Joseph Hempsell was christened 25 February 1719 in East Markham, Nottinghamshire, the son of Joseph Hempsell and Sarah Moss. He married Alice Lorrans 15 November 1741 in East Markham. Joseph was a weaver. Joseph was buried 4 September 1781 in East Markham. Joseph and Alice had the following children:
 

1. Sarah, christened 26 August 1742 in East Markham; married Thomas Frost 8 December 1763 in Mansfield, Nottinghamshire.
 

2. John, christened 31 December 1743 in East Markham.
 

3. Mary, christened 1 June 1746 in East Markham.
 

4. Joseph, christened 10 December 1748 in East Markham.
 

5. George, christened 23 June 1751 in East Markham.
 

6. Hannah, christened 12 January 1755 in East Markham.
 
 

SOURCE: IGI; Mansfield parish register; East Markham parish register, FHL #503792.
 
 

Joseph Hempsell was christened 4 January 1684 in East Markham, the son of George Hempsall and Grace Marshall. He married Sarah Moss 10 August 1716 in East Markham. Joseph was a weaver by trade. Sarah was christened 25 March 1700 in East Markham, the daughter of John Moss and Sarah Hardy. Joseph was buried 12 December 1748 in East Markham. Joseph and Sarah had the following children:
 

1. Joseph, christened 25 February 1719 in East Markham; married Alice Lorrans 15 November 1741 in East Markham; buried 4 September 1781 in East Markham.
 

2. Sarah, christened 14 April 1722 in East Markham.
 

3. Mary, christened 3 April 1724 in East Markham.
 

4. Martha, christened 30 March 1726 in East Markham.
 

5. William, christened 12 April 1728 in East Markham.
 

6. Martha, christened 26 December 1729 in East Markham.
 

7. George, christened 24 September 1732 in East Markham.
 

8. Rebekah, christened 4 January 1734 in East Markham.
 

9. Jane, christened 29 May 1737 in East Markham.
 
 

SOURCES: IGI; East Markham parish register, FHL #503792.
 
 

George Hempsall was born in about 1645, the son of Thomas Hempsall and Dorothy Archer. He married 1) Grace Marshall 1 May 1677 in Ossington, Nottinghamshire. Grace must have died between 1689 and 1691. He then married 2) Jane Milnes 16 February 1691 in East Markham. George died and was buried 3 June 1722 in East Markham.
 

George and Grace had the following children:
 

1. Hanna, christened 12 October 1683 in East Markham.
 

2. Joseph, christened 4 January 1684 in East Markham; married Sarah Moss 10 August 1716 in East Markham; buried 12 December 1748 in East Markham.
 

3. George, christened 28 September 1689 in East Markham.
 
 

George and Jane had the following children:
 

1. Mary, christened 6 February 1695 in East Markham.
 

2. Benjamin, christened 14 February 1698 in East Markham.
 

3. Jane, christened 3 April 1694 in East Markham.
 
 
 

SOURCES: IGI; East Markham parish register, FHL #503792; Pedigree Resource File.
 
 

Thomas Hempsall was born in about 1611, the son of Edward and Ann Hempsall. He married Dorothy Archer 14 June 1632 in Norman upon Trent, Nottinghamshire. Dorothy died and was buried 14 June 1632 in East Markham. Thomas was buried in 1680 in East Markham. Thomas and Dorothy had the following child:
 

1. George, born in about 1645 in East Markham; married 1) Grace Marshall 1 May 1677 in Ossington, then 2) Jane Milnes 16 February 1691 in East Markham; buired 3 June 1722 in East Markham.
 

SOURCES: IGI; East Markham parish register, FHL #503792; Pedigree Resource File.
 
 

Edward Hempsall was born in about 1579, the son of John and Alice Hempsall. He married Ann in about 1610 of Laxton, Nottinghamshire. Edward was buried in 1650 in East Markham. Edward and Ann had the following children:
 

1. Joane, christened 23 April 1608 in Egmanton, Nottingham.
 

2.  Thomas, born in about 1611 of East Markham; married Dorothy Archer 14 June 1632 in Normanton upon Trent; buried 1680 in East Markham.
 

SOURCES: IGI; East Markham parish register, FHL #503792; Pedigree Resource File.
 
 

John Hempsall was born in about 1540 of Egmanton. He married Alice. John died in 1611. Alice died in 1616. John and Alice had the following child:

1. Edward, born in about 1579 of East Markham; married Ann; died 1650 in East Markham.
 

SOURCES: Pedigree Resource File.
 
 

"Conventional 'paper chase' research has enabled all, or nearly all, living HEMPSALLS, HEMPSHALLS, HEMSHALLS , HEMPSELLS, HEMSOLLS and HEMPSHELLS to be derived from just one couple who married in Nottinghamshire in 1632 and lived in the village of East Markham, where one descendant still lives.

The most likely origin of HEMPSALL and its variants is a place name 'Hempshill', a small settlement now absorbed as a north-western suburb of Nottingham city. It is recorded in the Domesday survey of 1086 as Hamessel and in the following centuries under a bewildering variety of spellings: Hemdeshyll (1200), Hindishull (1239), Homeshull (1275), Hemsull (1376), Hemsell (1478), Hamsall (1524), Hempsell (1611), as well as Hempsall.

Ekwall, in his “Concise Oxford Dictionary of English place-names” derives the place name from “Hemede’s Hill”, from an Anglo-Saxon personal name. In the middle ages, it was the site of a large estate, or manor.

The earliest record of the name HEMPSALL or similar used possibly as a hereditary surname is to an 'Inquisition post mortem ' of 1345 at Nottingham, in which “Richard, son of Ralph, of Hempsull” was a witness. This instance shows hesitation between the use of a filial name (son of Ralph) and a locative name (Of Hempsull) .Significantly, in another Inquisition at Nottingham in 1367, 'William de Hemsele' was a signatory, using the locative name alone. Only one fifteenth century record has so far come to light : in 1490, a cleric in Southwell, Nottinghamshire bequeathed his 'second best hat' to 'Margaret, wife of William Hempsell'. The earliest parish records are in North Lincolnshire in the 1540s, and the earliest extant will , dating from 1555, is that of Thomas Hempsall of Goltho, a village  now deserted, twelve miles east of Lincoln.

Within the UK, HEMPSALLS are still concentrated in their original haunts of Nottinghamshire and Lincolnshire , with a more recent overspill into South Yorkshire and the Manchester area , with a sprinkling of families and individuals on the South Coast, Isle of Man and Furness district of Lancashire."

SOURCE: http://www.one-name.org/profiles/hempsall.html
 

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