Hammonds of Lea Bridge: February 2013

Monday, February 25, 2013

Mary Hammond Huard, Baptism of 1st Child

Baptism of Alfred James Huard (left column, second entry from top). He was the first child of Mary Hammond and James Huard, born May 14, 1881 and baptised June 23, 1881. Perhaps he was named after Alfred James Hammond, his cousin. The Huards lived at Bromley, Middlesex at this time and James' occupation was 'splint cutter.'

Banner Photo

The banner photo above, courtesy of the Latham Timber firm, is an aerial view of Hammond Cottages (and other cottages) looking south along the west bank of the Lea River at Upper Clapton, Hackney which is a borough of Greater London. The cottages were cleared early in the 20th century when the Latham Timber Company put up lumber sheds; however, a public house called 'The Kingshead' (the large building in bright light in the left foreground) lasted until the 21st century. Finally, the area was developed in the first decade of the 21st century, and there is no longer any remnant of the little community which was along the Lea River north of the Lea Road from 1832 when John Hammond first leased the land from Lord Amherst for a period of about 75 years........

INTRODUCTION

This blog is dedicated to the family history of John, William and Alfred Hammond who were sent to Canada in September of 1880 through the Annie Macpherson society, and to their siblings, Mae and George, with whom they were reunited after the turn of the century. Their parents had both died in their early thirties and their Grandmother Hammond gave permission for the three older boys to emigrate from England. Mae was in the care of a maternal relative, and the youngest child, George, was with paternal relatives. Mae and George grew up in the London area and immigrated to Canada as adults after the turn of the century. This is the family history of these five siblings who were born at Lea Bridge, Hackney in north-east London.

Ancestral Lineage

WILLIAM Hammond
B. ca. 1753 place unknown
Mar: (2) Elizabeth Littler, 1796
dau. Edmund Littler / Eliz. Reading
D: 1822 Waltham Abbey
Bur: Waltham Abbey, Essex, England

JOHN Hammond
B: 1799, Waltham Abbey, Essex
Mar: Sarah Millidge, 1821
dau. John Millidge, goldsmith
& Susannah Clare of Holborn
D: 1857, Lea Bridge, Hackney
Bur: St. John at Hackney

JOHN Hammond
B: 1824, Waltham Abbey, Essex
Mar: Charlotte M. Harrison, 1846
dau of Wm Harrison,
Winecooper of Holborn
d. 1878, Lea Bridge, Hackney
Bur: St John at Hackney

JOHN Hammond
B: 1848 Lea Bridge, Hackney
Mar: Elizabeth Seymour, 1870
dau of Francis Seymour, Bricklayer
& Eliza Coleman of Lea Bridge
D: 1880 - St Bart's Hospital, London
Bur: St John at Hackney

Excerpt from 1729 Will of William Hammond of Walthastow, Essex