Robert SAMSON

Robert married Alice SAMSON on 19 Dec 1734 in Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA. Alice (daughter of Miles SAMSON and Sarah STUDLEY) was born on 21 Feb 1716/7 in Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA; died after 24 Jan 1775. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Nathaniel married Keturah CHANDLER on 19 Jan 1703 in Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA. Keturah (daughter of Benjamin CHANDLER and Elizabeth BUCK) was born in 1682 in Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA; died on 14 Jan 1771 in Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 20 May 1683, Scituate, Massachusetts

Other Events and Attributes:

• Will: 02 Aug 1725
• Will Proved: 04 Sep 1727

Abraham married Lora STANDISH about 1680. Lora (daughter of Alexander STANDISH and Sarah ALDEN) was born in Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA; died after 02 Aug 1725. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Death: Aft 30 Apr 1734

Benjamin married Elizabeth BUCK about 1672 in Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA. Elizabeth was born on 16 Jul 1653 in Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA; died on 22 Apr 1728 in Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Fact: Brother to Henry Samson

Notes:

Name:
Samuel Sampson, deceased grandson of Lieut. Samuel Nash, was a son of Abraham Sampson of Duxbury, from which it appears that Samuel Sampson's mother was one of the daughters of Lieut. Nash. Abraham Sampson had sons George, Abraham and Isaac who are not mentioned as Lieut. Nash's grandsons. From these facts it is evident that Abraham Sampson had two wives, one of whom was the daughter of Lieut. Nash and the mother of Samuel Sampson, oldest son of Abraham Sampson. The writer has no information concerning Abraham Sampson's second wife.

Abraham Sampson, supposed to have been a brother of Henry; came from England some time after Henry, it is not known in what year, but probably in 1629 or 1630; and settled at Duxbury. He was on the list of persons in Duxbury "able to bear arms," in 1643. that list included all able-bodied males between the ages of sixteen and sixty. he was one of the fifty-four original grantees of Bridgewater, 645, all of whom then resided in Duxbury. He was surveyor of highways, 1648; constable, 1653; and was admitted freeman of Plymouth Colony in 1654. He was living in 1686; after which there is no record of him.

His wife, whose baptismal name does not appear, was a daughter of Samuel Nash, the Lieutenant of the Duxbury company. Lieut. Nash was frequently engaged in the military expeditions of the Colony, and was an officer in nearly all of them. He was respected by the people; was frequently honored with civil trusts; and was sheriff or chief marshal of the colony, from 1652, through a period of more than twenty years.

Winsor says that Abraham Sampson had a second wife, but does not give her name.

There is no will of Abraham Sampson, or settlement of his estate, on record. As the records of Duxbury, prior to 1666, were destroyed by fire, we are unable yo make out a full list of his children. We are able, however, to give the names of four sons, who came to maturity, and had families. If there were daughters, and if there were other sons, their memory has perished.

Abraham married ? NASH. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Fact: Daughter of Lieut. Samuel Nash

Notes:

Name:
Samuel Sampson, deceased grandson of Lieut. Samuel Nash, was a son of Abraham Sampson of Duxbury, from which it appears that Samuel Sampson's mother was one of the daughters of Lieut. Nash. Abraham Sampson had sons George, Abraham and Isaac who are not mentioned as Lieut. Nash's grandsons. From these facts it is evident that Abraham Sampson had two wives, one of whom was the daughter of Lieut. Nash and the mother of Samuel Sampson, oldest son of Abraham Sampson. The writer has no information concerning Abraham Sampson's second wife.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Will: Between 21 Feb 1701 and 1702
• Fact: 05 Jul 1702, Codicil to will
• Will Proved: 10 Aug 1702

Notes:

Excerpt from "Mayflower Increasings":

Will of Alexander Standish:

....21 Feb. 1701/2, ment. unnamed wf and follow. chil., viz: Miles Standish (eldest son), Thomas Standish, Ichabod Standish, Desire Standish, Ebenezer Standish, Lorah Samson wf of Aabraham, Lidia Samson wf of Isaac, Mercy Samson wf of Caleb, Elizabeth Delano wf of Samuel, Sarah Soul wf of Benjamin; brother David Alden;..."Whatsoever Estate Either in New England or in old which I have committed into ye hands of Robert orchard to Recover in England by letters of Attorney...Thus taking my leave of all my near & dear Relations my christian friends in church Covenant & all my loving neighbours I bed you all farwell till we meet in Heaven..." Codicil, 5 July 1702, ment. wf, son Miles & his wf, chil. Thomas, Ichabod & Desire. Wit. sworn 29 July 1702. (On 10 Aug. 1702 the will was contested by Abraham Samson, Isaac Samson, Caleb Samson & Benjamin Soule (& later by Samuel Delano), the husbands of the daughters. The caveat contains a goldmine of information. "He had by his first wife who was daughter to ye Whorshipfull Mr. John Alden a good and a prudent woman two sons and 5 daughters and after her decease he lived a widdower many years untill all his sd 5 daughters or 4 of them were marryed...about 16 years before he dyed he marryed a second wife...by her he had two sons and one daughter." It also states Alexander was about 76 when he made his will, his eldest son married the daughter of the 2nd wife, son Myles was by 1st wife, son Ebenezer was the 2nd son by the 1st wife and his 5 daughters by his 1st wife were all married with children.)

Alexander married Sarah ALDEN after 07 Mar 1655. Sarah (daughter of John ALDEN and Priscilla MULLINS) was born about 1629; died before 13 Jun 1688. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Edmond married Elizabeth ?England. Elizabeth was born in 1591 in Bocking, Essex, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]