Hon. Thomas Hammond was born in Newton, Mass., Feb. 20, 1762 and at the age of four years was carried to Leicester, where he was bound to a farmer by the name of Denny, in whose service he remained 16 years. In 1778 he enlisted in the Continental army, and was stationed several months at West Point, where he served as 5th corporal—a position of which, as he used to say, he felt prouder than of any other he ever afterwards held. He served but 9 months in the army, and then returned to Leicester. In 1782 he came to Shaftsbury, Bennington county, Vt., where he married Hannah, daughter of Ichabod Cross, March 25, 1784. The following year his father-in-law gave him 110 acres of land in Pittsford, upon which he built a log-house, and commenced to reside here the same year.
His indomitable energy, sound judgment and strict integrity soon placed him in the front rank of his fellow-townsmen, and he was entitled to and received their confidence and esteem. The long pending land-title controversy between the Yorkers and Green Mountain Boys having been finally adjusted by an agreement on the part of the State to pay to New York the sum of $ 30,000, in full satisfaction of their claim to the title of lands, or the right of jurisdiction in this State, Colonel Hammond was charged with the duty of transporting the hard money to Albany, on which occasion he was accompanied by the then treasurer of the State, Hon. Samuel Mattocks, on horseback, armed with a sword, and attended by his son, afterwards Governor Mattocks, to guard the precious metals.
Colonel Hammond held, at different times, almost every office in the gift of his fellow townsmen. He represented the town in the General Assembly of the State ten years; was repeatedly chosen by the freemen of the State as one of the executive Council, and for seven years was one of the judges of the county court. In all the public stations which he was called to fill, he was distinguished for unwavering integrity and profound sagacity. He was a man of piety, and did much to support the religious institutions of the town—was a warm friend of the Bible, missionary, tract and other kindred causes, to five of which, including the Colonization Society, he left legacies by his last will. He died April 4, 1847. (From the "Vermont Historical Gazetteer, Vol. III: Orleans and Rutland Counties"; ed. by Abby Maria Hemenway; pub. by Claremont Manufacturing Co., Claremont, NH, 1877)
His indomitable energy, sound judgment and strict integrity soon placed him in the front rank of his fellow-townsmen, and he was entitled to and received their confidence and esteem. The long pending land-title controversy between the Yorkers and Green Mountain Boys having been finally adjusted by an agreement on the part of the State to pay to New York the sum of $ 30,000, in full satisfaction of their claim to the title of lands, or the right of jurisdiction in this State, Colonel Hammond was charged with the duty of transporting the hard money to Albany, on which occasion he was accompanied by the then treasurer of the State, Hon. Samuel Mattocks, on horseback, armed with a sword, and attended by his son, afterwards Governor Mattocks, to guard the precious metals.
Colonel Hammond held, at different times, almost every office in the gift of his fellow townsmen. He represented the town in the General Assembly of the State ten years; was repeatedly chosen by the freemen of the State as one of the executive Council, and for seven years was one of the judges of the county court. In all the public stations which he was called to fill, he was distinguished for unwavering integrity and profound sagacity. He was a man of piety, and did much to support the religious institutions of the town—was a warm friend of the Bible, missionary, tract and other kindred causes, to five of which, including the Colonization Society, he left legacies by his last will. He died April 4, 1847. (From the "Vermont Historical Gazetteer, Vol. III: Orleans and Rutland Counties"; ed. by Abby Maria Hemenway; pub. by Claremont Manufacturing Co., Claremont, NH, 1877)
Hon. Thomas Hammond was born in Newton, Mass., Feb. 20, 1762 and at the age of four years was carried to Leicester, where he was bound to a farmer by the name of Denny, in whose service he remained 16 years. In 1778 he enlisted in the Continental army, and was stationed several months at West Point, where he served as 5th corporal—a position of which, as he used to say, he felt prouder than of any other he ever afterwards held. He served but 9 months in the army, and then returned to Leicester. In 1782 he came to Shaftsbury, Bennington county, Vt., where he married Hannah, daughter of Ichabod Cross, March 25, 1784. The following year his father-in-law gave him 110 acres of land in Pittsford, upon which he built a log-house, and commenced to reside here the same year.
His indomitable energy, sound judgment and strict integrity soon placed him in the front rank of his fellow-townsmen, and he was entitled to and received their confidence and esteem. The long pending land-title controversy between the Yorkers and Green Mountain Boys having been finally adjusted by an agreement on the part of the State to pay to New York the sum of $ 30,000, in full satisfaction of their claim to the title of lands, or the right of jurisdiction in this State, Colonel Hammond was charged with the duty of transporting the hard money to Albany, on which occasion he was accompanied by the then treasurer of the State, Hon. Samuel Mattocks, on horseback, armed with a sword, and attended by his son, afterwards Governor Mattocks, to guard the precious metals.
Colonel Hammond held, at different times, almost every office in the gift of his fellow townsmen. He represented the town in the General Assembly of the State ten years; was repeatedly chosen by the freemen of the State as one of the executive Council, and for seven years was one of the judges of the county court. In all the public stations which he was called to fill, he was distinguished for unwavering integrity and profound sagacity. He was a man of piety, and did much to support the religious institutions of the town—was a warm friend of the Bible, missionary, tract and other kindred causes, to five of which, including the Colonization Society, he left legacies by his last will. He died April 4, 1847. (From the "Vermont Historical Gazetteer, Vol. III: Orleans and Rutland Counties"; ed. by Abby Maria Hemenway; pub. by Claremont Manufacturing Co., Claremont, NH, 1877)
His indomitable energy, sound judgment and strict integrity soon placed him in the front rank of his fellow-townsmen, and he was entitled to and received their confidence and esteem. The long pending land-title controversy between the Yorkers and Green Mountain Boys having been finally adjusted by an agreement on the part of the State to pay to New York the sum of $ 30,000, in full satisfaction of their claim to the title of lands, or the right of jurisdiction in this State, Colonel Hammond was charged with the duty of transporting the hard money to Albany, on which occasion he was accompanied by the then treasurer of the State, Hon. Samuel Mattocks, on horseback, armed with a sword, and attended by his son, afterwards Governor Mattocks, to guard the precious metals.
Colonel Hammond held, at different times, almost every office in the gift of his fellow townsmen. He represented the town in the General Assembly of the State ten years; was repeatedly chosen by the freemen of the State as one of the executive Council, and for seven years was one of the judges of the county court. In all the public stations which he was called to fill, he was distinguished for unwavering integrity and profound sagacity. He was a man of piety, and did much to support the religious institutions of the town—was a warm friend of the Bible, missionary, tract and other kindred causes, to five of which, including the Colonization Society, he left legacies by his last will. He died April 4, 1847. (From the "Vermont Historical Gazetteer, Vol. III: Orleans and Rutland Counties"; ed. by Abby Maria Hemenway; pub. by Claremont Manufacturing Co., Claremont, NH, 1877)
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