SAMPSON OF PARLINGTON
Mary
Sampson married William Standbank on 23 July 1724 at Aberford. Three potential baptisms
for her were found:
Mary Sampson, bap 25 Sep 1704, Aberford,
daughter of Matthias Sampson of Aberford[1]
Mary Sampson, bap 12 Apr 1706, Sherburn in
Elmet, daughter of William Sampson junior of Milford[2]
Mary Sampson, bap 27 Apr 1707, Aberford,
daughter of Thomas Sampson of Parlington[3]
The
Mary who was a daughter of William seems to be accounted for by the marriage on
21 July 1724 at Pontefract of John Sharpass of Pontefract and Mary Sampson of
South Milford, aged eighteen.[4]
William
Pool of Rothwell married Mary Sampson of Aberford parish at Aberford on 9 November
1727.[5]
The marriage bond of 3 October 1727 gives Mary’s age as twenty-three,[6]
which fits with the baptism of Matthias’s daughter of that name. However, William
Pool’s wife was stated (without discussion of the evidence) by George Denison
Lumb to be a daughter of Thomas and Jane (Ellis) Sampson[7]
and the use of the name Matthias for a son of William Standbank and Mary
Sampson suggests that it was the latter who was the daughter of Matthias
Sampson.
Clarity
is provided by the 1794 will of John Sampson, through which it can be confirmed
that Mary (Sampson) Standbank was a daughter of Matthias. John names, among
others, “my Nephew Thomas Stanbank of Lane End near Chawbent in the County of
Lancaster Victualler”, “my Nephew John Stanbank of the Parish of Tadcaster in
the County of York Grazier (Brother of the said Thomas Stanbank)”, “my late
Brother Edward Sampson” and “my Brother in Law Richard Shippen of Aberford in
the County of York Shopkeeper”.[8]
Richard Shippen and Susanna Sampson, both of Aberford, were married in 1738 at
Ledsham. Edward, son of Matthias Sampson, was baptised at Thorner in 1714. The
parish registers of Otley show that Susanna, daughter of “Mr. Mathew Sampson of
Newhall” was baptised in 1716, and John, son of Matthias (altered from Matthew)
Sampson of Newhall, farmer, was baptised in 1717/18.
In
1551, a William Sampson of Parlington made his will,
leaving his estate to his son and executor William. The will was proved on 17
February 1551/52. Abstracts of the York cause papers list a William Sampson of
Parlington, husbandman, aged twenty-seven, in a case of
1564. If the testator’s son of 1551 proved the will himself then he would have
been older by 1564 than indicated by the cause paper details, so it is possible
that these were two different men of the same name.
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SAMPSON
1 WILLIAM SAMPSON of
Parlington, Aberford, Yorkshire, was buried on 27 October 1592 at Aberford.[9]
He married first, on 28 October 1554 at Aberford, ANN LOWCOCK.[10]
She was buried on 18 August 1566 at Aberford.[11]
William married second, ca 1567, ISABEL,[12]
who was buried on 2 June 1602 at Aberford.[13]
Children of
William and Ann (Lowcock) Sampson:
i MATTHEW SAMPSON,
bap 16 Jun 1557, Aberford.[14]
ii KATHERINE SAMPSON,
bap 25 Oct 1558, Aberford.[15]
iii MARGARET SAMPSON,
bap 8 Mar 1559/60, Aberford.[16]
iv WILLIAM SAMPSON, bap
5 Jul 1562, Aberford.[17]
v MARY SAMPSON, bap 19
May 1566, Aberford.[18]
Children of
William and Isabel Sampson:
vi JOHN SAMPSON, bap 5
Sep 1568, Aberford.[19]
vii CECILY SAMPSON, bap
4 Jun 1570, Aberford;[20]
m 23 May 1597, Aberford, WILLIAM MITLAY.[21]
viii ROBERT SAMPSON, bap
25 Feb 1571/72, Aberford;[22]
m 7 Oct 1600, Aberford, MARGARET MITLAY.[23]
ix MATTHEW SAMPSON, bap
21 Sep 1576, Aberford.[24]
2 x LEONARD
SAMPSON (1578-1650); m(1) ANN SIMPSON; m(2) ANN SHILLITO.
