Nathaniel Hammond

		b. 1728 

pb. Bolton, Connecticut 

m. (1)  1760, Dorothy Tucker 

m. (2)  1776, Eleanor Olmsted 

d. December 10, 1817 

pd. Bolton, Connecticut 

Nathaniel Hammond was the oldest son of Elijah Hammond and Mary Kingsbury. He married Dorothy Tucker (b. 1740, d. Dec. 21th, 1775) in 1760, and their children were these:

• Jason, b. Feb. 1st, 1762
• Candace, b. Aug. 24th, 1763
• Elijah, b. Dec. 8th, 1764
• Lemuel, b. Nov. 4th, 1766
• Eli, b. Oct. 26th, 1768
• Mary, Sept. 29th, 1770
• Allen, Oct. 8th 1772
• Alvin and Calvin^7.1, Dec. 2nd, 1775, see page

Nathaniel inherited the greater part of his father Elijah's land and was prominent in the business and public affairs of the town. He farmed on a large scale and the land records of East Hartford show that he was also a mill owner in Manchester, Conn. He was an active patriot in the Revolutionary War, and a member of the town committee for the supply of provisions to the soldier's families.

Dorothy Tucker Hammond died two weeks after the births of Alvin and Calvin. Nathaniel Hammond married for a second time, to Eleanor Olmsted, a widow. He died at age eighty-nine, in 1817. Eleanor died later on January 28th, 1822, at seventy-four years of age. Their children were:

• George, b. June llth, 1778
• Chester, b. Nov. 25th, 1779
• Anna, b. Aug. 17th, 1781
• Dorothy, baptized Jan. 22nd, 1782
• Manton, b. May 6th, 1786
• Eleanor, b. Dec. 19th, 1787
• Nathaniel, b. May 30th, 1790