Descendants of William Champion
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Descendants of William Champion Charles E. G. Pease Pennyghael Isle of Mull Descendants of William Champion 1-William Champion1,2 was born in 1595. William married someone. He had one son: Nehemiah. 2-Nehemiah Champion1,2,3 was born in 1614. Nehemiah married someone. He had one son: Nehemiah. 3-Nehemiah Champion1,2,3,4,5,6 was born in 1649 and died on 1 May 1722 in Bristol, Gloucestershire at age 73. General Notes: Champion family (per. c.1670– 1794), metal manufacturers and merchants, came to prominence with Nehemiah [ii] Champion (1649– 1722), son of Nehemiah [i] Champion (b. 1614). As a merchant dealing countrywide in iron goods, and a Quaker from about 1670, Nehemiah [ii] became Bristol agent and largest customer of Abraham Darby (1678– 1717) of Coalbrookdale. He appears also to have represented Bristol interests in Newcomen's new atmospheric pump for mining. His sons included Nehemiah [iii] and Richard (1680– 1764). He died on 1 May 1722 at Bristol. Noted events in his life were: • He worked as a Tobacconist in 1666 in Bristol, Gloucestershire. • He had a residence in Stapleton, Bristol, Gloucestershire. • He worked as a Merchant in Bristol, Gloucestershire. Nehemiah married Sarah. They had four children: Anne, Richard, Richard, and Nehemiah. 4-Anne Champion4 was born on 20 Aug 1666 in Stapleton, Bristol, Gloucestershire. Anne married Edward Watts4 on 26 Feb 1691 in FMH Frenchay, Bristol. They had two children: Sarah and Sarah. 5-Sarah Watts4 was born in 1691 and died in 1693 at age 2. 5-Sarah Watts4 was born in 1694. 4-Richard Champion died in May 1674 and was buried on 18 May 1674 in FBG Frenchay, Bristol. 4-Richard Champion1,3,4,5,7 was born on 20 May 1675 in Old Market Street, Bristol, Gloucestershire and died on 23 Feb 1748 in Old Market Street, Bristol, Gloucestershire at age 72. Noted events in his life were: • He had a residence in 1696-1705 in Tucker Street, Bristol, Gloucestershire. • He worked as a Soap maker & Merchant. • He worked as a Treasurer to the Bristol Infirmary 1739 To 1748. • Miscellaneous: Provided financial assistance to Abraham Darby. • He worked as a Partner in the Bristol Brass Co. • Miscellaneous: Described as Richard Champion of Bisley. Richard married Sarah Gamage,1,4,5 daughter of Thomas Gamage4 and Mary,4 on 24 Sep 1702 in FMH Bristol. Sarah died in 1705. They had two children: Nehemiah and Richard. 5-Nehemiah Champion4,5 was born in 1703 and died on 12 Dec 1753 in Old Market Street, Bristol, Gloucestershire at age 50. Noted events in his life were: • He worked as a Treasurer to the Bristol Infirmary 1748 To 1753. Nehemiah married Hannah Ball,5 daughter of William Ball and Lucy,4 on 7 Mar 1732 in FMH Frenchay, Bristol. Hannah was born on 8 Aug 1693 in Downend, Mangotsfield, Bristol, Gloucestershire and died before 1739. Produced by: Charles E. G. Pease, Pennyghael, Isle of Mull, [email protected] : 4 Feb 2021 1 Produced by Legacy Descendants of William Champion General Notes: RG6/1366 Nehemiah next married A. Whitehead. 5-Richard Champion1,4,5 was born in 1704 in Old Market Street, Bristol, Gloucestershire and died on 9 Jan 1766 in Old Market Street, Bristol, Gloucestershire at age 62. Noted events in his life were: • He worked as a partner in Goldney, Smith & Co. • He worked as a Treasurer to the Bristol Infirmary 1753 To 1766. Richard next married Hester Palmer,1 daughter of Richard or Joseph Palmer, on 7 Feb 1712 in FMH Bristol. Hester was born in Flushing, Long Island, New York, USA, died about 1 Nov 1714 in Bristol, Gloucestershire. (Smallpox), and was buried on 3 Nov 1714 in FBG Bristol. Another name for Hester was Esther Palmer.4,5,7 They had two children: Sarah and Joseph. Noted events in her life were: • She worked as a Quaker Minister. 5-Sarah Champion1,4 was born on 18 Nov 1712 in Castle Precincts, Bristol, Gloucestershire. Sarah married Samuel Lloyd,3,8 son of Edward Lloyd2,3,8,9,10,11 and Elizabeth Andrews. Samuel was born on 14 Jul 1700 in Bristol, Gloucestershire. They had two children: Elizabeth and Sarah (Sally). Noted events in his life were: • He worked as a Merchant in Bristol, Gloucestershire. • He worked as a Banker in Bristol, Gloucestershire. • Miscellaneous: Family puzzles. 6-Elizabeth Lloyd was born on 15 Mar 1731 in Bristol, Gloucestershire. 