THE HAMMAN FAMILY

Jacob Hamman came to Tuscarawas County, Ohio in the 1810's and obtained the east half of lot 11 (50 acres) in NW Lawrence Township from Peter Himes, another early settler. Jacob was married to Mary Himes, who was most likely Peter Himes' daughter, although we cannot rule out the possibility that she was a younger sister or other relative of Peter Himes. The censuses show that Jacob and his wife Mary Himes had four or five daughters and two sons before Mary died and Jacob remarried to Elizabeth Mock in 1826. The only child from the first marriage that can be identified with reasonable certainty is Peter Hamman. Peter Hamman names his father as Jacob Hamman in his biographical sketch, and was an executor of Jacob Hamman's estate along with John Hamman the oldest son from the second marriage. Although it is not proven, it is very likely that the other son from the first marrriage was a Jacob Hamman jr. who married Mariah Pinkstock 12 Aug 1836 in Tuscarawas. This younger Jacob Hamman disappears from the Tuscarawas records sometime after 1850, but apparently did not join his (likely) father and brother in the migration to Kosciusko County, Indiana (Details). Among the daughters, it is highly likely that one daughter was Sarah Hamman who married Jacob Hamman's neighbor Jacob Ritter in 1839. It is also likely that another daughter was Elizabeth Hamman who married John Ritter (brother of Jacob) in the same year. Since Sarah and Elizabeth have not been proven to be Jacob Hamman's daughters, I have not included them as such in my genealogical database. But they and their known descendants are included in the database along with their husbands. Gene Andert has provided extensive information about Jacob's second family, and I have included links to his databases.

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