Simeon Samson (1736 - 1789)

Born Aug 1736 in Kingston, Plymouth, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Husband of Deborah (Cushing) Sampson — married 1 Nov 1759 in Plympton, Massachusetts

Descendants

Died 22 Jun 1789 at age 52 in Plympton, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

Simeon was a Mariner.

Simeon was born in Aug 1736. He was the son of Peleg Sampson and Mary Ring.^[1][2]

He married Deborah Cushing in 1759.^[3][1] Children:^[1][4][5]

1. Lydia Samson
2. Lydia Cushing Samson
3. Simeon Samson
4. Simeon Samson
5. Deborah Samson
6. Samson
7. Isaac Samson
8. Mercy Samson
9. Mercy Samson
10. Martha Washington Samson
11. George Washington Samson
12. Maria A Samson

He passed away in 1789.^[6][1][7]

Probate

The will of Simeon Samson of Plympton, Esqr., was dated 14 March 1787 and proved 3 August 1789 on in Plymouth. He mentioned his wife Deborah (executor), and his children, Lydia Cushing Goodwin, Deborah Samson, Mercy Samson, Marie Samson, and George Washington Samson.^[8]

His inventory was taken on 17 September 1789 in Plympton. In 1796, an account of his estate by his widow Deborah was recorded which included funeral charges, gravestones, debts paid, legacies paid, and administration fees. ^[9] Another account of his estate included the sale of a wood lot, building an addition to a barn, debts paid, surveying, and administration fees.^[10]

Sources

Footnotes

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3} Genealogical memoirs of the Sampson family in America : from the arrival of the Mayflower in 1620 Image
2. ↑ Mayflower Families Fifth Generation Descendants, 1700-1880 Volume Name Standish, Myles (Vol. 14) Page 84
3. ↑ History of the Town of Hingham, Massachusetts (The Town of Hingham, Massachusetts, 1893) Vol II, p.157
4. ↑ Mayflower Families Fifth Generation Descendants, 1700-1880 Volume Name Alden, John (Vol. 16, part 5) Page 70
5. ↑ Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910, 1921-1924
6. ↑ Mayflower Families Fifth Generation Descendants, 1700-1880 Volume Name Hopkins, Stephen (Vol. 6) Page 490
7. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/19249424/simeon-samson : accessed 06 December 2021), memorial page for Capt Simeon Samson (Aug 1736–22 Jun 1789), Find A Grave: Memorial #19249424, citing Burial Hill, Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA ; Maintained by Sandra Lennox (contributor 47383634)
8. ↑ "Massachusetts, Plymouth County, Probate Records, 1633-1967," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L97D-8ZC5 : 20 May 2014), Probate records 1785-1792 vol 30-31 > image 361 of 639; State Archives, Boston.
9. ↑ "Massachusetts, Plymouth County, Probate Records, 1633-1967," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-897D-V4QH : 20 May 2014), Probate records 1793-1804 vol 34-35 > image 540 of 545; State Archives, Boston.
10. ↑ "Massachusetts, Plymouth County, Probate Records, 1633-1967," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-997D-XC2V : 20 May 2014), Probate records 1796-1802 vol 36-37 > image 61 of 636; State Archives, Boston.

Bibliography

• Mayflower Families Fifth Generation Descendants, 1700-1880. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2017). From Mayflower Families Through Five Generations: Descendants of the Pilgrims who landed at Plymouth, Mass., December 1620. Plymouth, MA: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1975-2015.