*Issac Franklin HAMMER was born on 20Nov1763, Guilford, Guilford Co., NC to Abraham Obediah HAMMER Sr & Rachel Rebecca Meeting. He would marry three times:* ** *1) MENDENHALL, Lydia Morgan - b: Jan1764, Bucks Co, PA?* * d: 04Apr1837, New Market, Jefferson Co, TN* * p: Moses MENDENHALL & Sarah HOWELL* * b: Lost Creek Quaker Burial Ground;* ** *2) MILLS, Hannah - b: 16Aug1776, Guilford, Guilford Co, NC* * d: 30Jan1812, New Market, Jefferson Co, TN* * p: Aaron MILLS & Charity MENDENHALL ;* ** *Lydia and Hannah died in childbirth and lie at the "Lost Creek Quaker Burial Ground". * ** *Lydia would have four sons: Jesse - Elisha (later a minister in the meeting) - Aaron and Jonathan. * ** *Hannah would have seven children: Lydia Mills Hammer - Henry Francis Hammer - Charity Mendenhall Hammer (died @ age 12) - Rachel Rebecca Hammer (my direct ancestor) - John Hammer - Nathan Lee Hammer - and Loban Hammer (the name spelled as Loban is the old Saxon spelling of the surname LOGAN).* ** *Ironically, one of Hannah's GG-granddaughters would marry a LOGAN descendent.* ** *3) STANLEY UNDERWOOD, Mary - b: 1763, Guilford, Guilford Co, NC* * d: 1850, Huntsville, Madison Co, IN* * p: unknown. Mary also married three times, but we only have the surnames, Stanley & Underwood to work with.* * * * Mary would have five children: Hannah (27Dec1816-08Jun1892) - William (1818-1824) - Jonah (1820-1824) - Deliliah (1822-1824) and Issac Aaron (1824-01Jun1895)* ** *Issac F. and his third wife moved, with their surviving children, to Indiana shortly after the birth of Issac Aaron. They would eventually settle in Huntsville, Madison, IN. Issac died on 04Apr1837 in Huntsville, Mary died in 1850, also in Huntsville, IN. Despite extensive search of Indiana records, and surrounding states, we have been unable to find where Issac and Mary are interred. MM & YM records show them as members as late as 1835, but there is no record if they left the church, were dismissed or disowned.* ** *Any help in finding this family would be appreciated. OkLady41*

I don't know if you're investigating the early end or the late end of that family, but there is one thing that might help you find records at the early end. If you try to find wills or deeds or other records about these families, they will not be in Guilford records prior to 1771. The law creating Guilford County was passed in 1770, but it did not start administration of its territory until 1 April 1771. Therefore, any record prior to that time -- and any vital event in the 1760s -- would belong to Rowan or Orange counties of NC -- assuming they were actual jurisdictions at the time in question. The western 2/3 of Guilford came from Rowan, and the eastern 1/3 came from Orange. You would need to look in the two parent counties for those records. Online and downloadable PDF versions of NC county formation maps can be found linked to this page: http://www.ncgenweb.us/county-list And the membership of monthly meetings like New Garden and others in the Guilford area extended over a wide area, including nearby counties, so land deeds and census records are a better indication of where the family actually lived at the time a child was born or a person died. *Katherine Benbow **NCGenWeb Western Piedmont Regional Coordinator* * * On Tue, Sep 25, 2012 at 11:38 AM, Evelynne Ritter <oklady41@wildblue.net>wrote: > *Issac Franklin HAMMER was born on 20Nov1763, Guilford, Guilford Co., NC to > Abraham Obediah HAMMER Sr & Rachel Rebecca Meeting. He would marry three > times:* > ** > *1) MENDENHALL, Lydia Morgan - b: Jan1764, Bucks Co, PA?* > * d: > 04Apr1837, New Market, Jefferson Co, TN* > * p: > Moses MENDENHALL & Sarah HOWELL* > * b: > Lost Creek Quaker Burial Ground;* > ** > *2) MILLS, Hannah - b: 16Aug1776, Guilford, Guilford Co, NC* > * d: 30Jan1812, New Market, > Jefferson Co, TN* > * p: Aaron MILLS & Charity > MENDENHALL ;* > ** > *Lydia and Hannah died in childbirth and lie at the "Lost Creek Quaker > Burial Ground". * > ** > *Lydia would have four sons: Jesse - Elisha (later a minister in the > meeting) - Aaron and Jonathan. * > ** > *Hannah would have seven children: Lydia Mills Hammer - Henry Francis > Hammer - Charity Mendenhall Hammer (died @ age 12) - Rachel Rebecca Hammer > (my direct ancestor) - John Hammer - Nathan Lee Hammer - and Loban Hammer > (the name spelled as Loban is the old Saxon spelling of the surname > LOGAN).* > ** > *Ironically, one of Hannah's GG-granddaughters would marry a LOGAN > descendent.* > ** > *3) STANLEY UNDERWOOD, Mary - b: 1763, Guilford, Guilford Co, NC* > * > d: 1850, Huntsville, Madison Co, IN* > * > p: unknown. Mary also married three times, but we only have the surnames, > Stanley & Underwood to work with.* > * * > * Mary would have five children: Hannah (27Dec1816-08Jun1892) - William > (1818-1824) - Jonah (1820-1824) - Deliliah (1822-1824) and Issac Aaron > (1824-01Jun1895)* > ** > *Issac F. and his third wife moved, with their surviving children, to > Indiana shortly after the birth of Issac Aaron. They would eventually > settle in Huntsville, Madison, IN. Issac died on 04Apr1837 in Huntsville, > Mary died in 1850, also in Huntsville, IN. Despite extensive search of > Indiana records, and surrounding states, we have been unable to find where > Issac and Mary are interred. MM & YM records show them as members as late > as 1835, but there is no record if they left the church, were dismissed or > disowned.* > ** > *Any help in finding this family would be appreciated. OkLady41* > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > QUAKER-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >