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THE HAMMILL FAMILY


Pierre du Hamel married Mary (surname possibly Renfrey) - date unknown
(Pierre was a French Huguenot from the Peronne region in north France, who fled the religious persecution in his country around 1685)
(Pierre was buried on 28 March 1716 in Gwinear - Source = Gwinear Parish Register)
(Mary was buried on 29 October 1725 in Gwinear - Source = Gwinear Parish Register)

They had four children

Name Date and place Christened Any other information
Philip Hammell Born in 1691 Married Margaret on 29 SEP 1711 in Gwinear
[Source = Phillimore Transcript]
Peter Hammell unknown Married Barsheba Trembah on 6 AUG 1715 in Gwinear
[Source = Phillimore Transcript]
Bennet Hammel 25 MAR 1695 in Phillack
[Source = Phillack Parish Record]
Married Izable on 6 SEP 1718 in Gwinear
[Source = Phillimore Transcript]
James Hammell 1 JAN 1705 in Gwinear
[Source = Gwinear Parish Record]
Married Hannah Barningham on 4 DEC 1733 in Christ Church, York, Yorkshire


Gwinear Church

Bennet Hammell married Izable on 6 SEP 1718 in Gwinear Parish Church [Source = Phillimore Transcript]
(Bennet was buried on 27 DEP 1758 in Gwinear - Source = BTs)
(Izabel was buried on 26 DEC 1766 in Gwinear - Source = BTs)

I have identified 11 children

Name Date and place Christened Any other information
Margret Hammell Unknown Buried on 12 MAY 1719
[Source = Gwinear Parish Register}
Anne Hammell 23 JUL 1720 in Gwinear
[Source = Gwinear Parish Register}
Possible marriage to William Blake on 27 DEC 1753 in Gwinear
[Source = Phillimore Transcript}
Margaret Hammel 6 JAN 1721 in Gwinear
[Source = Gwinear Parish Register}
Buried on 15 JAN 1734 in Gwinear
[Source = Gwinear Parish Register}
Elizabeth Hammell 13 SEP 1723 in Gwinear
[Source = Gwinear Parish Register}
Married Richard Prout on 25 JUN 1758 in Gwinear
[Source = Phillimore Transcript}
James Hammell Born around 1727 to 1730 Buried on 24 APR 1730 in Gwinear
[Source = Gwinear Parish Register}
Mary Hammell 25 OCT 1730 in Gwinear
[Source = Gwinear Parish Register}
Buried on 14 OCT 1731 in Gwinear
[Source = Gwinear Parish Register}
James Hammell 14 OCT 1732 in Gwinear
[Source = Gwinear Parish Register}
Buried on 10 MAR 1733 in Gwinear
Peter Hammell No record found but a logical assumption that Bennet and Izable had a son called Peter, after Bennet's father. Married Martha Bawden in 1755
[Source = Phillimore Transcript}
James Hammell Unknown Married Margaret Hingston on 30 DEC 1759 in Gwinear
[Source = Phillimore Transcript]
John Hamel 17 AUG 1740 in Gwinear
[Source = Gwinear Parish Register}
Buried on 13 APR 1742 in Gwinear
[Source = Gwinear Parish Register}
John Hammel 29 JUL 1744 in Gwinear
[Source = Gwinear Parish Register}
Possible marriage to Elizabeth Martin on 26 DEC 1764 in Perranarworthal
[Source = IGI}


James Hammill married Margaret Hingston on 30 DEC 1759 in Gwinear Parish Church [Source = Phillimore Transcript]

I have identified 7 children

Name Date and place Christened Any other information
Margaret Hammil 8 OCT 1760 in Gwinear
[Source = Gwinear Parish Register}
Possibly had a daughter, christened Cordelia on 29 MAR 1778 in Gwinear [Source = IGI] Cordelia married Matthew Uren on 20 JAN 1810 in Phillack [Source = Phillimore Transcript]

