John Hamlin^{[1, 2, 3, 4]}

1762 - 1852  (89 years)

• Name	John Hamlin
  Born	22 Oct 1762	Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts   [1, 3, 5, 6]
  Gender	Male
  Residence	1840	Plainfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts   [4]
  Residence	1840	Plainfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts   [1]
  Residence	1850	Plainfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts   [3]
  _FSFTID	LZR8-8ZX
  _UID	92DB2436F9DC41A78BAFD856C8D53FF8C028
  Died	15 Apr 1852	Cummington, Hampshire, Massachusetts   [5]
  Buried	Plainfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts
  	West Hill Cemetery
  Person ID	I2345	Strong History
  Last Modified	6 Jan 2018

  
  

  Father	Isaac Hamblin,   b. 1728, Cape Cod, Massachusetts ,   d. 1762, Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts  (Age 34 years)
  Mother	Sarah Shaw,   b. 1 Oct 1726, Abington, Plymouth, Massachusetts ,   d. 1803, Plainfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts  (Age 76 years)
  Married	23 Jan 1746	Abington, Plymouth, Massachusetts   [7, 8]
  Family ID	F671	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Sally Towne,   b. 1773, Sutton, Worcester, Massachusetts ,   d. 11 Oct 1818, Plainfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts  (Age 45 years)
  Married	Dec 1790	Windsor, Berkshire, Massachusetts   [5, 9]
  Children	1. John Hamlin,   b. 29 Jul 1791, Plainfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts ,   d. 20 Feb 1792, Plainfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts  (Age 0 years)   2. Orren Hamlin,   b. 2 Dec 1792, Plainfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts ,   d. 14 Sep 1813, Massachusetts  (Age 20 years)   3. Reuben Hamlin,   b. 19 May 1795, Plainfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts ,   d. 28 Dec 1866, Shelburne Falls, Franklin, Massachusetts  (Age 71 years)   4. Clarissa Hamlin,   b. 5 Jul 1797, Plainfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts ,   d. 13 Dec 1831, Plainfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts  (Age 34 years)   5. Abigail Hamlin,   b. 10 Feb 1800, Plainfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts ,   d. 29 Sep 1833, Cummington, Hampshire, Massachusetts  (Age 33 years)   6. Lyman Hamlin,   b. 14 Jan 1803, Plainfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts ,   d. 14 Feb 1878  (Age 75 years)   7. Hon. Freeman Hamlin,   b. 8 May 1805, Plainfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts ,   d. 16 Jan 1889, Massachusetts  (Age 83 years)   8. Polly Hamlin,   b. 15 Sep 1807, Plainfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts ,   d. 18 Mar 1847, Chester, Clinton, Ohio  (Age 39 years)   9. Horace Hamlin,   b. 23 Aug 1810, Plainfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts ,   d. Yes, date unknown   10. John Hamlin,   b. 3 Dec 1814, Plainfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts ,   d. 22 Oct 1844, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania  (Age 29 years)
  Last Modified	14 Jan 2020
  Family ID	F669	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Dorothy Gove Ayer,   b. Abt 1778,   d. 21 Sep 1847  (Age ~ 69 years)
  Married	10 Nov 1819  [10]
  Last Modified	14 Jan 2020
  Family ID	F670	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Documents2

  Hamlin Family photo album

  
  

• Notes

  He removed with his mother's family from Bridgewater to Cummington; and it was among his distinct recollections, that while on the journey, at Northampton, the news of the Declaration of Independence reached that town, supprising and rejoicing the people. Private in Capt. Joseph Clapp's Co., in Col. Israel Chapin's .3d Mass. Regt.; enlisted Oct. 16, 1779; served at Claverack; dis. Nov. 21, 1779, 5 days travel; also, private in Capt. Ebenezer Strong's Co.; in Col. Sears' Hampshire County Regt.; enlisted Aug. 10, 1781; service at Saratoga; dis. Nov. 20, 1781. He signed for bounty paid him by class 2, for Belchertown, to serve in the Cont. army for 3 years, July 9, 1782. His name appears in Capt. Henry Porter's Co., of Northampton, for clothing. His app. for pension was dated Plainfleld, Mass., June 3, 1834. At his death he was the oldest Rev. pensioner in the town. He removed to Plainfield, 1790, one of its earliest settlers, seventeen years before its incorporation; an honored and respected citizen; selectman, 19 years; representative, five years; Justice Peace, 1817. - History of the Hamlin Family, Andrews 1902 In the year 1776, John Hamlen, then thirteen years old, removed with his parents to Cummington, three years bfore its incoporation as a town. At the age of sixteen he entered the Revolutionary army and served about six months. He was at the time of his death the last of the Revolutionary pensioners in Plainfield. He married Sally Town (born in Sutton, Mass.) at Windsor, Mass 1790, and settled in Plainfield the same year. He was by trade a carpenter and several of the first houses were built by him or under his supervision. The house which he built and occupied on his homestead where E. A. Atkins now lives, is still in good condition. In 1800 he was chosen one of the selectmen and served for nineteen years. He represented the town in General Court at Boston in 1814, `14 and `15; also in 1823 and 1826. He made the journey to Boston on horseback, and during the May sessions turned his horse out to pasture in the near vicinity, and at the end of the session rode home again. Two other representatives were at the time of their election living in the John Hamlen house, viz.: his son Freeman nnd Edwin A. Atkins, the present member from this town. His wife died Oct. 11, 1818, aged forty-five, For a second wife he married Mrs. Dorothy Gove of Worthillgtou, Nov. 10th, 1819. She died Sept. 21, 1847, aged sixty-nine. Although for many years in feeble health he lacked but a few months of being ninety years of age at his death, which occurred April 15,1852. At the age of seventy-five he publicly professed his faith in Christ as a Savior, and united with the Plainfield church. He had however for some years previously entertained a Christian hope. - History of the Town of Plainfield, Dyer 1891

  
  

• Sources

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