Brief Life History of Jonathan
When Jonathan Hampton was born on 10 April 1811, in East Gwillimbury, York, Ontario, Canada, his father, Jonathan Hampton, was 35 and his mother, Sarah Colborn, was 33. He married Julia Foster on 4 September 1833, in Lyons, Wayne, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Quincy Township, Adams, Illinois, United States in 1841 and Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States in 1839. He died on 30 December 1844, in Hancock, Illinois, United States, at the age of 33, and was buried in Nauvoo Pioneer Cemetery, Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States.
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- Jonathan Hampton, "United States Census, 1840"
- Johnathan Hampton, "BillionGraves Index"
- Jonathan Hampton in entry for Brigham Y Hampton, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Record of Members (Worldwide), 1836-1970"
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1812
War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.
1818
Illinois is the 21st state.
1821 · Financial Relief for Public Land
A United States law to provide financial relief for the purchasers of Public Lands. It permitted the earlier buyers, that couldn't pay completely for the land, to return the land back to the government. This granted them a credit towards the debt they had on land. Congress, also, extended credit to buyer for eight more years. Still while being in economic panic and the shortage of currency made by citizens, the government hoped that with the time extension, the economy would improve.
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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Jonathan Hampton Story( Taken from Julia Foster Hampton Story)
JULIA FOSTER HAMP'TON 1811-1891 We honor Julia Foster Hampton for preserving our link to a great heritage in the history of The Church of Jesus Chr …
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