The Sampson family

SAMPSON COAT OF ARMS

THE SAMPSON FAMILY

BY

LILLA BRIGGS SAMPSON

MEMBER MARYLAND HISTORICAL SOCIETT

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JOHN LEWIS SAMPSON

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DEDICATED

LiLLA Briggs Sampson

INTRODUCTION

It is not intended in this simple history of your branch
of the Sampson Family in Pennsylvania and Ohio, to
give a complete genealogy. The book is written solely
to preserve an account of this distinctive branch of
the Sampsons, and purposely there is no intention of in-
cluding, beyond occasional reference, the New England
branch.

Owing to lack of the preservation of family history
records, of old Bibles, of family letters, or even of tomb-
stones to mark the graves of many of these pioneers,
this story cannot be absolutely complete in every detail.

This book embraces fragments I have collected from
personal conversations with those who are living, also
an extended correspondence in England, Scotland, Ire-
land and America, and individual research in the numer-
ous historical and public Libraries of Pittsburgh, Harris-
burg, Philadelphia, New York, Cincinnati, Chicago, and
Washington, D. C.

Added to the above field of study a great deal of time
has been spent among the various Court records in the
territory outlined above, thereby securing authentic
data and important facts through the channels of wills,
deeds and property transfers that are not obtainable in
any other direction.

This collection has been compiled not only for the bene-
fit of your posterity and future generations, but to keep
alive the revered memories of your ancestors.

VI INTRODUCTION

The foUowing words of Dr. Egle, of Harrisburg, Pa.,
whose works have been of such great assistance to me,
expresses the spirit which impelled me to make these
searches for the early Sampsons:

While the descendants of the Puritans and of the
Dutch of New York have carefully preserved their family
memorials, there has not been, imtil recently, any effort
made by Pennsylvanians, especially those of the Scotch-
Irish, toward the compilation of family genealogies. In
our own locality few have been prepared. Yet we are
glad to learn our families are looking up the records of
their ancestry for permanent preservation. This is a
duty we all owe to the memory of a revered and pious
ancestry — and even though the records may be meagre,
there is no one who cannot assist in the performance of
this noble work, nor is it too late to begin. Those to
come after us will honor the labors thus bestowed even
if we do not receive, while living, the reward for well
doing.

LiLLA Briggs Sampson.

CONTENTS

Sampsons in England 3

Sampsons in Scotland 59

Sampsons in Ireland 79

Sampsons in Pennsylvania 127

Sampsons in Virginia and Maryland 197

SAMPSONS IN ENGLAND

CHAPTER I

The name Sampson is not, as most people infer, from
the Hebrew, but according to the author of Family Names
of the United Kingdoms, is Samson, the son of Sam or
Samuel, the "P" being inserted as in "Thompson," for
strength and euphony.

The Reverend Henry Barker, M.D., and F.S.A., states
that "the name Sampson comes from St. Sampson, a
local name in Normandy, France, near Caen." In the
Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames, by C. W.
Beardsley, of Oxford College, London, Mr. Beardsley
claims that Sampson, Samson, Sansom, Sansome, Sanson
or Sansum, all refer to the same family, and gives several
proofs. One of these proofs is six different entries, in
six different histories, of six different spellings of the
name "Sampson," all referring to the same individual.
In my own researches I have found even a greater variety
of ways of spelhng the name, but will confine myself
to one way on this account: — "Sampson."

In Family Names of the United Kingdom, by M. A.
Lower, is given the "Information of John Sampson,
Esq." who states that from the Monastery of St. Sampson
at Rouen the family of Sampson derive their name.

The first who bore it in England was Ralph de St.
Sampson, a brother to Thomas, first Norman Arch-
bishop of York, who, with Ralph, had been educated as
the charge of Odo, half-brother of William, The Conqueror.
Ralph was also Chaplain to William, and was created
"Baron de Donvr6" and in 1096 Bishop of Worcester.

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Ralph de St. Sampson's son Thomas, (for the canons
relating to the celibacy of the clergy were not at this
period very closely observed), became Archbishop of
York as Thomas II and another son, Richard, was Bishop
of Bayeux in France.

From these Ecclesiastee's and their collateral relatives,
descended a numerous progeny who varied the orthog-
raphy of the name of Sansome, Sansonius, Sannsun,
Sansone, de St. Sampsone, etc., etc. These settled in
many counties in England and Scotland.

The Dictionary of National Biography, by Sidney Lee.
and The Priory of Hexham by the Surtees Society, as well
as other writers, tell us more about Ralph de St. Sampson
and his brother Thomas.

Ralph and Thomas were born at Donvre near Caen,
France, and were the sons of Osbert and Muriel, who
were of noble lineage.

The father, Osbert, was also a Priest. Ralph followed
Wilham, The Conqueror, to England, was ordained a
priest by Archbishop Anselme at Lambeth Palace, and
on June 8, 1096, he was consecrated Bishop of Worcester,
at St. Paul's London, his brother, Thomas, Archbishop
of York, officiating.

In 1100 Bishop Sampson dedicated the Abbey Church
at Gloucester, and he made several gifts to the Monks at
Worcester. Bishop Sampson showed his fondness for
the secular clergy by establishing them at Westbury,
in the room of the Monks, who had held it from the days
of Oswald.

Malmesbury blamed Sampson for taking Westbury
from the Monks, which had been settled on them so many
years.

Bishop Sampson was noted for his learning, was a

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conspicuous member of a great clerical family, and ac-
cording to the old English custom, famous for good
housekeeping.

He was married before he took Orders (according to
one authority), and he had a son Thomas, who became
Archbishop of York as Thomas II, and a son Richard,
who became Bishop of Bayeux in France. His daughter,
Bruna de St. Sampson, who married Simon Mause, is
mentioned in the Battle Abbey Roll as the mother of
Joan, who married Alan de Chartes. Their daughter
Joan, married William de la Bruere. The Surtees So-
ciety mention that it is probable that Bishop Ralph de
St. Sampson, had a daughter Isabella de Donvre Sampson,
who was the concubine of Robert of Gloucester, and the
mother of Robert and Richard, both of whom became
priests. Roger became Bishop of Worcester, and Richard
Bishop of Bayeux. In a history of the Norman people,
Ralph de St. Sampson is said to have accompanied William,
The Conqueror, to England in 1066, and that he was
from the Lordship of St. Sampson, near Caen, in Nor-
mandy. According to Domesday Book,

at the time of the Conquest, the possessions of the Church
at Worcester consisted of about two thousand acres of
uncultivated land, besides some six hundred acres of
forest, and half the wood in the King's Forest, with two
acres of meadow. This rich establishment was conferred
by William, The Conqueror, on Ralph de St. Sampson,
who, in the succeeding reign attached the whole to his
See by a deed which was confirmed by Henry I.

Bishop Sampson, of Worcester, died at Westbury,
May 5, 1112, and was buried in Worcester Cathedral at
the bottom of the steps going up into the alter.

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Ralph de St. Sampson's brother Thomas, who was
Archbishop of York as Thomas I, was born in 1027 and
distinguished from his earliest years for the elegance of
his taste and his ardour in the pursuit of literary distinction.
The schools in his own country were insufficient to satisfy
his cravings after knowledge and he sought for additional
suppHes in Germany and Spain. When he returned to
Bayeaux his learning attracted the attention and gained
for him the intimacy of Odo, Bishop of Bayeaux, half-
brother to WiUiam, The Conqueror, and a person of
commanding influence.

Thomas was made Archbishop of York in 1070 and
died at York, November 18, 1100, having been Arch-
bishop for about thirty years. He had been infirm some-
time before his death and must have been an old man.
He was interred in the Minster at York near his Prede-
cessor, Aldred, with an epitaph in Latin on his tomb
which was highly eulogistic; but the See of York owed
a deep debt of gratitude to Archbishop Thomas.

I can see him even now, as Malmesbury described him
in his later years, the graceful figure retaining even then
the spring and energy of youth; the noble presence and
the courteous bearing which captivated all; the handsome
florid countenance, and his hair as white as the down upon
a swan. No one could impugn the purity or correct-
ness of his life.

As to his learning and ability, the Chroniclers are for
once unanimous. He brought with him into England the
literary stores of three continents. It was his dehght to
have his clergy around him, to read with them and to argue.

But music was his master passion. He knew it
thoroughly and was a composer as well as a singer. He
could play upon the organ and was acquainted with its
construction.

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If he chanced to hear any light or trivial air, he would
transpose it with marvellous facility into a hymn. He
made chants and services, eschewing especially all soft
and effeminate music.

The BibUography of Normandy by Fuere, mentions
Ralph de St. Sampson as Sampson, Baron of Donvre,
and adds that the Commune of Donvre gave birth to an
illustrious family, Baron Sampson de Donvr6, Bishop of
Worcester, his brother, Thomas de Donvre, Archbishop
of York; Thomas de Donvre II, Archbishop of York as
Thomas III; and Richard de Donvr^, Bishop of Bayeux.
The two latter were sons of the Baron Sampson de Donvre.
The prefix "de" in French signifies "of" or "from" Donvr6.

We must bear in mind that it was not until the time
of the Norman Conquest that surnames began to be
adopted ; and we can surmise that after Baron Sampson de
Donvr^ settled in England he adopted the name of St.
Sampson as a surname using Ralph for the Christian name
and thus assumed the name of Ralph de St. Sampson.
At least, this is the name he is given by all historians
after 1066.

The Memoirs of the Society of Antiquities of Normandy
informs us that

Among our more modern Saints, many of our primitive
missionaries have given their names as well to families.

Among the names referred to is "Sampson," so this
explains why St. Sampson's name was used by this family
of Donvr^ — which was near the monastery of St. Sampson
at Rouen. Moreover, Ralph de St. Sampson's father
was also a Priest, which was additional reason for his
choosing the name of so eminent a saint as Sampson.

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There are references in a History of the Norman People
to Nicholas, William, Christian, Henry and Walter
Sampson, living in the years from 1180 to 1195, as being
descendants of Ralph de St. Sampson,

A few paragraphs from The History of William, The
Conqueror will best explain how matters were in England
at the time of the Conquest :

By the end of William, the Conqueror's reign, all the
greatest estates in England had passed into the hands of
Normans and other utter strangers.

A few Englishmen who had won King William's favor
kept great estates, and a crowd of Englishmen kept
small estates.

In many cases the English owner kept his lands as
tenant under a Norman grantee, but every man, Norman
or English, held his land by a grant from King William.
Gradually, and under cover of law, the highest officers
in Church and State were taken from the Englishmen
and bestowed on the Normans.

CHAPTER II

In the majority of the books I have consulted for
information regarding the earliest history of the Sampson
Family, I find them referred to as a "Clerical Family" and
of great renown in the Clerical world. Among the most
noted was the Abbot of St. Edmund's, in Bury St. Ed-
munds, County Suffolk, England. This was Abbot
Sampson, who succeeded Abbot Hugo in 1180. He was
born in Tottington, County Norfolk, England, in 1135,
the son of poor parents.

In the very complete account of this Abbot by Jocelin
de Brakelonde, he refers to the fact that Abbot Sampson
was very reticent regarding his relatives, but always made
the remark that he was of "gentle birth," when questioned
on the subject.

We can hardly be criticised for believing that Abbot
Sampson was nearly related to the Bishop of Worcester,
and his brother Thomas, Archbishop of York. The
dates which mark their lives were not so far apart as to
render this impossible — and, remembering also, that
there were few of the name of Sampson in the Eleventh
and Twelfth Centuries.

Thomas Arnold, of Oxford, tells us that the Story of
Abbot Sampson furnished Carlyle with material for a
series of graphic chapters in his Past and Present, under
the title of The Ancient Monk.

I would recommend the reading of these chapters, and
also the history of Abbot Sampson by Jocelin de Brake-
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londe, which has been translated and published by John
Murry, Albemarle Street, London, W. Jocelin de
Brakelonde says:

The reader is desired to mark this Monk, a personable
man of seven and forty; stout made, stands erect as a
pillar, with bushy eyebrows, the eyes of him beaming
into you in a really strange way, the face massive, grave,
with a very eminent nose; his head almost bald, its
auburn remnants of hair and the copious ruddy beard
gettmg slightly streaked with grey. This is Brother
Sampson, a man worth looking at.

Other items of interest regarding this most celebrated
Abbot, are the following:

Among the Crown lands sold by King Richard I,
immediately after his succession, was the Manor of
Mildenhall, which Sampson, Abbot of St. Edmunds,
(who assisted at the Coronation of King Richard I) bought
for a thousand marks.

When all the Shrines of England were being stripped
to furnish King Richard's ransom, Abbot Sampson re-
sisted and the Shrine of St. Edmunds remained untouched.

All the land mentioned in Pakenham at the time of the
survey, belonged to the Abbot of St. Edmunds, who was
Abbot Sampson. In 1199 Abbot Sampson assigned one-
third of the demesnes and tithes in Pakenham to St.
Saviour's Hospital.

Abbot Sampson died in 1212, so that he was Abbot of
St. Edmunds for thirty-two years, and in that time he
made many improvements lq the Abbey and won for
himself a great name by his steadfast devotion to all that
was just and right.

CHAPTER III

Although Ralph de St. Sampson and members of his
immediate family were the only ones of the name in
England in the latter part of the eleventh, and the early
part of the twelfth centuries the records of the thirteenth
century show us that the family of Sampsons has grown
into large proportions.

There are some manuscripts in existence indicating
that efforts had been made to keep a history of this most
interesting family. One of these manuscripts is now in
the British Museum Library, under the title of Davy
Suffolk Collection. This devotes some nineteen pages to
Sampson genealogy in County Suffolk, and includes some
famous branches.

I am indebted to Mr. Donat Sampson of London (who
is of the County Clare, Ireland, Sampsons), for some
information from this collection. But he advises me that
the manuscript is in a very small hand and the writing
much faded, so that it would be difficult to decipher it.

According to my study of the family I am inclined
to think that these County Suffolk Sampsons went into
that County from County York. County York seems to
have been the home of most of the very early Sampsons.
The Surtees Society mention a family of that name, com-
mencing with Alan Sampson who was Bailiff of the City
of York in 1253-1254. His wife was EHzabeth or Con-
stance and they had three sons, Maurice,

Matthew and John. John was knighted and styled
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"Sir John Sampson," Knight. He was Mayor of York in
the years 1279-1281-1283-1285-1299 and 1300, and
Knight of the Shire in 1298.

Sir John was granted the sites of certain wind and
water mills at Aberford and Beckhawe, while he and

Mary his wife were granted the Manor of

Appleton. He died not long after, leaving four sons and
a daughter. The daughter, Constance, married Sir
John Sutton, of Sutton-in-Holderness. Of the sons,
John Sampson was one of the Knights of the Shire in 1298
and was otherwise employed in important pubHc services.
In 1282 he and Gilbert de Luda with other citizens of
York, loaned King Edward I, 1040 marks.

This John also had summons of service to attend at
New Castle-upon-TjTie with horse and arms to march

against the Scots. His wife was Agnes and

he had his seat at Tonehouse, in Yorkshire, and in the
28th year of the reign of Edward I was Constable of
Stirling Castle, which is situated in Scotland, 35 miles
North of Edinburg.

Allan's son, Wilham, was summoned to Parliament
as a Baron, (Lord Sampson) by writs, in December
1209. He also attended with horse and arms a great
council appointed to meet at Carlisle. He held lands
according to the Testa de Neville at Epereston and
Wredeburgh which his ancestors had holden by the serv-
ice of one Knight's fee.

Another son, Thomas, became Canon of York, was a
very wealthy man and much employed in State affairs.
Thomas was appointed Canon of St. Peters in York in
1339. Previous to this he was Prebendary of Holme
from 1332 to 1339. He is spoken of as a munificent

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benefactor to the Church of York and took much interest
in the rebuilding of the nave. Another account states
that on Trinity Sunday, 1348, he left the sum of twenty
pounds to the new Choir "if the work was begun within-
a year after his decease." The rebuilding of the Choir
was not completed until 1400, the great East window being
the finest in the world. To the altar of the Trinity
newly erected over the Treasury at York, he left an image
of the Virgin in Alabaster.

His missal was bequeathed to the High Altar of the
Minster, and a set of ornaments to the Altar of St. John
the Evangelist. He also gave to the High Altar of the
Cathedral at Llandaff, Wales. This Church was first
founded by S. S. Dubritius and Teilo, who were such
important personages in the life of St. Sampson.

The fourth son, Henry, was joint Lord of Appleton,
with Walter de Fauconburgh, and was living in 1338.
Henry had a son, Johannes, who married Emmeria, and
left a son Robert. Henry was buried in the Conventual
Church of St. John the Evangelist at Nun Appleton,
according to his request in his will.

All the early records point to the fact of the Sampsons
of those days being noted for their connection with the
Church and Church affairs.

I will add the following notes I have secured from the
very early Patent Rolls, Close Rolls, various Archaeologies
and other sources of information:

Henry Sampson, parson of the Church of Eston by
Staunford, gave license to a Chaplain to celebrate Divine
Service in Church of all Saints at Eston, for souls of
Eleanor, late Queen (Consort of Edward I), Henry
Sampson, his father, and Isabella, his Mother.

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Master Hugh Sampson presented to the Church of
Wyssmdon in diocese of Lincoln, 1301, reign of Edward I.

Ralph Sampson, Rector of Church at Eperestone in
1281.

Henry Sampson, presented to Church of St. George of
Bartow-on-Trent m 1272.

John Sampson, presented to Church of Buneshal in
1270.

WiUiam Sampson presented to the Church of St. Mary
Bishophill Senior 1271.

Master Henry Sampson, Parson of the Churches of
Walsham, Erpingham, Flete, Earl Sohan, Eston, and
Creton, 1295.

Master Henry Sampson, parson of Churches of Fysker-
ton, Haryngby and Inglesworth, 1295.

Master Hugh Sampson, Parson of the Churches of
Byrkyn and Sandeford 1295.

Thomas Sampson, Parson of the Church of Misterton
1341.

Maurice Sampson, a brother of Sir John of York, and
son of Alan, was instituted to the Rectory of Edlinton
m 1252.

Henry Sampson, the younger, was appointed to Church
of Inge worth in Diocese of Norwich 1291.

Other notes of these early days are that

Hugh Sampson was appointed by Richard de la Pole,
King's Sergeant, as his deputy 1334. Hugh's wife was
Constance and he died at Southampton in 1336.

John Sampson was witness to a deed of Wulstan,
Prior of Church of Worcester in 1336.

Nicholas Sampson was Burgess and merchant of South-
ampton in 1338.

John Sampson was given a grant for life of the custody
of the Castle of Scartheburgh in 1301, with the same
salary as his predecessor.

William Sampson was Proctor General in England of

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the Abbey of Blankland, and the Abbot of Cokersond
in 1294.

Adam Sampson was a citizen and merchant of London
in 1273.

John Sampson was granted land by Queen Eleanor,
(the Consort of Edward I) in 1279.

John Sampson was keeper of the Exchange of York in
1280.

John, Archbishop of York, nominated John Sampson
his attorny for one year.

Hugh Sampson of Stouton was an attorney in 1340.

Nicholas Sampson, the younger, was Bailiff of South-
ampton in 1341. There was also a Nicholas Sampson,
the elder.

Matthew Sampson, who was brother to Sir John of
York, and son of Alan, was Bailiff of York in 1288.

A few records from the Close Rolls, in the reign of Henry
in, are that

John Sampson received letters from the King asking
protection, etc., in 1226.

Thomas Sampson was one of four Justices appointed
for the Assizes in Northampton in 1229.

Roger Sampson lived in 1240

John Sampson of Rutland is mentioned as a Knight
in 1255.

WiUiam Sampson was justice in Stamford County
Lincoln in 1251.

Gervase Sampson and John Sampson mentioned as
Burgesses of Northampton in 1264.

Henry Sampson purchased land in Holewell, County
Lincobi, in 1261.

John Sampson of Winchelsea, County Essex, is one of
a list of Barons, in 1266.

It has taken me many months of study and research to
collect these scraps of Sampson History, from various

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sources; and though to many these brief mentions may-
seem unnecessary, there may be a few to whom the
knowledge gained will be of assistance in tracing their
own lineage.

Frequently a date of birth, a marriage, or death leads
to great results, so I will add a list from Yorkshire Archae-
ology:

John Sampson, of Owthorne married Agnes Tennison,
of Roos.

Nicholas Sampson married Emote Ibberson of Worrall,
in Bradfield.

William Sampson of East Retford married Mary Haw-
ton of City of York in 1746.

Sarah Sampson, of West Stow, Yorkshire, married
George Wellboume, of same place, in 1752.

Edward Sampson, of Wooly, married Aime Maumby
of Ledsham in 1739.

Among Yorkshire wills are Agnes Sampson, of Kelke
Magna, 1557.

Nicholas Sampson, of Foxhill, in Parish of Ecclesfield,
1566.

Robert Sampson, of Turnstall, 1588.

William Sampson, of Snaith, 1588.

Wilham Sampson, of Burton Agnes, 1560.

John Sampson, of Willhill, 1562.

Thomas Sampson, of Bolton Percy, 1440.

Wilham Sampson, of Appleton-in-Anstey, 1393.

Wilham Sampson, in Farley, 1440.

Richard Sampson, 1505.

John Sampson, of Garton-in-Holderness, 1537.

Richard Sampson, of Hooton, 1536.

Robert Sampson, of Worteley, Leeds Parish, 1545.

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Thomas Sampson, of Parlyngton, Aberford Parish, 1526.

William Sampson, of Parlyngton, Aberford Parish, 1551.

William Sampson, of Tunistall-in-Holderness, 1543.

Mr. G. D. Lumb, Honorable Treasurer of the Thoresby
Society of Leeds, in County York, has written me a short
account of the Sampsons of Parlyngton, County York,
who were his ancestors: Henry Sampson, of Aberford,
died in 1787, Aged 78. He left a daughter, Mary, who was
Mr. Lumb's great grandmother. She died in 1803. Of
these Parlyngton Sampsons, these was also Thomas, who
made his will in 1526; John, born 1568; William, born
1562; and Edmund, born 1651. Of this same family was
Henry Sampson, who emigrated to Pendfield, Monroe
County, New York State, in 1800. He had married Jane
Clarkson in England in 1777, and they have many de-
scendants in America. Henry is buried at Pendfield,
New York.

A short record of the Sampsons of Foxhill, County
York, is that John lived there in 1528. He was the
father of Henry and Nicholas. Henry's will is dated
1599 and he had a son Henry. Nicholas, whose will was
dated 1566, had a daughter Mary, who married a Henry
Sampson.

When we reflect that Ralph de St. Sampson, Bishop
of Worcester, had a brother Thomas and a son Thomas,
who were both Archbishops of York in the years 1068 to
1112, and possible later, we can readily infer that York-
shire, England, was the home of the earliest Sampsons,
and also that the Sampsons mentioned in this chapter
could no doubt claim Ralph de St. Sampson as their
ancestor.

If there were only a few more records, we might be

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able to secure a direct lineage back to our Norman ances-
tors. I have made a strong effort to find some such history
in the various Libraries — and have been fortunate enough
to be aided by a French and Latin scholar, Mrs. L. Nel-
son Nichols, of New York, who searched the earUer his-
tories in the Astor Library. But the records obtained
were so meagre there could be no possibiHty of claiming
much in regard to these early Sampsons.

CHAPTER IV

County Suffolk Archaeology and the Visitations of
County Suffolk, refer to many Sampsons in this County.

In the year 1428, the Manor of Thorington Hall, which
was the principal manor of Saxon times, was released
by Robert Sampson and his wife Elizabeth. They had
held it from the early part of the 15th Century. The
Manor of Ryses was vested in Thomas Sampson in the
time of Henry VI, who, dying in 1440, it passed to his
son and heir, Thomas Sampson, who died about 1483.
His son and heir, Sir Thomas Sampson, died January 2,
1511, when this Manor passed to his nephew, Thomas
Felton. Also the Playford Estate belonged to this same
family of Sampsons. Playford Church was built by
Sir George Felbrigg. To him succeeded John Felbrigg,
whose daughter and heiress, Margery, marrying Thomas
Sampson, Esq., of Brettenham, carried Playford into that
family, Thomas Sampson, Esq., and Margery, his wife,
are buried at Playford Church. He died in 1439. The
Sampsons were not destined to hold Playford long.
George Sampson, son and heir of Thomas and Margery,
succeeded them and died in 1458.

George Sampson's son and heir died in 1476, leaving
two children, a son. Sir Thomas Sampson, Knight. Sir
Thomas died without children in 1511, and his sister
Margery, who married a Felton, brought the Playford
Estate to the Feltons. Nothing more seems to be known
of these Sampsons. This property in Playford belonged

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at one time to St. Edmund's Abbey, of which Abbot
Sampson had charge for 32 years. According to dif-
ferent writers, St. Edniund's Abbey prospered under Abbot
Sampson and accumulated a large number of manors.

In the record of Suffolk County for 1327 are the follow-
ing Sampsons: Galfridus, John, Ralph, Richard, Thomas
and Wilham.

Another prominent family of Sampsons, of County
Suffolk, were those of Kersey. County Suffolk archae-
ologists state that "the Sampsons had long been settled in
Kersey, even as early as 1382."

Symond Sampson, of Kersey, (son of Robert Sampson)
married Margaret, daughter of Sir James Hobart, Knight,
and was lord of this Manor at the opening of the 16th
Century. On his death he was succeeded by his son and
heir, Thomas Sampson, who died in 1508, when the manor
passed to his son and heir, Symond Sampson. He mar-
ried Elizabeth, daughter of John Southwell, of Varnam
Hall, and, dying in 1563, the Manor went to his eldest son,
Robert Sampson, though his youngest son, George, is
described as of "Sampson Hall."

Robert Sampson, married EHzabeth, daughter of Robert
Wingfield, of Upton, County Northampton, and dying
in 1591, the Manor passed to his son and heir, John Samp-
son, who married Bridgett Clopton, daughter of William
Clopton, of Groton. This John Sampson wrote a letter
to John Winthrop, Governor of Massachusetts, on Janu-
ary 12, 1629, regarding his son Samuel Sampson joining
the New England Colony.

John Sampson's wife, Bridgett Clopton, was a sister
to Governor Winthrop's second wife. This letter is pub-
lished in a volume of the Massachusetts Historical Society.

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On John Sampson's death the Manor passed to his son
and heir, John Sampson, but was shortly after acquired
by John Thoroughgood, and eventually, after passing
through several of these families' hands, Sampson Hall
was pulled down in 1824.

John Sampson and Bridgett Clopton had twelve chil-
dren; Thomas, William, John, Robert, Samuel, Symon,
Susan, Sarah, May, Margery, EHzabeth and Bridgett.
The daughter Susan, married John Aylmer, third son of
the Lord Bishop of London, in the reign of Queen Eliza-
beth. John Aylmer was knighted and styled Sir John
Aylmer, of Rigby, County of Lincoln.

In a record of The Knights of England, compiled
by William A. Shaw, he gives this note:

On the marriage of Arthur, Prince of Wales, November
4th, 1501, under king Henry VII, Thomas Sampson was
knighted.

This is the same Sir Thomas Sampson who owned the
Manors of Ryses and Playford.

In connection with the Sampsons of Playford and
Kersey, we can also add the Sampsons of Brettenham.
The Reverend Charles P. Bethan, in his History of Bret-
tenham and the Weneve Family, writes:

The Sampson family were very ancient, of Knights
degree, and seated first at Brettenham in Cosford Hundred,
and afterward at Playford by marriage with Felbrigg.
So far it hath not appeared when the ancient Sampsons
first held Brettenham, nor when they ceased to hold it.
There were Sampsons in the Samford Hundred in the
days of the Peasants Revolt in 1381, and one of them,
Thomas Sampson of Harkstead, a man of good social
position, was the chief leader in this part of the country.

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On June 15, 1381, Thomas put forth a manifesto to the
people of Ipswich and the adjoining hundreds, com-
manding them on pain of death to join his band on the
following Sunday morning. His appeal seems to have
been responded to with alacrity. Sampson managed
for a time to elude the grasp of the law, but at length was
captured and condemned to death, was finally pardoned
by the King and his goods, which had been forfeited, were
restored to him. There was also a John Sampson in
Harkstead.

Another account of Brettenham Hall is:

At the beginning of the 15th century, this Manor was
vested in William Sampson, from whom it passed to his
son and heir, Thomas Sampson. The Sampsons had
been connected with this place for many generations. As
early as the time of Edward II we learn from the Patent
Rolls that they had flourished here, for in 1318 we find a
commission issued on the complaint of Ralph Sampson,
while the Charter Rolls mention William Sampson as
granted land in Brettenham in 1247.

Sir Thomas Sampson, of Brettenham, about 1421
married Margery, sole daughter of Sir John Felbrigg, and
died in 1439, when the Manor of Brettenham passed into
other hands, same as the Manor of Playford.

