GERMANY

Some comment needs to be included here on the problem of German names. Until recently double names were almost unknown in English and American usage but since the seventeenth century it was a common practice in German speaking areas to give a child a double name. Unlike the contemporary American custom of giving a child a middle name that is seldom used, the German custom was to put the commonly used name nearest the family name. The "first name" was not the primary name but was a prefix, used only on formal occasions.

It has been mistakenly assumed by some American researchers that the prefix name indicates the name of the child's father or mother but this was not its purpose. The prefix "Hans" or"Johann" (both meaning John) was almost universally used for boys, while "Maria" or "Anna" and occasionally, "Eva" was used for girls. Where a boy's name was intended to be "Hans" the full formal name was "Johannes". Since many common German names were of pagan origin, the use of "Hans" or "Maria" as a prefix guaranteed that the child had a proper Christian name at baptism. This was an ancient custom and was almost superstitiously followed. In rarer instances other first names were used in double names, the most frequently used being Philipp and Georg for boys and Margaretha, Catherina or Elisabetha for girls. In these cases it might be to honor a relative or friend and the first name might be used as the common name. However, as a general rule, especially if the first name is Hans or Johann, Anna or Maria, it is merely a prefix and most likely was dropped completely or converted to a middle name in American usage when Germans emigrated.
 

There are a number of Hamman, Hammon and Hammond families throughout
the country that descend from Hamman pioneers of German origin, who
lived in Shenandoah County, Virginia in the late eighteenth century.
Living in the Toms Brook area were Paul Hamman who died in 1789 and
Michael or George Michael Hamman who died in 1791. They appeared to
be closely related, perhaps brothers and other possible relatives were
Jacob Hamman of Mill Creek who married Anna Hottel in 1774 and Anna
Christina Hamman, wife of Henry Hottel, Anna's brother. Henry Hottel
was involved in the estate of Michael Hamman and was guardian for the
minor children of Paul Hamman. This certainly indicated a possible
relationship but the links could not be established. There was also a
John Hamman on Mill Creek who died in 1806, leaving a large family.
There was some evidence that John was a son of Thomas Hamman who arrived
in Philadelphia in 1730 and lived in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. A son
of John of Mill Creek married a daughter of Paul Hamman. Was this mere
co-incidence or was there some connection between the families?

There were also several Hamman families of German origin in western
Maryland contemporary with the early Virginia pioneers. Philip Hamman
and Peter Hamman of Frederick County (later Washington County) had
children named Peter, Paul and Michael, names also common among the
Virginia families and a son of Philip Hamman in Maryland married a
daughter of Michael Hamman of Virginia. Virginia records also showed
that several of Michael Hamman's children married and lived in Washington
County, Maryland. It was discovered that Philip and Peter of Maryland and
Georg Michael of Virginia lived in Dover Township in York County,
Pennsylvania as young men and all three married there. These connections
seemed more than co-incidental but there seemed to be no trail of records
that could lead back to the parents and immigrant ancestors of the
Maryland and Virginia families. With the exception of John of Mill Creek,
they were definitely not descendants of Thomas, the 1730 immigrant who
lived in Bucks County, Pennsylvania and none of the other Hammans found
in the immigrant records seemed to fit.

Annette Burgert began publishing records of German emigrants in the 1980s
and in the second volume of her work, Eighteenth Century Emigrants from
German Speaking Lands to North America: Vol. II, The Western Palatinate
(1985) she lists a Jacob Hammann and wife Maria Catherina from the village
of Ruschberg who emigrated in 1749 with their four children. She
identifies him as the Jacob Hammann who arrived on the ship Edinburgh, 15
Sept. 1749. This Jacob is not the father of the Maryland and Virginia
pioneers because the names of his children do not match. However, a check
of the record of Ruschberg and neighboring villages was warranted. There
were indeed many Hammann families at Ruschberg and nearby Baumholder,
dating back into the seventeenth century, but no records of the Virginia
or Maryland pioneers were found. In the meantime, I discovered a number of
Hammann families in northern and central Alsace but the names of the
Virginia and Maryland Hammans were not among them.

In 1989 Burgert published a small supplement to her previous works, this
one devoted solely to emigrants from Lachen-Speyerdorf near Neustadt in
the Palatinate. Among the emigrants from this area were Thomas Hamman, who
left in 1730 and settled in Bucks County, Pennsylvania and the widow of a
Peter Hamman, who remarried in 1764 and emigrated to Pennsylvania with her
new husband and her children by her late husband (Annette Burgert,
Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century Emigrants from LachenSveyerdorf in The
Palatinate, Myerstown, Pa. 1989). This offered another avenue of research
and fortunately, the records of the Reformed Church at Lachen, which date
from 1663 are available through the LDS Genealogical Library system.

Searching the records of Lachen, I discovered several branches of a Hammann
family that had obviously established itself there before 1663. Among these
was the family of Johann Jacob and Anna Margaretha Hammann, who had seven
children baptized between 1733 and 1748, including sons: Johann Peter,
Philipp Lorentz, Georg Michael and Johann Paul. The last record of this
family at Lachen is the baptism of a daughter in the Spring of 1748. There
is no record of this family leaving Germany or arriving in America but
clearly here is the baptismal record of Peter and Philip Hamman of Maryland
and Georg Michael and Paul of Virginia, all brothers. Thomas Hamman who
left in 1730 and settled in Pennsylvania was a son of Georg Christoph and
Anna Catherina Hammann and he could have been no closer relation to Jacob
than second cousin. The records do not go back far enough to establish a
common ancestor. Yet they definitely came from the same village community
and that was as important a bond as kinship in the pre-industrial world of
eighteenth century Europe.

Lachen and Speyerdorf are two villages about fifteen miles west of the city
of Speyer on the Rhine in the German Palatinate. While they were two distinct
villages they maintained one set of church records from the beginning and
both villages are now part of the eastern suburbs of the city of Neustadt.
While Hammanns are found in the earliest records at Lachen it is not certain
if the family has its origins there. In the 1660s there were four Hammann
couples at Lachen with young children: Johannes and Anna, Georg and Maria,
Jacob and Margaretha and Peter and Apollonia. Paul Hammann of nearby
Duttweiler, son of Diebold "deceased" married in 1671. The only records of an
older generation and possibly their parents, are the deaths of Peter Hammann
who died 22 October 1688, age 84 (?) (this is the same Peter who was married
to Apollonia and had children in the 1660s); Otillie, widow of Hans Hammann,
who died 20 January 1689, age 85 and the reference to Diebold Hammann
mentioned above. The family is simply not extensive enough to say with
certainty that it has its earliest beginnings at Lachen.

It is possible that the branches of the family at Lachen are all descendants
of Hans or Peter of Lachen or Diebold of Duttweiler, who settled there at the
end of the Thirty Years War (1618-1648). If so, they may have come from
Alsace or the western Palatinate where numerous Hammann families also lived
in the seventeenth century or from nearby Battenberg, where Hammanns are
known to have lived in the years before the war. The Thirty Years War
devastated the Rhine Valley and the Palatinate in particular. Whole villages
were depopulated and destroyed and there was mass migrations of people in the
years after. For this reason reliable records prior to the 1650s do not exist
for many localities, making it difficult or impossible to trace many families
back beyond the mid-seventeenth century.

This chapter on the Hamman family will focus on the known ancestors in
Germany, the generation that immigrated and the first several generations in
America, particularly, Virginia, where they intermarried with other early
pioneer families of the Shenandoah Valley.
 

1-JOHANNES HAMMANN and his wife ANNA, earliest known ancestors of one branch
of the Hammann family at Lachen, lived there in the years after the Thirty
Years War and had at least five children whose names appear in the records of
the Reformed Church at Lachen-Speyerdorf. Johannes died at Lachen, 22 Apr.
1686 and Anna died 7 June 1691. Their children were:
  4-(1) PETER HAMMANN, b. Mar. 1656, d. 12 Sept. 1726.
  5-(2) JOHANNES HAMMANN, b. Jan. 1661, d. 1 May 1713.
    (3) JOHANN JACOB HAMMANN, b. 28 Aug. 1664, d. Sept. 1665.
  6-(4) ANNA CATHERINA HAMMANN, b. 7 Feb. 1666, d. ?
  7-(5) JOHANN GEORG HAMMANN, b. 10 Jan. 1669, d. Sept. 1736.

2-GEORG HAMMANN, ancestor of another branch of the family at Lachen, and
possibly a brother of Johannes (#1), first appears in the records in 1663
when he and wife, MARIA, had a daughter baptized. They had one other child
born after that and at least one son born before. Maria died 11 Nov. 1670
and Georg married on 21 Nov. 1671 to ANNA MARGARETHA FAITHE. He died a little
over four years later and was buried at Lachen, 14 Apr. 1676. Children;
  8-(1) GEORG CHRISTOPH HAMMANN, b. June, 1661, d. 1727.
    (2) ANNA BARBARA HAMMANN, b. 27 Sept. 1663, d. Jan. 1709, m. Philipp
        Bauer of Lachen and had seven children.
    (3) JOHANN JACOB HAMMANN, b. 4 Jan. 1668, d. Sept. 1690.

3-JACOB HAMMANN, a contemporary of Johannes (#1) and Georg (#2), was married
twice and died at Lachen, 26 Jan. 1691. His first wife, MARGARETHA, by whom
he had at least two daughters, died at Lachen, 2 Jan. 1678. Jacob married 16
Feb. 1681 to ANNA MARGARETHA, widow of Wilhelm Weingarten. They had four
children and Anna Margaretha died at Lachen, 20 Feb 1692. Children:
    (1) MARIA ELISABETHA HAMMANN, b. 1653, m. Hans Wolfgang Graff in
        1674, d. 3 Nov. 1713.
    (2) ANNA MARGARETHA HAMMANN, b. 1658, m. Philipp Weintz and
        Johannes Bar (Beer), s. of Ulrich.
  9-(3) JOHANN NICOLAUS HAMMANN, b. 21 May 1682, d. 1747.
    (4) ANNA MARIA HAMMANN, b. 9 Apr. 1683.
    (5) ANNA CATHERINA HAMMANN, b. 22 Feb. 1685, m. Johannes Hoos,
        widower, 1713 (see #6, below).
 10-(6) CATHERINA ELISABETHA HAMMANN, b. 14 July 1686.

4-PETER HAMMANN (of Johannes #1) was born at Lachen in Mar. 1656, married
ANNA MARIA MULLER, daughter of Philipp, 17 Nov. 1680 and died at Lachen,
12 Sept. 1726, age 70 years and six months. Anna Maria was born in 1654 and
died 19 Oct. 1722, age 68. Children:
    (1) ANNA MARIA HAMMANN, b. 9 Apr. 1683.
 11-(2) JOHANN HEINRICH HAMMANN, b. 26 Dec. 1684, d. 1755.
 12-(3) JOHANNES HAMMANN, b. 12 Jan. 1687.
    (4) MARIA APOLLONIA HAMMANN, b. 31 Oct. 1688.
    (5) ANNA MARGARETHA HAMMANN, b. 19 Sept. 1691.
    (6) JOHANN MICHAEL HAMMANN, b. 22 Aug. 1694, d. 1747.
    (7) JOHANN CHRISTIAN HAMMANN, b. 30 June 1697.

