Letitia* (Lettice) Hammond

Notes:

"Archibald's mother Letitia, or Lettice, was born in 1650, the first of three children born from Colonel Robert and Mary Hampden Hammond, a couple who married sometime around the time of King Charles I's execution, the act that set in motion the rise of Oliver Cromwell as Lord Protector of the Commonwealth."
Ben M. Angel
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Family/Spouse: Phineas* Preston. Phineas* (son of Alderman of Dublin John* Preston and Mary* Morris) was born before 6 Oct 1650 in Bolton, Lancashire, England; was christened on 6 Oct 1650 in S. Peter, Bolton, Lancashire, England; died after 1680 in of, Tara and Ardsallagh, Meath, Ireland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Phineas (Archibald)* (or John) Preston was born in 1672 in Tara, Ardsallagh Townland, Co Meath, Leinster,Ireland; died before 28 Apr 1703 in Ulster, Ireland; was buried on 28 Apr 1703.

Notes:

Colonel Hammond played a major role in the earlier English Civil Wars, first as a military leader in Cromwell?s New Model Army, then as the gaoler of the King between November 1647 and November 1648. For denying the king the chance to escape the Isle of Wight, Robert was considered after his death in 1654 one of 20 deceased regicides whose lands were confiscated and never restored by King Charles II after the restoration. Despite this, his three girls by his second wife, Mary Hampden, were allowed to retain Willen Manor in Buckinghamshire, which remained in the family until they sold the estate in 1673 and fled the country.

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Robert* married Mary* Hampden. Mary* (daughter of John* Hampden and Elizabeth* Simeon) was born about 1630. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Despite the high profile role of Colonel Hammond, his wife?s father played an even higher profile role. Mary was the daughter of Elizabeth Simeon and John Hampden, an early and much-celebrated leader of the rebellions that would bring down the Stuart king. As a parliamentarian, he fought skillfully in organizing his fellows against illegal taxes and forced loans imposed by Charles upon his subjects. In 1637, when his daughter Mary was perhaps 7 years old, he personally rose up against the hated ship-money tax (a levy originally intended to preserve England from an invading fleet, but which had been misused that year to raise money for the king?s personal causes), and though in this test case he would lose against the Crown, his defiance in court was seen as a moral victory. By 1643, after Parliament had taken over London and set about contesting King Charles for the rest of the country, John Hampden sought to use his tactical skills on the battlefield. At Chalgrove, he met his fate, and as Officer Jackson had after his last act of service, died from a mortal wound six days later at the nearby village of Thame.


John Hampden and Oliver Cromwell. First cousins ? zero generations removed.
John Hampden was the first cousin of Oliver Cromwell. Hampden?s early bravery inspired his Cambridgeshire cousin to the great fetes later that would propel him to the role of Lord Protector of England, Scotland, and Ireland. John?s mother, Elizabeth, was the younger sister of Robert Cromwell of Huntingdon, who fathered Oliver. Both siblings were raised by Sir Henry Williams, better known by his alias of Cromwell, the family name of his grandmother. In his late 20s, he rose to greatness when he valiantly served King Henry VIII in suppressing the Pilgrimage of Grace, the pro-Catholic rebellion against the creation of a Protestant Church of England. The success of Henry and his father gave rise to the branch of the Cromwells that ultimately led to Oliver?s rise as Lord Protector.

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John* married Elizabeth* Simeon. Elizabeth* (daughter of Edmund* Symeon) was born about 1600. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

William* married Elizabeth* Cromwell. Elizabeth* (daughter of Knight of the Shire Henry* Williams (alias Cromwell)) was born about 1562; died in 1664. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]