William Morton Lampton, III

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the Lamptons were refugees from Virginia, but they carried an even higher distinction, a shadowy claim to British nobility; family legend held that Benjamin's father William had left England after a fight with his father, the earl of Durham. The Lamptons often acted the role of gentry, whether or not they had the property to back up the claim. When Jane's distinguished maternal grandfather died in 1816--memorably, he was buried sitting upright in the chair to which he'd been confined for years--he left Ben Lampton with a disappointing inheritance. In October 1818, when Jane was fifteen, her mother died, and the Lamptons' debts slowly but stubbornly brought them to ...

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This Bible record was transcribed from Kentucky Records, Early Wills and Marriages, Old Bible Records and Tombstone Inscriptions. Volume One, Mrs. William Breckenridge Ardery (Julia Spencer Ardery), 1926, pp 151-2

William Lampton, born 1734, married Patsy Schooler 1763 in Page County, Va.

Their children:

William, born 1764, in Virginia.

John, born 1766, in Virginia.

Lewis, born 1768, in Virginia.

Benjamin, born 1770, in Virginia.

Samuel, born 1772, in Virginia.

Sallie, born 1775, in Virginia, married James Trowbridge.

Mary, born 1777, in Virginia, married William Crosswhite.

Joshua, born 1779, in Virginia.

Susan, born 1781, in Kentucky, married William McKinzey.

Wharton Schooler, born 1784, in Kentucky.

James, born 1787, in Kentucky.

Benjamin Lampton, born in Virginia, 1770, married in 1800.

Children:

Jane Lampton, born 1803, married John M. Clemens (father and mother

of Samuel L. Clemens --Mark Twain).

Patsy Lampton, born 1805, married John A. Quarles.

James A. H. Lampton, born 1815..

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