1604 - 1684 (80 years)
Henry Samson, Mayflower Passenger
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From Mayflower Families in Progress: Henry Samson for Four Generations (Plymouth: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1992).
HENRY SAMSON apparently bp. Henlow, Co. Bedford, England 15 Jan. 1603/04; d. Duxbury 24 Dec. 1684; son of James and Martha (Cooper) Samson.
He m. Plymouth 6 Feb. 1635/36 ANN PLUMMER. She predeceased him but was livng 24 Dec. 1668 (deed). The will of John Barnes dated 6 March 1667/68 names "my cozen the wife of Henery Samson."
Henry Samson came on the MAYFLOWER with Edward and ann Tilley who brought their "cousins" Henry Samson and Jumility Cooper.
Bradford wrote, early in 1651: "But the youth Henry Sampson is still living and is married and hath seven children."
In 1637 Henry Samson fought against Pequots.
Henry Samson was a Freeman before 7 March 1636'37, prob. in 1635. Henry Samson was in the 1643 list of Duxbury men able to bear arms. On 4 June 1661 Henry Samson was a Constable in Duxbury.
On 24 Dec. 1668, acknowledged same day, Henry Sampson of Duxborough sold a lot in Namasket to Edward Gray: wife Ann acknowledged deed.
On 20 May 1675 Henry Sampson of Duxborough, planter, deeded land to daughter Hannah Holmes, wife of Josiah Holmes, land given to him by the town of Duxbury.
The will of Henery Sampson of Duxburrow dated 24 Dec. 1684, sworn 5 March 1684/85, names sons: Stephen executor, John, James, Caleb; daus.: Elizabeth, wife of Roberd Sprout; Mary, wife of John Summers; Hannah, wife of Josias Holmes: Dorcas, wife of Thomas Bony; (unnamed) dau., wife of John Hanmore.
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Henry Samson
BIOGRAPHICAL SUMMARY: Henry Samson came as a young sixteen year old boy on the Mayflower, under the care of his aunt and uncle Edward and Ann (Cooper) Tilley. Henry Samson volunteered and fought in the Pequot War of 1637, and during his life took on several civil positions including constable of Duxbury, property surveyor, and tax collector. Henry Samson married Ann Plummer, whose ancestry is unknown. However, Ann had a sister Mary Plummer, who married John Barnes in Plymouth on 12 September 1633.
BAPTIZED: 15 January 1603/4, Henlow, Bedford, England, son of James Samson and Martha Cooper
DIED: 24 December 1684, Duxbury, MA
MARRIED: 6 February 1635/6, Ann Plummer
CHILDREN:
NAME BIRTH DEATH MARRIAGE
Elizabeth c1638 Duxbury, MA after 23 November 1711 Robert Sprout, c1661
Hannah c1642, Duxbury, MA 9 January 1715, Pembroke, MA Josiah Holmes, 20 March 1665/6, Duxbury, MA
daughter Duxbury, MA unknown John Hanmore
John unknown between 1702 and 1715 unmarried
Mary Duxbury, MA before 1686 John Summers
Dorcas before 1660, Duxbury, MA before 29 July 1695 Thomas Bonney, before December 1684
James before 1657, Duxbury between 1715 and 1718, Dartmouth, MA Hannah (---) Wait, before 21 May 1679
Stephen Duxbury, MA before 31 January 1714/15, Duxbury, MA Elizabeth (---), before 1686
Caleb c1658, Duxbury between 1744 and 1747 (1). Mercy Standish, bef. 1686 (2). Rebecca (Bartlett)(Bradford) Stanford, 30 January 1728/9, Duxbury, MA
ANCESTRAL SUMMARY:
Henry Samson was the son of James Samson and Martha Cooper of Henlow, Bedford, England. James was the son of John Samson. Martha Cooper was the daughter of Edmund Cooper and Mary Wyne. Edmund Cooper was the son of Michael Cooper and Elizabeth Page. Michael Cooper was the son of Michael Cooper and Margaret (---). Michael Cooper is the son of John Cooper and Joan (---).
Elizabeth Page is the daughter of Robert Page and Cicily Greene. Cicily Greene is the daughter of John Greene and Edith Latimer. Edith Latimer can trace her ancestry to several Barons and Lords, including Wido de Reinbudcourt (born about 1040 AD), who was a Doomsday governor under William the Conqueror. While Henry Samson's lines do not connect to any known royalty, there are many Lords, Sheriffs, Governors, and Barons.
For much more detailed information on the Samson ancestry, see the following series of articles written by Robert Leigh Ward in The American Genealogist, 52:198-209 and 56:141-143, and The Genealogist, 6:166-186. Most libraries do not subscribe to The Genealogist, but copies of the article can be obtained through any public library's interlibrary loan service.
SOURCES:
Robert Leigh Ward, "English Ancestry of Seven Mayflower Passengers: Tilley, Sampson, and Cooper," The American Genealogist 52:198-208.
Robert Leigh Ward, "Henry Sampson's Paternal Grandfather," The American Genealogist 56:141-143.
Robert Leigh Ward, "The Baronial Ancestry of Henry Sampson, Humility Cooper, and Ann (Cooper) Tilley," The Genealogist 6:166-186.
Robert and Ruth Sherman, et. al. Mayflower Families in Progress: Henry Samson for Four Generations (Plymouth: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1992).
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