5-JOHANNES HAMMANN (of Johannes #1) was born at Lachen in Jan. 1661, married
twice and lived at nearby Meckenheim where he died 1 May 1713. He married
first at Lachen to JOHANNETTA ELISABETH MAURER, daughter of Christoph, 15
Mar. 1690. She died at Meckenheim, 6 Dec. 1701 and he married second to
GERTRUDA LANY, 10 May 1702. Gertruda married second on 11 Apr. 1714 to Philipp
Peter Michel of Meckenheim and was still living in 1729. Children:
    (1)JOHANN PHILIPP HAMMANN, b. May 1694, d. 9 June 1714.
    (2)JOHANN HEINRICH HAMMANN, b. 7 Sept. 1698.
    (3)MARIA MARGARETHA HAMMANN, b. 23 Jan. 1701, m. Jacob Werntz.
    (4)JOHANN JACOB HAMMANN, b. 11 Feb. 1703.
    (5)MARIA BARBARA HAMMANN, b. 13 June, 1704.
    (6)JOHANNA MARIA HAMMANN, b. 16 Aug. 1705, m. Johann Philipp
       Vollmar of Neustadt, 1722.
    (7)MARGARETHA HAMMANN, b. 9 Dec. 1709.
    (8)JOHANN HEINRICH HAMMANN, b. 21 Feb. 1712.

6-ANNA CATHERINA HAMMANN (of Johannes #1) was born at Lachen, 16 Jan. 1666,
married JOHANN NICKEL (NICOLAUS) FREITAG, 12 Aug. 1685 and lived at Lachen,
death date not recorded. Nickel Freitag died at Lachen, 2 Feb. 1718, age 75.
She was his second wife. Children:
    (1)HANS CONRAD FREITAG, b. 14 July 1686.
    (2)PHILIPP PETER FREITAG, b. 31 Aug. 1687.
    (3)CATHERINA ELISABETHA FREITAG, b. 5 Dec. 1688, d. 1712, m.
       Johannes Hoos of Lachen and had one son, Philipp.
    (4)HANS PHILIPP FREITAG, b. 30 Sept. 1691.
    (5)HANS PETER FREITAG, b. 21 Mar. 1694, d. Nov. 1694.
    (6)ANNA MARIA FREITAG, b. 26 June 1695.
    (7)HANS NICKEL FREITAG, b. 26 Dec. 1697, d. 4 July 1698.
    (8)ANNA BARBARA FREITAG, b. 21 Mar. 1700.
    (9)ANNA MARIA FREITAG, b. 23 July 1702.
   (10)JOHANN HEINRICH FREITAG, b. 26 June 1708.

The Freitag name appears in the earliest records of Lachen where there were
several branches of the family. Their daughter, Catherina Elisabetha, who
married Johannes Hoos, died in childbirth in April, 1712 and the child;
Philipp Hoos later emigrated to America in 1738 with a wife and children and
lived in York County, Pa. (see Burgert, Lachen-Sveyerdorf, pp. cit., p. 6).
He is listed in a 1779 tax list as Philip Hose. Johannes Hoos's second wife
was Anna Catherina Hammann, daughter of Jacob (#3). Other children of Nickel
and Anna Catherina married and had families at Lachen and appear frequently
as baptismal sponsors for their Hammann relatives at Lachen and Meckenheim.
7-JOHANN GEORG HAMMANN (of Johannes #1) was born at Lachen, 10 Jan. 1669,
married twice and died there 5 Sept. 1736, ages 67. He married on 3 Dec. 1692
\to ANNA MARGARETHA ROHTT. She was born 17 Nov. 1672, daughter of Thomas and
died at Lachen, 24 Dec. 1693. Johann Georg married on 5 Apr. 1694, ANNA
MARGARETHA MEESS, daughter of Stephan Meess of Lachen. She was born 19 May
1672 and died 20 Mar. 1755, age 82. Children:

    (1) ANNA MARIA HAMMANN, b. 8 Apr. 1696, m. Adam Sauter.
    (2) CLARA HAMMANN, b. 19 Feb. 1698.
    (3) GERTRUDA HAMMANN, b. 19 Oct. 1703, living 1724.
 13-(4) JOHANN JACOB HAMMANN, b. 18 Apr. 1706, d. 1755-60.
    (5) ANNA MARGARETHA HAMMANN, b. 13 June 1707.
    (6)JOHANN FRIEDRICH HAMMANN, b. 11 Nov. 1708, d. 1710.
 14-(7) ANNA BARBARA HAMMANN, b. 27 June 1711.
 15-(8) CATHERINA BARBARA HAMMANN, b. 17 Aug. 1714, d. 1749.

Also referred to in the church records as Hans Georg or just Georg Hammann,
he was confirmed at Easter, 1684 and lived all his life at Lachen where he
is referred to as a Gemeinsmann or citizen of the community. Georg had no
children by his first wife. Anna Margaretha, who died soon after the marriage.
His second wife, also named Anna Margaretha, was from a large family that
appears in the early records at Lachen.

The parents of Anna Margaretha were Stephan Meess (also variously spelled
Moess, Meyss and Meys) and Anna Margaretha Schuster who married at Lachen, 30
May 1665. Stephan Meess was a son of Heinrich and Catherina Meess of
Klingenmunster and Anna Margaretha was a daughter of the late Hans Mattheus
Schuster of Lachen. Stephen's father, Heinrich Meess was still living in 1665
and his widowed mother, Catherina died at Lachen, 30 July 1702. After marriage,
Stephan and Anna Margaretha Meess lived at Lachen where she died 23 Jan. 1718,
age 73. Stephan died 26 July 1728, age 88. They were parents of twelve children
and the record of Stephan's death states that he had 55 granchildren and 13
great-grandchildren.

Georg and Anna Margaretha's daughter, Gertruda (Gertraut) was baptized at nearby
Meckenheim and sponsored by his brother, Johannes and sister-in-law, Gertruda,
who lived at Meckenheim. Georg was the baptismal sponsor of a number of relatives,
including his nephew, Hans Georg Meess, son of Michael, in 1713. Georg Meess
emigrated from Lachen in 1749, probably at the same time as Georg Hammann's son,
Jacob and perhaps several other relatives.

8-GEORG CHRISTOPH HAMMANN (of Georg #2) was born at Lachen in June, 1661, married
twice and died at Lachen, 3 Dec. 1727. He married first to ANNA CATHERINA SCHMIDT,
daughter of Hans Jacob Schmidt, 9 Feb. 1689. She died 19 Mar. 1708, age 38. Georg
Christoph married second on 27 July 1713 to VERONICA BAR, daughter of Ulrich Bar
(also Beer and Bahr) from Afoltern in Canton Zurich, Switzerland. Veronica died 2
July 1732, age 50. Children: six by Anna Catherina and six by Veronica:
    (1) HANS NICKEL HAMMANN, b. 14 Dec. 1689.
    (2) ANNA MARGARETHA HAMMANN, b. 26 June 1695.
    (3) ANNA ELISABETHA, HAMMANN, b. 19 Aug. 1696, m. Hans Georg
        Hoos of Lachen in 1726.
    (4) ANNA CATHERINA HAMMANN, b. 13 Sept. 1699.
 16-(5) HANS THOMAS HAMMANN, b. 22 Sept. 1700, d. 1755.
    (6) HANS GEORG HAMMANN, b. 4 Dec. 1703, d. 23 Mar. 1740, m. Maria
        Margaretha Shuster and had four daughters.
    (7) ANNA BARBARA HAMMANN, b. 21 Aug. 1713, m. Johannes Blaum of
        Lachen, 1738, emigrated to Pa., 1764.
    (8) MARIA VERONICA HAMMANN, b. 8 Apr. 1717.
    (9) ANNA MARIA HAMMANN, b. 9 Feb. 1719, d. 1721.
   (10) CATHERINA HAMMANN, b. 18 July 1721.
   (11) JOHANN JACOB HAMMANN, b. 6 Jan. 1723.
   (12) ANNA MARGARETHA HAMMANN, b. 1 Aug. 1725.

9-JOHANN NICOLAUS HAMMANN (of Jacob #3 was born at Lachen, 21 May 1682, married
CATHERINA BARBARA GRABLER, 21 Jan. 1711 and died at Lachen, 9 Apr. 1747. Children:
    (1) HANS CONRAD HAMMANN, b. 17 Oct. 1711, d. Apr. 1717.
    (2) JOHANNES HAMMANN, b. 9 July 1714, m. Maria Elisabetha Darmstadtler, 1735.
    (3) CATHERINA ELISABETHA HAMMANN, b. and d. Apr. 1718.
    (4) JOHANN HEINRICH HAMMANN, b. 14 Sept. 1719, m. Margaretha Hoos.
    (5) JOHANN JACOB HAMMANN, b. 22 Aug. 1722, m. Anna Elisabetha
        Meess, daughter of Jacob.
    (6) JOHANN NICOLAUS HAMMANN, b. 30 Aug. 1725.

"Nickel" Hammann was orphaned young and raised by relatives at Lachen. His son,
Johann Jacob was sponsored at baptism by Johann Jacob Hamman (#13)and his sister,
Gertraut, children of Hans Georg (#7). The wife of Nickel's son, Johann Jacob was
a granddaughter of Stephan Meess of Lachen (see #7).

10-CATHERINA ELISABETHA HAMMANN (of Jacob #3) was born at Lachen, 14 July 1686,
married JOHANN DAVID TRUB (also appears as Drub) 24 Jan. 1708 and died at Lachen,
date not known. Johann David Triib was born 8 May 1686, son of Johann Jacob Trub
and lived at Lachen, death date uncertain. Children:
    (1) ANNA MARGARETHA TRUB, b. 13 May 1708, living 1730.
    (2) JOHANNES TRUB, b. 9 Feb. 1710.
    (3) CATHERINA ELISABETHA TRUB, b. 29 May 1712.
    (4) JOHANN JACOB TRUB, b. 24 Feb. 1719, to America, 1750.
    (5) ANNA BARBARA TRUB, b. 20 May 1721, to America.

According to civil records of Lachen, in 1772 Johann Jacob and Anna Barbara,
children of David Trub and wife Catherina Elisabetha were living in Pennsylvania
(Burgert, Lachen-Speyerdorf, gp. cit., p. 24). The name appears in the Tohickon
Reformed Church Records in Bucks County, Pa. and was probably anglicized to
"Tribe. "

11-JOHANN HEINRICH HAMMANN (of Peter #4) was born at Lachen 26 Dec.
1684, married ANNA CATHERINA GRAFF, 21 Jan. 1711 and died at Lachen, 17 Aug
1755, age 70. Anna Catherina was born 14 Sept. 1687, daughter of Hans Wolfgang
Graff and his wife, Maria Elisabetha Hammann, daughter of Jacob (#3). Children:
    (1) JOHANNES HAMMANN, b. 17 Oct. 1711, d. 6 Oct. 1721.
 17-(2) JOHANN PETER HAMMANN, b. 9 Dec. 1714. d. 8 Feb. 1761.
    (3) JOHANN MICHAEL HAMMANN, b. July 1717, d. Mar. 1718.
    (4) PHILIPP LORENTZ HAMMANN, b. 1718, d. 21 Sept. 1722.
    (5) JOHANN HEINRICH HAMMANN, b. 31 Mar. 1719.
    (6) ANNA MARGARETHA HAMMANN, b. Oct. 1721, d. 1725.
    (7) JOHANNES HAMMANN, b. 10 Aug. 1724, d. at Lachen, 1789.

