Individual Details
Henry SAMSON
(Bef 15 Jan 1602/03 - 24 Dec 1684)
Events
| Birth | Bef 15 Jan 1602/03 | Henlow, Bedfordshire, England |  | ||
| Baptism | 15 Jan 1603/04 | Henlow, Bedfordshire, England | | ||
| Arrival | 1620 | on ship Mayflower - Plymouth, Plymouth Colony |  | | |
| Miscellaneous | Prob 1635 | became freeman | | | |
| Marriage | 2 Feb 1635/36 | Plymouth, Plymouth Colony - Ann PLUMMER | | ||
| Marriage | 6 Feb 1635/36 | Plymouth, Plymouth Colony - Ann PLUMMER | | ||
| Military | 1637 | volunteered to fight against the Pequots | | | |
| Military | 1643 | appeared on list of Duxbury men able to bear arms | | ||
| Election | 4 Jun 1661 | constable of Duxbury | | ||
| Election | 5 Jun 1667 | Receiver of the Excise Tax - Duxbury, Plymouth, British America | | ||
| Election | 3 Jun 1668 | Receiver of the Excise Tax - Duxbury, Plymouth, British America | | ||
| Property | 24 Dec 1668 | and his wife Ann sold a lot in Namasket to Edward Gray - Duxbury, Plymouth, British America | | ||
| Property | 20 May 1675 | deeded land given to him by the town of Duxbury to daughter Hannah, wife of Josiah Holmes, - Duxbury, Plymouth, British America | | ||
| Will | 24 Dec 1684 | Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay, British America | | | |
| Death | 24 Dec 1684 | Duxbury, Plymouth, British America | | ||
| Probate | 5 Mar 1684/85 | Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay, British America | | ||
| Death | Bet 24 Dec 1685 and 5 Mar 1684/85 | Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay, British America | | ||
| Miscellaneous | possibly a cousin of Edward Tilley | |
Families
| Spouse | Ann PLUMMER ( - 1668) |
| Child | Stephen SAMSON (1638 - ) |
| Child | John SAMSON (1640 - 1702) |
| Child | Elizabeth SAMSON (1642 - ) |
| Child | Hannah SAMSON (1646 - ) |
| Child | [daughter] SAMSON (1648 - ) |
| Child | James SAMSON (1649 - 1718) |
| Child | Mary SAMSON (1650 - ) |
| Child | Dorcas SAMSON (1652 - ) |
| Child | Caleb SAMSON (1660 - 1744) |
| Father | James SAMSON ( - ) |
| Mother | Martha COOPER ( - ) |
Notes
Arrival
With Edward and Ann Tilley, who brought their "cousins" Henry Samson and Humility Cooper.Miscellaneous
According to Sherman "was a Freeman before 7 March 1636/7, prob. in 1635."Military
The Pequots were defeated before the Plymouth volunteers were used.Will
Names sons:Stephen (executor), John, James, Caleb
daughters:
Elizabeth (wife of Richard Sprout),
Mary (wife of John Summers)
Hannah (wife of Josiah Holmes)
Dorcas (wife of Thomas Bony)
unnamed (wife of John Hanmore)
Endnotes
1. Bob Sommer, 105 Garden Gate Dr, Chapel Hill, NC 27516, 919-932-9267, rsommer@nc.rr.com, Ancestry.com, The Robert Sommer and Susan Hammond Family: Genealogy Report: Descendants of Henry Samson (http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/s/o/m/Bob--Sommer/index.html : accessed 29 October 2014), entry for 1. Henry Samson, http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/s/o/m/Bob--Sommer/GENE5-0001.html.
2. Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, 3 vols. (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1995), p 1621+, biographical sketch of Henry Samson, http://www.americanancestors.org/databases/great-migration-begins-immigrants-to-ne-1620-1633-vols-i-iii/image/?pageName=1621; digital page images, New England Historic Genealogical Society, American Ancestors (http://www.americanancestors.org/ : accessed 5 April 2015.
3. Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, 3 vols. (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1995), p 1621+, biographical sketch of Henry Samson, http://www.americanancestors.org/databases/great-migration-begins-immigrants-to-ne-1620-1633-vols-i-iii/image/?pageName=1621; digital page images, New England Historic Genealogical Society, American Ancestors (http://www.americanancestors.org/ : accessed 5 April 2015.
4. Robert Moody Sherman, compiler, Family of Henry Samson, Mayflower Families through Five Generations: Descendants of the Pilgrims who Landed at Plymouth, Mass. December 1620, Vol 20, part 1 (Plymouth, MA: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 2000), p 1, genealogical sketch of Henry Samson.
