Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1919-04-15
HAMMOND GRAVEYARD
WILL Be RESTORED
Matig Notable Members 81 Farsai.
Is Lie In Old Lot Now Part
Of Naval Dairy Farm
WERE IN WAX AND PEACE

bin. s,3iltrsv are called ID mind by IN.
sssr which are now being made X
rsssore theold family buryfng ground
par Of the property attached u
tte yal academy dairy, near Gam,
81 iis connection, this stirring &C
ea,Ils 81 important facts III the lives
Tia noted members of the family
h ann prepared for the EYening
4ettas Il III published With partic-
aIsf pleasure. not only asa deserved
fil,alt 81 worthy men Of our County
s aaa Nation. but as call 10 our
opi4 generation for equal service when
t. tsion arises. on the field of
NJ 81 AID other fields Of civic en-
dssar III which just as worthy serv-
bic rendered.
Ii lhe middle Of q field near Gam
bf4lls. Anne Arundel County. Is d
eyard grown with large trees and
falebl matted branches Il Ii with
great ditiieuity that one can push ones
WIS ID 20 look upon the. tombstones
nn,!cr Which lie the remains Of q noble
ana patriotic ancestry Or q great and
Numerous family ID this State the
Hammonds and their kinsnen.'
Iieglnning with Major General John
Hammond who played such noble
ma extraordinary part III shaping the
destiny IL tile colony, some two hum
dred and twenty-five years. ago, the
eary history of Maryland Is In q large
measure Il biography Of the Hammond
family iii direct and collateral lines.
The llanm0nds were patriots 81 high
official and military position. pre-emi-
nenfly To the front In the formation Of
tie colony and lii the dark days o. the
{eyolution. 4
fhese lordly people built for their
families costly and elegant homes in
various parts of Maryland and lavish
I'd Ii great abundance OF careful and
loving thought upon them. Many of
thrsse old mansions still remain Bur-
leigh Front Hill. Solitude, success
Farm. Acton. Iiarwood House. and
many others Of fine cooIniaI Archi-
lecture
III BIS death, Major General John
Hammond willed To his son Charles
the plantations known as Flushing,
Deer Creek Point, Rich Neck and
llamnond who took up Ills residences
here vas hardly lens eminent than his
father i Major lii the Colonial Army,
i Member Of the General Assembly.
which 1T that day was.no small honor,
Commissioner OF the Land Office,
Treasurer of the West Shore and
Member Of the Council II the CORES
poaacnee Of Governor Sharp. Charles
HaAmond figured conspieuously In q
corner of Major Charles Hammond's
plantation ii the burial ground with
lamentations, oblong holes, broken tab
lets all oyergrown and lost TO view
Ry pushing aside the bTiafs. one can
see row OF broken monuments with
foundations crnmbled and read the In
scripNons which are not vet obiiterat-
Cd Is time Here IS one on nOnu-
ne3t covering the remains Of Philip
Hammond son Of Charles, and per-
hapS ihe most prominent of the third
generation III Maryland Hamnlonds.
There vas hardly position within
tlse Sit If The colony that Philip Ham
inoad did not hold This is the epi-
iapll
Philip Hammond d great and
good man, worthy and dutiful
member Of society. an able and
eloquent Senator, tender husband,
aifeetionate parent, indulgeDt
master whose natural and &C
CURED attachments deseryedly lift
him to the Honor OF his co0n-
tr nied 1850, age g. years,
reaty lamented BY his family and
Rho had the happiness Of be-
B acquainted with him.
There are many Of us, his descend
living today who must bow our
heads as id family humiliation Ct the
rance of the forgotten and neg
letss crave ag Philip Hammond as
Nef those 81 others Of cur noble
toFeiathers Hui those VIE lie buried
d ihat plot we're not family men alone
y iaes belonged 70 the State, Tho courl-
fy
Failip Hammond married Rachael
ifiee hey had nine childre1 seven
Y ahaHl married into the most prOnli'
aen fai HES of his State. The eltiesl
ail Charles Hammond, vas .
grea Afna owner ana devised To each
81 his children enormous tracts g
yafia1s paris Of Maryland. lie mar
Fiea Elizabeth Wright and died Il
There is no stone 10 marx his
eFase THO, Rezin and Matthias. da6
aei marry They were Esaunch yonns
with hearts on fire for thesl
country veal Men Of brilliant part
Nha ilasl for their associates salcal mel
ISL rles Carroll, or CarrOiton, ions
h.ss William Paca and Samuel Chase
aeS were 9th signers Of the Dec
taIstinn Of Rights and helped cleo
aelesates 10 the phiIadelpaia COiayen
ilats Matthias vas d member ~ M
seafen5ion which was app0inted q
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