THE NAME AND FAMILY OF HANMER OR HANMORE

THE NAME AND FAMILY
OF
HANMER OR HANMORE

(Dec. 1-1966)
Compiled by
THE MEDIA RESEARCH BUREAU
Washington D. C.
 
THE NAME AND FAMILY OF HANMER OR HANMORE

	The name of HANMER or HANMORE is derived from the residence of 
its first bearers in the parish of that name, in the diocese of St. Asaph. 
The original form of the name was probably Hanmere, meaning 
“seated by a lake or mere”. It is found on ancient English and early 
American records in the various forms of Hanmere, Hamner, Handmore, 
Hanmore, Hanmer, and others, of which the last-mentioned spelling 
is that most generally in use in America today, while that immediately 
preceding it is also occasionally found.
	Families bearing this name were resident at early dates in the 
British Counties of Chester, Salop, Denbigh, Flint, and Montgomery, 
as well as in the city and vicinity of London. They appear to have been, 
for the most part, of the landed gentry and yeomanry of England and Wales.
	In the reign of King Edward the First of England (circa 1272-1307), 
Sir John de Hanmer was resident in Flintshire and held the title of Constable 
of Caernarvon.
	According to some historians, he was descended from Meredith, 
Lord of Rhiwhirieth and Coed Talog, brother of Griffith, Prince of North 
Wales. Sir John married Hawys, daughter of Einion ap (ap being the Welsh 
form of “son of”) Gwillim ap Gwenwynwyn, Lord of Powys, and had issue by 
her of a son named Philip. This Philip Hanmer married Annes, daughter 
of David ap Ryrid ap Ynyr, and was the father by her of Sir David Hanmer, 
who was one of the Justices of the King’s Bench in1383. Sir David had 
issue by his wife Angharad of Jenkin, Griffith, and Margaret.
	Jenkin Hanmer, eldest son of Sir David and Angharad, first married 
Margaret, daughter of David ap Bleddyn Vychan, and was the father by 
her of a son named Griffith. By a second wife, Eva, daughter of David ap 
Gronwy, he had further issue of John, Richard, and Edward, of whom the 
last will be mentioned again below.
	The elder son of Jenkin and Margaret, Griffith Hanmer, married Elen, 
daughter of Sir Pyrs or Peter Dutton, and had issue by her of a son named 
Richard, who married Margaret, daughter of Sir Roger Kynaston, and was the 
father by her of Sir Thomas Hanmer and David. Sir Thomas married Jane, daughter 
of Sir Randel Brereton or Bruerton, and had issue by her of Sir Thomas and 
Randel. Of these last-mentioned brothers, Sir Thomas left issue by his wife 
Katrin, daughter of David Salter, of Sir John, Thomas, Randal, and Mawdlen, 
of whom the first was knighted about the year 1597. He married Jane, daughter 
of Sir John Salbri or Salisbury, and left issue by her of Sir Thomas, John, 
and Richard, of whom the first had issue by his wife Katrin, daughter of 
Thomas Moiston, of Sir John, Margaret, Mary, and Ann. Of these, Sir John was 
created a baronet in 1620. He married Dorothy, daughter of Sir Richard Trevor, 
and was the father by her of Sir Thomas Hanmer, Baronet.
	Randel Hanmer, younger son of Sir Thomas and Jane (nee Brereton), 
was first married to Annes, daughter of Thomas ap Richard, and had issue by 
her of David, Edward, Thomas, Margaret, and Ermin. By his second wife, Lucy, 
daughter of John Wynn at Rynallt, Randel had further issue of Thomas, 
Roger, Margaret, and Elizabeth. Of these Thomas was the father by his wife 
Elin, daughter of Lewis Griffith, of Randal, Richard, Thomas, William, 
Elin, and Ales or Alice; and it is probable that Roger founded the Montgomeryshire, 
Wales, branch of the family.
	Edward Hanmer, before-mentioned younger son of Jenkin Hanmer, resided 
at Fens Hall, Parish of Hanmer, Flintshire, and left issue by his wife 
Margett, daughter of Moris ap Ievan Gethid, of a son name Griffith, 
who married Margett, daughter of Meredith Lloyd, and was the father by 
her of a son named Jenkin. This Jenkin married Marged, daughter of Thomas 
Dymock, and was the father by her of at least one son, William Hanmer, who 
married Elinor, daughter of Sir Thomas Hanmer. To this union was born William 
Hanmer, who married Marged, daughter of David Kynaston, and had issue by her 
of Sir William, Thomas Hwmffre or Humphrey, John, Jane, Elin, Marget, Elnor, 
Ann, and Mawdlen. Of these, Sir William married Elnor, daughter of Edward 
Dymock, and had issue by her of William, Thomas, Humphrey, and Katrin.
	One Sir Thomas Hanmer, of the last-mentioned line of the family, was 
married in the early seventeenth century to Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Thomas 
Baker and Maid of Honor to Queen Anne, the wife of Charles the First. This 
Sir Thomas had two children, Sir John and Trevor.
	David Hanmer, younger son of Richard and Margaret (nee Kynaston) 
Hanmer before mentioned, settled in Shropshire, England, and left issue 
there by his wife Anna, daughter of David ap Beaulin, of Edward, David, and 
Humfrey. Of these, Edward married Auderia or Audrey, daughter of Henry Twiford, 
and had issue by her of a son, Hieronimus, who married Frances, daughter of 
Thomas Charleton, and was the father by her of Arthur, James, Hieronimus, 
and Mary.
	Another branch of the Shropshire family of the name traces its 
descent from Thomas Hanmer, of Porkington, County Salop, who is called the 
son of Richard ap David ap Howell ap Meredith ap Madock ap Meiler ap 
Tangwell ap Tudor ap Rerid ap Llewellin, of Shrewsbury, Wales. Thomas was 
the father by his wife Gwenwhever, daughter of David Lloyd, of County Denbigh, 
Wales, of six children, David, Meredith, Thomas, Elianora, Jane, and Katherina. 
Of the last-mentioned brothers, David married Elizabeth, daughter of 
Roger Kynaston, and had issue by her in the latter sixteenth century of 
Thomas, Edgar, Margaret, Dorothy, Elianora, John, Jane, Katherine, 
and Richard; while Meredith died at Dublin, Ireland, in 1604, leaving at 
least one son, named Thomas.
	Other early, though unconnected records of the family in the British 
Isles include those of Lewis Hamner, of Shropshire, who was registered 
in the University of Oxford in 1575; those of Edward Hanmer, who died in 
Denbighshire about the year 1598; those of Anthony Hanmer, of Belfield, in 
1615; those of Thomas Hanmore, of London, before 1624; and those of Robert 
Hanmore, of London, in 1697.
	The connecting links between the various branches of the family in 
the British Isles and the first emigrants of the name to America have not been 
found. The first of the name in America was one John Hanmer or Hanmore, who 
settled at Scituate, Mass., in 1639 and later resided at Duxbury, whence 
he finally removed to Marshfield, in the same colony. He was the father of 
John, Joseph, Isaac, Rebecca, Bethia, and Hannah, but the name of his wife 
is not in evidence.
	Isaac, son of the immigrant John, made his home at Scituate, 
and had at least one son, named Benjamin, who married Abigail Josselyn in 
1715. Benjamin also had a second wife, Jane Wright, whom he married in 
1724. The records of these lines are only fragmentary, although the descendants 
are believed to be numerous.
	One John Hanmer of Han(d)more, whose ancestry is uncertain, 
came from Halifax to Bridgewater, Mass., about 1739. His children were 
Abigail, Jerusha, John, Elizabeth, and Mary.
	John, son of the first John of Bridgewater, married Mary Prior in 1760 
and had issue by her or Nabby, Lucinda, Cynthia, Zenas, and Penninah.
	Of sturdy, courageous pioneer stock, the Hanmers and Hanmores of 
America have been characterized in general by their steadfast determination, 
high ideals and moral and physical strength.
	Among those of the name who fought in the War of the Revolution 
were Alanson Hanmer, of Massachusetts; Sergeant John Hanmer or Hanmore, of 
Massachusetts; Ensign Francis Hanmer, of New York; David and Jabez Hanmore, 
of New York; and numerous others from the various States of that period.
	Philip, John, David, Richard, Thomas, Randel or Randal, Griffith, Humphrey, 
Edward, and James are some of the Christian names preferred by the family for 
its male progeny.
	A few of the members of the family who have attained distinction in
 more recent times are:
		John Hanmer (1809-1881), of London, English author, and historian.
                Lee Franklin Hanmer (b. 1871), of New York, American hygienist,
educator, and author.
                William Calvert Hanmer (b. 1878), of London and New York. Anglo-
American historian.
	The most ancient of the several versions of the coat of arms of the 
English family of Hanmer or Hanmore is described in heraldic terms as follows 
(Burke, Encyclopedia of Heraldry, 1844):

