The following is transcribed from "A BOOK OF LAMPTONS Being the Third Edition of - A HISTORY OF THE LAMPTON FAMILY IN AMERICA FROM 1664" by Robert K. Lampton, Ph.D., June 1, 1987. It includes the foreword, introduction, and Chapter One in full; my family line to my grandparents (Chapter 7).

NOTE: CORRECTIONS/ADDITIONS ARE IN BRACKETS WITH MY INITIALS [-km]. If you find any errors or have additions, please contact me at: celticmc@gmail.com

Best Wishes,
Kati McSweeney
in southern CA

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A REVISED HISTORY OF THE LAMPTON FAMILY IN AMERICA FROM 1664

Foreword and Introduction

In the latter part of the year 1914, a small pamphlet entitled "Sketch of The Lampton Family in America 1740-1914" was published privately and distributed among members of the family. This pamphlet was edited by Dr. Clayton Keith of Louisiana, Missouri, whose mother was Martha Jane Lampton, a daughter of Joshua Lampton (3) who was born in Virginia, moved with his family to Kentucky about 1780, married there and in the middle 1800's moved his family into Missouri and there ended his days on earth.

Dr. Keith had contacted many members of the Lampton family living in the United States, asking for information concerning members of the Lampton family in America and then correlated the information received into a series of columns and articles about Lampton genealogy which were published in a local newspaper.

One of the persons contacted by Keith was Mrs. Mary Lampton Reid of Magnolia, Mississippi who was intensely interested in the history of the Lampton family in America and she prevailed upon Dr. Keith to put the information they had gathered into the small pamphlet named above.

Another member of the Lampton family Keith contacted was Mrs. Alice Lampton Kell, paternal aunt of the present writer. She responded to his request for information with a lengthy letter giving what she knew of her branch of the family in Ohio as well as an interesting narrative of the trip she and her husband, the Rev. Robert Kell, had taken following their marriage. Mr. Kell was a native of Chester-le-Street, County Durham, England which is the seat of Lampton Castle and the ancestral home of the Lampton family.

The surname LAMPTON, as we know it in America, is spelled with a "P" while there are some lines of the family in England that spell it with a "B". When researching family history in the Church of St. Mary & St. Cuthbert, Chester-le-Street, it was noticed tht in early records (15th & 16th century) the name was spelled LAMPTON, while in later entries, mainly toward the middle of the 19th century, it was often spelled LAMBTON.

An interesting feature we found while doing our research into the origin of the Lampton family in America, is that, in records of persons coming into this country with the name Lampton, or some orthographic variant of the phonetic sound, are all said to have originated in County Durham, England.

On one trip to England, it was noticed that in the London borough of Hounslow there is a Lampton Road, Lampton Park, and Lampton House. Upon later inquiries to borough officials as to the origin of, and spelling of, the name "LAMPTON" we were told in a letter:

"We have very little information of the origin of the name. Lampton has always been considered smaller than a hamlet and came within the Parish of St. Leonard's, Heston. One derivation is thought to be 'lamb farm'. The Anglo-Saxon version would have been 'lamb-tun' but the first document recording the name dates from 1376 when 'Lampton-feld' is mentioned. In 1426 'Lampton' is recorded on a document and in 1611 the spelling 'Lambton' is used."

On a subsequent trip to England, we searched records of the Church of St. Leonard's, Heston, trying to find persons from the parish who had taken the surname Lampton from their residency in the hamlet, but our search was in vain.

CHAPTER ONE: BEGINNINGS

The starting point for our research of the history of the Lampton family in America was the small pamphlet previously mentioned, published by Mrs. Mary Lampton Reid and Clayton Keith in 1914.

Much of the information contained in that publication, as well as financial support for it's publication, seems to have been obtained through the efforts of Mrs. Reid. There was much correspondence between Mrs. Reid and Keith and also between Keith and Mrs. Alice Lampton Kell in Ohio. We are in possession of much of that correspondence which was given to us before Mrs. Kell's death and we have seen Mrs. Reid's correspondence through the courtesy of her great-nephew, Lucius Marion Lampton, who, while a student at Rhodes College, discovered the letters and genealogical material which Mrs. Reid had collected, as well as the material on the Lampton genealogy which Mrs. Reid's sister, Mrs. Ouida Lampton Holmes, had collected following Mrs. Reid's death.

On September 10, 1914, Mrs. Reid wrote to Mrs. Kell as follows:

"I wish that you would let me turn over to you all the information about our family and that you would write a book of the Lamptons. It would take time, but you might stretch the work over a long period. We could trust to raising the money to publish it when the manuscript was ready. Dr. Keith's Sketch is full of interest but I could wish for the material to be used in a more consecutive manner and more in the form of a story of the family."

In the pamphlet, a great deal of space was given to information concerning Samuel L. Clemens, the writer known as "Mark Twain", who was a son of Jane Lampton Clemens. It seems that Clayton Keith was acquainted with the Clemens family in the later part of the 19th century (his mother was a cousin to Jane Lampton Clemens) while he was a medical student in St. Louis, Missouri. In a "personal history chart" which Keith filled out with his personal history and sent to Mrs. Reid, then to Mrs. Kell, he says that when he knew the family at that time, Sam's middle name as "Lampton". It is not our intention to start a controversy concerning [Samuel L. Clemen's] Mark Twain's middle name since our story is about the Lampton family and we shall leave Mark Twain to his official biographers.

One of the disturbing features of Keith's Sketch is the prominence he gave to the tale that the Lampton family in America had it's beginnings with William and Samuel Lampton, the two eldest sons of the Earl of Durham, who came to Virginia about 1740, settled there, and subsequently moved into Kentucky.

We do not know who, why, or how this story began, but we do have a letter from Dr. Keith written to the Rev. Robert Kell, dated February 1914, asking for information on
"Lamptons he had known" and quoting this tale which he had taken from a publication entitled, "History of Pike Co., Mississippi" authored by one Luke W. Conerly.

A bit of checking into British history and the Earldom of Durham would indeed have shown this tale to be false since John George Lambton, 1st Earl of Durham, was not born until 1792, was raised to the peerage in 1828 with the title Baron Durham, and in March 1833 created First Earl of Durham and Viscount Lambton.

