FHL microfilm 1,374,410.
• "Virginia, Death Certificates, 1912-1987," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVRQ-15ZP : 16 August 2019), Margaret Harris in entry for Sarah Margaret Hamlett, 04 Apr 1917; from "Virginia, Marriage Records, 1700-1850," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2012); citing Massies Mill, Nelson, Virginia, United States, entry #, Virginia Department of Health, Richmond.
• "Iowa, Death Records, 1904-1951," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGK5-K91W : 9 August 2018), Marguerite Harris in entry for Thomas Hamlett, 23 Dec 1918, Elk, Decatur, Iowa, United States; citing certificate #, State Historical Society of Iowa, Des Moines; FamilySearch digital folder 102842716.

• Source: S-718279193 Repository: #R-1149313785 Title: U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 Author: Yates Publishing Publication: Ancestry.com Operations Inc APID: 1,7836::0
• Repository: R-1149313785 Name: Ancestry.com
• Source: S-718283670 Repository: #R-1149313785 Title: 1880 United States Federal Census Author: Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Publication: Ancestry.com Operations Inc APID: 1,6742::0
• Source: S-718285723 Repository: #R-1149313785 Title: Ancestry Family Trees Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members. Page: Ancestry Family Tree Data: Text: http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=59047772&pid=87

Acknowledgments

• Thank you to Michael Thomas for creating WikiTree profile Puckett-446 through the import of Thomas family tree.ged on Aug 27, 2013.