12-JOHANNES HAMMANN (of Peter #4) was born at Lachen, 12 Jan. 1687, married
MARIA CATHERINA DURST, 26 Sept. 1710 at Meckenheim and lived at Meckenheim.
Children:
    (1) JOHANNES PETER HAMMANN, b. 21 Feb. 1712, m. Johanna Guth.
    (2) PHILIPP CARL HAMMANN, b. 14 Jan. 1714, m. Anna Elisabeth Bauer
        and died at Lachen, Mar. 1792.
    (3) JOHANNA MARIA HAMMANN, b. 4 Jan. 1716, m. Martin Gliick of
        Dannstadt, 1735.
    (4) JOHANN MARTIN HAMMANN, b. 23 May 1718.
    (5) PHILIPP PETER HAMMANN, b. 4 Jan. 1721, d. 23 May 1724.
    (6) HEINRICH JACOB HAMMANN, b. Nov. 1722, d. Jan. 1723.
    (7) MARIA CHRISTINA HAMMANN, b. 22 Dec. 1723, m. Burckhart
        Rheinwald of Meckenheim, 1744.
    (8) MARIA PHILIPPINA HAMMAN, b. 12 June 1726, living 1746.
    (9) GERTRUDA HAMMANN, b. 18 May 1729.
   (10) FRANCESCA ROSINA HAMMANN, b. 3 Oct. 1731.

The marriage record of Johannes and Maria Catherina at Meckenheim names him
as Johannes Hammann "von Lachen" but after marriage he continued to live at
Meckenheim where he became a "master cooper. " His son, Philipp Carl returned
to Lachen where he married the daughter of Christoph Bauer and Maria
Elisabetha Meess (daughter of Stephan) and had a large family.

Johannes Hodel, founder of the extensive Hottel-Huddle family in America
lived at nearby Alsheim-Gronau until the time of his marriage to Maria
Margaretha Rheinwald, widow of Casper, at Meckenheim in 1728 and apparently
lived at Meckenheim until they emigrated in 1732. They had a son, Johannes,
baptized at Meckenheim, 4 Sept. 1731. The two youngest children of Jacob
Hammann (#13, below) married grandchildren of Johannes Hodel (Hottel) in
Virginia.

13-JOHANN JACOB HAMMANN (of Johann Georg #7) was born at Lachen, 18 Apr.
1706, may have married twice, emigrated to America in 1749 and died in York
Co. Pa. after 1755, before 1762. He married at nearby Duttweiler, 24 June
1732 to ANNA MARGARETHA CLAMM (KLAMM), She was born at Duttweiler, 8 Sept.
1711, daughter of Stephan Clamm (Klamm) and was still living in 1748. By
1755 Jacob's wife was named MARIA DOROTHEA. Children: probably all by Anna
Margaretha:
 18-(1) JOHANN PETER HAMMANN, b. 19 Apr. 1733, 1787.
    (2) ANNA ELISABETHA HAMMANN, b. 17 Sept. 1735.
 19-(3) PHILIPP LORENTZ HAMMANN, b. 27 Oct. 1737, d. 1794.
    (4) GEORG MICHAEL HAMMANN, b. 4 Jan. 1741, d. May 1741.
 20-(5) GEORG MICHAEL HAMMANN, b. 25 Mar. 1742, d. 1791.
 21-(6) JOHANN PAUL HAMMANN, b. 8 Aug. 1745, d. 1789.
 22-(7) ANNA CATHERINA HAMMANN, b. 18 Mar. 1748.
 23-(8) JOHANN JACOB HAMMANN, b. Sept. 1750, d. 3 Feb. 1824.
 24-(9) ANNA CHRISTINA HAMMANN, b. 1752, living 1816.

Jacob was confirmed at Lachen, Easter, 1721 and sponsored the baptism of
several children in the years before his marriage. He is referred to as a
Gemeinsmann and Burger (citizen) at Lachen in various church records.
Members of the Clamm family of Duttweiler sponsored a number of Jacob and
Margaretha's children at baptism. The last record of Jacob and his family
at Lachen is the baptism of his daughter Anna Catherina in the Spring of
1748 and confirmation of his son Peter at Easter of that year. They
emigrated to America soon after that, perhaps with other relatives and
neighbors, including his cousin Georg Meess (see Burgert, Lachen-
Speverdorf, op. cit. pp. 12-3).

There is no record of Jacob's arrival in America, unless he is the Jacob
Hamman who arrived on the Edinburgh, 15 Sept. 1749. However, the evidence
is that Jacob Hamman on the Edinburgh is the one from Ruschberg, near
Baumholder, who left for America in 1749 with his wife and children since
other names from Ruschberg are on that list (Burgert-Western Palatinate,
p. 153). Not all records of arrivals have survived and some ships destined
for Philadelphia went to Annapolis, Maryland and there are no records of
people who arrived there. Most likely, however, Jacob and his family
arrived in Philadelphia in the Fall of 1748 or Summer of 1749. His cousin
Georg Meess express his desire to leave Lachen in the Spring of 1749, but
he too does not appear on any ship lists, so perhaps they left together.

Jacob and his family were definitely settled in Lancaster County,
Pennsylvania by the Fall of 1750 when a son, Johann Jacob, was baptized
by Rev. John Waldschmidt in September ("Baptisms and Marriages of Rev.
John Waldschmidt", Pennsylvania Archives, Series 6, Vol. VI, p. 170).
Jacob Hamman also appears on a tax list of Cocalico Township in Lancaster
County for 1751 (Gary Hawbaker and Clyde Groff, Lancaster Count Before The
Federal Census, Vol. III, 1750 Tax List of Lancaster County,
[1982], p. 41).

It is very likely that Anna Margaretha died in 1752 or 1753, after the
birth of Christina and shortly before or after the family moved to York
County. By 1755 the family had definitely moved to York County in southern
Pennsylvania and Jacob was remarried. Several members of the family appear
in the church records of Dover and Paradise Townships and Jacob and wife
Maria Dorothea sponsored baptism of a child in May, 1755 at Hanover
(Records of St. Matthews Lutheran Church of Hanover, Pa.). This is the
last record of him and he does not appear in the 1762 tax list of York
County.

Jacob's oldest sons, Peter and Philip appear on the tax lists of Paradise
Township in 1762 and had children baptized by Rev. Jacob Lischy, a
Reformed minister in York in the early 1760s (Records of Rev. Jacob Lischy
at Historical Society of York Co. Pa.). Jacob's third son, George Michael
was also married and had daughters baptized at the Salem (Strayer's)
Lutheran Church in Dover Township in 1765 and '67 (Records of Salem
Lutheran Church, York Co. Pa.). In the mid 1760s Peter and Philip moved to
what is now Washington County, Md. and by 1768 George Michael and the
younger children went on to the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia.

THE CLAMM-KLAMM FAMILY

STEPHAN CLAMM (also spelled Klamm), father of Anna Margaretha Hammann, was
born about 1680 at Schifferstadt, near Speyer, son of Hans Jacob Clamm,
and married CATHERINA ZOLLINGER at Duttweiler, 3 Feb. 1707. Catherina was
the daughter of Jacob Zollinger of Duttweiler. The marriage record
indicates that both fathers were deceased. The parish record of Duttweiler
begins in 1690 and shows that Jacob Zollinger was buried there 2 Aug. 1699.
No earlier record for Stephan or his family has been found. Stephan and
Catherina lived at Duttweiler and were parents of six children, including,
Anna Margaretha, who married Johann Jacob Hammann (#13). Stephan Clamm
died at Duttweiler, 30 Dec. 1750 and Catherina died 7 Oct. 1752. Catherina
sponsored baptism for a daughter of the Hammanns at Lachen in the Spring of
1748, just prior to their emigration. Children:
    (1) HIOB CLAMM, b. 5 Feb. 1708, m. Kunigunda Baumann and died at
     Duttweiler, 3 May 1753. Five children.
    (2) ANNA MARGARETHA CLAMM, b. 8 Sept. 1711 (above).
    (3) ELISABETHA CLAMM, b. 1 Aug. 1714, living 1733.
    (4) SOPHIA LOUISA CLAMM, b. 7 Feb. 1717, m. Johann Heinrich Hamlin of
 Otterberg.
    (5) ANNA APOLLONIA CLAMM, b. 5 Nov. 1718, d. 1755, unm.
    (6) GEORG MICHAEL CLAMM, b. 22 Mar. 1722, m. Anna Margaretha
 Theobald at Lachen, emigrated to America, 1764 with the group that
        also included his wife's cousin, Maria Catherina, widow of Peter
        Hammann (#17) (Burgert, Lachen-Speverdorf, p. 8).

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14-ANNA BARBARA HAMMANN (of Johann Georg #7) was born at Lachen, 27 June
1711, married HEINRICH KREITER, 13 Sept. 1730 and lived at Lachen where he
was a wagonmaker. Heinrich died 1 May 1774, Anna Barbara's death date was
not found. Children:
    (1) ANNA MARIA KREITER, b. 19 Sept. 1732, d. 1733.
    (2) ANNA MARIA KREITER, b. 14 Apr. 1734, m. Johannes Franck and
        emigrated to Pennsylvania in 1765.
    (3) JOHANN PETER KREITER, b. 15 Jan. 1737.
    (4) ANNA MARGARETHA KREITER, b. 30 Apr. 1737.
    (5) ANNA BARBARA KREITER, b. 27 Jan. 1742.
    (6) JOHANNES KREITER, b. 23 May 1744.
    (7) JOHANN GEORG KREITER, b. 4 Apr. 1747.
    (8) MARIA ELISABETHA KREITER, b. 6 Feb. 1750.
    (9) JOHANN HEINRICH KREITER, b. 27 Apr. 1756.

15-CATHERINA BARBARA HAMMANN (Johann Georg #7) was born at Lachen, 17 Aug.
1714, married JOHANN PETER HAMMANN (#17), 5 Aug. 1736 and died at Lachen,
1 Apr. 1749. Johann Peter was born 9 Dec. 1714, son of Heinrich Hammann
(#11) and died 8 Feb. 1761. Children:
    (1) PETER HAMMANN, b. 18 Aug. 1738, d. 14 Sept. 1738.
    (2) ANNA BARBARA HAMMANN, b. 18 Apr. 1743, m. Johann Nicolaus Roth,
        at Lachen, 1765.
    (3) ANNA ELISABETHA HAMMANN, b. Jan. 1746, d. June 1747.

Probably called "Catherina", her life was a short sad one, all too
typical of the time. Her first child died a few weeks after birth, a
second child was stillborn in January 1740 and two more daughters were
born, one of whom died before Catherina's own death at the age of 34.
Peter remarried and had more children but himself, died when the youngest
was less than a year old. Catherina, her sister, Anna Barbara Kreiter and
their husbands sponsored the baptisms for many of each other's children.
For further reference see Johann Peter Hammann #17 (below).

16-HANS THOMAS HAMMANN (of Georg Christoph #8) was baptized at Lachen,
22 Nov. 1700, married SUSANNA RADERLI, daughter of Benedict Raderli of
Mussbach, 12 Oct. 1725, emigrated to Pennsylvania in 1730 and died in what
is now Bucks County, Pa. in 1755. Children:
 25-(1) JOHANN GEORG HAMMANN, b. 28 Apr. 1727, living 1791.
    (2) MARIA CATHERINA HAMMANN, b. about 1730, m. Jacob Lang, 1756.
    (3) ANNA MARIA HAMMANN, b. 4 June 1732.
 26-(4) JOHANNES (JOHN) HAMMANN, b. about 1734, d. 1805/6.
    (5) SUSANNA HAMMANN, b. 9 May 1736.
 27-(6) EVA MARGARETHA HAMMANN, b. about 1738, living 1783.

