Saturday, March 14, 2015

Surname Saturday - LNU (England > New England, wife of Francis Hamant)

It's Surname Saturday, and I'm "counting down" my Ancestral Name List each week.  


I am in the 8th great-grandmothers and I'm up to Ancestor #1097 who is  Sarah LNU (1629-1704) 
[Note: the earlier great-grandmothers and 8th great-grandfathers have been covered in earlier posts].

My ancestral line back through one generation in this LNU family line is:


1. Randall J. Seaver

2. Frederick Walton Seaver (1911-1983)
3. Betty Virginia Carringer (1919-2002)

4. Frederick Walton Seaver (1876-1942)
5. Alma Bessie Richmond (1882-1962)

8. Frank Walton Seaver (1852-1922)
9. Hattie Louise Hildreth (1857-1920)

16. Isaac Seaver (1823-1901)
17. Lucretia Townsend Smith (1827-1884)

34. Alpheus B. Smith (1802-1840)
35. Elizabeth Horton Dill (1791-1869)


68.  Aaron Smith (1765-1841)
69.  Mercy Plimpton (1772-1850)

136.  Moses Smith (1732-1806)
137.  Patience Hamant (1735-1780)


274.  Timothy Hamant (1699-1774)
275.  Hepzibah Clark (1699-1791)

548.  Timothy Hamant (1667-1719)
549.  Melatiah Clark (1674-1747)

1096.  Francis Hamant, born about 1625 in England; died 27 July 1692 in Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States.  He married about 1650 in probably Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States.
1097.  Sarah LNU, born about 1629 in England; died 29 September 1708 in Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States.

Children of Francis Hamant and Sarah are:

*  John Hamant, born 06 April 1651 in Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States; died 21 October 1708 in Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States.
*  Mary Hamant, born 1653 in Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States; died 16 May 1738 in Wrentham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States; married Michael Wilson 04 November 1674 in Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States; born 07 August 1644 in Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States; died 31 May 1731 in Wrentham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States.
*  Sarah Hamant, born 25 June 1655 in Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States; married John Weeks 04 November 1674 in Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States; born 25 February 1651 in Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States.
*  Elizabeth Hamant, born 1659 in Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States; died 25 April 1733 in Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States; married Jeremiah Morse 1677 in Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States; born 10 June 1651 in Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States; died 19 February 1716 in Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States.
*  Hannah Hamant, born 29 October 1660 in Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States.
*  Samuel Hamant, born 20 April 1663 in Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States.
*  Timothy Hamant, born 01 November 1667 in Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States; died 1718 in Arrowsic, Sagadahoc, Maine, United States; married Melatiah Clark 19 January 1696 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States.

*  Abigail Hamant, born 1669 in Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States; died 1741 in Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States; married Jonathan Lawrence 01 December 1708 in Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States; born 1665 in Massachusetts, United States.

Information about this Hamant family was obtained from:

*  Frederick Stam Hammond, History and Genealogies of the Hammond Families in America (Oneida, N.Y. : Ryan & Burkhart, Printers, 1902), pages 420 and following.


A review of online family trees shows:

*  FamilySearch Family Tree lists Sarah's surname as Gleason, but provides no parents or supporting information.

*  In Ancestry Member Trees, there were 135 trees for Francis Hamant born ca 1625 with a wife "sar*".  28 of those said her maiden name was Gleaason.  Other names were Sarah, Sarah unknown, Sarah Hamant, Sarah Hammond, etc.  

I think Sarah is probably an LNU!

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