John (Samson) Sampson (1688 - aft. 1770)

Born 17 Aug 1688 in Duxbury, Plymouth, Dominion of New England

Ancestors

Husband of Priscilla (Bartlett) Sampson — married 31 Dec 1718 in Duxbury, Plymouth, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Descendants

Died after 26 Jan 1770 at about age 81 in Duxbury, Plymouth, Province of Massachusetts Bay

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Biography

John, son of Stephen and Elizabeth (unknown) Samson, was born at Duxbury, MA on August 17, 1688. He is the grandson of Mayflower passenger Henry Samson.

He married Priscilla, daughter of Benjamin and Ruth (Pabodie) Bartlett, on December 31, 1718. She is a descendant of Mayflower passengers John Alden, William and Love Brewster, William and Priscilla Mullins and Richard Warren.

John lost his wife Priscilla on July 7, 1758 at 61 years old. He remained a widow until his death.

John died intestate on January 26, 1770 at the age of 81. His son John was appointed administrator on March 5, 1770; adm. bond of 500 pounds was paid by John Samson of Duxbury, Nathaniel Clap, Esq. of Scituate, and Melatiah Dillingham of Hanover. Inventory and division of estate are missing from file.

John and Priscilla (Bartlett) Samson resided in Duxbury where they had nine children:^[1][2]

1. Lusanna, born 30 April 1720; married Peleg Wadsworth.
2. Zilpah, born 27 February 1721/2; died unmarried.
3. John, born 21 May 1724 (twin); died young.
4. Priscilla, born 21 May 1724 (twin); married William Brewster .
5. Elizabeth, born February 1725/6; married Wrestling Alden.
6. John, born 8 August 1727; married Rebecca Brewster and Abigail Stetson.
7. Elisha, born 6 April 1730; died unmarried.
8. Sylvanus, born 13 March 1731/2; married Sylvia _____, no known children.
9. Elijah, born 7 June 1734; married Ruth Bradford.

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Sources

1. ↑ Robert S. Wakefield, FASG, John Bradley Arthaud, MD, FASG, et. al., Mayflower Families Through Five Generations, Richard Warren, Volume 18, Part 2 of 3, 2nd Ed., (Plymouth, MA: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 2011), p. 4.
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 146

• 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, MA: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 2000), p. 28
• Esther Littleford Woodworth-Barnes, comp., Alicia Crane Williams, ed., Mayflower Families Through Five Generations, John Alden, Volume 16, Part 1 of 5, (Plymouth, MA: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 2002), pp. 238-240
• Vital Records of Duxbury Massachusetts to the year 1850, (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2016), (birth) (Also available on Archive.org)
• Vital Records of Duxbury Massachusetts to the year 1850, (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2016), (marriage). (Also available on Archive.org)
• Vital Records of Duxbury Massachusetts to the year 1850, (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2016), (death) (Also available on Archive.org)
• Plymouth County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1686-1881.Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015. (From records supplied by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Archives.) Plymouth County Probate Records, John Sampson, Duxbury, 1770, file #17557 (Link by $ubscription.)
• Roberts, Gary Boyd, Notable Kin, Volume 1, Santa Clarita, California: Carl Boyer, 3rd (1998), 182.
• Roberts, Gary Boyd, The Mayflower 500: Five Hundred Notable Descendants of the Founding Families on the Mayflower, Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society (2020), 175, 191.
• Wakefield, Robert S., ed., Mayflower Families Through Five Generations: Vol. 20, Part 1, Henry Samson, Plymouth, Massachusetts: General Society of Mayflower Descendants (2000), 9, 28.
• Williams, Alicia Crane, ed., Mayflower Families Through Five Generations: Vol. 16, Part 1, Family of John Alden, Plymouth, Massachusetts: General Society of Mayflower Descendants (1 999), 71, 238-240, 615.

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