Thomas and Susanna had one child born at Lachen before emigrating to
America. They arrived on the ship Thistle, 29 Oct. 1730 and soon settled
in the Goshenhoppen section of Philadelphia County, an area that later
became part of Bucks County. They appear in the records of the
Goshenhoppen Church where two children were baptized and also are recorded
as sponsors of a child at the nearby Tohicken Reformed Church in 1754.
Papers of administration on the estate of Thomas Hamman "deceased" were
entered in Philadelphia County in 1755. Records of several of his children
appear in the Tohicken Reformed Church between 1755 and 1761. By 1771,
Thomas's daughter, Eva Margaret and her husband, Henry Dorflinger appear
in Frederick County, Maryland, where they had a son, Thomas, baptized at
the Monocacy Lutheran Church, with Georg Hammann and wife Magdalena as
sponsors. They were actually living in nearby Loudoun County, Virginia
where George Hamman, John Hamman and Henry Darflinger appear in the tax
records after 1770. John eventually moved to the Shenandoah Valley of
Virginia.

17-JOHANN PETER HAMMANN (of Heinrich #11) was born at Lachen, 9 Dec. 1714,
married twice and died at Lachen, 8 Feb. 1761. He married first on 5 Aug.
1736, CATHERINA BARBARA HAMMANN, daughter of Hans Georg (#4) She died 1
Apr. 1749 and he married 29 Oct. 1749, MARIA CATHERINA THEOBALD, daughter
of Johannes. After Peter's death she married Johann Jacob Sauerheber of
Hassloch. Children: three by Catherina Barbara and seven by Maria
Catherina:
    (1) PETER HAMMANN, b. 18 Aug. 1738, d. 14 Sept. 1738.
    (2) ANNA BARBARA HAMMANN, b. 18 Apr. 1743, m. Johann Nicolaus
        Roth, at Lachen, 1765.
    (3) ANNA ELISABETHA HAMMANN, b. Jan. 1746, d. June 1747.
    (4) ANNA CATHERINA HAMMANN, b. 21 Apr. 1752.
    (5) JOHANN PETER HAMMANN, b. 8 June 1753.
    (6) ANNA HELENA HAMMANN, b. 16 Aug. 1755.
    (7) ANNA ELISABETHA HAMMANN, b. Sept. d. Oct. 1756.
    (8) JOHANNES HAMMANN, b. 23 Jan. 1758.
    (9) JOHANN JACOB HAMMANN, b. 23 July 1759.
   (10) JOHANN HEINRICH HAMMANN, b. 19 Nov. 1760.
 

In 1764 Maria Catherina, her new husband, Jacob Sauerheber and her six
children by Hammann joined a contingent of people from Lachen and
emigrated to Pennsylvania, arriving on the ship Hero in October, 1764.
Among them was Georg Michael Clamm (Klamm), brother of Anna Margaretha,
wife of Jacob Hammann (#13) Many of these people settled in Bucks and
Northampton Counties, Pennsylvania (see Burgert, LachenSpeyerdorf, Q.
cit- p. 17).

18-JOHANN PETER HAMMANN (PETER HAMMAN) (of Johann Jacob #13) was born
at Lachen, 19 Apr. 1733, married SYBILLA MARGARETHA (probably BESSERER)
in York County, Pa. about 1756 and died in Frederick Co., Maryland by
1787. No further record of Sybilla. Children:
    (1) MICHAEL HAMMAN, bapt. 7 Dec. 1760.

Peter was confirmed at Lachen at Easter, 1748, shortly before his
family emigrated to America. The first record of him in America is as
sponsor of the baptism of a child in York County, Pa. in 1754, co-
sponsor with him was Sybilla Margaretha Besserer. Since later records
show his wife to be Sybilla Margaretha it is likely that this young
lady is his future wife. Peter and Sybilla had a son, Michael, baptized
by Rev. Jacob Lischy in York County in December 1760 and also sponsored
the baptism of a son of his brother Philip, in 1761 (Records of Jacob
Lischy, p. cit.) Peter appears on a 1762 York County tax list along
with his brother Philip but by 1766 they are listed as residents of
Frederick County, Maryland, where they signed a petition to the
legislature (C. E. Schildknecht, Monocacy and Catoctin, Early Settlers
of Frederick County Maryland ... [1985], p. 94). Peter purchased land
in Frederick County in 1766, which was called "Culloden", on a branch
of Antietam Creek on the north side of Blue Mountain. After 1776 this
area was part of newly formed Washington County. In 1787, Michael
Hamman, son and heir of Peter, deceased, sold this land. (Frederick Co.
Md. Deed Book "K", p. 394 and Washington Co. Deed Book "D", p. 513).
There is no further record of his son Michael.

19-PHILIPP LORENTZ HAMMANN (PHILIP HAMMAN) (of Johann Jacob #13) was
born at Lachen, 27 Oct. 1737, married ENGELA ELISABETHA (family name
unknown) about 1760 and died in Washington County, Md.in the summer of
1794. Elizabeth was living in 1809. Children:
 28-(1) PETER HAMMAN, bapt. 11 May 1761, d. 1836.
 29-(2) PHILIP HAMMAN, b. about 1763, d. 1830.
    (3) SUSANNA HAMMAN, m. John Shoup, living 1821.
    (4) JOHN HAMMAN, wife Catherine, living 1821.
    (5) PAUL HAMMAN, d. 1819, wife Catherine.
    (6) ELIZABETH HAMMAN, m. Jacob Knode, d. before 1828.
    (7) JACOB HAMMAN, m. Mary Beeler, 1814, d. 1834.
    (8) MICHAEL HAMMAN, living 1821.
    (9) MARY (POLLY) HAMMAN, m. Benjamin Yontz, 1811.

Philip was about twelve years old when his family left Germany and
the earliest record of him in America is the baptism of his son Peter
by Rev. Jacob Lischy in York County in the Spring of 1761. He appears
in a 1762 tax list of York County but by September 1765 he appears on
a list of people (mostly German names) requesting naturalization in
Frederick County, Maryland (Jeffrey and Florence Wyand, Colonial
Maryland Naturalizations, p. 56).

In 1780 Philip Hamman purchased a tract of land in Washington County,
Maryland (created from Frederick a few years earlier) called "Elk
Hill" and in 1787 purchased another tract of 230 acres. All his
children are named in the deeds disposing of this property after his
death (Washington Co. Deed Books "B", p. 333, "T", pp. 167, 270-1).
Letters of Administration on the estate of Philip Hamman, deceased,
were issue to Peter and Philip as administrators, 16 Aug. 1794 (Wash.
Co. Adm. Book, "B", p. 69). Elizabeth was still living in 1809 when
she sold her dower interest in Elk Hill (Wash. Co. Deed Book "T", p.
270).

20-GEORG MICHAEL HAMMANN (MICHAEL HAMMAN) (of Johann Jacob #13) was
born at Lachen, 25 Mar. 1742, married about 1764 in York Co. Pa. to
CATHERINA ELISABETHA STREHER (ELIZABETH STRAYER), daughter Peter
Streher of Dover Township in York Co. and died in Shenandoah County,
Va. 1790/91. Elizabeth was born in Starkenburg in the Palatinate in
1746 and died in Shenandoah Co. Va. about 1804. Children:
 30-(1) ANNA BARBARA HAMMAN, b. 14 Apr. 1765, d. by 1812.
 31-(2) CATHERINE HAMMAN, b. 18 Dec. 1766, d. c. 1798.
    (3) MARIA (POLLY) HAMMAN, b. about 1770, m. Jacob Haun.
 32-(4) ELIZABETH HAMMAN, b. 9 Apr. 1773, d. ?
 33-(5) MICHAEL HAMMAN, b. 9 Nov. 1776, d. 1856.
    (6) SUSANNA HAMMAN, b. about 1778, m. David Cheyney, 1817.
 34-(7) PETER HAMMAN, b. 8 Jan. 1781, d. 7 June 1863.
    (8) HANNAH HAMMAN, b. about 1784, m. David Cheyney, d. c. 1816.

The second child of Jacob and Anna Margaretha to be given the name,
Georg Michael was baptized at Lachen, 27 Mar. 1742 and sponsored by
Georg Michael and Sophia Klamm, his mother's brother and sister
from Duttweiler. A year before they had also sponsored the first
Georg Michael, who died as an infant. Michael was too young to
appear in the 1762 tax records of York County and the earliest
record of him is the baptism of his first two daughters at the Salem
(Strayer's) Lutheran Church in Dover Township in York County.
Barbara was baptized in the spring of 1765 and Catherine in early
1767. He and his family moved to Virginia soon afterward where the
first record of Michael in Virginia is his receipt of a patent from
Lord Fairfax for 230 acres on the Shenandoah River, 7 Oct. 1768
(Peggy Joyner, Northern Neck Warrants and Surveys, Vol. II, p. 67).
This farm was on the west side of the North Fork of the Shenandoah
just south of present-day Maurertown, Va.

Michael's daughter, Elizabeth and son, Michael, were baptized by
Rev. Peter Muhlenberg of Woodstock (Muhlenberg Register at the
Shenandoah County Court House, also published in the Appendix of
John Wayland's History of Shenandoah County). Michael signed a 1772
petition to open a wagon road to Frederick Stoner's new mill on
Tumbling Run and he appears in the 1783 and 1785 census of the
county with eleven members in his family. In April 1782 Michael
Hamman submitted a claim to the County for 42 days of wagon service
during the Revolutionary War (Janice Abercrombie, "Virginia Publick
Claims", p. 8).

Michael Hamman posted bond with Henry Huddle, administrator of the
estate of his brother, Paul Hamman in 1789 and Michael died in late
1790 or early 1791. On 27 Jan. 1791 Elizabeth Hamman and Michael
Spiggle were appointed administrators of the estate of Michael
Hamman "deceased" and with Andrew Copp and Nicholas Dull, posted
bond (Shen. Co. Will Book "C", p. 251) A sale of personal property
was held 25 Mar. 1791 and reported to the Court in December 1791
(Shen. Co. Will Book "D", pp. 71-7) Elizabeth was dead by 1804,
when the names of all the children of Michael and Elizabeth are
found in the deeds disposing of his land but no reference to her
dower interest is made. Elizabeth, Susanna, Michael and Hannah
were all living in Washington County, Maryland by that time (Shen.
Co. Deed Books "N", pp 455 and 498, "W", p. 351).

21-JOHANN PAUL HAMMANN (PAUL HAMMAN) (of Johann Jacob #13) was
born at Lachen, 8 Aug. 1745, married about 1775 to FRANEY
(PARROTT?) and died in Shenandoah County, Va. in the late Spring
of 1789. Franey was born was about 1755/6,
remarried to Christopher Lindamood and died about 1832. Children:
 35-(1) BARBARA HAMMAN, b. 15 July 1776, d. 14 Apr. 1844.
 36-(2) JOHN HAMMAN, b. 25 Jan. 1778, d. 12 Oct. 1732.
 37-(3) MARGARET HAMMAN, b. 11 Jan. 1780, d. 1814.
 38-(4) MICHAEL HAMMAN, b. about 1782.
 39-(5) PAUL HAMMAN Jr. b. about 1784, d. 1821.
 40-(6) CATHERINE HAMMAN, b. 9 Mar. 1786, d. 9 Oct. 1855.
 41-(7) ELIZABETH HAMMAN, b. 15 Oct. 1788, d. 10 Jan. 1851.