2 LEONARD SAMPSON of Parlington was
baptised on 7 May 1578 at Aberford[25]
and buried on 19 August 1650 at Aberford.[26]
He married first, on 26 November 1603 at Aberford, ANN SIMPSON.[27]
She was buried on 24 October 1609 at Aberford.[28]
Leonard married second, ca 1617, ANN SHILLITO.[29]
She was buried on 7 April 1625 at Aberford.[30]
Children of Leonard and Anne (Simpson)
Sampson:
i ISABEL SAMPSON, bap 1 Sep 1604,
Aberford;[31] m
3 Nov 1630, Aberford, GEORGE PEASE.[32]
3 ii THOMAS SAMPSON (1606-1670); m
ALICE BYWATER.
iii ANN SAMPSON, bap 29 Aug 1608,
Aberford.[33]
iv ELIZABETH SAMPSON, bap 24 Oct 1609,
Aberford;[34] m
11 Jul 1635, Aberford, WILLIAM SHILLITO.[35]
3 THOMAS SAMPSON of Parlington, yeoman,
was baptised on 3 August 1606 at Aberford[36]
and buried on 26 August 1670 at Aberford.[37]
He married on 24 July 1636 at Aberford, ALICE BYWATER.[38]
She was buried on 25 December 1663 at Aberford.[39]
Children of Thomas and Alice (Bywater)
Sampson:
i ANN SAMPSON, bap 8 Jan 1637/38,
Aberford.[40]
ii LEONARD SAMPSON of Parlington, bap
25 Aug 1639, Aberford,[41]
bur 26 Oct 1708, Aberford;[42]
m 25 Aug 1668, Whitkirk, JANE BURLEY.[43]
iii ELIZABETH SAMPSON, bap 21 Nov 1641,
Aberford.[44]
iv THOMAS SAMPSON of Aberford, yeoman,
bap 9 Feb 1643/44, Aberford,[45]
bur 23 Jan 1681/82, Aberford;[46]
m 1 Jan 1677/78, Osbaldwick, GRACE (PINDER) JAQUES.[47]
4 v WILLIAM SAMPSON (1645-1708); m(1)
DOROTHY ( ) TAYLOR; m(2)
ELLEN ( ) VEVERS.
vi ROSAMUND SAMPSON, bap 14 Dec 1646,
Aberford,[48]
bur 31 Mar 1648, Aberford.[49]
vii SARAH SAMPSON, bap 27 Aug 1648,
Aberford.[50]
viii ROBERT SAMPSON, bap 21 Apr 1650,
Aberford,[51]
bur 15 Feb 1655/56, Aberford.[52]
ix EDMUND SAMPSON, bap 31 Aug 1651,
Aberford.[53]
x SUSANNA SAMPSON, bap 28 Jul 1653,
Aberford.[54]
xi JOHN SAMPSON, bap 10 Jan 1654/55,
Aberford,[55] bur
19 Oct 1655, Barwick in Elmet.[56]
xii JOHN SAMPSON, bap 3 Jul 1656,
Aberford.[57]
xiii URSULA SAMPSON, bap 5 Sep 1658,
Aberford.[58]
xiv MARY SAMPSON, bap 12 Dec 1662,
Aberford,[59]
bur 9 Jun 1674, Aberford.[60]
4 WILLIAM SAMPSON of Parlington,
butcher, was baptised on 23 September 1645 at Aberford[61]
and died in June 1708.[62]
He married first, ca 1673, DOROTHY ( ) TAYLOR,[63]
widow of Maximilian Taylor.[64]
Dorothy was born ca 1640[65]
and buried on 7 February 1699/1700 at Aberford.[66]
William married second, on 13 October 1702 at St Olave, York, ELLEN ( ) VEVERS.[67]
Children of William and Dorothy ( ) (Taylor) Sampson:
i DOROTHY SAMPSON; m 20 Sep 1696,
Saxton in Elmet, WILLIAM HOLDSWORTH.[68]
5 ii MATTHIAS SAMPSON (1680/81-1724); m
ELIZABETH SARGENT.