Family folklore passed down from generation to generation by word of mouth usually based on fact, often has a tendency to become distorted but we feel the story of William & Samuel Lampton in Virginia as the progenitors of the family in America was based on fact. Later in this story, we shall see that there were two brothers William Lampton (5) and Samuel Lampton (4) who did move from Virginia into Kentucky. They were definately not the sons of the Earl of Durham, but great-great-grandsons of Marke Lampton (1), who was actually the progenitor of the Lampton family in America.

Up until 1781, when the Treaty of Paris was signed ending the Revolutionary War in America, Virginia was literally an English Colony and the Virginians thought of themselves as Englishmen.

As we have already said, the starting point for our research into the history of the family in America begins with the fact that we grew up with Keith's small pamphlet in the family bookcase. It was not until after graduation from college, and later, that we began looking into telephone directories for persons with our name and to visit County Courthouses in Virginia and Maryland looking for "Lampton" records.

One incident especially stands out in memory. While serving a visiting professorship at Western Maryland College and browsing in the college library, we took down a volume of "Maryland Archives" from the shelf and found a record that "January 10, 1664, at a Court held in Charles' County Maryland, Marke Lampton was presented to 'have his age judged'". He was judged to be 16 years of age. This entry was the spark that caused us to search farther and deeper than we had been accustomed to doing.

While this story of the Lampton family in America from 1664 has largely been an individual effort, we must acknowledge and give credit to those persons who have assisted us by giving information from their branch of the Lampton family. Throughout this work we shall try to give such persons credit when we discuss their particular branch of the family.

We are particularly indebted to our late cousin, Josephine Lampton Price of Zanesville and Columbus, Ohio, who was also a niece of out Aunt Alice Lampton Kell. Josephine would take her vacation time to visit genealogical libraries in Ohio and Kentucky and maintain a quite voluminous genealogical correspondence. Much of the material we have from Ohio and Kentucky is the result of her work.

We also must again acknowledge our indebtness to Lucius
"Luke" Marion Lampton of Jackson, Mississippi, the great-nephew of Mrs. Mary Lampton Reid, of Magnolia, Mississippi.

Luke was so very positive in his assertions that Mrs. Reid's family history had not been lost, that he talked to many of the family members in the Tylertown, McComb, Jackson, Mississippi area and finally found a large box full of Lampton genealogical material and correspondence that had been accumulated by Mrs. Reid and her sister, Mrs. L.M. Holmes. Luke very generously loaned this material to us and the wealth of genealogical material it contains concerning the Lampton family has necessitated our writing this, the third edition of our "History of the Lampton Family in America from 1664".

With all this material plus that which was handed down to us by Mrs. Kell before her death, we feel that we are fulfilling the wish of Mrs. Reid when she wrote to Aunt Alice in 1914, "I wish that you would let me turn over to you all the information about our family and that you would write a book about the 'Lamptons'".

It seems that in almost every generation of the Lampton family in America, male children have been given the same Christian names as their fathers, grandfathers, and great-grandfathers! This makes for a hectic situation for the genealogical researcher who has to decide whose William Lampton was the son of whose William, Joshua, or Samuel, or which James J. Lampton was the model for Mark Twain's character of Col. Mulberry Sellers!

In this study we have tried to list births, deaths, marriages, and such other vital information in a chronological form, and, according to this, have assigned a number to many male members of the Lampton family which we discuss. Since this numbered list was published in the first and second editions of our work on the Lampton family and has been used so extensively in correspondence and verbal communication with members of the family, it is thought that it should remain unchanged. We have added a few names to the list here, but otherwise it remains as originally printed.

MARK LAMPTON
(1) Mark(e) Lampton in Charles Co., Maryland in 1664
(2) Mark, son of Mark (1) & Elizabeth (Piggott?), b. 10/06/1680
(3) Mark, son of Mark (2) & Ann Tant b. 1704
(4) Mark, son of Joshua (1) & Sarah Catlett, b. 1764

WILLIAM LAMPTON
(1) William, son of Mark (1) & Elizabeth, b. 04/29/1682
(2) William, son of William (1) & Sara ____, b. 1706 [mother: Anne Martin-km]
(3) William, son of William (2) & ____, b. 1733 [mother: Sarah-km]
(4) William, son of William (3) & Martha Schooler, b. 1764
(5) William, son of Samuel (2) & ____, b. 01/17/1777
(6) William, son of John (2) & Tabitha Taylor, b. 01/09/1791
(7) William, son of Joshua (2) & Jane Finnell, b. 05/24/1804
(8) William, son of Samuel (3) & Mary Aulery, b. 01/02/1802
(9) William Mortimer, son of Lewis (1) & Jane Morrison, b. 11/12/1812
(10) William Henry, son of James (1) & Susannah Ryan, b. 05/01/1813
(11) William Joseph, son of Wharfton Schooler Lampton & Diana Duncan, b. 01/21/1824
(12) William Peter, son of Robert Catlett Lampton & Mary Cliser, b. 03/12/1826
(13) William James, son of William Henry (10) & Eleanor F. Miller, b. 1851

HENRY LAMPTON
(1) Henry, son of Joshua (1) & Sarah Catlett, b. 10/25/1760
(2) Henry Monroe, son of Henry (1) & Susannah Holmes, b. 12/06/1808
(3) Henry Thornton, son of Thomas Catlett Lampton & Mildred Foushee, b. 01/20/1814

JOSHUA LAMPTON
(1) Joshua, son of William (1) & Esther Davis, b. 1719
(2) Joshua, son of William (3) & Martha Schooler, b. 08/24/1779
(3) Joshua, son of Samuel (2) & ____, b. 1785
(4) Joshua, son of Joshua (3) & Susannah Long
(5) Joshua Elzey, son of Henry (1) & Susannah Holmes, b. 04/05/1797
(6) Joshua, son of Samuel (3) & Isabel Anderson, b. 1821
(7) Joshua, Jr., son of Joshua (2) & Jane Finnell, b. 1825

