Born in Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of Elijah (Samson) Sampson
and Ruth (Bradford) Sampson
Sister of
Priscilla (Samson) Soule, Abigail (Samson) Sampson, Ruth (Samson) Brewster, Stephen Samson, Bradford (Samson) Sampson, Welthea (Samson) Lewis, Deborah Sampson, Elijah Samson, Bartlett Samson, Zophar Samson, Dorcas Samson, Elizabeth Samson, Deborah (Samson) Brewster and Elisha (Samson) Sampson Sr
Wife of
James Burgess
— married
about 1803 in Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA
[children unknown]
Died
at age 68
in Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 11 Nov 2014
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Biography
Sylvia is a descendant of John Alden, William Bradford, William Brewster, Thomas Rogers and Richard Warren.
In 1850 Sylvia Burgess, aged 66, was living in the Duxbury alms house because she was blind.
Sources
- Robert Moody Sherman, Ruth Wilder Sherman, comps., Robert S. Wakefield, ed., Mayflower Families Through Five Generations, Henry Samson, Volume 20, 3 volumes (Plymouth: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 2000), vol. 1, p. 99
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Family Tree DNA mtDNA Test Full Sequence, haplogroup H6a1a9, FTDNA kit #B86069, MitoYDNA ID T17748 [compare]
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