	Arms.--“Argent, two lions passant guardant, azure, armed and langued gules.”
	Crest.-- “On a chapeau azure, turned up ermine, a lion sejant, guardant, 
argent.”
	Motto.--“Guardez l’honneur.”

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Bardsley, English and Welsh Surnames. 1901.
Dwnn. Heraldic Visitations of Wales. Vol. 2.
Harleian Society. Le Neve’s Pedigrees of the Knights. 1873.
Lloyd. Sheriffs of Montgomeryshire. 1876.
J. Hanmer. Memorial of the Parish and Family of Hanmer, in Flintshire. 1876.
C. Hanmer. The Hanmers of Marton and Montford, Salop. 1916.
Savage. Genealogical Dictionary of New England. 1860.
Deane. History of Scituate, Mass. 1831.
Mitchell. History of Bridgewater, Mass. 1897.
Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War. 1900.
New York in the Revolution. 1887. 1901.
Burke. Encyclopedia of Heraldry. 1844.

To be updated.
My Family Lines:
          I. George P. Hymes (Barbour County, WV.)
           m. 2-Jul-18731 
    1851   m. Mary E. Yeager  
           1A. Charles Andrew Hymes
            m. Dora Kittle
    1900    1B. Delbert Frederick Hymes (d. in Junior, Barbour Co. WV)  1949
       (d/o Charles Lewis & Barbara Ella (Summerfield) Hamner)
Ethel was born in Bowden, Randolph County, WV.
    1909     m. Ethel Blanche Hamner ( d. Manteo, NC)    1987
             1C. Charles Delbert Hymes 
       (d/o Charles & Annie2 O. (White ) Ketterman
              m. Bernice Gayle Ketterman
              1D. Tammy Gayle Hymes (me)

     1. Barbour Co. Marriages: Geo. P. Hymes Barbour Co. Yeager, Mary E. Age 22 
     2. Annie was the daughter of Alfred T. and Mamie (Plum) White.