It's been over 25 years, with a lot of work, and I still can't figure out who my GGGrandfather
Hamler is. Hopefully I have boiled it down to a few people... And would appreciate ANY help on this...
Two of them are in the Will of "John
Hambler, d. 1778 in
Morris County, NJ." They are his sons, Leonard and John
Hamler. The other possibility is the name Isaac
Hamler or the SON of Isaac
Hamler.
You find Leonard Hamler/Homler in the very early tax schedules (1800, 1810 etc.) in
Roxbury twp, NJ.
A Nancy
Hamler from
Somerset Co., NJ b. 1790 ended up, at the end of her life, living with her son Leonard Bird in
Morris County (first living in
Somerset County). (Nancy's first husband was "Andrew Bird"; second husband was
Tunis Cole.) (We still don't know the name of Nancy Hamler's father.)
My GGrandfather was William H. Hamler (1807NJ - 1854
Sussex Co., NJ) William's first son was called Isaac
Hamler, b. 1834; his first daughter was called Jehila
Hamler, b. 1830, after his WIFE's MOTHER which may fit into
German naming practices.
There was also a lot of William's children who were named after family members...
William H. Hamler and Noyetta Kindred/Kindree Hamler's children:
1.) Jehila/Gehila
Hamler, b. 1830, NJ (a namesake for her Grandmother)
2.)Isaac
Hamler, b. 1834, NJ (a namesake?)
3.) Mary Ann
Hamler, b. 1835, NJ, died young
4.) Sarah R. Hamler, b. 1838, NJ
5.) William H. Hamler, b. 1839, NJ (a namesake)
6.) Andrew H. Hamler, b. 1843, NJ (There are a lot of
Andrews in various
Hamler family trees.)
7.) (James) Edward
Hamler, b. 1845; his nephew is also named (James) Edward
Hamler.
8.) Elijah
Hamler, b. 1845, NJ, probably died around the time of the Civil War where he served as a drummer. He is never heard of on paper again.
9.) John M. Hamler, b. 1846, NJ (There was a "John M. Hamler, born within two years of this John M. Hamler in
Somerset Co., NJ, his father was also William but this William was born in 1793.)
10.) Cornelius
Hamler (1850 - 1913), NJ; my Grandfather
(Named after his mother's brother.)
"John" and "Nicholas" and "Andrew" and "William" are common names that appear throughout the 1700s in the
Hamler family. The "first
Hamler family" to come to
America from Germany in 1717 (that I know of) had the patriarch called
Johannes Nicholas, with sons named by each one of those names:
Johannes (some people believe that "John
Hambler" of the Will fame was the second son "
Johannes.") The first son was Nicholas. When his wife died,
Johannes Nicholas Hammler moved to
Somerset Co., NJ where he settled. And the Hamlers in NJ started to spread out from
Somerset Co., to
Morris Co.,
Sussex County and
Warren County.
Does anybody see something here that would tell me my GGGrandfather Hamler's first name?
Or has your research lead you in such a direction?
Thanks so much!
Kathleen
Hamler PurchaseLPurch6636@aol.com