Samuel Hammond
- Born: 1655, Sandwich, Massachusetts 579
- Marriage: Mary Hathaway about 1680 in Massachusetts 579
- Died: Between 12 Jul and 20 Sep 1728, Rochester, Massachusetts
 Noted events in his life were:
• Background Information. 579
Samuel Hammond was the oldest son of Benjamin and Mary Hammond. He was born in 1655, and he and his brother John moved to Rochester, Massachusetts when he was about twenty-five. He settled in the extreme southwesterly part of the town which was know as the "West Neck." He died her at a ripe old age and the people of the area gave him much respect. He was one of the founders of the Congression Church in Rochester. He owned large areas of land that he settled his sons on. He bought his land from Hugh Cole, who had purchased it first from King Philip, Sachem of Pokanoket, in 1671. Around the same time that Samuel moved to Rochester, he also married Mary Hathaway. Their children were
• Benjamin, b. 18 Dec 1681
• Seth, b. 13 Feb 1683, d. 1736/37
• Rosamond, b. 8 May 1684, m. 29 Jun 1705, John Sponner of Rochester
• Samuel, 2nd, b. 8 Mar 1685
• Thomas, b. 16 Sep 1687
• Jedediah, b. 19 Sep 1690
• Josiah, b. 15 Sep 1692
• Barnabas, b. 20 1694
• Maria, b. 27 Jan 1697
• John, b. 4 Oct 1701
• Jedidah, b. 30 Sep 1703
A history and genealogy of the descendants of William Hammond of London, England , p. 11
Samuel married Mary Hathaway, daughter of Arthur Hathaway and Sarah Cooke, about 1680 in Massachusetts.579 (Mary Hathaway was born about 1665 in Dartmouth, Massachusetts.)
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