iii ELIZABETH SAMPSON; m 27 Feb
1703/04, Aberford, THOMAS HICK.[69]
5 MATTHIAS SAMPSON of Aberford, yeoman,
was baptised on 25 February 1680/81 at Garforth[70]
and buried on 9 June 1724 at Aberford.[71]
He married on 17 August 1703 at Walton-le-Dale, Lancashire, ELIZABETH SARGENT.[72]
She was buried on 14 October 1725 at Aberford.[73]
Children of Matthias and Elizabeth
(Sargent) Sampson:
i MARY SAMPSON, bap 25 Sep 1704,
Aberford,[74]
bur 16 Jan 1739/40, Aberford;[75]
m 23 Jul 1724, Aberford, WILLIAM STANDBANK[76]
(see here).
ii DOROTHY SAMPSON, bap 23 May 1706,
Aberford.[77]
iii WILLIAM SAMPSON, bap 1 Feb 1707/08,
Aberford.[78]
iv THOMAS SAMPSON, bap 6 Nov 1709,
Aberford,[79]
bur 3 Oct 1710, Aberford.[80]
v ELIZABETH SAMPSON, bap 11 Aug
1711, Aberford,[81]
bur 14 Oct 1741, Aberford;[82]
m 13 Sep 1732, Harewood, GEORGE VEVERS.[83]
vi THOMAS SAMPSON, bap 21 Mar 1712/13,
Thorner.[84]
vii EDWARD SAMPSON of Woolley and York,
servant to Godfrey Wentworth,[85]
bap 23 Jul 1714, Thorner,[86]
bur 18 Jan 1741/42, St John, Micklegate, York;[87]
m 29 Mar 1739, York minster, ANN MAUNBY.[88]
viii SUSANNA SAMPSON, bap 23 Oct 1716,
Otley,[89]
bur 17 Aug 1791, Aberford;[90]
m 21 Dec 1738, Ledsham, RICHARD SHIPPEN.[91]
ix JOHN SAMPSON of Lambeth Palace,
receiver general of the archbishop of Canterbury,[92]
bap 1 Jan 1717/18, Otley,[93]
d 27 Dec 1794, bur 2 Jan 1795, St Mary, Lambeth.[94]
[1] Aberford parish registers (online at www.findmypast.co.uk). The Aberford bishop’s transcripts (online at www.findmypast.co.uk) also show a Mary, daughter of Matthias Sampson, baptised on 29 May 1706. However, the parish registers instead show that Dorothy, daughter of Matthias Sampson, was baptised on 23 May 1706.
[2] Sherburn in Elmet parish registers (online at www.findmypast.co.uk).
[3] Aberford parish registers (online at www.findmypast.co.uk).
[4] Pontefract parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com); Archbishop of York Marriage Licences Index, 1613-1839 (online at www.findmypast.co.uk).
[5] Aberford parish registers (online at www.findmypast.co.uk).
[6] Marriage bond, 3 Oct 1727 (Borthwick Institute).
[7] George Denison Lumb, “Ellis of Kiddal”, Publications of the Thoresby Society, 26(1919-20):61-63.
[8] National Archives, PROB 11/1254/114. The testator also mentions “my Nephew John Stanbank of Lambeth Terrace in the County of Surry Gentleman”, who appears to have been a grandnephew.
[9] Aberford parish registers (online at www.findmypast.co.uk); will dated 22 Oct 1592, proved 7 Dec 1592 (Borthwick Institute).
[10] Aberford parish registers (online at www.findmypast.co.uk).
[11] Aberford parish registers (online at www.findmypast.co.uk).
[12] Will of William Sampson, dated 22 Oct 1592, proved 7 Dec 1592 (Borthwick Institute); will of Isabel Sampson, dated 18 May 1602, proved 9 Jun 1602 (Borthwick Institute).
[13] Aberford parish registers (online at www.findmypast.co.uk); will dated 18 May 1602, proved 9 Jun 1602 (Borthwick Institute).
[14] Aberford parish registers (online at www.findmypast.co.uk).
[15] Aberford parish registers (online at www.findmypast.co.uk).