This Margaret may also have had a daughter by John Rosewarne, christened Margaret Hammill on 22 Jun 1788 in Gwinear [Source = IGI]. This Margaret married Richard Davis/Davey on 25 APR 1807 in St Erth [Source = IGI]
Bennedict Hammel 5 MAR 1763 in Gwinear
[Source = Gwinear Parish Register}
Married Elizabeth Michell in 1787
[Source = Phillimore Transcript]
James Hamell 12 AUG 1764 in Gwinear
[Source = Gwinear Parish Register}
Possible went to live in Yorkshire
John Hamell 24 OCT 1767 in Gwinear
[Source = Gwinear Parish Register}
Married Martha Luke on 31 AUG 1794 in Redruth
[Source = IGI}
Elizabeth Hamel 23 APR 1775 in Gwinear
[Source = Gwinear Parish Register}
Died young
Elizabeth Hamel 25 MAY 1777 in Gwinear
[Source = Gwinear Parish Register}
Married Francis Trezise on 25 MAR 1798 in Gwinear
[Source = Phillimore Transcript]
Ann Hammill 18 JUN 1780 in Gwinear
[Source = Gwinear Parish Register}
Married John Tremayne of Phillack on 11 MAY 1802 in Gwinear [Source = Phillimore Transcript]
Nancy Tremaine was buried on 21 APR 1806 in Phillack
[Source = Phillack Parish Register]



Bennet (Benedict) Hammill married Elizabeth Mitchell in Gwinear Parish Church on 17 MAR 1787 [Source = Phillimore Transcript]
(Elizabeth was buried on 5 MAR 1793 in Gwinear)

Bennet Hammill remarried Jane Thomas in Gwinear Parish Church on 1 DEC 1793 [Source = Phillimore Transcript]
(Benjamin Hammill of Wear Lane was buried on 18 FEB 1838 in Gwinear aged 80)

Bennet and Elizabeth had two children

Bennet and Jane had four children

Name Date and place Christened Any other information
Bennet Hammill 6 JUL 1788 in Gwinear
[Source = Gwinear Parish Register}
Possible marriage to Martha Williams on 4 JUL 1804 in Gwinear [Source = Phillimore Transcript]
A Martha Hammill was buried on 20 AUG 1846 in Breage aged 85
John Hammill 20 MAR 1791 in Gwinear
[Source = Gwinear Parish Register}
Married Ann Andrewartha on 7 NOV 1818 in Breage
[Source = Breage Parish Register}
Mary Ann Hammill 26 FEB 1797 in Gwinear
[Source = Gwinear Parish Register}
Married James Rowe in St Erth on 15 October 1817
[Source = St Erth Parish Register}
Jennifer Hammill 12 MAY 1799 in Gwinear
[Source = Gwinear Parish Register}
None
Grace Hammill 3 JAN 1802 in St Erth
[Source = St Erth Parish Register}
Married James James in St Erth Parish Church on 11 MAR 1824 [Source = St Erth Parish Register]
James Hammill 4 MAR 1804 in St Hilary
[Source = IGI}
Married Ann Carlyon in 1829

 

James Hammill married Ann Carlyon in St Erth Parish Church on 17 JAN 1829 [Source = St Erth Parish Register}
(In 1841 James is aged 35 and a Copper Miner. Nanny is aged 30. The family are living in Deveral, Gwinear)
(In 1851 James is aged 45 and a Tin and Copper Miner. Ann is aged 42. The family are living in Gwinear)
(James Hammill of Fraddam was buried on 8 JUL 1853 in Gwinear aged 47)
(In 1861 Ann is a Miners Widow aged 55 and a Tailoress. The family are living in Devoral, Gwinear)
(In 1871 Anna is aged 62 and a Miners Widow. She and her daughter Mary are living in Gwinear District 7)

(In 1881 Ann is aged 72. The family are living in Horse Downs, Parish of Crowan)
(Ann Hammill of St Erth was buried on 13 DEC 1883 in Gwinear aged 76)

