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Major Joseph Hammond

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Welles, York, Province of Maine, British Colonial America
Death: February 20, 1709 (62)
Kittery, York, Province of Maine, British Colonial America
Immediate Family:

Son of William Hammond and Benedictus Hammond
Husband of Katherine Hammond
Father of Mercy Hammond; Dorcas Cutt; Col. Joseph Hammond and George Hammond
Brother of Jonathan Hammond

Managed by: Nancy D. Coon
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About Major Joseph Hammond

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  • Major Joseph Hammond 2, (William 1,) married Kath- erine, widow of William Leighton, of Eliot, and daughter of Nicholas Frost. She was born in 1633.
  • He removed from Wells fo Eliot in 1669.
  • In 1671 he received a grant of land from the town, — twenty-five acres on the Piscataqua River, near Franks Fort. Here he built the large Garrison House, which has been taken down within the present century.
  • He was the Major Commandant of the Militia of York County, several years.
  • He filled nearly all the Town offices at an early age ; and was the Town Clerk at the time of his death.
  • He was of the Executive Council nine years ; also Judge of the Court of Common Pleas.
  • July 6. 1695, while searching for a stray cow near Great Brook, in Eliot, he was captured by the Indians and car- ried to Canada ; he was ransomed in October, and re- turned to his home in the Spring.
  • He was a man of great integrity and worth, held in high estimation.
  • He died February 20, 1709-10, aged sixty-three years.
  • Catherine { Frost-Leighton, ) his wife, died August 15. 1715, aged eighty-two years.

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Ancestry.com: History and Genealogies of the Hammond Families in America, Vol. II. Hammond genealogy. Part VI.

Name: Joseph Hammond
Gender: Male
Marriage Date: 5 Jul 1670
Marriage Place: New England
Death Year: 1710
Spouse: Katherine Hammond
Ancestry.com: U.S., New England Marriages Prior to 1700

Name: Joseph Hammond
Probate Place Maine
Inferred Death Place" Maine
Ancestry.com: Maine Wills, 1640-1760 Index: Maine, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1584-1999

Name: Maj Joseph Hammond
Gender: Male
Birth Date: 1646
Birth Place: Wells, York County, Maine, United States
Death Date: 20 Feb 1709
Death Place: Kittery, York County, Maine, United States
Mother: Benedictus Hammond
Spouse:
[https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/54621800/catherine-leighton_ham... Catherine Leighton Hammond Children:
1. George Hammond.
2. Mercy Gowen.
3. Joseph Hammond.

Name: Joseph Hammond
Birth Date: 1646
Birth Place: Maine, USA
Volume: 71; Page number: 273
Ancestry.com: Reference: Gen. Column of the "Boston Transcript". 1906-1941.(the Greatest Single Source of Material For Gen. Data For the N.e. Area and For the Period 1600-1800. Completely Indexed in the Index.): 6 Mar 1935, 9926; 14 Mar 1935, 9926

Name: Joseph Hammond
Gender: Male
Spouse Name: Catherine Frost
Spouse Birth Year: 1633
Ancestry.com: U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900

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Major Joseph Hammond's Timeline

1647
January 1647
Welles, York, Province of Maine, British Colonial America
1670
1670
Kittery, York, ME
1672
September 11, 1672
1674
May 1674
Kittery, York, ME
1677
January 19, 1677
Kittery, York, Maine, United States
1709
February 20, 1709
Age 62
Kittery, York, Province of Maine, British Colonial America