Through the channel of marriages there seems to have
been many connections made with various famihes in
counties both near and remote. Also changes of the
homes from one section to another, so that a few notes
regarding the Sampsons of Worrall near Sheffield, in
County York, are quite correctly given at this point.

Nicholas and Thomas Sampson are the two earfiest I
have found as of Worrall under the date of 1616.

Nicholas married Emote Taylor, of Worrall, and had
six children, of whom a son, Nicholas, married Emote

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Ibberson. Only one child is given, a son, William, who
married Margaret Sted. William and Margaret had
five children, of whom the son William, married Sarah
Eyre, of Worrall. One child is given, a daughter, who
married John Greaves,

Still another visitation is of County Derby and men-
tions Symond Sampson, who married Jean Eyre. The
children are given as five, of whom George married a
daughter of Sir John Crofts, of Weston, County Suffolk.
WilHam, the son and heir, married a daughter of Bromley.
His son WilHam is spoken of as of County Suffolk, and he
married EUzabeth, daughter of Wismon, of County
Essex, and they had eight children.

The Sampsons of Binfield, County Berks, seem to have
used a "Coat of Arms," which is described in a visitation
of Berkshire as a ''Gold cross on black ground with
escallop shells."

There is much confusion in the records of County Berk
Sampsons. In one lineage sent me by Mr. Donat Samp-
son, of London, from an old manuscript in the British
Museum Library, a WilUam Sampson of Asbygall is the
first mentioned. He married EHzabeth, daughter and co-
heiress of John Holnaby. Their son, Sir William Samp-
son, married EHzabeth, a daughter to John Saye. Two
of their sons are mentioned, one Robert, who was Regis-
ter to King Henry VIII, and married Katherine Mallett.

Robert and Katherine had a son Thomas Sampson, who
is recorded as of Binfield, and no doubt the first of the
Binfield Hne.

The second son of Sir WilHam Sampson and EHzabeth
Saye, is spoken of in this manuscript as Richard, Bishop
of Lichfield and Coventry.

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Bishop Sampson was educated at Cambridge College,
Oxford. Strype in his Memorials, gives a lengthy accomit
of this notable Sampson:

Richard Sampson was an inmate of Cardinal Wolsey's
family, and Chaplain to him, and his Chancellor in the
Diocese of Turonay. Through Wolsey, Sampson was
made King's Chaplain and Dean of St, Stephen's which
was a foundation laid for many other dignities and places,
as well as a Bishopric, which he obtained afterward as
our Church Histories show.

And among the rest, he was one of King Henrj^ VIII's
Privy Comicil. He was Dean of Lichfield, St. Paul's
and Windsor, and received the royal assent to his election
as Bishop of Chichester in 1536, and in 1542 he was
translated to Coventry and Lichfield.

As the Bishop of Chichester, he was present at the
Baptism of Edward VI and at the Burial of Queen Jane
Seymour. He was imprisoned in the Tower through
disagreeing with Lord Cromwell on Ecclesiastical matters
during 1539-1540 but was eventually released.

Fuller's Church History states that "Bishop Sampson
was imprisoned because of reports of his corresponding
with the Pope." But Fabian, Hall and Stow state that
this Bishop was imprisoned for relieving some poor
prisoners who had been arrested for denying the King's
Supremacy. By this account his Prelate's crime was
no more than an incautious charity.

This Richard Sampson was Lord President of Wales
in 1523 under King Henry VHI, but was removed by
King Edward VL He preached the Coronation sermon
for Queen Mary at Westminister Cathedral, as he was
esteemed of all the Bishops the most florid preacher.

Bishop Sampson wrote a notable book against the
Pope's Supremacy, which King Henry sent over sea to

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the Pope himseK, and also to Pole and others, to vindi-
cate himself for taking the Supremacy to himself.

Bishop Sampson died in Queen Mary's reign on Sep-
tember 20, 1554. He was then Bishop of Lichfield and
Coventry, and he passed away at his palace at Eccle-
shall, a fine place situated about fifteen miles from Lich-
field, County Stafford.

The Palace is now in ruins, having been demolished
in the Civil Wars.

Among Cemetery records in County Suffolk, I find these
notes :

In this stone are deposited the remains of Margaret,
wife of Thomas Sampson, D.D. of this Parish, Rector
of Groton, County Suffolk. She died on the 4th day of
November, 1826, in the 60th year of her age.

Also of the Rev. Thomas Sampson, D.D. husband
of the above, who departed this life, March 31, 1839,
aged 74 years.

From "Monumental Inscriptions" in Hales worth
Churchyard, County Suffolk:

William Sampson, died March 17, 1773, aged 56 years.
Bridget, wife of William Sampson, died September 3,
1769, aged 56 years.

CHAPTER V

Although no record is given in Playford of Thomas
C. Sampson, the celebrated "Puritan" of Queen Eliza-
beth's reign, in Strype's Memorials he states that

Thomas C. Sampson was born at Playford, in County
Suffolk in 1517. He was a fellow of Pembroke Hall,
Cambridge, and educated there. He was made Preacher
to the Army under Lord Russell in the reign of Edward
VI. He married a niece of Hugh Latimer, and in 1550
he received Holy Orders from Bishop Ridley at Fulham,
and was much esteemed by Bishop Ridley and Arch-
bishop Cranmer. When he was examined for Holy
Orders he excepted against the apparel, but by Arch-
bishop Cranmer and Bishop Ridley he was nevertheless
permitted and admitted. He was made Dean of Chiches-
ter in the latter part of 1552 and also Rector of All Hallows
Church, London, in King Edward's reign.

During Queen Mary's reign in 1553, Sampson fled with
many others, by advice of Archbishop Cranmer, and spent
sometime in Strasburg, Germany.

During this exile, Sampson assisted in translating the
Geneva Bible, and while the several Divines were en-
gaged in this work Queen Mary died, and they returned
to London. In 1560, two years after Queen Elizabeth
ascended the throne, Thomas Sampson was made Dean
of Christ Church, Oxford, as he was considered tlie most
learned man in the Island, as well as the most pious,
having the universal praise of all men. It is written of
him that it might be well doubted whether he were a
better man, or a greater linguist, or a completer scholar,
or a more absolute Divine. On the 24th of March, 1560,
he preached before Queen Elizabeth at Court, and on
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April 5, 1561, he preached at Paul's Cross before the
Queen. He preached more sermons before Queen Eliza-
beth than any other Minister of that time.

In 1563 he was requested by the Secretary to conform
to the apparel prescribed, but he wrote a letter giving his
reasons for not wearing the cap and gown.

Bishop Grindal writes :

The Queen was highly offended with Sampson because
he continued incompliant. The refusers of the Orders
of the Church were commonly called "Puritans," and
Thomas C. Sampson was styled "The Puritan" in Strype's
Life of Bishop Grindal. A great many letters were written
and pages of ecclesiastical history devoted to the wearing
of the cap and surplice, to which Thomas Sampson
objected. He himself wrote largely on this subject.
Another prominent Minister, Humfrey of St. Magdalene,
was with Sampson in his views, and they two were
mentioned as the chief offenders in the movement against
the cap and gown and were called "The Champions
of those they styled Puritans."

It seems that Sampson had changed his views, for in
Queen Mary's reign, as Rector of All Hallows Church,
London, he wrote his parishioners from Strasburg during
his exile and exhorted them to submit to the ceremonies,
but later, after conversation with Calvin and other
Reformers, he changed his judgment. On September
5, 1561, he burned superstitious utensils at Oxford.
He was expelled from Christ Church in 1563 for non-
conformity, and then Dr. Sampson, (as he was called)
was Master of a Hospital in Leicester. His hospital was
called Wiggston's College, and it is said that after he was
laid aside from doing God's service, that he was of more
use privately by governing this College.

In 1573 Thomas Sampson was restrained of his liberty
at London by order of Queen Elizabeth, in order that he
might be an example of her discipline to the rest. In
the latter part of this same year he was taken with numb

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palsy on one side, which deprived him of the use of his
limbs; but he lived half a score of years afterward with
good sense and understanding. He died April 9, 1589,
aged 72 years, at Wiggston's Hospital (in the town of
Leicester, County Leicester), of which Hospital he was
Master. He was buried in the Chapel and a monument
erected by his sons John and Nathaniel Sampson.

Thomas Sampson had several children, a daughter,
Anne Sampson, who married Henry Ewbanke, of the
City of Durham, in County Durham. Henry Ewbanke
was one of the Prebendes living in Durham in 1615.

The Ewbankes of Durham had a Coat of Arms and a
crest.

Nathaniel, one of the sons of Thomas, was Canon of
Scotland, County Lincoln, from 1607 until his death in
1611. His daughter was the second wife of the Rt.
Rev. Edward King, Bishop of Elphin and Nathaniel's
mother was a niece of Bishop Latimer." It is also sup-
posed that Thomas Sampson, a pretender to poetry, was
a son of the Dean.

Still another prominent family of Sampson hving in
the reign of Queen Elizabeth, were the Sampsons of County
Gloucester.

John Sampson, as appeared by copy of a Court Roll
dated in 1572, was father of John Sampson, who married

Joan . They had five children: Edward,

Mary, Joan, Margaret and Elizabeth. Edward, his heir,
married Mary, daughter of Rev. Ralph Green, of Olverton,
County Gloucester, and they had four children: Edward
Ralph, John and Mary.

John, his heir, married Martha, daughter of John
Burcombe, Esq., of Old Sodbury, County Gloucester,
and had two children, Edward and John.

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John died a bachelor, and Edward married the only-
daughter and heiress of Edward Long, Esq., of Olverton,
County Gloucester. This Edward purchased Henbury
Audelett, in 1627, which is mentioned as a very beautiful
estate. Edward and Mary had two children, John and
Martha. Martha died unmarried and John succeeded.

John, of Inst., County Gloucester, married Mary,
eldest daughter of Nicholas Hicks, Esq., an alderman of
the City of Bristol, County Gloucester. They had three
children: John, Edward, and Mary. Mr. Sampson who
was Sheriff of Gloucester in 1726, was succeeded by his
only surviving son Edward Sampson, Esq., of Henbury,
who married Mary, daughter of Thomas Brown, Esq.,
of Salperton, County Gloucester, and had four children:
John, Edward, Mary and Catherine. Mr. Sampson
served the office for Gloucestershire in 1778. He was
succeeded at his decease by his elder son, John Sampson,
Esq., of Henbury, who died unmarried in 1830, and was
succeeded by his only brother Edward Sampson, Esq., of
Henbury.

This branch of Sampsons, according to Burke's Geneal-
ogy, bore Arms. This Sampson Coat of Arms is Arg. a
cross moline gu — between four escallop shells S. A. Crest —
a dragon head erased, collared arg. Motto — Pejus
letho flagitium — which translated means "Disgrace is
worse than death."

A more extended account of the Sampson Arms is:
Henbury, County Gloucester, England. Derived from
John Sampson, time of Elizabeth, See Burke (Sir
Bernard). (Ulster King of Arms). General Armory,
London 1884. Page 894.

Per bend of (gold) and gules (red) a cross fiory between

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two scallops in bend dexter, right, and as many (or)
billets in head sinister (left) all counter changed.

Crest — a fret (or) thereon a wiverns head, erased gules,
collared and semie (strewn or sprinkled with) billets
(flat oblong squares) gold.

Motto — Pejus letho flagitium.

I am indebted to Mrs. Harriet Taylor, who is in charge
of the Genealogical Department of the Newberry Library
in Chicago, for the symboUsm of this Coat of Arms, Mrs.
Taylor having studied Heraldrj^ in London, and is one of
our most competent authorities on this subject.

SYMBOLISM

The shield divided per bend signifies division by a line
from dexter or right chief to sinister base. (The right
is from the standpoint of bearer of the shield behind it.)

The or (gold) means intrinsic worth or character.

The gules (red) is typical of zeal or great energy.

The cross flory denotes that the destiny of the first
bearer of the Arms was affected by the rehgious wars.

The escallop or shell is a very old and honorable emblem
indicating a pilgrimage, as in the Crusades.

The billets (documents or letters) indicate justice.

I find very few references to anj^ of the name of Sampson
in the records of County Cornwall.

The most I have learned of Cornwall Sampsons has
come to my knowledge in correspondence with various
Sampsons in America, who advised me of their ancestors
as being from County Cornwall.

One branch comes from Diym, in the Parish of Crowan,
near Cambrene. Of this line is the celebrated evangelist,
WilUam Sampson, who is styled "The Cornishman on

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Fire." Mr. Sampson is noted as being one of the most
successful evangelists; and his many missions have been
reported as being wonderfully enthusiastic. He has a
brother, John Sampson, living at Cadboro Bay, Victoria,
British Columbia. Their father was William Sampson,
of Drym, their grandfather, William of Drym, and
their great grandfather Richard Sampson — but they do
not know the birthplace of Richard.

Another line is that of a Mr. James Sampson, of Mount
Vernon Street, Philadelphia, who traces his ancestry to
County Cornwall.

Mr. Sampson has been a member of the Philadelphia
M. E. Conference since 1874. His father was Thomas,
and his mother Joan Allen of Illogan Parish, County
Cornwall. His grandfather was James Sampson, who had
three sons: James Hale, John, and Thomas, already
mentioned.

James Hale Sampson was educated at Oxford for the
Priesthood in the Church of England. And was eventu-
ally Rector of an influential parish in Somerset. James
Hale married a Miss Croft — an heiress, who forfeited her
fortune if she changed her name. So James Hale Sampson
assumed the name of Croft instead of Sampson.

John, the other son of James Sampson, died on a return
trip from Mexico to Cornwall, and left all his property
(some $175,000) to his fiancee.

Still another branch of the Sampson family in County
Cornwall is represented in America by Mr. Charles C.
Sampson, of the IlHnois Steel Company, JoHet, 111. His
grandfather was Thomas Sampson, of Goldsithney, near
"Lands End," County Cornwall, who married Mary
Gundrey in 1836.

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Thomas was a coal miner and worked near Marazion.
He also preached on a regular Wesleyan Methodist Cir-
cuit in Penzance.

Mr. Charles Sampson surmises that his grandfather was
one of the "local" preachers who assisted the regular
pastor of that circuit.

Thomas sailed for America in 1848 and his wife and
eight children followed in 1849. The eight children were :
Jane Gundrey, Samuel Vernon, Lydia, William Gundrey,
Thomas, Ezekiel, Gideon Gundrey, John Wesley.

Evidently they located in Pennsylvania on their arrival
in America, for John Wesley, the father of Charles C.
was born in Huntingdon, Pa., in 1851, but his parents
moved to Iowa by wagon, about the year 1853, when
John Wesley was two years old. They located near
Fairfield, Jefferson County, Iowa. Five of the brothers
served in the Civil War.

Mr. H. O. Sampson, Principal of the School of Agri-
culture, of the International Correspondence Schools,
in Scranton, Pa., is the grandson of a Thomas Sampson
who came to America in 1847. This is possibly the
same family as that of Charles of Joliet, 111.

Other records obtained from different histories state
that Richard Sampson was Archdeacon of Cornwall
1516-17.

Robert Sampson, of County Cornwall, was Rector of
Landerevednack in Cornwall in 1622.

Thomas Sampson, a son of Peter Sampson, of Liskeard,
County Cornwall, was Vicar of Tjmardreth, 1677, and of
St. Wenn 1680.

A JNIartin Sampson was a son of Richard Sampson, of
Grylls, County Cornwall.

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This little sketch of County Cornwall Sampsons carries
out the saying that the "Sampsons were a Clerical Family."

From Lyson's Magna Brittania, I have secured the
following account of the Sampsons in County Devon.

In the Parish Church at Yardbury, County Devon
there are monuments of several of the family of Sampson :
George Sampson, Gentleman, 1610; John Sampson,
Esq., 1696; Thomas Sampson, Esq., 1700.

Sir Walter Erie sold the estate of the Manor of Whit-
ford, in Colyton, County Devon, to the Sampson family,
and it is now the property of their descendant, Samuel
Sampson, Esq. This family has been settled in England
for more than two centuries. They are supposed t o have
come from Somersetshire. Mr. Samuel Sampson has
estates in that county which have long been in the family.
The grandfather of Mr. Samuel Sampson married the
heiress of Braddick.

Two other Sampsons of note of the 17th Century were

Robert Sampson, who was Vice-Admiral and owner of
the ship "Alexandria," which was hired for service of
State of One hundred and Thirty Pounds a month.
In 1652, Robert Sampson commanded the Briar attend-
ing on the Army in Scotland. In the summer of 1659 he
was with the fleet off Elsinore and continued serving
after the Restoration, and in 1664 was appointed Rear
Admiral of the White Squadron commanded by Prince
Rupert. Robert Sampson was killed in a battle off
Lowestoft on the coast of County Suffolk, June 3, 1665.
A grant of Five Hundred Pounds was ordered paid his
widow, Mary Sampson.

Richard Sampson was educated at Bristol, County
Somerset, for the Christian Ministry, by a Mr. Thomas,
an ejected non-conformist Baptist Minister. Mr. Samp-
son moved to Exeter in 1692 and attended the Assembly
in London as their Minister. He died in 1716, and was

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noted for his literary attainments. He also had a most
remarkable memory. It is written that Sir Isaac Newton
had a great respect for Mr. Sampson and made many
remarks about his wonderful memory.

In County Nottingham, still another family of Sampsons
had some celebrated members. Of these was William
Sampson, the Poet and Dramatist. He was born in
South Leverton, near Retford, in County Nottingham,
in 1590, and figured with Thomas and Henry as among the
humbler owners of land in that section. He married
Helen, daughter of Geoffrey Vicars, and they had two
sons, Henry and William.

Henry, the oldest of these sons of William and Helen,
was bom in 1629 at South Leverton. He was educated
at Pembroke Hall, Cambridge, and paid especial atten-
tion to the study of Hebrew and New Testament Greek,
and collected a library rich in critical editions of the
Scriptures. In 1650 he was presented by his College to
the Rectory of Frammgham, in Country Suffolk, was
never ordained, but acquired repute as a preacher, and
founded an independent congregation at Framingham,
which is now Unitarian. Later in life he became an
antiquarian, and afterwards turning to medicine he
studied at Padua and Leyden, where he graduated July
12, 1668. He died July 23, 1700, and was buried at Clay-
worth, County Nottingham, of which place his brother
William was Rector. Henry was twice married, but had
no children.

William, brother of Henry, was also educated at Pem-
broke Hall, Cambridge, and became the Rector of Clay-
worth, County Nottingham.

In Bailey's Annals of Nottinghamshire, he states that a

John Sampson, of South Leverton, in his will dated
1641, granted to eight trustees certain school buildings

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and a yearly rent charge of Twenty Pounds out of an
estate for the maintenance of a master to teach poor
children of the Parish of South Leverton to read and
write.

Another item of "Nottinghamshire," is that

Elizabeth Sampson, sole daughter and heir of John
Sampson, of Breason, in Derbyshire, and sole grand-
daughter and heir of John Sampson, of Newby in York-
shire, married Sir Thomas Parkyns, of Bunny, in Notting-
hamshire.

According to Thoroton's Antiquities of Nottinghamp-
shire, the Sampson family is mentioned as a very ancient
one in that county. Sir William Sampson (the Baron
or Lord Sampson referred to earUer in this history)
owned lands at Epereston, County Nottingham, in the
reign of Henry I.

In Burke's Peerage,

John Sampson, of South Leverton, County Nottingham,
where his family resided in the time of Queen Elizabeth,
left a son, Gilbert S^-mpson, of South Leverton, who was
born December 9, 1651, and died September 6, 1747.
He also left a son, Thomas Sampson, of South Leverton,
born 1715, and died 1801. His son, Thomas Sampson, of
Benningham Grange, County Nottingham, was bom at
South Leverton, May 28, 1753, and married Ehzabeth
Sutton de Gariencies, Jan. 7, 1795 and died November
1844, aged 92 years, leaving her a son, Lieu't Col. William
Henry Sampson, late of the 59th Regiment and Rifle
Brigade.

Lieu't Col. Wiliam Henry Sampson, was born March
14, 1799, and married a daughter of Lawrence Richardson,
of Brentwood, County Essex, and had by her an only

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child, Dudley Thomas Heaton Sampson, who was born
Feb. 6, 1841, and died April 26, 1886. He was Lieut.
Col. of late 9th Bengal Lancers (Hodson's Horse).

He married Mary, only child of William Jolland, of
Buxshalls Park, County Sussex, and had two children,
Dudley de Garencies Jolland Sampson, born May 24, 1882,
and who died Oct. 14, 1899, and Noel Carleton Sampson,
2nd Lieu't Battahon Royal Sussex Regiment. He was
born December 25, 1883. In ''County Families of the
United Kingdom" Lieu't Dudley Sampson was formerly
of Her Majesty's Indian Land forces, and Bengal Lancers,
and also a Justice of the Peace for County Sussex.

Other Sampsons of County Nottingham were a Samp-
son who married Helen Stacy, sister of John Stacy, of
Battlefield. They had two sons, Thomas and Alexander.
Thomas, who lived in South Leverton, married Margaret,
a daughter of Thomas and Ann Stow, of Hildstrow-in-
Holderness in 1665. To them were born two daughters.

Alexander, brother of Thomas, was of East Retford,
and married Mary, daughter of Thomas and Mary
Aldam, at Warmsworth in 1665. They had three children,
Thomas, Mary and Ellen Sampson.

Edmunde Sampson lived in Morgate, County Notting-
ham, in 1558; Robert lived in South Leverton in 1562,
and John in North Colhngham in 1557.

In Brown Wilhs Histonj of the United Parliamentary
Abbots and conventual Cathedral Churches is mention of
Sampson, Abbot of St. Bennets, Hohne County Norfolk.
He was Abbot from 1229-1237.

Among the records in the Parish Church of Wallasey
St. Hilary, County Chester are the following:

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Births

Ellen Sampson, 1574.

Ellen Sampson, daughter of Henry was christened 1576.

Margaret Sampson, daughter of William was christened
1576.

Elizabeth Sampson, daughter of William was christened
1578.

John Sampson, son of William was christened 1579.

Ralph Sampson, son of Henry was christened 1579.

Jane Sampson, christened 1581.

Anne Sampson, christened 1583.

Thomas Sampson, christened 1586.

Elizabeth Sampson, christened 1590,

Marriages

Elizabeth Sampson married Henry Monily 1574.
Ralph Sampson married Margaret Dobbe 1596.

Burials
Ellen Sampson 1574.
John Sampson 1581.
Anne Sampson 1584.
Elizabeth Sampson 1585.
Henry Sampson 1590.
Margaret Sampson 1590.

In the records of Upton County Chester are:

Henry Sampson 1600.
Ann Sampson 1618.
John Sampson 1618.
Jane Sampson 1618.

Robert Sampson .

Alice Sampson 1669.

This no doubt refers to the fact that these Sampsons
were living in these years.

CHAPTER VI

The Sampsons have been well-styled a "Clerical"
family, as about every branch has produced Archbishops,
Bishops, Rectors and Ministers. In the Surrey County
records, the Rev. Thomas Sampson of Wandsworth
Parish was curate in that parish, and also Chaplain to a
volunteer companj'' raised there in the Rebellion of 1845.
He was afterwards Minister of Hammersmith, and had
two livings in Sussex given him by Lord High Chancellor
Bathurst. He married Mary Brown in Chelsea College
Chapel and they had nine children: Mary A., Thomas W.,
Wilham W., EHzabeth, George, Jane, Christopher, Charles
and George Frederick John. "The Godfathers of this
last child, George Frederick John, were H. R. H. George,
Prince of Wales, and the Rt. Hon. Earl John, of Bute;
while the Godmother was Her Grace, the good Duchess of
Somerset." The Rev. Thomas Sampson hved to be more
than 80 years old and had a great-grandson called Herbert
Charles Wjoin Sampson, to whom fell the old family
Bible from which this record of the Rev. Thomas's chil-
dren was taken. In a record of deaths and christenings
of this same Wandsworth Parish, I find the names of 31
Sampsons between the years 1623 and 1755. In Peter-
sham, County Surrey, there was also a Rev. Thos. Samp-
son who was a D.D., F.R.S. and F.S.A. He had six sons:
William, Henry, John, Daniel, Lewis and James.

William, the oldest of these sons, was educated at
Oxford and ordained as a Deacon by Henry Bathuret,
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Bishop of Norwich, Dec. 19, 1813. He left England in
April 1817 and came to Grimsby, Ontario, Canada, where
he was the first Rector. He married Maria E. Nellis,
of Grimsby, in 1817, and died in 1822, as the result of
accident, leaving three children.

Henry, another son of the Rev. Thomas Sampson, of
Petersham, was also a Minister. He was educated at
Trinity Hall, Cambridge, was Vicar of Credham, County
Kent, and Rector of High Halstrow, County Kent, until
his death at his residence. No. 28 Bedford Gardens,
Kensington, London, Nov. 10, 1884. He had married
Ehzabeth Corbett and they had a daughter Julia who died
unmarried in 1841.

James, also a son of the Rev. Sampson of Petersham,
was a student of the Middle Temple, and called to the
Bar in 1838. Daniel and Lewis were also professional men,
while John went to New South Wales and died there.

Some interesting memoranda from County Dorset of
some much beloved Sampsons are the following:

In Weston, County Dorset, is buried John Sampson,
Rector of the Church of Buckhorn, and upon a flat stone
in the chancel is this inscription: "John Sampson, Rector,
here doth rest in Christ. Divine, Physician, and Anagram-
mist. He was baptized May 12, 1626; he died June 18,
1715; was buried June 20, 1715, aged 90.

Against the west wall of the Church in Oborne, Dorset
County, on a blue stone, is this inscription:

Near this place lieth interred John Sampson and his
beloved wife, and John, their son, with Grace, his wife,
who departed this life in the year of our Lord 1688, 1690,
1691.

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These were all lovely in their life,
A neighbour, friend, husband, wife.
In love they lived, in hope they dyed.
Through Chirst for to be gloryfied.

Johannes Sampson.

The rest is defaced.

In the Church at Thornford, Dorset County, against
the north wall of the tower, is a plain neat monument of
white marble erected by John Sampson to the memory of
his father. Near this place are deposited the remains of
Robert Sampson, Clerk and Rector of this Parish 26 years.
He died May 1, 1770, aged 54 years. Also of Sarah, his
wife, who died April 28, 1785, aged 72.

On another monument of white marble :

Sacred to the memory of Rev. John Sampson, Rector
of this parish 34 years, who died Jan. 5, 1810, aged 64
years; of Elizabeth, his wife, who died July 18, 1847,
aged 82 years; of Sarah, their daughter, who died May 4,
1810, aged 18 years; of Charles, their son, Lieut. Royal
Marines, who died in Island of Trinidad, Dec. 23, 1817,
aged 22; of Robert, their son, who died at Farnham,
Oct. 31, 1862, aged 72 years. On a brass beneath:
For they are dead and their life is hid with God.

In the Church at Long Bridge, Dorset County, is this
monumental tablet:

To the memory of Thomas Sampson, of Kingston
Russell, born Feb. 26, 1800, died Oct. 8, 1864, and of his
son George Wood Sampson, born May 26, 1830, and died
March 16, 1861.

The lands at West Shilbington, 311 acres, belonged to
Thomas Sampson, Esq., of Kingston Russell, by whose

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grandfather they were purchased of the Earl of Pembroke
in the year 1809.
A few notes from the Kent Archaeological Society are:

In 1442, Peter Sampson, of Hook, County Hertford,
willed land in Westfield to Harry Compton, to keep the
Feast of St. Michael.

Among the gentry of Kent County in the time of Henry
Vn is John Sampson.

Among soldiers enrolled in 1627 were Nicholas Sampson,
William Sampson, and Jeremy Sampson.

In St. Martin's Hundred, County Kent, is Robert
Sampson.

An Anthony Sampson, of Thornleigh Parish, wills his
wife, Abigail, in 1589.

A Thomas Sampson lived in Southampton, Hampshire
County, whose wife was Dyonesia, also a Hugh Sampson
in the same town. In the Historical Manuscript Commis-
sion, I find some records of Sampsons not yet mentioned.
There was a John Sampson in Hardenasse and mention
of a John Sampson in 1279 who was called "de Yham."

In a History of Devon County, I accidently stumbled
of the following:

In the Parish Church at Colyton, County Devon, are
several monuments to the family of Sampsons. One to
George Sampson, Esq., 1696, and Thomas Sampson, 1700.

There are several record of deaths of the Sampson
family, who, for generations occupied an influential
position at Colyton, County Devon. They include
George Sampson, 1610, Thomas Sampson, 1700, and his
wife and son Thomas. John Sampson, 1780, and his wife,
1764. Anne, their daughter, 1749. Samuel of Chard,
their son, Dec. 1788. Mary, their daughter, wife of
John Callard, Esq., of Ford Stockland, 1803, aged 82.
John Sampson, Esq., March 1796, aged 76. Thomas

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Sampson, 1856, aged 71 years. Frances Anna, his wife,
of same year. The arms of Sampson are: Argent, a
cross moline, azure.