I have identified 9 children

Name Date and place Christened Any other information
James Hammill 8 MAY 1831 in Gwinear
[Source = Gwinear Parish Register}
In 1841 he is at home aged 10
In 1851 He is at home aged 20 and a Tin and Copper Miner
Married Honor Rodda in 1852
Benjamin Hammill 29 SEP 1833 in St Erth
[Source = St Erth Parish Register}
In 1841 Benjamin is at home aged 8
In 1851 he is at home aged 18 and a Tin and Copper Miner
Not at home in 1861
Anne Hammill Born in Fraddam
Christened on 11 JAN 1836 in St Erth
[Source = opc database]
In 1841 she is at home aged 6
In 1851 Nanny is at home aged 15
Married William Clarke on 25 DEC 1856 in Phillack).
They had a son called Kesley who was christened on 9 Aug 1857 in Gwinear
Not at home in 1861
A William and Ann Clark had a daughter called Edith on 30 March 1872 in Copper Falls, Michigan. She married a Bennett and died on 28 March 1946 in Grass Valley, California
William and Ann had a son called Samuel James Clark on 1 March 1880 in Michigan who died on 21 February 1955 in Grass Valley, California
Jane Hammill Born around 1837 In 1841 she is at home aged 4
In 1851 she is at home aged 13
Married John Sincock on 9 JUL 1859 in Crowan
John Hammill 14 SEP 1839 in St Erth
[Source = St Erth Parish Register}
John Hamill of Phillack was buried on 28 JUL 1840 in Gwinear aged 1
John Hammill 21 JUL 1841 in Crowan
[Source = IGI}
In 1841 he is at home aged 2 months
In 1851 he is at home aged 10
In 1861 he is at home aged 20 and a Tin and Copper Miner
In 1881 he is at home aged 40 and a retired Gold Miner
Married Eliza Harvey in 1881
Thomas Hammill Born in Gwinear in the Dec quarter 1843
(Redruth 9 268)
In 1851 he is at home aged 7
In 1861 he is at home aged 17 and a Tin and Copper Miner
In 1880, he is aged 36 and a Miner married to Eliza with two daughters. They are living in Grass Valley, California
William Hammill Born in Gwinear in the Sep quarter 1848
(Redruth 9 251)
In 1851 he is at home aged 2
In 1861 he is at home aged 12 and working in a Tin Mine
In 1870 he is aged 22 and a Miner, living next door to his brother James and family in Grass Valley, California
Married Elizabeth ? around 1875.
Mary Hammill Born on 20 JAN 1851 in Gwinear In 1851 she is at home aged 1 month
In 1861 she is at home aged 9
In 1871 she is at home aged 20
Married Henry Hicks in May 1871 in the Wesleyan Chapel, Copperhouse
In 1880, Henry aged 30 is a Miner in Grass Valley, California, living with his brother in law, James
In 1881 Mary is aged 30 and a Tin Miners wife. She and her daughter Mary, aged 6 are living with her mother in Horse Downs
Mary died on 27 January 1946 in Grass Valley, California

 

 

John Hammill married Eliza Harvey on 11 MAY 1881 in Crowan
(In 1891 John is aged 50 and a Farmer. Eliza is aged 47. The family are living in Killinoon, Parish of St Erth)
(In 1901 John is aged 60 and a Farmer. Eliza is aged 57. The family are living in the Civil Parish of St Erth Rural)
(In 1911 John is aged 70 and a Farmer. Eliza is aged 67. The family is living in Killinoon, St Erth)
(John Hammill of Mount Pleasant died in 1919. Buried in Phillack)

(Eliza Hammill died in the JUN quarter 1929 aged 85 - Helston 5c 188)

I have identified four children

Name Date and place of birth/christening Any other information
Eliza Hammill Born in the Mar quarter 1882 in Phillack
(Redruth 5c 243)
In 1891 she is at home aged 9 and a Scholar
In 1901 Lillie is at home aged 19
In 1911 Lelie is at home aged 29
Annie Hammill Born on 2 JUN 1883
Christened on 4 JUL 1884 in St Erth
[Source = opc database]
In 1891 she is at home aged 7 and a Scholar
In 1901 she is at home aged 17 and a Dressmakers Apprentice
Not located in 1911
Janie Hammill Born on 10 APR 1884
Christened on 4 JUL 1884 in St Erth
[Source = opc database]
In 1891 she is at home aged 6 and a Scholar
In 1901 she is at home aged 16
In 1911 she is at home aged 28
Married William James Laity in the JUN quarter 1914 (Helston 5c 337)
John Felton Hammill Born on 2 MAY 1887
Christened on 19 AUG 1887 in Erth
[Source = opc database]
In 1891 he is at home aged 3
In 1901 he is at home aged 13
Not located in 1911
Married Catherine D Hosking in 1914

 

John Felton Hammill married Catherine Davey Hosking on 26 FEB 1914 in St Elwyn's, Hayle
(Jack owned the Farm in Nomansland. My great uncles, William and Eric James worked there and my great aunt CarrieJames cleaned their house)

They had three children

Name Date and place Christened Any other information
Annie Marjorie Hammill Born on 2 NOV 1914 in Mount Pleasant
Christened on 13 DEC 1914 in St Elwyn's, Hayle
[Source = opc database]
Married George Burrows, an Electrical Engineer from Camborne on 8 APR 1839 in St Elwyn's, Hayle
William John Donald Hammill Born on 11 NOV 1915 in Mount Pleasant
Christened on 10 JAN 1916 in St Elwyn's, Hayle
[Source = opc database]
None
Charles Kenneth Hammill Born on 3 JUN 1922 in Mount Pleasant
Christened on 30 JUN 1922 in St Elwyn's, Hayle
[Source = opc database]
Married Beatrice M. Boulden in the SEP quarter 1949 (Redruth 7a 318)

 

 

 

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