SAMUEL LAMPTON
(1) Samuel, son of William (1) & Esther Davis, b. 1717
(2) Samuel, son of Joshua (1) & Sarah Catlett, b. 10/19/1750
(3) Samuel, son of William (3) & Martha Schooler, b. 1772
(4) Samuel, son of Samuel (2) & ____, b. 1778
(5) Samuel, son of Samuel (3) & Mary Aulery, b. 1799
(6) Samuel, son of Joshua (2) & Jane Finnell, b. 1810
(7) Samuel Andrew Jackson, son of Joshua (3) & Susanna Long, b. 02/22/1815
(8) Samuel Jackson, son Robert Catlett & Mary Cliser, b. 12/01/1829

LEWIS LAMPTON
(1) Lewis, son of William (3) & Martha Schooler, b. 1768
(2) Lewis, son of Joshua (2) & Jane Finnell, b. 1812 (died in infancy)

JOHN LAMPTON
(1) John, son of Mark (1) & Elizabeth ____, b. 10/16/1687
(2) John, son of William (3) & Martha Schooler, b. 06/08/1766
(3) John, son of John (2) & Tabitha Taylor, b. 03/29/1793 (died in infancy)
(4) John Jr., son of John (2) & Tabitha Taylor, b. 10/15/1794
(5) John S., son of Samuel (3) & Mary Aulery, b. 1901
(6) John, son of Joshua (2) & Jane Finnell, b. 1808
(7) John H.T., son of Wharfton Schooler Lampton & Diana Duncan, b. 05/20/1825
(8) John Slaughter, son of Thos. Catlett & Mildred Foushee, b. 1854
(9) John J.W., son of John Jr. (4) & Catherine Eubank, b. 08/04/1834
(10) John Hiram, son of Beverly Taylor & Lucinda Corum, b. 01/17/1855 [My great-granddad-Kati]
(11) John Beverly, son of James (1) & Susannah Ryan, b. 1811

BENJAMIN LAMPTON
(1) Benjamin, son of William (3) & Martha Schooler, b. 1770
(2) Benjamin Franklin, son of John (2) & Tabitha Taylor, b. 02/24/1802
(3) Benjamin, son of Joshua (2) & Jane Finnell, b. 1817
(4) Benjamin J., son of Samuel (3) & Isabel Anderson, b. 05/10/1824
(5) Benjamin, son of William (8) & Lucy Youngblood, b. 02/18/1825
(6) Benjamin Wharfton, son of Wharfton Schooler Lampton & Diana Duncan, b. 10/27/1830
(7) Benjamin Franklin, son of Beverly Taylor & Lucinda Corum, b. 08/18/1853
(8) Benjamin J.H., son of Benjamin J. (4) & Elizabeth Baker, b. 09/16/1861
(9) Benjamin Franklin, son of Robt. Catlett & Catherine Leckrone, b. 05/16/1872

JAMES LAMPTON
(1) James, son of William (3) & Martha Schooler, b. 1787
(2) James, son of Joshua (2) & Jane Finnell, b. 1806
(3) James Madison, son of Henry (1) & Susannah Holmes, b. 06/18/1811
(4) James Monroe, son of William (5) & Delilah Lampton, b. 05/07/1812
(5) James J., son of Lewis (1) & Jane Morrison, b. 1815
(6) James Andrew Hays, son of Benjamin (1) & Mary Margaret Hays, b. 1820
(7) James L., son of Samuel (3) & Isabel Anderson, b. 06/18/1817
(8) James J., son of William (8) & Lucy Youngblood, b. 07/03/1838
(9) James Lewis, son of Beverly Taylor & Lucinda Corum, b. 05/04/1856
(10) James Daniel, son of Daniel Foushee & Louisiana Davison, b. 12/01/1816
(11) James Janes, son of William Mortimer & Jane Janes, b. 04/16/1865

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LAMPTON LINEAGE
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Mark(e) Lampton
b. ____ [b. Abt. 1648 England-km]
d. 1701-02 [Charles Co., MD-km]
m. Abt. 1677 [Charles Co., MD-km]
Parents: ____ and ____

m. Elizabeth ____ [Piggott-km]
b. ____ [b. Abt. 1657 Charles Co., MD-km]
d. ____ [d. Bet. 1694-1701 Charles Co., MD-km]
Parents: ____ and ____ [Father: Walter Piggott b. Abt. 1616 England-km]

[NOTE: Mark(e) Lampton (1) and Elizabeth ___ are my maternal great-great-great-great-great-great-great-grandparents. -km]

CHILDREN:

1) Mary Lampton
b. 24 JAN 1678 [Port Tobacco, Charles Co., MD-km]
[d. Bet. 1701-1708 Charles Co., MD. NOTE: Died sometime after father's will was written 03 NOV 1701 and before brother Mark's will was written 13 DEC 1708. Mentioned by name in the former but not the latter.-km]

2) Mark Lampton (2)
b. 06 OCT 1680 [Port Tobacco, Charles Co., MD-km]
[d. Abt. JAN 1709 Charles Co., MD-km]

3) William Lampton (1)
b. 29 APR 1682 [Port Tobacco, Charles Co., MD-km]
[d. 01 DEC 1722 King George Co., VA-km]

4) Victoria Lampton
b. 29 MAY 1685 [Port Tobacco, Charles Co., MD-km]
[d. Bet. 1701-1708 Charles Co., MD. NOTE: Died sometime after father's will was written 03 NOV 1701 and before brother Mark's will was written 13 DEC 1708. Mentioned by name in the former but not the latter.-km]

5) John Lampton (1)
b. 16 OCT 1687 [Port Tobacco, Charles Co., MD-km]
[d. 1708-km]

6) Anne Lampton
b. 13 JAN 1689 [Port Tobacco, Charles Co., MD-km]
[d. Bet. 1701-1708 Charles Co., MD. NOTE: Died sometime after father's will was written 03 NOV 1701 and before brother Mark's will was written 13 DEC 1708. Mentioned by name in the former but not the latter.-km]

7) Elizabeth Lampton
b. 08 AUG 1692 [Port Tobacco, Charles Co., MD-km]
[d. Bet. 1701-1708 Charles Co., MD. NOTE: Died sometime after father's will was written 03 NOV 1701 and before brother Mark's will was written 13 DEC 1708. Mentioned by name in the former but not the latter.-km]

