William HARDING was a loyalist and one of the original grantees of the city of St. John. His son, George HARDING, who died in 1843, the grandfather of the high sheriff who was father of Mrs. Jane HAMMOND who died at Hampton on the 28th inst. She was the youngest daughter. Mrs. Hammond lived to be 86 years of age and was the last of her generation of the Harding family. Great as her age, she did not live as many years as her mother, Jane SPRAGG who died at the age of 92 years. The Spraggs were also a loyalist family, Jane Spragg's father having come here in 1783 and he settled at the Belleisle. Mrs. Hammond married William HAMMOND, an Englishman who with his brother, John HAMMOND carried on an extensive mercantile business in St. John.. Their stor over fifty years ago was one of those general stores which belonged to the early age of the city in which everything that was purchable in St. John could be purchased. They built and owned ships as well. Although William Hammons died a comparatively young man on the sunny side of forty, yet he had amassed considerable wealth and left his widow with a family of young children with what might be considered a fortune. Mrs. Hammond owned a great deal of property in St. John. But the fire of 1877 made havoc with much of it and on the evening of June 20th in that year she was much poorer than she was in the morning. She had some of her property insured, but the changes which the fire wrought broke up a life spent almost entirely in the city and brought into that life much anxiety. She leaves one son, Brunswick HAMMOND, now living at Hampton Village and five daughters, Mrs. B. COLDWELL, with whom she has lived since the great fire; Mrs. Geo. G. GILBERT, Mrs. Fred G. RING, Mrs. Dr. RING and Mrs. Dr. CROSBY, with several grandchilkdren. The funeral took place this morn. from Mrs. Hammond's residence Hampton. Services were held at St. Mary's church conducted by Rev. Warneford and Rev. Maynard. The remains were brought to the city by the 12:55 train and were met at the depot by a large number of citizens. The interment took place in Rural (Fernhill) Cemetery.