Friday, July 10, 2020

52 Ancestors - Week 338: #548 Timothy Hamant (1667-1718) of Medfield, Massachusetts

Timothy Hamant (1667-1718)  is number 548 on my Ahnentafel List, my 7th great-grandfather, who married #549 Melatiah Clark (1674-1747) in 1696 in Medfield, now Norfolk County, Massachusetts.

I am descended through:

*  their son, #274 Timothy Hamant (1699-1774) who married #275 Hephzibah Clark (1699-1791) in 1727.
* their daughter #137 Patience Hamant (1735-1780) who married  #136 Moses Smith (1736-1806) in 1762.
*  their son #68  Aaron Smith (1765-1841) who married #69 Mercy Plimpton (1772-1850) in 1795.
*  their son #34 Alpheus Smith (1802-1840)   who married  #35 Elizabeth Horton Dill (1791-1869) in 1826.
*  their daughter, #17 Lucretia Townsend Smith (1828-1884) who married #16 Isaac Seaver (1823-1901) in 1851.
*  their son #8 Frank Walton Seaver (1852-1922) who married #9 Hattie Louisa Hildreth (1857-1920) in 1874.
*  their son #4 Frederick Walton Seaver (1876-1942) who married #5 Alma Bessie Richmond (1882-1962) in 1900.
*  their son #2 Frederick Walton Seaver (1911-1983) who married #3 Betty Virginia Carringer (1919-2002)  in 1942.
*  their son #1 Randall Jeffrey Seaver (1943-living)

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1)  PERSON (with source citations as indicated in brackets):
 

*   Name:                            Timothy Hamant[1–2]    
*  Alternate Name:             Timothy Hammon[3]    
*  Alternate Name:             Timothy Hammant[6]  

*  Sex:                                Male    

*  Father:                           Francis Hamant (1625-1692)    
*  Mother:                         Sarah  --?-- (1629-1708)  

2)  INDIVIDUAL EVENTS (with source citations as indicated in brackets):

*   Birth:                            1 November 1667, Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States[3–4]    
*  Distribution:                  1 September 1692 (age 24), father's will proved; Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States[2]    

*  Town Officer:                1703 (about age 36), elected town treasurer; Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States[5]    

*  Death:                            1718 (about age 51), Arrowsic, Sagadahoc, Maine, United States[1]    
*  Burial:                            1718 (about age 51), non-cemetery burial, probably Arrowsic, Sagadahoc, Maine, United States[4]  

3)  SHARED EVENTS (with source citations as indicated in brackets):

  Spose 1:                        Melatiah Clark (1674-1747)    
*  Marriage 1:                    19 January 1695/6 (age 28), Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States[6–7]    

*  Child 1:                         Timothy Hamant (1699-1774)    
*  Child 2:                         Samuel Hamant (1701-1755)    
*  Child 3:                         Melatiah Hamant (1704-1751)    
*  Child 4:                         Mehitable Hamant (1706-1727)    
*  Child 5:                         Abiel Hamant (1708-1783)  
            
4)  NOTES (with source citations as indicated in brackets):  

William S. Tilden edited the book History of the Town of Medfield, Massachusetts, 1650-1886. The family genealogy section of the book provides this summary[1]:
"Timothy 2 (Francis) owned the farm and house that had been his father's. He married in 1696 Milletiah Clark (36). He was chosen town treasurer in 1703, and held that office for several years. He died at Arrowsick in 1718; and his widow probably married, as second husband, William Partridge (5), and died in 1747."
Timothy "Hammon" was born 1 November 1667 in Medfield, Massachusetts, the son of Francis and Sarah (--?--) Hamant[3-4].

Timothy was named executor of his father's will, written on 22 July 1692, and proved in Suffolk County Probate Court on 1 September 1692[2].  Timothy received the rest of the estate and was to care for his mother, and pay his sisters money as part of their share. The probate record for Francis Hamant is in Suffolk County probate case file 1,962 in Suffolk County Probate Court.

He married Melatiah Clark (1674-1747) on 19 January 1695/6 in Boston, Massachusetts[6-7].  She was the daughter of Ephraim and Mary (Bullen) Clark of Medfield.  Timothy and Melatiah (Clark) Hamant had five children, all born in and recorded in Medfield:

*  Timothy Hamant (1699-1744), married 1727 Hephzibah Clark (1699-1791).
*  Samuel Hamant (1701-1755), marred 1728 Hannah Partridge (1702-1780).
*  Melatiah Hamant (1704-1751), married 1728 Michael Metcalf (1706-1771).
*  Mehitable Hamant (1706-1727).
*  Abiel Hamant (1708-1783), married 1733 Joseph Smith (1709-1760).

Timothy Hamant served the  town of Medfield in 1703 when he became Town Treasurer. He continued in this position for many years[1].

It is not known why Timothy Hamant went to Arrowsic in Maine in about 1718, but the history of Medfield says he died there[1].  

No burial location is known for Timothy Hamant, but there is a Find A Grave memorial for him[4].

There is no known probate record for Timothy Hamant in Suffolk County, Massachusetts.  His wife and children probably resided in the Medfield house until Melatiah married, secondly, William Partridge in 1726.  Melatiah (Clark) (Hamant) Partridge died in 1747 in Medfield. 
 
5)  SOURCES:

1. William S Tilden and John A S Monks, History of the town of Medfield, Massachusetts, 1650-1886 : with genealogies of the families that held real estate or made any considerable stay in the town during the first two centuries (Boston, Mass.: G.H. Ellis, 1887), page 402, Timothy Hamant sketch.

2. Suffolk County, Massachusetts, Probate case files, Case File 1962 Francis Hamant estate file (4 images), will proved 1 September 1692; "Suffolk County (Massachusetts) Probate Records, 1636-1899," digital images, American Ancestors (http://www.americanancestors.org : accessed 9 July 2020).

3. Vital Records of Medfield, Massachusetts to the Year 1850 (Boston, Mass. :  New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1903), Births, page 57, Timothy Hammon entry, 1 November 1667.

4. Find A Grave, indexed database and digital image,  (http://www.findagrave.com), Non-cemetery burial, Timothy Hamant (1667-1718) memorial # 95761826.

5. Cheryl O'Malley "The Francis Hamant House Legacy," webpage, Medfield [Mass.] Historical Society (https://medfieldhistoricalsociety.org/the-francis-hamant-house-legacy/), 2015, Timothy Hamant (1667-1718) sketch.

6. Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988, indexed database and digital image, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com), "Boston Marriages, 1689-1720," page 44 (image 23 of 96), Timothy Hammant and Melatiah Clark entry, 1696.

7. Massachusetts, Town Records, 1620-1988, digital images, Ancestry.com, "Boston > Births, Marriages, and Death," image 3041 of 60705, Timothy Hammant and Melatiah Clark marriage entry, 1696.

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NOTE:  In 2014, Amy Johnson Crow suggested a weekly blog theme of "52 Ancestors" in her blog post  52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks on the No Story Too Small blog.  I have extended this theme in 2020 for a seventh year to 364 Ancestors in 364 Weeks.  The list of 52 Ancestors biographies from my great-grandparents to the 7th great-grandparents (in work) is in   https://www.geneamusings.com/p/ancestor-biographies.html.


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