8) Isabel Lampton
b. 15 DEC 1694 [Port Tobacco, Charles Co., MD-km]
[d. 01 JUL 1719 Charles Co., MD-km]

9) Sarah Lampton
b. Abt. 1695 [Charles Co., MD-km]

[10) Jane Lampton-km]
[b. Abt. 1698 Charles Co., MD-km]

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William Lampton (1)
b. 29 APR 1682 [Port Tobacco, Charles Co., MD-km]
d. 01 DEC 1722-23 [King George Co., VA-km]
m. 1) ____ Charles County, Maryland [Anne Martin-km]
m. 2) Frances Martin White NOV 1715
m. 3) Hester/Esther Davis Btw. AUG 1716-MAR 1717
Parents: Mark Lampton and Elizabeth ____ [Piggott-km]

m. 1) ____ Charles County, Maryland [m. Abt. 1702; Anne Martin-km]
[b. 23 APR 1686 Nanjemoy, Charles Co., MD-km]
[d. Bef. NOV 1715 Hanover Parish, King George Co., VA-km]

[NOTE: William Lampton (1) and Anne Martin are my maternal great-great-great-great-great-great-grandparents.-km]

CHILDREN:

1) Ann Lampton
b. Abt. 1704-05 [Port Tobacco, Charles Co., MD-km]
d. ____ [d. Abt. 1777 King George Co., VA-km]
m. John Grigsby ____ [m. 06 NOV 1730 King George Co., VA]

2) William Lampton (2)
b. Abt. 1708-09 [Port Tobacco, Charles Co., MD-km]

m. 2) Frances Martin White d. Aft. 24 APR 1716
[m. 01 NOV 1715 Richmond Co., VA; widow Frances (nee Martin) White; b. Bef. 1689 Richmond Co., VA; d. Bef. 01 AUG 1716 King George Co., VA (will probated 01 AUG 1716); first husband Thomas White. No known issue from either of Frances' marriages-km]

m. 3) Hester/Esther Davis [Hester Davis-km]
[m. Bet. AUG 1716 and MAR 1717 VA-km]
[b. Abt. 1687 Charles Co., MD-km]
[d. Abt. 1762 Hanover Parish, King George Co., VA-km]
Parents: Joshua Davis, Barrister & Judge and ____ [Catherine (nee unknown)-km]

CHILDREN:

3) Samuel Lampton (1)
b. Btw. 1716-20 [b. Abt. 1717 Richmond Co., VA-km]
d. Bef. age 18 [d. Abt. 1728 King George Co., VA-km]

4) Joshua Lampton (1)
b. 1720-21 Richmond County, VA [b. Abt. 1718-km]
d. Aft. 27 MAR 1774 Fauquiler County, VA (?) [d. Abt. 1769 King George Co., VA-km]
m. Bef. 01 NOV 1749 King George County, VA [m. Abt. 1738]
m. Sarah Catlett
[b. Abt. 1722 Caroline Co., VA-km]
[d. 1760 King George Co., VA-km]

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William Lampton (2)
b. Abt. 1708-09 [Port Tobacco, Charles Co., MD-km]
d. ____ [d. 1760 Stafford Co., VA-km]
m. 1) Sarah ____ ____
m. 2) Mary (nee ____) Simpson [widowed from John Simpson] 1744-45
Parents: William Lampton (1) and ____ [Anne Martin-km]

m. Sarah ____ [m. Abt. 1732 VA; Sarah (nee unknown)-km]
[b. Abt. 1714 VA-km]
[d. Aft. MAY 1734 VA-km]

[NOTE: William Lampton (2) and Sarah (nee unknown) are my maternal great-great-great-great-great-grandparents-km]

CHILDREN:

1) William Lampton (3)
b. 1733 Stafford County, VA
d. 25 FEB 1790 KY [Crab Orchard, Lincoln Co., KY-km]
m. 1763 VA Martha "Patsy" Schooler [Spotsylvania Co., VA-km]

2) Mary Lampton
b. ____
d. ____

m. 2) Mary (nee ____) Simpson [widowed from John Simpson]
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William Lampton (3)
b. 1733 Stafford County, VA
d. 25 FEB 1790 KY
m. 1763 VA
Parents: William Lampton (2) & Sarah ____

m. Martha "Patsy" Schooler
b. VA
d. 26 JAN 1811 KY
m. 1763 VA
Parents: John Schooler & Martha Wharfton my maternal great-great-great-great-great-grandparents

William Lampton (3) and Martha "Patsy" Schooler are my maternal great-great-great-great-grandparents.

CHILDREN:

1) William Lampton (4)
b. 1764 VA
d. 02 NOV 1803 KY
m. 04 OCT 1792 Madison County, KY
m. Clara Terrell

2) John Lampton (2)
b. 08 JUN 1766 Spotsylvania County, VA
d. 22 DEC 1827 Clark County, KY
m. 1787 VA
m. Tabitha Taylor

3) Lewis Lampton (1)
b. 1768 VA
d. 12 APR 1827 Clark County, KY
m. 29 JUL 1811 Clark County, KY
m. Jane Morrison

4) Benjamin Lampton (1)
b. 24 MAY 1770/74 Spotsylvania Co., VA
d. 18 MAR 1837 Florida, Monroe Co., Missouri
buried: Florida Missouri Cemetery
m. 1) Margaret "Peggy" Casey 19 MAR 1801 Green County, KY
m. 2) Mary Margaret "Polly" Hays 02 FEB 1819 Adair County, KY
m. 1) Margaret "Peggy" Casey 19 MAR 1801 Green County, KY b. 31 MAR 1783 d. 06 OCT 1818
CHILDREN: A) Jane "Jennie" Lampton b. 18 JUN 1803 Adair Co., KY d. 27 OCT 1890 Keokuk, Iowa m. 08 MAY 1823 Columbia, Adair Co., KY John Marshall Clemens b. 1798 VA d. 1847 MO SAMUEL L. CLEMENS' (aka MARK TWAIN) PARENTS B) Martha Ann "Patsy" Lampton b. 22 MAR 1807 Columbia, Adair Co., KY d. 23 JUL 1850 MO m. John A. Quarles 16 JUN 1825 Columbia, Adair Co., KY
m. 2) Mary Margaret "Polly" Hays 02 FEB 1819 Adair County, KY

