Saturday, May 5, 2012

Surname Saturday - HAMANT (England > Massachusetts)

It's Surname Saturday, and I'm "counting down" my Ancestral Name List each week.  I am up  to number 445, Melatiah Hamant (1704-1751). [Note: The 6th great-grandfathers have been covered in earlier posts] 

My ancestral line back through three generations of HAMANT ancestral families is

1. Randall J. Seaver

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


6.  Lyle Lawrence Carringer (1891-1976)
7.  Emily Kemp Auble (1899-1977)

12.  Henry Austin Carringer (1853-1946)
13.  Abbie Ardell Smith (1863-1944)

26.  Devier James Lamphier Smith (1839-1894)
27.  Abbie A. Vaux (1844-1931)

54.   Samuel Vaux (1816-after 1880) 
55.  Mary Ann Underhill (1815-after 1880)

110.  Amos Underhill (1772-1865)
111. Mary Metcalf (1780-ca 1860)


222.  Burgess Metcalf (1741-1816)
223.  Jerusha (ca 1750-1817)

444.  Michael Metcalf, born 12 August 1706 in Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States; died 1771 in Keene, Cheshire, New Hampshire, United States.  He was the son of 888. Michael Metcalf and 889. Lydia White.  He married  02 July 1728 in Medway, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States.
445.  Melatiah Hamant, born 26 May 1704 in Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States; died 30 December 1751 in Keene, Cheshire, New Hampshire, United States.  

Children of Michael Metcalf and Melatiah Hamant are:  Oliver Metcalf (1729-1797); Michael Metcalf (1730-1777); Melatiah Metcalf (1732-1766); Amity Metcalf (1734-????); Abijah Metcalf (1735-1815); Sarah Metcalf (1737-????); Burgess Metcalf (1741-1816); Silas Metcalf (1745-????).

890.  Timothy Hamant, born 01 November 1667 in Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States; died 1718 in Arrowsic, Sagadahoc, Maine, United States.  He married 19 January 1696 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States.
891.  Melatiah Clark, born 04 August 1674 in Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States; died 23 November 1747 in Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States.  She was the daughter of 1782. Ephraim Clark and 1783. Mary Bullen.

Children of Timothy Hamant and Melatiah Clark are:  Timothy Hamant (1699-1774); Samuel Hamant (1701-1755); Melatiah Hamant (1704-1751); Mehitable (1706-1727); Abiel Hamant (1708-1783).

1780.  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.
1781.  Sarah, born about 1629 in England; died 29 September 1708 in Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States.

Children of Francis Hamant and Sarah are:  John Hamant (1651-1708); Mary Hamant (1653-1738); Sarah Hamant (1655-????); Elizabeth Hamant (1659-1733); Hannah Hamant (1660-????); Samuel Hamant (1663-????); Timothy Hamant (1667-1718); Abigail Hamant (1669-1741).

My references for this family are all older resources, including:

1.  Frederick Stam Hammond, History and Genealogies of the Hammond Families in America,published Oneida, NY, Ryan & Burkhart, Printers, 1902, pages 420 and following.

2.  William S. Tilden (editor), History of the Town of Medfield, Massachusetts, 1650-1886, published Boston, Mass., Geo. H. Ellis, 1887. 

3.  Town vital record books of Medfield, Walpole, and other "tan books" published in the`1900 to 1930 time frame.

I actually have two lines from Francis Hamant.  The other line is Patience Hamant (see Surname Saturday - HAMANT (England > Massachusetts).  My ancestry from Patience Hamant is in my father's ancestry, so this makes my mother and my father 7th cousins. 


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