Specifically, I have no children listed for the Christopher
Champe-Mary Williams marriage. Of possible use in pursuing the matter,
I have this to offer:
A Christopher Champ was one of three witnesses to the 1799 will of
Thomas Eakin, d. 1810, Botetourt Co., VA. Conflict: Date of birth some
times given as 1766 which seems more likely.
Was Sheriff and Justice of Peace in Giles County.
Spouse: Mary Williams
Marr: 10 Jun 1802
Source: Ida MaBelle Judy, "John Champe, the Soldier and the Man,"
quoted in
email dated July 26, 1999 from Melanie Jean Barnett:
melbar(a)leland.standford.edu
RJB Note: Miss Judy's book is a tricky source of information regarding
some the Champe family, taking into consideration she confused Sgt.
Major John Champe with his father, and has him married to his mother.
Thus, his father's children (really his siblings) become his
offspring. After you adjust for that, plus the fact that she had to
distort history a bit to accomdate the misidentification, the book
shows considerable research effort. She was incorrect re his date and
place of death which has now been well established.
She also writes some interesting lines regarding the parerents of the
Sgt. Major's grandfather, John Champe, d. 1763, of Loudoun Co. VA. She
mentions the better known line of Col. John Champe of Lamb's Creek,
King George Co., VA, wealthy planter and reportely slave importer,
whose children married into the Washingtons, Thorntons, Carters, etc.,
and speculates "We are constrained to believe somehow the singular
Champe personality of King George County passed valuable tendencies
into the rate disposition of Sergeant John of Loudoun. Without
question, the subject of our sketch had a lofty, though partially
hidden heritage."
This language appears to be a subtle way of conveying that there was a
line of Champes descendant from the King Gerorge Co., VA, branch
possibly through a non-married partnership. My own research over the
last several years indicates that this may have been the case..
Another item re Christopher Chanpe, dated June 20, 1802: Surety on
marriage bond was Henry Williams. Consent of father, Philip Williams.
Source: "Early Adventurers on the Western Waters," Mary B. Kegley,
Kegley Books, p. 142. (RJB Note: The term "western waters" relates to
the fact that the area in which Christopher Champe was living at the
time was on the eastern continental divide. Rain on one side of a
mountain would flow east into the Atlantic; on the other side,
westward, into the Mississippi...the western waters. Just an add-on of
interest to old guys like me.)
Regards, Bob B.