1. Lewis James Hammond III, born 1961
2. Lewis James Hammond Jr., born 1924; his brother, Allen King Hammond, had a daughter, Gayl (born 1960), and a son, Robert King Hammond (born 1961)
3. Lewis James Hammond, born in St. Louis on July 2, 1896
4. Ashley King Hammond, born 1861 in Cedar Falls, Iowa; brother of Florence Hammond Grinton (who married Albert E. Grinton); Ashley King Hammond was married to Jessie Robinson (married on March 6, 1889), and they had two children, Ashley Ballard and Lewis James; Ashley Ballard died about age 40 (it is said that he and his wife were both alcoholics, and both died young, leaving their children orphans); Ashley Ballard had a son (also named Ashley Ballard) who worked for a time at Hodge & Hammond, died in 1985, and is buried in Queens, New York; Ashley Ballard (the one born about 1895) also had a daughter named Ruth, who died as a toddler; the Ashley Ballard who was born around 1920 had a son (also named Ashley Ballard) who was born in 1957, and lives in southern California; another son (by a different wife) is named Ashley King Hammond, was born in the late 1940s, lives in Oregon, and has a son named Ashley King Hammond, who lives in Oklahoma; Jessie Robinson Hammond’s father, Charles Drake Robinson, graduated from Yale in 1829; Jessie’s brother was James Freed Robinson; Jessie and her husband are buried in Cedar Hill Cemetery in Port Jefferson, New York, near their first son, Ashley Ballard Hammond, and Ashley Ballard’s daughter, Ruth; 1900 census lists Ashley K. and Jessie R. in St. Louis; Ashley is 38 years old, Jessie 42; Ashley is described as “Advertising Manager, City Daily”
5. Lewis James Hammond, born December 22, 1826 in Clear Creek, NY (Clear Creek is almost certainly a hamlet in Conewango, NY), died August 14, 1908 in Joliet, IL; husband of Louisa Chace Ashley; father of Ashley King Hammond and Florence Hammond Grinton; 1880 census lists Lewis and Louisa in Joliet, Illinois; the census describes Lewis as a cattle dealer, 53 years old, born in New York, father born in Rhode Island; 1860 census lists Lewis and Louisa in Cedar Falls, Iowa (Washington Township, Black Hawk County); Lewis is described as 32, a farmer, with real estate valued at $6,000; Louisa is 29; Louisa was born Jan. 27, 1831; her father was Cyrus Ashley (born Dec. 22, 1797 in Corinth, NY, died July 4, 1883 in Plainfield, IL; his father was also named Cyrus); her mother was Millicent Johnson (1791-1875); she married Lewis Nov. 28, 1852
6. James Hammond, born January 14, 1794 in Foster, Rhode Island, died Conewango, NY, October 24, 1862 (migration from Rhode Island to Western New York was a common pattern); husband of Ruby King (marriage probably took place in New York); the original scrapbook contains a lengthy letter from James Hammond to his children, probably written in 1846
7. Capt. Joseph Hammond, Jr., born 1767 in Exeter, Rhode Island (some say he was born March 9, 1767, in Cranston, Rhode Island), married Anna Talbot (probably on January 20, 1793; Anna Talbot probably born in Scotland), died Clear Creek, NY, 1848; a farmer; apparently had 6 children: Daniel, Eliza, John, Joseph, Nancy, and James
8. Joseph Hammond, born 1738 in Newport, Rhode Island; a cooper
9. Joseph Hammond, born August 28, 1717 probably in Norwich, CT; eldest of 6 children; died Newport, Rhode Island, May 5, 1792; married Elizabeth Paine in 1738; Elizabeth buried in Newport Common Burial Ground, husband may be in Island Cemetery in Newport (they have a card catalog, and their entrance is on Warren St.)
