Samuel Hammond

(February 2, 1748 – January 4, 1842) 

Family accounts inform that Samuel Hammond had driven a load of wood from Newton, Massachusetts, in the countryside to Boston, arriving hours before the Boston Tea Party on December 16, 1773.

He stayed late in Boston that night, and although he declined to admit why, he did not immediately return to Newton; loose tea was reportedly found in Samuel’s shoes. This story was shared in his obituary, which also called him “an ardent patriot.” 

After a short move to Otter Creek, New York, and back to Massachusetts, Samuel enlisted as a private in Captain Amaraiah Fuller’s company, under the command of Colonel Thatcher’s regiment for five days beginning on March 4, 1776. He further served with Captain Edward Fuller in the march to Roxbury from March 19, 1778, to April 15th of that year. By the time of the initial federal census in the United States in 1790, Samuel Hammond had removed to Wardsboro, Vermont, where he lived out the rest of his days. 

Sammuel Hammond died in West Wardsboro, Vermont, on January 4, 1842. He is buried in West Wardsboro Cemetery in West Wardsboro, Vermont.