Beriah
Sampson
Born in Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay
Ancestors 
Son of Miles Samson Sr.
and Sarah (Studley) Samson
Brother of
Andrew (Sampson) Samson, Alice Samson, Joseph Samson, Sarah Samson, Deborah (Samson) Sampson, Miles Samson Jr. and Judah Samson
Husband of
Alice (Howland) Samson
— married
6 May 1756 in Duxbury Massachusetts
Descendants 
Father of
Howland Sampson and Colson (Samson) Sampson
Died after
after age 48
in Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States [uncertain]
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Biography
Beriah was born on 1 Nov 1728 in Duxbury, MA to Miles and Sarah (Studley) Samson.[1][2][3]
He married Alice Howland on 6 May 1756 in Duxbury.[4]
He lived in Duxbury, He was a soldier în Capt. Gamaliel Brad ford's company in the French War and Revolutionary War, the " Old French War, " in 1758 ; also in the served for eight months in 1775 ; and was in Lieut. Andrew Samson's company in the fort on the Gurnet, from June 19, 1776, to Jan. 7, 1777.[3]
Research Notes
No source for a death date of 9 Nov 1781 is provided here. There is a secondary source[3] that states he was alive on 7 Jan 1777 and states that he lived in Duxbury (presumably for his whole life. Therefore, a good estimate for time and place of death is after 7 Jan 1777 in Duxbury.
Sources
- ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG1K-FLQM : 29 November 2018), Beriah Sampson, 1 Nov 1728; citing Birth, Littleton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007578571.
- ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZ3V-DDS : 15 January 2020), Beriah Samson, 1728.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 The Sampson Family: Genealogical Memoirs of the Sampson Family in America, from the Arrival of the Mayflower in 1620 to the Present Time, by John Adams. Vinton Henry W. Dutton & Son, distributed by Higginson Genealogical Books, 1864 - 136 pages pg 32
- ↑ "Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910, 1921-1924", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FC4Z-YLJ : 24 January 2020), Beriah Sampson in entry for Alse Howland, 1756.
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