Rampton of Silchester Family Chart no. 10

	Richard RAMPTON		Hannah HOLIDAY
	bapt. 21 Nov 1749 at Stratfield Mortimer, BRK
			mar. 9 Jun 1772 at Silchester
	bur. 7 Jul 1821 at Silchester aged 71

Children of The Marriage

Elizabeth	James	Sarah	Maria	Richard	William
bapt. 25 Dec 1772 at Silchester (although resident at Mortimer; the father described as Richard Rampton junior)	bapt. 21 May 1780 at Stratfield Mortimer, BRK	bapt. 15 Jun 1783 at Stratfield Mortimer, BRK	bapt. 17 Sep 1786 at Stratfield Mortimer, BRK	bapt. 7 Mar 1790 at Silchester	bapt. 24 Nov 1793 at Stratfield Mortimer, BRK
m. John LAURENCE 3 Mar 1794 at Rotherwick	m. Mary BURRETT 17 Apr 1806 at Silchester	m. Thomas ROBINS 4 Jul 1804 at St Marylebone, MDX	m. William BENTFORD 15 Oct 1814 at Hurley, BRK	m. Frances QUELCH 6 Jun 1814 at Tilehurst, BRK

Additional Information

At long last I have discovered a likely candidate for this Richard, as the son of Richard and Ann of Stratfield Mortimer.

On 9 Jun 1772, a Richard Rampton married Hannah HOLIDAY at Silchester. Since it was common for people to marry around the time of their majority, it would be reasonable to assume that Richard was born circa 1750, and if that is the case, and he was born in Silchester, then it is reasonable to assume that he was the son of Richard and Ann. There are a lot of ifs in this logic - he could have been born earlier, to Edward and Ann; or later, to Edward and Joan; or have moved to Silchester quite coincidentally at about the right time. There are no clues in the naming of his children to suggest he is the son of either an Edward or an Ann or a Joan, and although his second son is named Richard this son could have been named after the father rather than any possible grandfather called Richard.

Richard and Hannah had five children that I have been able to trace. I have, however, only been able to find two baptisms in Silchester; the family seemed to have been resident in Stratfield Mortimer, so other baptisms may come to light on examination of those parish records. I have deduced the information for the other three children from the detailed names and relationships given in the will of Richard and Hannah's son James.