Hello, My 2 x great grandfather, Samuel Hammett, married Mary Puttam in Beer (Seaton & Beer) Parish in 1804. The register says he was from Axminster. We never found any records of him there. There were several generations of Hammetts in Kingsbridge and Dodebrook from the mid 1700s, and Hametts in Exeter also. I found a couple of Hammetts in Harpford also back there. Wish I could connect up with Samuel's forebears. Take a look at the Kingsbridge/Dodebrook Hammetts. Some people think our Samuel came from that location. All Good Wishes, Wayne Holmes In a message dated 1/27/2014 3:41:04 A.M. Central Standard Time, RozMH@talktalk.net writes: The baptism of Susanna has eluded me for 30+ years. She would have been born circa 1734. She married by licence in 1757 at Otterton the register states OTP, she was also heavily pregnant. Her daughter was baptised at Ottery St Mary some three weeks later. This is a town some 6-8 miles away. I surmise she went there to relatives to have her baby. Her Husband, my 8xGrandfather, had not long bought a farm in Otterton. He had not been in residence long and I wonder if Susanna had come to Otterton with him or had been employed by him, maybe as a housekeeper. William had been born in Plymtree in 1734. Has anyone any sign of a Hammett family this side of Devon? ------------------------------------------ The DEVON-L mailing list is co-sponsored by GENUKI/Devon ( http://genuki.cs.ncl.ac.uk/DEV/ ) and the Devon FHS (http://www.devonfhs.org.uk/ ) List archive for Devon can be found at http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index/DEVON/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to DEVON-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message