Katherine Elinor (Sampson) Lanier (1665-1685)

Katherine Elinor [uncertain] Lanier formerly Sampson

Born 7 May 1665 in Charles City County, Virginia

Ancestors

Daughter of John Sampson and Sarah (Edwards) Sampson

Sister of Alice Sampson

Wife of John Lanier II — married 1677 in Charles City, Charles City County, Virginia

Descendants

Mother of Robert Lanier, John Lanier and Sampson Lanier Sr.

Died 7 May 1685 at age 20 in Charles City, Charles City County, Virginia

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Please do not conflate this profile with that of Elinor Lanier, who died sometime about 1652 and was buried in St. Giles Churchyard in London.

Biography

Katherine Elinor Sampson was born about 1665 in Prince George County, Virginia to John Sampson and Sarah Edwards. Katherine married John Lanier Jr., son of John "The Emigrant" Sr. and Lucreece (Unknown) Lanier, and grandson of Clement and Hannah Rebecca (Collett) Lanier, in the year 1677 in Charles City County, Virginia.

Sources

U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Applications, 1889-1970. Application of Claude Thomas Lanier. (Ancestry.com) -- This application has "-- Sampson (?)" as the wife of John Lanier, Sr., given as the father of John Lanier, Jr., m. Elizabeth Bird (Byrd). This application references Ingersoll's Lanier as a source.
American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI), Godfrey Memorial Library, comp. (Ancestry.com) - Has an entry for Katherine Sampson, b. 1650, Vol. 152, Page 328, Referencing Gen. Column of the " Boston Transcript". 1906-1941. (The greatest single source of material for gen. Data for the N.E. area and for the period 1600-1800. Completely indexed in the Index.): 19 Jan 1933, 5856

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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Katherine by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Katherine: