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- He is said to be Thomas Hammond in most published books and is listed as John or Thomas Hammond in Mormon Ancestral File records. "Colonial Families in the Southern States" said that "during the reign of Charles I., and II., the Hammonds, were high in office in England, Dr. John Hammond, was Court Physician to King James I., and his son, was Chaplain to Charles I., and another son came to Virginia, and was a member of the House of Burgess, from Isle of Wight Co., 1635-1652; he then went to Maryland, where he remained a few years, before returning to England, where he wrote "Leak and Rachel," describing the Colonies of Maryland and Virginia. Yet another son of Dr. John Hammond, was a Lieut. Gen. in Cromwells Army, and his grandson, a son of Thomas Hammond, was Col. Robert Hammond, Governor of the Isle of Wight, England, and it was to this Col. Robert Hammond, that King Charles I., fled for protection when driven from his throne, Col. Robert being loyal to his King, gave him shelter beneath his roof, which act of loyalty cost him his office."
The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography describes him this way. "Hammond: Thomas (1600-1658) was a officer in the Model Army and a regicide. Hammond the 3rd son of five children of Dr. John Hammond (1555-1617), Physician to the royal household under James I. 1642 was Commissioned as an artillery officer at the start of English Civil War and the Continental Wars that proceeded the Civil War. Motives for joining the Parliamentary side against King Charles was not recorded. In 1644 his radicalism was evident. He testified against his own commander-in-chief, Edward Montagu in favor of Oliver Cromwell. He joined Cromwell in Scotland during the invasion there and became ill. He didn't fully recover and resigned his commission in 1652. He Was Commissioner at the High Court of Justice for the trial of King Charles I, but didn't sign the Death Warrant. His lands were confiscated by Royalists."
Then there is a 3rd possibility. There is a Thomas Hammond married to Elizabeth Cason who was born in 1603 and died on Apr 5, 1666 in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland who had his will probated in Sussex Co., England. "UK, Extracted Probate Records, 1269-1975 about Hammond, Hamon, Thomas Name: Hammond, Hamon, Thomas Dates: 1666 Place: Selbidge, Sussex, England Book: Register 3. Collection: Sussex: Chichester - Calendar of Wills in the Consistory Court of the Bishop of Chichester, 1482-1800Volume: Wills Now Preserved in the Probate Registry at Chichester. Chapter: 1482-1800.Text: Hammond, Hamon, Thomas, Selbidge 23 317b 1666". This last Thomas could still be the son of Dr. John Hammond, but the Oxford Dictionary would have had to have gotten the dates wrong on when he lived and died. His birthdate of 1600 does not make him the 3rd child of Dr. Hammond like the Oxford Dictionary states, but the 1603 date does. In either case, the Oxford Dictionary of Biography does seem to have something amiss here about Thomas. Thomas is likely the Thomas in the following immigration record. Thomas Hammond Arrival Year: 1662Arrival Place: Marylan, Source Publication Code: 1862Primary Immigrant: Hammond, Thomas, Source Bibliography: ENGLISH and WELSH EMIGRANT INDEX. In The English Genealogist, vol. 4:2 (1981), pp. 368-372.Page: 369
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1603 - 1666 (63 years)