Baptized on Aug. 10, 1745, Paul's sponsors were Paul Zimpelmann
and wife Anna Christina of Lachen. Paul was about four years old
when his family left Germany and settled in Pennsylvania. He was
too young to be included in some of the Pennsylvania tax lists
and the first record of Paul is found in Virginia after his
marriage. On 23 Aug. 1783, Paul Hamman purchased 100 acres of
land near present-day Mt. Olive in Shenandoah County, from John
Parrott, son of Frederick (Shen. Co. Deed Book, "E" pp. 31-3).
Paul and Franey may have been living on this property or with
the Parrott family since the time of their marriage, suggesting
the possibility that Franey was a daughter of Frederick Parrott.
Paul Hamman is not listed as a separate householder in the 1783
and 1785 census of Shenandoah County but is listed in the tithe
listings for those years. On 22 Feb. 1786 Paul and Franey sold
this tract to Jacob Parrott and on the same date purchased 352
acres on the upper reaches of Stony Creek from Henry and Rosina
Felkner (Shen. Co. Deed Book "E" pp. 436-8 and "F" pp. 84-5).

Paul and Franey moved to this farm on Stony Creek as evidenced
by his listing in the special 1787 tax enumeration and a mortgage
deed he made with Henry Miller of Frederick County, Maryland in
December, 1787. According to this deed, he borrowed 60 Pound in
cash from Miller and gave him a deed to the land "where he now
lives" as the colateral. Paul died less than two years later,
probably in late May or early June 1789. On 25 June 1789 Henry
Huddle (Hottel) was appointed administrator of the estate of Paul
Hamman "deceased" and along with Michael Hamman, posted bond
(Shen. Co. Will Book "C", p. 44, Settlement reported March 1793,
Will Book "D", p. 206).

Henry Huddle paid the debt to Henry Miller and in March, 1795,
Joseph Miller, son and heir, and Catherine, widow of Henry Miller
deeded him back the farm on Stony Creek. Huddle then deeded the
property over to the heirs of Paul Hamman, who are all named in
the transactions (Shen. Co. Deed Books "I", pp. 565-6 and "M".
pp. 156-7). Franey, widow of Paul Hamman, married Christopher
Lindamood, 25 Dec. 1795 and had one daughter, Christina
Lindamood, (b. 1796). They lived on Stony Creek in southern
Shenandoah County and Franey was still living at the time of the
1830 census. Christina never married and died after 1850.

22-ANNA CATHERINA HAMMANN (of Johann Jacob #13) was born at
Lachen, 18 March 1748, probably married HENRY MILLER of Frederick
County, Maryland about 1768 and was still living in 1795 when as
widow of Henry Miller of Frederick County, Md. she relinquished
her dower interest in a mortgage deed her husband made with Paul
Hamman (#21). Henry Miller wrote a will, 11 Mar. 1793 and it was
probated 24 May 1793. He left his real and personal property to
his "beloved wife, Catherine" for her lifetime after which it was
to be divided between the children (Frederick Co. Md. Will Book
"2", p. 474) Children: sons Joseph, David, John and Jacob (under
age 18) were named in the will and daughters were mentioned but
not named.

23-JOHANN JACOB HAMMANN (JACOB HAMMAN) (of Johann Jacob #13) was
born in Pennsylvania in the summer of 1750 and baptized 24 Sept.
1750, married ANNA HOTTEL, in what is now Shenandoah County, Va.
12 April, 1774 and died in Trumbull Co. Ohio, 3 Feb. 1824. Anna
was born about 1756, daughter of George Hottel (Huddle) and died
in Ohio, 10 Aug. 1834. Children:
 42-(1) JOHN JACOB HAMMAN, b. 7 Apr. 1775, d. 1816.
    (2) ANNA MARGARET HAMMAN, b. 25 June 1776, d. 1867, m. John
        Fansler, to Ohio.
    (3) MARIA MAGDALENA HAMMAN, b. 13 Jan. 1778, d. 1855, m.
        William Sager, to Ohio.
 43-(4) GEORGE HAMMAN, b. 4 Dec. 1780, d. 8 Aug. 1864.
    (5) JOHN HAMMAN, b. 9 Dec. 1782, d. 1856. Trumbull Co. Oh.
    (6) ELIZABETH HAMMAN, b. 20 Sept. 1784, d. 1800, age 16.
    (7) ANNA MARIA HAMMAN, b. 14 May 1788, m. Jacob Hottel.
    (8) ANNA CHRISTINA HAMMAN, b. 9 Oct. 1790, d. 1847, m.
        Andrew Coffman, to Ohio.
    (9) GIDEON HAMMAN, b. 10 June 1796, died age one.
   (10) LYDIA HAMMAN, b. 21 Nov. 1798, d. 1873, m. Zachariah
        Norton, to Trumbull Co. Ohio.

Baptized by Rev. John Waldschmidt in Lancaster County, Pa., Jacob
probably spent most of his boyhood years in York County and came
to Virginia with some of his brothers and sisters about 1768.
Jacob and Anna married in Shenandoah County and their daughter,
Anna Margaret was baptized at St. Paul's Lutheran Church in
Strasburg but then they moved to a farm in neighboring Hardy
County, given to them by her father. They lived there until about
1791, when they purchased a farm on Mill Creek, west of Mt.
Jackson in Shenandoah County (Shen. Co. Deed Book "H", p. 144).

Their daughter, Anna Christina was baptized at the Zion Church on
Stony Creek in Shenandoah County in 1790 and they subsequently
appear in the records there until 18056. They deeded some of
their land to their son Jacob and sold the rest in the Spring of
1806 (Shen. Co. Deed Books "O", p. 372 and "P", p. 162). Jacob
and Anna moved to Trumbull County, in northeast Ohio and settled
land near the present town of Bristolville in North Bristol
Township. In 1806 Ohio was still a frontier wilderness and this
was quite an undertaking for an older couple with grown children.

The authors of the Hottel History relate a tradition that Jacob
Hamman served in the Revolutionary War and presents record of a
Jacob Hamman of Northampton County, Pennsylvania as evidence.
Jacob Hamman was married and living in Virginia at the time of
the Revolution and may have served in the Virginia militia but
the Jacob Hamman who served in Northampton County was from
another Hamman family.

At the time Jacob and many of his family went to Ohio his two
oldest sons, Jacob and George were already married and had farms
in Virginia. They did not accompany the rest of the family to
Ohio but remained in Shenandoah County where they left numerous
descendants. Considerable information on the descendant of Jacob
and Anna Hamman, many of whom spell the name "Hammon", is found
in the Hottel-Huddle History. Anna was a younger sister of Henry
Hottel (below).

24-ANNA CHRISTINA HAMMANN (CHRISTINA HAMMAN) (of Johann Jacob
#13) was born in Pennsylvania about 1753, married HENRY HOTTEL
(HUDDLE) about 1771 and died in Rockingham Co. Va. after 1816.
Henry was born in Virginia about 1748, son of George Hottel and
died in Rockingham Co. Va., late 1816. Children:
    (1) GEORGE HOTTEL, b. 22 June 1772, d. 1 June 1839.
    (2) JACOB HOTTEL, b. 10 June 1774, d. as a child.
    (3) DOROTHY HOTTEL, b. 1776, m. George Rinker.
    (4) HENRY HOTTEL, b. 17 Jan. 1781, d. 1851, Fairfield Co. Oh.
    (5) CHRISTIAN HOTTEL, b. 1784/5, d. Jan. 1848, Augusta Co. Va.
    (6) ELIZABETH HOTTEL, b. 27 July 1787, d. 1847, m.
        Christian Bear.
    (7) PHILIP HOTTEL, b. Nov. 1789, to Ohio.
    (8) FREDERICK HOTTEL, b. 21 Sept. 1791, d. 1834, Darke Co. Oh.
    (9) MARY MAGDALENA (POLLY) HOTTEL, b. 17 Oct. 1793, m. James
        Fulton, 1812, Rockingham Co. Va.
   (10) JOSEPH HOTTEL, b. 1795, d. 1834, Fairfield Co. Oh.

Referred to in a number of records as "Annastina, " a familiar
German contraction of her name, Christina's full name may have
been Anna Christina Charlotta. That is the way it appears several
times in the records of the Zion Lutheran and Reformed Church.
She was born in Pennsylvania and probably came to Virginia with
her older brothers about 1768. Henry and "Annasina's" son Jacob
was baptized by Rev. Peter Muhlenberg of Woodstock and four of
the five youngest children (except Joseph) were baptized at the
Zion Lutheran and Reformed Church near Edinburg in Shenandoah
County (Muhlenberg Records, Shen. Co. Courthouse and Claus Wust,
ed. "Reformed Zion-Pine Church Records, Edinburg, Va. 1984).

Henry Hottel's father, George, was born in April 1722, at Alsheim-
Gronau in the Palatinate, not far from Lachen, home of the Hamman
family and arrived in America in 1732 with his father, Johannes,
step-mother, Margaretha and an older brother and sister. George
Hottel settled near Mt. Olive in what is now Shenandoah County
about 1742 and all his children were born in Virginia (see W. D.
Huddle, A History of The Descendants of John Hottel, Strasburg, Va.
1930). In the early years of their marriage, Henry and Christina
lived on a 218 acre farm on the North Fork of the Shenandoah in the
"Seven Bends" section, adjacent to her brother, George Michael
Hamman. This farm was part of a larger tract patented by Henry's
father, George, who then divided it between Henry and another son,
John.
In June, 1785 Henry Hottel purchased 242 acres from Valentine
Coffelt on Stony Creek in Shenandoah County and over the years
purchased over 500 more acres in that vicinity. (Shen. Co. Deed
Books "E", p. 126, "K", p. 589) Henry and Christina sold the land
on the North Fork "where he did live" to his brother, Daniel in
1794 (Shen. Co. Deed Book "I", p. 457). According to the Hottel
History, Henry operated a grist mill on Stony Creek near the present
day community of Columbia Furnace. He deeded some of his land to his
son, George Hottel and in the fall of 1808 sold 500 acres to John
Arthur, "where George Mayberry and Benjamin Pennybacker have
preparations to erect a furnace" (Shen. Co. Deed Book, "Q", p. 334
and "R", p. 76).

After selling his land in Shenandoah County, Henry and most of his
family moved to Rockingham County. Many of the records of Rockingham
County burned in the Civil War but land tax records for 1812-16 show
him owning 500 acres on Beaver Creek, west of Bridgewater, Va., in
what is now the community of Ottobine. Rockingham County wills were
among the records burned but the Minutes of the Circuit Court
survived and show that at the January 1817 Court the will of Henry
Huddle was proven by the oaths of Michael Ritter and Martin Speck and
that Christian Huddle obtained an administrative bond as executor of
the estate (Rockingham County Minute Book #9, p. 3). Record of a
chancery suit between Dorothy Rinker and the administrators of Henry
Hottel's estate contain an abstract of Hottel's will (Lyman Chalkley,
Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement, Vol. II, p. 251).

According to this record, Henry Hottel wrote his will 16 Dec. 1815 at
which time his wife, Christina was still living. He named his sons,
George, Henry, Christian, Philip, Frederick and Joseph and daughters
Dorothy Rinker, Elizabeth Baer and Polly Fulton. Henry Jr. and Philip
were given land in Fairfield County, Ohio. The authors of the Hottel
assumed that an unidentified Barbara Hottel was a daughter of Henry
but there is no mention of a daughter Barbara in any records of this
family.

Henry Hottel was obviously a man of considerable business sense. He
bought and sold extensive acreage in Virginia and Ohio, operated a
mill, sold one prosperous farm, moved to another county and started
over again. He also handled many of the business affairs of his Hamman
relatives. He acted as an agent for some of the heirs of George Michael
Hamman living in Maryland (Shen. Co. Deed Books "N", p. 496 and "W",
351). He was an administrator for the estate of Paul Hamman and served
as guardian for his children. He served them well by paying off their
father's mortgage and deeding his land back to them. Henry also served
as guardian to several orphaned children, including a nephew, Christian
Hottel, to whom he was to teach the trade of a miller (Shen. Co. Minute
Book 1806-1810, March 1809).

