Samson French (1742 - 1834)

Born 15 Sep 1742 in Dunstable, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay

Husband of Lusannah Lucy (Root) French — married 19 Oct 1768 in Southwick, Hampden, Massachusetts

Died 3 Jan 1834 at age 91 in Castle Creek, Broome, New York, United States

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Biography

Samson FRENCH. ^[1][2] FRENCH Jr. ^[3][4] Found multiple versions of name. Using Samson FRENCH.

Born 15 SEP 1742. Dunstable, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA. ^[5][6] 15 SEP 1742. Dunstable, New Hampshire, USA. Note: #N00761. ^[7] Found multiple copies of birth date. Using 15 SEP 1742

Died 03 JAN 1834. Castle Creek, Broome, New York, USA. Note: #N00713. ^[8] 1833 Castle Creek, Broome, New York, USA. Note: #N00716. ^[9] Found multiple copies of death date. Using 03 JAN 1834

Physical Description: Tall, fair skin, light hair. ^[10]

Property: Settled on a farm now known as Glen Castle, abt 6 miles from Binghamton. Chenango, Broome, New York, USA. ^[11]

Buried Buried in Lily Cemetery on Castle Creek. 1834 Castle Creek, Broome, New York, USA. Note: #N00714. ^[12]

Residence BEF 1819. , Ostego, New York, USA. ^[13] AFT 1819. Chenango, Broome, New York, USA. ^[14]

Medical Entry: Severe stroke of Paralysis - lost ability to walk or carry on conversation. AFT SEP 1833. ^[15]

Military Service: Enlisted in army as a soldier in the "Old French War". ABT 1758. Note: #N00712. ^[16] Service: French War Muster Rolls of 1758. 06 APR 1757. Note: #N00764. ^[17]

Note: #N00711.

Marriage Husband Samson French. Wife Lusannah Root. Child: Sarah French. Marriage 19 OCT 1768. Southwick, Hampden, Massachusetts, USA. Note: #N00717. ^[18] Marriage 19 OCT 1768. ^[19]

Husband @I01859@. Wife @I01860@. Child: Samson French. Marriage BET 1733 AND 1746. Note: #N00762. ^[20] Marriage 07 MAR 1747/48. ^[21]

Notes

Note N00711Notes for Samson French from genealogy report of Don Alderman: 1

"Sampson moved from Massachusetts to Broome county, New York , and settled on a farm in Chenango, now known as Glen Castle, which is about six miles north of Binghamton . He was a man fond of hunting and fishing; was tall, with a fair skin and light hair: a man of more than ordinary ability, with a hot temper, and sometimes expressed his feelings with more vigor than elegance. 1

When he was a boy he was bound out [taken care of by someone else who agrees to feed, clothe, etc in exchange for labor often when families were too poor to care for their own] , and not liking his place, enlisted in the army as a soldier in the "Old French War", when sixteen years of age, serving in two campaigns. During a portion of the time he was engaged under General Amherst, in reducing the walls of Louisburg . The later portion of his time as a soldier he was engaged in boating on the Mohawk, carrying supplies to the soldiers at Fort Stanwix . At the end of about four years he returned to his home in Dunstable. 1

A letter to S. H. French, Amsterdam , N. Y., who is a great- grandson of Sampson, Jr., asking him for information concerning the early history. I copy from his reply: 1

"You ask about the military history of our mutual ancestor, born 1742. In 1776 he was about 34 years old, his son Thomas about three years old, and his son Clement not yet born. Sampson was the only one who could have taken part in the revolution, and he did not for the reason he was at heart a Tory. He did not take up either side actively but said he thought the war a mistake and King George's government good enough. My father told me he was drafted twice and each time furnished a substitute, which he could have done as he had considerable property. Some one ought to have punched this particular Sampson in those days, but he was six feet tall and had a red-hot temper, so he escaped. But there is something to be said for our Sampson. As we look at it now, a man to be patriotic in 1776 must be willing to help destroy the regular government. In 1861 it was considered patriotic to support and defend the regular government. My own experience leads me to think that serving in the army as a soldier intensifies and renders more permanent a man's attachment to and respect for, a regular government. Now our Sampson enlisted in the British army under Gen. Amherst and served in the war between England and France before the Revolution. Perhaps this experience helped color his later opinions.". 1

Soon after his ninety-second birthday, Samson French suffered a severe stroke of paralysis which destroyed his ability to walk or carry on conversation. In January, 1834, five years after the death of his wife, he died at the home of his son Clement. Although in comfortable circumstances through life, he gave of his property to those of his children who were most in need, so that when all the funeral expenses were paid, only fourteen dollars of his estate remained. 1

Samson and Lusannah French were buried on the farm where they had lived, but when it was sold their bodies were removed to the Wilcox burying ground near Castle Creek, Broome county, New York, where they now reside. 1

From The Broome Republican Newspaper - Jan. 9, 1834 -Sampson French died this town Fri. last, Jan. 3rd, age 91.Served in the Indian War.Later lived Southwick, Mass, lived Otsego County, NY until 1819moved to Chenango, Broome County, NY.Some records state that he was 92 when he died instead of 91.Died at son Clement's home. ".

Note N00712When he was a boy he was bound out, and not liking his place, enlisted in the army as a soldier in the "Old French War", when sixteen years of age, serving in two campaigns. During a portion of the time he was engaged under General Amherst, in reducing the walls of Louisburg . The later portion of his time as a soldier he was engaged in boating on the Mohawk, carrying supplies to the soldiers at Fort Stanwix . At the end of about four years he returned to his home in Dunstable.

Note N00713Died at the home of his son Clement.

Note N00714Samson and Lusannah were buried on the farm where they had lived. Lusannah died first and Sampson had her buried there. He requested to be buried beside her.

