Benjamin HAMMOND

Benjamin married Mary VINCENT in 1650. Mary was born about 1633; died in 1705. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Samuel HAMMOND was born about 1656 in Yarmouth, Massachusetts; died between 12 Jul and 20 Sep 1728 in Yarmouth, Massachusett.
2. John HAMMOND was born on 30 Nov 1663 in Sandwich, Massachusetts; died on 19 Apr 1749 in Rochester, Massachusetts.

William married Elizabeth PENN. Elizabeth died in 1640 in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Fact: Sister of the Admiral, Sir William Penn, and aunt to William Penn, the Quaker

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Elizabeth Hammond, widow of William, with her son Benjamin and three daus., all young, left a good estate in London, and came over to New England in the troublesome times of 1634, from a desire to have the liberty to serve God according to the dictates of their consciences. they arrived in Boston, Sep. 18, 1634, in the ship Griffin, and had with them the Rev. John Lothrop, their minister. Mrs. hammond lived in Boston and in Watertown, Mass., until the year 1638, when she joined Rev. John Lothrop's church in Scituate, Apr. 16, 1638, being the 33rd member of said church.

Mrs. Elizabeth (Penn) Hammond probably returned to Boston near the close of the year 1639, as she died and was buried there A.D. 1640.