25-JOHANN GEORG HAMMANN (GEORGE HAMMAN) (of Thomas #16) was born
at Lachen, 28 Apr. 1727, married MARIA MAGDALENA (family name unknown)
in Bucks Co. Pa. and may have died in Loudoun Co. Va. in the 1790s.
There is no further record of his wife Maria Magdalena. Known children:
    (1) MARIA CATHERINA HAMMAN, b. 20 June 1756.
    (2) ANNA BARBARA HAMMAN, b. 26 June 1758.
    (3) MARIA ELISABETH HAMMAN, b. 17 May 1761.
    (4) ANNA SUSANNA HAMMAN, b. 8 May 1763.

George and Maria Magdalena had several daughters baptized at the Tohickon
Reformed Church in Bucks County but disappear from the record after 17.63
(Records of Tohickon Church). George and Maria Magdalena are named as
sponsors at the baptism of a child of his sister, Eva Margaret and her
husband, Henry Dorflinger in the records the Monocacy Lutheran Church in
Frederick County, Md. in 1771 (Frederick S. Weiser, ed. Maryland Church
Records, Vol. I, Records of Monocacy Lutheran Church).

George and his family were living in nearby Loudoun County, Va. where
George Hamman appears along with Henry "Turflinger" in the personal
property tax lists of Loudoun County from 1770 through the 1790s. The
Dorflinger children were baptized by the Lutheran pastor of neighboring
Frederick County, Md. on a circuit to Loudoun County. George Hammon,
"farmer" leased a 100 acre farm from George William Fairfax in Loudoun
County in Mar. 1787 and sold his lease to Adam Potterfield in April, 1791
(Loudoun Co. Deed Books "P", p. 574 and "T", p. 12). He signed the lease
in German script. There is no will or administrative record for George nor
marriages for any of his children in the Loudoun County records.

26-JOHANNES HAMMANN (JOHN HAMMON) (of Thomas #16) was born in Pennsylvania
about 1734, married twice and died in Shenandoah Co. Va. in late 1805 or
early 1806. He married MARIA WILDANGER in Bucks Co. Pa. 8 Apr. 1760. John
married on 5 Aug. 1787 in Shenandoah Co. Va. to MARY HOLMAN. Children:
    (1) EVA MARGARET HAMMON, b. 6 Jan. 1761, d. before 1805.
    (2) ANNA MARIA HAMMON, b. c. 1763, d. by 1805, m. Kisner.
    (3) MARY MARGARET HAMMON, b. c. 1765, m. Leonard Coffman, 1791,
        Shenandoah Co. Va.
    (4) ELIZABETH HAMMON, b. c. 1767, m. Christian Shriver.
 44-(5) JOHN HAMMON, b. c. 1770, living 1820.
 45-(6) THOMAS HAMMON, b. c. 1772, d. 1835.
    (7) SUSANNA HAMMON, b. c. 1776, m. James Neer, to Ohio.
    (8) CATHERINE HAMMON, b. c. 1778, m. Nicholas O'Neal.
 46-(9) GEORGE HAMMON, b. 10 Aug. 1780, d. 21 Nov. 1871.
   (10) BARBARA HAMMON, b. 25 May 1783, m. Frederick Fansler Jr.
   (11) JUDITH HAMMON, b. c. 1784, m. Charles Whitehead.

John was confirmed at the Tohickon Reformed Church in Bucks Co. in 1756,
married there and had his first child baptized there. The family disappears
from the records at Tohickon after 1761 and then shows up in Loudoun County,
Virginia where John Hamman is listed as a titheable from 1767 to 1771 and is
named in the special 1787 tax enumeration (Margaret L. Hopkins, Loudoun
County Titheables and Slaveholders 1756-1786 [Baltimore], 1991 and Nettie
Schreiner-Yantis, The 1787 Census of Virginia). John moved to Shenandoah
County, in late 1787 and settled on Mill Creek, west of Mt. Jackson. He
purchased 104 acres on Mill Creek from Adam Cook in July 1788 (Shen. Co. Deed
Book "G", p. 112).

A sketch of the Hammon family in the Centennial Biographical History of
Richland County Ohio, gives some background on this family, and says that
George, son of John, was born in New Jersey. George is listed as a native of
Pennsylvania in the 1850 census of Richland County but the family may very
well have lived a while in New Jersey, giving rise to this tradition. A
"Hannes" and Maria Hamman had a daughter Susanna christened at the Lutheran
Church at Greenwich in Warren County, New Jersey in 1779 (across the river
from Bucks Co. Pa.) This could indeed be the same Susanna Hamman, daughter of
John (above) who married James Neer in Loudoun Co. Va. in 1798. John is not in
the tithe records of Loudoun County after 1771 and only shows up there again
in the 1780s. His daughter Barbara was baptized by the minister of the
Middletown, Maryland Lutheran Church on a circuit to Virginia in 1783. This is
a twelve year gap, when John and his family may have gone back north and lived
in Pennsylvania and/or New Jersey.

John and Mary appear as baptismal sponsors in the Zion Church on Stony Creek
in 1800 and several of their children were communicants there (Records of Zion
Pine Church, op cit) . John Hammon wrote a will 14 Dec. 1805 and it was
probated Jan. 13, 1806 (Shen. Co. Will Book "F", p. 397). He mentioned
"children" of his deceased daughters, Eva and Maria and made his sons, Thomas
and George administrators of his estate. The real estate was to be sold after
the death of his wife and proceeds divided equally among his children or their
heirs. A final settlement of his estate was submitted to the court in 1822. The
settlement refers to payments for support of the widow as late as December,
1814 and identifies the husbands of most of the daughters but does not identify
all the children or heirs of the older daughters (Shen. Co. Will Book "N", pp.
127-8).
27-EVA MARGARETHA HAMMANN (of Thomas #16) was born in Bucks Co. Pa. about
1738-40, married HEINRICH DORFLINGER (HENRY DARFLINGER) at the Tohickon Church,
20 Feb. 1761 and was living in Loudoun County Va. in 1783. She was deceased by
1804. Henry Darflinger (Derflinger, Turflinger, etc.) died in Loudoun County,
Va. in the Fall of 1804. Children:
    (1) FREDERICK DARFLINGER, b. 1762, lived in Loudoun Co.
    (2) ELIZABETH DARFLINGER, b. c. 1764, m. Isaac Evans.
    (3) CATHERINE DARFLINGER, b. c. 1766, m.. Anthony Osborn.
    (4) EVA DARFLINGER, b. c. 1768, m. John Demory.
    (5) THOMAS DARFLINGER, b. 21 Sept. 1771.
    (6) DANIEL DARFLINGER, b. 9 Nov. 1774, m. Elizabeth Neer.

Several members of the Derflinger family appear in the Tohickon Church records.
There was a Jacob Derflinger, contemporary to Henry, who also had children
baptized at Tohickon and Monocacy and who accompanied Henry to Virginia by 1761,
where they appear in the tithe listings of Loudoun County after 1761 and in the
special 1787 tax enumeration (Margaret L. Hopkins, Loudoun County Titheables and
Slaveholders 17561786 [Baltimore], 1991 and Nettie Schreiner-Yantis, The 1787
Census of Virginia). Henry and Eva Margaret appear in the records of the
Monocacy Lutheran Church in Frederick County, Maryland in 1771 and 1774 when
they had sons baptized. The children were probably baptized by Rev. Andrew Krug
on a circuit to Virginia. Henry and Eva are both named as baptismal sponsors in
1783 in the Monocacy records.

Henry Darflinger owned a 240 acre farm in Loudoun County and also owned several
slaves. He wrote a will 24 Aug. 1804 and it was probated 10 Dec. 1804. Eva
Margaret was deceased and he named all his children, with Thomas and Daniel as
executors (Loudoun Co. Will Book "G", p. 274, and "K", 159, 181-4). Elizabeth
was named as the "eldest" daughter and Frederick, the eldest son, first appears
in the tithe lists in 1784. Elizabeth Neer, who married Daniel Darflinger was a
sister of James Neer who married Susanna, daughter of John Hammon #26 (see J. R.
Gammon Neer Kindred, 1980). Most of the children of Henry and Eva Darflinger
moved to Ohio. Jacob Darflinger, probably brother of Henry, may have later lived
in Frederick County, Va. where several of his children married in the 1790s.
John Turflinger married Elizabeth Parrott, daughter of Henry in Shenandoah
County, Va. in 1794 and later lived in Rockingham County. Philip "Derflinger",
son of Jacob, born 10 Jan. 1775, lived in Shenandoah and Frederick County. He is
ancestor of the Derflinger family of Warren County, Va.

28-PETER HAMMAN (of Philip #19) was baptized in York Co. Pa. 11 May 1761,
married in Washington Co. Md. to ANNA CATHERINE (family name unknown) and died
in Washington Co. Md. in 1836. Anna Catherine was still living in 1836. Children:
Robert, William, Josiah, John, Eliza, Polly and Susan. Peter was co-executor of
his father's estate and involved in many land transactions with his brothers and
sisters in Washington Co. Md. He also leased land in Loudoun County, Va. in 1813.
Peter wrote a will in Jan. 1836 and it was probated 8 Nov. 1836 (Wash. Co. Md.
Will Book "D" p. 209).

29-PHILIP HAMMAN JR. (of Philip #19) was born in York Co. Pa. about 1763, married
twice and died in Washington Co. Md. in the Summer of 1830. He married first, 20
Dec. 1791 in Shenandoah Co. Va. to CATHERINE HAMMAN (#31), daughter of George
Michael Hamman #20. Catherine died by 1798 and he married NANCY MUSSELMAN in
Washington Co. Md. 4 Feb. 1801. Children: a son Joseph by his first wife
Catherine but none by Nancy have been identified. Philip was co-executor of his
father's estate and was involved in a number of land transactions with his
brothers and sisters. Administrative bond on the estate of "Philip Hammon,
deceased" was issued on 20 July 1830 (Wash. Co. Md. Adm. Book "D", p. 172).

30-ANNA BARBARA HAMMAN (of Geo. Michael #20) was born in York Co. Pa.,
14 Apr. 1765, married MICHAEL SPIGGLE, 1 Oct. 1786 and died in Shenandoah Co.
Va. between 1804 and 1810. Michael Spiggle (Spiegel) was born in Lancaster Co.
Pa., 5 Aug. 1741, son of Johann Michael Spiegel Sr. and died in Shenandoah Co.
Va. in 1816. Barbara was his second wife. Children:
    (1) MARY SPIGGLE, b. Sept. 1787, d. 7 Aug. 1851, m. Benjamin Artz.
    (2) EVA SPIGGLE, b. about 1790, m. Joseph Doll & Jacob Haun.
    (3) SARAH SPIGGLE, b. about 1792, died unmarried.
    (4) ELIZABETH SPIGGLE, b. about 1794, m. Jacob Good.
    (5) MICHAEL SPIGGLE Jr. b. about 1797, d. 1843, m. Mary Copp.
    (6) WILLIAM SPIGGLE, b. 26 June 1799, d. 1854, m. Sarah Hottel.
    (7) SUSANNA SPIGGLE, b. about 1801, d. 1831. m. Abr. Windle.

Anna Barbara was baptized at Salem ("Strayers") Lutheran Church in York Co. Pa.
28 Apr. 1765 and was a small child when her parents moved to Virginia. Michael
Spiggle was previously married to Christina Snapp, daughter of Lawrence Snapp
Sr. and had four children: John, Peter, Lawrence and Margaret. Michael Spiggle
lived on a farm in one of the "Seven Bends" of the North Fork of the Shenandoah
east of presentday Maurertown, Va. and served for a time as sheriff of
Shenandoah County. Barbara was named in a deed dated 1804 but was deceased at
the time of the 1810 census. For further record of Michael Spiggle, his
ancestors and descendants see the chapter on SPIGGLE in Volume I.

31-CATHERINE HAMMAN (of Geo. Michael #20) was born in York Co. Pa., 18 Dec.
1766, baptized at "Strayers" Lutheran Church, 4 Jan. 1767, married PHILIP
HAMMAN Jr. in Shenandoah. Co. Va. 20 Dec. 1791 and died in Washington County,
Md. about 1798. Catherine and Philip #29, son of Philip Hamman Sr. (#19) of
Washington County, were first cousins. They had one son, Joseph Hamman, b.
about 1795 who inherited his mother's interest in the estate of George Michael
Hamman and sold it to Nicholas Keffer (Shen. Co. Deed Book "N", p. 496-7 and
"W", p. 351).

32-ELIZABETH HAMMAN (of Geo. Michael #20) was born in Shenandoah County, Va.
9 Apr. 1773, married JACOB ZUCK in Washington Co. Md. 12 June 1794 and
probably died in Berkeley County (now W. Va), date unknown. Jacob Zuck (Zook,
Zug) was born in Maryland about 1770, son of Peter and also died in Berkeley
County. Children:
(1) JOHN H. ZUCK, b. 2 Feb. 1796, d. 11 May 1825, single
(2) REBECCA ZUCK, b. 18 Nov 1798, d. 17 Dec 1882, single
(3) MARY ZUCK, b. 21 Nov 1803, d. 1 Feb 1853, m. Solomon Davis
(4) SAMUEL ZUCK b. about 1810, d. 22 Mar 1829, single
(5) CYRUS ZUCK b. 13 Mar 1815, d. 22 Nov 1865, single

Jacob and Elizabeth lived a few miles west of Hagerstown, Md. where they
operated an inn on the National Highway (Route 40). Some of their children
were baptized in the Reformed Church in Hagerstown. They later moved across
the Potomac River and operated a store in the village of Little Georgetown on
the river in Berkeley County.

33-MICHAEL HAMMAN (of Geo. Michael #20) was born in Shenandoah Co. Va. 9 Nov.
1776, married twice and died in Washington Co. Md. in the Fall of 1856. He
married CATHERINE ROHRER, daughter of Frederick Rohrer of Washington Co. Md.
in 1805. She died about 1816 and he married LEANNA THOMAS, 24 Dec. 1817.
Michael moved to Maryland after the death of his father, perhaps with his
sister, Catherine who married her cousin, Philip Hamman (#29) or his sister,
Elizabeth (#32 above), who married Jacob Zuck. He remained there, married and
in 1813 received land from his father-in-law (Wash. Co. Deed Book "Y", p. 687).
Letters of administration on his estate were filed 17 Nov. 1856 (Wash. Co. Adm.
Book "G", p. 64).

34-PETER HAMMAN (of Geo. Michael #20) was born in Shenandoah Co. Va. 8 Jan.
1781, married MARY KELLER, 17 Dec. 1817 and died near Mt. Olive in Shenandoah
Co. Va. 7 June 1863. Mary was born at Mt. Olive, 25 Oct. 1791, daughter of
Henry and Margaret Snapp Keller and died 4 July 1854. Children:
    (1) JACOB HAMMAN, b. 25 Sept. 1818, d. 1882, m. Lydia Fetzer.
    (2) JOHN HENRY HAMMAN, b. 15 Jan. 1820, d. 1877, m. Rebecca Pitman, daughter
        of Abraham.
    (3) PHILIP HAMMAN, b. 6 May 1821, d. 1892, m. Anna Hockman.
    (4) GEORGE MICHAEL HAMMAN, b. 26 Aug. 1822, d. 1890, m. Lydia Windle,
        daughter of Samuel and Catherine.
    (5) LAWRENCE HAMMAN, b. 26 June 18-24, d. 1902, m. Mary Eberly, daughter
        of Jacob and Leah Pitman Eberly.
    (6) ELIZABETH HAMMAN, b. 16 Feb. 1827, d. June 1891, unmarried.
    (7) LEWIS HAMMAN, b. 21 June 1828, d. June 1862, m. Barbara Rosenberger,
        daughter of Paul.
    (8) SUSANNA CATHERINE HAMMAN, b. 2 Oct. 1829, d. 12 Mar. 1899, m.
        Samuel Gochenour.

Peter and Mary lived near Mt. Olive in Shenandoah County and were among the
founders of the Friedens Lutheran and Reformed Church in 1824. Their son
Lawrence was one of the first children baptized in the new church. They later
lived on the old Sonner farm, on the north branch of Tumbling Run, a few miles
further north of Mt. Olive and were among the charter members of the St.
Stephens Lutheran and Reformed Church. Peter Hamman contributed eight dollars
and "one-half the shingles" for the new building in 1842. He and Mary are
buried at St. Stephens. For further record of Mary's family and ancestry see
Margaret Snapp Keller #23 in the SNAPP chapter of Volume I.

35-BARBARA HAMMAN (of Paul #21) was born in Shenandoah Co. Va. 15 July 1776,
married RUDOLPH ROSENBERGER, 9 Apr. 1795 and died near Strasburg, Shenandoah
Co. Va. 14 Apr. 1844. Rudolph Rosenberger was born in Lancaster Co. Pa. 17
Jan. 1774, son of Erasmus Rosenberger and died near Strasburg, 25 Jan. 1846.
Rudolph and Barbara had the following fourteen children: Erasmus (Asa),
Abraham, Paul, Catherine, Jacob, Mary Ann, Rebecca, Regina, Franey, Charlotte,
Nancy, Flora, Philip and William. For further reference to this family see
Rudolph Rosenberger #14 in the ROSENBERGER chapter of Volume I.

36-JOHN HAMMAN (of Paul #21) was born in Shenandoah County, 25 Jan. 1778,
married BARBARA BAKER, 17 Oct. 1805 and died on Tumbling Run west of Fishers
Hill, Va. 2 Oct. 1832. Barbara was born 12 Sept. 1774, daughter of Philip
Peter Baker and died 2 Jan. 1850. Children:
    (1) ELIAS HAMMAN, b. 29 Aug. 1806, d. 1841, m. Cath. Gochenour.
    (2) REBECCA HAMMAN, b. 12 July 1808, d. 11 Jan. 1877, unm.
    (3) FLORA HAMMAN, b. 13 Jan. 1810, d. Dec. 1863, unm.
    (4) LAWRENCE HAMMAN, b. 15 Feb. 1812, d. 28 Oct. 1883, m. Lydia
        Dellinger, daughter of David and Leah.
    (5) SUSANNA HAMMAN, b. 26 Sept. 1816, d. 1891, m. William Bly.

Shortly after his father died, John was indentured to Francis Reese of near
Strasburg. The indenture, dated 27 Apr. 1792, states that "John Hamman,
orphan of Paul, 14 years of age on 25 January last, is bound to Francis Reese
to learn the art and trade of a tailor. " It further states that Reese is to
give him one good tailor's "goose" and a pair of shears when he comes of age
(Shen. Co. Minute Book 1791-96-Court of Apr. 1792). John followed the tailor's
trade and is listed in the personal property tax lists as "tailor" to
distinguish him from John Hammon Sr. of Mill Creek or his son, John Jr.
("joiner").

John and Barbara lived in the Strasburg area and the baptism of their two
older daughters is recorded at St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Strasburg. In
1811 John Hamman purchased a 90 acre tract on Tumbling Run, about four miles
west Strasburg (near present-day Fishers Hill), from David Tressler (Dressler),
adjoining Jacob Funkhouser and Rudolph Rosenberger (his brother-in-law-above)
(Shen. Co. Deed Book "DD, pp. 256-7). He purchased an adjoining tract of 144
acres from the heirs of John Brubeck in April 1819 (Ibid., Deed Book Z", pp.
383-4). John farmed this land and he, Barbara and four of their children are
buried in a small family graveyard on the farm.

Barbara Baker Hamman, daughter of Philip Peter and Barbara Snapp Baker was
baptized at St. Paul's Lutheran Church as an infant and was affiliated with
the Lutheran Church all her life, first at Strasburg and after 1842 at St.
Stephens, about a mile from the Hamman home west of Strasburg. For further
data concerning Barbara and her ancestry see Barbara Baker #17 in the chapter
on BAKER in Volume I.

37-MARGARET HAMMAN (of Paul #21) was born in Shenandoah Co. Va. 11 Jan. 1780,
married ABRAHAM ROSENBERGER, 9 Jan. 1802 and died in the Stony Creek area of
Shenandoah County in 1814/15. Abraham Rosenberger was born about 1778, son of
Erasmus Rosenberger and died in 1847. Abraham and Margaret had five children:
Elizabeth, Paul, Jacob, Abraham Jr. and Rosena. Abraham remarried after the
death of Margaret and had more children. For further record see Abraham
Rosenberger #17 in the ROSENBERGER chapter of Volume I.

There is some confusion as to whether her name was Margaret or Rebecca. On
25 Feb. 1792, "Rebekah Hamman, orphan of Paul, twelve years of age the 11th
of last month" was indentured to Matthias Smoots Jr. He agreed to give her a
bedstead, a blanket and a cow upon reaching full age. In the meantime he was
to "allow her two days in every harvest" (pay her two days wages for harvest)
(Shen. Co. Minute Book 1791-96, Court of Feb. 1792). Her name is recorded as
Rebecca on the marriage bond but the deed listing all the children of Paul
Hamman gives her name as Margaret. Confusion between these two names is quite
common because the nicknames "Becky" (for Rebecca) and "Peggy" (for Margaret)
sound much the same in German. In this case it is likely that her name was
"Margaret" to honor her paternal grandmother and perhaps her maternal
grandmother as well, if her mother, Franey were a daughter of Frederick and
Margaret Parrott.

38-MICHAEL HAMMAN (of Paul #21) was born in Shenandoah Co. Va. about 1782,
married CATHERINE FEAZLE, daugher of John, 29 Apr. 1805 and apparently moved
west by 1810. Michael and Catherine had a daughter baptized at St. Paul's in
Strasburg but there is no further record of the family.
    (1) CHRISTINA HAMMAN, b. 18 Apr. 1806.

39-PAUL HAMMAN Jr. (of Paul #21) was born in Shenandoah Co. Va. about 1784,
married MARY SMOOTS (SMUTZ) about 1805/6 and died in Shenandoah County in 1821.
Mary was born about 1785, daughter of Abraham Smoots (Smutz) and remarried,
5 May 1835 to George Wisman Jr. Children:
    (1) MICHAEL HAMMAN, b. 1806, m. Mary Ann Rosenberger (dau. Rudolph),
        to Wirt Co. (W. Va.).
    (2) PHILIP HAMMAN, b. 1811, m. Rachel Kretsinger.

The marriage bond for Paul and Mary is missing but deeds by heirs of Abraham
Smoots prove the identity of Mary and they probably married about the time
Paul purchased a lot (#86) in the town of Strasburg in December, 1805 (Shen.
Co. Deed Book "0", p. 500). They sold this lot to Adam Kiester in September
1809 (Ibid. Deed Book "R", p. 39) and apparently lived on the Smoots farm
near Toms Brook after this. Paul Hamman is listed in the 1810 and 1820
censuses of Shenandoah County and was living in the Toms Brook area. He last
appears on the personal property tax lists in 1821. Mary sold her interest in
her father's land in 1833 (Shen. Co. Deed Book "NN", p. 243). Paul's son,
Michael Hamman, first took communion at Friedens Church at Mt. Olive in
November 1825 and in the following year married his cousin, Mary Ann
Rosenberger.

