William Hampton Between 1590 and 1592—after 1652 Elizabeth City County, VA

8/10/2022

Thirty-eighth in a series of biographical sketches of qualifying ancestors of the Jamestowne Society whose descendants belong to the First Mississippi Company

William Hampton was the son of Laurence Hampton, Sr. he was christened 28 May 1592 in
Twickenham Parish, Middlesex, England. William sailed to Virginia on the Bona Nova in 1620; his
brother Laurence in London was a merchant tailor. His wife Joane arrived in 1621 on the Abigail; and they are listed in the 1624/5 Muster of the Virginia inhabitants and listed as residents of Elizabeth City. They lived in a house, probably palisaded, with supplies of corn, fish, guns, powder and lead. William received land in Virginia in 1640 when he transported nine people to the colony and became a tobacco planter.

William Hampton’s will was written 5 Sep 1652, now lost, divided his Gloucester County land between his sons William and Thomas. The children of William and Joane Hampton are as
follows: (1) William Hampton; (2) Grace Hampton,; (3) Elizabeth Hampton; (4) Reverend Thomas
Hampton, born 16 Apr 1623 in Elizabeth City County, VA,

Ancestor of First Mississippi Company Member Joy Tindall Aden

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William Hampton Between 1590 and 1592—after 1652 Elizabeth City County, VA

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