Unknown HAMMOND
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Family 1
: James MATTHEWS
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"The Family of Richard Smith of Smithtown, Long Island"
Frederick Kinsman Smith
Smithtown Historical Society, Smithtown, NY, 1967
"Hannah, b. 17 Oct 1742, m. 18 Feb 1762, James Mathews (General), born 1742, died 1816, son of
Vincent and ----- (Abeel) Mathews. They removed, about 1791, from Mathewsfield to Newtown, now
Elmira, N.Y. Children (Mathews - 6 sons, 6 daughters):
(ix) James, married ---- Hammond. Residence, - near Elmira, N.Y."
"Abstracts of Wills Taken From the Probate Records of Tioga County, NY"
Amos Canfield
NYGBR v58 p71
The following suggests that the unknown Hammond wife of James Matthews was a daughter of Lebeus
Hammond who predeceased him; leading to the grandchildren being named but not the daughter:
"Lebeus Hammond, of Elmira; 17 May, 1819. Wife, but not named. Daughters Hanna and Polly,
wife of John Sly. My grand children: Vincent, Sarah W., Mary, William H., Rebecca, and Lebeus
H. Matthews and Vincent M. Sly. Executors: William Jenkins, Samuel Strong, and my son-in-law
John Sly. Wit: John J. Low, Samuel Strong, Martin Hammond. Probated 17 July, 1826."
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