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HAMPSON

[HAMP651] John Hampson m. Ann
. [HAMP661] Samuel Hampson m. [DARB662] Eliza Darbyshire
. . [HAMP672] Mary Hewitt alias Hampson m. [VOSE671] Alfred Vose

5.  [HAMP651] John Hampson (born 1796), a miller, and his wife Ann had three children:

• Mary (born at Stockport, 1819);

• William (born at Didsbury, 5th January 1826, baptised there 26th March 1826);

• 4. [HAMP661] Samuel (born at Adswood, 21st April 1829, baptised at Didsbury, 7th June 1829), see later.

It seems likely that John (then a widower, and a finisher at a bleach works) was the John living at Cheadle Bulkeley at the 1861 census.

4.  [HAMP661] Samuel Hampson (born 1829), a gardener, married (at Stockport, St. Mary, 23rd August 1852) [DARB622] Eliza Darbyshire (born 1828, see DARBYSHIRE).

They had one child born at Cheadle Moseley and baptised at Cheadle as follows:

• 3. [HAMP672] Mary (born 26th April 1853, baptised 19th February 1854), see later.

Afterwards, nothing further is heard of Samuel Hampson.

It may be significant that there are three references to a Samuel Hampson being prosecuted for larceny, resulting in short prison sentences of 3 weeks, 2 months and 3 months respectively. The first appearance was at Salford Court (29th August 1853) which, if it is the correct Samuel, may explain why Mary was not baptised until she was nine months old. The second appearance was again at Salford Court (19th February 1855), and finally there was a much later appearance at Nether Knutsford (21st November 1882). Samuel Hampson was not a rare name, but it does seem as if the first two instances, at least, refer to Eliza's husband.

It is likely that Samuel deserted his wife straightaway after their marriage (when she was already pregnant), and Eliza remained in the Cheadle area for a while, perhaps living with her father and step-mother. Eliza was next noted living (by 1858) as husband and wife with her first-cousin John Hewitt (born 1831), a carpenter at Sutton, Lancs. It is even faintly possible that in fact John was the father of Mary Hampson, as certainly Mary was brought up as Mary Hewitt and she also married under this name, stating her father as John Hewitt. John Hewitt and Eliza had two children born at Sutton (surname Hewitt): But it is unlikely Eliza would have become pregnant by John Hewitt within a few weeks of marrying Samuel.

• Annie (born 10th August 1858), probably never married;

• Thomas (born 1861), married (at Huyton, St. Michael, 15th August 1883) Margaret Wilson.

Afterwards John and Eliza lived at Whiston, then Huyton. Eliza died (age 54, of pneumonia) at Huyton Quarry  (19th January 1883, buried at Huyton, 23rd January 1883). John afterwards returned to Sale (Cheshire) and assisted his brother Peter to run a grocery shop. John Hewitt died (age 72) at Newton-in-Makerfield, Lancs, (24th July 1903, buried at Huyton, 27th July 1903).

• 3. [HAMP672] Mary Hewitt (born 1853, daughter of Samuel Hampson & Eliza), married (at Whiston, 15th November 1876) [VOSE671] Alfred Vose (born 1854), a tool maker. When their child Eliza was born in 1880, the mother’s maiden name was again given as Hewitt (see VOSE).