Also John Sampson, Esq., of Polsloe Road, Exeter,
County Devon, owned the Manor of Itton.

In the register of Halesowen Church, County Wor-
cester, William Sampson was baptized in 1579, a son of
William Sampson. In Aldenham, County Hertford,
the Manor of Wall Hall was granted to William Sampson,
Yeoman, for 70 years.

A John Sampson was Vicar of Rushden in 1346 and was
succeeded by his son, Ralph Sampson, in 1361.

A Mr. Sampson, Rector of Ripley gives these two records :
In this stone are deposited the remains of Margaret
wife of Thomas Sampson, D.D., of this Parish, Rector
of Groton, County Suffolk,

Also of the Reverend Thomas Sampson, D.D., husband
of the above, who departed this life March 31, 1839,
aged 74 years.

CHAPTER VII

I will close this History of the Sampsons in England
with a few references to those who lived, or were educated
at Oxford, and will also add a collection of numerous notes
of the Sampson Family in many counties in England.

In taking up so much space with these records of mar-
riages, deaths and other brief mention, I feel that I may
assist others who, hke myself, have searched far and wide
for matter to aid them in tracing the history of their
immediate family.

From Oxford City Documents by J. E. R. Rogers, we
learn that John Sampson was a juror in 1303, and in
1380 Thomas Sampson and his wife Isabella and servant
Alice were residents of Oxford City.

On a gravestone at Oxford is this inscription: ""This is
Dr. Sampson's Vault."

James Sampson was a citizen of Oxford in 1561, and
John in 1570. These took oaths of citizenship. One of
the Sampsons, occupying a prominent position in Oxford
College, was Henry, who was Principal of St. Mary's
Hall in 1430. Provost of Oriel College in 1449. At one
time Proctor and connected with Bedell Hall.

In 1454 he was made Bishop of Worcester. This same
Henry Sampson gave several MSS. to Oriel College and
of especial value was Eusebius' Ecclesiastical History
written in Latin, and 500 years old.

Henry Sampson was Prebendary of Wells in 1736.

In FenlaTid's Notes and Queries I find a few more Church
notes:

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The Advowson of the Rectoiy was sold by the Cor-
poration of Boston, County Lincohi, and purchased by
Alexander Sampson. Sampson was presented in 1718 and
died in 1736;

John Sampson of Eyldyeclu, in 1461 bequeathed 3s,
4d. for a trental of St. Gregory's to be celebrated.

Henry Sampson was Rector of the Church of Creeton
in the reign of Henrj^ III.

Roger Sampson was presented with the Advowson of
the Church of Easton in 1299.

John Sampson, of Criths, was of Kings College. Vice-
Provost of his College. He accepted the College living
of Kingwood, County Hants, but died before presentation.
He became D.D. in 1516.

In April 1890 the Rev. R. N. Sampson was Head Master
of Hawkshead Grammar School, Lancaster, England.

From a book called General Gleanings in England, I
quote some Wills :

Sir Thomas Foot, of West Clandon, County Surrey,
Knight and Baronet, in his will proved 1687, give ''To
my cousin, the Widow Sampson, and her daughter, Mary
Sampson, and Robert, son of my cousin Sampson. . . .

Edmund Duckett Sampson, of St. Olaves, Southwark,
County Surrey (hat band maker), wills in 1620 to "His
Mother, Dorothy Sampson, widow, and a sister Dene
Sampson, also a brother Edward Sampson."

Katherine Sampson, in diocese of Bath of Wells, proved
1627, wills to "Cousins John, Susan and Mary Sampson,
and three sisters, Jeanne, Jane and Edith Sampson, and to
a daughter of her brother William." The overseers to
be Richard Sampson and Thomas Norris, and she also
incorporates in the will that "Brother Henry Sampson
oweth me 26 pounds "

John Sampson, of Memburie, County Devon, made his
will appointing his sister Bridgett Mamord, executrix.
It was opposed by John Longe, son of a sister, and Anne

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Kolwell, Thomasine Lippincott and Catherine Harvey,
all sisters of the deceased, July 1620.

Some members of the bar of Sampson family were
Capt. Francis Robert Wynn Sampson, called to the bar
1880, second son of George Sampson, of London. A
student of the Middle Temple.

James Sampson, student of the Middle Temple, called
to the bar 1838. Seventh son of the Rev. Thomas
Sampson, of Wandsworth, Surrey.

Samuel Arthur Sampson, LL.D. student of Lincoln's
Inn, called to the bar 1875, only son of Samuel Sampson,
of Hendon, County Middlesex. Born 1850, married
Nina, a daughter of Fred S. Hull.

Louis Sampson, B.A. Christ Church, Oxford, student
of Middle Temple, called to the bar 1868, eldest son of
Louis Sampson, Esq. of London. Married in 1865
Frances Anne, daughter of Admiral John L. Stokes, of
Scotch well.

Matthew Sampson, eldest son of Alexander Sampson,
of Shirbeck, County Lincoln, admitted to Gray's Inn
1738.

Nathaniel Sampson, of Leicester, Gentleman, admitted
to Gray's Inn, 1626; a son of Thomas Sampson, Dean of
Christ Church, Oxford.

Robert Sampson, admitted to Gray's Inn, 1555.

William Sampson, son of William Sampson of South
Leverton, Gentleman, admitted to Gray's Inn, 1662.

MARRIAGES

Maria Sampson, daughter of Richard Sampson of
London, married Thomas Paramour, in 1619. He was
Mayor of Canterbury, in Kent, and lived near Hordwiche.

46 THE SAMPSON FAMILY

Margaeet Sampson, daughter and co-heir of George
Sampson, of Sampson's Hall, Kersey, County Suffolk,
married Francis Colby, of Harkstead, County Suffolk.

Alice Sampson married John Goodman, of Chester,
County Chester.

Bethseba Sampson married Hercules Michel, of
Bodwin, 1621.

Sampson, daughter and heiress of George

Sampson, married Sir John Crofts, of West Stow, County
Suffolk.

Isabella Sampson, daughter of John Sampson, of
Adderly, County Salop, married Thomas Fyfe, of Spoon-
ley, afterwards of Wedacre, County Lancaster.

Alice Sampson, daughter of Sampson,

married John Goodman of Rushdon, County Hertford,
in 1500.

Mary Sampson, daughter of Sampson, of

London, married Wingfield Molesworth, of London, in
1613.

Edward Sampson married Ellen of St.

Andrew, Holbom, London.

Susan Sampson, daughter of George Sampson, of
Harkstead, County Suffolk, married John Elmer of
Risby, Lincoln County, in 1592.

Maria Sampson, daughter of Robert Sampson, of Ker-
sey, County Suffolk, married Lesley Cave, of Horspoole
Grange, in Parish of Thornton, County Leicester, in 1619.

Thomas Sampson, of County Leicester, married Maria
Everard.

IVL^RTHA Sampson, daughter of Humphrey Sampson,
of St. Mary's Axe, London, married Paul Collins, of St.
Martins in the Field, London, November 28, 1690.

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Thomas Sampson, Esq., of Moore Hall, Battle, County-
Sussex, son of the late Sampson, Esq., of

Moore Hall, married Julia, youngest daughter of Victor
de Mercie, Esq., of Brook St., London, and had a son, the
Rev. Gerald Victor Sampson, born at Winfield, 1865. He
was a curate of St. Barnabas, Pimlico.

Turner or Thomas Sampson, of St. Clement, Danes,
County Middlesex, married Mary Smith, October 24, 1679.

Eleanor Sampson, daughter of Henry Sampson, of
St. Anns, Black Friars, London, married John Strackerly,
January 30, 1691.

Thomas Sampson, of London, married Catherine Walt-
ham, daughter of George Waltham of Brenton, County
Devon.

John Sampson, of St. Bride's London, son of John
Sampson, of St. Bride's, married Elizabeth Bowles, of
St. Bride's, May 26, 1663.

John Sampson, of St. Andrews, Holbom, London,
married Ehzabeth Greene, January 29, 1667.

John Sampson, of St. Botolphs, Bishopsgate, London,
November 5, 1666, married Mary Beauchamp, of St.
Giles, Cripplegate, London.

Edward Sampson, of Henbury, County Gloucester,
married Mary Long, November 24, 1684.

John Sampson, of St. Mary Magalen, Milk St., London,
married Elizabeth Humfreys, March 4, 1681.

Symond Sampson, of Kersey, County Suffolk, married
Elizabeth Southwell of Barham in 1561.

Agnes Sampson, of Hughley, County Bucks, married
Robert Bulstrode of Upton, County Bulstrode.

Sampson, married WiUiam Lathron, of

Shipworshire, County Essex.

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Thomas Sampson, of St. Mary Woolnoth, London,
married Abigail Boyce, September 28, 1663.

Antonio Sampson, of Nutts, in the Isle of Sheppy,
Comity Kent, married Abigail Hale.

Dorothea Sampson, daughter of Johannes Sampson,
of Spelmanden, Gondhurst, Kent Comity, married
Johannes Brookes, of Kent Comity.

Samuel Sampson, of Stepney, Middlesex County,
married Marina Cobb, August 14, 1688.

Elizabeth Sampson, of All Hallows, Barking, London,
daughter of Thomas Sampson, late of same place, Yeoman,
married John Nash, 1596.

Elizabeth Sampson, of Pencombe, Hereford County,
married Thomas Pitt of Pencombe, Hereford County,
Gentleman, in 1672.

Grace Sampson, of St. Magnus, London, married John
Newlands, of Orsett, Essex County, in 1573.

Rev. Charles Sampson, Rector of Ripley, Yorkshire,
and Llansannan, Denbighshire, Wales, married Mary
Anne, daughter of Stephen John, Esq., of Trewince, County
Cornwall. They had a son, Charles Johns Sampson, Esq.,
of Tower House, Carnarvon, Wales. Mr. Charles Johns
Sampson is a Justice of the Peace and D.L. for County
Carnarvon, and a commissioner of Income, Land and
Assessed Taxes. His oldest son is Rev. Desmond Henry
Wynn Sampson.

Sampson, only daughter of John Sampson,

of County Leicester worth 10,000 pounds, married

Ayres, of County Northampton.

Elizabeth Sampson, of All Hallows, Barking, London,
daughter of Robert Sampson, Esq., late of Kersey, County

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Suffolk, married George Drywoode, Rector of South Wok-
ington, County Essex.

Jane Sampson, of South Wokington, County Essex,
married Clement Callthorpe, of St. Michael, Basishaw,
1578.

Mary Sampson, age 19, daughter of John Sampson, of
St. Martin in the Fields, London, Gentleman, married
Charles Couchman, of St. James in the Fields, London.

John Sampson, married Mary Askewe, June 21, 1563.

Philip Sampson, Esq., of County Hereford, married a
Miss Wade, heiress to 14,000 pounds.

Miss Sampson, heiress to 14,000 pounds, married
Henry Johnson, Esq.

Elizabeth Sampson, daughter and heiress of Henry
Sampson, of Holm Lacy, County Hereford, married
John Hereford, of Prior's Court. She had a son, John
Hereford, who inherited Holm Lacy, in right of his mother.

Edward Sampson, of Henbury, County Gloucester,
married Mary, a daughter of Thomas Brown, Esq., of
Salperton, County Gloucester.

Eleanor Sampson, daughter of John Sampson, Esq.,
married Sir WilHam Jermey, Knight of Knodisham,
County Suffolk, one of the Judges of the King's Bench in
1477.

Edward Sampson, of Henbury, County Gloucester,
married Joanne Daubenny, daughter of George Daubenny,
of Redlands, County Gloucester, in 1807.

Barbara Sampson married John Poynter.

Barbara Sampson, daughter of Arch Deacon Edward
Sampson, of Cork, Ireland, married Henry Pilkington,
Esq., of Tore Abbey.

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Edward Sampson, of Henbury, County Gloucester,
only son of Edward Sampson, married Belinda, daughter
of Benjamin Way, in 1840. He was High Sheriff of
Bristol in 1847.

Rebecca Sampson married Peter Green well, Esq., of
Broomshields, in the reign of Henry VII.

Katherine Sampson, daughter of George Sampson, of
Playford, County Suffolk, married Nicholas Leventhorpe,
of Hertfield, County Essex, 1628.

Alice Sampson, daughter and heiress of William Samp-
son, Vice-Marshall of Callis, married Francis Wilford,
of Norrington, County Kent, 1558.

Bridgett Sampson, daughter of John Sampson, of
Sampson's Hall, in Kersey, County Suffolk, married
Thomas Cudmore, of Kebredon, County Essex, in 1634.

George Sampson, of County Somerset, married Eliza-
beth Hill.

Amphelis Sampson, daughter of Sir William Sampson,
Lord of Preston, County Nottingham, married Sir Ger-
vase Clifton, Knight. Sir Gervase, after the death of
his father, was Lord of the same manor and Warden of
the same Castle.

Judith Sampson, daughter of William Sampson, Minis-
ter of Swavesey, in County Cambridge, married Thomas
Fowle, of Overton, County Hants.

A daughter of Sampson, of London, married Thomas
Garth.

Margaret Sampson, daughter and heiress of Adam
Sampson, of Cotton Sup le Wold, in County Warwick,
married William Dixwell, of Tengreth, County Bedford.

Mary Sampson, married Walter Fites, son of John
Fites, of Fitesford, County Devon.

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John Piggott Sampson married Jane Fordham, 1857.
Is buried at Great Chester, County Essex.

Maria Sampson, daughter of Capt. Peter Sampson,
H.E.I. C.S. of County Hereford, married Joseph Toulurin.

Abraham Sampson, of South Leverton, had a daughter
who married Francis Hawks worth, Gentleman.

Ellen Sampson married Ralph Carr 1567.

Sampson married Mary Ward Plant, only

child of Benjamin Plant, of Sheffield Moor.

Helen Sampson, daughter of Nicholas Sampson, of
Foxhill, County York, married Stephen Bright.

Stephen Sampson, of Brampton, County Cumberland,
married Elizabeth Wylde.

William Sampson of Brampton, County Cumberland,
married Elizabeth Wylde.

William Sampson, of London, married Joan Locke.

Elizabeth Sampson, daughter of George Sampson,
Esq., of Harkstead, County Suffolk, married John St.
Paul, of Campsall, County York, living 1585.

A Sampson married a daughter of the House of Camock.

Nicholas Sampson married Ahce Chalres, of Hag-
worthingham, 1667.

Elizabeth Sampson, married Robert Cawdron, of
Great Hale, in 1600.

Jane Sampson, daughter of Thomas Sampson, married
Samuel Culverwell, of Cherry Burton, County York.
Buried at Scotter, 1635.

Richard Sampson, of Ireland, married Susan, daughter
of Roger Lemyng, of Barnetby, at Caistor, 1609.

Anne Sampson, married Anthony Guerard, of Market
Rasen, 1682, at Wragby, County Lincoln.

Alice Sampson, daughter and heiress of William

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Sampson, of Gainsborough, County Lincoln, married
Sir Wm. Thorold, Bart., who succeeded his cousin in 1717.

Richard Sampson, of County Salop, married Alecia,
daughter of Richard Pincell in 1623.

Mary Sampson, of Portsea, County Hampton, in 1782
manied James Wilson, of H.M.S. "Carnatic."

James Sampson, of County Hampshire, witness to
marriage of Mary Ann Sampson, to James Lethieullier
of H.M.S. "Orion" in 1795.

Martha Sampson, of Portsea County Hampshire,
married George Ellyett of Portsea, 1783.

Martha Sampson of Alverstoke, County Hampshire,
married Samuel Frost in 1746, of H. M. Fireship "Pluto."

Susanna Sampson, of Andover, County Hamsphire,
married Joseph Chapman, of Odiham, Hampshire County.

Mary Ann Sampson, daughter of John Brook-Sampson
and Sarah, of St. Mary's Exeter, married Peter Dickson
of All Saints, Southampton, in 1824.

Sampson married Innocent Castle, of Olney,

County Bucks, in 1634.

William Sampson married Dorothy, daughter of Robert
Thornhill, of Mareham-le-Fen, in 1740.

Elizabeth Sampson, daughter and heiress of John
Sampson, Esq., of Breaston in Derbyshire, and grand-
daughter of John Sampson, Esq., of Hewby, in York-
shire, Alderman of London, married Thomas Parkyns
of Bunny, County Nottingham, 2nd Baronet.

Sampson, married Juliana Jenken, of Bur-
wash, County Sussex. This was Sampson of Withersham.

Anthony Sampson of Notts, in County Kent, married
Abigail Hales, daughter of Humphrey Hales, Esq., of
"The Dungen."

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Mary Sampson, of Chester-le-Street, County Durham,
married Ralph Blakiston, of Chester-le-Street.

William Sampson married Elizabeth, daughter of
John Saye.

Agnes Sampson, co-heir of her brother John Sampson,
married Richard Colton, of Trenance, in St. Columb
Minor, County Devon.

Henry Sampson, of Pljonouth, County Devon, married
Thomasine Inkepence, daughter of Roger Inkepence,
of County Berks.

John Sampson, son of Henry and Thomasine Sampson,

married a daughter of Gorges, of Plymouth,

County Devon.

RiCARDA Sampson, a granddaughter of Henry and
Thomasine Sampson, married first William Hywish,
and second Sir Thomas Fichet.

other records of SAMPSONS

John Sampson, of Steep, County Hampshire, in 1768
witness to a marriage in Portsea.

Thomas Sampson, of Up way. County Dorset, had a
daughter Hannah.

Henry Sampson, of Brunswick House, Bowden,
County Chester, had a daughter Alice.

John Sampson, and Katherine, his wife, in 1421 owned
a portion of the Manor of Willishams.

Luke Sampson, lived in 1339, reign of Edward III.

Richard Sampson, and Richard and John, his sons,
lived in 1341, reign of Edward III.

Robert Sampson, son of Robert Sampson, of Sher-
bourne, County Dorset, father of John, 1763, and of
Robert next.

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Robert Sampson, son of Robert Sampson, of Fontwell,
County Dorset, Clergyman, brother of John, 1763.

William Sampson, son of Thomas Sampson, of Wands-
worth, County Surrey, Doctor.

Henry Sampson, son of Henry of Bruton, County
Somerset. Rector of Croscomb, Somerset, 1723-1750.
Canon of Wells 1736-1773. Vicar of Milton Cleveden,
County Somerset, 1745-1773, and Vicar of Sherbourne,
County Dorset, 1750-1753. His son Henry, also Rector
of Croscombe and Sulton, County Somerset, until his
death 1801.

John Sampson, of Southants, Vicar of Blewbury, County
Bucks, 1629.

John Sampson, son of John Sampson, of Charlton,
County Gloucester.

John Sampson, son of John Sampson, of Brewham,
County Somerset, Rector of North Cheriton, County
Somerset.

John Sampson, son of John Sampson, of Kersey,
County Suffolk, student of Inner Temple, 1671. Of
"Sampson's Hall," County Suffolk, buried in Temple
Church, May, 1674.

Brook Sampson, fifth son of Benjamin Sampson, of
Leeds.

Charles Henry Sampson, son of James Sampson, of
St. Georges, Hanover Square, Westminister.

Charles Henry, M. A., first son of Charles Stoke
Sampson, of Bedminster, County Somerset.

Rev. Desmond Henry Wynn Sampson, first son of
Charles John Sampson, of Carnarvon, Wales.

Edward Sampson, only son of Edward Sampson of
Henbury. High Sheriff of Bristol, 1847.

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Rev. Edward Francis Sampson, first son of Edward
of Bristol.

Rev. Gerald Victor, first son of Thomas Sampson,
bom at Ninfield, Comity Sussex, 1864.

Robert Sampson, of Comity Cornwall, Rector of Christ
St. Michael, Comity Devon, and Landewednack, Cornwall
1622.

Samuel Sampson, son of John of Bruton, County
Somerset.

Thomas Sampson, of Comity Leicester.

Thomas Sampson, son and heir of John Sampson, of
Colyton, Devon.

Thomas Sampson, son of Peter Sampson, of Liskeard,
County Cornwall, Vicar of Tynardreth, 1677, and of St.
Wenn, County Cornwall, 1680. (There is also a record
of a Martin Sampson in Liskeard.)

Thomas Sampson, son of Richard Sampson, of Gryls,
County Cornwall.

William Sampson, Secular Chaplain 1532-1533.

William Sampson of Whitchurch, County Dorset.

Records of an Alexander Sampson in Exon.

Nathaniel Sampson of London, Clergyman, (son of
Thomas, Dean of Christ Church), was Canon of South-
well in 1607 and until his death in 1611).

Rev. Edward Frank Sampson, first son of Edward
Sampson, Gentleman.

Rev. Gerald Victor Sampson, first son of Thomas of
Moor Hall, Battle, County Sussex. Was Curate of St.
Barnabas.

Henry Sampson, first son of Henry Sampson, student
in the Middle Temple.

56 THE SAMPSON FAMILY

John Sampson, of the Inner Temple, was buried, "in
the Round" on August 4, 1674.

Thomas Sampson, was Dean of Chichester, 1552.

Richard Sampson was Archdeacon of Cornwall in 1516-
1517.

Thomas Sampson, S.T.P., was Prebendary of London
1570 to 1589.

William Sampson, A.M., was Prebendary of Clifton,
1672. He died 1703 and was buried at Clay worth.
County Nottingham.

William Sampson, a baker in East Greenwich, makes
his will m favor of his son Edmund, 1569.

From a list in the '* Alumni Oxonesius" of students at
Oxford, I have copied a list of Sampsons:

William Frederick Sampson, only son of George
Sampson, of Salisbury, County Wilts.

Gavin Hamilton Sampson, son of Andrew Gibb Samp-
son, of Altrincham, County Cheshire, Gentleman.

Edward Sampson, second son of Lewis Sampson, of
Paddington, County Middlesex. Perpetual Curate of
Pike Ridware, County Stafford, 1873-4:. Vicar of Brere-
ton, County Stafford, 1874.

Herbert Sampson, first son of Henry Sampson, of
Manchester.

Louis Sampson, first son of Louis Sampson, of London.

Walter Mark Sampson, second son of Henry Sampson,
of Fallowfield, County Lancaster.

Edward Sampson, Vicar of Framfield, County Sussex,
1611, and of Kingsclere, County Hants, 1617.

Edward Sampson, son of Edward Sampson of Kings-
clare. County Hants.

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John Sampson, son of John Sampson, of Henbury,
County Gloucester.

John Sampson, son of Henry Sampson, of Bruton,
County Somerset, Clergyman.

John Sampson, son of Robert Sampson, of Thornford,
County Devon, Clergyman. John was Vicar of Bailing,
County Wilts, in 1773, and a brother of Robert, 1762.

John Sampson, son of Edward Sampson, of Henbury,
County Gloucester. John, father of Edward, 1829.

John Curran Sampson, son of William Sampson, of
Belfast, Ireland. This William is the "United Irishman"
who later fled to America and lived and died in New York
City.

Joshua Sampson, son of Joshua, of Retford, County
Nottingham.

SAMPSONS IN SCOTLAND

CHAPTER I

As I have stated earlier in this history, the Normans
who came over with WilHam, The Conqueror, were given
estates in both England and Scotland.

Whether the Sampsons were among those who were
given estates at that period in Scotland, I have not been
able to learn from any of my various lines of reading or
from any of the family with whom I have corresponded.

In the Scottish Antiquary, edited by the Rev. A.W.
Cornelius Hallem, M.A., I found this inquiry:

As I have enough matter for a complete history of the
Sampson family (in whichever way the name might be
spelled), I beg leave to ask through your columns for
any information of the Scotch Sampsons your subscribers
may have in order that no fact of importance may be
overlooked.

Thomas Sampson,

56 Avenell Road,
Highbury, London, W.

The reply, also published in a later copy of the Scottish
Antiquary, is as follows:

In a list of twenty-seven Sampson marriages, I find only
one connected with Scotland.

Lieut. Thomas Sampson, of the 59th Regiment, killed
at Java in 1811, married in 1809 Martha, youngest
daughter of Sir John Dalrymple, Baronet of Cousland,
and sister of the 8th and 9th Earl of Stair. Martha
is not mentioned among Sir John Dalrymple's children;
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62 THE SAMPSON FAMILY

in Dugdale's Peerage, vol. II, p. 523, Burke adds: She

died in 1863.

David Douglas,
Edinburg, Scotland.

I wrote the editor of the Scottish Antiquary to the
address given in their magazine, and received word from
publishers in Glasgow that the pamphlet was out of
existence. I feel that if such good authorities are unable
to trace Scottish Sampsons when living in Edinburg,
where it would naturally be easy to find many records
of the early history of Scotland, I should not feel dis-
appointed at my inabihty to trace ancestors in that
locahty.

The very earhest mention I have secured of a Sampson
in Scotland in that "the See of Brechin (which is in For-
far County) was founded by David I (King of Scotland)
in 1150," and that "Sampson was Bishop of Brechin
in 1180."

I have searched volumes of ecclesiastical history, and
find absolutely nothing concerning this Bishop — nothing
save the mere record that he was Bishop.

From Monuments and Monumental Inscriptions in
Scotland I copied this most interesting note:

In the Parish Churchyard at Kilmarnock is interred
Thomas Sampson, an early friend of the poet Burns, and
on whom he composed "Tom Sampson's Elegy."

Sampson was a prosperous seedsman and an estimable,
kindhearted man. On his tombstone, a plain slab set
in the west end of the Church, is the following:

Thomas Sampson died the 12th day of December,
1795, aged 72 years.

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"Tom Sampson's weel worn clay here lies,
Ye canting zealots, spare him,
If honest worth in heaven arise,
Ye'll mend, or ye'll win near him."

Burns.

Thomas Sampson was from the village of Riccarton,
near Kilmarnock, and in another record of this same
elegy, he is called ' ' Tom Sampson, the Worthy Old Sports-
man." I wrote Riccarton and received a letter from Mary
Ann Shedden, postmistress of that village, stating that
Tom Sampson had a son, Tom. This son married and
left a son and daughters, all of whom married. One
daughter went to Melbourne, Australia, and one married
a MacLaren and went to Liverpool to reside. Tom Samp-
son also had sons, William and John, and a daughter
Jane.

The following clipping from the Kilmarnock Standard
of August 26, 1911, is most interesting:

THE TOMBS OF THE SAMSONS

Laigh Kirk Burying-Ground.

Thomas Samson
Died 12th December, 1795
Aged 72 years.
Tam Samson's weel worn clay here lies.
Ye canting zealots spare him ;
If honest worth in heaven arise,
Ye'll mend, or ye'll win near him.

His Spouse

And their descendants and relations

Buried within this railing;

William Samson, their eldest son,

64 THE SAMPSON FAMILY

John Samson, their second son

also

D'arcy Lang, Spouse of

Thomas Samson, their youngest son,

also

D'arcy, Jessie and Gilbert

Their children.

This stone is erected by

Thomas Samson

Nursery and Seedsman, Kilmarnock,

In Grateful

Remember of his respected Father,

And Family, and of

Thomas, his eldest son, who died in the

Island of St. Croix.

The said Thomas Samson, who died at

Burnside, Kilmarnock,

24 Sept., 1856, in his 79 year.

IN THE HIGH CHURCH BURYING-GROUND

In Memory of

Mary Samson, spouse of Benjamin Smith,

Merchant, Kilmarnock,

Who died 25 June, 1829.

This stone is erected by Thomas Samson,

Nursery and Seed Merchant, Kilmarnock,

In grateful remembrance of his

Sister, Jean Samson,

Spouse of Matthew Milne, Seed Merchant,

Kilmarnock.

And daughter of Bums's Tam Samson,

Who died 30 Jany., 1872,

Aged 90 years.

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IN FENWICK CHURCHYARD

In Memory of

Jane Samson, wife of James Hunter Picken,

And

Daughter of Thomas Samson,

Kilmarnock,

Who died in 1870, aged 59 years.

Also

James Hunter Picken, who died 1878,

Aged 72 years.

I also wrote Perth, Scotland, and from the Sanderman
Library, in Perth, I received a letter informing me of two
Sampsons living in Perth still; a Mrs. Harriet Sampson
and her son Bertram. Mrs. Harriet Sampson (to whom
I wrote), kindly sent me a note in which she stated that her
husband came from Robertown, near Leeds, County
York, and his father's family belonged to Yorkshire.
That she had lived in Perth forty years and had never
heard of anyone else of the name in Perth,

There is, however, an "Anne Sampson" mentioned in
a volume of "Americans of Royal descent" which gives a
pedigree from King Robert the Bruce, of the Macalester
family in which occurs this marriage — Charles Macalester
to Anne Sampson, of Perth. They came to America and
settled in Philadelphia, where Mr. Macalester became a
most successful merchant, and built and ran his own
ships between this country and England. They raised a
large family of children and a number of their descendants
are living today in different parts of the United States.
Anne Sampson Macalester was written of as being a most
exemplary mother and fine specimen of womanhood.