[16] Aberford parish registers (online at www.findmypast.co.uk).
[17] Aberford parish registers (online at www.findmypast.co.uk).
[18] Aberford parish registers (online at www.findmypast.co.uk).
[19] Aberford parish registers (online at www.findmypast.co.uk).
[20] Aberford parish registers (online at www.findmypast.co.uk).
[21] Aberford parish registers (online at www.findmypast.co.uk).
[22] Aberford parish registers (online at www.findmypast.co.uk).
[23] Aberford parish registers (online at www.findmypast.co.uk).
[24] Aberford parish registers (online at www.findmypast.co.uk). He may be the Matthew Sampson, glover, who became a freeman of York in 1599-1600. There was also a John Sampson, glover, who became a freeman in 1589-90, perhaps Matthew’s brother.
[25] Aberford parish registers (online at www.findmypast.co.uk).
[26] Aberford parish registers (online at www.findmypast.co.uk).
[27] Aberford parish registers (online at www.findmypast.co.uk). She may be the “Agnes daugh: of Lyonell Simpson” baptised at Aberford on 20 Apr 1579.
[28] Aberford parish registers (online at www.findmypast.co.uk).
[29] C.B. Norcliffe, “Paver’s Marriage Licenses”, The Yorkshire Archæological Journal, 14(1898):458-506, at 459.
[30] Aberford parish registers (online at www.findmypast.co.uk).
[31] Aberford parish registers (online at www.findmypast.co.uk).
[32] Aberford parish registers (online at www.findmypast.co.uk); J.W. Clay, “Paver’s Marriage Licenses”, The Yorkshire Archæological Journal, 20(1909):73-97, at 97.
[33] Aberford parish registers (online at www.findmypast.co.uk).
[34] Aberford parish registers (online at www.findmypast.co.uk).
[35] Aberford parish registers (online at www.findmypast.co.uk); J.W. Clay, ed., Paver’s Marriage Licences (Worksop, 1909), 63.
[36] Aberford parish registers (online at www.findmypast.co.uk).
[37] Aberford parish registers (online at www.findmypast.co.uk).
[38] Aberford parish registers (online at www.findmypast.co.uk); J.W. Clay, ed., Paver’s Marriage Licences (Worksop, 1909), 85. Alice was stated to be a spinster of Little Preston in the parish of Kippax.
[39] Aberford parish registers (online at www.findmypast.co.uk).
[40] Aberford parish registers (online at www.findmypast.co.uk).
[41] Aberford parish registers (online at www.findmypast.co.uk).
[42] Aberford parish registers (online at www.findmypast.co.uk).
[43] The Archbishop of York Marriage Licences Index, 1613-1839 (online at www.findmypast.co.uk) shows a licence was issued for Leonard Sampson of Aberford and Jane Burley on 24 Aug 1668. Jane, wife of Leonard Sampson, was buried at Aberford on 23 Jun 1694 (Aberford parish registers, online at www.findmypast.co.uk). Their marriage has not been found under those names in the parish registers. However, “John Sampson & Eliza: Burley” were married at Whitkirk on 25 Aug 1668 (Whitkirk parish registers, online at www.ancestry.com). As this is one day after the licence was granted, and no other obvious trace has been found of the couple John and Elizabeth, this seems, despite both forenames being different, to be the marriage of Leonard and Jane.
[44] Aberford parish registers (online at www.findmypast.co.uk); Aberford bishop’s transcripts (online at www.findmypast.co.uk). She may be the Elizabeth Sampson of Parlington who married William Hey at Saxton in Elmet on 18 May 1671 (Saxton in Elmet parish registers, online at www.findmypast.co.uk), when she was said to be a spinster aged 25. However, the will of Thomas Sampson, written in 1681/82, refers to his sister Elizabeth as “Elizabeth Sampson”.
[45] Aberford parish registers (online at www.findmypast.co.uk).
[46] Aberford parish registers (online at www.findmypast.co.uk); Aberford bishop’s transcripts (online at www.findmypast.co.uk); will dated 18 Jan 1681[/82], inventory dated 1 Feb 1681[/82] (prebendal court of Fenton, Borthwick Institute).
