Have you ever visited a museum to find something related to an ancestor on display? That was my situation quite a few years ago when going thru the Boot Hill Museum in Dodge City, Kansas. In their display, Wheat Comes to Kansas, they had a journal for the Ford County Agricultural Society on display. This …
Category: Hammond
Friday Finds
Do you have handwritten notes in your files? As I'm going thru my files, I am finding such notes. One set of notes comes from Ford County, Kansas for my Hammond line. Fortunately, I do have photocopies of the marriage licenses for my 2nd great grandfather and some his children. Ford County Kansas Marriage Record …
Rachel Hale Hammond
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 …
Jason Hammond
Jason Hammond was born on 1 Feb 1762 in Bolton, Tolland County, Connecticut. [1–12] He was baptized on 28 Feb 1762 in Bolton, Tolland, Connecticut, United States. [13–14] He served in the military Private in Captain Coon's Company, Col. J. Well's Regiment Connecticut Line in 1779. [1,5,15–17] Jason served in the military as a Private …
Friday Finds
In trying to update my FISK research, I came across a reference to Louisa Fisk Hammond's obituary in my files. Hammond -- Mrs. Louisa died August 17, 1874 in Ontario, aged 68 years, wife of Horatio Hammond. Rev. Abernathy of Altona officiated. Some of the children in Iowa were detained by sickness so all did …
Western Reserve Deed
Have you ever run across a family story repeated over and over in various publications that is just 'begging' for proof that it is true? Well, my Hammond line has one of those stories. It is the story of Jason Hammond's purchase of land in the Connecticut Western Reserve. The township was owned by several …
Hammond Tombstone
Have you ever encountered two old tombstones in a county for the same name? If so, how did you decide which tombstone was for your relative? I never would have imagined that a 1999 newspaper article would identify the 1830 tombstone of Jason Hammond in Bath Township, Ohio. However, this article does just that. The …
Bath Township in Ohio
I'm sure my readers have used county histories. However, have you ever found a comprehensive history of a township and its early settlers in a newspaper? That's exactly what I found when looking for articles about Jason Hammond in the newspapers. Not only is this an extensive history of Hammondsburgh or Bath, Ohio but also …
Friday Find
Homesteading Did any of your ancestors homestead? While going over my HAMMOND research, I found a copy of a homestead 'deed' in my files for Richmond F. Hammond in Ford County, Kansas. Page 384Final Receiver's Receipt No 536Application NO 7688HomesteadReceiver's Office Garden City Kans.Nov 26 1887Received of Richmond F Hammond the sumof eight dollars ----- …
Local Lore
Have you ever tried to locate the source of a clipping shared on Ancestry. Depending on the subject of the clipping, I sometimes try to locate the source of the clipping. While researching my Hammond line, I came across such a clipping regarding local stories from Bath, Ohio. Intrigued by this article, I tried to …