10. Joseph Hammond, born November 16, 1690, probably in England; died North Kingstown, Rhode Island, June 24, 1776, at age 85; married Rachel Gardiner (born March 25, 1696, died January 8, 1757) about 1715; began as a tailor in Swansea, then moved to North Kingstown, Rhode Island, and bought a farm on what has ever since been known as “Hammond Hill” Hammond Hill overlooks Narrow River; “Joseph Hammond of North Kingstown was not closely related to the Rehoboth/Swansea Hammonds” (quote from “Hammonds of Rehoboth and Swansea”, part of a large genealogy book)

• see Hammond Genealogy (a fat, red, 2-volume book) p. 476, vol. 1; this book errs in connecting Joseph Hammond, born in England on November 16, 1690, with William Hammond who died in 1675 in King Philip’s War
• Newport Historical Society Library has a folder on Hammonds, with various letters, emails, etc.; they also have various useful books; also try the Rhode Island Historical Society Library
• As for my paternal grandmother’s family, my father’s mother was Nellie McKinnon, whose family was from Scotland (originally the Isle of Mull, later Edinburgh); she was the youngest of six children; her siblings were Katherine (Kittie), Beatrice (Bea), Margaret, David, and John; her father’s name was probably John; Nellie was born about 1900, and came to the U.S. at about age six; when she came to the U.S., her mother had already died; Nellie also died young (about 1936); the 1910 federal census says that Nellie's real name was Helen, and she was 14 at the time of the 1910 census; her father's name was Malcolm (age 59 in 1910), her sisters were Elizabeth (24), Margaret (20), and Catherine (16), her brother was David (18); perhaps John had his own residence; they're living in Brooklyn (Ward 8, District 0144/38, 466 47th Street); Malcolm is an iron-worker in a shipyard, David is a stonecutter in a stoneyard (perhaps this led to tombstone business?), Margaret is a typist in a law office; Elizabeth, Catherine and Helen aren't working
• my mother remembers David McKinnon as very successful, started Brooklyn insurance business, may have attended my mother's wedding, about 70 at time of wedding; my mother has no recollection of John
• Margaret married a Mr. Johnston; in her later years, Margaret lived in Mt. Vernon, New York, later moved to Bronxville, New York; Margaret lived to be at least 83; Margaret had two sons, Eddie and Donald; Eddie Johnston lived with his mother until she died, Eddie didn’t marry; Donald married Eileen Mott (Mott heiress), had perhaps 2 children, lived in Timonium, Maryland
• My father's maternal grandfather, Malcolm lived on the same street in Hempstead, New York, as my father, and enjoyed driving, lived to be quite old
• Kitty (Catherine) was married, living in Hempstead, stayed there, she had 3 boys, Malcolm, Eddie, and Bruce Sprague; Mr. Sprague had land in Barre, Vermont, where granite for tombstones was quarried; tombstone business near Hempstead cemetery, my father's father buried with Nellie/Helen in that cemetery; Gladys Doty (my paternal grandfather's 2nd wife) buried with Doty family (Grace, Gladys, Russell, Clarence; Grace married Mr. Polly, had sons Eddie and David; Clarence married Ethel, had a son named Lee Alden Doty)
• Kitty lived to be old, played golf into her 80’s
• David McKinnon very successful, started Brooklyn insurance business, may have attended my mother’s wedding, about 70 at time of wedding; Mom has no recollection of John
• Beatrice (Bea) brought up her siblings, probably never married; probably lived in Brooklyn

Jarvis Side (my mother’s side):

• my mother’s parents were Walter Frederick Jarvis and Edythe Mae Dixon (born February 8, 1904)
• Edythe Mae Dixon was born in New York City. When she was three months old, her parents took her to Germany (Dresden). She lived there until she was ten years old, and learned German. In 1914, when World War I was breaking out, she was in Innsbruck with her mother, and her father cabled, “Leave for the U.S. as soon as possible.” So they went to the U.S. on a British destroyer. She then attended a French school in New York City, The Velton School. So she learned French, in addition to German and English. Then she went to Smith College, but was dismissed in her first year (she apparently hid a book that a class was using, and denied she had it).