[47] Osbaldwick parish registers (online at www.findmypast.co.uk); John W. Clay, ed., Paver’s Marriage Licences, vol. 2 (Worksop, 1911), 161; John W. Clay, ed., Paver’s Marriage Licences, vol. 3 (Worksop, 1912), 14.
[48] Aberford parish registers (online at www.findmypast.co.uk).
[49] Aberford parish registers (online at www.findmypast.co.uk).
[50] Aberford parish registers (online at www.findmypast.co.uk).
[51] Aberford parish registers (online at www.findmypast.co.uk).
[52] Aberford parish registers (online at www.findmypast.co.uk).
[53] Aberford parish registers (online at www.findmypast.co.uk).
[54] Aberford parish registers (online at www.findmypast.co.uk).
[55] Aberford parish registers (online at www.findmypast.co.uk).
[56] Barwick in Elmet parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com).
[57] Aberford parish registers (online at www.findmypast.co.uk).
[58] Aberford parish registers (online at www.findmypast.co.uk).
[59] Aberford parish registers (online at www.findmypast.co.uk).
[60] Aberford parish registers (online at www.findmypast.co.uk).
[61] Aberford parish registers (online at www.findmypast.co.uk).
[62] Will dated 10 Jun 1708, inventory dated 19 Jun 1708 (prebendal court of Fenton, Borthwick Institute).
[63] John W. Clay, ed., Paver’s Marriage Licences, vol. 2 (Worksop, 1911), 177. The marriage was to take place at Aberford or Topcliffe, perhaps a clue to Dorothy’s origins.
[64] Will of Maximilian Taylor of Aberford, dated 23 Dec 1671, proved 17 Jan 1671/72 (Borthwick Institute); will of John Taylor of Tadcaster, dated 17 Aug 1670, proved 8 Mar 1670/71 (Borthwick Institute).
[65] John W. Clay, ed., Paver’s Marriage Licences, vol. 2 (Worksop, 1911), 177. Dorothy’s first husband Maximilian Taylor was a recusant and Dorothy remained a Catholic during her marriage to William Sampson: West Yorkshire Archive Service, QS4/8, QS4/13; Joseph S. Hansom and Joseph Gillow, “A List of Convicted Recusants in the Reign of Charles II”, Publications of the Catholic Record Society, 6(1909):75-326, at 285; J. Horsfall Turner, ed., The Nonconformist Register (Brighouse, 1881), 129, 139.
[66] Aberford parish registers (online at www.findmypast.co.uk).
[67] St Olave, York, parish registers (online at www.findmypast.co.uk); John W. Clay, ed., Paver’s Marriage Licences, vol. 3 (Worksop, 1912), 114. There was an Ellen Blyth who married Richard Vevers about 1666, but “Hellen the wife of Mr Richard Vevers of Scoles” was buried at Barwick in Elmet in 1679. A licence was granted on 10 Feb 1668 for William Vevers of Scholes to marry Ellen Burman (Archbishop of York Marriage Licences Index, 1613-1839, online at www.findmypast.co.uk). William Vevers of Barwick in Elmet and Mary (sic) Burman were granted a licence to marry and were married at Garforth on 13 Sep 1669 (Garforth bishop’s transcripts, online at www.findmypast.co.uk). An Ellen Greene married William Vevers of Barwick at Kippax in 1671. An “Ellinor Sampson of Potterton” was buried on 18 Jan 1729/30 (Barwick in Elmet parish registers, online at www.ancestry.com).
[68] Saxton in Elmet parish registers (online at www.findmypast.co.uk).
[69] Aberford parish registers (online at www.findmypast.co.uk).
[71] Aberford parish registers (online at www.findmypast.co.uk).
[72] Walton-le-Dale parish registers: “Matthias Sampson of Abbaford in [the] County of Yorke Yeoman and Elizabeth Sargent of Walton”. There are many Sargent entries in the Walton-le-Dale parish registers but no obvious baptism for Elizabeth. Elizabeths baptised in 1676 (daughter of William), 1677 (daughter of William) and 1689/90 (daughter of Thomas) all appear to have died young. A Robert Sargent and Elizabeth Pilkinton were married at Walton in 1698/99 but the burial in 1705 of Elizabeth, wife of Robert Sargent, makes it doubtful that Elizabeth (Pilkinton) Sargent could be the wife of Matthias Sampson.
