Rebecca (Brewster) Samson (1733 - 1759)

Born 25 Mar 1733 in Kingston, Plymouth, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Wife of John Samson Jr — married 6 Jun 1754 in Kingston, Plymouth, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Died 6 Aug 1759 at age 26 in Duxbury, Plymouth, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Biography

Rebecca, daughter of John and Rebecca (Bradford) Brewster, was born on March 25, 1733 in Kingston, Massachusetts and died in Duxbury, Massachusetts on August 6, 1759 at the age of 25.

She married John Samson in Kingston, Massachusetts on June 6, 1754. They resided in Duxbury, Massachusetts where they had three children all born there.

Children

John and Rebecca (Brewster) Samson had the following (3) children:^[1]

1. Lucy, born 25 March 1755
2. Elisha, born about 1756
3. Rebecca, born about 1758

Research Notes

According to the 2019 edition of the Brewster Silver Book, the Kingston Vital Records (VR 33) indicate that Rachel was born in Kingston on 25 March 1733 and the Duxbury Vital Records (VR 411) indicate that Rachel died in Duxbury on 6 August 1759, at the age of 25 years, 4 months, and 23 days. Unfortunately, the math between the two dates does not work out to that age. The dates on this profile have been entered to match the dates in the Vital Records. It seems likely that dates are correct and that her age was misstated on her death record, which resulted in the incorrect information being carved into her tombstone.^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ Mayflower Families Through Five Generations Descendants of the Pilgrims Who Landed at Plymouth, Massachusetts, in December 1620, Volume Twenty-Four, Part 3, The Descendants of Elder William Brewster Through His Children Patience, Fear, and Love, Generations 5 and 6, by Barbara Lambert Merrick, edited by John Bradley Arthaud, previewed by Peggy M. Baker, published in 2019 by the General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 4 Winslow Street, Plymouth, MA 02360, page 228
2. ↑ Mayflower Families Through Five Generations Descendants of the Pilgrims Who Landed at Plymouth, Massachusetts, in December 1620, Volume Twenty-Four, Part 3, The Descendants of Elder William Brewster Through His Children Patience, Fear, and Love, Generations 5 and 6, by Barbara Lambert Merrick, edited by John Bradley Arthaud, previewed by Peggy M. Baker, published in 2019 by the General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 4 Winslow Street, Plymouth, MA 02360, page 228

• Barbara Lambert Merrick, comp., Scott Andrew Bartley, ed., Mayflower Families Through Five Generations, William Brewster, Volume 24, (Plymouth: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 2014), p. 393 (birth)

• Barbara Lambert Merrick, comp., E. Virginia Hunt, ed., Mayflower Families In Progress, William Brewster and the Fifth Generation Descendants of his son Love, (Plymouth: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 2003), p. 136-138

• Esther Littleford Woodworth-Barnes, comp., Alicia Crane Williams, ed., Mayflower Families Through Five Generations, John Alden, Volume 16, Part 2 of 5, (Plymouth: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 2002), p.177 (birth)

• Robert Moody Sherman, FASG, Ruth Wilder Sherman, FASG, comps., Robert S. Wakefield, FASG, ed., Mayflower Families Through Five Generations, Henry Samson, Volume 20, Part 1 of 3, (Plymouth: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 2000), pp. 97-98

• Vital Records of Kingston Massachusetts to the year 1850, (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1910), p. 33 (birth); p. 184 (marriage)

• Vital Records of Duxbury Massachusetts to theyear 1850, (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1911), p. 411 (death)

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 18 February 2021), memorial page for Rebekah Brewster Sampson (14 Mar 1734–6 Aug 1759), Find A Grave: Memorial #43615103, citing Myles Standish Burying Ground, Duxbury, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA ; Maintained by Pat & Charlie (contributor 47175016) .

• Mayflower Society Application Database: "Community Trees," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:2:QVQN-L94 : accessed 26 June 2021), entry for Rebecca Brewster, cites sources; "Mayflower Pilgrim Genealogies" file (2:2:2:MMXD-DP8), submitted 24 February 2020 by FamilySearch.