5) Samuel Lampton (5)
b. 1772 VA
d. 1829 KY
m. 1) Mary Aulery 02 APR 1798 KY
m. 2) Isabel Anderson 1820 KY

6) Sallie Lampton
b. 1775 VA
d. 1821 IN
m. 1) William Wagner 03 MAR 1796
m. 2) Jonathan Trowbridge 12 JUN 1799 KY
NOTE: Bondsman Issac Trowbridge

7) Mary "Polly" Lampton
b. 1777 VA
d. ____
m. John/William Crosswhite 06 APR 1806 KY

8) Joshua Lampton (2)
b. 24 AUG 1779 VA
d. 24 MAR 2965 Missouri
m. Jane Finnell 1803 Garrand County, KY
NOTE: Joshua Lampton & Archibald Finnell, Bondsmen

9) Susan Lampton
b. 14 OCT 1781 KY
d. 07 NOV 1832 Missouri
m. William McKinsey 23 DEC 1796 Clark County, KY

10) Wharfton Schooler Lampton
b. 08 APR 1784 KY
d. 11 SEP 1853 Missouri
m. Diana Duncan 22 DEC 1812 KY

11) James Lampton (1)
b. 1787 KY
d. 1864 KY
m. 1810 KY
m. Susannah Ryan
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John Lampton Sr. (2)
b. 08 JUN 1766 Spotsylvania County, VA
d. 22 DEC 1827 Clark County, KY
m. 1787 Clark County, KY
Parents: William Lampton (3) & Martha "Patsy" Schooler

m. Tabitha Taylor
b. 27 FEB 1770
d. Bef. 1842
Parents: ____ and ____

John Lampton (2) and Tabitha Taylor are my maternal great-great-great-grandparents

CHILDREN:

1) Lucy Lampton
b. 12 NOV 1788 Clark County, KY
d. ____
m. 10 FEB 1804
m. Barnet Bruce

2) William Lampton (6)
b. 09 JAN 1791 Clark County, KY
d. ____
m. ____

NOTE: We have the most meager amount of information concerning William Lampton (6), but what we have leads us to believe that William Lampton (6), the oldest son of John Lampton (2) and Tabitha Taylor, was named William Edward Lampton, and he left home in Clark County, KY in about 1818-1820, married in Richmond, Madison County, KY, and settled somewhere on the Ohio-Mississippi River system to raise his family. We have told the story of this family in Chapter Five of this History of the Lampton Family in America.

3) John Lampton (3)
b. 29 MAR 1791 Clark County, KY
d. in infancy

4) John E. Lampton Jr. (4)
b. 15 OCT 1794 Clark County, KY
d. 04 MAY 1886 New Lebanon, Missouri
m. 08 OCT 1818 Clark County, KY
m. Catherine Eubank

5) Sarah Lampton
b. 05 APR 1797 Clark County, KY
d. ____
m. Joseph Hampton 01 JAN 1816

6) Elizabeth Lampton
b. 30 AUG 1799 Clark County, KY
d. ____
m. Joseph Palmer ____

7) Benjamin Franklin Lampton (2)
b. 24 FEB 1802 Clark County, KY
d. 25 NOV 1872
m. Mahala Baber 07 FEB 1828

8) Charlotte Lampton
b. 27 SEP 1804 Clark County, KY
d. ____
m. ____ ____

9) Matilda Lampton
b. 30 APR 1806 Clark County, KY
d. ?
m. William Crosswhite 19 FEB 1831

10) Melissa Lampton
b. 20 FEB 1809 Clark County, KY
d. ____
m. ____ ____

11) Santippy Lampton
b. 20 DEC 1811 Clark County, KY
d. ____
m. ____ ____

12) Beverly Taylor Lampton
b. 19 MAR 1816 Clark County, KY
d. 19 OCT 1869 Missouri
m. 1843
m. Lucinda Estes Corum
NOTE: as told by Leona Ethel Lampton, granddaughter of Beverly Taylor Lampton: Beverly Taylor Lampton and his older brother, Benjamin F. Lampton, crossed over into Missouri from near Winchester, KY when the state of Missouri was opened up for settlement. They settled in Clay County near the present town of Gashland, built their own brick kilns and built their houses with their own bricks. Benjamin Lampton represented Clay County in the Missouri Legislature in 1850 and 1860.
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John Lampton (2), second son of William Lampton (3) and Martha Schooler was born in Spotsylvania County, Virginia, June 8, 1766 and moved with his family into the Kentucky about the year 1780. We are told that the family, were at first, inhabitants of Bryan's Station near Lexington, KY, but we also have a record of a William Lampton as taxpayer in Lincoln County in the year of 1787. Perhaps the family did first migrate to Bryan's Station in 1780 and following the Indian attack on the station in August of 1782, led by the notorious Simon Girty, the family moved on to their own land.

John Lampton (2) would have been about 15 years of age when the family moved from Virginia to Kentucky and we are certain that he most probably was an expert in the use of the Kentucky rifle and did his part in repelling Indian attacks on the settlers in the area.

John Lampton (2) married and settled down on a farm in Clark County, KY near the town of Winchester, where he and his wife, Tabitha, raised a family of 12 children. He followed his father, his grandfather, and his great-grandfather as a tobacco planter.

Our information about John Lampton (2) and his family has been amassed from State and County records of Kentucky, U.S. Census records, and personal communications from several of the descendents of this family.

We have no record of a land grant for John Lampton (2) but a deed in Clark County, KY, dated March 27, 1798 shows that John Lampton bought 43 acres of land on Four Mile Creek.

11 JUN 1800 - John Lampton attests a marriage of Benjamin Bishop & Elizabeth Ballard in Clark County, KY

26 JAN 1813 - John Lampton & Julius Watts sell 30 acres of land on Four Mile Creek (Land adjoining Joshua Lampton's farm).

