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Descendants of Aaron (Johannes) Hammer

Generation No. 2

2. ABRAHAM³ HAMMER (AARON (JOHANNES)², ANCESTOR¹)² was born 1730 in Abington, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, and died 1800 in Randolph County, North Carolina. He married (1) MARTHA BATEMAN December 29, 1755 in Swede's Church, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She died Unknown. He married (2) RACHEL MEETING Abt. 1757 in Pennsylvania. She was born Abt. 1731 in Bucks, Pennsylvania, and died Aft. 1784 in Randolph County, North Carolina.

Notes for ABRAHAM HAMMER:
I have added, in parenthesis, information from Hinshaw's records to that provided in the e-mail message from from Kathy Parmenter (kparmen@cnsinternet.com) where she states:

"In the minutes of the Abington meeting, 12 mo, 29d, 1755, he gave a written acknowledgement of the outgoing of his marriage to a non-Quaker, after members had condemened his action. The acknowledgment was accepted and he again became a member. The name of his wife is not mentioned in these records

In the minutes of the same meeting, Abraham on 10 mo, 29d, 1759, requested and received a certificate from Abington Meeting to go to Orange County, N.C. to become a member of the Cane Creek Monthly Meeting. Because his wife Rachel was still not a Quaker, neither she nor any of their children were mentioned.

It was not until June (7,) 1760 that Abraham presented his certificate to Cane Creek MM. On the "11th mo, 5th d, 1768 Abraham Hammer and George Henry" were dismissed from the meeting because they had joined a group protesting the taxes imposed on them and "also for making warlike preparations, due labor being extended, this meeting now disowns them.

This happened at the time when men in that area were preparing to take part in the battle of Alamance by the regulators. His signature along with over one hundred others appears on a petition handed to Governor Tryon, protesting taxes. For the next ten years nothing is known about the Hammers. However, Rachel requested a certificate and became a member of the Cane Creek Meeting, 1mo, 3d, 1779.

Three years later, 8mo, 4d, 1781, the three younger children, Rachel, Mary and Abraham Jr., were received as members, along with their parents Abraham Sr. and Rachel.

A record of Abraham Sr. and son Elisha are shown on the 1779 Tax list for Randolph County. This is probably an indication that Elisha would have been born by 1758 or before as he would have to be 21 to own property. This is the first record we found of Elisha. In a 1785 tax list for the same county, both Elisha and Isaac are listed as owning 75 acres. This is also the earliest record of Isaac that we have found.

The family became members (Cane Creek MM granted certificate to Deep River on April 6, 1782) of Deep River MM (Yadkin County) in 1782 and two years later, they were again members of Cane Creek (received on cerificate from Deep River dated May 3, 1784). Additional entries in Cane Creek MM (October 7, 1766) are for Abraham's daughter Mary, who married John Adamson "outside of Friends discipline" and later (September 6, 1806 Mary Adamson confessed her marriage "outside of Friends disipline") was re-admited.

Also the youngest son, Abraham Jr. married and was condemned in 1787, then in 1803 he and his wife were received again.

There is no further record of Rachel, the wife. A deed Abraham signed in 1797 does not have Rachel's signature, so we assume she was no longer living. Abraham Sr's name is not listed in the 1800 Federal Census, so he apparently died by then."

More About ABRAHAM HAMMER:
Fact 1: May 07, 1760, Received on Certificate at Cane Creek MM, N.C.
Fact 2: November 05, 1768, Disowned by Cane Creek MM
Fact 3: August 04, 1781, Abraham & son Abraham recrq
Fact 4: April 06, 1782, Abraham & son Abraham granted Certificate to Deep River MM, N.C.
Fact 5: May 03, 1782, Received on Certificate Deep River MM
Fact 6: June 05, 1784, Abraham & son Abraham received on Certificate from Deep River MM, N.C. dated May
Fact 7: September 01, 1787, Abraham disowned by Cane Creek MM for marrying out of unity (faith)
Fact 8: April 02, 1803, Abraham granted certificate to Back Creek MM, N.C.

Children of ABRAHAM HAMMER and RACHEL MEETING are:

	i.	ELISHA⁴ HAMMER, b. Abt. 1758; d. Unknown.
3.	ii.	ISAAC HAMMER, b. November 20, 1763, Randolph County, North Carolina; d. April 04, 1837, Huntsville, Madison County, Indiana.
	iii.	MARY HAMMER, b. July 31, 1768, Randolph County, North Carolina; d. Unknown.
4.	iv.	JOHN HAMMER, b. April 03, 1769, Randolph County, North Carolina; d. September 13, 1841, Henry County, Indiana.
	v.	RACHEL HAMMER, b. 1770, Randolph County, North Carolina; d. Unknown.
5.	vi.	ABRAHAM HAMMER, b. January 05, 1771, Orange County, North Carolina; d. Aft. March 30, 1819, Holly Spring, Randolph County, N.C..
	vii.	MARGARET HAMMER, b. 1772, Randolph County, North Carolina; d. Unknown.
	viii.	MARY HAMMER, b. Bef. 1781; d. Unknown; m. JOHN ADAMSON, October 07, 1786, Cane Creek MM, Orange County, North Carolina; d. Unknown.

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