Samuel Hammond (1766-1838)
Cordwainer & Merchant of Somerset Street, Boston & Brookline, Massachusetts
He was born at Watertown, Massachusetts, when he was given the birth name "Asa" but this he changed to "Samuel" after the death of his brother, Samuel, in 1780. By trade, he was a shoemaker (cordwainer), and in 1796 he had a boot and shoe store at the sign of the Golden Key on Boston's Ann Street, with a house on Cold Lane. As a shoe and boot merchant he became extensively engaged in the East Indian trade at Boston enabling him to buy a townhouse on Somerset Street, a farm at Brookline, and in 1828 he built a summer home in Nahant. He was a Member of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company and owned considerable property in and around Boston. In 1794, he married Sarah Dawes, half-sister of William Dawes who rode alongside Paul Revere on his famous ride. He and his wife were the parents of nine children (listed).
