Descendants of Lou (Luellen) J.  Hamlin 1815/B4 1870   &  Martha 1830 to 1901/?

Lou Hamlin and Martha were from Virginia. Lou 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 mulattoes.

CHILDREN

1. Adolphus D Hamlin – 1847/? m/Jane?
2. Alfred Hamlin – 1848/?
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. Mandy Hamlin – 1859/?
8. Charlie Hamlin – 1860/? m/Flora Tyson
9. Martha Hamlin – 1863/1954 m/Henry Green Lear
10. Lucien – 1864/?
11. Henrietta – died young

=11 children

GRANDCHILDREN

Children of Adolphus D Hamlin & Jane

1. Katie Hamlin
2. John Hamlin, Sr.

Children of Alfred Hamlin & unknown mother

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

Children of Mary Hamlin & Jacob Herndon

1. Alfred Herndon - 1868/?  m/Mary Blakely Feb 6, 1892
2. Joseph Herndon - 1872/1938
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/?
2. Earnest Hamlin - 1889/?
3. Hortense Hamlin - 1891/?
4. Mattie Hamlin - 1889/1978 - m/Henry Charles Ward
5. Pinkie Hamlin - 1892/1971 - m/Scott Payne
6. Charles Hamlin – 1896/?
7. Chaney Hamlin - 1898/1962 - d/Texas - m/Marion G. McIntosh
8. Mary Jodie Hamlin - 1900/1978 - m/Franklin Tyson 
9. Willis Charles Hamlin - 1903/1972
10. Flora Adameshia Hamlin - ? - m/Tobe Brown

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/Norida Eunice 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