Capt. John Hamlin, Sr.

Not the same as John Hamlin

Biography

From Captain John Hamlin link

John became a captain in the Charles City County Militia in which he served in 1680 Captain Hamlin was the Burgess for Prince George County, Virginia, in 1710, 1712 and 1714 Captain Hamlin died before 1720

He had married: ELIZABETH TAYLOR, the daughter of Richard Taylor and Sarah Barker

Captain John Hamlin and his wife Elizabeth were the parents of:

1. Peter Hamlin 26 vi. Eliz. Hamlin, m. Thomas Ravenscroft.
2. Richard Hamlin 27 vii. Lucy Hamlin, m. William Epes.
3. William Hamlin, b. 1695 28 viii. Hannah Hamlin, m. Thomas Cocke.
4. John Hamlin
5. Sarah Hamlin, m. (1) Micajah Lowe; (2) Rev. John Cargill.

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The Harrisons who were friends of the Captain John Hamlins were the Harrisons from whom were descended the ninth and twenty third presidents of the United States.

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Hamlin-941

John Hamlin was a Virginia colonist.

John was born about 1655 in Charles City County (became Prince George in 1703), Virginia. He was the son of Stephen Hamlin and Agnes Powell. He passed away before July 1699 in Charles City County, Virginia. He was not living when his widow, Elizabeth, wrote her will dated 23 May 1720.[1]

John was made a Captain when he served in the Charles City County Militia in 1680. In December 1694, Capt. John Hamlin was appointed administrator for the estate of his brother-in-law Richard Taylor, of Weyanoke, along with Richard's brother Capt. John Taylor.[1] [2] Capt. John Hamlin was appointed a justice of the Charles City court on 10 November 1691 and continued so far as records are extant, through 3 March 1696.[3] [4]

John married Elizabeth Taylor, daughter of Richard and Sarah (Barker) Taylor about 1685 in Charles City County, Virginia. (It is known they were married before August 1688 when John represented his wife in court concerning her father's estate.) Known children include:[3]

1. John Hamlin
2. Elizabeth Hamlin, m. Thomas Ravenscroft
3. Richard Hamlin, m Ann Harrison ?
4. Lucy Hamlin, m. William Epes
5. William Hamlin, b. 1695
6. Hannah Hamlin, m. Thomas Cocke
7. Sarah Hamlin, m. (1) Micajah Lowe; (2) Rev. John Cargill.

On 13 December 1697, Captain John Hamlin bought a 250–acre tract of land and all houses, orchards, gardens, woods, etc. (subject to existing tenancies) on the south shore of the James River, directly across from the Westover Plantation, then owned by William Byrd I.[5][6] The land was bounded by "Maycoks Devidend" and became know as Maycocks or Maycox. It is now within the James River National Wildlife Refuge. The deed to Captain John identifies the swampland that makes the location attractive to wildlife.

Death Date

John Hamlin died between 5 January 1698/9, when he wrote his will, and 3 October 1699, when it was proved in the Charles City County Court by two of the witnesses, one of whom was Micajah Lowe, his son–in–law. He made the following bequests:

He gave his eldest son, "John Hamelin," the tract of land commonly called Hawkes Nest.

He gave his "Loving wife" all the parcel of land commonly called Macocks "Lately purchased of Roger Drayton" and the remainder of his Estate, both real & personal.

His will named Elizabeth as his executrix.[7]

Many Hamlin researchers state Capt. John Hamlin died only a few years before the death of his wife, Elizabeth, in 1720. This is a result of the apparent confusion between Capt. John and his son, John Hamlin, Jr. The John Hamlin who served as Burgess for Prince George County in 1710, 1712, 1714, and 1720 is not Capt. John, but his son John, Jr.

Boddie also mistakenly lists "Charles Hamlin, son of Elizabeth Taylor and John Hamlin, ..." [1] Two paragraphs earlier Boddie gives the names of the children of Elizabeth Taylor and John Hamlin:

1. John
2. William
3. Hannah, m. Mr. Cocke
4. Lucy, m. William Epes
5. Sarah
6. Elizabeth, m. Thomas Ravescroft

These are the children named in the will of Elizabeth (Taylor) Hamlin. They do not include a Charles Hamlin. I have not sorted where this Charles Hamlin (d. 1797) fits in the family.

Additional information establishing Capt. John Hamlin as son of Stepehn Hamlin, the immigrant, rather than son of Stephen Hamlin, Jr., can be found in Tidewater Virginia Families by Virginia Lee H. Davis.[9]

References

1. http://hestories.info/stephen-hamlin-immigrant-and-descendants.html.... Marriage: Abt. 1677 Virginia, USA nine children of this marriage
2. Reference: Find A Grave Memorial - SmartCopy: Jul 17 2019, 12:50:14 UTC
3. https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Hamlin-941 cites
   1. Boddie, John Bennett. Southside Virginia Families. in 2 volumes. Redwood City, Calif., Pacific Coast Publisers, 1955- Volume 1; Page 220, 238
   2. Hoffer, Mary Poor, Compiler. Stephen Hamlin, Immigrant, and Descendants. 1987. Chap. IV, p 11f.
   3. Louis des Cognets, Jr., English Duplicates of Lost Virginia Records 1958 (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., rep 1990) p.224; as cited in Davis, Virginia Lee Hutcheson. Tidewater Virginia Families. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2004, p 552, 553
   4. Fleet, Beverly. Virginia Colonial Abstracts. 34 Volumes. Salt Lake City, Utah : Digitized by FamilySearch International, 2011. Vol. 13, pp 94, 96, 102.
   5. Indenture from Roger Drayton to John Hamlin, dated 13 Dec 1796; Charles City County Order Book 1694–1700, 303; accessed on 15 Jun 2022 at digital collections of the Library of Virginia, http://digitool1.lva.lib.va.us : image 17_0498_0123.tif.
   6. Wikipedia contributors, "Westover Plantation," Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Westover_Plantation&oldi... (accessed June 15, 2022).
   7. Will of John Hamelin, dated 5 Jan 1798/9 & proved 3 Oct 1699; Charles City County Order Book 1694–1700, 428; enter Charles City in the Name box at https://virginiamemory.com/collections/lost (accessed 4 July 2022). Will of John Hamelin is in the third section ( Pages 200-303), page 238.
   8. Wertenbaker, Thomas J. The Planters of Colonial Virginia. New York: Russell & Russell, 1959. Project Gutenberg Ebook: Release date: May 24, 2010.
   9. Ancestry Sharing Image, p 551 < AncestryImage >
   10. Tyler, Lyon Gardiner. Encyclopedia of Virginia biography. New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915. Volume 1, page 250 < Archive.Org >
4. Southside Virginia Families Vol I Hamlin-Hamblin of Prince George. Page 238. < AncestrySharing >