Joshua Sampson (1750 - aft. 1801)

Born 1750 in Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Rachel (French) Sampson — married 2 Apr 1773 (to 23 Jun 1787) in Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Husband of Susanna (Parkhurst) Sampson — married 26 May 1790 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States

Descendants

Died after 1801 after age 51 in Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

Birth and Parents

Joshua Sampson was born in Massachusetts.

Joshua, the first son and second of six children of Amos Samson (alias Sampson) and Deborah Samson (alias Sampson) was born say 1750 at Duxbury, Massachusetts. He was christened on 16 September 1759 at Duxbury.^[1]

American Revolutionary War Service

Corporal Joshua Sampson served with Massachusetts Militia during the American Revolution.

Joshua Sampson served as a Corporal with the Massachusetts Militia during the American Revolutionary War and is honored by the Daughters of the American Revolution for his service. ^[2]

Marriages and Children

Joshua was married twice. He married 1) Rachel French, the daughter of Gideon and Elizabeth (Thayer) French, on 2 April 1773 at Braintree, Massachusetts. on 2 April 1773 at Braintree, Massachusetts.^[3] They has six children born at Braintree:

1. Rachel Sampson (b. 3 Sep 1774; d. 1856, Braintree, MA)^[4][5]
2. Joshua Sampson (b. 1 Mar 1776; d. 1834)^[6] m. 11 Sep 1797 at Braintree, MA, Lucy Holbrook (1778-1865)
3. Zephaniah Sampson (b. 20 Nov 1777; d. 1 Oct 1858, Boston, MA)^[7][8] m. 1803 at Boston, MA, Elizabeth Crosby (1781-1832)
4. Gideon Sampson (b.1779; d. )m. 2) 5 Jun 1849 at Quincy, MA, Eliza Smith (Hussey) Starbuck^[9]
5. Elizabeth Thayer Sampson (b. 9 Nov 1780; d. 3 Aug 1787, Braintree, MA)^[10]
6. Betsey Sampson (b. 1781d. )

Rachel (French) Sampson died on 23 June 1787 in her 34th year at Braintree.

Joshua married 2) Susannah Parkhurst [llisted as Parkis] on 26 May 1790 at Boston, Massachusetts.^[11]They had four children born at Braintree, Massachusetts:

1. Elizabeth "Betsey" Sampson (b. 15 Dec 1791 ; d. 1823)^[12]
2. Isaach Parkhurst Sampson (b. 12 Dec 1794; d. 1854)^[13] m. 3 Mar 1816 at Braintree, MA, Lucy Bicknell Tirrell (1790-)
3. Gideon F. Sampson (b. 15 Oct 1797; d. 1862)^[14] m. 1) 31 Aug 1820 at Weymouth, MA, Elizabeth Torrey; m. 2) 5 Jun 1849 at Quincy, MA, Eliza S. (Hussey) Starbuck (1809-)^[15]
4. Susanna Sampson (b. 1801; d. 18 Sep 1891, Randolph, MA),^[16] m. 20 May 1822 at Weymouth, MA, Joseph F. Pratt (1800-)

Death and Burial

The death date for Joshua Sampson is not certain. His last child was born in 1801, so his death date is listed after that year, likely at Braintree, Massachusetts where he spent his life.

Sources

1. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZ3V-FPP : 15 January 2020), Joshua Samson, 1759.
2. ↑ Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed May 2, 2021), "Record of Joshua Sampson", Ancestor # A099585.
3. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPZT-5MPG : 11 May 2022), Joshua Sampson and Rachel French, 2 Apr 1773; citing Marriage, Braintree, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009769.
4. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCVT-4VS : 15 January 2020), Rachel in entry for Rachel Samson, 1774.
5. ↑ "Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915, 1921-1924," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N7TY-NG4 : 2 March 2021), Joshua in entry for Rachel Sampson, 1856; citing Braintree, Massachusetts, 52, State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 960,172.
6. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCVY-FWT : 15 January 2020), Rachel in entry for Joshua Samson, 1776.
7. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCV1-9Q6 : 15 January 2020), Rachel in entry for Zephaniah Sampson, 1777.
8. ↑ "Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915, 1921-1924," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N7KH-2ZP : 2 March 2021), Rachel in entry for Zephaniah Sampson, 01 Oct 1858; citing Boston, Massachusetts, v 122 p 68, State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 960,174.
9. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPCF-XHFY : 11 May 2022), Joshua Sampson in entry for Gideon F Sampson and Eliza S Starbuck, 5 Jun 1849; citing Marriage, Quincy, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009500.
10. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCVR-7FN : 15 January 2020), Rachel in entry for Elizabeth Thayer Sampson, 1780.
11. ↑ "Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910, 1921-1924", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHQZ-KQM : 28 July 2021), Joshua Sampson, 1790.
12. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCVR-7FK : 15 January 2020), Susanna in entry for Elizabeth Sampson, 1791.
13. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCVY-FS3 : 15 January 2020), Susanna in entry for Isaac P. Sampson, 1794.
14. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCVY-XJ2 : 15 January 2020), Susanna in entry for Gideon F. Sampson, 1797.
15. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPCF-XHFB : 11 May 2022), Susan Sampson in entry for Gideon F Sampson and Eliza S Starbuck, 5 Jun 1849; citing Marriage, Quincy, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009500.
16. ↑ "Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915, 1921-1924," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N7RR-11M : 2 March 2021), Susan Parklunt in entry for Susan A. Sauplov Ripley Pratt Wheeler, 18 Sep 1891; citing Randolph, Massachusetts, v 419 p 474, State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 961,504.

See Also

• Robert Moody Sherman, Ruth Wilder Sherman, comps., Robert S. Wakefield, ed., Mayflower Families Through Five Generations, Henry Samson, Volume 20, 3 parts (Plymouth: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 2000), p. 1:136
• Mayflower Families states no birth record found; used information from Giles Memorial.

Acknowledgements

• Biography written with inline sourcing following additional research by Carol Baldwin on 20 July 2022.