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Birthca Mar 1783, Croydon, Surrey
Baptism6 Apr 1873, Saint John the Baptist, Croydon, Surrey
Death17 Mar 1868, Wateringbury, Ramsgate, Kent
General4th dau. dsp.
FatherWilliam Welbank (1741-1791)
MotherJemima Jones (ca1754-1840)
Notes for Harriet Welbank
She was the second Harriet daughter, the first being the third dau. and d.inf.

Her baptism transcript:

First name(s)           Harriet
Last name               Welbank
Gender                  Female
Birth year              1783
Birth place             Saint John the Baptist, Croydon, Surrey, England
Baptism year            1783
Baptism date            06 Apr 1783
Place                   Croydon
County                  Surrey
Country                 England
Father's first name(s)  William
Father's last name      Welbank
Mother's first name(s)  Jemima
Mother's last name      -
Record set              England Births & Baptisms 1538-1975
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In 1841 this looks like their houshold at Eaton Square, St George Hanover Square, London:

First name(s)  Last name  Sex  Age  Birth year  Birth place
William   Sampson  Male    60  1781  -
Harriett  Sampson  Female  55  1786  -
Thomas    Bullen   Male    40  1801  Middlesex, England
John      Head     Male    18  1823  Middlesex, England
Maria     Biggen   Female  30  1811  -
Ann       Bowman   Female  35  1806  -
Ellen     Porter   Female  25  1816  -
Sophia    Jefreys  Female  25  1816  -
Mary      Dakins   Female  20  1821  Middlesex, England

Ref:
Archive reference  HO107
Piece number       732
Book number        5
Folio number       13
Page number        19

Combined:          HO107, piece 732, hook 5. folio 13, p. 19
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No death index, found only on FreeBMD and not on FindMyPast nor on the new GRO index:

Surname  First name(s)  Age  District  Vol  Page
Deaths Mar 1868   (>99%)
SAMPSON  Harriet        85   Malling   2a   275

But a double check revealer her in the new GRO files:

Name                 Age at Death (in years):
SAMPSON, HARRIET     85  
GRO Reference: 1868  M Quarter in MALLING  Volume 02A  Page 275
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Will notes for Harriet Welbank
Her probate index:

SAMPSON Harriet
Effects under £45,000
3 April
The Will with a Codicil of Harriet Sampson formerly of 105 Eaton-square and afterwards of 3 Cambridge-square both in the County of Middlesex but late of Wateringbury in the County of Kent Widow deceased who died 17 March 1868 at Wateringbury aforesaid was proved at the Principal Registry by the oaths of John Vigne of Tokenhouse-yard in the City of London Esquire and Henry Ray Freshfield of Bank-buildings in the City aforesaid Esquire two of the Executors.
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I am ordering this to see if there is any mention of her niece Mary Elizabeth Brown in the will.

Yes.  She left her possessions between her neice Mary Elizabeth Brown and her daughter, Harriet’s god-daughter, Harriet Amelia.  Her cash went to:

1. William Brown, husband of Mary E,
2. Her god-daughter Harriet Amelia,
3. Sarah Welbank, widow of her brother Robert Welbank
4. Minor bequests to friends,
5. £10,000 in trust for Elizabeth Brown, then to her and William Brown’s children
6. A separate trust for the children Elizabeth and William Brown.

In other words, Mary Elizabeth Brown (she corrected herself in a codicil) was the heir to Harriet and I get the strong feeling that Harriet Sampson took in and looked after the two children of George Welbank on the latter’s death.
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Notes for William & Harriet (Family)
Their marriage transcript:

First name(s)           Harriet
Last name               Welbank
Marriage year           1803
Marriage date           28 Sep 1803
Place                   St Lawrence in Thanet, St Lawrence
Spouse's first name(s)  William
Spouse's last name      Sampson
Groom's parish          St Bartholomew
Bride's parish          St Lawrence Thanet
County                  Kent
Country                 England
Register year range     1796-1808
Archive                 Canterbury Cathedral Archives
Archive reference       U3/19/1/13
Page                    110
Record set              Kent Marriages And Banns
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