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Neil,
I may be able to help. I don't know if you are familiar with the Cheshire Parish Register Project but it might help you. You will find it under Cheshire Resources in Rootschat. I have had a quick look at the website and the nearest baptism I can find is William Cartwright baptised Nantwich 26/5/1797. This could be him. Access to the actual registers should give one or both parents with a bit of luck. I notice there are a couple of Sampson Cartwrights baptised somewhat earlier yet our Sampson Cartwright beleived he was born at Stafford. There is room for research here. Cartwright seems to be a common name in the Nantwich area.
Andrewl

Neil,
I can give  you some local information about Sampson Cartwright.
I am a local historian interested in Nantwich and Willaston history. I have been involved in the recent formation of Willaston History Group.
I know that Sampson Cartwright was a successful confectioner, so much so that he built a large house in the Nantwich/Willaston area that was originally called Cheney Brook House or maybe China Brook House after the nearby brook. Later it was called Willaston Cottage.This large house was nicknamed "Gingerbread Hall" by locals referring to the money made from the confectionery trade. After many years as a private house it was turned into a Hotel called the Cedars. This hotel was eventually demolished around 2000 and houses built on the site. There is an older housing estate behind the site. The road is called Gingerbread Lane.
On the 1845 Tithe map Sampson Cartwright is shown as the owner of the windmill on Crewe Road opposite the house but nearer Nantwich where Mount Drive is now.
He also owned some fields down Birchin Lane. Cottages were built on these fields and were initially called Cartwright's Row but have since been renamed as Heathbank Cottages and Banktop Cottages.
The confectionery shop that Sampson Cartwright ran was in High Street and was later taken over by the Worsey family. It was demolished around 1960. There are photographs of both The Cedars Hotel and worsey's shop in my book "Lost Houses in Nantwich"
I might be able to send you a couple of photos.Sampson Cartwright Worsey, his grandson I think was Hotel Manager of The Brine Baths Hotel,again also demolished.
Andrewl