The book's title is "The Champion Family 350 Years in America," by Ruth
Crawley Champion, published by gateway Press Inc 1984.
It traces the descendants of "Thomas Champion, Ashford England, Sandwich
County, did sail 12th of March for the plantation called New England on the
sailing ship HERCULES bound for the land known as America. 1634." Who his
family in England was the book doesn't say, alas, but he did apparently leave
with a servant, both of whom got some kind of approval from the local vicar
in March & April of 1634.
Thus, there might be a connection between your John Champion who was
transported and the family Thomas left behind (if any) in England, but we
won't find that in this book. Ruth Champion mentions the other Champion
lines but does not tie them together:
"Henry Champion, from England, settled in Saybrook, Connecticut as early as
1647 and moved to Lyme in 1670, where he became one of the first and most
active founders.
"Richard Champion, age 19 years, sailed from England in 1634 with a company
of 100 persons on three frail vessels. The company landed near the mouth of
the James River in Virginia. Approximately 10 persons named Champion arrived
on various ships into the area near Jamestown, VA. The descendants of these
families settled in North Carolina and Kentucky...."
She goes on to mention Thomas Champion of Ashford and says, "This Thomas
Champion is identified as the Thomas Champion of Hempstead, L.D. Hempstead
town records prove his residency as early as 1655." From this line my
Champion ancestors moved into West Jersey, at Tuckahoe.
"It is possible that the Champion families in America shared the same
ancestors in Europe, but there seems to be no proof of this relationship.
Research becomes very difficult, as the names Thomas John, Joseph, Nathaniel,
and Benjamin are very common in each family. This book will folllow the
lineage of Thomas Champion of Ashford, kent, England.>."
I will be happy to do lookups in this Champion book. However, we do NOT find
any connection in it between the Saybrook Champions or the Virginia Champions
and these folks. Sorry.
Jan T