Rachel Hale was born on 11 Dec 1758 in Glastonbury, Hartford County, Connecticut. [1–5]
She was the mother of Theodore Hammond who was born on 11 May 1789 in Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut. [6–9]
She was the mother of Rachel Hammond who was born on 22 Jan 1791 in Bolton, Tolland County, Connecticut. [5–6,8,10–11]
Rachel was the mother of Lewis Hammond who was born on 22 Apr 1794 . [6,8,12]
She was the mother of Mary Hammond who was born on 12 Mar 1796 in Bolton, Tolland County, Connecticut. [5–6,8,13]
She was the mother of Horatio Hammond who was born on 24 Oct 1798 in Connecticut. [8,14–18]
Rachel was named in Theodore Hale’s will as his daughter on 28 Jul 1801 in Hartford County, Connecticut. [19]
She lived in Bath, Summit County, Ohio in 1810. [1,5]
She helped treat sick for many of the common diseases in Bath, Summit, Ohio, United States. [5]
Rachel died on 11 Nov 1842 at the age of 83 in Bath, Summit County, Ohio. [1–2,4–6]
She was buried at Ira Cemetery in Bath Township, Summit County, Ohio. [1,4]
Endnotes:
1. Memorial to the Pioneer Women of the Western Reserve (Cleveland: , 1896)
2. Frederick Stam Hammond, History and Genealogies of the Hammond Families in America: with an account of the early history of the family in Normandy and Great Britain (Oneida, New York: Ryan & Burkhart, 1902–1904), Vol. 2, page 315. digital image, History and genealogies of the Hammond families in AmericaAncestry.com, http://www.ancestry.com viewed online 30 July 2023.
3. Connecticut Town Birth Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection), Rachel Hale, 12 December 1758; database with images, (www.ancestry.com : viewed online March 2018).
4. Find a Grave, database and images, Find a Grave (www.findagrave.com : viewed online March 2018), memorial for Rachel Hale Hammond (1759-1842), Find a Grave Memorial no. #21310352, created by Pamela Parks Costa, citing Ira Cemetery, Ira, Summit County, Ohio; accompanying photograph by Pamela Parks Costa, Rachel Hale Hammond.
5. Gertrude Van Rensselaer Wickhan, Editor, Memorial to the Pioneer Women of the Western Reserve Part Four (Cleveland, Ohio: The Women’s Department of the Cleveland Centennial Commission, 1897), pages 755-764; digital copy, FamilySearch, https://www.familysearch.org viewed online 12 May 2022.
6. Genealogy of the Family of Horatio Hammond, Ontario Illinois in the Direct Line from Thomas Hammond (Galesburg, Illinois: Colville Printer, 1876)
7. Frederick Stam Hammond, History and Genealogies of the Hammond Families in America: with an account of the early history of the family in Normandy and Great Britain (Oneida, New York: Ryan & Burkhart, 1902–1904), p. 382-383. digital image, History and genealogies of the Hammond families in AmericaAncestry.com, http://www.ancestry.com viewed online 22 September 2020.
8. “Bath Township,” The Akron Beacon Journal (Akron, Ohio), 8 May 1897, page 6; digital images, Newspapers.com (www.newspapers.com : viewed online 26 July 2023).
9. Find a Grave, database and images, Find a Grave (www.findagrave.com : viewed online 28 January 2023), memorial for Theodore Hammond (1789-1856), Find a Grave Memorial no. 186013065, created by Talbot Fisher, citing Linwood Cemetery, Galesburg, Knox County, Illinois;, Theodore Hammond.
10. Memorial to the Pioneer Women of the Western Reserve (Cleveland: , 1896), p. 64 (Hammond.OH.012)
11. Find a Grave, database and images, Find a Grave (www.findagrave.com : viewed online 12 May 2022), memorial for Rachel Hammond Farnham (1791-1868), Find a Grave Memorial no. 158880715, created by Bev Thomas Sexton, citing Fairview Cemetery, Richfield, Summit County, Ohio; accompanying photograph by Bev Thomas Sexton, Rachel Hammond Farnham.
12. Find a Grave, database and images, Find a Grave (www.findagrave.com : viewed online 28 July 2023), memorial for Lewis Hammond (1794-1849), Find a Grave Memorial no. 21346189, created by Pamela Parks Costa, citing Ira Cemetery, Ira, Summit County, Ohio; accompanying photograph by Pamela Parks Costa, Lewis Hammond.
13. History of Medina County and Ohio (Chicago: Baskin and Battey, 1881)
14. Frederick Stam Hammond, History and Genealogies of the Hammond Families in America: with an account of the early history of the family in Normandy and Great Britain, Vol 2 page 386. digital image, History and genealogies of the Hammond families in AmericaAncestry.com, http://www.ancestry.com viewed online 30 July 2023.
15. North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000, Mrs. Sarah L Hammond Ayres, database with images, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : viewed online October 2017).
16. Find a Grave, database and images, Find a Grave (www.findagrave.com : viewed online July 2017), memorial for Horatio Hammond (1793-1879), Find a Grave Memorial no. #33038046, created by GenealogyNavigator, citing Ontario Cemetery, Ontario, Knox County, Illinois; accompanying photograph by GenealogyNavigator, Horatio Hammond.
17. “Obituary,” The Inter Ocean (Chicago, Illinois), 14 November 1879, page 4; digital image, Newspapers.com (www.newspapers.com : viewed online 29 March 2021).
18. Knox County Genealogical Society, Cemeteries in Knox County, Ontario township (Knoxville, IL: Knox County Genealogical Society, n.d.), page 71.
19. Connecticut, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1609-1999 Ancestry.com EE, Theodore Hale, 28 July 1801; digitized images, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : views online 28 July 2023). Original Source: Probate Files Collection, Early to 1880.