John Fredrick Hampton

Brief Life History of John Fredrick

John Fredrick Hampton was born in October 1837, in Virginia, United States. He married Ester Catherine Bailey on 1 January 1875, in Lincoln, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Crab Orchard, Lincoln, Kentucky, United States in 1880.

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Family Time Line

John Fredrick Hampton
1837–
Ester Catherine Bailey
1847–
Marriage: 1 January 1875
Florence Hampton
1875–
Leonard Napolean Hampton
1878–1954
Wade Washington Hampton
1882–1950
Catherine E. Hampton
1885–1957

Sources (9)

  • Jno. F Hampton, "United States Census, 1900"
  • John F Hamilton, "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1786-1965"
  • John Hampton in entry for Wade Washington Hampton, "United States, Social Security Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT), 1936-2007"

World Events (8)

1844 · Lumpkin's Jail

In 1844 when Robert Lumpkin bought land in Virginia, this would be the spot of the Infamous Slave Jail (or Lumpkin’s Jail). The slaves would be brought here during the slave trade until they were sold. Lumpkin had purchased the land for his own slave business.

1846

U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

1868 · Impeach the President!

Caused by many crimes and breaking the Tenure of Office Act, Many Senators and House Representatives became angry with President Johnson and began discussions of his Impeachment. After a special session of Congress, the Articles of Impeachment were approved by the House and then the Senate. Making Andrew Johnson the first President to be Impeached.

Name Meaning

English and Scottish: habitational name from any of numerous places called Hampton, including the cities of Southampton and Northampton (both of which were originally simply Hamtun). These all share the final Old English element tūn ‘enclosure, settlement’, but the first is variously hām ‘homestead’, hamm ‘water meadow’, or hēan, weak dative case (originally used after a preposition and article) of hēah ‘high’. This surname is also found in Ireland, having first been taken there in the medieval period.

History: The descendants of the clergyman Thomas Hampton, resident at Jamestown, VA, in 1630, lived in VA through three generations, multiplying their homesteads as the colony expanded and then branched into SC. This very common English name was brought independently to North America by many other bearers.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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