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Henry Samson
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| Baptized: 15
January 1603/4, Henlow, Bedford, England, son of James and Martha
(Cooper) Samson. |
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It covers every descendant of Henry Samson for the first five generations,
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Marriage:
- Ann Plummer, 6 February 1635/6, Plymouth.
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| Death: 24
December 1684, Duxbury. |
| Children:
Elizabeth, Hannah, daughter (name unknown), John, Mary, Dorcas, James,
Stephen, Caleb. |
Biographical Summary
Henry Samson was born in Henlow,
Bedford, England, and came on the Mayflower at the age of about
17 with his uncle and aunt, Edward and Ann (Cooper) Tilley. He
married Ann Plummer in 1635/6 at Plymouth, became a freeman in Plymouth
around that time, and volunteered for service in the Pequot War of 1637,
but Plymouth's company was not called into service. By 1643 he had
moved to Duxbury, where he became constable in 1661, and tax collector
for 1667 and 1668. He was on a large number of juries and grand
juries, and was appointed a surveyor on a couple of occasions. His
wife died sometime between 1668 and 1684; he died in 1684 at Duxbury.
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Additional Resources
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Published Research
- 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.
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