5. Bob Sommer, 105 Garden Gate Dr, Chapel Hill, NC 27516, 919-932-9267, rsommer@nc.rr.com, Ancestry.com, The Robert Sommer and Susan Hammond Family: Genealogy Report: Descendants of Henry Samson (http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/s/o/m/Bob--Sommer/index.html : accessed 29 October 2014), entry for 1. Henry Samson, http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/s/o/m/Bob--Sommer/GENE5-0001.html.
6. Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, 3 vols. (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1995), p 1621+, biographical sketch of Henry Samson, http://www.americanancestors.org/databases/great-migration-begins-immigrants-to-ne-1620-1633-vols-i-iii/image/?pageName=1621; digital page images, New England Historic Genealogical Society, American Ancestors (http://www.americanancestors.org/ : accessed 5 April 2015.
7. Robert Moody Sherman, compiler, Family of Henry Samson, Mayflower Families through Five Generations: Descendants of the Pilgrims who Landed at Plymouth, Mass. December 1620, Vol 20, part 1 (Plymouth, MA: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 2000), p 1, genealogical sketch of Henry Samson.
8. Bob Sommer, 105 Garden Gate Dr, Chapel Hill, NC 27516, 919-932-9267, rsommer@nc.rr.com, Ancestry.com, The Robert Sommer and Susan Hammond Family: Genealogy Report: Descendants of Henry Samson (http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/s/o/m/Bob--Sommer/index.html : accessed 29 October 2014), entry for 1. Henry Samson, http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/s/o/m/Bob--Sommer/GENE5-0001.html.
9. Robert Moody Sherman, compiler, Family of Henry Samson, Mayflower Families through Five Generations: Descendants of the Pilgrims who Landed at Plymouth, Mass. December 1620, Vol 20, part 1 (Plymouth, MA: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 2000), p 1, genealogical sketch of Henry Samson.
10. Bob Sommer, 105 Garden Gate Dr, Chapel Hill, NC 27516, 919-932-9267, rsommer@nc.rr.com, Ancestry.com, The Robert Sommer and Susan Hammond Family: Genealogy Report: Descendants of Henry Samson (http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/s/o/m/Bob--Sommer/index.html : accessed 29 October 2014), entry for 1. Henry Samson, http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/s/o/m/Bob--Sommer/GENE5-0001.html.
11. Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, 3 vols. (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1995), p 1621+, biographical sketch of Henry Samson, http://www.americanancestors.org/databases/great-migration-begins-immigrants-to-ne-1620-1633-vols-i-iii/image/?pageName=1621; digital page images, New England Historic Genealogical Society, American Ancestors (http://www.americanancestors.org/ : accessed 5 April 2015.
12. "Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850: Plymouth Vol 1," database index with images, New England Historic Genealogical Society, American Ancestors (AmericanAncestors.org: accessed 5 April 2015), p 652, [1:83] etnry for Henry Samson and Anne Plummer, http://www.americanancestors.org/databases/massachusetts-vital-records-to-1850/image/?volumeId=14012&pageName=652&rId=253537347; citing transcription of Lee D van Antwerp (compiler) and Ruth Wilder Sherman (editor), "Vital Records of Plymouth, Massachusetts to the Year 1850," Picton Press, Camden, Maine, 1993.
13. Robert Moody Sherman, compiler, Family of Henry Samson, Mayflower Families through Five Generations: Descendants of the Pilgrims who Landed at Plymouth, Mass. December 1620, Vol 20, part 1 (Plymouth, MA: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 2000), p 1, genealogical sketch of Henry Samson.
14. Bob Sommer, 105 Garden Gate Dr, Chapel Hill, NC 27516, 919-932-9267, rsommer@nc.rr.com, Ancestry.com, The Robert Sommer and Susan Hammond Family: Genealogy Report: Descendants of Henry Samson (http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/s/o/m/Bob--Sommer/index.html : accessed 29 October 2014), entry for 1. Henry Samson, http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/s/o/m/Bob--Sommer/GENE5-0001.html.
15. Robert Moody Sherman, compiler, Family of Henry Samson, Mayflower Families through Five Generations: Descendants of the Pilgrims who Landed at Plymouth, Mass. December 1620, Vol 20, part 1 (Plymouth, MA: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 2000), p 1, genealogical sketch of Henry Samson.
16. Bob Sommer, 105 Garden Gate Dr, Chapel Hill, NC 27516, 919-932-9267, rsommer@nc.rr.com, Ancestry.com, The Robert Sommer and Susan Hammond Family: Genealogy Report: Descendants of Henry Samson (http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/s/o/m/Bob--Sommer/index.html : accessed 29 October 2014), entry for 1. Henry Samson, http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/s/o/m/Bob--Sommer/GENE5-0001.html.
