Nathaniel Robinson Hammond

Brief Life History of Nathaniel Robinson

When Nathaniel Robinson Hammond was born on 19 August 1807, in Washington, Dutchess, New York, United States, his father, Potter D. Hammond, was 25 and his mother, Hulda Hannah Robinson, was 23. He married Alzina Spencer on 18 March 1830, in Randolph, Cattaraugus, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He lived in Georgetown, El Dorado, California, United States in 1860 and Reno, Washoe, Nevada, United States in 1870. He died on 26 March 1881, in Providence, Cache, Utah, United States, at the age of 73, and was buried in Providence City Cemetery, Providence, Cache, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Nathaniel Robinson Hammond
1807–1881
Alzina Spencer
1810–1843
Marriage: 18 March 1830
Milton Datus Hammond
1831–1905

Sources (15)

  • Nathaniel Hammond in household of Abraham Lewis, "United States Census, 1850"
  • Nathaniel Robinson Hammond, "Find A Grave Index"
  • Nathaniel, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Record of Members (Worldwide), 1836-1970"

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World Events (8)

1808

Atlantic slave trade abolished.

1812

War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.

1827 · Slavery Becomes Illegal in New York State

During the years 1799 to 1827, New York went through a period of gradual emancipation. A Gradual Emancipation Law was passed in 1799 which freed slave children born after July 4, 1799. However, they were indentured until 25 years old for women and 28 years old for men. A law passed 1817 which freed slaves born before 1799, yet delayed their emancipation for ten years. All remaining slaves were freed in New York State on July 4, 1827.

Name Meaning

English (of Norman origin): from the Middle English, Old French personal name Ha(i)mon, the oblique case form of the ancient Germanic Ha(i)mo, a short form of various compound names beginning with haim ‘home’. It frequently developed excrescent -d, giving Hamond, Haimund, and Hawmond. Alternatively, the name could derive from the Middle English personal name Hamund (Old Norse Hámundr, composed of the elements hár ‘high’ + mund ‘protection’), which may have been used in Normandy and in 12th-century eastern England, but the former explanation is more likely. The surname was sometimes confused with Almond and Ammon .

English: in the Bradford area of Yorkshire, the name is a shortened form of Ormondroyd, formerly Hamondesrode, from a lost place in Birstall (Yorkshire), named with the Middle English (Old French) personal name Hamon (1 above) + Middle English roid, a southern Yorkshire pronunciation of Old English rod ‘clearing’.

Irish: generally an importation from England, but occasionally an adopted name for Mac Ámoinn, see McCammon .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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Nathaniel Robinson Hammond (19 August 1807 – 26 March 1881)

Son of Potter Hammond and Hulda E Robinson Spouse of Alzina Spencer and Lucretia Nimocks (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/34808/nathaniel-robinson-hammond)

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