• my maternal grandmother was the daughter of James Marsh Dixon, originally of Springfield, Missouri; husband of
• Edythe Hall Dixon, daughter of
• William Hall, a New York furrier; family has roots in Staten Island (?); his daughter Edythe Hall Dixon may be buried on Staten Island
• James Marsh Dixon was an executive with an international tobacco company. He was imprisoned briefly in Turkey at the start of World War I, freed with help from Ambassador Henry Morgenthau
• James Marsh Dixon was the eldest child of Josiah (Joseph?) B. Dixon, born Burlington, Iowa; may have lived in Springfield, Missouri; born October 21, 1847, died May 14, 1918 in Springfield, Missouri; married to Ida K. Curtis.
• James Marsh Dixon’s paternal grandfather was probably Thomas S. Dixon, born in Pennsylvania in 1792.
• James Marsh Dixon had 2 younger brothers (Joseph W. and Guy E.), and one younger sister (Ida).
• James Marsh Dixon’s mother, Ida K. Curtis, was born June 30, 1854 in Memphis, died April 13, 1930 in Corvallis, Oregon. Ida’s mother was Ophelia Farrell, born in Ohio December 27, 1815, died in Springfield, Missouri March 26, 1911. Ida’s father was Stephen B. Curtis, born in New York February 22, 1804, died in Tennessee July 22, 1861.
• Stephen’s parents were Comfort Curtis and Rachel Chase.
• Rachel was born in Dutchess County, New York, on February 3, 1756, and died on October 26, 1835.
• The Chase family goes all the way back to Abraham Chase, born October 6, 1652 in Yarmouth, Massachusetts.
• Comfort Curtis was born on July 17, 1746 in New York, and died April 26, 1817. One of his descendants, Ernest Alonzo Curtis, wrote to Harlow Curtis in 1950 that “Comfort Curtis founded and occupied the Curtis Homestead on ‘Curtis Hill’, a little north and west of White Creek.... Comfort and nearly all of the Baptist Congregation during the Revolutionary War remained loyal to England and on the eve of the Battle of Bennington nearly all of the men of fighting age joined General Von Phister under the Hessian General Baum, and were defeated and both Generals killed. The land of all the fighting Tories near White Creek was confiscated but Comfort Curtis' land was not taken from him.”
• According to the 1930 census, Edythe Hall Dixon was living alone in Manhattan at age 53, had no occupation, was renting for $192/month, was married, was age 20 at marriage, was born January 12, 1878 in New York City, her father and mother were born in New York. Her age is ambiguous, and every document gives a different year-of-birth for her. She was separated, and perhaps eventually divorced, from her husband.
• According to a family rumor (which I haven’t been able to confirm), my maternal grandmother’s ancestors included Jane Rebecca McFarren, who lived in Tennessee and was a large slaveholder.
• My maternal grandfather, Walter Frederick Jarvis, was born in Philadelphia on August 4, probably in 1893, and died in July 1965 (I remember him slightly, and remember my mother crying when she received the phone call saying that he had died). His Social Security number was 113-01-5804.
• Walter F. Jarvis had at least two brothers: Raymond (who married Barbara; they had a son named Raymond Jr. and a daughter named Barbara), and Harold, who was a minister. The 1930 Federal Census for New York >> Kings County >> Brooklyn >> District 874 lists Raymond E. Jarvis, age 33, born Pennsylvania, both parents born Pennsylvania, occupation: clerk, married to Barbara L. Jarvis, age 31; a son, Raymond E. Jarvis Jr., 8 years old, a daughter Barbara, 3 years old.
• The 1920 Federal Census for Manhattan Assembly District 19 >> 1320 lists Joseph Jarvis age 76, his wife Jeanette age 51 (could be 61, hard to read), their son Walter age 28, other son Raymond age 24, and Raymond’s wife Barbara. Joseph is listed as born in Pennsylvania, his father and mother born in Germany (Germans often settled around Philadelphia); Jeanette is listed as born in Pennsylvania, her parents both born in England.
• Raymond and Barbara had two children, "little Raymond" born about 1924, and "little Barbara" born about 1927; Barbara had one child, Robert F. Kennison, born 18 May 1961, in Orange County, CA; "little Raymond" had two adopted children, may have married twice, lived in West because he had bad asthma and was seeking different climate