Henry Samson

Henry Samson (c. 1603-after 1684) was one of the Pilgrims who came over on the Mayflower.[1]


Mayflower in Plymouth Harbor by William Halsall (1882)
Career
Name: Mayflower
General characteristics
Class and type: Dutch cargo fluyt
Tonnage: 180
Propulsion: Wind
Crew: 25–30

He was 16 years old when he made the voyage. He came with his cousins, Edward and Ann Tilley, who also brought Humility Cooper, who was their niece (and probably an orphan). Of the 102 Mayflower passengers, 52 of them died in the first winter at Plymouth Colony, including both of the Tilleys. Henry Samson survived though, and thrived. He married Anne Plummer in 1635, and over the years received generous land grants. He became a freeman sometime prior to Mar. 7, 1636/37, and bought an indentured servant. Samson volunteered for service in the Pequot War, served on grand and trial juries, was constable of Duxbury, was a tax collector, and was selected by the court to help lay out grants of land.[2][3][4][5][6][7]

References

  1. ^ Ward, Robert Leigh, "English Ancestry of Seven Mayflower Passengers: Tilley, Samson, and Cooper," The American Genealogist, 52:198
  2. ^ Sratton, Eugene Aubrey, Plymouth Colony: Its History & People, 1620-1691, pp. 347, 406, 416 and 423, Ancestry Publishing, Salt Lake City, UT, 1986.
  3. ^ Ward, Robert Leigh, "Henry Sampson's Paternal Grandfather," The American Genealogist, 56:141.
  4. ^ Shurtleff, Nathaniel B., Plymouth Colony Records, Vol. I, p. 36, AMS Press, New York, NY, 1968.
  5. ^ Pilgrim Henry Samson Kindred Web site (http://www.pilgrimhenrysamsonkindred.org/), Retrieved 15 Feb. 2011.
  6. ^ Sampson, Lilla Briggs, The Sampson Family, Williams & Wilkins Co., Baltimore, MD, 1914.
  7. ^ Wood, Henry Shepard Jr., Sampson, Privately Printed, Greenville, NC, 1993.

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