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Hammett Family Crest and Name History

Where did the English Hammett family come from? What is the English Hammett family crest and coat of arms? When did the Hammett family first arrive in the United States? Where did the various branches of the family go? What is the Hammett family history?

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Hammett Early Origins

It is only in the last few hundred years that the English language has been standardized. For that reason, Anglo-Norman surnames like Hammett are characterized by many spelling variations. Scribes and monks in the Middle Ages spelled names they sounded, so it is common to find several variations that refer to a single person. As the English language changed and incorporated elements of other European languages such as Norman French and Latin, even literate people regularly changed the spelling of their names. The variations of the name Hammett include Hammetr, Hammett, Hamet, Hamat, Hammatt, Hammat and others.

First found in Berkshire, where they held a family seat as Lords of the Manor. After the Battle of Hastings in 1066, William, Duke of Normandy, having prevailed over King Harold, granted most of Britain to his many victorious Barons. It was not uncommon to find a Baron, or a Bishop, with 60 or more Lordships scattered throughout the country. These he gave to his sons, nephews and other junior lines of his family and they became known as under-tenants. They adopted the Norman system of surnames which identified the under-tenant with his holdings so as to distinguish him from the senior stem of the family. After many rebellious wars between his Barons, Duke William, commissioned a census of all England to determine in 1086, settling once and for all, who held which land. He called the census the Domesday Book, ^[1] indicating that those holders registered would hold the land until the end of time. Hence, conjecturally, the surname is descended from the tenant of the lands of Waltham held by a steward of the King who was recorded in the Domesday Book census of 1086.

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Hammett Early History

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Hammett research. Another 159 words(11 lines of text) covering the years 1080, 1327 and 1786 are included under the topic Early Hammett History in all our PDF Extended History products.

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Hammett Early Notables

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The Great Migration

Faced with the chaos present in England at that time, many English families looked towards the open frontiers of the New World with its opportunities to escape oppression and starvation. People migrated to North America, as well as Australia and Ireland in droves, paying exorbitant rates for passages in cramped, unsafe ships. Many of the settlers did not make the long passage alive, but those who did see the shores of North America were welcomed with great opportunity. Many of the families that came from England went on to make essential contributions to the emerging nations of Canada and the United States. Some of the first immigrants to cross the Atlantic and come to North America carried the name Hammett, or a variant listed above:

Hammett Settlers in the United States in the 17th Century

Thomas Hammett, who came to New England in 1658

Thomas Hammett, who landed in New England in 1658

John Hammett, who came to Barbados in 1688

Hammett Settlers in the United States in the 18th Century

Joseph Hammett, a bonded passenger, who settled in America in 1745

Hammett Settlers in the United States in the 19th Century

Jonathan Hammett, who arrived in Allegany (Allegheny) County, Pennsylvania in 1812

C.H. Hammett, aged 55, who landed in America, in 1893

Marg. M. Hammett, aged 25, who settled in America, in 1894

Mrs. Hammett, aged 70, who emigrated to the United States, in 1895

C. E. Hammett, aged 28, who emigrated to the United States, in 1896

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Hammett Settlers in the United States in the 20th Century

Ernest W. Hammett, aged 25, who emigrated to the United States from Johannesberg, in 1906

George E. Hammett, aged 32, who landed in America from Manchester, England, in 1907

Stanley Hammett, aged 17, who landed in America from Lydford, England, in 1907

Ruth Hammett, aged 21, who landed in America from Paris, France, in 1907

Robert J. Hammett, aged 38, who emigrated to the United States from London, England, in 1908

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Contemporary Notables of the name Hammett

Samuel Dashiell Hammett (1894-1961), American master of hard-boiled detective fiction such as "The Maltese Falcon" (1930), "The Glass Key" (1931) and "The Thin Man" (1934)
Louis Plack Hammett (1894-1987), American physical chemist who developed the Hammett equation
Seth Hammett (b. 1946), U.S. politician in Alabama
William H. Hammett (d. 1861), U.S. Representative from Mississippi
Kirk Hammett (b. 1962), guitarist for the heavy metal band Metallica
Mark Hammett (b. 1972), New Zealand rugby player

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References

^ Williams, Dr Ann. And G.H. Martin, Eds., Domesday Book A Complete Translation. London: Penguin, 1992. Print. (ISBN 0-141-00523-8)

Other References

Sanders, Joanne McRee Edition. English Settlers in Barbados 1637-1800. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing. Print.
Bede, The Venerable. Historia Ecclesiatica Gentis Anglorum (The Ecclesiastical History Of the English People). Available through Internet Medieval Sourcebook the Fordham University Centre for Medieval Studies. Print.
Bolton, Charles Knowles. Bolton's American Armory. Baltimore: Heraldic Book Company, 1964. Print.
Bardsley, C.W. A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames: With Special American Instances. Wiltshire: Heraldry Today, 1901. Print. (ISBN 0-900455-44-6).
Markale, J. Celtic Civilization. London: Gordon & Cremonesi, 1976. Print.
Skordas, Guest. Ed. The Early Settlers of Maryland an Index to Names or Immigrants Complied from Records of Land Patents 1633-1680 in the Hall of Records Annapolis, Maryland. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing, 1968. Print.
Cook, Chris. English Historical Facts 1603-1688. London: MacMillan, 1980. Print.
Weis, Frederick Lewis, Walter Lee Sheppard and David Faris. Ancestral Roots of Sixty Colonists Who Came to New England Between 1623 and 1650 7th Edition. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing, 1992. Print. (ISBN 0806313676).
Bradford, William. History of Plymouth Plantation 1620-1647 Edited by Samuel Eliot Morrison 2 Volumes. New York: Russell and Russell, 1968. Print.
Burke, Sir Bernard. General Armory Of England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales. Ramsbury: Heraldry Today. Print.
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