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The Alice Stone Bible
by Newman A Hall
1913-2006
In the matter of the Alice Stone Family Bible there ought to be credit given to Susan Clardy and Roberta Hammon of California. They are second cousins of mine whom I discovered only a few years ago. In any case these two were the ones who sent me all the information which I pieced together to prepare this report. Many years ago, I had known there was such a Family Bible but I could never trace it down. It was a break when these two, initially not knowing each other, tracked me down through email. We've had a great time working together since.
Thomas Hammon of Cranston, RI was born 05 June 1737. According to a note in the Alice Stone Family Bible his father and uncle were seamen who settled in Rhode Island apparently about the time of the birth of Thomas Hammon. There is no record of either of these two brothers or the place of birth of Thomas. He was just nineteen years old when his first child, John Hammon, was born 30 Nov 1756.
The first wife of Thomas Hammon was Patience Stone, daughter of Peter Stone and Patience Printing. She died after the birth of her son, John Hammon. Her sister Alice Stone, then became the second wife of Thomas Hammon and her first child, Phebe, was born 14 Aug 1763. There is no record for the dates of marriage for these two wives.
In addition to the two daughters, Patience and Alice, Peter Stone also had a son, Peter, whose wife was Mary Hammon by whom he had twelve children. Mary Hammon was also born 05 Jun 1737. The first child of Peter and Mary, Mary, was born 01 Jan 1754 when Mary was only sixteen years old. The circumstances of Thomas and Mary Hammon both born on the same date having their first child in their teens suggests that they probably had been living in the Peter Stone household and may have been left there for care by their parents.
A record of the family of Thomas Hammon was set down in a family bible which belonged to his second wife, Alice Stone. A note on the back of the title page of the New Testament has the following inscription: Alice Hammon hur Bible Bought in Philadelphia in the year AD 1805 - price 5 dollars. And after my decease I give this Bible to my son Daniel Hammon. Wrote by John Hammon my son.
The Bible, by her direction was handed down to her youngest son, Daniel (1777-1846), and in turn to his youngest son, Daniel Hammon Jr. (1820-1895). It survived until 1914 when it was last known to have been in the possession of a great grandson, Glenn Hammon (1857-1936) of Chicago, son of Daniel Jr. Apparently this bible was by Daniel for his own family record since there is no evidence that he had his own family, bible. His son, Daniel Jr.; however, did make a transcription of this record into his bible. This second bible survived in part having been incorporated into a family history scrapbook until 1953. This scrapbook has since been discarded. In 1885, Daniel Jr. gave a family bible as a wedding present to his son, Glenn Milton Hammon and his wife. Dr. Glenn Hammon then copied a full record from the Daniel Jr. bible. This bible survives. Both of the subsequent bibles contained new material pertaining to later families not entered into the Alice Stone Bible.
In 1911, Georgia K. Hammon (1882-1915), of San Francisco, a great granddaughter of Daniel Hammon Sr., engaged the services of Edward A. Claypool, a professional genealogist of Chicago, to examine the Alice Stone Bible then in the possession of Dr. Glenn Hammon, and he prepared a certified copy. This together with the Glenn Hammon Bible and notes taken from the Daniel Hammon Bible scrapbook are the basis for the present Record.
There are entries for births and deaths only. Those made by Alice Stone appear first followed by those made by her son, Daniel. Entries with an asterisk* were made by Daniel Hammon. Sections within brackets, [ ], were torn from the original bible and replaced with information from the Daniel Hammon’s bible. It appears that the data was originally on three pages as noted.
Alice Stone Family Bible Entries Births
Thomas Hammon was born June the 5 A.D. 1737 on the first day of the week.
Alice Hammon his wife July the 30 1738 on the first day of the week.
John Hammon the 30 day of November A.D. 1756 on Tuesday.
Phebe Hammon the 14 of August A.D. 1763 on the first day of the week.
Ama Hammon the 7 of April A.D. 1765 the first day of the week.
[Joseph Hammon born March A.D. 1767]
Lydia Hammon the 25 of November 1768 on Friday.
Moley Hammon the 23 day of December 1770 on the first day of the week.
James Hammon the 22 of October A.D. 1772 on Thursday.
Daniel Hammon June the 14 1777 on Saturday.
Nancy Hammon the 7 of January on Monday A.D. 1782.
Deaths
Thomas Hammon Died on Thursday the 24 of March 1814
Betsy Hammon Died on Thursday the 29 of April 1813.
(*)Alice Hammon [wife of Thomas Hammon [died] on Friday [the] of May 1826.
Peter Stone in Cranston on Monday the 17 of February A.D. 1783 in the 85th year of his age.
Patience Stone wife of Peter Stone died in April 1st A.D. 1760 in the sixtieth year of her age.
(*)[Hiram H.] Hammon Died [July] the 7 1840 on Tuesday [age 50 years] 1 m. 9 days.
(*)Daniel Ham[mon] Died [Feb. 20th 18[46] on Friday [age 68 yr, 8 m,] 6 d.
(*)James Hammon, son of Thomas Hammon and his wife, died the 8th day of April A.D. 1783 in the 11th year of his age.
Births
(*)Daniel Hammon the son of Thomas Hammon was Born June the 14, 1777 on Saturday.
(*)Silvey Hammon his wife was Born the 27 of February A.D. 1778.
(*)Betsy Hammon the 14 of October A.D. 1800 on Tuesday.
(*)Dexter Hammon the 27 of October on Tuesday, A.D. 1801.
(*)Williston R. Hammon the first day of February on Thursday 1804.
(*)Polly Hammom the 29 of May on Saturday A.D. 1806.
(*)James Hammon was Born February the 29 A.D. 1808 on Sunday.
(*)Hiram H. Hammon was Born the 29 of May A.D. 1810 on Tuesday.
(*)Marshall M. Hammon was Born Au[gust] the 31 A.D. 1813.
(*)Marcus T. H[ammon] was Born [15 of October] A.D. 1815.
(*)Charles. H[ammon] was Born [26 of May A.D.] 1817.
(*)Daniel H[ammon was] Born M[ay the 20 A.D. 1820].
Newman A Hall is the son of Glenn M. Hall




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