40-CATHERINE HAMMAN (of Paul #21) was born in Shenandoah Co. Va. 9 Mar. 1786,
married GEORGE HAMMON, 4 July 1804 and died in Richland County, Ohio, 9 Oct.
1855. George Hammon was born in Pennsylvania 10 Aug. 1780, son of Johannes
(John) Hamman-Hammon (#29) and died in Richland Co. Ohio, 21 Nov. 1871.
George and Catherine lived in Shenandoah and Rockingham Counties in Virginia
before moving to Ohio in 1826. They were parents of fourteen children, not
all of whom have been identified. For a fuller account of this family see
George Hammon #46.

41-ELIZABETH HAMMAN (of Paul #21) was born in Shenandoah Co. Va. 15 Oct. 1788,
married GEORGE LINDAMOOD and died in Shenandoah Co. Va. 10 Jan. 1851. George
Lindamood, son of Henry, was born about 1785/6 and died in the Spring of 1867.
They had no children of their own but raised several including some of the
children of her sister, Margaret Hamman Rosenberger #37.

Record of the marriage of George and Elizabeth is lost but the family first
appears in the 1820 census and a deed of March 1840, proves that Elizabeth
was the wife of George Lindamood. In this deed George Lindamood "of Henry",
and his wife, Elizabeth, "late Elizabeth Hamman" along with the heirs of John
Hamman, conveyed their interest in the undivided land of Paul Hamman, deceased,
to Christian Funkhouser (Shen. Co. Deed Book, "SS", p. 48).

George Lindamood is listed as age 64 and Elizabeth as 61 in the 1850 census.
A Nathaniel Armentrout and wife Caroline and several children were also in the
household. George wrote a will in February 1850 in which he left his real
estate to Nathaniel Armentrout who had cared for him and his "beloved wife,
Elizabeth". He also provided for the care of Elizabeth's half-sister,
Christina Lindamood and left money to Abraham Rosenberger and Elizabeth
Rosenberger, wife of Noah Barks (they were children of Margaret Hamman
Rosenberger #37). Elizabeth died the following year and is buried in the
Rinker cemetery near Conicville, west of Edinburg in Shenandoah County. George
died in 1867 and his will was probated 8 Apr. 1867 (Shen. Co. Will Book "12",
p. 434). George is probably buried with Elizabeth in the Rinker cemetery but
there is no stone for him.

42-JOHN JACOB HAMMAN (of Jacob #23) was born 7 Apr. 1775, married ELIZABETH
WILL, 3 Jan. 1797 and died near Mt. Jackson, Shenandoah Co. Va. in early 1816.
Elizabeth remarried to John Painter in 1817. Children:
    (1) SARAH HAMMAN, b. 1798, m. Jacob Hudson, 1816.
    (2) MARY HAMMAN, b. 31 Jan. 1800, m. Jacob Schmucker.
    (3) GEORGE HAMMAN, b. 27 Jan. 1804, d. 1840, m. Catherine Schmucker,
        lived near Mt. Jackson.
    (4) ELIZABETH HAMMAN, b. 8 Apr. 1806, m. Jacob Layman.
    (5) CHRISTINA HAMMAN, b. 30 Sept. 1809, m. Joseph Layman.
    (6) GIDEON HAMMAN, d. young.
    (7) NANCY HAMMAN, b. 30 July 1814, m. Joseph Feller, to Ind.

When his parents moved to Ohio in 1806, Jacob remained in Virginia and stayed
on his father's farm on Mill Creek, near Mt. Jackson. He and his family were
members of Zion Lutheran Church near their home and a number of his children
were baptized there. In April 1816 Sarah Hamman, "orphan of Jacob" chose Jacob
Hottel as her guardian. He then signed the bond for her marriage to Jacob
Hudson.

43-GEORGE HAMMAN (of Jacob #23) was born 4 Dec. 1780, probably in Hardy County,
married LYDIA PAINTER, daughter of John, and died in Shenandoah County, 8 Aug.
1864. Lydia was born 31 May 1793 and died 18 July 1864. Children (they
preferred to spell the name Hammon):
    (1) MAHALA HAMMON, b. 1 Mar. 1812, d. 1858, m. Henry Hess.
    (2) REUBEN HAMMON, b. 2 May 1813, d. 1854, m. Rebecca Funkhouser, lived
        near Mt. Jackson.
    (3) MOSES HAMMON, b. 10 June 1814, d. 1895, m. Caroline Evans, lived near
        Mt. Jackson.
    (4) PHOEBE ANN HAMMON, b. 19 Feb. 1816, m. Samuel Noel.
    (5) JACOB HAMMON, b. 26 July 1820, d. 1866, m. Maria Pfau.
    (6) AARON HAMMON, b. 22 Nov. 1822, d. 1863, m. Cath. Noel.
    (7) SAMUEL HAMMON, b. 13 Dec. 1825, d. 21 Jan. 1884, m. Christina
        Lantz, lived near Mt. Jackson.

George remained in Virginia with his brother, Jacob, when the rest of the
family moved to Ohio in 1806. He lived on Crooked Run near Mt. Clifton, west
of Mt. Jackson. The children of George and Lydia were baptized at Zion
Church. He and his family were later member of St. Johns Reformed Church and
are buried there.

44-JOHN HAMMON (of John #26) was born in Loudoun County, Va. about 1770,
married MAGDALENA (POLLY) FOLTZ, daughter of Martin, 23 Jan. 1800 and died
after 1820, date and place uncertain. Polly was born about 1780 and died
after 1820. Known children:
    (1) GEORGE HAMMON, b. 22 May 1800.
    (2) JACOB HAMMON, b. 1 July 1802.
    (3) MARIA HAMMON, b. 14 Feb. 1812,
    (4) ANNA CATHERINE HAMMON, b. 27 June 1814.

Apparently the oldest son, John was a joiner and carpenter. He was named in
his father's will and purchased several tracts of land in southern Shenandoah
County. His first two children were baptized at Solomon's Lutheran Church at
Forestville as was his daughter, Anna Catherine. Daughter Maria was baptized
at the "Old Pine" Lutheran Church. In June 1808 he was appointed guardian of
John Frye, orphan of John and was to teach him the craft of "a carpenter and
cabinet maker. " (Shen. Co. Minute Book 180610, June 1808). John and his
family seem to have left the county about 1820. They do not appear in the
1820 census. Polly's father, John Martin Foltz died in 1782, when she was a
child (Shen. Co. Will Book "A", p. 345) and she is also mentioned in the will
of her brother, John Foltz (Fultz) in 1818 (Ibid. Book "K", p. 423).

45-THOMAS HAMMON (of John #26) was born in Loudoun County, Va. about 1772,
married ELIZABETH SHAEFFER, daughter of Jacob, 12 Nov. 1795 and died in
Washington Co. Tenn. in 1835. Elizabeth was born about 1775 and died in
Tennessee or Indiana in the 1840s. Children:
    (1) LYDIA HAMMON, b. 26 May 1796, m. Joseph Brown, 1814.
    (2) MARY HAMMON, b. 1798, m. William Bottles, 1820.
    (3) CATHERINE HAMMON, b. 19 Feb. 1800, m. George Murr, 1820.
    (4) THOMAS HAMMON, b. 11 Sept. 1802. (5) JOHN HAMMON, b. 14 Dec. 1805,
        d. 1888, Harrison Co. Ind..
    (6) GEORGE HAMMON, b. 8 June 1808, to Harrison Co. Ind. by 1850.
    (7) JACOB HAMMON, b. 31 Aug. 1812, d. 12 Apr. 1887, Harrison Co. Ind.

Thomas was named executor of his father's will in 1806 and made a final
settlement of the estate in 1822. He and Elizabeth had several children
baptized at the "Old Pine" Lutheran Church near Mt. Jackson. Thomas and
Elizabeth were named in her father's will in 1813 (Shen. Co. Will Book "I",
p. 242). Soon after the death of Elizabeth's father, Thomas and his family
moved to Washington Co. Tennessee and purchased 177 acres of land in October
1813 (Wash. Co. Deed Book "13", p. 353). Thomas "Hummond" wrote a will in
January 1835 and named his wife Elizabeth and seven children as his heirs
(Wash. Co. TN Will Book "1", p. 229). Thomas was deceased by 1836 when his
sons settled the estate and sold the land (Wash. Co. Deed Book "21, p. 251).
Most of the family moved to Indiana by 1850. Jacob and John "Hamman" are
buried at Milltown, Ind.

46-GEORGE HAMMON (of John #26) was born 10 Aug. 1780, married CATHERINE
HAMMAN (#40), 4 July 1804 and died in Richland Co. Ohio, 21 Nov. 1871.
Catherine was born 9 Mar. 1786, daughter of Paul Hamman (#21) and died in
Ohio, 9 Oct. 1855. Known children:
    (1) MOSES HAMMON, b. 1805, m. Isabella Armentrout, to Iowa.
    (2) MARY HAMMON, b. 6 Oct. 1806, m. Jacob Armentrout, Ohio.
    (3) SAMUEL HAMMON, b. Feb. 1810, d. Aug. 1827.
    (4) MARGARET HAMMON, b. 1814, m. Lawrence Easterly, 1838.
    (5) PHILIP HAMMON, b. 7 Dec. 1815, living 1850.
    (6) CATHERINE HAMMON, b. 1818, m. John Lininger, 1839.
    (7) BARBARA HAMMON, b. 1 May 1820, d. 1905, m. Charles Shrack of
        Richland Co. Ohio.
    (8) THOMAS HAMMON, b. 5 May 1822, d. 1899, m. Rachel Zimmerman,
        lived in Richland Co. Ohio.
    (9) SUSANNA HAMMON, b. 13 July 1824, d. Jan. 1840.
   (10) JESSE HAMMON, b. 1830, living 1850.

George and Catherine lived in Shenandoah Co. Va. for several years and
then moved to northern Rockingham County where they lived until 1826. Their
sons Philip and Thomas were baptized at Solomon's Lutheran Church at
Forestville, in southern Shenandoah County. In the Fall of 1826 George and
his family moved to central Ohio and settled a tract in Worthington Township
in Richland County. According to a sketch of the family which appeared in
the Centennial Biographical History of Richland County, there was only a
rough cabin on this tract and none of the land had been cleared. George and
his sons cleared the land and established a fine farm in what had been
forbidding wilderness.

George and Catherine had a large family but not all of them have been
identified. An obituary of Thomas Hammon in the Belleville (Ohio) Messenger
states that he was one of fourteen children and a biograpical sketch of
Charles Schrack in the Centennial History, cited above, states that he
married the "fifth daughter of George and Catherine Hammon," indicating at
least three other daughters between Mary and Barbara. The 1820 census also
indicates four females under ten in the family. Margaret and Catherine, who
married in Richland County, are probably two of them.

George lived to be 91 years old. In the 1850 and 1860 census he gave his
birth place as Pennsylvania and in the above cited sketch of the family it
states that he was born in New Jersey. The same sketch also states that
Catherine (also born Hammon) was born in Pennsylvania, though it is fairly
certain that she was born in Virginia. The Hamman-Hammon families, like many
other pioneer families, moved on to new homes many times in only three
generations and it is easy to understand why there would be confusion about
the birthplace of ones parents or grandparents.
 

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