'Hampden1'
Index links to: Lead / Letter
Families covered: Hampden of Great Hampden

The fact that there is a significant gap, between the early generations reported by the 18th century book that is our main source on this family and the later generations, leads us to suspect that the early generations are 'local traditional' & apocryphal and should not be viewed as secure.
Baldwyn
1. Osbert
  A. Baldwyn
  i. Robert de Hampden
  a. Symon de Hampden
(1) Sir Robert de Hampden
  m. Lora Giffard (dau of Walter Giffard, "the Conqueror's great friend")
  (A) Bartholomew de Hampden
  m. Agnes Fyenes (dau of William Fyenes)
  (i) Sir Reginald de Hampden
  m. Agnes Barton (dau of Sir Ingram Barton)
  (a) Sir Alexander de Hampden, Sheriff of Berkshire and Bedfordshire (d 1264)
  ((1)) Alexander de Hampden (d unm)
  ((2)) Reginald de Hampden
  m. Marion Hardeby (dau of Sir Brian Hardeby)
  ((A)) Alexander de Hampden (d unm)
  ((B)) Sir Reginald de Hampden - continued below
  ((C))+ 3 daughters

 

Having reported the early generations above, 'Memoirs of the House of Cromwell' does not again pick up the pedigree of John Hampden, "The Patriot", until his grandfather Griffith Hampden. Most of the following comes from the Visitation records but those records do not start until the Sir Edmund who died c1420. The gap is covered by input from various web sites.

Sir Reginald de Hampden (d 1332) - continued above
m. Nichola de Grenville (dau of John de Grenville of Chilton)
1. John de Hampden (d 1375)
  m. Joan (dau of Sir Philip de Aylesbury)
  A. Sir Edmund Hampden of Hampden (d c1420)
The inclusion of this family within the Visitation records was kindly brought to our attention by a site visitor (LvV, 13.03.05). Those records describe Sir Edmund's wife as a daughter of Belknappe the Judge and relict of Sir Robert Stowe (sb Edmund Stoner).
  m. (c1394) Joanna Belknap (dau of Sir Robert Belknap of Hempstead)
  i. Sir Edmund Hampden
  ii. John Hampden of Hampden (d 1450/8)
  m. Elizabeth Whalesborough (dau of Sir John Whalesborough of Whalesborough)
a. Thomas Hampden of Hampden (d 22.08.1483)
  m. Margery Popham (dau of Sir Stephen Popham)
  (1) John Hampden of Hampden (d 24.08.1498)
  m. Elizabeth Sidney (dau of Sir William Sidney)
  (A) Sir John Hampden of Hampden (d 24.12.1553)
  m. Elizabeth Savage (dau of Sir John Savage of Clifton)
  (i) Katherine Hampden
  m1. Henry Ferrers (b after 1497)
  m2. Thomas Newdigate
(a) Elizabeth Newdigate
  m. _ Poyntz
  (ii) Barbara Hampden
  As reported on 'Paulet1' (connected via Barbara's daughter), 'Tudor' shows Barbara's marriages differently. We provisionally follow the Visitation record.
  m. Edmund Smith (son of Sir John Smith)
(a) Anne Smith
  m. William Paulet
  (B)+ other issue - William, Anthony
  (2) Sir Edmund Hampden of Woodstocke
  m. Elizabeth (Alice) Hampden (dau of Richard Hampden of Kymble)
  (A) John Hampden
  m. Elizabeth Ferrers (dau of Sir Edward Ferrers)
  (i) Griffith Hampden of Great Hampden, Sheriff of Buckinghamshire (d 27.10.1591) - continued below
  m. Ann Cave (d 31.12.1594, dau of Anthony Cave of Chichley)
  (ii) Elizabeth Hampden
  m. William Fitton (on Gawsworth family)
(iii) daughter
  m. Robert Williams of Kymble
  (B) Sybbell Hampden
  m. David Penne
  b. Elizabeth Hampden
  m. _ Eversby
  c. Eleanor Hampden
  m. (c1457) Walter Arden of Park Hall (d 05.08.1502)
  d. Ann Hampden
  m. _ Putnam
  e. Alice Hampden
  m. _ Butler
  iii. Isabella Hampden
  m. (John) Wroughton

 

 

We now continue with information from 'Memoirs of the House of Cromwell'.
Griffith Hampden of Great Hampden, Sheriff of Buckinghamshire (d 27.10.1591) - continued above
m. Ann Cave (d 31.12.1594, dau of Anthony Cave of Chichley)
1. William Hampden of Great Hampden (d 02.04.1597)
  m. Elizabeth Cromwell (b c1574, bur 21.02.1664-5, dau of Sir Henry Cromwell of Hinchinbrook)
A. John Hampden of Great Hampden, 'The Patriot' (b 1594, d 24.06.1643)
  m1. Elizabeth Simeon (d 20.08.1634, dau of Edmund Symeon of Pyrton)
  i. John Hampden (dvp 1641/2)
  ii. Richard Hampden of Great Hampden (bur 02.01.1695-6)
  m. Letitia Paget (dau of William Paget, 5th Lord)
  a. John Hampden of Great Hampden (bur 16.12.1696)
  m1. Sarah Foley (d 1687, dau of Thomas Foley of Whitley Court)
  (1) Richard Hampden, last of Great Hampden (dsp, MP)
  m. Isabella Ellys (dau of Sir John Ellys, Bart)
(2) Letitia Hampden
  m. John Birch
  m2. Ann Cornwallis
  (3) John Hampden (b c1696, d unm 04.02.1754)
  (4) Ann Hampden (d 09.1723)
  m. Thomas Kempthorne of Bealey
  b. Richard Hampden (d young)
c. Isabella Hampden
  m. Sir William Ellys, 2nd Bart of Wyham and Nocton (b c1653, d 06.10.1727)
  iii. William Hampden (d unm bur 27.01.1675-6)
  iv. Elizabeth Hampden
  m. Sir Richard Knightley of Fausley (d 29.06.1661)
  v. Ann Hampden
  m. Sir Robert Pye of Farrington
  vi. Mary Hampden (bur 18.03.1626-7)
  vii. Ruth Hampden
  m. Sir John Trevor of Trevallyn (dvp 28.05.1672)
  viii. Mary Hampden (d before 02.05.1689)
  m1. Robert Hammond (Colonel)
  m2. (06.1656) Sir John Hobart, 3rd Bart (bpt 20.03.1627-8, d 22.08.1683)
ix. Judith Hampden (d unm)
  m2. Letitia Vachel (dsp bur 29.03.1666)
  B. Richard Hampden of Emington (b 1596, dsp 1659)
2. Sir Edmund Hampden of Prestwood had issue
3. John Hampden (d 1578)
4. Elizabeth Hampden
  m. Sir Jerome Honsy
5. Dorothy Hampden
  m. Robert Hatley (MP)
6. Ruth Hampden
  m. Sir Philip Scudamore
7. Mary Hampden
  m. _ Ruffel
8. Ann Hampden
  Various sources indicate that Anne was a sister of the famous John 'the Patriot' but we believe that she was a generation earlier.
  m. Robert Waller of Agmonsham

Main sources:
(1) For the upper and lower sections : 'Memoirs of the House of Cromwell' (Volume II, by Mark Noble, vicar of Peckwood, 1784).
(2) For the middle section : Visitation (Buckinghamshire, 1634, Hampden of Hampden) with some input from various web sites as mentioned above.
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