William Hammans,son of Henry Hammans,of the parish of Nimpsfield,in the county of Gloucester,England,and Margaret Staples,daughter of William Staples,of the parish of Minchinghampton,in the said country,were married at a Friends' meeting at Naylsworth,30th of 4th month,1709. At Concord Monthly Meeting,6 mo.8,1715:"William Hammans produced a Certificate from the monthly meeting held at Painswick in the County of Gloster in the Kingdom of Great Britain the 8th day of the 2nd mo.,1714 to the satisfaction of this meeting." It is somewhat singular that this certificate did not include his wife,and it was not till 3 mo.7,1722, that "Margaret Hammans produced a few lines of recommendation from friends of Nailsworth in Gloster sheir,dated 9th of 1st month,1721." They resided for a time in Concord township,but in 1722 removed to Upper Providence,taking a certificate to Chester Monthly Meeting,dated 7 mo. 3,1722.Here he was recommended as a minister,in 1725,and Margaret died 9 mo.4,1731,aged 46 years.Their children were: MARY,b.1 mo.28,1710;d.2 mo,18,1774;m.George Smedley Jr. MARTHA,b.7 mo.6,1713;m.Thomas Yarnall,9 mo.21,1734.Their youngest child,Sarah,b.1751,probably lived with her aunt,Mary Smedley. SARAH,b.3 mo.28,1720; m.Roger Pugh. WILLiam,b.6 mo.31,1723. HANNAH,b.12 mo.26,1727-8. THOMAS ? William Staples, senior,died 1 mo.9,1715-6,according to the records of Nailsworth Monthly Meeting.William Hammans,of Upper Providence,widower, and Lowry Lewis,of Newtown,widow,were married 10 mo.27,1732,at Newtown Meeting.In 1738 they removed to Duck Creek,in Kent county,on Delaware, where Lowry died.William was married a 3rd time,5 mo.6,1752,at Concord Meeting,to Lydia Mendenhall,of Concord,widow of Benjamin Mendenhall. She died on the 4th of the following 7th month,but he could not have remained long a widower,for when his own death occurred,4 mo.8,1755,he left a widow,Mary,formerly wife of Abraham Potter,of Sussex county.Her death took place about 1773.All of his wives,except the first,were ministers.