[73] Aberford parish registers (online at www.findmypast.co.uk).
[74] Aberford parish registers (online at www.findmypast.co.uk).
[75] Aberford parish registers (online at www.findmypast.co.uk): “Mary Wife of William Stanbank Inn keeper Sh[erburn]”. There was also a “Mary Wife of William Standbank Butcher” buried on 27 May 1757 at Aberford but that seems more likely to be a wife of William and Mary’s son William (baptised in 1725) who remarried later in 1757, although his wife would have been Ann rather than Mary unless he had another marriage which has not been traced. A William, son of William and Mary Standbank, was baptised at West Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, in 1756, but it is not clear whether that was the same family.
[76] Aberford parish registers (online at www.findmypast.co.uk).
[77] Aberford parish registers (online at www.findmypast.co.uk).
[78] Aberford parish registers (online at www.findmypast.co.uk).
[79] Aberford parish registers (online at www.findmypast.co.uk).
[80] Aberford parish registers (online at www.findmypast.co.uk).
[81] Aberford parish registers (online at www.findmypast.co.uk).
[82] Aberford parish registers (online at www.findmypast.co.uk).
[83] Harewood parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com); Archbishop of York Marriage Licences Index, 1613-1839 (online at www.findmypast.co.uk).
[84] Thorner parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com).
[85] Edward’s residence is given as Woolley at the time of his marriage, and in the entry for the baptism of his daughter Mary on 13 Mar 1739/40 he is described as “Servant to Mr Wentworth” (Holy Trinity, Goodramgate, York, parish registers, online at www.findmypast.co.uk). Godfrey Wentworth of Woolley was a member of parliament for York, 1741-47: Romney Sedgwick, ed., The History of Parliament: The House of Commons, 1715-1754, 2 vols (London, 1970), 2:528. Mary is mentioned in the 1794 will of John Sampson as “Mary Kay the only daughter of my late Brother Edward Sampson”. William Kay, butcher, married Mary Sampson of Newby Wiske, spinster, at Topcliffe on 8 Aug 1784 (Topcliffe parish registers, online at www.findmypast.co.uk). The entry gives William’s age as 25 and Mary’s as 39, the latter evidently understated, perhaps due to Mary being considerably older than her husband.
[86] Thorner parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com).
[87] St John, Micklegate, parish registers (online at www.findmypast.co.uk).
[88] Robert H. Skaife, “The Register of Marriages in York Minster”, The Yorkshire Archæological and Topographical Journal, 3(1875), at 88; Archbishop of York Marriage Licences Index, 1613-1839 (online at www.findmypast.co.uk).
[90] Aberford parish registers (online at www.findmypast.co.uk).
[91] Ledsham parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com); Ledsham bishop’s transcripts (online at www.findmypast.co.uk).
[92] John’s will describes him as “John Sampson of Lambeth Palace in the County of Surry Gentleman”. Lambeth Palace is the London residence of the archbishop of Canterbury. John Sampson of Lambeth, gentleman, was appointed receiver general of the archbishop in 1774: Lambeth Palace Library, catalogue entry for TK 11; Andrew Coltée Ducarel, The History and Antiquities of the Archiepiscopal Palace of Lambeth (London, 1785), 98, appendix, 20.
[93] William Brigg, ed., The Parish Registers of Otley, part 2 (Leeds, 1912), 73. See also G.W. Marshall, “Sherburn School Register”, Yorkshire Notes and Queries, 2(1890):209-24, 273-88, at 215, 283, where John’s admission record of 1726 calls him “son of Matthew Sampson, of Abberforth” and states him to have been baptised on 10 Nov 1717. This is a few weeks earlier than the baptism date in the Otley parish registers and may have been John’s date of birth.
[94] Monumental inscription at St Mary, Lambeth; St Mary, Lambeth, parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com); National Archives, PROB 11/1254/114.
