William
Hampton
Sr
Born about in Twickenham Parish, Middlesex, England
Ancestors 
Son of Laurence Hampton Sr
and Sara (Nelson) Hampton
Husband of
Joan (Hottens) Hampton
— married
1614 in England
Husband of
Elizabeth Joeanne (Wade) Hampton
— married
1614 in London, England
Descendants 
Died about
at about age 60
in Hampfield, Gloucester County, Virginia [uncertain]
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Biography
William Hampton Sr migrated from Middlesex, England to Jamestown, Virginia.
William Hampton Sr is a Qualifying Ancestor of the Jamestowne Society
William Hampton Sr was a Jamestown colonist.
William Hampton[1] was born on 28 May 1592 in Twickenham Parish, Middlesex, England. He was the eldest son of Laurence Hampton Sr and his second wife. [2] He immigrated to Jamestown, Virginia, at the age of 29 aboard the ship Bona Nova[3] in the fall of 1620 when the colony had about 1200 people.[4][5]
He had been a wool merchant in London and probably came at the bidding of his uncle, Thomas Hampton. Thomas had been an original stockholder in the "London Company" which in 1607 sent a group of English settlers to Virginia to establish a colony. This was strictly a business venture and land in the colony was available through stock investments to the settlers.
William later paid the passage on the Abigail for his wife Joan and their three children, William, Jr., Grace and Elizabeth. (A cousin, John Hampton arrived with them). [4][5]
His first property was at Old Point Comfort in Hampton near Mobjack Bay in Gloucester County, He later lived in Isle of Wight County, After 1752 William built the Hampfield plantation on the Eastermont River in Gloucester County, Virginia.
He continued his career as a wool merchant, buying wool from other Virginians. He shipped it to his brother Laurence Hampton in London, who was a merchant.
He died on 05 September 1652 on Hampfield Plantation, Gloucester County, Virginia.
Sources
- ↑ Jamestowne Society: Hampton, William - A3404; baptized 28 May 1592 Middlesex Co., England, died ca. 1652, Gloucester Co.: (Muster of 1624/5). accessed 16 August 2021
- ↑ William Hampton Baptism 28 May 1592 St. Mary the Virgin, Twickenham, Kent, England
- ↑ List of Passengers on the Bona Nova Research and compilation by Anne Stevens, packrat-pro.com.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Adventurers of Purse and Person The MUSTERS
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Jamestowne Society list of Qualifying Ancestors
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I have a number of cousins descended from this Hampton line. My Hampton line goes even further back to Richard Hampton whose daughter married Robert Grosvenor. I've not been able to connect the two Hampton families as of yet.
David