There is a boat running today on the Potomac River

66 THE SAMPSON FAMILY

called the "Charles Macalester," named after the Scotch
Macalester who married Anne Sampson.

In a register of testaments in Glasgow are the following
Sampsons, showing you there must have been quite a
few families of that name located there :

George Sampson in Auchenlick Mill, 1682.

George Sampson in Auchenlick Mill, 1781.

James Sampson in Auchenlick Mill, 1682.

James, son of James Sampson, deceased in Speirstown,
Parish of Ochiltree, 1672.

John Sampson in Byre of Barquhairrie, Parish of Gal-
ston, 1672.

Christopher Sampson, in Cottertown of Benschi,
Parish of Kirriemuir, 1614.

James Sampson, in Craw Nest of Glen of Ogilvie.

David Sampson in Hauch of Phinsarin, and Isabel
Baxter, his spouse, 1663.

Jean Sampson, 1668.

John Sampson, in Coltown of Blerrifeddene, Parish of
Fermerine, and Isabel Wacker, his spouse, 1613.

Thomas Sampson of Braidwood, Parish of Innerweik.

Margaret Sampson, 1657.

Thomas Sampson in Braidwood.

Archibald Sampson in the Netherbow, Parish of Res-
cobi, 1607.

Barthelmo Sampson in Nethermaine of Chirnesyde.

James Sampson in Swanstonlaw, 1667.

John Sampson, Newbigging, 1665.

Thomas Sampson in Lyntown-Brigg, Parish of Preston-
kirk, constable of Haddington 1609.

Francis Sampson.

There is mention of a John Sampson in 1297 in King
Edward's reign as hving in Berwick. A John Sampson
of England, in the 26th year of King Edward's reign,
was constable of Stirling Castle, 35 miles from Edinburgh.

SCOTLAND 67

John Sampson is witness to the baptism of a child, Septem-
ber 8, 1743, in the old regiment, commanded by Lieut.
Gen. Murray, in the Marlborough campaigns.

Adam Sampson was taken prisoner in 1651 by Major
Scot and his party at Drumlanerwick, Scotland.

There is mention of a David Sampson of Glamis Castle
in 1684.

In a list of marriages in Edinburg records are the fol-
lowing Sampsons:

James Sampson married Margaret Whyte, 1671.
Janet Sampson married Katherine Knox, 1606.
John Sampson married Catherine Bird, 1610.
John Sampson, son of John Sampson, married Catherine
Mayn, 1699.
William Sampson married Bessie Lowthaine, 1625.

My convictions, in view of the study I have made of the
Sampson family, are fully established on one point, that
the Sampsons of Western Pennsylvania were the Scotch
Sampsons who went to Ireland, rather than the English
Sampsons who also took up land in Ireland about the
same date. Nearly all the Sampson family in Western
Pennsylvania (as well as the large branch who are de-
scendants of Joseph, who emigrated from Pennsylvania
to Ohio) are Presbyterians. The Scotch who crossed
the sea and settled in Ulster were also Presbyterians,
while most of the English who took up large estates in
Ireland adhered to either the Catholic or the Episcopal
Church.

A Mr. Ralph Sampson (one of the descendants of the
Ulster Sampsons) who now lives in Oban, Argyleshire,
Scotland, advises me he is confident his family went into
Ireland from Scotland.

68 THE SAMPSON FAMILY

In a volume of Ulster Archaeology, I find that

the Scotch came to Ireland mostly from Mull of Gallo-
way, which lies near Donaghadee in County Down, and
the Mull of Kintyre, which points to Ballycastle and
Fairhead in Antrim. In the latter case the sea passage
is reduced to about fifteen miles, and in the former is
about twenty miles, a fact which is of great importance
at any time, but was of a vast deal more then.

Sir William Brereton states that in 1685 about ten
thousand persons have within ten years left the country
wherein they lived, which was between Aberdeen and
Inverness, and are gone to Ireland.

I will also quote from J. H. Burton's History:

It would be useless to attempt to discover the causes or
the exact times of the immigrations of the Scotch to Ulster.

The Irish history of the period is signally indistinct
and confused and there was no more to fix attention in
the progress of the migration than that people of kindred
race sailed over narrow seas and mingled with each other.

So close was their intercourse that we hear of High-
landers summoned from Kintyre by signal fires on the
opposite coast of Ulster. In the Irish annals and state
papers the newcomers are called Scots.

Another most interesting article from the pen of Michael
McDonough on this Ulster Irishman in Irish Life and
Character:

How long has he been in Ulster and how did he get
there? In the closing years of Elizabeth's reign the Celtic
chiefs of Ulster rose in revolt. After a long and bloody
struggle they were defeated, driven from the country or
hanged, and their vast territories were confiscated to
the crown.

Only 20 miles of sea divide Ulster from Scotland. It
was this geographical fact, perhaps, which suggested to

SCOTLAND 69

James I (who had become king just after the final over-
throw of the rebelhous Celtic chieftans) the idea of
planting the confiscated estates mainly with Scottish
agriculturists.

Many English were also sent over but the vast bulk
of the settlers were Presbyterian Lowland Scots. And
there, in that northwestern corner of Ireland, their
descendants have since lived and thrived, constituting
for close on three hundred years a separate race with a
different creed, different social manners and habits of
thought, and a different utterance from the original
inhabitants of the country.

There are nine counties in the Province of Ulster:
Antrim, Down, Armagh, Derry, Fermanagh, Tyrone,
Donegal, Monaghan and Cavan.

The Scotch and English settlers penetrated into all
these counties, but they concentrated themselves mainly
in the first five, the nearest to their original homes.
The Ulster Irishman is proud of the fact that his ancestors
fought behind the walls of Derry at Enniskellen and on
the Banks of the Boyne for the Prince of Orange. And
on the 12th of July the anniversary of the Battles of
Boyne and Aughrim, the two engagements in Ireland
which decided the issue of the Revolution of 1690 and
placed Wilham of Orange securely on the throne, he takes
down his old fowling piece which hangs over the mantle
shelf, and donning his Orange regalia — for of course he
is a member of the Loyal Orange Institution — he marches
in the Orange procession with bands and banners through
the neighboring town or village.

The Rev. John S. Macintosh, D.D., has made a number
of speeches on this subject and in an eloquent historical
address at the Scotch Irish Congress at Columbia, Tenn.,
1889, on "The Scotch and Scotch-Irish," said:

If we be not the very peculiar people, we Scotch-Irish
are a most peculiar people, who have ever left our own

70 THE SAMPSON FAMILY

broad, distinct mark wherever we have come. We have
our distinctive marks, and like ourselves, they are strong
and stubborn. The typal face, the typal mode of
thought, the typal habits of work, tough faiths, unyield-
ing grit, granite hardness, close-mouthed self -repression,
clear j&rm speech when the truth is to be told; God-
fearing honesty, loyalty to friends, defiant of death,
conscience, and knee-bending only to God; these are our
marks. And they meet you and greet you in the hills of
Tennessee and Georgia; you may trace them down the
valleys of Virginia and Pennsylvania, cross the prairies
of the West, and the savannas of the South; you may
plow the seas to find them in the Western Bays of Sligo,
and beneath the butting rocks of Donegal, thence you
may follow them to the maiden walls of Dei-ry, and among
the winding banks of the Silvery Bann — onward you may
trace them to the rolling hills of Down and the busy
shores of Antrim. And sailing over the narrow lough
you will face them in our forefathers coUier homes, and
gray keeps of Galloway, Dumfries, of the Ayreshire
hills and the Grampian slopes. These racial marks are
birth marks, and birth marks are indelible.

In another address of the Rev. John S. Macintosh on
"The Making of the Ulsterman" in Pittsburgh in 1890
he teUs us :

I have drawn very largely in this study on the labors of
two friends of former years, but more largely have I
drawn upon my own personal watch and study of this
Ulster-folk in their homes, their markets, and their
Churches. From Derry to Down I have lived with them.
The Scotch settlers in Ulster were a picked class, (as he
proves from oJQBcial and state papers). The Scottishman
came with better manifest character, they are better
accompanied and attended than even the English settlers.
Just as to these Western Shores came the stronger souls,
the more daring and select, so to Ulster came the picked
men to be Britain's favored colonists.

SCOTLAND 71

A family of Samsons lived on "Demlaw Farm," the
last of whom, a Miss Samson, died in the Spring of 1910,
80 years old.

While searching for connections in Pennsylvania,
I had some correspondence with one or two Sampsons
whose ancestors came directly from Scotland, and I
will add their family tree, or as much of it as I have been
able to secure: (See Chart 1.)

Mr. Charles Samson, of Kirriemuir, Forfar County,
Scotland, also assisted me as much as he was able to
collect regarding his family, and his line is as follows:
(See Chart 2.)

Through Mrs. Hugh Samson, of Riccarton County,
Ayrshire, I gained a short record: (See Chart 3.)

A John Samson lived at Ochiltree, near Cumnock.
His widow leased the coal fields at Shewalton, from Lord
Glasgow. They had two 'children, Charles and Alex-
ander, both dead, but the widows are living — Mrs. Charles
Samson, at Laurel Bank, County Ayrshire, and Mrs.
Alexander, at Park Terrace in the same section. I wrote
to both and received most indifferent repUes, and a decided
refusal to give any information concerning the Samson
ancestors.

The tree of the noted "Tam Samson" of Kilmarnock
is as follows: (See Chart 4.)

A hst of the Samsons now living in Kihnarnock and
Riccarton, furnished me by the General Post Office at
Edinburgh, is:

Mr. James Samson, No. 1 Barbadoes Road.

Mr. James Samson, No. 52 Old St., Riccarton,

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Mr. William Samson, No. 7 Picken St., Riccarton.

Mr. William Samson, No. 86 Hill St.

Mr. William Samson, No. 20 Langland St.

Mrs. Hugh Samson, No. 28 Picken St., Riccarton.

In tracing a family of Sampsons in Virginia through
some members of the family now living in Richmond, Va.,
I learned that their ancestors came from Dumfermline,
County Fife, Scotland, but I will give an account of
this family under "Sampsons in Virginia." This branch
spell the name with the 'T", while the line in Counties
Forfar and Ayrshire, Scotland, use the old Bible spelling.

It would have been a great satisfaction to have been
able to state definitely where the Ulster Sampsons came
from in Scotland, and if this sketch is read throughout
the various sections, where it will be distributed, some
reader may be able to give the long sought and desired
information.

SAMPSONS IN IRELAND

CHAPTER I

Mr. James R. Sampson, of Wellsboro, Tioga County,
Pa., who is a descendant of the Sampsons of County-
Tyrone, Ireland, gave a most interesting and instructive
address at a ''Sampson Re-union" held in the year 1909.
This "Re-union" is held annually by the members of the
Sampson family whose ancestors lived in Ulster, Ireland.

Address of J. R. Sampson, at Sampson Re-union, held at
Smythe Park, Mansfield, Pa. September 3, 1909.

My friends, it is not my purpose at this time to give you
much of a history of the different families of Sampsons,
but of the class of men they came from.

In the year 1700 there was a Scotch colony in and about
Ulster, and it is a fact that they were a part of the same
who came to this country in the year of the Londonderry
siege. The colonists were so succeessful in their woolen
industries that the English manufacturers became alarmed
and secured legislation that almost crushed this industry
in Ireland. It is said that 20,000 Protestants at that time,
because of this, left Ulster for America. Then came the
Act of 1704, aiming to compel all to conform to the
Established Church. An Act of which Froude says
"If they intend to live as freemen, speaking no lies and
professing openly the creed of the Reformation they
must seek a country where the long arm of the Prelacy
was still too short to reach them." During the first
half of the eighteenth century Derry, Antrim, Tyrone,
Armagh and Down were emptied of Protestant inhabitants
who were of more value than all the Cahfornia gold mines.
In 1718 the tide of emigration began to swell into great
proportions. By 1727 it averaged over 5000 a year.
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80 THE SAMPSON FAMILY

There was a famine in 1740, and for some years the num-
ber who left Ireland grew to 12,000 a year, but the greatest
number leaving in a short period was in 1772, on the eve
of the American Revolution when the Irish landlords
raised the rents for improvements made by their tenants
and evicted thousands who were unable or unwilling to
meet the raise. Thirty thousand are said to have crossed
over at that time. We have graphic pictures of the
emigration fever in Ulster, the crowded ships constantly
leaving Belfast, for two months tossing on the Atlantic
and the frequent arrival of ships at Philadelphia and
Charleston.

For a little while Ulster Protestants sought Boston,
others sought other parts of New England. The only
New England member of Washington's cabinet, Secre-
tary of War Henry Knox, came of this stock, as did General
John Stark, who with the Green Mountain Boys, sixty
of them from Londonderry, won many battles.

It is said these Protestant immigrants brought from
Ulster to New England the potato. Some of the New
Englanders procured a few of these potatoes and planted
them in their gardens according to instructions, but
pronounced the little balls found on the top of the stalks
rather innutritious food. They found in plowing their
gardens in the spring that they had boiled the wrong end
of the vegetable.

But by far the largest stream of emigration entered the
United States at Philadelphia. From 1727 through to
the Revolutionary War, many turned aside into New
'Jersey, but a famous Scotch Irish Quaker Pennsylvania
governor directed the main stream west in the state to
battle on the frontier with the Indians. They crossed
the Allegheny Mountains to the headwaters of the Ohio;
they followed its valleys south as far as the mountains
extended; they settled West Virginia and west North
Carolina, and met there another stream of Ulster immi-
gration coming in from Charleston. They found their
way from these main lines over all the United States.

IRELAND 81

They gave the free school system to New Jersey and
Kentucky, and for nearly a century taught most classical
schools south of New York. Of the descendants of the
Scotch colony in Ulster, probably there are now in America
thousands to every one still living in North Ireland.

It is surprising to find how largely the Scotch Irish
influence dominated in founding the Presbyterian church
in the United States. France bred John Calvin the re-
storer of Presbyterianism, but the Presbyterianism of the
United States was moulded largely by the Scotch Irish pio-
neers. It is true what a modern historian of the Presby-
terian church says, that with the first emigration of the
Scotch Irish to America came the Presbyterian Church to
stay. The man more than any other who was a foundation
layer of the Presbyterian church in this country, was
Francis Makennie, bom in Ulster and educated at Glasgow
University. In Maryland on the narrow neck of land
between Chesapeake Bay and the Atlantic — a year or
two before Londonderry's siege — he founded the first
Presbyterian church in this country in 1729. One of the
great movements in the Christian church was that under
Whitfield but the leading spirit outside of Whitfield was
Gilbert, a tenant from Ulster. His father had come over
from Ireland with three minister's sons and became the
first great educator of the Presbyterian church, found-
ing the log college out of which grew Princeton College.

Before 1738, the organization of the first Synod, it
was found that forty of ninety-four enrolled ministers had
come from Ireland or Scotland. Nor was it only the
Presbyterian church that profited by this immigration.
Probably not more than one-third of the Scotch-Irish
element is now allied with the Presbyterian church.
By them the Methodist, Baptist, Episcopal and the
Disciple churches have been greatly strengthened.

Alexander Campbell, most active in founding the great
Disciple church, came himself from Ulster. These
early comers were not like many of the later immigrants,
they were not poor peasants but most of them fairly well

82 THE SAMPSON FAMILY

to do, and a large proportion of them well educated. A
historian says of them that they were probably the best
educated of the English race. They were rugged in their
convictions, men set in their ways and severe in their
judgments, but they suffered much for their faith, loved
God, prized His Bible, clung to the privilege of worshipping
together freely, and practiced liberty and equality. They
were accustomed to republicanism and representative
government in their church system. But their greatest
service was that of helping shape the thirteen colonies
into an independent republic.

A modem historian has written, it is no longer sufficient
to enumerate only Puritan and Quaker in the building
of our nation, it is now recognized that the Scotch-Irish
of Ulster contributed not less than any of these to the
make up of the young nation. Scotch-Irish have been
the backbone of new nationality, by them independence
was first advocated. Just a little before the Declaration of
Independence was adopted, the Scotch-Irish of North
Carolina in convention at Charlotte had adopted the
Mecklenburg Declaration. It read "We do hereby dis-
solve the political bonds which have connected us with the
mother country and hereby declare ourselves a free and
independent people, are, and of right ought to be a sover-
eign and self-governing association under the control of
no power other than that of our God and the general
government." The Declaration of Independence itself,
as we have it to-day is in the hand-writing of a Scotch-
Irishman, Charles Thompson, then Secretary of Congress,
was first printed bj^ another. Captain Dunlap, and was
first publicly read to the people by another, Captain
Nixon.

There were none who furnished more soldiers in pro-
portion to their numbers than the Ulstermen. It was
Patrick Henry, leading his fellow Scotch-Irish in Virginia
in the Revolutionarj^ War who said, "Give me Liberty or
give me death . " They gave New York her first Governor,
George Clinton, who served twenty-one years. Irish

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blood is credited to eight presidents: Jackson, Polk,
Taylor, Buchanan, Johnson, Harrison, Arthur and Mc-
Kinley. Now, my friends, such is the history of the men
who came from Ulster Scotch-Irish.

Another tribute to the Scots of Ulster, as well as the
Scots of Scotland, is from the address given by the late Am-
bassador Whitelaw Reid before the Edinburgh Philosoph-
ical Institution on "The Scot and Ulster Scot in America."
Ambassador Reid inferred in this address that these
two branches of Scots "deserved more credit for the mak-
ing of America than any other race of people — that there
would have been no United States without them." The
first general impression that the Scots and Irish Scots
really made America was, of course, slightly wrong, but
it was the result of the way in which Mr. Whitelaw Reid
emphasized the importance of this particular race in the
great crisis in the history of this country. (From Daily
News, Chicago, 111.)

Lord Roseberry , who was in the chair, followed Ambassa-
dor Reid in an address in which he remarked that in his
opinion the Ulster branch of the Scottish race was the
toughest, the most dominant and the most irresistible
race that at present existed in the world. (From Daily
Neios, Chicago, 111.)

George Bancroft of New England has stated that:

the first voice raised publicly in America to dissolve all
connection with Great Britain came not from the Puri-
tans of New England or the Dutch of New York, or the
Planters of Virginia, but from the Scotch-Irish Presby-
terians, and when the Declaration of Independence came
it summed up the conclusions to which the Scots and
Ulster Scots had been leading for years.

84 THE SAMPSON FAMILY

There are several families of these Scotch-Irish settlers
in Ulster by the name of Sampson. They scattered through
the counties of Tyrone and Londonderry, while many
of the younger element of these Sampsons emigrated to
America.

My information concerning these families was gained
by the courtesy and kindness of one family living in Pom-
eroy, County Tyrone, whose given names are Martha,
WiUiam and George. Martha and George live at "Lime-
hill," Pomeroy, and William at 'The Diamond," Pomeroy.

By means of quite an extensive correspondence with
this family of Sampsons, I learned the tradition handed
down from their great-great-grandfather was as follows:

Four brothers of the name of Sampson, settled in Bally-
loughlin near Cookstown, County Tyrone. Where these
brothers came from cannot be learned. Their names
were James, Ralph, George and Thomas.

James, who was the younger of the four, was the head
of this branch now living in Pomeroy. Little is known
of Ralph, or practically nothing. I discovered a will
in a list of wills sent me from Dublin and had it copied.
He writes himself as of Derryloran, Ballyloughlin. His

wife was Mary and the will was made in 1792.

The children mentioned are Robert, John, Eleanor, who
married Thomas Dreining, WilUam, Ralph, Mary, who
married John Adams, James, Thomas and George.

The records in the old church at Cookstown were burned
when the church was destroyed by fire a few years ago,
and some of the descendants of these Sampsons living in
Philadelphia, America, who made a pilgrimage to Cooks-
town to look up the records of their ancestors, were much
disappointed in finding nothing to reward their efforts.

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Some one of the Sampson family with whom I have
corresponded in Ireland made mention of the warm
friendship existing between a family of the name of Adams
and the Sampsons. Ralph's daughter, Mary, married
John Adams, while another account mentions a John
Sampson as marrying Mary Adams. This John, with his
wife, eventually came to America and settled in Pitts-
burgh, Pa. I am fully convinced that this John Sampson,
who married Mary Adams, was also a son of Ralph, and
that these marriages occurred very near together, as is
frequently the case where a brother and a sister of one
family are united by marriage to a brother and sister of
another family. If this inference of mine should chance
to be correct (and the dates will also allow of it), then the
four brothers, John who married Mary Adams, William,
Thomas and James, all of whom came to America and
settled in Western Pennsylvania, were sons of Ralph
Sampson of "Derryloran," BallyloughUn, County Tyrone
Ireland. The history of these four brothers will be found
under "Sampsons in Pennsylvania and Ohio."

Absolutely lost, or buried where we can find no trace,
is the story of Thomas, one of the first four of this quartette
of brothers of Ballyloughlin. I have never found a clue
in all my searching.

George, another of the four, is supposed to have gone
into County Londonderry and settled near Magherafelt,
and as the most of this line lived, and a number still live
in County Derry, I will add a chart as far as I have been
able to trace these Sampsons: (See Chart 5.)

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descendants. Such a large percentage came to America
and settled in Pennsylvania that I will place their charts
among "Sampsons in Pennsylvania and Ohio."

James was the great-great-grandfather of the Martha,
William and George now living in Pomeroy, County Tyrone
Ireland. Martha came to America in 1912 and located
with a cousin in Somerville, Mass., in order to study
nursing in Boston and qualify for a "Trained Nurse."
But she was recalled to Ireland in a short time by the
serious illness of one of her brothers.

CHAPTER II

The Scotch-Irish Sampsons were not the only branch
of this family to settle in Ireland. Another line went
into Ireland from England in the reign of Queen Eliza-
beth, of whom the head seems to have been a John Samp-
son.

Burke, in his interesting Families and their Vicissitudes
writes :

Sometime after the quenching of the great rebellion in
the reign of Queen Elizabeth, more than half a million
acres in the north of Ireland were at the disposal of the
English Crown, hence arose in 1610 the plantation of
Ulster with English and Scotch settlers, who were generally
soldiers of fortune, professional adventurers or cadets
of good families. Many of them found their way into
County Donegal, and these may be divided into two kinds
viz: those who arrived on the suppression of O'Donnell's
rebellion at the end of Elizabeth's reign, and those who
settled under James I in 1610.

The former were almost all of English descent, whereas
the latter were Scotch.

In Donegal the chief families of English descent were
the Gores, the Brookes, the Harts, and the Sampsons,
still extant in military descendants. Also the Wrays,
of Castle Wray, and Ards. Sampson, Brooke, and Hart
alone brought to Ireland one hundred halbediers at their
own expense to aid the Queen.

John Sampson, the head of this branch, had a vast
tract of wild mountain range lying on the sea and now
comprehending Horn Head and Ards.

Anna Sampson, a daughter of John Sampson, married
William Wray, and migrated into the very depths of the

Northern Donegal Highlands, where he purchased the
wild romantic and beautiful estate of Ards, probably
from his wife's family, who sometime afterward, in 1700,
sold the promontory Horn Head, with its glorious sea
cliffs and sublime views.

I am indebted to the Honorable WiUiam Jackson
Pigott, of Manor House, Dundrum, County Down, and
to Mrs. Amy Gem, of Oving Manor, Oving, Chichester
England, for much data regarding these families of
Sampsons. Both Mr. Pigott and Mrs. Gem are con-
nections. According to this "Pedigree" (which some of
my correspondents have informed me is doubtful), John
Sampson, who settled in County Donegal, Ireland, temp.
Queen Elizabeth was descended from David, Senior
Duke of Normandy, and the first of these two Normandy
Sampsons to come into England was Sir Harlovin Sampson,
who was one of the 629 Chiefs who fought in the Battle
of Hastings under William the Conqueror.

CHAPTER III

There were a number of distinguished Sampsons in
this line. One of them was, WiUiam Sampson, the "United
Irishman." He was exiled from Ireland and came to
New York in 1806, where he became well-known as a
prominent member of the bar for some years previous
to his death. He was associated with Thomas Addis
Emmet, Dr. McEwin and Wolff Tone, in Ireland, and
McGee in his History of Ireland says:

Emmet, MacEwin, Sampson and the family of Tone
were all reunited in New York, where the many changes
and distractions of a great metropolitan community have
not even yet obliterated the memories of their virtues,
their talents and their accomplishments. William Samp-
son became on his arrival in New York legal adviser to
Jerome Bonaparte. He is spoken of as being a Barrister
of fine attainments, great humour and unconquerable
buoyancy of mind.

William married and had two children, a son John Cur-
ran, and a daughter who married a son of Wolff Tone. He
died in 1836. His brother John Sampson, also came to
America, and in 1765 was one of the Councillors for Gover-
nor Arthur Dobbs, of North Carolina. This same
Governor Dobbs was of Scotch-Irish descent, coming
from County Antrim in Ireland, where he held the office
of High Sheriff and was a member of the Irish Parhament,

John Sampson continued to serve as Councillor under
Governor Tryon, and in the history of North Carolina,
which I read in the old State Library at Annapolis, Mary-
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land, I find continued references to the Honorable John
Sampson.

In 1784 Sampson County in North Carolina was formed
from Duplin County, and named Sampson in compli-
ment to the Honorable John. William and John also had
a brother Michael Sampson, who came to America and
married for his second wife a daughter of Judge Frederick
Jones, of South Carohna. These three children, William,
John and Michael, were sons of Arthur Sampson, who was
Vicar of Lambeg and Rector of Kilrea, in Ireland. In a
genealogy of one of the "Jones Families" I found the record
of Michael Sampson married to Jane Jones, a daughter of
Frederick Jones, judge of the admiralty of Port Bruns-
wick, South Carolina. They had four children: Mary

Ann married Sam. R. Jocelyn, Lucy married

Strong, Jane married Dr. Henry Walker, James married
Margaret Walker and moved west.

CHAPTER IV

A History of the Hart Family, published by Mitchell,
Hughes and Clark, of 140 Wardour Street, London, 1907,
gives the "tree" of this John Sampson, of County Donegal,
Ireland, with notes from Mrs. French, the last of the
North of Ireland Sampsons.

Three of the mistakes that have been explained to me
as in this "Pedigree" are 1st: There never was a David,
Senior Duke of Normandy; 2d: The only Sampson to
follow the Conqueror was Ralph de St. Sampson, as I
have already written in "Sampsons of England;" 3d:
Richard Sampson, Bishop of Chichester and Lichfield,
belonged to a different branch, and his ancestry is also
given under my "Sampsons in England."

The pedigree, however, about which there is some dis-
pute, is as follows: (See Charts 6 and 7.)

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It is very evident that the earliest Sampsons to leave
England for Ireland were those who espoused the cause
of "Richard le Clare, 2d Earl of Pembroke," who was
called "Strongbow." This Richard lived in Bristol,
England and was a cousin of Henry II. At the time of
the Prince of Leinster's offer of the hand of his daughter
Eva, and her dower of the Kingdom of Leinster to any
Nobleman who would assist him in recovering his kingdom
which he had lost, "Strongbow" obtained permission of
Henry II to take an army into Ireland. "Strongbow"
won in this conquest, which occurred in the years 1166 to
1168. He went into Ireland with 200 Knights and 1000
other troops.

Through a correspondence with Mr. Donat Sampson,
of London, and Father Patrick Sampson, of St. Patricks,
Athenry, County Galway, Ireland, I learn that the
Munster brancli of Sampsons in Ireland were supposed
to have accompanied Richard le Clare or "Strongbow."
This would be a much earlier date than that of the John
Sampson who took up an estate in County Donegal,
in the reign of Queen Ehzabeth; also far in advance of
the Scotch Sampsons who emigrated to Ulster during the
tide in 1610 to 1670. "Strongbow" was born in 1148,
conquered in Ireland in 1166 to 1168, and died in 1176.
Ralph de St. Sampson died in 1112.

Remembering there could not have been many families
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of Ralph's death in 1112 and the wars of "Strongbow"
in 1166, we must infer that the Sampsons who followed
''Strongbow" were not unlikely to be descendants of
Ralph, Bishop of Worcester, and Thomas, Archbishop
of York. This line of Sampsons adhered to the Catholic
faith, and in a letter received from Father Cornelius
Sampson, of Buckingham, Iowa — a descendant (of these
Sampsons), he tells some valuable history regarding his
branch of the family. I will quote his own words from
his letter %vritten to me in February, 1911:

As a boy I happened to copy a sketch written some forty
years ago by one, William Sampson (A Christian Brother)
who had access to documents at Kingston Castle, Mitchels-
town. County Cork, Ireland. From the sketch I learn
that about the year 1686 a Lieutenant John Sampson,
from Dunmanway, County Cork, was commissioned
together with a Captain Butler, by the Governor of
Munster, to take command of a body of troops to defend
the important pass or strategic position of Galbally.
This Captain Butler was a member of the Dunboyne
family and a kin to the 1st Duke of Ormond, who was
Lord Lieutenant of Ireland under Charles II (sketch).