1818 - John Lampton & Thomas B. Moon endorse a note for William Lampton who owes the Winchester Bank $1,300.00

18 JUN 1819 - Ambrose E. Eubank mortgages to John Lampton all his livestock, farm equipment, an household goods as collateral on a large note signed by John in his behalf. [John E. Lampton Jr. (4) married Catherine Eubank-km]

05 JUN 1821 - John Lampton buys 108 1/4 acres of land on Four Mile Creek from Thomas Vivion & wife.

21 JUN 1822 - John Lampton and Tabitha, his wife, sell 13 acres and 16 poles of land on Four Mile Creek to Jon Rutledge.

DEC 1827 - John Lampton (2) died intestate.

22 DEC 1827 - Articles of John Lampton Estate sold at auction by Benjamin Lampton, Administrator. Buyers, (in part), William Crosswhite [daughter Matilda's future husband-km], Tabitha Lampton [widow-km], Matilda Lampton [daughter-km], Benjamin F. Lampton [brother-km], who bought the slave, Robbie, and other family members.

There seems to have been quite a bit of trading and buying and selling of parcels of land, land lots, dower rights, etc. among members of the family following the death of John Lampton (2). Having died intestate, it appears from all the deeds and legal documents that his widow, Tabitha Taylor Lampton, finally reassembled much of the home property and continued to live there with the younger members of the family. Matilda Lampton, born in 1806, was not married until 1831 and Beverly Taylor Lampton, the youngest child, was only 11 years of age when his father died.

Tabitha Taylor Lampton, born February 27, 1770 eventually joined her husband in death.

A record in Deed Book 30, Page 369, Clark County, KY, reads:

"Beverly T. Lampton, John J.W. Lampton, and their wives of Cooper County, MO, all legal heirs of John Lampton, Jr. and Tabitha Lampton, Jr. deceased, appoint Ambrose C. Lampton their attorney to sell their interest in the dower of Tabitha, etc., etc."

This Deed is dated 1842.

U.S. Census Records for Clark County, KY: In 1800 lists John Lampton as Taxpayer. In 1810 John Lampton as Head of Household consisting of 1 male and 2 females under 10 years of age; 2 females 10-15 years of age; 1 male 26-45 years of age; 1 female 26-45 years of age. In 1820 John, Sr. and John, Jr. are listed but they are not listed for the year 1830, however, a John Lampton is listed in the 1830 and 1840 Censuses of Cooper County, Missouri.

It appears that most of the children of John Lampton (2) and Tabitha Taylor, when mature, married and moved into the newly organized State of Missouri. We have assembled fairly good biographical information concerning the three sons and their progeny but have little or nothing to offer concerning the daughters, their marriages, and progeny.

In a letter to Robert K. Lampton, the present writer, dated June 28, 1956, Ethel Leona Lampton, of Los Angeles, Calfornia, says:

"While the record does not show where anyone was born, my father's information was that his father, Beverly Taylor Lampton, and his Uncle Benjamin F. Lampton, crossed over from near Winchester KY into Missouri when Missouri opened up for settlement. They made their own brick kiln and built houses from the red clay there, or near there, not far from the present highway north of Kansas City, about 10 miles, near the present small town of Gashland. Their farms were about a mile apart. Benjamin F. Lampton was a member of the State Legislature. His children were Lou, Laura, Emma, and I believe, Logan. I knew Emma well, as she lived in Hollywood her last years. She remembered more Lampton history than anyone in our family. A descendent, at my last information, still lives on the land taken up by Benjamin."
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Beverly Taylor Lampton
b. 10 MAR 1816 Clark County, KY
d. 19 OCT 1869 Platte County, Missouri
m. 1843 Missouri
Parents: John Lampton (2) and Tabitha Taylor

m. Lucinda Estes Corum
b. 18 AUG 1824
d. 29 AUG 1865
Parents: ____ and ____

Beverly Taylor Lampton and Lucinda Estes Corum are my maternal great-great-grandparents

CHILDREN:

1) Mary Jane Lampton
b. 16 JAN 1844
d. 1884
m. Alex M.T. Handley 27 FEB 1866

2) Logan Beverly Lampton
b. 16 SEP 1849
d. 12 OCT 1876
m. Sallie Aker 20 OCT 1870

3) Eudalia Tabitha Lampton
b. 05 APR 1851
d. 1919
m. Walter Wood 25 JUN 1876

4) Benjamin Franklin Lampton (7)
b. 18 AUG 1853
d. 25 NOV 1872
m. ____ ____

5) John Hiram Lampton
b. 17 JAN 1855 Missouri
d. 09 SEP 1931 Los Angeles, CA
m. Mary Elizabeth Trice 01 MAY 1881

6) James Lewis Lampton
b. 04 MAY 1856
d. 1902
m. ____ ____

7) Luella Matilda Lampton
b. 21 OCT 1859
d. Aft. 1931
m. Eugene Amick 15 MAR 1882

8) Camella Lee Lampton
b. 16 DEC 1861
d. 04 AUG 1949
m. John V. Wilson 14 OCT 1883

9) Leona Estes Lampton
b. 02 OCT 1864
d. 1944
m. William Rupe ____

LAST WILL & TESTAMENT OF BEVERLY T. LAMPTON:

In the Name of God Amen; I, Beverly T. Lampton of Platte County, Missouri, being of sound mind and disposing memory and in view of the uncertainty of life and the certainty of death do make and publish this my last Will and Testament.

First of all, I commend myself to God and may He have mercy on my soul.

Second, I give and bequeath to my second wife, Fannie Lampton, the sum of One Thousand Dollars, which I direct my executor to pay her from the first monies available from my personal estate, taking her receipt for the same, the said one thousand dollars is to be in full of all demands against any Estate of every description whatsoever, including any monies belonging to my said wife at our marriage, and which I may have used in the course of my business, and including any interest in the personalty the law might otherwise give her.

The balance of my property, both personal and mixed, after the payment of my debts and funeral expenses, I give and bequeath, share and share alike to my nine children, Mary J. Handley, B.L. Lampton, Eudalia T. Benjamin F., John H., James L., Lulie M., Camelia and Leona E. Lampton. It is my wish that my children should be kept together on the Home Farm (which I and my wife have this day conveyed to them) as fas as practicable, and I do not wish any of the property sold from the farm except as may be necessary. But if in the course of time it should be deemed advisable to break up from the Home place, then, the property of course I wish sold and monie equally distributed, taking into consideration, what may be due each.

