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Arundel County, commissioned 1715, 1716, 1717,
1718, 1720, 1731, and 1734; justice, Anne Arundel
County, 1716-at least 1731 (quorum, 1727-at
least 1731). MILITARY SERVICE: colonel, by 1767.
WEALTH DURING LIFETIME. LAND AT FIRST
ELECTION: 1,732 acres in Anne Arundel County
(ca. 845 acres through his marriage, ca. 282 acres
inherited from his parents). SIGNIFICANT
CHANGES IN LAND BETWEEN FIRST ELECTION
AND DEATH: purchased or patented an additional
1,237 acres in Anne Arundel County, but sold or
assigned 1,073 acres; gave 1,150 acres to his
daughter and grandchildren by deed of gift in
1744, retaining a life interest in the estate. WEALTH
AT DEATH. DIED: on September 13, 1772, at his
home in St. Margaret's Parish, Anne Arundel
County. PERSONAL PROPERTY: his will mentioned
more than 38 slaves, LAND: title to 746 acres and a
life estate in 1,150 acres in Anne Arundel County.
HAMMOND, JOHN (1643-1707). BORN, in
1643, probably on Isle of Wight, England; proba-
bly second son. IMMIGRATED, ca. 1655 as a minor
with his father and brother. RESIDED: in Anne
Arundel County. FAMILY BACKGROUND. FATHER:
Thomas Hammond, a colonel in the Parliamentary
army. BROTHER: Thomas Hammond. MARRIED
first, Mary (?-by 1678), daughter of Matthew
Howard and wife Ann. Her brothers were Cornel-
ius Howard (?-1680), Matthew (ca. 1640-
1692/93), who married Sarah Dorsey; Samuel;
John; and Philip, who married Ruth Baldwin. Her
sisters were Elizabeth, who married Henry Ridge-
ley (?-1710); Anne. Her nephew was Matthew
Howard (ca. 1675-1750). Her nieces were Sarah
Howard, who married first, John Worthington
(1650-1701), and second, John Brice (?-1713);
Hannah Howard, who married first, Charles Ham-
mond (ca.. 1670-1713), and second, Edmond Ben-
son (1687-1734). MARRIED second, by November
1678 Mary, widow of (first name unknown)
Roper. CHILDREN. SONS: Thomas Hammond (?-ca.
1724/25), who married first, Rebecca Larkin
Lightfoot, and second, Mary Heath; John Ham-
mond (ca. 1665-1742/43), who married Ann,
daughter of Nicholas Greenberry (1627-1697);
William (?-1711/12), who married Elizabeth
Cockey; and Charles Hammond (ca. 1670-1713).
DAUGHTERS: Mary, who married Cornelius How-
ard (ca. 1670-1717), son of Cornelius Howard (1-
1680); Elizabeth, who married first, Richard
Moss, and second, Thomas Cockey. PRIVATE CA-
REER. EDUCATION: literate. RELIGIOUS AFFILIA-
TION: a Quaker as a young man; converted to An-
glicanism by the late 1680s. SOCIAL STATUS AND
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ACTIVITIES: established one of the most prominent
families on the Western Shore; his business often
carried him to England; he was a critical figure in
the selection of the first royal Council in 1691.
OCCUPATIONAL PROFILE: a merchant active in the
transatlantic trade; planter. PUBLIC CAREER. LEG-
ISLATIVE SERVICE: Lower House, Anne Arundel
County, 1692-1693 (Elections and Privileges,
probably chairman 1; Accounts 1; Aggrievances
2), 1694-1697 (Laws 7; Elections and Privileges,
chairman 7), 1697/98-1698 (Elections and Privi-
leges, chairman 1; appointed to Council after the
2nd session); Upper House, 1699-1700 (appointed
before the 3rd session), 1701-1704, 1704-1707.
OTHER PROVINCIAL OFFICES: justice, Provincial
Court, 1694-1698 (quorum, 1696-1698); Council,
1698-1707; associate justice, Court of Chancery,
1699; justice, Vice- Admiralty Court, 1702. LOCAL
OFFICES: justice, Anne Arundel County, 1685-
1694 (quorum, 1689-1694); St. Anne's Parish Ves-
try, Anne Arundel County, 1704-1705. MILITARY
SERVICE: captain, 1691 or 1692-1694; major,
1694-1698; lieutenant colonel, 1698-1707; major
general of the Western Shore, 1707. STANDS ON
PUBLIC/PRIVATE ISSUES: supported the revolution
Of 1689. WEALTH DURING LIFETIME. LAND AT
FIRST ELECTION: over 614 acres. WEALTH AT
DEATH. DIED: on November 24, 1707. PERSONAL
PROPERTY: TEV, £1,8710.1.6 (including 22 slaves);
FB, £1,631.3.8. LAND: ca. 2,609 acres.
HAMMOND, JOHN (1665-1742/43). BORN: in
1665 in Anne Arundel County, second son. NA-
TIVE: third generation. RESIDED: in Anne Arundel
County. FAMILY BACKGROUND. FATHER: John
Hammond (1643-1707). MOTHER: Mary (?-by
1678), daughter of Matthew Howard and wife
Ann. UNCLE: Cornelius Howard (?-1680). AUNT:
Elizabeth Howard, who married Henry Ridgeley
(?-1710). BROTHERS: Thomas Hammond (?-ca.
1724/25); William (?-1711/12); and Charles Ham-
mond (ca. 1670-1713). SISTERS: Mary, who mar-
ried Cornelius Howard (ca. 1670-1717), son of
Cornelius Howard (?-1680); Elizabeth, who mar-
ried first, Richard Moss, and second, Thomas
Cockey. FIRST COUSINS: Matthew Howard (ca.
1675-1750); Sarah Howard, who married first,
John Worthington (1650-1701), and second, John
Brice (?-1713); and Hannah Howard, who mar-
ried first, Charles Hammond (ca. 1670-1713), and
second, Edmond Benson (1687-1734). MARRIED in
1696 Ann, daughter of Nicholas Greenberry
(1627-1697). Her brother was Charles Greenberry
(1672-1713). Her sisters were Katherine, who
married Henry Ridgely; Elizabeth (1678-
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