At this time Sir John Cantwell lived at his castle in
Galbally. Sir John had extensive holdings in the vale
of Aherlow, in Castle Connell in the County of Clare
(sketch). ■

Being of a hospitable disposition. Sir John frequently
had the above named officers as his guests. After a
while his elder daughter, Margaret, became the bride of
John Sampson, whilst the younger daughter, Catherine,
became the wife of Captain Butler.

Butler and Sampson were fighting for James II, and it
was from his party that Cantwell received his title. The
Masseys also belonged to the Jacobm party but turned
to the other side when Wilham and Mary were in power
and as reward for their weakness, or worldly wisdom,

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were given the Cantwell estates in Aherlow and Castle-
connell when Cantwell refused to desert James II and the
Catholic faith. Rather than leave his castle to the
Masseys, Cantwell, upon getting 24 hours to consider,
burned it to the ground and fled to Castleconnell (near
Limerick). His stay at Castleconnell was short, as the
Masseys and their new allies soon appeared and took
possession there also. From Castleconnell Sir John fled
to Scariff, County Clare, accompanied in his wanderings
and persecutions by his son-in-law, John Sampson. Butler
returned to his friends in Kilkenny when Cantwell was
deprived of his estates. This would be about the year
1690.

The Cantwells were descended from a progenitor who
went to Ireland with "Strong-bow." As to the Sampsons,
tradition differs, and as the writer of the sketch never
met any of the family of John from Dunmanway, he did
not know what information they possessed, though he
seems to have thought that they came originally from
Scotland. Quite a few think they also were descendants
of followers of ''"Strong-bow."

Sir John Cantwell, his daughter and son-in-law, Samp-
son, died in Clare, but at their request were buried in
the old cemetery at Galbally (on the border between
Limerick and Tipperary). The children of Sampson
remained in Clare — except one of the oldest (if not the
very oldest), named also John, who in time went to
Mitchelstown, County Cork, with his cousin, Dr. Butler
afterwards Archbishop of Cashel. This Dr. Butler was
the son of George Butler and Catherine King, daughter
of Lord John King, of Mitchelstown. George Butler
was the son of Captain Butler and Catherine Cantwell
and so a first cousin to John Sampson.

From this John Sampson are descended the Sampson
families now scattered through the counties of Lime-
rick, Tipperary and the North-East part of the County of
Cork. They now live as tenants on the lands formerly
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96 THE SAMPSON FAMILY

banished because of their fidelity to their religion and to
James II.

Though I grew to manhood in Galbally and often saw
the resting place of Cant well and Sampson, I never heard
anything of the Clare branch except that there was such a
thing. It seems strange that as the first named John and
his immediate descendants lost all trace and knowledge
of the Dunmanway branch, that the same should happen
between the descendants of the second John and their
Clare relatives. Some forty or fifty years ago there were
some of the Dunmanway branch in the city of Cork.
One was a lumber merchant and one married to a Mr.
Beamish (one of the Brewers). Their names were men-
tioned in the sketch but the writer merely heard of them.
There may be several of them in that part of Ireland and
they may know more about the family of Lieutenant John.

CHAPTER VI

Hoping that I might secure more information that
would throw Ught on the earher history of this line of
Sampsons, I wrote to various parties in County Cork,
with no satisfactory result.

A thorough search through all the histories of Ireland
fails to give any trace of these "Sampsons of Dunmanway,
County Cork." However, I will add some of the "tree"
in which work I was greatly assisted by a Mr. John
Sampson, of Paterson, New Jersey, who traces his an-
cestry back to Lieut. John Sampson.

According to all the authorities I have consulted, one
thing is conceded, that Lieut. John Sampson, of Dunman-
way, and later of Galbally, is the first Sampson of this
line concerning whom authentic history is known. Another
grave in the old Galbally Cemetery is also marked "John
Sampson, Died 1727." A note in the sketch written by
Father William Sampson, the Christian Brother of
Clonmer, County Tipperary, speaks of a John Sampson
of the town of Galbally who died in 1727 and who, during
his life, had been devoted to the interests of Charles I.

Another interesting item in this sketch of Father Wil-
liam's is that the remains of Lieut. John Sampson and his
wife, Margaret Cantwell, are interred "near the site of
the ancient altar" in Galbally.

The inscription on John Sampson's tombstone runs
thus, in bas-reUef:

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Here lyeth the body of Mr. John Sampson
who died ye 17 day of September, 1742.
Aged 85 years, and that of his wife,
Margaret Sampson alias Cantwell, who
died ye year 1743, Aged 57 years.
R. I. P.

Commencing with Lieut. John Sampson, who fled into
County Clare with his father-in-law. Sir John Cantwell,
the relatives advise me of several children, of Lieut.
John's. Among them were Robert, William and Simon,
who eventually settled in County Limerick. Others
remained in County Clare and from them branches out
another "tree" of Sampsons, called "The County Clare
Sampsons." One, Sir John Sampson, went to Mitchels-
town. County Cork, and later settled on a farm near
Brigown Church, so is called John Sampson, of Brigown.
He married and had six children. A series of charts
will best explain this numerous family. (See Charts 8,
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These five charts serve to show, in a degree, the extent
to which this branch increased and spread into different
sections of the country. There are some attractive bits
of history connected with these Sampsons in Munster.
Munster includes the countries of Clare, Limerick, Tip-
perary and Cork, in all of which countries different members
of the Sampson family seem to have settled. One of the
County Clare branch is said to have married a brother of
the celebrated Patrick Sarsfield. In this line is a son
called Sarsfield Sampson; also a son of Mary Sampson,
who married Patrick Naish, is named Sarsfield Naish.

Father Patrick Sampson, of Athenry, County Galway,
in one of his letters, tells me there is a place near Castle
Connell, in County Kilkenny, called "Sampson's Court."
This must be the same "Sampson's Court" spoken of as
near Ballyragget, the seat of the Butlers, so warmly
associated with the Sampsons at this date. This "Samp-
son's Court" was once a fine mansion, but is now in ruins.
It appears that the Sampsons of this vicinity lost nearly
all their possessions under Cromwell, and after the fall
of Limerick.

According to one tradition, Lieut. John Sampson, of
Dumnanway, was at one time a Magistrate in that town,
previous to his joining the army.

The Sampsons were once a strong family in County
Kilkenny, which helps to prove they came into Ireland
with "Strongbow," as his adherents numbered many
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families of this county which was also his home. Among
his followers were the Fitzgeralds, Butlers, Barrys and
Cogans.

Father Patrick Sampson also expresses clearly why
Lieut. John Sampson fled into County Clare. I will quote
his own words, written in a letter to me.

It is probable he left Galbally and Aherlow to defend
Limerick with Sarsfield; and when the Treaty of Limerick
was violated about 1695, and when the penal laws de-
prived Cathohcs of land, liberty and education, Lieut.
Sampson fled for safety to the east of Clare, in which
flight he was accompanied by his father-in-law, Sir
John Cantwell. The Cantwells also owned large estates
near Ballyragget, County Kilkenny, and in the Vale of
Aherlow.

Father Patrick, in one of his communications, refers
to the connection of the Sampson family with the famous
Sarsfield and is impressed with the idea that he, at one
time, heard that memorials, as well as the wedding ring
of this noted Patrick Sarsfield, was in the possession of
some of the Sampsons of County Clare. I have tried
in vain to secure any authentic account of these relation-
ships and friendships. The "Vale of Aherlow," in County
Kilkenny, is described as a most beautiful spot, and the
Sampsons living there were called ''the Sampsons of the
Glen," as they had lived there for generations. This all
fits in with the tradition that Sampsons came from
England with "Strongbow" in 1166, settled in County
Kilkenny and afterward, about the early 1600's, went into
County Cork, locating at Dunmanway.

The brothers of John Sampson of Brigown, who re-
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106 THE SAMPSON FAMILY

line; and their descendants are not aware where their
relationship or connection with Lieut. John or John of
Brigown begins.

Mrs. Dr. Francis Sampson, of Scarrif, County Clare,
kindly sent me a copy of their family ''tree," and I am
much indebted to her, as well as to Mr. Donat Sampson,
of No. 11 Powis Square, Bayswater, London, W.

The County Clare chart also is headed with a John
Sampson, born 1770. My theory is that this John was the
son of a brother of John of Brigown. We have to be
guided largely by dates in searches among these old records.
(See Charts 13, 14, 15, 16 and 17.)

A Richard Sampson of Cork, Ireland had a son. Rev.
Edward Sampson born in Cork in 1685. From 1726 to

1727 he was Rector of St. Pauls, Cork and Vicar of Dun-
boyne and Kilbride County, Meath. He resigned in

1728 and became Archdeacon of Ahaboe and died in
1734. His wife was Clotilda Barbara Lisle, and they
had four children, Edward Sampson, Alice Sampson,
Anne Sampson and Barbara Sampson who married
Henry Pilkington of Tore Abbey. This is no doubt a
branch of this same family who lived in Dunmanway,
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My work in this little book on Sampson History would
have been much more satisfactory could I but have
comiected the different families of Sampsons in Ulster.

The members of the family in Ireland all state that the
County Tyrone and County Londonderry Sampsons are
related — as they quaintly express in Ireland — they are
"friends;" they seldom, if ever, use the term "relation."

In tracing the line of the late Admiral William Thomas
Sampson, I secured a very large tree of this family whose
history seems to start in Tobermore, County London-
derry— County Londonerry is, by all the natives, called
"County Derry," and as this is a much shorter word I
will use it.

If you will look at a complete map of Ulster, you will
notice that Cookstown, Magherafelt, Moneymore and
Tobermore (in the two countries of Tyrone and Derry),
lie within a short distance of each other.

As I have already stated, George, one of the four Samp-
son Brothers of Ballyloughhn, near Cookstown, County
Tyrone, moved over into Magherafelt, County Derry,
so that we could easily imagine that Thomas, another of
the four brothers, might have settled in Tobermore, County
Derr5^

The Admiral Sampson line is headed by Thomas
Sampson, of Kilcronaghan, Tobermore, County Derr^y.
I secured a copy of his will from Dublin, which he made

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in 1750. He was married to Sarah Clark and had four
children.

This Thomas had a brother John, of whom there is no
record. My theory, after much study, is that there were
instead of "four brothers" settled in Ballyloughlin, a
number of them, and that John, the brother of Thomas
of Kilcronaghan is also the brother of James, George and
Ralph of Ballyloughlin, and also the same John who came
to America previous to 1760 — and died in 1800.

Dates are a great assistance in making these connections,
and the dates in this case would allow of my inference
being a correct one. Thomas Sampson, of Kilcronaghan
also had a son Thomas of Drumbellahagan, Tobermore,
who lived to be over a hundred years old. He married

Elizabeth and eleven children were born to

them.

One of these was James Sampson, who married Hannah
Walker. These were the parents of Admiral William
Thomas Sampson.

This history has been secured by the searching of rec-
ords and also by the courtesy of Miss Margaret Sampson,
of Killyberry, Castle Dawson, County Derry, who lives
with her father, Thomas Sampson in Killyberry, an own
cousin to Admiral Sampson.

The following charts will give the various branches of
this family: (Charts 18, 19, 20 and 21.)

From my various correspondents in Ulster and other
portions of Ireland, as well as America, I have accumulated
a record of several families of that section, all living near
each other, and surely must be some connection between
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The relationship, however, has been lost, and I can only
add the following charts hoping some one of the name
may chance to read this history who can explain the
connecting links:

In a letter from Patrick Sampson, of Slane, County
Meath, Ireland, he gives the information, as far as he
knows, of his people.

Patrick's son James, of No. 251 Harrison Street, Brook-
IjTi, New York, also adds that there is very little of their
family ancestry known. The first of this line known to
Patrick Sampson, of Slane, was his grandfather, John
Sampson, who married Margaret Hogg. They had a son
James, who was married three times, the last wife being
Mary Mooney, who had five children.

James and his wife lived in Drogheda, County Meath,
and the five children were:

(1) John, who emigrated to America in 1856.

(2) Mary, who emigrated to America and was never
heard from.

(3) James, who died.

(4) Robert, who died.

(&) Patrick, of Slane, County Meath.

James, son of Patrick, living in Brooklyn, has seven
children: Mary S., Augustine P., Robert, INIargaret C,
Theresa, Agnes B., John J.

Another incomplete branch is that given me by Mar-
garet Sampson, of Killyberry, and her uncle, George
Sampson, of Leitrim, in County Derry.

The first of this line is Jonathan Sampson, who married
Margaret Campbell, and had four children: Lotta,
Marguerite, John and WilUam.

William was twice married, first to Miss Pepper, by whom

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he had two children: Thomas, and John, who emigrated
to America in 1872. The second wife was Ellen McCool,
and she bore nine children:

(1) Robert, who lives in Colorado, America.

(2) Nancy, who lives in Huntington, Pa., U. S. A.

(3) Margaret.

(4) Jennie, who married Mr. Pickett.

(5) Mary Ann, who married Thomas Sampson, of Killy-
berry, spoken of in previous pages (I understand they
did not consider there was any relationship).

(6) Sarah, who married John Sloss.

(7) George, living in Leitrim, County Derry.

(8) William.

(9) Margaret, who married James Gardiner, and lives
in Queensland, South Africa.

Through correspondence with a Mrs. Louisa Sampson
(widow of a James Sampson) , who lives in Roxborough,
Philadelphia, Pa., I have learned of two others of the
name of Sampson in Tobermore, County Derry — two
brothers, named William and James.

William emigrated to America, and eventually settled
in Lancaster, Pa. He married and had six children:
James, Samuel, George, William, Robert and Margaret,
the only daughter, who married a McClure. She has
been communicated with and knows nothing of her an-
cestors.

The other brother, James, of Tobermore, County
Derry, married Ann Clark and had seven children:

(1) James, who died in 1900 and whose widow lives at
No. 4332 Boone Street, Roxborough, Pa.

(2) George, who emigrated to America in 1847 and died
in 1895.

120 THE SAMPSON FAMILY

(3) Thomas, who died in Chicago.

(4) Samuel, who died in 1906.

(5) WiUiam, who died in 1896.

(6) EHza, who died in 1897.

(7) Aim, who married L. Caldwell in Chicago, and had
two children: Sampson Caldwell, dead; Annie Caldwell,
dead.

Two small "trees" of the Sampson Family in Ulster
show a resemblance, but I can find no definite information
as to any relationship.

One is of a William Sampson, who lived in Gortagilly,
County Derry. William, also had a brother Abraham.
Wilham married Mary Maguire and they had four chil-
dren: Mary Ann, Hugh, Eliza and Jonathan.

(1) Mary Ann married Anthony McVeigh and had a
daughter, Ann McVeigh, who married T. Gormley, of
Belfast. Mrs. Gormley is still living at 23 Jennymount
Terrace, York Road, Belfast, Ireland, Mrs. Gormley
wrote me making inquiries regarding her uncle, Hugh
Sampson, who emigrated to Pennsylvania, U. S. A.
They had heard he had died leaving quite a property and
no heirs. However, he had married and had two children:
Mary Ann, and Jonathan.

The only Sampson of the name of Hugh that I have
heard of in America was

(2) Hugh Sampson, of Bedford, Bedford County, Pa.
He is mentioned in the Pennsylvania Archives as owning
property in Bedford, Pa. I even made a trip to Bedford
and examined the records in the Court House, but found
nothing relating to Sampsons.

(3) Eliza.

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He was called Dr. Sampson because of being a veterinarian,
and later in life lived at Coagh, County Tyrone. Jona-
than was twice married, 1st to a Miss Doughy, and 2nd
to a Miss Simmons. The children by the first wife
were: Wilham, Joseph, Mary, Ehzabeth.

The second wife had six children, Gabriel, Rebecca,
George, Alexander, Robert and Jonathan, of Urble Coagh,
County Tyrone. By correspondence with Jonathan, of
Urble Coagh, I learned of his family.

Among other wills I secured in Dublin was one of Wil-
liam Sampson, of Gortagilly, who died in 1811, and whose
wife was Mary .

William had two brothers, Thomas, of Gortagilly,
and John, of Knockokielt. This is proved by John's
will, as he makes his brothers William and Thomas, of
Gortagilly, guardians of his two children, Ebenezer and
Elizabeth.

William, of Gortagilly, who made his will in 1811, had
seven children. This branch is best explained by a chart :
(See Chart 22.)

Through correspondence with General Archibald John-
ston Sampson of Phoenix Arizona and his brother Hon.
Francis Sampson of the Missouri Historical Society of
Columbia, Missouri, I am advised of their branch of the
"Sampson Family," which according to their records
is also of County Tyrone, Ireland, and the same hne as
that of William, the United Irishman.

Tradition that has been handed down to them is that
there were four brothers went from Scotland into Ire-
land about the year 1650.

Two settled in the North of Ireland and two in the
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located in County Tyrone, and one in Dublin. The
first of Archibald and Francis Sampson's ancestors of
whom they have definite mention was Charles Sampson,
who was born in Clogher, County Tyrone in 1730, and
died there between the years 1808 and 1815. He was
said to be a man of prominence and held the position of
foreman of the grand jury. His associations with the
gentry made extravagances that eventually improverished
his estate. He married Elizabeth Blayney of the cele-
brated Lord Blayney family, prominent in County
Monaghan where they had a seat at Castle Blayney.

This connection, judging from dates was probably
about the time of the ninth Lord Blayney, who was born
1720 and died in 1775. His name was Cadwallader and
he succeeded his brother Charles Talbot, the eighth
Lord Blayney. Charles Talbot Blayney took religious
orders, and was associated with the diocese of Clogher,
in County Tyrone. He married an Elizabeth Mahon a
daughter of Nicholas Mahon and Eleanor Blayney, who
was a daughter also of Henry Vincent, the fifth Lord
Blayney. Cadwallader's wife was Elizabeth Tipping.
The repetition of the name Elizabath at this period leads
me to infer it was one of the daughters of either Charles
Talbot or Cadwallader Blayney who married Charles
Sampson of Clogher. Charles Sampson and Elizabeth
Blayney had six children the names of two only being
known by the descendants now living. These two were
John and Charles. Charles was the youngest, went into
the army and fought in the battle of Waterloo. John the
oldest child of Charles and Elizabeth was born in Clogher
about 1761. He married Sarah Gibson, daughter of
Francis Gibson, also of County Tyrone.

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John with his sons Francis and WiUiam came to America
about the year 1820. Wilham remained in New York,
while the father John with his son Francis located in
Harrison Coimty, Ohio.

Francis married Margaret Evans and to them were
born the two sons Archibald J. and Francis A.

General Archibald Johnston Sampson, son of Francis
and Margaret Sampson, was born in Harrison County,
Ohio, June 21, 1839. He graduated at Mt. Union Col-
lege in Ohio in 1861, and in the Cleveland Law School in
1866. He enhsted in the Union army during the Civil War
as private and became Captain. He married Kate I.
Turner in Cadiz, Ohio, September 18, 1866, (died in Den-
ver, 1886) ; 2d, Frances S. Wood of Joliet, lUinois, March
19, 1891. He practiced law at Sedaha, Missouri, 1865-
1873, Canon City and Denver, Colorado, 1873-1893, and
Phoenix, Arizona after 1893. He was nominated for
United States Consul at Palestine, 1873, but declined;
elected Attorney General of Colorado, 1876-79; Consul
at Paso del Norte, Mexico, 1889-93; Ambassador and
Minister Plenipotentiary to Ecuador, 1897-1907, being
the first person for over sixty years, living in a territory
to receive a diplomatic appointment. He is a Republican
and is a Past Department Commander of the G. A.R.
His residence is in PhoenLx, Arizona.

Francis Asbury Sampson born in Harrison County,
Ohio, February 6, 1842. Son of Francis and Margaret
Evans. College of the City of New York, A. B. in 1865
and A.M. in 1868. Law School of the University of the
City of New York, LL.B. in 1868. Married Harriette
Maiden Lacey of Cincinnati, July 23, 1869. Vice-Presi-
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for twenty years. Secretary and Librarian State Histor-
ical Society of Missouri, 1901 — . To it he donated some
17,000 publications.

In politics a Republican. Member of Methodist
Church. Member of the American Historical Association
and of the Mississippi Valley Historical Association and
first President of the latter. Of College fraternities he is
a Delta Kappa Epsilon and Phi Beta Kappa. Author
of pamphlets on natural history and historical subjects.
Editor of the Missouri Historical Review. Address
Columbia, Missouri.

The children of Francis A. Sampson and Mrs. Harriet
Maiden Lacy are:

(1) Leroy Vernon, born January 13, 1871; died June
29, 1879.

(2) Mary Isabel, born May 4, 1875; married Z. T.
Miller and has one son, Lloyd Miller.

(3) Francis Lacey, born July 29, 1882; married Mabel
Douglas July 20, 1907.

The children of Gen. Archibald J. Sampson and Kate
F. Turner are:

(1) Margaret AKce, born September 30, 1867; married
Alfred W. Chamberhn in 1887. Mr. Chamberlin died
October 10, 1904. No children.

(2) Lucie Bingham, born June 20, 1869; married
Frances M. Livermore December 30, 1896. No children.

(3) Archibald Jaynes, born December 12, 1872; married
Elizabeth Gallagher July 31, 1907. Archibald and Eliza-
beth have three children, two girls and a boy.

SAMPSONS IN PENNSYLVANIA

CHAPTER I

On the Greensburg Pike, some eight miles east of
Pittsburgh, Pa., which was the old road from Fort Pitt
to Philadelphia, there is standing today an old dead
walnut tree which marked one corner of the boundary
line of John Sampson's farm over one hundred and twenty
years ago.

This John Sampson, supposed to have come from
Ballyloughhn, County Tyrone, Ireland, was the father
of Joseph Sampson, who emigrated to Columbia, Hamilton
Countyj Ohio; and from all I can learn must have been
one of the first of the name, if not absolutely the first
Sampson to make a home in the wilderness of Western
Pennsylvania.

This John Sampson was also one of the so-called Scotch-
Irish who had fled from Scotland to Ireland because of the
persecution of the Catholics; and had emigrated from
Ireland to America because of increased taxation, and the
imposition of the landed proprietors.

In A History of the Scotch-Irish, by Hanna, we are told

that these Scotch people for a hundred years or more
after 1600, settled with their wives and families in Ulster,
in the North of Ireland, whence their descendants for a
hundred years after 1700, having long suffered under
the burden of civil and religious oppression imposed by
commercial greed and despotic Ecclesiastics, sought a
more promising home in America.

Also to quote from The Scotch-Irish in Western Pennsyl-
vania, by Hon. John Dalzell.
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When the estates of the rebels in Ireland (in the first
decade of the 17th century) passed into the hands of the
Crown, there passed into Governmental control some
eight hundred thousand acres, constituting the province
of Ulster. Here came the Scotchman as colonist and
pioneer; here he came to better his condition; it was the
best of Scotchmen that invaded Ulster, and here begins
the history of the Scotch-Irishman.

When the Scotchman went to Ulster he took with him
his individuality and his religion; he was a John Knox
Presbyterian.

The first great emigration from Ulster to Pennsylvania
was from 1717 to 1750. At this time, under the benign
sway of the toleration act of 1689, religious persecution
had ceased in Great Britain. But the long leases which
the land holders had granted upon the original coloniza-
tion expired, and they took advantage of the prosperity
which had attended the labors of the colonists and their
descendants to advance the rents to such high prices as
to be ruinous to many of the tenantry.

Having heard of the better land across the sea, where
they could be their own landlords, where tithes were
unknown and taxes light, they at once determined to
seek homes there.

Swank, in his Progressive Pennsylvania states that

We do not hear of any large emigration of Scotch-
Irish to Pennsylvania until 1710, about which year large
numbers began to arrive. Between 1720 and 1730,
eighteen Presbyterian congregations were organized in
Pennsylvania. There was a great wave of Scotch-Irish
immigration to Pennsylvania in the years immediately
preceding the Revolution. The Scotch-Irish became the
leaders in the settlement of Southwestern Pennsylvania.

From a history of Pennsylvania by Sydney George
Fisher, we find another account of these pioneers, many of
whom were your ancestors.

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The Scotch-Irish were Scotch and English people who
had gone to Ireland to take up the estates of Irish rebels
confiscated under Queen Elizabeth and James I. This
same James I, who was King of Scotland as James VI,
encouraged his Presbyterian subjects to emigrate to
Ireland and occupy the confiscated lands. Toward the
middle of the 17th Century the confiscation of Irish lands
by Cromwell increased the emigration.

These Scotch and English emigrants took long leases
and began to make these lands blossom like a garden.
They were, however, soon put to a severe test by the
persecution of Charles I, who, on succeeding to the
English throne on James' death in 1625, attempted to
force the Presbyterians to conform to the Church of
England. Then many emigrated to America, especially
when the long lease on which they held the Irish land
began to expire.

There is no family record of when John Sampson came
to Pennsylvania but I have found one indication that he
was living in Western Pennsylvania as early as 1760.
In volume second of the Pennsylvania Magazine, I find
this important information:

From record of men, women and children not belonging
to the Army, and living at Fort Pitt about 1760, are the
names of James and Margaret Sampson.

These are either two of John Sampson's children or his
wife, Margaret, and son James.

Fort Pitt was built almost on the point where the Alle-
gheny and Monongahela rivers unite to form the Ohio,
and was only eight miles west from the farm of John
Sampson. In those days the ravages of the Indians
frequently compelled all the inhabitants to flee to the
forts for protection, and these forts were usually kept
guarded by a sufficient force of soldiers for safety. Fort

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Pitt was built in 1759-1760 and had two powder maga-
zines under ground built with heavy timber and covered
with tarred cloth and earth. As late as 1773 Richard Penn
advised a small garrison be kept at Fort Pitt as a pro-
tection from the Indians. We have no way of learning
by what road or from which direction John Sampson came
to Western Pennsylvania. Writers on this subject say
that

Emigrants came in two currents, one from Eastern
Pennsylvania by way of Cumberland Valley, Fulton and
Bedford Counties and the Youghiogheny River; and the
other via the Potomac and Monongahela Rivers.

Neither have we any knowledge of how many of John
Sampson^s family were with him when he emigrated from
Ireland; nor any record as to when he took up this land
eight miles east of Pittsburgh. The only history we can
take our observations from are the records embraced in
the numerous volumes of the Pennsylvania Archives
and the court records in the Westmoreland County court
house at Greensburgh, Pa. In both the Pennsylvania
Archives and the Court Records, John Sampson's name
appears in the first volumes, which is a verification of the
idea that he was among the earliest Sampsons to locate
in this section. The most of the warrentees of land were
taken up from 1779 to 1792 by the various Sampsons —
and these warrantees embraced some 3500 acres. From
"Minutes of Board of Property," the board orders that
Capt. Thompson shall inquire into Wilkins location of
John Sampson who furnished it, and endeavor to find
the tree referred to as also the trees on two other tracts.
This I mentioned in commencing my story is undoubtedly
one of the trees here referred to and this land is now in

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Wilkinsburg, a town formed east of Pittsburgh, named
from the Wilkins referred to in the minutes. Another
reference to John Sampson, from the History of Westmore-
land County by Geo. D. Albert:

In 1773 upon petition of sundry of the inhabitants of
County Westmoreland for better roads from Fort Pitt
to the town of Bedford, the court appointed six men to
view said road and lay out the same.

One of these six men was John Sampson.

The will of John Sampson is in Volume I of the Greens-
burg Court Records. These early court records are the
ones preserved from the old and first court house es-
tabhshed in Westmoreland County at Hannastown in
1*769. This town was destroyed by the Indians on Satur-
day, July 13, 1782, but the court records were preserved.
The people who were at work in the fields were warned
of the approach of the Indians and fled to the Block House
and on their way took the court records from the log
court house into the block house, so they were saved.
And the new court house was erected at Greensburg
three miles south of Hannastown, where, in January
1787, the Westmoreland County Court commenced its

I doubt if the most vivid imagination can picture the
hardships and terrors of those early days in Western
Pennsylvania. Even the roads as late as 1786 were the
paths of the Redskins traversed by traders, Indians and
emigrants from the east. The houses were built of
logs, some of which are standing today in some sections.
The numerous Indians and the depredations they com-
mitted forced many of the men who were old enough,
to belong to "The Rangers," a body who could be called

134 THE SAMPSON FAMILY

upon to fight the Indians at anj^ hour, day or night.
Among these "Rangers on the Frontiers," as they were
called, were a number of Sampsons. In G. D. Albert's
History of Westmoreland Coimty is this record:

Thomas Sampson and William Sampson were Rangers
on the Frontiers belonging to Capt. Moses Carsons'
Company, July 9, 1776 to August 9, 1776, also Thomas
Sampson, Sr., and Thomas Sampson were Rangers on
the Frontiers in Capt. Morton's Company.