17. Robert Moody Sherman, compiler, Family of Henry Samson, Mayflower Families through Five Generations: Descendants of the Pilgrims who Landed at Plymouth, Mass. December 1620, Vol 20, part 1 (Plymouth, MA: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 2000), p 1, genealogical sketch of Henry Samson.
18. Bob Sommer, 105 Garden Gate Dr, Chapel Hill, NC 27516, 919-932-9267, rsommer@nc.rr.com, Ancestry.com, The Robert Sommer and Susan Hammond Family: Genealogy Report: Descendants of Henry Samson (http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/s/o/m/Bob--Sommer/index.html : accessed 29 October 2014), entry for 1. Henry Samson, http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/s/o/m/Bob--Sommer/GENE5-0001.html.
19. Robert Moody Sherman, compiler, Family of Henry Samson, Mayflower Families through Five Generations: Descendants of the Pilgrims who Landed at Plymouth, Mass. December 1620, Vol 20, part 1 (Plymouth, MA: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 2000), p 1, genealogical sketch of Henry Samson.
20. Robert Moody Sherman, compiler, Family of Henry Samson, Mayflower Families through Five Generations: Descendants of the Pilgrims who Landed at Plymouth, Mass. December 1620, Vol 20, part 1 (Plymouth, MA: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 2000), p 1, genealogical sketch of Henry Samson.
21. Robert Moody Sherman, compiler, Family of Henry Samson, Mayflower Families through Five Generations: Descendants of the Pilgrims who Landed at Plymouth, Mass. December 1620, Vol 20, part 1 (Plymouth, MA: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 2000), p 1, genealogical sketch of Henry Samson.
22. Robert Moody Sherman, compiler, Family of Henry Samson, Mayflower Families through Five Generations: Descendants of the Pilgrims who Landed at Plymouth, Mass. December 1620, Vol 20, part 1 (Plymouth, MA: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 2000), p 1, genealogical sketch of Henry Samson.
23. Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, 3 vols. (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1995), p 1621+, biographical sketch of Henry Samson, http://www.americanancestors.org/databases/great-migration-begins-immigrants-to-ne-1620-1633-vols-i-iii/image/?pageName=1621; digital page images, New England Historic Genealogical Society, American Ancestors (http://www.americanancestors.org/ : accessed 5 April 2015.
24. Robert Moody Sherman, compiler, Family of Henry Samson, Mayflower Families through Five Generations: Descendants of the Pilgrims who Landed at Plymouth, Mass. December 1620, Vol 20, part 1 (Plymouth, MA: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 2000), p 1, genealogical sketch of Henry Samson.
25. "Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850: Duxbury V1," database of images, New England Historic Genealogical Society, American Ancestors (AmericanAncestors.org: accessed 5 April 2015), p 410, entry for Sampson, Henry, http://www.americanancestors.org/databases/massachusetts-vital-records-to-1850/image/?volumeId=7699&pageName=410&rId=142063751; citing transcription of "Vital Records of Duxbury Massachusetts to the year 1850", NEHGS, Boston, 1911.
26. Bob Sommer, 105 Garden Gate Dr, Chapel Hill, NC 27516, 919-932-9267, rsommer@nc.rr.com, Ancestry.com, The Robert Sommer and Susan Hammond Family: Genealogy Report: Descendants of Henry Samson (http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/s/o/m/Bob--Sommer/index.html : accessed 29 October 2014), entry for 1. Henry Samson, http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/s/o/m/Bob--Sommer/GENE5-0001.html.
27. Robert Moody Sherman, compiler, Family of Henry Samson, Mayflower Families through Five Generations: Descendants of the Pilgrims who Landed at Plymouth, Mass. December 1620, Vol 20, part 1 (Plymouth, MA: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 2000), p 1, genealogical sketch of Henry Samson.
28. Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, 3 vols. (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1995), p 1621+, biographical sketch of Henry Samson, http://www.americanancestors.org/databases/great-migration-begins-immigrants-to-ne-1620-1633-vols-i-iii/image/?pageName=1621; digital page images, New England Historic Genealogical Society, American Ancestors (http://www.americanancestors.org/ : accessed 5 April 2015.
29. Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, 3 vols. (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1995), p 1621+, biographical sketch of Henry Samson, http://www.americanancestors.org/databases/great-migration-begins-immigrants-to-ne-1620-1633-vols-i-iii/image/?pageName=1621; digital page images, New England Historic Genealogical Society, American Ancestors (http://www.americanancestors.org/ : accessed 5 April 2015.
30. Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, 3 vols. (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1995), p 1621+, biographical sketch of Henry Samson, http://www.americanancestors.org/databases/great-migration-begins-immigrants-to-ne-1620-1633-vols-i-iii/image/?pageName=1621; digital page images, New England Historic Genealogical Society, American Ancestors (http://www.americanancestors.org/ : accessed 5 April 2015.