This family was evidently long established here, as entries exist in the parish registers extending back to the early part of the century. The following, amongst others:
22 May, 1643. Willmus filius Thomae Willmot et Joannae uxor Baptizat. 26 Aug., 1654. William Willemot and Elizabeth Garet was maried. 14 July, 1662. William Willemot ye sonne of William Willemot bap.
W28: Bedfordshire, Clifton (Farthing): (1664)
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This family appears to have been of some local standing. John Samm, son of the above, was overseer for the poor in 1688-1703, and another son, Michael, was several times churchwarden, 1678 to 1683. In a list of collections of Clifton appear the following curious entries: Michael Samm gave one shilling for redemption of captives in Algeria, 1670, and 4d. for fires in St Martin's in the Fields, London, 1673; and again one shilling in 1680, for captives in Algeria and the Turkish dominions, and in 1682, 1s. for distressed French Protestants. john Samm also gave 6d. for a fire in Wapping Hamlet. The name still exists in the county.
