arrow arrow
Christian Fast
(1762-1841)
Anna Barbara Mason
(1768-1855)
Henry Hampsten
(1788-1865)
Anna Catherine Margaret Fast
(1792-1872)
Christopher Hampsten
(1816-Abt 1909)

 

Family Links

Spouses/Children:
1. Rebecca Whitehurst

2. Mahala Jane Adams

Christopher Hampsten 1

  • Born: 1816, Ohio 1 2
  • Marriage (1): Rebecca Whitehurst about 1840
  • Marriage (2): Mahala Jane Adams on 24 April 1856 in Clark County, IL
  • Died: Abt 1909, , Jasper County, IL about age 93 2
picture

bullet  Noted events in his life were:

• He appeared on the 1860 US Census in Grandville Township, Jasper, IL on June 1860. 1

1860 US Census
Page 109, Roll 187, Dwelling 816, Family 747
Grandville Township, Jasper County, Illinois
Christopher Hampsted..44..OH
(Living with 2nd wife and 10 children.)
.


picture

Christopher married Rebecca Whitehurst about 1840. (Rebecca Whitehurst was born about 1821 and died on an unknown date.)


picture

Christopher next married Mahala Jane Adams on 24 April 1856 in Clark County, IL. (Mahala Jane Adams was born in 1821 in Ohio 1 and died after 1 June 1860.)

bullet  Noted events in their marriage were:

• They appeared on the 1860 US Census in Grandville Township, Jasper, IL on June 1860. 1

1860 US Census
Page 109, Roll 187, Dwelling 816, Family 747
Grandville Township, Jasper County, Illinois
Christopher Hampsted..44..OH
Mahala Hampsted..39..OH
Jacob Hampsted..19..IL
Henry Hampsted..16..IL
Elizabeth Hampsted..15..IL
Shephard Hampsted..12..IL
Margaret Hampsted..11..IL
Mary Ann Hampsted..9..IL
Joseph Hampsted..7..IL
La Fayette Hampsted..3..IL
Martha Hampsted..1..IL.


picture

Sources


1 1860 U.S. census, population schedule, Grandville Township, Jasper County, Illinois, p. 109, dwelling 816, family 747, Christopher Hampsted and Mahala Jane Adams; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 14 Feb 2015); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm M653, roll 187.

2 Larry Overmire, "Genealogy of Fast, Shriver, Burns, Scott, McKibben, Including Descendants of Revolutionary War Hero Christian Fast," database, RootsWeb (http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=lovermire : accessed 03 Jan 2010).


Home | Table of Contents | Surnames | Name List

This website was created 14 March 2025 with Legacy 10.0, a division of MyHeritage.com; content copyrighted and maintained by brian@the-lightfoots.com