The land was sold and their bodies were removed to the Wilcox burying ground near Castle Creek, Broome County, New York. This was about 4 miles from the Samson French Farm.

Note N00716Some sources say he died at 91 years, some at 92 years.

Note N00761Now Massachusetts.

Note N00764French War Muster Rolls of 1758. 1

John Osgood - Colonel.

Jeffry Amherst - General & Commander in Chief of forces in NA for the Ivation of Canada. 1

28 names listed on the roll. 1

Samson French, Enlisted April 6 (Former expedition to Lake George, 1757), Resident of Haverhill, age 17. 1

Father Sampson French also on the roll, Enlisted 28 March 1757 (Former expedition 1757), Resident of Haverhill, Age 40. 1 and son in same company for the same war!.

Sources

1. ↑ Source: #S00076 http://findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=72940097, for Lusannah Root
2. ↑ Source: #S00204 Email to Krowland728@gmail.com, 03 February 2016 from Julie Lundstrom Roth. Includes ahnentafel attachments. Includes attachments of ahnentafel genealogy reports done by Don Alderman on the Lee Family - Descendents of Samson Lee
3. ↑ Source: #S00076 http://findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=72940097, for Lusannah Root
4. ↑ Source: #S00270 Accessed on archive.org, Page 105, Eighth Generation, Samson French Jr & Family
5. ↑ Source: #S00270 Accessed on archive.org, Page 105, Eighth Generation, Samson French Jr & Family
6. ↑ Source: #S00204 Email to Krowland728@gmail.com, 03 February 2016 from Julie Lundstrom Roth. Includes ahnentafel attachments. Includes attachments of ahnentafel genealogy reports done by Don Alderman on the Lee Family - Descendents of Samson Lee
7. ↑ Source: #S00270 Accessed on archive.org, Page 105, Eighth Generation, Samson French Jr & Family
8. ↑ Source: #S00204 Email to Krowland728@gmail.com, 03 February 2016 from Julie Lundstrom Roth. Includes ahnentafel attachments. Includes attachments of ahnentafel genealogy reports done by Don Alderman on the Lee Family - Descendents of Samson Lee
9. ↑ Source: #S00204 Email to Krowland728@gmail.com, 03 February 2016 from Julie Lundstrom Roth. Includes ahnentafel attachments. Includes attachments of ahnentafel genealogy reports done by Don Alderman on the Lee Family - Descendents of Samson Lee
10. ↑ Source: #S00204 Email to Krowland728@gmail.com, 03 February 2016 from Julie Lundstrom Roth. Includes ahnentafel attachments. Includes attachments of ahnentafel genealogy reports done by Don Alderman on the Lee Family - Descendents of Samson Lee
11. ↑ Source: #S00204 Email to Krowland728@gmail.com, 03 February 2016 from Julie Lundstrom Roth. Includes ahnentafel attachments. Includes attachments of ahnentafel genealogy reports done by Don Alderman on the Lee Family - Descendents of Samson Lee
12. ↑ Source: #S00204 Email to Krowland728@gmail.com, 03 February 2016 from Julie Lundstrom Roth. Includes ahnentafel attachments. Includes attachments of ahnentafel genealogy reports done by Don Alderman on the Lee Family - Descendents of Samson Lee
13. ↑ Source: #S00204 Email to Krowland728@gmail.com, 03 February 2016 from Julie Lundstrom Roth. Includes ahnentafel attachments. Includes attachments of ahnentafel genealogy reports done by Don Alderman on the Lee Family - Descendents of Samson Lee
14. ↑ Source: #S00204 Email to Krowland728@gmail.com, 03 February 2016 from Julie Lundstrom Roth. Includes ahnentafel attachments. Includes attachments of ahnentafel genealogy reports done by Don Alderman on the Lee Family - Descendents of Samson Lee
15. ↑ Source: #S00204 Email to Krowland728@gmail.com, 03 February 2016 from Julie Lundstrom Roth. Includes ahnentafel attachments. Includes attachments of ahnentafel genealogy reports done by Don Alderman on the Lee Family - Descendents of Samson Lee
16. ↑ Source: #S00204 Email to Krowland728@gmail.com, 03 February 2016 from Julie Lundstrom Roth. Includes ahnentafel attachments. Includes attachments of ahnentafel genealogy reports done by Don Alderman on the Lee Family - Descendents of Samson Lee
17. ↑ Source: #S00270 Accessed on archive.org, Page 96, Seventh Generation, Sampson French & Family
18. ↑ Source: #S00204 Email to Krowland728@gmail.com, 03 February 2016 from Julie Lundstrom Roth. Includes ahnentafel attachments. Includes attachments of ahnentafel genealogy reports done by Don Alderman on the Lee Family - Descendents of Samson Lee
19. ↑ Source: #S00076 http://findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=72940097, for Lusannah Root
20. ↑ Source: #S00270 Accessed on archive.org, Page 96, Seventh Generation, Sampson French & Family
21. ↑ Source: #S00270 Accessed on archive.org, Page 96, Seventh Generation, Sampson French & Family

• Source: S00076 "Find a Grave, Grave Index" NOTE"Find a Grave, Grave Index". Database. Tim Tipton. findagrave.com. http://www.findagrave.com : 2014.
• Source: S00204 Colorado, Roth, E-mail to caligirlinco1119@outlook.com Colorado, Lee Family Research done by Don Alderman NOTELee Family Research done by Don Alderman. Privately held by Alderman Don, Colorado.
• Source: S00270 Queal Beyer, Mary, A Genealogical History of the French and Allied Families NOTEQueal Beyer, Mary. A Genealogical History of the French and Allied Families. Cedar Rapids, Iowa: Torch Press, 1912.