Nearly every farm boasted its own still in these pioneer
days and I was told by one of the old residents, whose
home is opposite the old farm of John Sampson, that
there was a spring and a still near that spring on the John
Sampson farm. The explanation is given by the Pennsyl-
vania Archives is this:

Grain was abundantly produced, but there was no mar-
ket. Trade down the Ohio, despite its danger, had then
no outlet, the lower Mississippi being in the hands of the
Spanish, The freight on a barrel of flour to Philadelphia
was as much as it would bring in the market. "Wheat,"
says the Rev. Dr. Caniahan, "was so plentiful and of so
little value that it was a common practice to grind that
of the best quality and feed it to the cattle, while rye,
com and barley would bring no price as food for man or
beast. The only way left for the inhabitants to obtain
a little money to buy salt, iron and other articles neces-
sary in carrying on their farming operations was by dis-
tilling their grain and reducing it into a more portable
form and sending the whiskey over the mountains or
down the Ohio to Kentucky, (then rapidly filling up),
and affording a market for that article,"

CHAPTER II

This farm of John Sampson's was very extensive and
in a roUing country. It lay at the top of quite a hill
commanding a most beautiful view over the valley. To
the north about two miles was the Presbyterian Church
and graveyard. The Church was called "Beulah" and
is the oldest in Western Pennsylvania and although we
have no proof we must naturally conclude that John
Sampson and his family lie buried in this old churchyard
cemetery. There are no monuments to mark their rest
ing place — ^there are no records in the church of bodies
that were buried here in those pioneer days. Some of
the oldest graves were marked with boards at the head
and foot and others have an ordinary three cornered stone
such as you could pick up in the fields, to show there is
a grave on that spot. A Miss Martha Graham (a grand-
daughter of the pastor who preached in this little church
some 41 years) told me they had ceased to bury in the old
part of the cemetery, for in excavating for new graves they
would come upon evidence of other bodies having been
interred in the same place. A little old book of records
kept by Miss Graham's grandfather since 1804 gave the
name of Polly Sampson as uniting with the church.
In a deed at the court house in Greensburg I find a
signature of Mary (called Polly) Sampsoin. This record
of Polly Sampson uniting with Beulah Church would indi-
cate that the family were affiliated with this old Church,
and makes the conviction still stronger that the little
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cemetery adjoining was the burial place of the earliest
Sampsons of that section. This Mary Sampson is men-
tioned as a daughter in John Sampson's will.

The will of John Sampsons, made January 27, 1800,
and witnessed February 3, 1800, is a very important will,
as it is (with a deed of which I also give a copy) the con-
necting'hnk between the Joseph Sampson, of Hamilton
County, Ohio, and his father, John Sampson, of West-
moreland County, Pa.

Will of John Sampson.
January 27, 1800.

{ John Irvine
Executors: \ and

[ Jeremiah Murray

I give and bequeath to my son Thomas Sampson, Ten
Pounds to be paid to him when my youngest children
came of age according to law. Then I give and bequeath
to my daughter, Margaret Sampson, Twenty Pounds,
to be paid to her, or her heirs, at the same time of the
youngest children coming of age. Then I give and be-
queath to my son, Joseph Sampson, Twenty Pounds, to
be paid at the time above mentioned. Then I give and
bequeath to my son James Sampson, Twenty Pounds,
to be paid as above. Then I give and beneath to my
daughter, Sarah Sampson, Five Pounds per year for four
years after my decease, the first Five Pounds to be paid
one year after my decease, paid to her and so to be paid
regularly till she gets Twenty Pounds. My son George
has a horse and a steer and my daughter Mary has a
heifer that is at their own disposal, as they are their own
property. I also desire that all my stock of creatures
be sold at public sale except two horses and three cows
to be kept on the place, the remainder to be sold to pay
funeral charges and personal debts. The plantation to

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remain in the possession of the widow and children, that
is, under her jurisdiction until they all be of age according
to law, with two ploughs and tacklin, a harrow wagon and
log chain with collars and other harness for four horses
and the household furniture also to remain with them.
For which time my son Charlie is to have the place or
parcel of land adjoining Geo. McWilliams, Francis Mc-
Farlan, James Berry and the home place, and to extend
as far as the run between the two improvements to im-
prove and cultivate as he sees cause and to have the full
benefits thereof without molestation until the last heir
be of lawful age, and then all the lands that I possess
to be sold to the best possible advantage and the amount
thereof equally divided between my wife Margaret Samp-
son, my sons Charles and George, and my daughters
Mary and Sarah, and my sons John, William and Robert,
and my daughter Jane. Each and every one of them to
have an equal share except the money to pay the first
legacies which none of that is to come off my wife and
widow, but she is to have her full part, and the legatees
money first mentioned to be taken off the last mentioned
equal shares part. In witness hereunto I set my hand
and seal the day and year above written:

John Sampson.
Sign, Sealed and

Acknowledged in

the presence of us :

Richard Nash,

Adam Thew.
February 3, 1800.

Suit of Joseph Sampson, of Sycamore Township, Hamil-
ton County, Ohio, 1817.

John Sampson, late of Westmoreland County in
State of Pennsylvania, deceased, by his last will and
testament in writing did give and bequeath one Jo-
seph Sampson, of the County of Hamilton, and State
of Ohio, a legacy of Twenty Pounds, the currency of the

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said State of Pennsylvania to be paid to me at the time
my sister Jane arrived at the age of 21 years. And of
the said will made and constituted Jeremiah Murray, of
said County of Westmoreland, Executor, as in and by
the said will may appear.

Now know ye that the said Joseph Sampson have
made, ordained and appointed William Sampson, of the
aforesaid County of Westmoreland, his true and lawful
attorney for me and my name, to ask, demand and re-
ceive, sue for and recover of and therefore the said Jere-
miah Murray the legacy of Twent}^ Pounds with all due
interest due thereon, given and bequeathed to me by the
said Joseph Sampson by the said will of the said John
Sampson as aforesaid and upon receipt thereof or pay-
ment to him my said Attorney shall lawfully do in the
premises. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my
hand and affixed my seal this 16th day of Sept. 1817.

Joseph Sampson.

In the presence of

John F. Ayres,

Benijah Ayres,
State of Ohio, Hamilton County.

Be it remembered Joseph Sampson, the within grantor,
personally appeared before me, Benijah Ayres, one of
the Justices of the Peace for Sycamore Township, and
acknowledged the signing of the within attorney to be
his hand and seal his voluntary act and deed for the use
and purpose therein mentioned. In testimony whereof
I have herewith set my hand and affixed my seal, 16th
day of September, 1817.

Beni.iah Ayres.
Hamilton County,
State of Ohio.

I, John Gang, of the Court of Common Pleas, within
and for the Comity of Hamilton, aforesaid, do hereby
certify that Benijah Ayres, Esq., before whome the above

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and aforegoing acknowledgement appears to have been
made, is at the time thereof one of the Justices assigned
to keep the peace within and for the County of Hamilton,
aforesaid, duly elected, commissioned and sworn into
office, and that full faith and credit are due and ought to
be given to all his official acts.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand
and affixed the seal of out said Common Court of Pleas
at Cincinnati, this 9th of September, 1817.

Another important deed made in 1816 of John Samp-
son's heirs to Jeremiah Murray:

Between Charles Sampson and Margaret, his wife;
George Sampson and Margaret, his wife; and William
Sampson and Jane, his wife; Thomas Grumly and Mary,
his wife (called "Polly" Sampson); John, Robert, Jane
and Sarah Sampson. Land in Franklin Township,
Westmoreland County, bounded by land of George Mc-
Williams, and land of John Irvine, and land of Adam
Thew and land of James Sampson. Also lands of John
Cavert and Jeremiah Murray.

This deed shows that Charles, George, WilHam and
Mary had been married at some date previous to 1816.
This will of John Sampson gives us his wife as named
Margaret, and twelve children, Thomas, Margaret, Joseph,
James, Sarah, George, Mary, Charles, John, William,
Robert and Jane.

CHAPTER III

Of these twelve children, Joseph is the only one whose
history we can be absolutely sure of. He was born in
Westmoreland County, Pa., in 1768. One of the tradi-
tions of the neighborhood in this section where Joseph
was born is the story of his being stolen by the Indians.
Some say he was going on horseback to salt the cows,
was surprised by the Indians and while urging his horse
in the effort to escape, the animal fell, pinioning Joseph
under him, and the Indians caught him easily.

Another version is that Joseph was on foot, on the same
errand, and when the Indians surprised him, he ran and
stumbled into the wild grape vines, which grew so pro-
fusely in that region, and so Joseph was captured. Joseph's
son James has written an interesting letter giving some
account of his father, as follows:

Mr. John Caldwell,

Dear Sir: I promised that I would give you a history of

my hfe as a pioneer. To give you a full detail I shall be

under the necessity of commencing with my father, Joseph

Sampson.

He was born in Westmoreland County, Pa., in the year
1768. When ten years of age he was taken prisoner by
the Indians (a scouting war party) and taken to Niagara
Falls, Canada, and held for five years. He was adopted
into a family who had no children and his squaw mother
thought he could outbrave any of the Indian boys both
in fighting and foot racing. Their great pleasure was
in the practice of bow and arrow, in which he was an
expert. Five years after his capture, his father heard
he was in Montreal and went there and recognised his son.
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PENNSYLVANIA 141

He was soon after sold to a British Officer by the Indians
for $12.50 and a little later exchanged as a prisoner of
war at Montreal and sent home.

I will here state what he saw the first night after his
capture, when a boy of ten. The party travelled nearly
all that night and the next day. In the evening they
halted and struck camp. Another party of Indians came
into their camp with one of his neighbor women as a
prisoner and a host of scalps hanging from their waists.
These Indians had fallen on a school and murdered the
entire school.

He was well acquainted with all the tricks and strategy
of the Indians, which fitted him to come to the West in
Indian times. He was married to Elizabeth McClelland
in 1790, and in 1792 emigrated West with Capt. Flinn on
a flat boat and settled at Columbia in Turkey Bottom,
landing at Columbia, May 12, 1792. On the way down
the Ohio at the mouth of Grave Creek about midnight
one night they were hailed from the shore by a woman
(no doubt a prisoner of the Indians) who wanted them to
land and take her aboard. Some of the crew were for
landing and taking her on board. My father objected
and told them that it was an Indian Camp, and he told
them "shoot off a gun and you will see the fire soon ex-
tinguished." They did so and the fire was at once put
out. So they continued on their way to Columbia, where
my father settled and lived for six years.

He was one who cared not for the Indians He was
the first man who came to relieve Griffin after he was
shot and scalped — got him on a horse and brought him
into Columbia. In 1798 he moved from Columbia to
McFarlan's Station (now Pleasant Ridge). He settled
on the farm now owned by the heirs of William Wood,
and lived there four years, when he leased the farm
owned by Mr. Kincaid, near Pleasant Ridge, living here
seven ye^rs. Then he purchased the farm now owned
by his grandson, Joseph Sampson, Jr. Here he built a
two-story hewed log house in 1803, and replaced this
by a brick house in 1834, and died in 1848.

CHAPTER IV

Joseph Sampson was twice married. His first wife,
Elizabeth McClelland, was born November 8, 1829.
She bore him seven children. The second wife was Mary
Patmore, whom he married September 2, 1830. She was
born November 4, 1798, and outlived her husband,
spending her last days with her grandson, Joseph Sampson,
in Lockland, Ohio.

The seven children of Joseph and Elizabeth were John
M., James, Agnes, Margaret, Margaret Bond, Martha
McClelland, Mary Harkness, and William.

No. 1 — John M. Sampson, son of Joseph and Eliza-
beth, was born November 13, 1792, and died July 5, 1849.
He is buried in the little churchyard cemetery in Ross-
moyne, Ohio. His wife was Margaret, called Patay,
and they had four children, Kitty, Jane, Polly Ann, and
Elizabeth. Polly Ann married Clark Radabough. EHza-
beth married John Lough and had three children, Martha,
Josephine and Ollie. Ollie married Harry Emerson.

No. 2 — James Sampson, son of Joseph and Elizabeth,
was born February 5, 1794, and died December 18, 1878.
He was three times married; the first wife was Agnes
Cromwell, by whom he had six children: Joseph, John C.
Mary R., Eliza McClelland, WiUiam, and Jesse. The
second wife was Eleanor Viley Day, who bore him three
children, Isaac, Margaret Little, and Amy Viley. The
third wife was Martha Patmore. The following obitu-
ary is sent me by her oldest child Mrs. Anna Morgan,
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CJR.WE OF JOSEPH SAMPSON'S WIFE, ELIZABETH McCLELLAND,

PLEASANT RIDGE CEMETERY, NEAR

CINCINNATI, OHIO

PENNSYLVANIA 143

Martha A. Patmore was born November 12, 1828 at
Montgomery, Ohio, on the site of the present residence of
Mr. Isaac Todd, and died at her home in Silverton, Ohio,
October 12, 1910. Her ancestors (the Fetter family
on her mother's side) were the first settlers at Mont-
gomery, Ohio, naming the village from the county from
which they originally came in the East.

Martha Patmore and James Sampson were married
in 1847, and she was survived by these three children,
three grandchildren, and one great grandchild. The
children were — David L., Anna M., and Caroline. By the
three marriages of Mr. James Sampson, there were four-
teen children, seven step grandchildren, six great step
grandchildren and eight great great step grandchildren.

In the same year of her marriage, Martha Patmore
Sampson united with the Pleasant Ridge Presbyterian
Church where she remained a member until 1888. When
she was released to the Silverton Church as one of the
charter members. The same quiet devoted motherhood
that was significant of her life, marked her passing from
this world with her loved ones near her.

The balance of this letter written by James Sampson
to Mr. Caldwell gives some account of his own life.

I now come to my own experiences as a pioneer. I was
bom February 5, 1794, in the town of Columbia. I
was told by my parents that at the time I was born the
Indians were around the house. When I was four years
old my father moved to McFarlan's Station (now Pleas-
ant Ridge.) While we lived there I went with my father
to Cincinnati. It was in the Spring when the mud was
knee deep in the streets. There were no pavements in
the city and we went to market on horseback and went
from house to house to sell our produce. Our store
where we sold our corn-meal and flour was to Black
Sandy the Baker. There were only three or four stores
in Cincinnati at this time and property was cheap. My
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house now stands for one yoke of oxen, but he declined
to take it. I well recollect the time when we lived on
wild meat, corn bread, and hominy — what we called
sluts hominy. Salt was scarce — four dollars a bushel.
We lived five years at Mr. Woods' place in Pleasant Ridge,
and seven on Mr. Kincaid's and then bought near Mr.
Kennedy's which is now called Silverton.

From a sketch of James Sampson's life:

Here James Sampson made his home until he was
married in 1816, when he bought the farm upon which
he Hved till he died December 14, 1877, living there more
than fifty-six years. During the many years following
the war of 1812, when all male citizens of proper age were
required to do duty, he was an active military man,
as is evinced by his rising rapidly from orderly sergeant
to that of Brigadier General. Among the few remaining
pioneers of those days he is still known as Col. Sampsoa.
Later in life he was elected Justice of the Peace and by
the present generation is known as Squire Sampson.
Squire Sampson has been a faithful and consistent member
of the Pleasant Ridge Presbyterian Church since the year
1819, and at the time of his death was by far the oldest
living native resident of Hamilton County, Ohio.

He well remembered the time when he rode on the logs
dragged by his father Joseph, for the first structure with
yoke of oxen, nearly eighty years before. When that
log church was torn down to give place to a brick structure,
he took the contract for brick and plastering for $90.00,
$15,00 of which he donated on subscription.

During a greater part of the 58 years he was a member
of the church, he occupied the position in official relation
as chorister, trustee or clerk. He was buried in Pleasant
Ridge cemetery just back of the church, one of the oldest
cemeteries of the County, and he remembered the first
grave dug in this cemeteiy. There is a memorial window
to James Sampson in this church.

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CHAPTER V

Of James Sampson's children, Mary R., daughter of
James and Agnes, was the oldest. She was born April
20th, 1817, and married to Jacob Felter, August 31, 1841.
She died October 31, 1897 and is buried in the old Purvi-
ance Cemetery in Huntington County, Indiana, with
four of her children. Six children were born to Jacob
and Mary, five of them passing away early in life.

Agnes Felter, born November 27, 1842, died August

25, 1879.

Jasper Felter, born November 23, 1845, died February
8, 1864.
Margaret Felter, born July 9, 1849, died December

26, 1850.

James Felter, born October 25, 1851, but no record of
his death.

Harriet Felter, born March 25, 1855, and no record of
her death.

Franklin Felter, the youngest child of Jacob and Mary
Sampson.

Franklin Felter was born March 29, 1865 and married
to Edna Belle Simons, July 7, 1887, and lives in Hunting-
ton, Indiana. He purchased in 1911 the "Globe Clothing
Store," one of the largest business institutions in Hunt-
ington. His home is one of the old mansions with exten-
sive grounds, which he is beautifying and making one of
the ideal residences of that section.

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Eliza McClelland Sampson, the next oldest child of
James and Agnes, was born October 9, 1819. She
married Clark Brecount and had four children: Wilson,
(who was killed in the Civil War) James, Lorena, and
Mary Jane. Eliza Brecount is buried in Pleasant Ridge
Cemetery in the lot with her father, James Sampson.

Her daughter, Mary Jane Brecount, who was born
October 24, 1846, married T. N. Clark, September 3,
1867, and is living in Scotch Lebanon, Ohio. She had
eight children; Pearl, Edward W., J. Ellis, Enuna B.,
Vina Mary, Arista B., Hawley N., and William P.

Lorena Brecount, daughter of EHza and Clark, was
born March 10, 1849. She married Josiah E. Clark,
October 7, 1874. To them was born five children: Albert
Carey, Charley, Jesse Pierson, Minnie B., and Edith L.

Albert Carey Clark, born September 13, 1878, was
married to Matilda Biehl, March 22, 1902. They have
one child, Eleanor A.

Edith L. Clark, born December 14, 1885, was married
to Albert E. Dawson, April 7, 1910.

Charley Clark, born March 17, 1881, died April 24, 1881.

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CHAPTER VI

Joseph Sampson, the oldest son of James and Agnes,
was named for his grandfather, Joseph, who came from
Pennsylvania. He was born June 4, 1821, and brought
up on his father's farm in Silverton, Hamilton County,
Ohio, and followed in his father's footsteps in the business
of mason and brick contractor. He was twice married,
his first wife, Lucinda Baxter (to whom he was united
January 6, 1847), bore him two children, Albert and Mary.

Mary Sampson was born November 4, 1847, and died
September 23, 1853. She is buried by her mother Lucinda
(who died December 6, 1850) in Pleasant Ridge Cemetery.

Albert Sampson, son of Joseph and Lucinda, was born
October 31, 1849, and married to Mary J. Victor, They
had one child, Thomas Sampson, who was born December
13, 1877. Albert died December 19, 1893, and is buried
in his father's lot in Reading Cemetery.

Thomas Sampson married Mary A. Gideon, and they
live in North Eaton, Ohio. They have one child, Joseph,
born November 3, 1907.

Joseph Sampson married for his second wife, Mrs.
Jane Oliver Doty, March 6, 1853. More than three quar-
ters of their married life was spent in the village of Lock-
land, Ohio. Jane Sampson passed away two years before
her husband Joseph, and both are buried in the Reading
Cemetery. Jane was a member of the Christian Church
in Carthage, Ohio, from her sixteenth year, and it was
said of her that she was known by every man, woman
and child in the village; was loyal to her Church and
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148 THE SAMPSON FAMILY

friends, and ever ready to lend a helping hand. She was
born near Sharonville, Ohio, April 13, 1822, and died
May 4, 1889, just as the clock chimed the midnight hour.
Joseph followed her April 22, 1901, and of him it was
written that the village lost one of its oldest and most
esteemed citizens. He was familiarly called "Uncle Joe,"
as his wife was called "Aunt Jane" by old and young alike.
Joseph was in his eightieth year and had been a contractor
and builder for sixty years in the community and the
Miami Valley. He was a life-time member of the Chris-
tian Church; he was a corporal in Company "E," 138th
Infantry, and a member of the A. W. Graves Post of the
G. A. R.

Joseph and Jane had one son, John Lewis Sampson,
named for his mother's uncle and cousin, John Lewis
Oliver. He was born in Carthage, Ohio, May 23, 1854,
but his parents moved to Lockland, Ohio, when he was a
small boy. He has been twice married. His first wife
was Nancy B. Olden, of Lockland, whom he married
December 7, 1876. To them were born four children:
Joseph Gano, May O., Laura B., and a son who died at
birth.

Joseph Gano was born March 5, 1878, and died March
12, 1878. May O., born February 18, 1879, was married
to Herbert A. Sibbet, December 26, 1889, and has three
children: Anna M., Laura B., and Nancy. They live
in Los Angeles, California.

Laura B., born October 31, 1880, married Arthur J.
Dietrick, May 26, 1906, and has one son, Arthur J., Jr.
^— ^hey also live in California.

r ' J. Lewis Sampson married for his second wife, June 1,
^ 1897, Lilla E. Briggs, of New York City, New York. (See
I Chart 23.)

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J. LEWIS SAMPSON RETIRES FROM PAPER TRADE TO
BECOME CHESAPEAKE BAY FARMER

Somewhere in this wide world the sun may be shining,
somewhere men may be happy and gay, but this is not
true of the paper trade in the Middle West, for J. Lewis
Sampson has retired and gone "from our midst." A
whole souled, genial, jolly good fellow has quit the paper
trade, and nothing seems so bright as before, when his
smiling countenance was here; but what is our loss will
be the gain of another section of the country.

J. Lewis Sampson has quit the trade, and has left
for his new home on the banks of the Chesapeake Bay,
in Maryland, and w^ill henceforth be a farmer. A farmer
of oysters, and quail, and other wild game. He tells
me that he had already tamed his wild game to act ac-
cording to the abihty of the hunter; that is, if the sports-
man is a good shot, to fly very fast, but if the hunter be
a no\dce, then to fly slowly, so that the gunner may have
some chance of getting his bird. Mr. Sampson also has
his oysters trained so that when he whistles they will
walk out of the water, carrying their half shells on their
backs.

There is, possibty, no man better known in the trade
than this same gentleman, he having spent more than a
quarter of a century in the trade. His first paper trade
connection was with the Tytus-Gardner Paper Manu-
facturing Company, of Middletown, Ohio, as manager
of sales, one of the pioneer mills in the West in the wrap-
ping and bag business. From 1902 to 1904 he was Chi-
cago representative of the International Paper Company,
handling manilas, wrappings and specialties.

In 1904 he opened an office in Chicago as sales manager
for the Fletcher Paper Company, of Alpena, Mich., and
has served in this capacity until the present time.

Some time ago he bought a plantation of 500 acres in
Maryland, near the coast of the Chesapeake Bay, at a
point about 40 miles southeast of Washington, on the
Patuxent River. One hundred acres of this plantation

PENNSYLVANIA 151

is in virgin forest, which is said to abound in wild game
and specially good hunting. There will be a boat land-
ing for his friends on their way by water from Baltimore.

Mr. Sampson is one of the oldest, in service, of the men
traveling in the trade, and I am sure there never was a
more popular man that represented any branch of the
industry.

We may be a little envious of the good time he will
have while we must continue to work, but we all wish
him every good thing in this world, and many, many
long years to enjoy his new home and new possession. —
From The Paper Mill of April 2, 1912.

OBITUARY WRITTEN BY MR. SAMPSON'S COUSIN, MRS.
LAWRENCE SLABACK OF SILVERTON, OHIO

J. Lewis Sampson, descendant of John Sampson, who
came from Ireland to Westmoreland County, Pennsyl-
vania, and of his son Joseph who emigrated from Pennsyl-
vania to Ohio in 1792.

The deceased was the son of Joseph and Jane Oliver
Sampson, and was born in Lockland, Ohio, in the year
1854.

He was one of three children, none of whom survive
him.

In early boyhood he united with the Christian Church
of Carthage, Ohio.

In young manhood he was united in marriage with
Miss Nancy Olden, to which union were born four chil-
dren, two of whom survive him; Mrs. May O. Sibbet
and Mrs. Laura B. Dietrick, both of Los Angeles, Cali-
fornia.

There are also three grand-daughters and one grand-
son. While the daughters were but children the wife
and mother passed away.

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After some years Mr. Sampson married Miss Lilla
Briggs of New York State, who survives him.

Mr. Sampson was widely known in the business world,
having been actively engaged in the paper business for
many years, until April 2, 1912, when he retired to his
new plantation home, Sampson's Harbor, St. Mary's
County, Maryland, where he and his wife planned to
spend the best of their years.

Friday morning, March 14th, Mr. Sampson was suddenly
called home.

A man of happy disposition, ever ready with a bit of
humor and a smile always, and a kindly word for all;
of most generous heart, and ever ready helpful hand.
A loving memory to those who knew and loved him.

Twilight and evening bell,

And after that the dark,
And may there be no sadness of farewell,

When I embark.

For tho' from out the bourne of time and place

The flood may bear me far,
I hope to meet my pilot face to face,

When I have crossed the bar.

PLEASANT RIDGE CHURCH AND CEMETERY,
CINCINNATI, OHIO

CHAPTER VII

John C. Sampson, the next oldest child of James and
Agnes, was born October 28, 1823, and died July 5, 1828.

William Sampson, the next son of James and Agnes,
was born December 19, 1825, and married to Sarah B.
Ferryman, November 22, 1848. To them were born
eleven children:

(1) James Sampson, the oldest son of William and
Sarah, was born May 7, 1850, and married to Elnora
Friend, January 15, 1873. They have had four children:
Cora, Jennie, Grace and Flo.

Cora, who was born March 17, 1874, died August 27,
1892.

Jennie M., born August 12, 1878, married Walter Wil-
liamson, November 21, 1900, and they reside in Larned,
Kans. They have three children: Monroe, Charles and
Floyd.

Grace, born August 27, 1882, married John Pardee,
July 26, 1904, and lives in Mattoon, IlUnois.

Flo was born September 29, 1890 and lives with her
parents in Mattoon, Illinois.

Since writing the above, James Sampson has been
called to his long home. With his wife he attended the
funeral services of Martha Patmore Sampson in Silver-
ton, Ohio, October, 1910. A year later in October, 1911,
he too was summoned. James Sampson was instantly
killed in the cab of his engine, on the Big Four R. R.,
when nearing his home in Mattoon, 111., one afternoon,
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154 THE SAMPSON FAMILY

about four p.m. The accident occured through a col-
Hsion at a crossmg not far from Mattoon, and James
Sampson's engine was turned completely over, crushing
him underneath. He was born in Silverton, Ohio, but when
three years of age his parents moved to Shelbyville, Illi-
nois. Here he grew to manhood. At the age of fourteen,
he enUsted in the Civil War, being a member of Company
"G," 143 Illinois Volunteers. He enlisted May 13, 1864;
was mustered in at Mattoon, June 11, and honorably
discharged September 25, 1864. He served under Col.
D. C. Smith and Capt. Webster.

While on picket duty he was struck in the left hand by a
minnie ball and was confined in the hospital at Jefferson
Barracks for twenty-six days.

He entered the employ of the Big Four R. R., July 28,
1880, and was in their service as engineer at the time of
his death. He was promoted to position of engineer,
February 11, 1884, and spent fourteen years in the pas-
senger service, twelve of which were on the fast runs.
Mr. Sampson always had the highest esteem for his
fireman and was greatly beloved by men who worked under
him as well as by the railroad boys in general. He was
kindhearted ever, firm in his convictions and a true friend.
When quite a young man, the dread disease cholera held
the city of Shelbyville in its grasp; and Mr. Sampson was
one of those who day and night helped to care for the
stricken and the dead; many times being called to lay
beneath the sod its victims. He was buried in the family
lot at Mattoon, Illinois, by the side of his oldest daughter,
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(2) Margaret P. Sampson, daughter of William and
Sarah, was born August 10, 1852, and died November
19, 1853.

(3) William N. Sampson, a son of WiUiam and Sarah,
was born October 2, 1854, and died October 4, 1855.

(4) Daniel P. Sampson, a son of Wilham and Sarah,
was born March 5, 1857, and died September 6, 1858.

(5) Edward W. Sampson, a son of Wilham and Sarah,
was born March 20, 1858 and married to Julia J. Heitz.
October 4, 1881. They have one daughter, Mabel E.,
who was born November 1, 1882, and married to Joseph
Garfield Worker, May 20, 1909. Edward W. Sampson
is a resident of Urbana, Illinois.

