Descendants of the Tolpuddle Martyrs

We recently delved into the fascinating life of Tolpuddle resident Cissie Puckett after featuring this photo of a face a photographer had lost the name for.

Sally wished to point out that Cissie's mother-in-law Jane Puckett, nee Hammett, was not a direct descendant of George Hammett, but her father was William Hammett, who was a half-cousin to James Hammett, the Tolpuddle Martyr himself.

Sally's connection to the Tolpuddle Hammetts is through the line of a first cousin to James Hammett the Tolpuddle Martyr.

She said: "We had a lovely day at the festival in Tolpuddle where I met up with many other Tolpuddle Hammett relatives - some of whom are related to all six of the martyrs as their lineage is from a sister of James Hammett who married into the Loveless family, and also were joined by some direct descendants of James Hammett."