Jonathan Hampton and Sarah Colborn: Week 2

This is the family that really got me interested in doing family history. They are my fifth great grandparents.

Jonathan Hampton was born on November 5, 1775 in Muncy, Lycoming, Pennsylvania. Around 1796, he married Sarah Colborn, who was born on August 28, 1777 in Pennsylvania.

They had seven children: James Hampton, John Hampton, Thomas Hampton, Robert Hampton, William Hampton, Sarah Hampton, and Jonathan Hampton. I descend from James Hampton, him being my 4th great grandfather.

Around 1800, the family removed from Pennsylvania and located in Ontario, Canada, where they had the rest of their children. They both died there; Sarah dying on July 16, 1840, and Jonathan dying on April 27, 1812.

I have been doing a descendant project on this family, and have traced over 1500 descendants, and am NO WHERE near done!@

If you think or know you are related to this family, please join the facebook group I have created here.

                                   

52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks 2014: Week 1: William Lester

William Lester was born on August 6, 1800 in Tennessee and is my fifth great grandfather on my mothers side. He settled in Wayne County, Kentucky, and in 1827 married Mary Bertram, daughter of William Bertram and Nancy Stinson.

William and Mary had a total of 16 children! All were born in Wayne County, Kentucky. They had 8 girls and 8 boys: Malinda, Andrew Jackson, Louisa, Lucinda, William Emerson, Edward, George, Francis Marion, Jacob, Sarah, James, Nancy, Barbara, Catherine, Mary, and Henry Lester. I descend from there firstborn, Malinda, who married Daniel Littrell.

William died on May 27, 1884 in Wayne County, Kentucky, and is buried with his wife and MANY descendants in Pleasant Hill Cemetery in Sunnybrook.