Abraham SAMSON

- Abt 1686

• Name	Abraham SAMSON  [1, 3]
  	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. [1] 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. [2]
  Birth	England   [2]
  Gender	Male
  Fact	Brother to Henry Samson   [2]
  Death	Abt 1686  [2]
  Person ID	I47944	Main Tree
  Last Modified	9 Jun 2022

  
  

  Family	? NASH
  Children	1. Samuel SAMPSON,   b. 1646, Duxbury, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts d. 1675, Killed in King's Philip War (Age 29 years)  [Birth]   2. Elizabeth SAMPSON,   b. Abt 1648, Duxbury, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts d. Bef 11 Dec 1708, Duxbury, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts (Age < 60 years)  [Birth] + 3. Mary SAMPSON,   b. Abt 1650   d. Aft 18 Apr 1716 (Age 66 years)  [Birth] + 4. Abraham SAMPSON,   b. Abt 1658   d. Between 02 Aug 1725 and 04 Sep 1727, Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA (Age 67 years)  [Birth]   5. Isaac SAMPSON,   b. 1660/1, Duxbury, Massachusetts d. 03 Sep 1726, Plympton, Massachusetts (Age 65 years)  [Birth]
  Family ID	F04683	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	9 Jun 2022

  
  

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• Sources

  [S7861] The American Genealogist 1938 Vol. 15. [S4342] John Adams Vinton, The SAMPSON Family - Genealogical Memoirs of the SAMPSON Family in America, from the Arrival of the Mayflower in 1620, to the Present Time. [S02940] Muriel Curtis Cushing, Philip Delano of the "Fortune" 1621 and his Descendants for Four Generations, (Name: Name: General Society of Mayflower Descendants 2002;;).