6-Sarah (Sally) Lloyd3,8 was born on 18 Jun 1733 in Bristol, Gloucestershire and died in 1798 at age 65. Sarah married Mark Harford,3,8 son of Mark Harford1,3,8,12,13 and Love Andrews,3,8,12,13 on 26 Nov 1762 in FMH Friars, Bristol. Mark was born in 1738 and died in 1798 at age 60. They had five children: Susannah, Samuel Lloyd, Mark, Sarah, and Edward Lloyd. General Notes: Peter Wakelin, 'Harford family (per. c.1700– 1866)', Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, May 2009 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/47495, accessed 1 Oct 2012] Mark [ii] Harford (1738– 1798) of Stoke Bishop, increased the family's stake in the Bristol Brass Company by marrying Sarah (d. 1798), daughter of Samuel Lloyd, in 1762, and became its leader. In the following years it became one of the most important industrial enterprises in the world, owning copper mines, smelters, and brassworks, in Cornwall, Bristol and its environs, Esher in Surrey, Lower Redbrook in the Wye valley, and Swansea. Mark [ii] Harford headed a committee of nine, on which sat five Harfords, including his first cousins Edward [iii] and Joseph, of the Blaise Castle and Stapleton branches. He reorganized the company in 1788 as the Harford and Bristol Brass and Copper Company with additional capital of £100,000 and ten members, of whom six were Harfords. Noted events in his life were: • He had a residence in Stoke Bishop, Bristol, Gloucestershire. • He worked as an Ironmaster, South Wales Ironworks. • He worked as a Senior partner in the Bristol Brass Company To 1796. 7-Susannah Harford8 was born in 1765. Susannah married George Bush. 7-Samuel Lloyd Harford8,14 was born on 15 Sep 1766 in Castle Green, Bristol, Gloucestershire. Produced by: Charles E. G. Pease, Pennyghael, Isle of Mull, [email protected] : 4 Feb 2021 2 Produced by Legacy Descendants of William Champion Noted events in his life were: • He had a residence in Sion Hill, Clifton, Bristol, Gloucestershire. Samuel married Elizabeth Sanders,12,14 daughter of Joseph Sanders14 and Elizabeth Rogers, on 1 Apr 1789 in FMH Cullompton, Devon. Elizabeth was born on 24 Mar 1765 in Exeter, Devon. 7-Mark Harford3,8 was born in 1768 and died after 1797. Noted events in his life were: • He had a residence in Bristol, Gloucestershire. • He worked as a Senior partner of the Harford and Bristol Brass and Copper Company in 1802 in Bristol, Gloucestershire. 7-Sarah Harford8 was born in 1770. She had no known marriage and no known children. 7-Edward Lloyd Harford8 was born on 12 Mar 1775 in Bristol, Gloucestershire, was christened on 28 Mar 1820 in St. James, Bristol, Gloucestershire, and died on 30 Mar 1809 at age 34. Edward married Elizabeth Preedy. They had one son: Samuel. 8-Samuel Harford was born in 1804 and died on 7 Nov 1836 in Bristol, Gloucestershire at age 32. 5-Joseph Champion1,2,4,5,15 was born on 8 Apr 1714 in Castle Precincts, Bristol, Gloucestershire and died in 1794 at age 80. Joseph married Elizabeth Rogers,1,2,5,15 daughter of Francis Rogers, on 2 Dec 1740. Elizabeth died in 1745. They had three children: Sarah, Richard, and Esther. 6-Sarah Champion1,15 was born on 6 Jan 1742 in Bristol, Gloucestershire and died on 11 Nov 1811 in Brunswick Square, Bristol, Gloucestershire at age 69. General Notes: When her father, Joseph, re-married, she went to live with her grandparents... her late mother's parents. Sarah married Charles Fox,1,15 son of John Fox15,16 and Loval Applebee,16 in 1790. Charles was born in 1729 and died in 1801 at age 72. Noted events in his life were: • He worked as a Banker in Plymouth, Devon. • He had a residence in St. James Square, Bristol, Gloucestershire. 6-Richard Champion1,2,3,5,15,17 was born on 6 Nov 1743 in Bristol, Gloucestershire, died on 7 Oct 1791 in Camden, South Carolina, USA at age 47, and was buried in Camden, South Carolina, USA. General Notes: Richard's marriage to Judith... whom he always called Julia.... was not approved of by his father. But his father had hardly been the ideal parent, having almost disregarded his first family, once he married for the second time. In the book "Two Centuries of Ceramic Art in Britol", it is stated that in 1767, George Champion... an uncle of Richard... married into the Dimsdale family of Herefordshire. Where does George fit into the family? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Champion, Richard (1743– 1791), merchant and porcelain manufacturer, was born in Bristol on 6 September 1743, the second child and only son of Joseph Champion (1714– 1794), merchant, and Elizabeth (d. 1745), daughter of Francis Rogers, merchant of Bristol. Through his great-grandfather Nehemiah Champion (1649– 1722) [see under Champion family (per. c.1670– 1794)], Richard was related to the elder branch of the Champion family which played a prominent part in the brass industry. Little is known of his early years; in 1751 he was sent to London to live with his father who had remarried, but returned to Bristol in November 1762 and worked for his merchant uncle, Richard 'Gospel' Champion.