William Sampson TOOP

1802 -

• Name	William Sampson TOOP  [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Birth	1802	Tavistock, Devon, England   [2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  _MILT	20 Jul 1826	Devonport, Devon, England   [2]
  	24 Age: 24
  1841 Survey Company	1841	Cork, Cork, Ireland   [1]
  	Private, 13th Company, Royal Sappers & Miners
  1851 Census	1851	Whitchurch, Devon, England   [3]
  	Chelsea Pensioner
  Person ID	I8557	Ordnance Survey People
  Last Modified	2 May 2026

  
  

  Family
  Children	1. Charity TOOP,   b. 1833, Ireland  [Father: natural]   2. Samuel TOOP,   b. 1837, Ireland  [Father: natural]   3. Henry TOOP,   b. 1840, Ireland  [Father: natural]   4. Jane TOOP,   b. 1842, Ireland  [Father: natural]   5. James Bell TOOP,   b. 1835, Letterkenny, Donegal, Ireland d. 9 Nov 1869, Southampton, Hampshire, England (Age 34 years)  [Father: natural]
  Family ID	F5043	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	2 May 2026

  
  

• Sources

  [S306] Survey Company. FindmyPast provides access to a transcription of the British Army, Worldwide Index for 1841, 1851, 1861, and 1871. Within the records for the Royal Sappers and Miners (1841 and 1851, and Royal Engineers (1861 and 1871) are transcriptions for the Survey Companies; 13, 14 and 16 Companies. These Companies were established specifically for duties in support of the Ordnance Survey. There are 1043 individuals identified in these transcriptions. The transcriptions include the following information; Year, Name, Rank, Army Number, Company, Station, and Comments. [S27] Ancestry.com, UK, Royal Hospital Chelsea Pensioner Registers of Soldiers Who Served in Canada, 1743-1882, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2013;). Record for William Sampson Toop https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=3255&h=308188&indiv=try [S25] Ancestry.com, 1851 England Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2005;), Class: HO107; Piece: 1883; Folio: 284; Page: 10; GSU roll: 221032. Record for William Sampson Toop https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=8860&h=6780476&indiv=try [S160] Ancestry.com, London, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1921, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;), London Metropolitan Archives; London, England; London Church of England Parish Registers; Reference Number: P69/BAT3/A/01/MS 6779/8. Record for William Sampson Toop https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1623&h=1050654957&indiv=try