(6) Mattie B. Sampson, daughter of Wilham and Sarah,
was born August 4, 1860, and died Aguust 17, 1860.

(7) Anna L. Sampson, daughter of William and Sarah,
was born October 12, 1862, and married to Jacob P.
Babb, November 22, 1887. They lived in Mattoon,
111., and Mr. Babb passed away November 9, 1908,
most sincerely loved and mourned by all who knew him.
The following obituary was published in one of the
Mattoon papers.

Jacob Pinckney Babb was born in Osage County, Mo.,
April 30, 1857. While young, his parents moved to Cole
County, Mo., about ten miles from Jefferson City and
settled on a farm where Mr. Babb grew to manhood.
He entered the photographic studio of M. D. Winnings in
Jefferson City and through personal effort, untiring energy,
and that thoroughness, which marked every effort of his
life, he became an expert in photography.

He eventually opened a studio in Shelby ville, 111., and
there met Miss Anna L. Sampson to whom he was united
in marriage on November 22, 1887. In 1892 Mr. Babb

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moved to Mattoon, 111., and there continued his success-
ful business of photography. He was a man of sterling
integrity and bright, sunny disposition, which won for
him the love and esteem of those with whom he came in
contact.

Mr. Babb passed away December 9, 1908, in Eureka
Springs, Ark., where he had gone for the benefit of his
health. For many years Mr. Babb was a member of
the Presbyterian Church, and he lived his religion day in
and day out.

At the time of his death, he was a trustee of the First
Presbyterian Church of Mattoon, 111., which position he
had held for twelve years. He was also a member of the
Men's League and an active member of the Usher's
Association and with one exception, the oldest usher in
the church.

Mr. Babb was a member of Mattoon Lodge No. 260,
A.F. and A.M. — Palestine Lodge No. 46. Knights of
Pythias— Mattoon Lodge No. 260. I. O. O. F.— a
charter member of Mattoon Lodge No. 495. B. P. O. E.
Also, a member of the Woodmen of America and of Elect
Lady Chapter No. 40. 0. E. S.

The funeral was held in the first Presbyterian Church,
December 13, at 2 p.m., and the church was most beauti-
fully decorated in palms and flowers. The sermon
preached by his pastor and friend. Rev. Edward M.
Martine, was eloquent and most fitting and the tribute
paid to Mr. Babb was one that his life merited and one
that will linger in the memory of those who heard it.

Jesse Sampson, son of James and Agnes, was born May
14, 1829. His disappeared from home when a boy and
has never been heard from since.

Isaac Sampson, the son of James and his second wife
Eleanor Viley Day, married Sarah Thornhill and had
three children — Frank, Jerry and Ollie.

Margaret Little Sampson, daughter of James and

158 THE SAMPSON FAMILY

Eleanor, married M. Hall, and had three children — Ada,
Emma and Carrie. Mr. Hall was through the Civil
War, and after the war, they lived in Olney, 111. Eventu-
ally they moved Soutli. Mr. Hall died at Jackson, La.,
and Margaret Sampson, his wife, was a victim of yellow
fever at Tangipahoa, La.

Ada, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Hall, married a Far-
borough, and had seven children, and lives in Aquilla,
Hill County, Texas.

Emma married a George, and lives in Kentwood, La.,
and has four children.

Amy Viley Sampson, daughter of James and Eleanor,
married M. Martin.

DAVID L. SAMPSON, SILVERTON, OHIO

CHAPTER VIII

Anna M. Sampson, daughter of James and Martha
Patmore, his third wife, was born July 12, 1848, and mar-
ried to James S. Morgan, April 14, 1872. They had
two children, one who died in infancy, and Jean, born
January 31, 1881. Jean married WilUam Shoemaker
and lives in Cincinnati. James S. Morgan was born
April 15, 1844 and died August 30, 1880. He is buried
in Pleasant Ridge Cemetery.

Mrs. Morgan has always lived in Silverton and made a
home for her mother, Martha Patmore Sampson, near the
old home where she was born.

David L. Sampson, son of James and Martha, was
born October 30, 1850, and married to Emma Kennedy,
February 26, 1879. He has always lived in the old home
where he was born in Silverton, Ohio, but will soon re-
move to another home on the main road in Silverton. Mr.
Sampson is President of the Hamilton County Fair Associ-
ation, as well as Secretary of the Ohio Agricultural Experi-
ment Station, and carries on farming interests. He is
devoted to his horses and dogs and like many of the
Sampsons a good hunter.

Caroline Sampson, daughter of James and Martha,
was born November 29, 1854, and married to Harvey
Durham, October 8, 1878. They have two children —
Ollie and Blanche. Ollie married Lawrence Slaback,
October 10, 1904 and has one child, Dorothy Alice Sla-
back.

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Blanche, who was born July 31, 1888, lives at home on
the farm near Newton, Ohio.

(3) Margaret Bond Sampson, the daughter of Joseph
and Elizabeth, was born December 18, 1799. She mar-
ried David Little, March 28, 1822, and died November
21, 1875, Family history states that David Little and
his wife, Margaret Sampson are buried in the Purviance
Cemetery in Jefferson Township, Ind. This cemetery
was part of the David Little Farm and was given by him
to the Commissioners of Huntington Co., Indiana, for
burial purposes forever and ever. There were no children
born to David and Margaret.

(4) Agnes Sampson, daughter of Joseph and Ehza-
beth, was born May 13, 1796, and died November 15,
1837. She married Jacob Swallow and had eight children.
Isaac, Ehza M., Mary S., Eremina C, David B., John
S., Margaret A., and Martha.

Isaac Swallow born 1816, married Elizabeth Rinehart
and had six children; Jacob, John, Martha, Kate, Isaac
and Minnie.

Eliza M. Swallow born 1821, married William WilUam-
son and had six children: John, Jacob, Percy, Mary,
Alice and Nancy Jane.

Mary S. Swallow born 1823, married Samuel Percy
and had five children: Joseph, Frank, Laura, Ella and
Samuel.

Eremina C. Swallow born 1825, married Elias Miller
and had three children: Mary, Clifford and Frank.

David B. Swallow born 1827, died 1835.

John S. Swallow born 1830, died 1833.

Margaret A. Swallow, born 1832, died 1835.

Martha Swallow born 1834.

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(5) Mary Harkness Sampson, daughter of Joseph and
Elizabeth, was born October 8, 1882, and married William
Ireland. To them were born three children — David
Ireland, Sampson Ireland and John P. Ireland.

Mary Sampson Ireland died March 15, 1832, and is
buried in the old cemetery at New Paris, Ohio.

David Ireland, son of William and Mary, died in Yates
Center, Iowa.

Sampson Ireland, son of WiUiam and Mary, married
and had one daughter, who is Mrs. Clate Templar, of
Muncie, Ind.

John P. Ireland, son of WilUam and Mary, married
Nancy Hopper, and had nine children.

(6) Martha McClelland Sampson, daughter of Joseph
and Elizabeth, was born February 22, 1801, and died
December 25, 1832. She married Jesse Pierson, and had
three children: Wilham, Rebecca and Eliza.

WiUiam Pierson, son of Martha and Jesse, was born
June 5, 1828, and was twice married. His first wife was
Amelia Jones, whom he married September 5, 1850. His
second wife was Margaret Weller, whom he married
March 5, 1862. Of these marriages were born eleven
children: EUza, Belinda E., Charles E., Eugene M., Mary
A., L., Frank, Ennes P., Ella, George M.,and Orton.

Rebecca Pierson, daughter of Martha and Jesse, was
twice married, first to Aaron Buxton, and second to S. A.
Bell. Harriet, Marietta and Oro were the children of
these marriages.

EHza Pierson, daughter of Martha and Jesse, was
born August 27, 1828, and married Samuel Hanimel,
February 20, 1856. They had three children, Jesse P.,
John and Frank.

162 THE SAMPSON FAMILY

(7) William Sampson, son of Joseph and Elizabeth,
was born July 25, 1804, and married to Catherine Graham,
January 28,' 1832. Catherine Graham was born May
1, 1807, and died August 16, 1875. WilHam died March
3, 1888.

WilHam and Catherine Sampson had eight children,
the oldest Martha, born June 26, 1833, and died August
19, 1908. She was married to Josiah Gaston and had
three children: WilHam S., James and Albert M.

Albert M. married Florence Mattingly and had three
children: Robert, James and Eva.

EHzabeth Sampson, the second child of WilHam and
Catherine, was born February 15, 1835, and died May 25,
1882. She married George WilHamson and had two
children: Walter M., and Lucius S.

Walter M. WiUiamson, married Eliza Shumard, and
had three children: Albert M., George W., and Theodosia.

Lucius S. WiUiamson married Con^ance Gattle, and
had two children: Emerson C, and Ethel E.

James Sampson, the third child of William and Cather-
ine, was born March 15, 1837, and died December 20,
1866. He married Ellen Klick, and had no children and
is buried in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Mary EUen Sampson, fourth child of WilHam and Cath-
erine, was born December 5, 1839, and died February
25, 1898. She married John Magee and had five chil-
dren— Edward, John F., David, WilHam and Catherine.
Catherine married Jackson Lloyd.

David Little Sampson and Maj^garet Little Sampson,
twin children of WiUiam and Catherine, were born April
17, 1841. David L. married Lucy Hale and had one son.

PENNSYLVANIA 163

John M., who married Mary Campbell and has a daughter
Oma. David L. died February 2, 1908.

Margaret L. Sampson married John Riker and had one
daughter, Ella May, who was born July 19, 1870. She
married James Peterson.

John Howard, the seventh child of William and Cathe-
rine, was born November 14, 1843, and died December 12,
1809. He married Mary J. Bope, and they had one son,
Philip E.

Phoebe Freeman Sampson, the eighth child of WiUiam
and Catherine, was born April 8, 1846, and is living with
her sister Margaret and husband, on the Riker farm in
Oxford, Ohio.

This completes the history of the Ohio Sampsons, who
descended from the Joseph Sampson who emigrated from
Pennsylvania in 1792. So we will now return to our
Pennsylvania cousins.

CHAPTER IX

Of the twelve children of John Sampson, who lived on
the Greensburg Pike, I have not beesn able to secure any
data absolutely correct, outside of Joseph. John Samp-
son's will mentions a son George, and in the deed of 1816
mentioned in a previous chapter, George's wife was called
Margaret, so that according to this deed he must have
been married as early as 1816.

From one member of another branch of Sampsons liv-
ing in Westmoreland County, I have definite knowledge
that his aunt Margaret Sampson married a George Samp-
son.

In the records of Washington County and also from one
of the descendants of George Sampson in Kentucky, I
learned that George Sampson, of Canonsburg, Pa., had a
wife, Margaret Sampson. Other points seem to bear out
my impression that this is George, the son of John, so I
will give the data regarding George next to that of Joseph.

George Sampson, of Canonsburg, Washington County,
Pa., came to America when a child. He followed the
business of a cabinet maker and died in Cannonsburg in
1835. His wife Margaret came to America, from Ireland,
with her parents in 1796 and they landed at Wihnington,
Delaware. Her parents were James Sampson and Mary
Margaret, which is all we can learn of her mother's name.
James and his family lived on a farm in Westmoreland
County between the Monongahela and Youghiogheny
Rivers, near a town called Webster; while George's par-
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ents also lived in Westmoreland County a few miles to
the northeast. In the will of James Sampson (Margaret's
father) he mentions his son-in-law, George Sampson.

George and Margaret Sampson, of Canonsburg, had
seven children: William, Elizabeth, Sarah, Margaret,
John, James, and Letherman.

James and Letherman went to the Sandwich Islands
and died there.

John lived in West Middletown, Washington County,
Pa., and died there in 1882, leaving two children: Eliza-
beth and Caroline.

Caroline married Samuel Marks, and is still living in
West Middleton, Pa.

William Sampson, son of George and Margaret, was
born January 21, 1818, at Canonsburg, Pa., He was at
one time in the Law firm of Gazley, Goin and Sampson,
of Louisville, Ky. In 1863 he was elected to the State
Senate. In June 1860, he was appointed by Gov. Bram-
lette to fill the vacancy caused by the removal of Judge
Bullett. He was Chief Justice nine months, dying while
in office, February 5, 1866. He married Virginia Gilpin,
who passed away April 10, 1864, To them were born
four children: John R., Ida, Margaret and Virginia.

Virginia married J. Z. Wheat, and lives in San Antonio,
Texas.

Margaret married a Neal, and had one daughter, now
Mrs. J. Frank Smith, of Dallas, Texas.

John R., the only son, has been twice married. His
first wife, Bettie Cravens, bore him six children; James
R., Margaret L., William, John E., Richard J., and Bern-
ard C. She died July 31, 1898, and he married on Janu-
ary 6, 1904, Susie Edwards, who has had two children,

166 THE SAMPSON FAMILY

Mary V., and Felix M. John R., is a prominent attorney
in Middlesboro, Ky.

John Sampson, whose farm lay on the Greensburg
Pike and whose history I have already written, had a near
neighbor by the name of Thomas Sampson, whose farm
also bordered on this same Greensburg Pike.

After several years of a most thorough search I am no
nearer the solution of the relationship between this John
Sampson and Thomas Sampson, both living on farms so
very near each other and both raising families having
the same given names. Much would indicate they were
of the same branch of Sampsons. But with the assistance
of court records and wills, as also the data given me by
the descendants, I have proved there were four brothers of
the name of Sampson who came from Ballyloughlin,
near Cookstown, County Tyrone, Ireland: WiUam,
Thomas of the Greensburg Pike, James and John. Of
these brothers, two served in the Revolutionary War.
Wilham was in the famous battle of the Brandywine,
as well as many other battles. He kept at one time "The
Black Horse Tavern," near Webster, and was living
there when his daughter Sarah, married Benjamin
Beazell.

In the 10th volume of the Pennsylvania Magazine,
under "Notes of Travel," by William Henry, is the follow-
ing notice of "Black Horse Tavern:"

At Sampson's we had tolerably good accommodations.
Sampson's was in the forks, between the Monongahela
and Youghiogheny Rivers, a little more than half way
between Williamsport and Robbstown, (which is now
called West Newton).

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William Sampson married Dorcas Neal, a sister of the
Mary Neal Beasiell, who martied his nephew, also a
William Sampson.

The father of Mary and Dorcas Neal was Matthew
Neal, a pioneer of the Monongahela Valley, who settled
at Long Run and was killed by the Indians.

William and Doitcas had two sons and six daughters.
The two sons were John and Wilham. WilHam married
Jane Beazell and had five children: Rebecca, John,

Benjamin, Matthew, and William, who marVied

and whose daughter, Hattie Sampson, married Thomas
Guy, and lives in Youngstown, O. The six daughters
of WiUiam and Dorcas were:

Sarah, who married Benjamin Beazell.

Dorcas, who married Jessp Stoneman.

Mary, who married Sam Devore,

Jane, who married a Monteith.

Margaret and Rachell, of whom I have found no record
as to their marriages.

William died in 1809 and is no doubt buried in the
cemetery of the Old Stone Fells Church, near Webster,
Pa. This church was built by Benjamin Beazell (who
married William's daughter, Sarah Sampson) and one
of the Fells family who donated the land.

The noted Methodist preacher. Rev. James G. Sansom
(no doubt a connection of the Sampson family) preached
in this church at one time. Benjamin Beazell also built
the first house in the town of Webster, which was occupied
by and known as the "Rev. James G. Sansom Mansion."

Thomas Sampson, a brother of William also served in
the Revolutionary War.

There is no record obtainable of the date of Thomas

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Sampson's birth, but he Hved in a log house on the old
Greensburg Pike, where he owned a farm of 333| acres.
He died in this log house in August 1833 and his wife
followed him two weeks later. Thomas had many ex-
periences with, the Indians. One story told of him is
that he was sent ahead of a party of men who were out
trying to find some Indians who had been committing
depredations in the neighborhood. They came to a
place where there were high rocks on an old Indian trail,
and Thomas, not wishing to take time to walk around
these rocks, caught hold of a birch and swung himself
around over the rocks, landing in the midst of some
Indians who were eating their lunch among these same
rocks. Thomas yelled and whooped so that it frightened
the Indians into thinking it was a whole party of soldiers
after them and they scattered without attacking Thomas.
His name is mentioned in the Pennsylvania Archives both
in connection with "Rangers on the Frontiers" and "Sol-
diers of the Revolution." He is referred to in the 6th
Series of the Pennsylvania Archives, volume III, page
1389, under Return of Militia Officers of County West-
moreland, "Third Battalion, Third in Command." Also
in Pennsylvania Archives, Volume II, on the "Pay Roll of
Capt. Moses Carson's Company of Westmoreland County
to range on the Frontiers, July 9, 1776 to August 9, 1776."

Under "Miscellaneous Officers," "Depreciation Pay
Rolls," he is again mentioned and under "Soldiers of the
Revolution of Westmoreland County," as Thomas Samp-
son, Private. This was no doubt before he had been
advanced in the ranks.

Thomas Sampson married a Duff, and had nine children :
John, James, Thomas, Alexander, David, EUzabcth,

PENNSYLVANIA 169

Mary, William and Margaret. He is buried in Old
Beulah Cemetery, but no one knows the exact place
where he hes. The following beautiful tribute from the
Pittsburgh Despatch of May 24, 1886, is the only monu-
ment to his memory:

When the Western Pennsylvania's loyal sons and
daughters next stop for a moment from the whirl of life
to renew that most beautiful custom of modern days,
decorating the graves of the Nation's dead, each heart
should turn to a little, half -deserted, burial ground that
years and years ago became history through the dead of
heroes of an extinct band of men. Crowning a range of
hills that overlooks fertile valleys and fields, some miles
east of Wilkinsburg, is Beulah Church and its humble last
resting place, where sleep scores of men and women who
long since paid the last great debt.

Within the limits of the rude enclosure rest the ashes
of four generations of soldiers. When the leaves of the
Judgment Book are unfolded old Beulah's church yard
will furnish ten warriors of the Revolution, three of the
War of 1812, two of the Mexican War, and over twenty
of the late rebellion for the final reckoning. Some of them
have been out of the strife for over three-quarters of a cen-
tury, resting there with birds and trees and flowers through
the summers, and disturbed by no harsher sounds than
moaning winds during the winter. Beulah Church is prob-
ably the oldest in Western Pennsylvania — it was built by
rugged yeoman sometime after 1750; its early history is lost
in the mist of years. Among the soldiers of the Sampson
family, who are buried in Beulah Cemetery, Major
Thomas Sampson, of Revolutionary fame, awaits the
trumpet call in an unmarked grave. Three generations
of the family, headed by Major Sampson, were represented
on fields of strife, but his only monument consists of a
good name. John Sampson, a son of Major Sampson, took
part in the war of 1812; he was born in 1785 and died in
1859. Coming down to the late war the names of many

170 THE SAMPSON FAMILY

brave young men who went forth to battle for their
country and returned in coffins, are to be found in Beulah ;
among these were George Washington Sampson, a grand-
son of Major Sampson; also Thomas Sampson, Company
C — 63 P. V. Other old family names are scattered through
the peaceful shades of Beulah, making it one of the most
noted spots in the county.

Of the nine children of Thomas Sampson and

Duff, I find extended records of only three. David, born
December 13, 1800, married in Kentucky and had five
children: William, Thomas, Stewart, Margaret and Theo-
dosia. David returned to Westmoreland County from
Kentucky and died December 31, 1864. No doubt, he, too
is buried in Beulah.

Margaret, born September 21, 1797, married Stewart
Thompson, and has one son, Stewart S. D. Thomspon,
living at Princess Anne, Maryland. Margaret died
July 9, 1868, and is also buried at Beulah, with a stone
to mark her resting place.

James was born August 15, 1786, and no record of his
death,

Thomas, born September 6, 1787, died December 2,
1846.

Alexander, born September 21, 1789, died February 4,
1832.

Ehzabeth, born September 21, 1789, a twin to Alex-
ander, died September 10, 1797.

Mary, born March 30, 1792, died 1795, and no record
of death.

John was born April 20, 1785, the oldest of the nine
children, and lived, after his marriage, in a log house
on the old General Forbes road, where all his children

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PENNSYLVANIA 171

were born and where he died. He served in the War of
1812 and is mentioned in the tribute to the soldiers from
the Pittsburg Despatch I have already given. He married
Jane Damspter, and they had nine children, three of whom
died in infancy. The others were: John, Thomas, George
W., EHza J., Mary M., and Sarah.

Thomas and George Washington both served in the
Civil War, and George was killed. They are both buried
in Beulah and also honored in the tribute to the Nation's
dead in the Pittsburg paper.

Mary M., married Alexander Mulnix, and they had
seven children.

Eliza Jane married John Harrison, and had seven
children.

David H., married Jane Beale.

Margaret J., married Joseph G, Beale,

John Edmund married Willis Garver.

AUce M., married H. H. Wray.

James married LeuUa Alexander.

Frank J., married Jennie McCabe.

Anna E., unmarried.

James and Luella had four children : George, Alexander,
Annie Wray, Donald, and Joseph Shea.

John, son of John and Jane Dampster, was born May
13, 1832, in the old log house in the Forbes Road. He

married Kate A. Duff, February 6, 1862, who died .

John is 6 feet 2 inches in height, and his youngest son
Harold, is also 6 feet tall. They are both great lovers
of hunting and take a hunting trip every fall, the father
usually going to Maine. He has a fine moose head
mounted that he shot in one of these trips to Maine, and
also a beautiful white deer's head.

172 THE SAMPSON FAMILY

John and Kate Duff had nine children, one, Frank
H., died in infancy, but the other eight are all living.
Seven are married and six are living in the Frankstown
Road with their famiUes. These seven married children
have twenty-seven children, and all have taken their
Christmas dinner in the old home as regularly as Christ-
mas comes. Christmas of 1912 was the last happy re-
union with the father and grandfather of this most united
family, for in February 1912 he was taken to his well earned
rest; loved and mourned by all his family, and everyone
who ever met him. John Sampson was a typical gentle-
man of the old school and a Christian in every sense of
the word. His children are :

George, born May 16, 1863, who married Lizzie Finley,
and have Wallace, Warren, Winifred, Evelyn, and Marjorie.

Albert L., born July 25, 1867, married Annie Hormel,
and have Belle, Kenneth, Esther, Beulah, Glen, Oren,
and Duff.

James D., born June 26, 1869, married Kate Watson,
and have Olive, Irene, John, Paul, James and Bessie.

Jennie, born June 7, 1871, married J. E. Wilson, and
have Clarence and Harry Ellis.

Harry E., born September 20, 1873, married Corene
Taylor, and have Stanley, Florence, and Vernon.

Annie Belle, born November 8, 1875, married Harvey
Beswarrick, and have Clifford, Chnton, Catherine, and
Harry.

John Howard, born November 20, 1883, married Bessie
Watson, and had one child, Margaret.

Lizzie S., born October 11, 1864, lived at home with
her father, who died in his 81st year and was more
active than many men at 50.

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Thomas, son of John and Jane Dampster, married
Martha Vantine, and had three children: John, Arthur
M,, and Anna M. Thomas was very fond of music and
played the viohn well. This love of music was inherited
by his son Arthur, who was the possessor of a fine violin
fully one hundred years old, which was destroyed when
his home burned to the ground several years ago.

Arthur M., married Grace Foster, and has four children.
He lives on the Frankstown Road.

John E., married Phoebe Trees, and they also live on the
Frankstown Road. He conducts a grocery store which
is located very near his home.

Anna M., married Henderson Elliot, and they have
four children.

James Sampson, brother of Wilham and Thomas, came
from Ireland in 1796. His son, John, had come over in
1788 and sent back for his father, James. John, who,
according to the date of his birth was only two years old
when he came from Ireland to America, may have accom-
panied one of his uncles.

There are such instances as Henry Sampson, who
was one of the "Mayflower" passengers, came with his
uncle Edward Tilley, and, according to history, other
members of his family came later.

James Sampson settled near Brush Creek, in Westmore-
land County. His wife was Mary Margaret Crook.
James died August 20, 1831, and his wife died March
10, 1832. To them were born seven children: John,
James, Wilham, Margaret, Thomas, Sarah, and Samuel.

Margaret Sampson, daughter of James and Mary, I
have already given an account of as the wife of George
Sampson, of Canonsburg, in Washington County.

174 THE SAMPSON FAMILY

Sarah Sampson, daughter of James and Mary, married
David Bell.

John Sampson, son of James and Mary, was born in
Ireland, February 12, 1778, and, as I have already stated.
came to Pennsylvania in 1788. He was twice married.
His first wife was Mary McGavitt, whom he married
March 24, 1809, and by whom he had five children:
Dorcas, Thomas, Nancy Jane, Margaret, and James.

Of these five children James died in 1831 and ]\Iargaret
in 1836.

Dorcas Sampson, daughter of John and Mary, married
a Stoneman and had two children: John and Dorcas.

Nancy Jane Sampson, the daughter of John and Mary,
married Merry Montgomery.

James Sampson, the son of John and j\Iary, was twice
married, first to Maria Boise, and second to Mrs. F. Car-
others. There were three children: Lavina, Mary Jane,
and Simeon.

Simeon Sampson married Maria Strumel and had four
children: Thomas, Hattie, EHzabeth, and May.

Mary McGavitt died September 17, 1826, and John
was married to Lavina Lightburn, September 25, 1828.
They had four children: Elizabeth, born September 21,
1829; Benjamin L., born March 16, 1832; Corneha, born
June 5, 1833, and Sarah L., born August 12, 1836.

Elizabeth, the oldest, married William Boyd, of Alle-
ghenj'^, and died leaving no children.

Corneha died.

Sarah is living in West Newton, Pa.

Benjamin married Harriet Reed, October 26, 1871,
and they are still living in West Newton, Pa., where
he conducts a mill on the Youghiogheny River. Benjamin

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is 78 years old and had been running this mill 20 years,
July 1909. He is a most active man, with fine intellect
and a wonderful memory. The family are all Presby-
terians and attend the Presbyterian Church across the
river from where they live.

Benjamin Sampson and Harriet had seven children,
four of whom died in infancy.

William R., born March 26, 1874, married Bess Cunning-
ham, and has one child, William C. They also live in
West Newton.

John B., born January 29, 1877, married Eva Smith,
and they have three children: Helen, Evelyn, and
Sarah.

Margaret, born October 8, 1875, married John B. Hart,
and has three children: Harriet, George, and Paul B.

John Sampson died March 21, 1858, and is buried in
the West Newton Cemetery, as are other members of this
family.

William Sampson, the son of James and Mary Margaret,
was born in 1765 and married a widow, Mary Neal Bea-
zell, a sister to Dorcas Neal, the wife of his uncle William.
In the year 1812 William Sampson moved to Horse Shoe
Bottom, Carrol Township, Washington County, where
he successfully followed farming and distillery business.
At the time of his death in 1815 he owned 200 acres of
land, part of which he purchased for twelve dollars an
acre. In his day, grain was cut with a sickle and he was
famed far and near for his dexterous handling of that
primitive implement, and for the amount of wheat,
barley, oats or grass he could cut in a day.

William and Mary had four children: Harvey, Thomas,
Dorcas and James.

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Harvey Sampson, son of William and Mary, died un-
married about 1841.

Dorcas Sampson, daughter of William and Mary, was
born September 22, 1804, and died February 3, 1847.
She was married to Elijah Teeple, June 1, 1841; was his
second wife, and to them were born two sons: John and
James Harvey. John died in infancy, and James Harvey
married and has two children and grandchildren. He
is now 67 years of age and lives with his wife in Mononga-
hela, Pa.

Mrs. James Harvey Teeple writes of Dorcas Sampson
that

she was a beautiful woman, fair, with blue eyes and golden-
bronze hair. That she was as good as she was beautiful ;
a devout Christian, perfect wife and mother, and loved
and respected by all who knew her.

James Sampson, a son of William and Mary, was born
in Westmoreland County in 1806. He married Mary
Grant in 1840, who was a daughter of Robert and
Rebecca Grant, and a connection of the Ulysses S. Grant
family.

James and Mary had nine children, two of whom died
in infancy: Harriet R., Harvey James, William T., John
Grant, Mary Catherine, Margaret Jane, and Ada Ethel.

James Sampson came to Washington County in 1812,
the family settling in Horse Shoe Bottom, Carrol Town-
ship, now near the present towns of Donora and Eldora.
His father, William Sampson, died when he was but twelve
years old, and the management of the farm devolved
upon him. He grew up to be a worthy man, possessing
the qualities necessary to overcome the difficulties with
which the early settler was beset.

