Rampton of Herriard Family Chart no. 20

	Thomas RAMPTON		Katherine KERSLEY
	born circa 1730		bapt. 21 Oct 1737 at Herriard [d. of Richard & Elizabeth]
			m. 23 Jul 1759 at Herriard
	bur. 26 Jan 1802 at Herriard		bur. 6 Apr 1794 at Herriard

Their Children

Thomas	William	Richard	Milly	Hannah	Jonathon	Jane	James	Charlotte
bapt. 7 Feb 1760 at Herriard	bapt. 10 Feb 1761 at Herriard	bapt. 8 Apr 1762 at Herriard	bapt. 11 Dec 1763 at Herriard	bapt. 13 Feb 1766 at Herriard	bapt. 3 May 1768 at Herriard	bapt. 28 Sep 1771 at Herriard	bapt. 16 Jan 1774 at Herriard	bapt. 28 Dec 1779 at Herriard
	m. Ann ? circa 1787	m. (1) Mary ? (2) ELizabeth ?			m. Frances HACK 5 Oct 1794 at Medstead	m. James LEVEL 2 May 1803 at Herriard ?
bur. 26 Jan 1802 at Herriard		bur. 3 May 1834 at Herriard			d. 9 Jun 1845 bur. 12 Jun at Herriard		bur. 23 Jan 1774 at Herriard

Additional Information

I suspect that Thomas was a Blacksmith but do not have any proof of this at the present time, nor do I have concrete proof that he is the son of Thomas and Joan (nee RUSSEL) (see parental Family Chart for my reasoning).

There is an interesting local history called Herriard & Lasham by Anne Pitcher, which goes into some detail of the Kersley family:

As far as records of Herriard go, there is an emptiness before 1660 because they were not kept in any official source, but in that year the Kersleys were living in nearby Winslade. They moved into Herriard around the 1730s and on 21st September 1731, Richard Kersley married Elizabeth Staples. They had seven children. It was George Kersley born 20th May 1746 who owned Hale Farm, although there is no evidence that he bought it but probably inherited it...

It would seem, therefore, that Thomas had married into a reasonably well-to-do local family.

Family Group Identifiers

Family: HERRIARD1
Family Group: herriard020