HAMMOND, Rezin

Charles married HOWARD, Hannah 1690. Hannah (daughter of HOWARD, Philip and BALDWIN, Ruth) was born 1678, Maryland; died 9/09 Feb 1751/1752, Ann Arundel County, Maryland. [Group Sheet]

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John was born on the Isle of Wight in England and arrived in Annapolis, Maryland in 1685. He enjoyed a long and illustrious carreer as a civil servant serving as a burgess in 1692; judge of The High Court of the Admiralty; Colonel of Forces, Ann Arundel County in 1699; and Major General of Western Shore in 1707. He was one of the commissioners who, in 1694, laid out lots and organized the town of Annapolis. At the time of his death he was a member of the Vestry of St. Anne's; the church record reads, "lion. John Hammond, Esq., Major General of the Western Shore of Maryland, one of her Majesty's most honorable council and Judge of the High Court of Admiralty in the Province of Maryland, was buried the 29th of November, 1707."
He married Mary Howard circa 1670. A record of Hammond's life and work can be found in the Vestry records of St. Anne's Church, Annapolis, Maryland and in whose cemetery he is interred.
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The founder of the Hammond family is said to be Sir Robert Fitzhamon, seventh Count of Eat of Corbeile in Normandy, who accompanied William the Conqueror of England. The family held high office during the reigns of Charles I and II. Dr. John Hammond was court Physician to James 1; his son was Chaplain to Charles I; another son went to Virginia and later wrote a book, "Leah and Rachel" which described the colonies. A third son served in Cromwell's Army. Robert Hamond, son of Thomas, grandson of Dr. John Hammond
was governor of the Isle of Wight.

John — HOWARD, Mary. Mary (daughter of HOWARD, Mathew and HALL, Anne) was born Abt 1651; died Bef 1678, Maryland. [Group Sheet]

Philip — BALDWIN, Ruth. [Group Sheet]

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From Notable Southern Families:

Settled in Va. before 1623 on the Eastbank of the Elizabeth River near the present Parish of Norfolk.

He had a large tract of land and several white servants. He received a grant of land in 1638 (150 acres).

He removed from Virginia to Maryland in 1649.

He and his family lived around Annapolis.

1652 to Mathew Howard for killing onewolf: 100 lb. tobac co;
and Cornelius Howard to collect taxes for the Western Branch in the Elizabeth River and to pay 100 lb. tobacco.

From Maryland and Va. Colonials: Matthew returned to Va. to get thefamily and died before ret urning thus losing his Md. land.Matthew may have been the son of Sir Thomas Arundel, who was beheaded and his estates confiscated. He assumed his mother's name (Howard) and emigrated. Or Matthew may have been a descendant of the John Howard who came to this country in 1621 and was killed by the Indians.
Whatever his lineage, Matthew and his first wife Margaret settled in Virginia before 1623 on the East bank of the Elizabeth River near the present Parish of Norfolk.
He had a large tract of land and several white servants.
Matthew then m. Ann Hall.
He received a grant of land in 1638, and became a large landowner.
He removed from Virginia to Anne Arundel County, Maryland, in 1649.
In 1652 Mathew Howard (could be the son) was fined 100 lb. tobacco for killing one wolf. He and his family lived around Annapolis.

Mathew married HALL, Anne Bef 1624, Lower Norfolk County, Virginia. [Group Sheet]