Genealogy Resources: Steps In Time

THE SAMBORNES

All of the Sambornes in America are descended from two of the three brothers, who came to America in 1632, with their grandfather, Reverend Stephen Batchiler (variant spelling) , and were sons of an English Samborne who, about 1619, married Anne Bachiler. It has been supposed that the widow, Anne Samborne, came with her children, but no definite record of her life here has been discovered. Her will is not on file in America, nor was she at Hampton with her father and sons in 1638.

GENERATION I

1. Lt. John Samborne, born 1620; lots were granted to him in Hampton in 1640; married first, Mary, dau. of Robet Tuck of Hampton; married secondly, Margaret Page Moulton, dau. of Robert Page of Hampton. He was prominent in Hampton, a Selectman in 1650, 1665, 1668, 1672, 1674-75 and 1678-79; representative to general court, ensign in King Philip's War, 1677; lieutenant of the town guard in 1680; commissioner of small causes in 1667-69; died 10/20/1692. His children by first wife were:

GENERATION II

i. John b. 1649; m. Judith Coffin; d. 1723
ii. Mary b. 1651; d. 1654
iii. Abigail b. 2/23/1653; m. Ephraim Marston; d. 1743
iv. Richard b. 1655; m. Ruth Moulton
v. Mary b. 1657; d. 1660
vi. Joseph b. 3/13/1659; m. Mary Gove
vii. Stephen b. 1661; d. 1662
viii. Anne b. 1662; m. Samuel Palmer; d. 1745
ix. Dinah
x. Nathaniel b. 1/27/1666; m. Rebecca Prescott; d. 1723
xi. Benjamin b. 12/20/1668; m. Sarah first then Meribah Tilton
xii. Jonathan b. 5/25/1672; m. Elizabeth Sherburne; d. 1741

GENERATION I

2. William Sambourne, born 1622; married Mary, daughter of John Moulton. He was also prominent, and was selectman several years; was bell ringer of Hampton church in 1639, when but 16 or 17 years of age; died in 1692 about 70 years.

GENERATION II

i. William b. 1652; m. Mary Marston; d. 1744
ii. Josiah m. first Hannah Moulton; secondly, Sarah Perkins
iii. Mercy b. 7/19/1660; m. Samuel Cass
iv. Mephibosheth b. 11/5/1663; m. Lydia Leavitt; d. 1749
v. Sarah b. 2/10/1667; m. Samuel Marston; d. 1738
vi. Stephen b. 9/4/1671; m. Hannah Philbrick; d. 1750

GENERATION I

3. Stephen Sambourne married Sarah (?). He was one of a company to build the Hampton Meeting-House in 1641; selectman until 1655, when he resigned to return to England with Rev. Stephen Bachiler.

GENERATION II

i. Sarah b. 6/12/1651
ii. Dorothy b. 3/2/1653

Tracing the family history of the Sambournes, usually begins with Rev. Stephen Bachiler, the grandfather of the first American ancestors. (See Batchelder Page). Also see The American and English Sambornes by Victor Channing Sanborn, published 1895 in Concord, New Hampshire by the Republican Press Association.

As noted on Batchelder Page, the children of Stephen Batchelder were: Nathaniel, Deborah (who m. John Wing), Stephen, Samuel, Theodate (who m. Christopher Hussey--my line), and Anne who married John Samborne about 1619.

Of the English line is Edward Linley Sambourne, artist, ca. 1844-1910. He is famous for his "Punch" cartoons. His London home is now a museum. The Sambournes are my "kissing cousins line", as it was my ancestor Theodate's sister, Anne, who married a Samborne.

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