Individual Details
Lorah STANDISH
(Abt 1660 - Aft 2 Aug 1725)
The will of her father, Alexander, as amended by a near-death codicil left almost nothing to the children of the first marriage. Abraham Sampson, in behalf of himself, Lorah, and three other daughters with their husbands, contested the will stating that Alexander had promised to remember his daughters in his will. The will was proved despite their protest. However, they succeeded in identifying a parcel of land that was not mentioned in the will. Because the land could not be divided practically, it was awarded to Miles Standish with the requirement that he pay each of his sisters £10. [Mayflower Descendants, Alden, p 109].
As Lorah is mentioned in Abraham’s will, it can be assumed that she survived him.
Events
| Birth | Abt 1660 | Duxbury, Plymouth, British America |  | ||
| Marriage | Abt 1680 | Abraham SAMPSON Jr |  | | |
| Death | Aft 2 Aug 1725 | | | ||
| Alt name | Lora | |
Families
| Spouse | Abraham SAMPSON Jr (1658 - 1725) |
| Child | Nathaniel SAMPSON (1682 - 1749) |
| Child | Abraham SAMPSON III (1686 - 1775) |
| Child | Miles SAMPSON (1690 - 1784) |
| Child | Rebecca SAMPSON (1692 - 1725) |
| Child | Ebenezer SAMPSON (1696 - 1778) |
| Child | Sarah SAMSON (1700 - 1757) |
| Child | Grace SAMPSON (1701 - 1786) |
| Father | Alexander STANDISH (1626 - 1702) |
| Mother | Sarah ALDEN (1630 - 1688) |
| Sibling | Lydia STANDISH (1662 - 1733) |
| Sibling | Mercy STANDISH (1670 - 1728) |
| Sibling | Elizabeth STANDISH (1665 - ) |
| Sibling | Sarah STANDISH (1666 - 1740) |
| Sibling | Miles STANDISH (1671 - 1739) |
| Sibling | Ebenezer STANDISH (1672 - 1755) |
Notes
Marriage
From "Descendants of Abraham Sampson": "Given name: Vinton gives it as "Sarah" but someone has changed it in ink to read "Lorah," the name of the person now accepted as his wife. [SBCWJR]"Littleton Town Records gives the name as Sarah.
Married about 1680; first child born in 1682.
Death
Died after date of husband's willEndnotes
1. Pilgrim Henry Samson Kindred (https://www.pilgrimhenrysamsonkindred.org : accessed 28 October 2014), entry for 6. Abraham Sampson II.
2. Esther Littleford Woodworth-Barnes; Alicia Crane Williams, compiler and editor, respectively, Family of John Alden, Mayflower Families through Five Generations: Descendants of the Pilgrims who Landed at Plymouth, Mass. December 1620, Vol 16, Part 1 (Plymouth, MA: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1998), p 43.
3. Esther Littleford Woodworth-Barnes; Alicia Crane Williams, compiler and editor, respectively, Family of John Alden, Mayflower Families through Five Generations: Descendants of the Pilgrims who Landed at Plymouth, Mass. December 1620, Vol 16, Part 1 (Plymouth, MA: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1998), p 108.
4. Pilgrim Henry Samson Kindred (https://www.pilgrimhenrysamsonkindred.org : accessed 28 October 2014), entry for 6. Abraham Sampson II.
5. "Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850: Littleton," database of images, New England Historic Genealogical Society, American Ancestors (AmericanAncestors.org: accessed 22 February 2015), p 515, entry for "Abraham Sampson Jr."; citing Joseph Alfred Harwood (compiler), "Records of Littleton, Massachusetts," Patriot Press, Littleton, 1900.
6. Esther Littleford Woodworth-Barnes; Alicia Crane Williams, compiler and editor, respectively, Family of John Alden, Mayflower Families through Five Generations: Descendants of the Pilgrims who Landed at Plymouth, Mass. December 1620, Vol 16, Part 1 (Plymouth, MA: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1998), p 43.
7. Esther Littleford Woodworth-Barnes; Alicia Crane Williams, compiler and editor, respectively, Family of John Alden, Mayflower Families through Five Generations: Descendants of the Pilgrims who Landed at Plymouth, Mass. December 1620, Vol 16, Part 1 (Plymouth, MA: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1998), p 108.
8. Pilgrim Henry Samson Kindred (https://www.pilgrimhenrysamsonkindred.org : accessed 28 October 2014), entry for 6. Abraham Sampson II.
9. Esther Littleford Woodworth-Barnes; Alicia Crane Williams, compiler and editor, respectively, Family of John Alden, Mayflower Families through Five Generations: Descendants of the Pilgrims who Landed at Plymouth, Mass. December 1620, Vol 16, Part 1 (Plymouth, MA: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1998), p 108.
10. Pilgrim Henry Samson Kindred (https://www.pilgrimhenrysamsonkindred.org : accessed 28 October 2014), entry for 6. Abraham Sampson II.