Hello, I’m not sure which Clarinda Scamp you mention in your post but Clarinda Scamp (1799-1867) is my 6th Great Grandmother. She was the older sister of Gilderoy Scamp and daughter of Samson (Sampson) Scamp and Celia Lee. She was probably born in Blackheath, Kent in 1799. Clarinda married a man named John Pitcher in 1818 at All Saints Church in Canterbury.
John and Clarinda had at least 5 children. Their first child, John (who I descend from) was baptised on the 9th May 1819 at the parish church in St. Lawrence. The baptism records her name as Cleandre.
On the 22nd April 1821 John and Clarinda had another child baptised who they named George. He was baptised at St. Mary the Virgin Church in Chislet. The baptism record shows that John and Clarinda were ‘travellers’ from the parish of Ash.
On the 19th June 1825 John and Clarinda had a son baptised who they named Stephen. He was baptised at the parish church in Woodnesborough. This baptism record lists Clarinda as the mother.
A daughter, Elizabeth, was born in about 1831 although at this time I haven’t come across a baptism record.
On the 23rd March 1834 John and Clarinda had a son baptised who they named Thomas. This record lists Clarinda as Clorinda, her husband John was a Travelling Grinder.
Although I haven’t found Clarinda’s family in the 1841 census, the 1851 Census shows Clarinda was living with her husband John Pitcher at a place called ‘Butter Mick? Lane’ in the parish of St. Mary in Sandwich. Her name is spelt Claranda, she is 51 years old and her place of birth is recorded as Lee, Kent.
Clarinda is mentioned in a newspaper article which appeared in The Canterbury Journal and Farmer’s Gazette on the 11th October 1856. The article is in relation to her son attacking his sister. The newspaper states ‘Claranda Pitcher, mother of the prosecutrix, - Had witnessed the assault on her daughter, which she described in corroborative terms. When she cried out “murder,” she went to her assistance, and endeavoured to get him off, but could not. Afterwards he struck her, but she hit him again: indeed, she very naively confessed she hit him first’.
The 1861 Census shows Clarinda living with her Husband John Pitcher in Barfreston, Eastry, Kent. Her name is spelt Clariande, she is 62 and a Brazier’s wife. Her place of birth is recorded as Blackheath, Kent.
Clarinda died in the July of 1867 in Eastry. Her name was spelt Clarainder and she was recorded as being 68 (Birth year 1799).
I have recently had my DNA results analysed through Ancestry and they link me to people who are directly descended from Gilderoy Scamp (1812-1893) and that we share a common ancestor. (Their surname is still Scamp).
Although a baptism record has not yet been found for Clarinda, the DNA hints that Gilderoy and Clarinda were siblings. Clarinda’s name has many different spellings but I think it is safe to say it is the same person in all the records.
Clarinda Scamp (1799-1867)