Christian (Unknown) Sampson (abt. 1550 - bef. 1617)

Born about 1550 in Bedfordshire, England [uncertain]

Wife of John Sampson — married 1570 in Bedfordshire, England

Descendants

Died before 13 Oct 1617 before about age 67 in Shefford, Bedfordshire, England

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Biography

Christian's LNAB/DOB/birthplace are unknown, as are her marriage details.

There's a burial at Campton, Bedfordshire, where her children were baptised, of Christian wife of John Sampson of Shefford, innholder, on 13 October 1617.^[1]

John Sampson and Christian were the parents of the following children, all of whom were baptized at Campton except the last:

1. John, baptized 30 March 1571^[2]
2. James, baptized 20 June 1574, buried at Henlow, Bedfordshire 2 February 1638/9, married Martha Cooper and had children^[2][3]
3. Laurence, baptized 25 November 1576, married Mary Shabery and had children^[2]
4. Thomas, baptized 21 December 1578^[2]
5. Jone, baptized 27 December 1580, probably died soon after^[2]
6. Jane, baptized 18 February 1582/3, married Henry Dernelye^[2]
7. Francis, baptized 11 October 1584, married Jane Lilly, buried 18 April 1608^[2]
8. Ales[?], baptized at Arlesey, Bedfordshire 1 March 1588/9^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ "The Parish Register of Campton cum Shefford, 1568-1812", transcribed c1962 and published 1984 by Bedfordshire County Record Office
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7} Ward, Robert L. "Henry Sampson's Paternal Grandfather" in The American Genealogist. New Haven, CT: D. L. Jacobus, 1980, vol. 56, pp. 141-143. AmericanAncestors.org($).
3. ↑ Ward, Robert Leigh. "English Ancestry of Seven Mayflower Passengers: Tilley, Sampson and Cooper" in The American Genealogist. 1976, Vol. 52, pp. 206-207. AmericanAncestors.org($): Henlow parish registers