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Hammond Parish

Welcome to the homepage of the Hammond Parish Web Site. Hammond Parish is one of fifteen parishes which make up Kings County, New Brunswick. Hammond Parish was settled as early as the 1810's, as some of the descendants of the Loyalists as well as immigrants predominantly from Ireland but also from England, Scotland and Germany moved further into the hinterland of New Brunswick in search of grants of land.

The central feature which runs through some of Hammond Parish is, of course, the Hammond River. This river's beginnings are found in Hammond Parish, as can be seen in the map below, but it flows through Upham Parish and Hampton Parish on its route towards the Kennebecasis River at the community known as Hammond River, sitting at its mouth. Hammond Parish is surrounded by the following: on the east, it is bordered by Albert County; on the north it is bordered by Sussex Parish and by Waterford Parish; on the west it is bordered by Upham Parish; on the south it is bordered by St. Martins Parish in Saint John County.

The Formation Of Hammond Parish In the 1810's, when the settlers began to inhabit this area, it was known as part of the Hampton Parish. At this point there were only 7 parishes in Kings County; Westfield (1786), Kingston (1786), Sussex (1786), Springfield (1786), Greenwich (from Kingston in 1795), Norton (from Kingston and Sussex in 1795), and Hampton (formed in 1795 as well from territory originally within Sussex and Kingston parishes).

In 1835, the Hampton Parish was sub-divided into two separate parishes; Hampton and Upham. Upham included both the modern-day parish of Upham as well as modern-day Hammond Parish.

In 1858, this territory was again sub-divided, with Hammond Parish coming into being as a separate parish from the Upham Parish.

In 1874, it was again altered a bit as Waterford Parish was formed from the larger Sussex Parish. Prior to this last alteration, its northern boundary was a straight line starting as below and running roughly to the southeast corner of the parish and of the county. Territory above an imaginary line formed by following the northern boundary in a straight line was territory added in 1874.

The above map is of the westerh portion of Hammond Parish, where the population was centralized.

> If you are searching for residents of Hammond Parish in or before 1835, you should look in Hampton Parish.
> If you are looking for residents of Hammond Parish between 1835 and 1858, you should check Upham Parish.
> If you are looking for residents of Waterford Parish, if they lived in the southern part of that parish, you should also look in Hammond Parish after 1858 or in Upham Parish prior to 1858. > If you are looking for residents of the area in the years following 1858, you need to look in Hammond Parish.

Links of Interest to the Researcher If you are researching your family in Hammond Parish, I am providing for you a list of links which might be of interest for you and might aid you in your research. Click on one of the following links to be taken to that site.

*NB GenLinks* a good place to start for links to other regions and subjects	*NB GenWeb*
*Provincial Archives of New Brunswick* a searchable database for births, deaths and other material	*Kings County GenWeb* *The central site for genealogical research in Kings County*
*Land Grants in Hammond Parish* information gathered from the Land Grantbooks and Land Grant maps as to when the early settlers arrived and settled on their land	*Waterford Parish GenWeb* Waterford Parish lies on Hammond Parish's northern boundary, and many of the people in the area may be found in both parishes.
*Census Data* a listing of individuals living in Hammond Parish according to the 1851, 1861 and 1871 censuses.	*Hammond Surname List* a listing of surnames found in documents of people living in Hammond Parish as well as researchers names.
*Resources for Genealogical Study* a listing of books, most of which you might purchase, and a list of dealers in genealogical or historical materials	*Gazeteer of Kings County* a site which may help you to locate little known communities and reatures in Kings County. *Open but Still Under Construction*
*Historic Sites of Hammond Parish* a pictorial guide to historic sites in Hammond Parish	Parish Life as Pictured in the Papers a chronological listing of notices gleaned through the years from Daniel Johnson's Vital Statistics and other sources particular to Hammond Parish and some neighbouring communities
Population Patterns 1824, 1851, 1861 A site containing maps of population patterns for New Brunswick and for Kings County in the years 1824, 1851 and 1861, reprinted electronically here with permission of the copyright owner, Acadiensis Press	As Irish As Irish Can Be Information which may be useful if you are looking for your Irish family. Being Updated!
Orange Lodges in Hammond Parish Information on the Orange Lodge in Hammond Parish, including LOL # 91 and LOL # 31.	Cemeteries in Hammond Parish A data base giving more information than you will find on head stones, including a little known cemetery which has recently been located. See also John Elliott's book, Gone But Not Forgotten: Cemetery Inscriptions of Kings County, New Brunswick, vol. 3, which will not be duplicated here New!

The Hammond Parish GenWeb is part of the Kings County GenWeb and the NB GenWeb. It is maintained by Chris Greer, coordinator for Hammond Parish as well as Waterford Parish.

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