Unknown (Nash) Sampson (abt. 1625 - bef. 1655)

Born about 1625 in England

Wife of Abraham Sampson Sr. — married about 1645 in Duxbury, Plymouth Colony [uncertain]

Descendants

Died before 1655 before about age 30 in Duxbury, Plymouth Colony

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Note: Esther is not actually her nickname, but it is definitely an AKA caused by her being confused with Esther, wife of this woman's son Samuel. I've put it there to try to catch people who might otherwise recreate a new profile for "Esther" wife of Abraham Sampson. THERE IS NO KNOWN PERSON IN THIS FAMILY NAMED ESTHER NASH (see research note).

Biography

Unknown (Nash) Sampson immigrated to New England as a child during the Puritan Great Migration (1621-1640).

Lt. Samuel Nash had two daughters with his wife, whose name is not known: (1) the first wife of Abraham Sampson, whose given name is unknown, born ca. 1625, and (2) Martha, wife of William Clark, born ca. 1630, who died without issue.^[1] Samuel's daughters were born in England (county unknown); their estimated dates of birth are based on the years they were were married.

It is thought that Samuel's wife died in England, as there is no record of a wife of Samuel Nash in Plymouth Colony. Samuel likely traveled to New England with his two daughters, settling first in Plymouth in 1632 and removing to Duxbury by 1639.^[1] The ship on which the Nash family traveled to New England is not known.

Although there is no marriage record found, it is thought that Abraham Sampson married _________ Nash by about 1645,^[1] probably in Duxbury, Massachusetts, where both Samuel and Abraham lived at that time. Unfortunately, none of the births of Abraham Sampson's children are recorded in Plymouth Colony records. The following are thought to have been his children with the daughter of Samuel Nash:

1. Samuel, born about 1646, died before August 1678, when Abraham deeded property to Samuel's heirs; he married Esther ________.^[2] His two children, Samuel and Ichabod, were named in the will of their grandfather, Samuel Nash^[1][3]
2. Elizabeth, married Philip Delano and was named as a granddaughter of Samuel Nash in his 1681 will^[1][2][3]
3. Mary, married to Samuel Howland and was also named as a granddaughter in the 1681 will of Samuel Nash^[1][2][3]

Samuel Nash left a will dated 2 June 1681 and proved in 1685. In it, he named his daughter Martha Clark; the two sons of his deceased grandson Samuel Sampson, (viz) Samuel and Ichabod; and granddaughters Elizabeth Dillano and Mary Howland.^[1][3] As his daughter Martha had no children, the grandchildren named in Samuel's will are assumed to be those of Abraham Sampson and his wife. Also, because Abraham had eight children before 1681 but only three were named in the will of Samuel Nash, it is thought that Abraham married twice and only the children of his first marriage are named in the will of Samuel Nash.

If Abraham did marry twice, his first wife died sometime before 1655,^[1] when Abraham fathered a son, George, with his second wife, whose name is unknown.^[3]

Research Notes

Given Name Esther

Robert Charles Anderson in Great Migration Begins states: "The statement has appeared in print more than once that Esther, wife successively of Samuel Sampson and John Soule, was a daughter of Samuel Nash [NEHGR 52:76; MD 3:121], but this is an error, based on losing a generation by misreading the will of Samuel Nash [NEHGR 56:205]".^[1] As far as we know this daughter was NOT named Esther and she was definitely not the wife of Samuel Sampson: she was his mother. See: Space:Who Was the Wife of Samuel Sampson and John Soule?.

There is currently a profile on WikiTree for Esther Nash (1625-1733) that is a conflation of this profile and the profile of Delano-140. To avoid further confusion, it should be merged away.

Disputed Mother

Elizabeth Seymour was previously attached as the wife of Samuel Nash but, according to Anderson, the name of Samuel's wife is unknown. Madison-125 18:26, 22 March 2024 (UTC)

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8} Anderson, Robert Charles. The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633. Boston: NEHGS, 1995, vol. 2, pp. 1321-1324. AmericanAncestors.org($).
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} Wakefield, Robert S. "The Daughters of Abraham Sampson" in The American Genealogist. New Haven, CT: Oct 1988, vol. 63, pp. 207-210. AmericanAncestors.org($).
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4} Torrey, Clarence Almon. "A Nash-Sampson-Delano-Howland Problem" in The American Genealogist. New Haven, CT: D. L. Jacobus, 1938, vol. 15, pp. 165-167. AmericanAncestors.org($).

See also:

• Vinton, John Adams. The Sampson Family: Genealogical Memoirs of the Sampson Family in America. Boston MA: H.W. Dutton & Son, 1864, pp. 1-7. GoogleBooks.com.
• New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Boston: NEHGS, 2015. AmericanAncestors.org($). Key.

• SAMSON, Abraham & 1/wf ____ [NASH], dau Samuel; by 1646?; Duxbury. {Plymouth (Davis) 224; Tingley-Meyers 255; Sv. 4:9; Giles 375; Sampson 3; MD 23:162; TAG 15:166, 28:3; Reg. 52:76, 56:205}
• SAMPSON, Abraham & 2/wf ____ ____; bef 1658; Duxbury {TAG 15:166; Sv. 4:9; Giles 375}.