My great anxiety is about my children, and my paramount object is to secure them a Home, and to keep them together, if possible.

In order that the provision of my Will may be carried out faithfully and well, I do hereby appoint Alexander M.I. Handley the Executor of the same, and beg that he may accept the trust.

In solemn testimony of the premises I hereto set my hand and seal this 9th day of July 1869.

Beverly T. Lampton (Seal)

We attest the above and foregoing Will by subscribing names in the presence of Beverly T. Lampton the Testator, and in the presence of each other, this 9th July, 1969

R.P.C. Wilson (Witness)
O.D. Allen (Witness)
James H. Berry (Witness)

My desire is that my children remain on the farm until the youngest becomes fifteen years of age, without any renting or division of the land whatever. Also, I desire that there be nothing sold off of the farm except whatever may be surplus. The first note due on O.D. Allen shall be divided between the four oldest children, taking into consideration what each one of them have received. If there be any surplus money on hand any year it must be put out at interest. As the younger children become of age they shall receive an equal proportion with those who are of age. Also my minor children shall receive a good common school education to be paid for out of the estate; otherwise its equivalent in money. I also desire that as my children become of age, they shall receive a good horse, saddle and bridle, cow and calf, bed and bed clothing, or money in place thereof.

This will is to have no effect on the full force and virtue of the above Will; if it does, my executor shall have power to tear it up before the Court and let the above Will stand good.

This the 13th day of September 1869 Beverly T. Lampton (Seal)

We, the undersigned, attest the above and forgoing by subscribing our names below.

Hiram Spicer
John E. Elmore

County of Platte: I, B.W. Gilbert, Clerk of the Probate Court of Platte County, hereby certify that the within instrument of writing purporting to be a codicil to the Last Will of Beverly T. Lampton, signed by him, and by Hiram Spicer and John E. Elmore as Witnesses thereto; was duly examined by the Court and rejected for the want of sufficient proof to establish it.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affix the Seal of said Probate Court that offices in Platte City this 3rd day of November 1869 B.W. Gilbert FILED NOV., 2 1869 B.W. GILBERT, CLERK
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John Hiram Lampton
b. 17 JAN 1855 Missouri
d. 09 SEP 1931 Los Angeles, CA
buried: Forest Lawn, Glendale, CA; interred 21 SEP 1931, Iona Section, Space 3, Lot 18
m. 01 MAY 1881
Parents: Beverly Taylor Lampton and Lucinda Estes Corum

m. Mary Elizabeth "Lizzie" Trice
b. 19 MAY 1861 Missouri
d. 10 MAR 1934
buried: Forest Lawn, Glendale, CA; interred 13 MAR 1934, Iona Section, Space 2, Lot 18
Parents: Samuel Spencer Trice and Frances "Fannie Ellen" Elizabeth Minor [have Trice family tree from 1677 onwards]

John Hiram Lampton and Mary Elizabeth "Lizzie" Trice are my maternal great-grandparents

CHILDREN:

1) John "Sidney" Sinnette Lampton
b. 29 APR 1883, Missouri
d. 27 AUG 1919
m. Cora Henning ____

CHILD: Lillian Lampton

2) Grover Cleveland Lampton
b. 04 JUL 1884, Missouri
d. 12 MAY 1926
buried: Forest Lawn, Glendale, CA; interred 17 MAY 1926, Iona Section, Space 4, Lot 18
m. Clara Stanchfield ____

3) Leona Ethel Lampton
b. 11 JUL 1886, Missouri
d. 1959
buried: Forest Lawn, Glendale, CA; interred 20 DEC 1959, Iona Section, Space 5, Lot 18
unmarried

4) Edgar Eugene Lampton
b. 05 DEC 1889, Burbank, CA
d. 19 MAY 1956
m. Merla Marion Metcalf/Metcalfe 04 JUN 1912

CHILDREN: 1) Donald Edgar Lampton b. 06 APR 1916 d. 1939 sailing accident off Catalina, CA 2) Patricia Lampton 01 MAR 1922. Patricia m.#1 Wesley Walter Williams CHILD: A) female Williams. Patricia m.#2 Herbert Lawrence Cole CHILDREN: B) female Cole; C) male Cole

5) Logan Benjamin Lampton
b. 10 NOV 1895, Burbank, CA
d. 24 JUL 1960
buried: Forest Lawn, Glendale, CA; Iona Section, Space 7, Lot 18
m. Dorothy "Dodo" Evelyn Price 21 OCT 1922 Burbank, CA

Logan Benjamin Lampton and Dorothy "Dodo" Evelyn Price Lampton Lawson St. Charles (widowed 3x) are my maternal grandparents

6) William "Freddie" Fay Lampton
b. 29 AUG 1897, Burbank, CA
d. 05 JUN 1944
buried: Forest Lawn, Glendale, CA; interred 08 JUN 1944, Iona Section, Space 1, Lot 18
m. Loretta Cooley/Dooley

7) Glen Trice Lampton
b. 11 FEB 1902, Los Angeles, CA
d. 1964
buried: Forest Lawn, Glendale, CA; interred 12 AUG 1964, Iona Section, Space 8, Lot 18
m. 1) Anna May Silverman ____
m. 2) Barbara Bulling McNeal ____

A granddaughter of Beverly Taylor Lampton, Miss Leona Ethel Lampton, late of Los Angeles, CA, corresponded with us in the 1950s concerning the Lampton Family Genealogy and we should like to quote some paragraphs taken from some of her letters:

"My parents settle in Burbank in 1887, moving to Los Angeles in 1900. Burbank is Glendale's twin city. As my brothers grew and married they settled in the outlying towns mostly which accounts for the absence of listings in L.A. directories. Edgar lived at the edge of Glendale 30 years with the exception of a short period when he was located at Sacramento as head of the State Motor Vehicle Dept.; William F. was in business in Glendale in the 1920s; the city limits of Glendale run through Logan's property. He is in Jack's neighborhood (they have now found each other). Leon E. was in public office in Los Angeles about 50 years, the last 30 of which was as County Clerk. Usually any visiting Lamptons looked him up and he introduced the rest of us."

