When Moses Benjamin Hammett was born on 21 July 1813, in South Carolina, United States, his father, Daniel Hammett, was 36 and his mother, Mary Polly Vandiver, was 34. He married Lucy W LeMaster in 1836, in Spartanburg, South Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 8 daughters. He lived in Spartanburg, South Carolina, United States in 1860. He died on 27 February 1890, in Greenville, Greenville, South Carolina, United States, at the age of 76.
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English (southwestern England, especialy Devon): from the Middle English personal name Hamet, a pet form of ancient Germanic Hamo (see Hammond 1).
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