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Descendants of Llewellyn Jones  Hamlin 1815/1864 & Martha 1825/?

Llewellyn Jones Hamlin and Martha were both from Virginia. Llewellyn was the son of John Hamlin and Mary Williams from Riverdale, Lunnenberg, Virginia. The parents of Martha are unknown at this time. Lew Hamlin was a slave owner found buying slaves in the late 1840's in Caddo Parish. The 1860 Caddo census lists them all as family with Martha and children as free persons of color.

CHILDREN

1. Adolphus D Hamlin – 1847/1933
2. Alfred Hamlin – 1848/? m/Annie Cole Apr 29, 1880
3. Mary Hamlin – 1850/? m/Jacob Herndon
4. Calvin Hamlin – 1854/?
5. Thomas Hamlin – 1856/? m/Amanda Porter
6. Joseph Hamlin – 1858/1910 m/Lizzie George
7. Charlie Hamlin – 1861/1932 m/Flora Tyson
8. Martha Hamlin – 1863/1954 m/Henry Green Lear
9. Lucien "Lou" – 1864/?
10. Henrietta – died young

=10 children

GRANDCHILDREN

Children of Adolphus D Hamlin & unknown mother

1. Katie Hamlin
2. John Hamlin, Sr.

Children of Alfred Hamlin & Annie Cole

1. Sallie Hamlin - ??
2. Pinkie Hamlin - ?? m/Curtis Johnson

Children of Mary Hamlin & Jacob Herndon

1. Alfred F. Herndon - 1868/1932  m/Mary Blakely Feb 6, 1892
2. Joseph F. Herndon - 1872/1938 children with Henrietta Cooks & Emmaline Miles (marriages unknown)
3. Harriet Herndon - 1873/?
4. Louella Herndon - 1866/1899  m/Robert “Sambo” Tyson Jan 25, 1883

Children of Calvin Hamlin & unknown mother

1. Katie Hamlin – 1879/?

Children of Thomas Hamlin & Amanda Porter

1. Katie Hamlin – 1879/1968  m/Owen Jacobs
2. Jodie Hamlin – 1883/? m/Zack Survine Sr  Jan 12, 1905
3. Early Hamlin - ??
4. Louella Hamlin – 1884/?
5. Martha L Hamlin – 1886/?  m/Albert Nelson Sr
6. Luellen H Hamlin – 1890/1965  m/Elizabeth Walker
7. Mahelia Hamlin – 1889/?  m/Garfield Booth
8. Walter Hamlin – 1892/?
9. Melissa Hamlin – 1896/?
10. Minnie Hamlin – 1897/?
11. Alberta Hamlin – ??   m/Icaum Hugh
12. Elizabeth Hamlin - ??
13. Nelia Hamlin – 1901/1992  m/Dorchia Owens

Children of Joseph Hamlin & Lizzie George

1. Eddie Hamlin – 1886/1886
2. Mary Hamlin – 1887/?  m/Robert Kidd Sr
3. Warren Hamlin – 1889/? 
4. Ollie Hamlin – 1892/1982
5. Joseph Hamlin – 1894/?  m/Ellen Ford
6. Mattie Lee Hamlin – 1896/1996  m/Henry James Lear
7. Elizabeth “Lovie” Hamlin – 1898/1910
8. Henrietta Hamlin – 1900/2006  m/Thomas Brown & Monroe Harrison
9. Sarah Hamlin – 1902/1985
10. Margaret Hamlin – 1904/1990  m/David Patterson
11. Dorothy Elizabeth Hamlin – 1906/2004  m/Willie Shields & Elige Donalson
12. Thomas Hamlin – 1910/?

Children of Charlie Hamlin & Flora Tyson

1. Ella Hamlin - 1887/? m/Tobe Brown
2. Earnest Hamlin - 1889/1919
3. Mattie Hortense Hamlin - 1889/1978 - m/Henry Charles Ward
4. Pinkie Hamlin - 1892/1971 - m/Scott Payne
5. Charles Hamlin – 1896/?
6. Chanie Hamlin - 1898/1962 - d/Texas - m/Marion G. McIntosh
7. Mary Jodie Hamlin - 1900/1978 - m/Franklin Tyson 
8. Willis Charles Hamlin - 1903/1972

Children of Martha Hamlin & *Henry Green Lear

1. Henry James Lear – 1883/1965  m/Betty Brown Foster
2. Craig Elwood Lear – 1890/1977  m/Maggie Rambo
3. Dorothy Lear – 1882/1956  m/Samuel Clay
4. Earnest “Bud” Green Lear – 1894/1976  m/Lula Tyson  Feb 23, 1919
5. William Attlee Lear – 1895/1984  m/Oada Lewis  Apr 15, 1928
6. Beulah Lear -?? Died at 10 yrs old
7. Joseph Dewey Lear – 1898/1975  m/Emma “Sweet” Rose Brown
8. Ruthie Lear – 1900/1900
9. Thomas Calvin Lear – 1905/1979  m/Nora Lewis

tree info submitted by Norida "Chickee" Lear/Nelson, granddaughter of Henry Green Lear & Martha Hamlin

=43 grandchildren

Martha Hamlin 1863

Mattie Hamlin 1889

Chaney Hamlin 1898

William Attlee Lear

Craig Elwood Lear

Dorothy Lear

Earnest Lear

Joseph Dewey Lear

Mary Jodie Hamlin