"I believe my grandfather came across the Plains with Frank W.'s great Uncle John. As my grandfather was also slightly successful in panning gold, he was not among those who 'borrowed money'. He got scurvy from so much buffalo meat and no vegetables, so went back by boat arond the Horn and up the Mississippi. The comparative good table fare cured him."

"Neither my father nor his brothers and sisters knew as much family history as probably would have been imparted to them had their father lived to a more ripe old age. They stayed together on the farm in accordance with the wishes of their father expressed in a will until most of them married. They kept in touch with their Uncle Benjamin's family, who lived nearby, also with their Aunts and their descendents."
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GLENDALE NEWS-PRESS, Thursday, April 30, 1931:

PIONEERS REACH 50TH MILESTONE

Golden Wedding Celebration Planned By Couple Who Aided Valley Growth

Early days when Burbank was a little farming community will be recalled by old-time Glendale and Burbank residents with the announcement of plans for the golden wedding observance of Mr. and Mrs. John H. Lampton.

Mr. and Mrs. Lampton moved to Burbank in 1886, coming here from the middle west five years after their wedding. He built a home on a sixty-acre ranch and became one of the pioneer developers of the San Fernando Valley.

PLAN FOR ANNIVERSARY

The couple will celebrate their golden wedding May 1, with an anniversary party at their home, 4451 Lockwood, Los Angeles. Four generations will gather to do them honor; the family now including nine grandchildren and one great-grandchild.

The sons are Edgar, Wilshire district manager for the Southern California Auto club; Fred, a salesman; Capt. Glen, an officer in the United States army air service; and Logan, a city employee. Miss Ethel Lampton, the daughter, is employed by the Los Angeles civil service department.

PIONEERS OF BURBANK

Mr. and Mrs. Lampton were married in 1881, in Grayson, MO. After living in that state for five years they moved west and settle in what is now Burbank.

The district was practically undeveloped a that time, and Lampton purchased and developed sixty acres in what is now the heart of the city. The old homestead, which he built near Tenth Street, still stands.

ACTIVE CHURCH WORKER

Mr. and Mrs. Lampton took a leading part in the life of Burbank during it's early years. He was a founder of the Christian church and both were active in society until they left the city twenty years ago. He is now 76 and she is 71 years old.

When the Lamptons settled on their ranch, only one school was in driving distance and that offered only the elementery grades. Sagebrush covered the slopes of the Verdugo Hills, and the San Fernando Valley was virgin territory.
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LOS ANGELES EVENING EXPRESS, Friday, May 1, 1931:

FIRST FIFTY YEARS HAPPIEST, CLAIM COUPLE ON GOLDEN WEDDING DAY

The first 50 years are the happiest.

John H. Lampton and Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Lampton, who are celebrating today 50 years of marital accord, insist this is so.

The celebration at their home, 4451 Lockwood Avenue, will be simple, due to the fact that Mr. Lampton is recovering from an illness of several weeks.

Socially prominent here among the city's first families, the couple recalled today that when they came here in 1886:

The Plaza was the center of town.

A cable car on Temple Street and the horse car on West Jefferson assumed the entire burden of cosmopolitan transportation.

When the first automobile was introduced in Los Angeles, Mr. Lockwood waited three weeks before he was able to glimpse the "horseless" carriage.
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THE BULLETIN

Golden Wedding

Fifty years ago in the little town of Grayson, Missouri, John H. Lampton, a struggling young farmer, took Miss Mary Elizabeth Trice to be his lawful wedded wife, "for better or for worse--for richer or poorer--in sickness and in health".

And last Friday evening, at a very simple reception at the Lampton home home on Lockwood Avenue, Mr. Lampton, but recently returned from a hospital following a major operation was sufficiently recovered to receive the congratulations of a few relatives and friends at a golden wedding celebration.

Having come to California almost fifty years ago, Mr. and Mrs. Lampton settled in the little town of Burbank, then a struggling farming community. They were among the pioneer developers of San Fernando Valley, taking active part in the civic life of the little community where Mr. Lampton organized the First Christian Church and sent his children to the one and only grammar school.

Owning a large ranch in those years of uncertain rains, afforded a precarious livelihood to a large and growing family, and Mr. Lampton likes to tell about the times when the farmers in San Fernando Valley were glad to haul dirt from the Hollywood hills to help pave San Fernando road and pay taxes.

The old family residence, somewhat scaling of paint, but sturdy of structure, is still standing and occupied, and is one of the earliest landmarks of the city of Burbank. About twenty years ago the family moved from Burbank to their present abode near Vermont Avenue.

There were four sons and one daughter to celebrate the golden wedding. They are: Edgar E., Wilshire district manager of the Automobile Club of Southern California; Fred W., a salesman; Logan B., city employee; Glenn T., Captain U.S. Air Service; and Miss Ethel Lampton, civil service employee. Leon E. Lampton, County Clerk, is a nephew.

There are nine grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
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OBITUARY FOR JOHN HIRAM LAMPTON, Los Angeles Times, September 11, 1931:

"Funeral services for John H. Lampton, pioneer rancher of San Fernando Valley, who died Wednesday at the family residence, 4451 Lockwood Avenue, will be conducted at 3 p.m. tomorrow at W. M. Strother's funeral chapel, 6240 Hollywood Boulevard. Interment will be in Forest Lawn Memorial Park.

Mr. Lampton, who was 76 years of age, came to the Southland from Missouri in 1886 and settled on a large ranch which is now the center of Burbank. He helped to build the First Christian Church at Burbank. At the time of his death, he was a deacon in the First Christian Church of Hollywood. Mr. and Mrs. Lampton celebrated their golden wedding May 1, last.

Besides his widow, Mr. Lampton leaves his sons: Capt. Glenn T. Lampton of the United States Air Service stationed in Maryland, and Edgar, Logan, and Fred of Los Angeles; one daughter, Ethel Lampton; two sisters, Misses Ona and Lulu Lampton; and a nephew, Leon Lampton, Los Angeles County Clerk."

It appears that there may have been more information after the above, but it is missing-km.

PHOTO: Clockwise from upper left corner: Leona Ethel, Edgar Eugene, Logan Benjamin (my maternal grandfather), and William "Freddie" Fay Lampton.