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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.
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Davis Uriah I | Born 1707
1643 - 1707 (64 years)