Jacob Hampton

1724 - 1801  (76 years)

• Name	Jacob Hampton
  Gender	Male
  Born	30 Sep 1724	Bedford Co., Virginia   [1]
  Died	1801	Wilkes Co., North Carolina   [1]
  Buried	Wilkes Co., North Carolina
  Residence	VA>NC
  Person ID	I26075	All Data
  Last Modified	11 Oct 2008

  
  

  Father	John Hampton
  Mother	Mary Turner
  Family ID	F27321	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Judith (Judah) Johnson
  Married	Abt 1742	Virginia   [2]
  Children	1. William Hampton,   b. Abt 1742   2. Thomas Hampton,   b. Abt 1744, Probably in Halifax Co., Virginia ,   d. Apr 1817, Wilkes Co., North Carolina  (Age ~ 73 years)   3. James Hampton,   b. Abt 1750, Virginia ,   d. Abt 1785, Wilkes Co., North Carolina  (Age ~ 35 years)   4. Micajah Hampton,   b. Abt 1751, Virginia   5. Sarah Hampton   6. Judith Hampton,   b. Abt 1760, Bedford Co., Virginia ,   d. 11 Feb 1811, Warren Co., Kentucky  (Age ~ 51 years)   7. Joel Hampton,   b. Abt 1762, Bedford Co., Virginia ,   d. 20 Aug 1832, Logan Co., Kentucky  (Age ~ 70 years)   8. Turner Hampton,   b. Abt 1764, Virginia ,   d. Abt Oct 1834, Wilkes Co., North Carolina  (Age ~ 70 years)   9. Reuben Hampton,   b. Abt 1767,   d. Abt 1824, Warren Co., Tennessee  (Age ~ 57 years)   10. Susannah Hampton
  Last Modified	1 Aug 2022
  Family ID	F15187	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 30 Sep 1724 - Bedford Co., Virginia Married - Abt 1742 - Virginia Died - 1801 - Wilkes Co., North Carolina Buried - - Wilkes Co., North Carolina  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  1790, 1800 Wilkes Co., NC Census -- Wilkes Co. NC Deeds, Bk. A-1, p. 23 (1779) -- Jacob owned land on Cub Creek in Wilkes Co. by 1779 & was still there in 1793 -- Wilkes Co. NC Deeds, Bk B-1, p. 279 (1793) -- Note posted to Hampton GenForum by Lois Waddington: waddham@aol.com - Info provided by Bernice Jurin, Surprise, AZ gave his birth as 30 Sept. 1724, Bedford Co., VA; d. 1801 in Wilkes Co., NC -- Jacob & Judith may have lived in Alleghany Co., NC in 1798 per a deed tying him to Thomas Hampton -- Jacob was in Halifax Co., VA in 1768; in 1777 he moved to Wilkes Co., NC per Lois Waddington -- Jacob was a 1st cousin of James Hampton who also lived in Wilkes Co., NC; Jacob came to Wilkes Co., NC from Caroline Co., VA through Halifax Co., VA; James came to Surry Co. (next to Wilkes) from Fairfax Co., VA through Halifax Co., VA; James was a brother of Anthony Hampton who also lived in Surry Co. before moving to SC and being massacred there along with his wife and son, Preston, by Indians in 1776 -- One researcher wrote that Jacob was in Bedford Co., VA before moving to Halifax Co., VA Descendants of Jacob Hampton from Anne Millsaps on Ancestry.com Generation No. 1 1. JACOB11 HAMPTON (JOHN10, THOMAS9, JOHN8, THOMAS7, WILLIAM6, LAURENCE5, JOHN4, THOMAS3 DE HAMPTON, JOHN2, RICHARD GERVAIS1) (Source: Davis, Virginia Lee Hutcheson, Tidewater Virginia Families, (Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Company, 1989), 332.) was born 1727 in VA, and died Aft. 1790. He married JUDITH JOHNSON Abt. 1747 in Caroline or Amelia Co., VA. She was born Abt. 1730 in VA. Notes for JACOB HAMPTON: Traced from Caroline County to Halifax County VA, then to Wilkes County, NC, where he settled near Moravian Falls. Children of JACOB HAMPTON and JUDITH JOHNSON are: i. THOMAS12 HAMPTON (Source: Watauga County Genealogical Society, Watauga County Heritage, (2 Vols. Hunter Publishing Co., Winston Salem NC 1983-1987).), b. Abt. 1755, Caroline Co., VA; d. Apr 1817, Wilkes Co., NC; m. ABIGAIL LAWS, Abt. 1769, Surry Co., NC; b. Abt. 1752, NC; d. Aft. 1817. Notes for THOMAS HAMPTON: Will dated 1817. ii. JUDAH HAMPTON, b. Bef. 1771, Surry Co., NC; d. Aft. 1817; m. (1) JESSE GREER, 14 Aug 1779; m. (2) WILLIAM MITCHELL, 1789, Wilkes Co., NC. iii. JAMES HAMPTON, b. Aft. 1745; d. Aft. 25 Oct 1786, Wilkes Co., NC; m. RACHEL FREEMAN. Notes for JAMES HAMPTON: Struck by lightning, which caused his death. iv. JOEL HAMPTON. v. REUBEN HAMPTON. vi. TURNER HAMPTON, b. 1764, Halifax County, Virginia; d. Nov 1834, Wilkes Co., NC; m. SARAH GREER, 1790, Wilkes County, North Carolina; b. 1773, Wilkes County, North Carolina; d. Aft. 1840, Wilkes County, North Carolina. vii. AMELIA HAMPTON, m. BENJAMIN MARTIN.

  
  

• Sources

  [S10385] Info provided by Bernice Jurin, Surprise, AZ. [S9903] Info provided by Laura@angel-family.com.