Individual Details
Abraham SAMPSON
(Bef 14 Aug 1614 - Abt 1701)
Some, including Mayflower Descendants-Standish, say he had one wife, [unknown] Nash. All children would come from her.
Some, including Wakefield and Torrey, say that he had a second wife, [unknown] [unknown], who bore George, Abraham, Isaac, Judith, and Mary.
Because, I'm descended from Abraham, I might or might not be descended from Lt. Nash.
Events
| Birth | Bef 14 Aug 1614 |  | |||
| Christen | 14 Aug 1614 | Campton, Bedfordshire, England |  | ||
| Arrival | Bet 1629 and 1630 | | |||
| Miscellaneous | 4 Dec 1638 | presented at the meeting house from striking John Washburn, Jr. | | ||
| Property | 1645 | (as one of the original grantees) - Bridgewater, Massachusetts Bay, British America | | ||
| Civil | 1646/47 | fined for drunkeness | | ||
| Election | 1648 | surveyor of highways - Duxbury, Plymouth, British America | | ||
| Marriage | Abt 1650 | [unknown] NASH | | | |
| Marriage | Aft 1650 | [unknown] [WIFE OF ABRAHAM SAMPSON] | | | |
| Election | 1653 | constable - Duxbury, Plymouth, British America | | ||
| Property | 1662 | (with four former servants and ancient freemen) land given at Saconnet Neck | | ||
| Civil | 1662/63 | fined for drunkeness | | ||
| Death | Abt 1701 | | |||
| Residence | Duxbury, Plymouth, British America | |
Families
| Spouse | [unknown] [WIFE OF ABRAHAM SAMPSON] ( - ) |
| Child | George SAMPSON (1655 - 1739) |
| Child | Abraham SAMPSON Jr (1658 - 1725) |
| Child | Isaac SAMPSON (1661 - 1726) |
| Child | Judith SAMPSON (1661 - ) |
| Spouse | [unknown] NASH (1625 - 1655) |
| Child | Samuel SAMPSON (1646 - 1675) |
| Child | Mary SAMPSON (1650 - 1716) |
| Child | Elizabeth SAMPSON (1648 - 1708) |
| Father | Laurence SAMPSON (1600 - ) |
| Mother | Mary SHABERY (1600 - ) |
Notes
Birth
Date inferred from christening date.Marriage
Date inferred from dates of birth of children.From "Descendants of Abraham Sampson":
Two wives?: Clarence Almon Torrey, PhD, and Robert S. Wakefield, F.A.S.G., make the strong case for Abraham Sampson having two wives: the first being an unidentified daughter of his Duxbury neighbor Lt. Nash and the second being completely unidentified.
Abraham married Unidentified given name NASH, daughter of Lt. Samuel NASH and Unidentified UNKNOWN, by 1625. Unidentified was born circa 1625 in England and died circa 1655 at age 30.
• Identity: Robert Charles Anderson in his 2004 publication "The Pilgrim Migration: Immigrants to Plymouth Colony 1620-1633" states "The statement has appeared in print more than once that Esther, wife successively of Samuel Sampson and John Soule, was a daughter of Samuel Nash [NEHGR 52:76; MD 3:121], but this is an error, based on losing a generation by misreading the will of Samuel Nash [NEHGR 56:205]."
• Date of Death: Circa 1655 causes a problem in that Abraham's daughter Mary, said to hae been born circa 1650, is thought to be the daughter of the second wife.
Marriage
From "Descendants of Abraham Sampson":Two wives?: Clarence Almon Torrey, PhD, and Robert S. Wakefield, F.A.S.G., make the strong case for Abraham Sampson having two wives: the first being an unidentified daughter of his Duxbury neighbor Lt. Nash and the second being completely unidentified.
Abraham married Unidentified given name NASH, daughter of Lt. Samuel NASH and Unidentified UNKNOWN, by 1625. Unidentified was born circa 1625 in England and died circa 1655 at age 30.
• Identity: Robert Charles Anderson in his 2004 publication "The Pilgrim Migration: Immigrants to Plymouth Colony 1620-1633" states "The statement has appeared in print more than once that Esther, wife successively of Samuel Sampson and John Soule, was a daughter of Samuel Nash [NEHGR 52:76; MD 3:121], but this is an error, based on losing a generation by misreading the will of Samuel Nash [NEHGR 56:205]."
• Date of Death: Circa 1655 causes a problem in that Abraham's daughter Mary, said to hae been born circa 1650, is thought to be the daughter of the second wife.
Endnotes
1. Pilgrim Henry Samson Kindred (https://www.pilgrimhenrysamsonkindred.org : accessed 28 October 2014), entry for 1. Abraham Sampson.
2. "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"; citing Joseph Alfred Harwood (compiler), "Records of Littleton, Massachusetts," Patriot Press, Littleton, 1900.
3. Pilgrim Henry Samson Kindred (https://www.pilgrimhenrysamsonkindred.org : accessed 28 October 2014), entry for 1. Abraham Sampson.
4. Pilgrim Henry Samson Kindred (https://www.pilgrimhenrysamsonkindred.org : accessed 28 October 2014), entry for 1. Abraham Sampson.
5. Pilgrim Henry Samson Kindred (https://www.pilgrimhenrysamsonkindred.org : accessed 28 October 2014), entry for 1. Abraham Sampson.
6. Pilgrim Henry Samson Kindred (https://www.pilgrimhenrysamsonkindred.org : accessed 28 October 2014), entry for 1. Abraham Sampson.
7. Pilgrim Henry Samson Kindred (https://www.pilgrimhenrysamsonkindred.org : accessed 28 October 2014), entry for 1. Abraham Sampson.
8. Pilgrim Henry Samson Kindred (https://www.pilgrimhenrysamsonkindred.org : accessed 28 October 2014), entry for 1. Abraham Sampson.
9. Pilgrim Henry Samson Kindred (https://www.pilgrimhenrysamsonkindred.org : accessed 28 October 2014), entry for 1. Abraham Sampson.
10. Pilgrim Henry Samson Kindred (https://www.pilgrimhenrysamsonkindred.org : accessed 28 October 2014), entry for 1. Abraham Sampson.
11. Pilgrim Henry Samson Kindred (https://www.pilgrimhenrysamsonkindred.org : accessed 28 October 2014), entry for 1. Abraham Sampson.
12. Pilgrim Henry Samson Kindred (https://www.pilgrimhenrysamsonkindred.org : accessed 28 October 2014), entry for 1. Abraham Sampson.
13. "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"; citing Joseph Alfred Harwood (compiler), "Records of Littleton, Massachusetts," Patriot Press, Littleton, 1900.