Genealogical notes of Barnstable families - citizen hylbom blog

HAMMOND.
This is not a Barnstable name, it rather belongs to Yarmouth
; but on account of its connection with the whale fishery,
and for some other reason, it is introduced. The name has more
aliases than any other. It is written Hammond, Hamon, Hamilton
and Hambleton.
Benjamin Hammond was able to bear arms in Yarmouth in
1643. Mr. Farmer says he was a son of William of Watertown.
Mr. Savage adopts his opinion, and Dr. Bond places the name of
Benjamin among the children of "William, but says he could not
have been his youngest son, as stated by Farmer. William Hammond
does not name him in his will. From this, and in the absence
of other evidence, it may be inferred that he was not a son
of William.
He came from London in the year 1634, probably in the
GriflBn, which arrived in Boston Sept. 18. Mr. Franklin B. Dexter,
of New Haven, who takes an interest in the genealogy of
this family, says that it is probable that his mother and sister
came over with him in the same ship. Elizabeth Hammond, wife
of William, came over in the Francis from Ipswich in 1634, bringing
with her three children, Elizabeth aged 15, Sarah 10, and
John 7.
Prior to 1 643 there is little that is reliable respecting Benjamin
Hammond. In that year he was a residentof Yarmouth, and
constable in 1652. In 1655 he appears to have been a householder
in Yarmouth. In 1669 he was a grand juror, and in 1672
served on an inquest at Plymouth. In 1673 he owned lands and
resided in Sandwich, where he had probably resided the preceding
ten years. In 1684 he removed to Rochester, and there died
April 27, 1703, very aged.
It is reported that he married in 1650 Mary, daughter of Mr.
John Vincent of Sandwich. This date is uncertain, for there was
a Mary Hammon in Yarmouth in 1648. As there was only one