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Hammond was a name introduced to England by the Normans. Its origin was from one of a number of personal names at that time - the Norman Hamo or Hamon or the Old Norse Hamundr or Amundr - which in time all got blended into Hammond. The Norman Hamo came to England after Hastings and was a prominent royal stward during the reigns of William I and William II.
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England. Richard Hamond was recorded in Sussex tax rolls of 1332 and the Hammond name has also been associated with Battle abbey in Sussex. Hamo was elected its abbot in 1364 and he gallantly fought off French raiders in 1377. John Hammond was its last abbot in 1529 before the dissolution of the monasteries. A later John Hammond built a gunpowder mill next to the abbey in 1676.
The Hammond name was also to be found in East Anglia.. The name Richard Hammond was recorded in a legal document in Norfolk in 1331. Thomas Hammond was lord of the manor of Cresseners in Suffolk in the 16th century. Another Hammond family was local gentry at Ubbeston in Suffolk at this time. Later Hammonds were to be found at Ufford and Lawshall in the same county.
Hammond spellings in England were various until the 16th century, and then stabilized. These Hammonds were to be found mainly in the home counties and in East Anglia, a situation in terms of the Hammond name distribution that was to prevail under the beginning of the 20th century.
Thomas Hammond purchased St. Albans Court near Nonington in Kent in 1551 after the dissolution of the monasteries. An early 18th century descendant Anthony Hammond, an MP and a poet, was known as "silver-tongued Hammond." However, his gift of the gab failed him later on and he ended up in debtors' prison. Financial propriety returned as a later Hammond of this family, William O. Hammond, headed up Hammond & Co, a Canterbury bank, in the mid 19th century.
America. Hammonds were among the early arrivals to New England. Hammond lines come from:
John Hammond of the Isle of Wight arrived in Maryland in the 1660’s, a young man and a Quaker. He later renounced his faith. Instead he married into one of America's most distinguished families, the Howards. They were neighbors of his in the Middle Neck hundred, some nine miles west of where he helped to lay out the town of Annapolis, Maryland in 1684. His family line was traced in a book published in 1880 entitled The Hammond Families of Anne Arundel, Baltimore and Frederick Counties, Maryland.
From this family came William Hammond, an army surgeon and patriarch of a family which included two army surgeon sons and a third son Richard who fought in the Mexican War, came out west in the California gold rush, and was the father of that famous industrialist and mining engineer John Hays Hammond. John's son John Hays Hammond Jr. patented more than 400 inventions and is widely regarded as the father of radio control.
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John Hammond was the court physician to King James I in the early 1600's.
John Hays Hammond was a famous industrialist and mining engineer who made his first fortune in South Africa and his second in California.
Wally Hammond was a leading English cricketer and batsman of the 1930's.
John Hammond was the American record producer who discovered such artists as Billie Holliday, Aretha Franklin and Bob Dylan.
Joan Hammond was an Australian champion golfer of the 1930's and an opera star of the 1940's and 50's.
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Hammond was a name introduced to England by the Normans. Its origin was from one of a number of personal names at that time - the Norman Hamo or Hamon or the Old Norse Hamundr or Amundr - which in time all got blended into Hammond. The Norman Hamo came to England after Hastings and was a prominent royal stward during the reigns of William I and William II.
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- Hammond Family Histories. UK Hammond genealogy.
- The Hammond Family in Australia. Hammonds from Ireland to Australia.
- Hammons History Page. Hammonds in America.
- Hammond DNA Project. Hammond DNA.
England. Richard Hamond was recorded in Sussex tax rolls of 1332 and the Hammond name has also been associated with Battle abbey in Sussex. Hamo was elected its abbot in 1364 and he gallantly fought off French raiders in 1377. John Hammond was its last abbot in 1529 before the dissolution of the monasteries. A later John Hammond built a gunpowder mill next to the abbey in 1676.
The Hammond name was also to be found in East Anglia.. The name Richard Hammond was recorded in a legal document in Norfolk in 1331. Thomas Hammond was lord of the manor of Cresseners in Suffolk in the 16th century. Another Hammond family was local gentry at Ubbeston in Suffolk at this time. Later Hammonds were to be found at Ufford and Lawshall in the same county.
Hammond spellings in England were various until the 16th century, and then stabilized. These Hammonds were to be found mainly in the home counties and in East Anglia, a situation in terms of the Hammond name distribution that was to prevail under the beginning of the 20th century.
Thomas Hammond purchased St. Albans Court near Nonington in Kent in 1551 after the dissolution of the monasteries. An early 18th century descendant Anthony Hammond, an MP and a poet, was known as "silver-tongued Hammond." However, his gift of the gab failed him later on and he ended up in debtors' prison. Financial propriety returned as a later Hammond of this family, William O. Hammond, headed up Hammond & Co, a Canterbury bank, in the mid 19th century.
America. Hammonds were among the early arrivals to New England. Hammond lines come from:
- William Hammond from Lavenham in Suffolk who came to Boston in
1632 and settled in Watertown, Massachusetts. His cousin Thomas Hammond
settled in Hingham nearby and later in Newton.
- and Benjamin Hammond from London who arrived on the Griffin in 1634 and settled in
Sandwich, Massachusetts.
John Hammond of the Isle of Wight arrived in Maryland in the 1660’s, a young man and a Quaker. He later renounced his faith. Instead he married into one of America's most distinguished families, the Howards. They were neighbors of his in the Middle Neck hundred, some nine miles west of where he helped to lay out the town of Annapolis, Maryland in 1684. His family line was traced in a book published in 1880 entitled The Hammond Families of Anne Arundel, Baltimore and Frederick Counties, Maryland.
From this family came William Hammond, an army surgeon and patriarch of a family which included two army surgeon sons and a third son Richard who fought in the Mexican War, came out west in the California gold rush, and was the father of that famous industrialist and mining engineer John Hays Hammond. John's son John Hays Hammond Jr. patented more than 400 inventions and is widely regarded as the father of radio control.
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John Hammond was the court physician to King James I in the early 1600's.
John Hays Hammond was a famous industrialist and mining engineer who made his first fortune in South Africa and his second in California.
Wally Hammond was a leading English cricketer and batsman of the 1930's.
John Hammond was the American record producer who discovered such artists as Billie Holliday, Aretha Franklin and Bob Dylan.
Joan Hammond was an Australian champion golfer of the 1930's and an opera star of the 1940's and 50's.
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