Thre following information is from "THE HAMMETT FAMILY IN ST. MARY'S COUNTY
MARYLAND"
Compiled by Joseph S. Guy, Jr. Copyrighted 10/02/97.
and is available from St. Mary's County Historical Society.
http://www.somd.lib.md.us/smchs/pubfram.htm
The Hammett Family in St. Mary's Co., Maryland....................$25.00
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Guy, Joseph S., Jr. 149 pp., spiral bound, indexed.
Covers descendants of Robert Hammett from late 1600s.
12. JAMES JOHN' HAMMETT (ROBERT', ROBERT1 was born in ST MARYS
CO MD 00??? 1711. JANES died 00??? 1792 in ST MARYS CO MD.
He married SARAH CARTWRIGHT HAMMETT. SARAH died 00??? 1798 in ST
MARYS CO MD.
Orphans Court pg 244, James Hammett, administrator of Sarah Hammett,
deceased,
petitions the court to empower him to sell the property of the said deceased
in
order to make distribution of the said deceased estate. Prayer granted.
In assessments for 1793 and 1794, Sarah is assessed for slaves.
He made a will in JJ-2-39 ST MARYS CO NO, 10JUL1792.
Assessments of 1793 and 1794, Upper St Mary's Hundred, charges the heirs of
James
Hammett with the following property: John's Tryol 84A, Howard's Purchase
48A, Medley's
Tract 54A, John's Fancy 62 3/4A. Total 248 3/4A
JAMES JOHN HAMMETT and SARAH CARTWRIGHT HAMMETT had the following children:
36 i. CATHERINE4 HAMMETT.2
37 ii. JOHN CARTWRIGHT HAMMETT.3 He married SARAH HAMMETT in ST
MARY'S CO MD, 280CT1796 NM.
38 iii. MARY CARTWRIGHT HAMMETT.4
39 iv. JAMES HAMMETT.5 He was listed as a minor in Orphan's Court records
in ST
MARY'S CO MD, OOFEB 1806.
THOMAS GATTON CISSELL petitions the court to be appointed
guardian to JAMES HAMMETT, orphan of JOHN HAMMETT. The court
directs the Register of Wills to take the said Cissell's bond and
security for his faithful performance of said trust.
40 v. WILLIAM CARTWRIGHT HAMMETT.6
41 vi. SARAH HAMMETT.7
+42 vii. JOSEPH HAMMETT.
+43 viii. MC KELVIE HAMMETT was born 00??? 1750.8
13. CARTWRIGHT' HAMMETT (ROBERT2, ROBERT1 was born in ST MARY'S
CO MD 00??? 1738.
He married ELIZABETH +
Signed Oath of Fidelity in 1777-78 before Robert Watts.
CARTWRIGHT HAMMETT and ELIZABETH ??????? had the following children:
44 i. CALEB4 HAMMETT.
Signed Oath of Fidelity before Robert Watts in 1777-78.
45 ii. MARGARET HAMMETT was born in ST MARYS CO MD 170CT 177 1.
46 iii. ROBERT HAMMETT was born in ST MARYS CO MD OOFEB 1775. He was
listed as a minor in Orphan's Court records in ST MARY'S CO MD,
14JUN1785.
"CARTWRIGHT HAMMETT comes into court and with leave binds his
son ROBERT HAMMETT (age I I years old next month) apprentice to
THOMAS BEAN JR until the said Robert arrives to age of 21 years. The said
Thomas undertakes and obliges himself to team the said Robert the trade of
a
bricklayer, to give him six months of schooling and to find him sufficient
clothing, meat, drink, washing and lodging and at the expiration of his
sevitude a
suit of clothes, w/2 shirts, a pair of shoes, stockings, hat and
handkerchief and a
set of bricklayers tools under a penalty Of^ 2 0 current money."
John S. Wilkinson
St. Mary's County, Maryland
WILKINSON, GREENWELL, BRADBURN,
CECIL, and Every Other Surname in the County.
-----Original Message-----
From: Don & Melissa Alexander [mailto:mada@cmc.net]
Sent: Sunday, July 11, 1999 2:08 PM
To: CECIL-L(a)rootsweb.com
Subject: Robert McKelvie Hammett
Donna Van Zandt did much of the research on the Cissell part of this line.
Since Robert's middle name was McKelvie, his mother may have been a
McKelvie.
1 James HAMMETT
.. +Sarah UNKNOWN
2 [1] Robert McKelvie HAMMETT b: 1747 in
SMC, MD d: Bef. 1795
.... +Elizabeth UNKNOWN
*2nd Wife of [1] Robert McKelvie HAMMETT:
.... +Ann WILLIAMS b: Bef. 1757 d: Aft.
1795 in SMC, MD
. 3 Mary Frances HAMMETT b: 24-Jan-1773 in
SMC, MD d: Aft. 1833 in
Washington Co, KY (bur Holy Cross Cem, Marion Co, KY)
..... +Augustine C. CISSELL b: Abt. 1770 in
SMC, MD d: 5-Jul-1833 in Holy
Cross, Marion County, KY m: Abt. 1789 SMC, MD
Father: Augustine Ethelbert
Cissell Mother: Elizabeth Mattingly Fact 1:
1801 immigrated to Washington
Co, KY Fact 2: 7-Jul-1853 Holy Cross, Marion County, KY
occupation:
Pilot (Ship's)
. 3 [2] Susannah Williams HAMMETT b: Abt.
1784 in MD d: 10-Feb-1870 in
Marion Co, KY
..... +James M. CISSELL aka: James Cecil b:
22-May-1768 in SMC, MD d: 1819
in Washington Co., KY m: 7-Apr-1806 Nelson Co, KY
Father: Ignatius Cissell
Mother: Elizabeth Unknown
. *2nd Husband of [2] Susannah Williams HAMMETT:
..... +James BALLARD b: Bet. 1760 - 1785
m: 12-Jan-1831 Nelson Co, KY
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