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I tend towards William & Mary being correct parents of John Hampson, but no proof.

There's a Richard Hampson c. Daresbury 26 Jun 1796 with parents William & Mary. He gives his birthplace as Walton or Halton in subsequent cesnsus and is a waterman in 1851 & 1861.

I assume that his brother is William Hampson c. Latchford 9 Dec 1798 with parents William & Mary (resident at Appleton). In the 1851 census he is born Appleton, labourer to the canal corp. (This is the father of Harriet Hampson).

My guess is that these are John Hampson's older brothers. There is also the burial of a Joseph Hampson (age 0 in 1813 at Grappenhall/Stockton Heath) and a Thomas Hampson age 25 buried at Grappenhall/Stockton Heath in 1841, who might be younger brothers. William Hampson age 52 is buried at Grappenhall in 1822 and Mary Hampson (spouse of William) is buried in the same place in 1801. There is another Mary buried in 1810. Hard to know if these all fit together.

Hi SVC,

Have you seen this rootchat thread?
 
http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=563890

There are a number of us on here who are descended from James & Harriet Hampson.

I think there is quite a lot of information about William Hampson/Mary Perrin - assuming that is the correct line, it's possible to trace William's parents Charles Hampson & Ann Massey and likewise Mary's parents William Perrin & Mary Newall in the Lymm records.

I've drawn a blank going back from John Hampson & Ellen Bowers though and it's hard to be sure that this is indeed the correct set of parents for John Hampson b 1805.

Meezer - delighted to see photo of Harriet Hampson, who is also my Great - Great Grandmother. My Grandfather was Herbert Hampson 1868-95.

Herbert Hampson was my Grandmother's Grandfather (she is in her 90s). I have a pdf of a Widnes directory of 1895 which lists "Hampson Hrbt Relieving Officer 55 Birchfield Road Appleton." but I've yet to discover what a Relieving Officer did.

So - if Charles & Ann are the correct parents for William Hampson, father of John Hampson, we have (from IGI)

Charles Hampson (age 21 batchelor) m Ann Massey 9 Jan 1755 Bowdon
and then baptisms in Bowdon with parents Charles & Ann

Charles Hampson 14 Sep 1760
James Hampson 23 May 1762
Alice Hampson 23 May 1762
John Hampson 13 May 1764
William Hampson 16 Sep 1770
George Hampson 30 May 1773

Charles Hampson Burial 26 Sep 1776 Bowdon

That doesn't quite match what I was expecting, as we know William has a brother Richard. Of course, there are plenty of gaps in the above list where other children could've been born.

Richard Hampson & Hannah Perrin have a child Richard in Lymm in 1798 and then Sarah Hampson is christened in Runcorn in April 1800.

Richard Hampson marries Mary Roylance 19 March 1800 in Liverpool

Richard Hampson & Mary have a child, Hannah Hampson born 25 Jun 1800, christened 3 Aug 1800
 (followed by Mary, Mary Ann, Sarah in later years).

If these are all the same man, he was a very fast worker, on a par with the later Robert Owen Hampson