Rampton of Herriard Family Chart no. 47

	William RAMPTON		(1) Elizabeth NORGET or NORGATE		(2) Sarah BALCHIN
	bapt. 25 Mar 1795 at Medstead		born circa 1791 at Froxfield		born circa 1791 at Kingsley
			poss. m. 12 Jun 1821 at St Georges Hanover Sq., MDX		m. 17 Jul 1834 at Binstead
	d. 29 Mar 1861 aged 66 bur. 2 Apr 1861 at St Mary the Virgin Old Alresford [MI]		d. 28 Jul 1833 aged 42 bur. 31 Jul 1833 at St Mary the Virgin Old Alresford [MI]		d. 21 Dec 1882 aged 92 bur. 26 Dec 1882 at St Mary the Virgin Old Alresford [MI]
	Blacksmith

Their Children

Sarah	William	Elizabeth	Henry	Charles
born 26 Oct 1822 bapt. 24 Nov 1822 at Old Alresford	bapt. 15 Aug 1824 at Old Alresford	bapt. 23 Apr 1826 at Old Alresford	bapt. 4 Oct 1829 at Old Alresford	bapt. 25 Sep 1831 at Old Alresford
m. (1) Timothy STAIR 1950 Whitchurch RD (2) Frederick HOY 1863 Basingstoke RD	m. Maria BENNETT 21 Aug 1851 at Christchurch Bermondsey, SRY	m. Daniel LIGHT 1855 Alton RD	m. (1) Catharine HARFIELD 9 Mar 1850 at Christchurch Bermondsey, SRY (2) Frances DINWOODY 25 Dec 1854 St Louis Missouri (3) Eliza STRATFIELD 29 Mar 1862 in Utah (4) Ada Alice MacDUFF 1 Nov 1868 at Salt Lake City Utah	m. Eliza LASSAM 17 May 1854 at Christchurch Bermondsey, SRY
d. 20 Mar 1894 at Bishops Sutton, aged 71 bur. St Mary the Virgin Old Alresford	d. 23 Aug 1888, aged 64 bur. St Mary the Virgin Old Alresford		d. 24 Nov 1903 at Bountiful Utah

Additional Information

The marriage of William to Elizabeth is currently speculative. There is a marriage, transcribed by the Harleian Society, for a marriage in Westminster, and the year fits, even though the place is an unusual one for two Hampshire residents to choose for their marriage. In fact, there are two marriages recorded for the 12 June 1821 both involving a William RAMPTON (the second is to Jane WHITWORTH) although I have not as yet been able to trace the origins of this second William. There is little doubt that Elizabeth Norgate was his wife however, and Elizabeth's memorial is testament to that: photos of the headstone and a transcription can be seen here.

In 1851 William and second wife Sarah were living in Old Alresford with their son William; Henry was married and living in Botley, and Charles was living in Alresford with Elizabeth RAMPTON, possibly his sister. In 1871, Sarah was a widow living with niece Helen BALCHIN. In 1881, Sarah was living with William and Maria and their family. She is described as William's Stepmother.

I am curious about the choice of marriage venue for the three sons, as it does not appear that any of the parties was native to Bermondsey. On all three marriage certificates they gave an address in West Street Bermondsey, but I have been unable to locate any of the brides' families in the street at the time of the 1851 census.

Judging by son Henry's Diary of his emigration to America, there was some ill feeling between sons William and Henry, possibly over Henry's conversion to the Mormon religion. Father William, however, thought enough of his second son to send him a little money to help buy his passage; and son William named his second child Henry, born 1854, possibly in recognition of his brother.

When you look this family, you see that, although not numerous, they each made their mark. Paterfamilias William was obviously a reasonably prosperous artisan and he passed his Iron Foundry onto his son William. Henry went to America and founded a famous dynasty in the state of Utah, culminating in one of his descendents being elected Governor of the state. Youngest son Charles became a skilled watchmaker, with two of his sons following him into the trade.

The memorial stones for this family group can be seen on the FindAGrave website:
William bn 1975
Elizabeth nee NORGATE
Sarah nee BALCHIN
William bn 1824
Sarah bn 1822

Family Group Identifiers

Family: HERRIARD1
Family Group: herriard047