James
Sample
Born about in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States
Ancestors 
Son of James Sample Sr.
and Christianna (Taggart) Sample
Brother of
Mary (Sample) Crawford, John Sample Jr., Thomas Sample, Robert Anderson Sample, Eliza Sample and William Sample
Husband of
Nancy (McCaslin) Sample
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
Susan Sample, Frances (Sample) McClintock, James E. Sample, Christina A. Sample and Matilda A. (Sample) Fowler
Died
at about age 68
in McCandless Township, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 5 Apr 2018
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Biography
James Sample was born in 1786 and passed away in 1854. He married Nancy McClaslin Sample and they had at least five children.
Sources
- Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/23710532/james-sample: accessed 07 August 2022), memorial page for James Sample Jr. (29 Mar 1786–16 Jul 1854), Find a Grave Memorial ID 23710532, citing Crossroads Cemetery, Monroeville, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, USA; Maintained by Judi Sample (contributor 46841992).
- Jordan, John W. Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania, Vol. 2 (Lewis Historical Pub. Co., New York, 1915, p. 758, 795-7)
- "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M44C-JGQ : 21 December 2020), James Sample, Pine Township, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with James by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with James by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:
- Bernard Sample
:
Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 111 markers, haplogroup R-M269, FTDNA kit #926351
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~1.56%
Kim McKnight :
23andMe, GEDmatch YH5798297 [compare]
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~0.78%
Amy (Taggart) Maeder :
23andMe
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S Stevenson
Sample-744 and Sample-715 appear to represent the same person because: same name and dates
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by S Stevenson
Rejected matches › James Sample (abt.1784-)
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