FURTHER INFORMATION ON JACOB HAMMAN "JUNIOR"
A Jacob Hamman married Maria Pinkstock in Tuscarwas Co., OH in 1836. His name was recorded as Hammer, but later records show Hamman, Hammon, Hamon or Howman. The last version of the name was also used for Jacob Hamman senior when he first came to Tuscarawas, and may be an attempt to get closer to the German pronunciation of Hamman (like Haw-mawn or Hawm-mawn, with the 'aw' as in lawn). "Hammer" was also used for Peter Hamman when he married in 1837, and is more likely just a mistranscription. The Hammon spelling of the name was also used for Peter, for example in the Brethren records (Peter because a Brethren minister in Kosciusko Co., Indiana).
In the 1840 census, the younger Jacob "Hamon" is listed between George and Jacob Ritter, the later having just married Sarah Hamman, a possible sister of the younger Jacob Hamman. They are all on the same page as Jacob Hamman senior and Peter Hamman. In the 1850 census, we find (in Lawrence township not far from Jacob Ritter), Jacob Hammon, age 33; Maria, 33; Eliz, 8; Franklin, 6 and Hannah, 3. By 1850 Peter and Jacob Hamman senior had moved to Kosciusko County, Indiana as had John Ritter jr. who was married to Elizabeth Hamman. Age 33 is the correct age to be the missing male in Jacob Hamman seniors' 1820 census, where there are two males age 0-10 (one would be Peter Hamman born in Sept. 1818). The 1830 census lists two males aged 10-15. Again one would be Peter roughly age 11 and the other could be Jacob aged 13.
In 1860, there is no Jacob Hamman in Tuscarawas, but Maria Hammon, age 42 is listed in Lawrence with a daughter Isabella age 9. It is very likely that this is the same Maria who was married to Jacob Hamman, although her place of birth has changed from Ohio to "Wirtemburg" between the 1850 and 1860 censuses. In the 1850 census, Ohio ("O") seems to have been used a default place of birth. For example, my gr gr grandfather George Ritter is listed as having been born in Ohio in that census, even though other censuses and other evidence (i.e. the birth place of his younger brother) all point to him having been born in PA.
On 22 Sept 1861, a Maria Howman is listed as marrying Henry Barr in Tuscarawas (book 5: 354). On 1 Mar 1868, Isabella Hamman married George Buroway in Tuscarawas (6: 281) and her mother signed for her as Maria Barr, indicating that the Maria Howman marriage in 1861 must have been the same Maria Hammon listed in the 1860 census with a daughter Isabella.
Thus the most likely scenario is that Jacob Hamman junior died between 1850 and 1860 and his wife later remarried. It is unknown if the three children listed in the 1850 census (or any additional children born after Isabella) survived. It is also remotely possible that Jacob survived and left Maria and Isabella, taking any other children with him, but it is much more likely that he had died. Because of the lack of proof that the younger Jacob Hamman was the son of Jacob Hamman and Mary Himes, I have not included him in my Rootsweb database. Information from any descendants or anyone else with knowledge of this branch of the Hammans would be very appreciated.