Brief Life History of Benjamin
When Benjamin Hampton Jr. was born on 11 February 1837, in Philadelphia Monthly Meeting, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, Benjamin Hampton Sr., was 26 and his mother, Patience Schult, was 21. He married Adelaide Eugenia Grant on 30 January 1864, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Brigham City, Box Elder, Utah, United States in 1870 and Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1910. He died on 5 April 1917, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 80, and was buried in Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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Sources (42)
- Benjamin Hampton, "United States Census, 1870"
- Marriage and birth of children of Benjamin Hampton II (The Autobiography of Benjamin Hampton II)
- Benjamin Hampton, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1956"
Spouse and Children
1837–1917 Male
1845–1895 Female
Children (6)
1864–1958 Female
1867–1947 Male
1870–1955 Male
1872–1905 Male
1875–1940 Male
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Parents and Siblings
1810–1879 Male
1815–1876 Female
Siblings (5)
1837–1917 Male
1838–1926 Female
1840–1898 Female
1845–1846 Female
1848–1874 Female
World Events (8)
1846
Age 9
1847
Age 10
1863 · Battle of Gettysburg
Age 26
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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Autobiography of Benjamin Hampton
AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF BENJAMIN HAMPTON June 15, 1905 My father, Benjamin Hampton, was born in Chest …
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