Abel Hammond (1738 - 1806)

Born 27 May 1738 in Woodstock, Windham, Connecticut Colony

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Died 8 Jan 1806 at age 67 in Winchester, Cheshire, New Hampshire, United States

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Biography

Abel Hammond is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A203301.

Abel was born in Woodstock, Connecticut, in the summer of 1738 to Jonathan Hammond and Katherine Davis.^[1] He married Sarah, parents unknown, before the birth of their first recorded child in 1764. They had ten known children:

• 1764-1816: David, m. Anna Gassett, 1792
• 1766-1828: Catharine, m. Joshua Lyman, 1787
• 1768-1837: Naomi, m. Joshua Cook, 1793
• 1770: Sarah, m. Ephraim Watkin, 1795
• 1772-1819: Hannah, m. Nathan Pratt, 1794
• 1775-1868: Abel, m. Mary Ann Kimball, <1803
• 1777-1863: Seth, m. 1st Anna Morse, <1799; m. 2nd Nancy Bent, 1802
• 1779-1779: Azubah, died in infancy
• 1781-1834: Phelania, m. Joseph Taylor, 1802
• 1784-1867: Elijah, m. Anna Aldrich, 1810

Abel died in January of 1806.^[2][3] Sarah followed him a year later.^[4] They are buried together at Evergreen Cemetery in Winchester, New Hampshire.

From FindAGrave:

"He settled in Winchester prior to 1775. Was a Revolutionary Soldier in Winchester; was Corporal in Capt. Reuben Alexander's Company, Col. Samuel Ashley's Regiment, that marched from Cheshire Co. at the requisition of Maj. Gen. Gates, to reinforce the army at Ticonderoga, in Oct. 1776; served as a private in Capt. Oliver Capron's Company, Col. Samuel Ashley's Regiment, in June and July, 1777; was also a private in Capt. Elisha Whitcomb's Company, Col. Timothy Bedel's Regiment, in Feb. and March, 1777. (N. H. State Papers, Vol. 15, p. 55; Vol. 16, p. 927; Vol. 17, p. 96.)

He signed the new church covenant in Winchester, Nov. 14, 1764. His wife, Sarah, was admitted to full communion July 7, 1765.

He signed the "Association Test" as a resident of Winchester NH on a return made June 3, 1776. May 25, 1786, he deeded one-half of his farm on the Warwick Road to his son, David. January 7, 1806, his son, David, in consideration of the sum of $1,200, paid him by Abel Hammond, gave a bond "to care for, give a home, room, provender and certain privileges of visitors, etc., to Abel and Sarah Hammond during life."

BY FREDERICK STAM HAMMOND VOL. II."

Research Notes

His wife's surname is unknown. One researcher at FamilySearch suspects Sarah Melven. Other online trees name her a March. But no source has been discovered to support either birth family.

Sources

1. ↑ "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F74G-9X2 : 7 January 2020), Abel Hammond, 1738.
2. ↑ "New Hampshire Death Records, 1654-1947," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FS2C-GY3 : 23 February 2021), Abel Hammond, 08 Jan 1806; citing Winchester, Bureau Vital Records and Health Statistics, Concord; FHL microfilm 1,001,084.
3. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/81353044/abel-hammond: accessed 9 November 2022), memorial page for Abel Hammond (2 Jul 1738–8 Jan 1806), Find a Grave Memorial ID 81353044, citing Evergreen Cemetery, Winchester, Cheshire County, New Hampshire, USA; Maintained by Nicole (contributor 47420631) .
4. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/80534930/sarah-hammond: accessed 9 November 2022), memorial page for Sarah Hammond (1739–24 Feb 1807), Find a Grave Memorial ID 80534930, citing Evergreen Cemetery, Winchester, Cheshire County, New Hampshire, USA; Maintained by Linda Mac (contributor 47062703) .