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A history of Washington County, Pa., gives this de-
scription :

The Sampson family are among the most influential
and wealthy citizens of Carrol Township. James Sampson
a patriarchal son of the Keystone State, is a retired
agriculturist and in his younger days a typical follower of
Nimrod. He took great pride in being the owner of the
fleetest pack of fox hounds in his section. Many a
time, after doing a hard day's work on the farm, he would
spend almost an entire night with his faithful dogs.

In a paper written by Mrs. Mary Grant Riggs, at a
re-union in Eldora, she writes that

Through James Sampson always resided on the farm,
he was a reader and a thinker. His instinctive upright-
ness in his dealings with his fellow men mark him worthy
of the esteem in which he was held by his neighbors.

His daughter, Mrs. Weddell, of Monongahela, told me
that when hunting he could locate every dog by the sound
of their baying, and in consequence he always followed
the dogs he knew were the best hunters.

In a conversation with a Mr. Evans, of McKeesport,
Pa., he told me that his people owned an extra fine fox
hound, and when "Uncle Jimmie" (as everyone called
him) went hunting, he would always come or send for
that special hound. Mr. Evans also stated, that when
foxes became scarce, the hunters would burn an old
ham bone, then tie a rope to it, and one of the party
would drag it about the country, keeping the dogs locked
up, but soon as enough territory was covered they would
loose the dogs and the hunt began.

James Sampson carried on a distillery for twenty
years in connection with farming, and at his death owned

178 THE SAMPSON FAMILY

1250 acres of land, and frequently had as manj^ as a
thousand head of cattle. In politics he was a Whig and a
Republican and voted with that party from the date of
its foundation. His daughter, Mrs. Weddell, spoke of
his having a mania for accumulating land, and in a talk
with Dr. Van Voohies, the author of the book called
Old Monongahela, who was a lifelong friend of the Samp-
son family, he told this of Mr. James Sampson:

One bright Sunday morning, Dr. Van Voohies met him
as he was walking about his farm, looking very down-
cast. When Dr. Van Voohies asked him the cause of
his depression, he replied that he could weep to think
that he did not own all the land he could see.

He was President of the Peoples Bank of Monongahela
for 22 years. James Sampson passed away at the resi-
dence of his daughter, Mrs. Harriet Tuman, in 1892, his
wife having died in 1888.

Harriet Sampson, a daughter of James and Mary, was
twice married; first, to Thomas Reeves, by whom she
had two daughters: Mary and Lena. Her second hus-
band was Joseph Tuman, and they reside in Charleroi, on
the Monongahela River, not far from the City of Monon-
gahela.

Mary Catherine Sampson, daughter of James and Mary,
married Captain Jenkins, and had two children: Mary
and Virginia.

Margaret Jane Sampson, daughter of James and Mary,
married Mr. T. J. Weddell, and lives in Monongahela,
Pa. They have three children: James, Jessie and Mary.

Ada Ethel Sampson, daughter of James and Mary,
married Charles Roe Dallas, of Pittsburgh, September
29, 1880. Mr. and Mrs. Dallas still live in Pittsburgh.

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I am much indebted to Mrs. Dallas and Mrs. Weddell,
also to Dr. Van Voohies, of Belle Vernon, Pa., for points
of interest relative to the Sampson family of the Monon-
gahela River.

Mr. and Mrs. Dallas had four children: James Roe,
born January 18, 1882, Sarah A., born February 14, 1886,
Charles Roe, born December 4, 1888, and Ada Grant,
born February 25, 1893. Charles Roe, Jr., died February
1, 1893, and Sarah A., died January 1, 1905. James
Roe Dallas married Anne Rinehart, March 9, 1909, and
Ada Grant hves at home.

William Sampson, a son of James and Mary, married
Lucretia Welch, and has five children: Mary B., Sarah
J., John W., Lucretia V., and WiUiam K.

Harvey James Sampson, a son of James and Mary,
married Jennie B. Yorty, and has six children.

John G. Sampson, a son of James and Mary, married
Mary V. Williams, and they have five children: Mary G.,
William H., James G., Helen M., and Ahce M. V. The
history of Washington County gives this account of
John G.:

He was a very progressive and enterprising citizen,
and politically affiliated with the Republican party. He
owns 276 acres of the best land in Carroll Township and
breeds some of the finest horses in Washington County.
He lives in the old James Sampson home.

John Sampson, a brother to Thomas, William and
James, also from near Cookstown, County Tyrone,
Ireland, somewhere about the year 1793. He sailed from
Derry, in Ireland, landed at Wilmington, Delaware,
and settled in Westmoreland County after a visit to his
brother, William, who lived near Webster, at what was

180 THE SAMPSON FAMILY

called "The Forks of Gaugh." He had married in Ireland
Mary Adams, the daughter of a Presbyterian Minister,
and they and their children took this long tedious trip
to America. The voyage was a very rough one; they
were blown a long distance out of their course, which
made the journey a much longer and a more tedious one.
John and Mary Sampson had six children: Thomas,
Margaret, Sarah, William, Nancy and John.

John Sampson, the son of John and Mary, was born
near Cookstown, County Tyrone, Ireland, December 25,
1788. He was only about five years old when he came
with his parents to America, and his father died when he
was about ten years old, on their farm in Westmoreland
County. John Sampson eventually located in that
portion of Pittsburgh, in those days called Manchester.
He was most successful in business, owning white lead
works, plough foundry, and lumber yards. The latter
years of his life were passed in a mansion on the Ohio
River, and he is buried in the beautiful Uniondale Ceme-
tery, in Allegheny. His grave lies on a hill which com-
mands a delightful view of the river and city. He
married Letitia Lecky, of Martinsburg, Va., and to them
were born five children: Robert L., Mary, Benson Adams,
Margaret A., and Letitia Jane.

Robert L., the oldest, married Ellen Hughey, and had
one daughter, Ellen Letitia, who married Joseph M.
Lippincott, of Pittsburgh.

Mary, who was born February 17, 1817, married John
Hohrbach, and died March 13, 1864. They had six chil-
dren: Letitia L., Luther Wolsey, Margaret B., John B.,
Sarah S., and Robert L.

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Benson A., was born October 20, 1818, and died August
24, 1872.

Margaret A., married Andrew Jackson Stuart, and had
one daughter, Jane Letitia, who married Dr. Edward
S. Lawrence, and they have three children: Dr. J. Stuart,
Edward S., and John Sampson.

Mrs. A. J. Stuart resides in Philadelphia with her daugh-
ter, Mrs. Lawrence, and to them I am indebted for this
branch of the Sampson history. When Mrs. Stuart and
her daughter were abroad they visited this village of
Ballyloughlin, near Cookstown, County Tyrone, Ireland,
but found the old records had been destroyed by fire,
and they could locate no one who remembered the Samp-
sons. But in the village cemetery they found gravestones
with the names of Sampsons.

Of the other children of John Sampson and Mary
Adams, Nancy married a McKee, Sarah married William
Manown, Margaret died young, and William went to
Ohio.

Thomas, born in 1794, settled on a farm at Long River,
Allegheny County. He was married to Anne Coon and
they had nine children. Thomas was a manufacturer
of sickles as well as a farmer and also conducted a
flouring mill. The point where this mill stood is still
called "Sampsons Mills" and is on the electric line running
from McKeesport to Irwin. The old log mill has fallen
to pieces and only a mill stone lying on the bank of the
httle stream is left to show where the old mill stood. The
miller's old log house, however, is still standing and in a
good state of preservation. Sampsons Mills is mentioned
in some of the present histories as a point which Wash-
ington passed on his march from Virginia. Thomas

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Sampson was a zealous member of the Long Run Presby-
terian Church and died on his farm at Long Run in 1844.
He is buried in the cemetery of the Presbyterian Church.

Mary Anne Sampson, daughter of Thomas and Anne,
married Ohver Evans.

Susanna Sampson, daughter of Thomas and Anne,
married James Neal.

Letitia Sampson, daughter of Thomas and Anne,
married John Foster.

I have no account of James H., John, or Margaret,
children of Thomas and Anne.

Adam C. Sampson, son of Thomas and Anne, was born
February 15, 1828, in Allegheny County, near McKees-
port. He was three times married and had nine children,
several dying in infancy. After his first marriage he came
to Monongahela to reside. The History of Washington
County states that

Mr. Sampson was a progressive citizen, a typical
self-made man and no one in the country enjoyed higher
respect and esteem. He was the first President of the
Peoples Savings Bank of Monongahela, and was one of
the active, solid, business men of the place. In rehgion
he was a consistent member of the Presbyterian Church
and in politics a member of the Republican Party.

Some Pennsylvania Sampsons, living in Lawrence
County, I had hoped to connect with those of Westmore-
land and Washington Counties, but even with the assist-
ance of records, personal conversations and correspond-
ence, I have failed to do so.

Mr. T. A. Sampson, attorney, of Mercer, Mercer County,
Pennsylvania, advises me that his great-great-grandfather
emigrated from Ireland to America and located in Beaver

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County, Pennsylvania, south of Beaver Falls, on a stream
known as Racoon Creek, and lived there until his death.
There is no certainty as to whether his name was John
or Thomas, and no record of his wife's name. He had
five children, but I only have the history of three:
Margaret, John, and Thomas W.

Margaret married a Zeuver, and had a daughter.

John married Mary Irvine, of Pittsburgh, who came
from Ireland. John died in 1866, aged 87 years, and left
four children: Ehzabeth, Joseph, John and Irvine. John
had moved to Lawrence County and purchased 600 acres
of land about half way between New Castle and Mercer.
He was a soldier in the War of 1812,

Of the three children, Elizabeth married a Walker;
John, born in 1812, married and had three children:
Alice, Martha and James R.

Joseph was born in 1820 and died in 1861. He married
Margaret S. Banks and had six children: Andrew T.,
Elizabeth, Mary, John, Stuart S., and James B.

Elizabeth married Mahard Neal and lives in New Castle,
Pa.

John died in Colorado.

Mary married Eckles, and lives in Washington, D.C.

Stuarts., married, and lives in New Castle, Pennsylvania.

James B., lives in Lawrence County, also.

Andrew T., lives in Lawrence County and has four
children: Joseph, living in New Castle; Edgar, living in
Pittsburgh; Eugene, and T. A., both living in Mercer,
Mercer County, Pennsylvania.

Irvine Sampson, son of John and Mary Irvine, married
Sarah E. Taylor, and bad eleven children: John Calvin,
member of Company "F," 100th Regiment of Pennsyl-

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vania Volunteers, of famous records (he was killed in
the Civil War), Emeline, Thomas, Ellen E., Sarah Adah,
Olive, Anna, Mary, William T., Albert I., and Thomas J.

Thomas Whiteside Sampson, youngest son of the Beaver
County Sampson, was born in County Armagh, Ireland,
which proves that his father was married in Ireland,
coming to America, and that this branch of the Sampson
family came from County Armagh,

Thomas Whiteside was a graduate of Meadsville
College, Meadsville, Pennsylvania, He married Amanda
Schoyer and was at one time in the drug business in
Chicago, Illinois, but eventually located in Emlenton,
Venango County, Pennsylvania, where he followed the
profession of a doctor and died there in 1872, leaving
three children. The children are: Nellie A,, Wilham S,,
and Frank B,, all living in Pittsburgh, I am indebted
to William S., and Frank B., for the above account.
Also to Mr. T, A, Sampson, of Mercer, for most of the
history of the Lawrence County Sampsons. Mr. Wilham
Sampson, of Pittsburgh, advised me that his father,
Thomas Whiteside, often spoke of an estate in Ireland
on which there was a race track. Mr. Irvine Sampson,
in his will, bequeathes an Irish sovereign to his daughter,
Emma F. Sampson.

The similarity of Christian names in this family of
Sampsons of Lawrence County with those of the families
of John, of the Greensburgh Pike, and the four brothers:
William, Thomas, James and John, who settled on the
Monongahela and Youghiogheny Rivers, impels me to
believe they are related. If this Sampson ancestor of
this line who located on Racoon Creek in Beaver County
was named Thomas (which one of his descendants inferred

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was the case), he could be a brother to John of the Greens-
burgh Pike. I have a copy of the will of Thomas Samp-
son, made in 1795, of Caredarh, County Armagh. He
wills to his wife Agnes, his two children John and Kit
and makes a Ralph Sampson and Andrew Sampson,
his executors.

Located in Tioga County, Pennsylvania, are a large
number of Sampsons who claim as their ancestor James,
the youngest of the four brothers, who settled in Bally-
loughlin, near Cookstown, County Tyrone, Ireland.

This family of Sampsons have instituted and kept the
good custom of assembling together at some point in
Tioga County once a year (usually in August) for a
"re-union of the Sampson Family of Tioga County."
I have been unfortunate in not being able to attend any
of these gatherings since learning of the existence of these
Sampsons.

I am indebted to Mr. James R. Sampson, of Wellsboro,
Pennsylvania, Mrs. Thomas J. Bowen, also of Wellsboro;
Mrs. M. J. Wheaton, of Covington, Pennsylvania; and
Robert Kelly, of Covington, for information regarding
their immediate families and ancestors. Also much is
due Miss Mary Anne Hutchinson, of Houtzdale, Pennsyl-
vania for assistance in tracing different members of the
family.

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This information was given me by Mr. WiUiam H.
Sampson of Grand Island, Nebraska and Miss Nellie
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Quite an extensive branch of the Sampsons now scattered
through many states, claim as their head a Jacob Sampson
from Sheffield, England.

There were three brothers born in Sheffield: Jacob,
Abraham and Isaac; triplets born in 1752.

This family of Sampsons had for years been associated
with the famous cutlery industry in Sheffield, and there
are today some of this line still connected with the cut-
lery business at Sheffield and vicinity.

But various letters and inquiries on my part have
failed to secure any definite information. The "Master
Cutler" of Cutler's Hall in Sheffield advised me that
Sampsons had been connected with these interests back
many years; but the descendants seem to have left
Sheffield.

Of these three brothers Jacob, Abraham and Isaac,
Jacob came to America when 23 years old, and settled in
Baltimore, Maryland. He became a citizen of the United
States in 1801 or 1802. He married Martha Freeland,
and eventually moved to Maysville, Kentucky where he
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Jacob Sampson and Martha Freeland had three sons.

(1) John Sampson, born 1776, died 1868.

(2) Francis Freeland Sampson, born 1783, died 1855.

(3) Tench Tilghman Sampson, born 1792, died 1841.
John, the first son of Jacob Sampson and Martha

Freeland married Rebecca Findell and they had seven
children :

(1) Jacob Carleton Sampson, born 1808.

(2) Maria Louisa Sampson, born 1811.

(3) Dariandis Sampson, born 1813.

(4) Amanda Sampson, born 1813.

(5) Consul Sampson, born 1818.

(6) Zanetta Sampson, born 1821.

(7) Gurnsey Sampson, born 1824.

Jacob Carleton Sampson the first son of John Sampson
and Rebecca Findell married Delano Clark and they had
eleven children:

(1) John Sampson.

(2) William Sampson.

(3) A daughter died.

(4) Mary Anne Sampson.

(5) Darius Sampson.

(6) Melvin Mortimer Sampson who married Virginia
Edna Terry and lives in Petersburg, Illinois. They have
a daughter, Lotta Sampson, who teaches in Illinois.

(7) Josephine Sampson.

(8) Laura Sampson.

(9) Lute Sampson.

(10) Kirt Sampson.

(11) Emma Sampson.

Amanda Sampson, the fourth Child of John Sampson
and Rebecca Findell, married Buford Clark and to them
were born ten children:

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(1) Presley H. Clark, born 1838.

(2) William F. Clark, born 1840.

(3) Thomas J. Clark, born 1842.

(4) Louisa Clark, born 1843.

(5) Anderson O. Clark, born 184G.

(6) Mary E. Clark, born 1848.

(7) James A. Clark, born 1851.

(8) Julia A. Clark, born 1854.

(9) Henry E. Clark, born 1857.

(10) Robert A. Clark, born 1860.

Gurnsey Sampson, the seventh child of John Sampson
and Rachel Findell, married Mary Jane Brown and they
had three children: Charles, James and Nellie. Gurnsey
Sampson died near Batavia, Iowa, about the year 1874.

Francis Freeland Sampson, the second son of Jacob
Sampson and Martha Freeland, married Matilda Baxter
and to them were born ten children:

(1) Jacob F. Sampson, born 1803.

(4) Robina Sampson, born 1804.

(3) Francis W. Sampson, born 1805.

(4) Martha Ann Sampson, — —

(5) Caroline Matilda Sampson, born 1811.

(6) Junius Mortimer Sampson, born 1813.

(7) John Augustus Sampson, born 1815, died 1826.

(8) Victor N. Sampson, born 1818.

(9) Angeline Sampson, born 1820, died 1871.

(10) Orestes Sampson, born 1823, died 1894.

Jacob F. Sampson, the son of Francis Freeland Samp-
son and Matilda Baxter, married and had four children:
Caroline L., Susan May, Virginia and Emma.

Carolina Matilda Sampson, a daughter of Francis
Freeland Sampson and Matilda Baxter, married Nathaniel
Foster and had two children:

196 THE SAMPSON FAMILY

(1) Martha Ann, bom 1830.

(2) Emma W., born 1850 and who married for her
first husband James Pitney, and for her second husband
Edward Hann. Mrs. Hann has given me some informa-
tion regarding her family. She hves in Kansas City,
Kansas.

Junius Mortimer Sampson, the sixth child of Francis
Freeland Sampson and Matilda Baxter, married Eliza-
beth and had nine children :

(1) Laura Amanda Sampson, born 1839, married
Jason Hann.

(2) Francis Henry Sampson, born 1841, died 1861.

(3) Charles Elgin Sampson, born 1843, died 1870.

(4) William Mortimer Sampson, born 1844.

(5) Mary Matilda Sampson, born 1845, married Cole-
man Turner.

(6) Victor Adolphus Sampson, born 1849, died 1900.

(7) George Rogers Sampson, born 1853.

(8) Edward McClure Sampson, born 1855.

(9) Lillie Augustus Sampson, born 1859, married Lee
Hammel.

Victor U. Sampson, eighth child of Francis Freeland
Sampson and Matilda Baxter, was twice married. The
name of the first wife is not given. The second wife was
Josephine Addings.

The children of the first wife were Orestes S., Tench
Tilghman, Mary, Martha, Amy and Eoline Grace.

The children of the second wife were:

William P. Sampson, born 1870.

Charles F. Sampson, born 1873.

Carrie Myrtle Sampson, born 1879, died 1883.

Angeline Sampson, the ninth child of Francis Freeland

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Sampson and Matilda Baxter, married John Peake and
had four children:

William Henry Peake, born 1846.

James H. Peake, born 1848.

Francis F. Peake, born 1853.

Harry Clay Lincoln Peake, born 1860.

Orestes Sampson, the tenth child of Francis Freeland
Sampson and Matilda Baxter, married Jane Colson in
1855 and had five children. He lived on the old Sampson
farm in Petersburg, IHinois, but later moved to Nebraska.

His children were :

(1) Adaline Sampson, born 1856, died 1906, married
Isaac Jones.

(2) Cordelia Sampson, born 1857.

(3) Matilda Jane Sampson, born 1859, married J. P.
Reesor.

(4) Jacob Francis Sampson, born 1861, married Lucy
B. Bower.

(5) Mary Ellen Sampson, born 1863, married George
W. Holoway.

Matilda J. Sampson, daughter of Orestes Sampson
and Jane Colson, who married J. P. Reesor had two
children, Leslie Reesor and Lola Reesor.

Mary Jane Sampson, daughter of Orestes Sampson and
Jane Colson, married George W. Holoway and has five
children.

(1) Carrie Jane Holoway, born 1892.

(2) Mandie May Holoway, born 1895.

(3) Dollie Bryan Holoway, born 1898.

(4) George LeRoy Holoway, born 1901.

(5) Mary Francis G. Holoway, born 1905.

It is to Mrs. George W. Holoway that I am indebted

198 THE SAMPSON FAMILY

for all these memoranda, or at least the major portion of
them. She is the daughter of Orestes Sampson and the
great-grand-daughter of the Jacob Sampson who came
from Sheffield, England and settled in Baltimore.

Mrs. Holoway lives in Tryon, Nebraska.

Jacob Freeland Sampson, a son of Orestes Sampson
and Jane Colson, married and had five children, Orestes
Mortimer, Florence, Lela Gladys, Homer and McKinley.

Tench Tilghman Sampson, the third son of Jacob
Sampson and Martha Freeland, married Rebecca M.
Wells, and had one child, Martha Freeland Sampson,
born 1816, died 1847.

She married Rawley Doohttle and had two children,
Mary, born 1843 and Martha, born 1846.

Mary married John D. Handberry and had seven
children :

Martha married Ketchum S. Conkhn and had five
children.

Mary Handberry and Martha Conklin had a court
decree showing they were the only living heirs at the time
of the death of Tench Tilghman Sampson.

Junius Mortimer Sampson, the sixth son of Francis
Freeland Sampson and Matilda Baxter, married and had a
son, William Mortimer Sampson, who is now living in
Waynesville, Illinois, and who has rendered me some
assistance in securing data for this sketch.

WiHiam Mortimer Sampson, of Waynesville, Illinois,
has six children: Francis Henry, Charles E., Rodgers.
Edward M., Laura A., and Mary M.

I will add some records of Sampsons who lived in Mary-
land that I found in the State Library at Annapolis,
Maryland, and the Maryland Historical Society Library

PENNSYLVANIA 199

in Baltimore, Maryland. These notes show there were
quite a few of the name of Sampson in the early history
of Maryland. I have been unable to locate the descend-
ants, excepting in the instance of Mrs. Geo. Holoway of
Tyron, Nebraska, and WiHiam Sampson of Waynesville,
Illinois.

This data may assist others who are searching for family
"Trees."

Thomas Sampson owned land on Bush River. (This
river is near Baltimore.)

Richard R. Sampson of Baltimore was vestryman in
the old St. Pauls Church in Patapsco Hundred in 1692.

In the Baltimore Court House I found the will of Rich-
ard R. Sampson made December 6, 1714, which is no
doubt that of this same Richard, vestryman of St. Pauls.

He bequeathed land called "Ardins Adventure" on south
side of Back River as by patent. He also willed to a
daughter Constance, and bequeathed property called
"Sampson's Addition" adjoining "Ardins Adventure" to
his son John Sampson.

Another will in the Baltimore Court House is that of
Isaac Sampson made in 1836. He wills to his daughter
Sarah, daughter Susannah Sampson Rutledge, daughter
Mary Sampson Collett and son, David Sampson.

In the State House at Annapolis I found the wills of
Jeremiah Sampson, 1717, and Edward Sampson.

In Mounts Family Genealogy a reference is made to
Sarah Sampson, a daughter of Robert Sampson, employing
Mr. James Monatt of South River, Anne Arundel County,
as her attorney in 1717.

In records of Anne Arundel County is mention of
Francis Sampson purchasing "Savage's Mill" and marry-

200 THE SAMPSON FAMILY

ing a Mrs. Alexander Warfield, who had two sons, John
W., and Brice Warfield.

Records from the St. John's Parish Books in the Mary-
land Historical Society Library, Baltimore, Maryland:

Elizabeth Sampson married John Hays, 1808.

Isaac Sampson married Mary Ristone, 1747.

Ruth Sampson married Edward Bond, 1767.

Benjamin Sampson married Jemima Standeford, 1766.

Esther Sampson married Thos. Hambleton, 1753.

Elinor Sampson married Benj. Wyle, 1755.

Emmanuel Sampson married Sarah Roger, 1760.

Ruth Sampson, daughter of Isaac Sampson and Mary
Ristone, bom 1748.

Richard Sampson, son of Isaac Sampson and Mary
Ristone, born 1750.

Richard Sampson maried Ann Wyle, 1758.

Ruth Sampson married Charles Cole, 1748.

Sarah Sampson married Abel Wyle, 1758.

Records from St. James' Parish Books in the Maryland
Historical Society Library, Baltimore, Maryland:

Abraham, son of Abraham and EUzabeth Sampson,
bom 1798.

Anna, daughter of Elijah and Elizabeth Sampson,
bom 1803.

Elijah, son of Elijah and Ehzabeth Sampson, bom 1799.

Elijah, son of and Mary Sampson, bom 1788.

Rachel, daughter of Elijah and Elizabeth Sampson,
bom 1805.

Margaret, daughter of Emmanuel and Mary Sampson,
born 1789.

Aquila Sampson married Mary Emlowe, 1790.

Nancy Sampson married Henry Emlowe, 1790.

Thomas Sampson, son of Nicholas and Mary Sampson,
bom 1792.

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David Sampson, son of Isaac and Elizabeth Sampson,
born 1784.

Ruth Sampson, daughter of Richard and Rachel Samp-
son, bom 1789.

Records from St. Paul's Parish Books in Maryland
Historical Society Library, Baltimore, Maryland:

Francis Sampson married Matilda Baxter.
Henry Sampson married Aima Kins.
Ann Sampson married Philip Cardiman, 1735.
Constance Sampson married Jacob Rowles, 1727.
Jacob Sampson's nephew, buried 1790.
Tench Tilghman Sampson, son of Jacob Sampson,
and Martha Freeland, born, 1792.

Mary Sampson married John Green, 1720.
Richard Sampson married Ann Emby, 1734.
Richard Sampson died, 1734.

SAMPSONS IN VIRGINIA

CHAPTER I

For a number of years I have searched far and wide
in America hoping to trace others of the children of John
Sampson, of Greensburg Pike. The only four of his
twelve children of whom I can find any descendants being
Joseph of Ohio, George of Pennsylvania, James of
Kentucky and Wilham of Illinois.^

During these years I found many of the name of Samp-
son in Virginia, and so commenced a thorough search
among the records, which brought to my knowledge some
very interesting history of these Virginia Sampsons.

The earliest mention is of a Capt. John Sampson who
made fine voyages with Sir Francis Drake, of London.

In May, 1586, Capt. John Sampson was with Sir Francis
Drake on the voyage to Virginia. It was on this trip
they took St. Augustine, in Florida, from the Spaniards,

iJ have already given data relating to the families of Joseph
of Ohio and George of Pennsylvania, sons of John Sampson of
Pennsylvania. The only reference I find to his son James of
Kentucky is in an old letter lately found from James of Kentucky
to his brother William of Westmoreland County, Pa., in which
James requests William to collect money due him from their
father's estate.

In 1825 a William Sampson moved from Kentucky to Illinois.
Dates would indicate that this William was a son of James of
Kentucky.

All that I have learned of William of Westmoreland Co., Pa.
(a brother to Joseph, George and James) is contained in these
letters addressed to him by his brothers Joseph of Ohio, and
James of Kentucky.

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206 THE SAMPSON FAMILY

pillaged and burned the town. Only a few miles from
St. Augustine there is today a village called Sampson,
which may have received its name at this early date from
Capt. John Sampson.

They continued their voyage up the coast and arrived
off the English settlement at Roanoke, June 8, 1586, and
in January 1587, Sir Walter Raleigh granted the privilege
of planting a colony in Virginia to a number of men.
Among them was this Capt. or Coin. John Sampson. He
evidently lived a great portion of his life in the Parish
of St. James on Barbados Island,

In Julian Corbett's books English Men of Action and
Drake and the Tudor Navy, I find several references to this
Captain Sampson, who according to Corbett, was one of
Carleills aides-de-camps and a young Irish officer who had
served long and with distinction under Carleill. Captain
Sampson was sent to join Sir Francis Drake in 1585 by
Carleill.

In the volume of Juhan Corbett's Drake and the Tudor
Navy, Capt. John Sampson is spoken of as "The gallant
Sampson," and he was promoted to be Drake's Lieuten-
ant Colonel. By sending to Mr. Edwin FitzPatrick of
Barbados., honorary and corresponding member to the
H. G. S. of Boston, Massachusetts. I secured a copy of
the will of John Sampson, a nephew of the celebrated
Capt. John Sampson who voyaged with Sir Francis
Drake.

I herewith give a partial copy of this will and some other
records.

1703. Will of John Sampson, Planter, Barbados. My
eldest son John to heir of the Lands, Negroes, etc., in the
Island of Barbados, lately fallen to me by the death of

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my Uncle ColL John Sampson — To my wife Elizabeth —
To my daughter Mary — To my sister Martha Sampson
Withers — To my brother Nathaniel Sampson — To my
brother Peter Sampson — I appoint my son Francis Samp-
son to be my heir of my Plantation Slaves, etc., in Antigua.
— To my youngst son William Sampson. — Trustees in
Antigua Peter Sampson.

Marriages

1650, Frances Sampson to Richard Ferryman.
1665, Susanna Sampson to Lambert Huba.
1667, Peter Sampson to Mary Armsdale.
1669, Elizabeth Sampson to John Lowery.
1691, Madame Susanna Sampson to Wm. Thomas
Sadlier.

Burials

1691, Bartholomew Sampson (mariner).
1697, Edward Sampson.

The Francis Sampson, son of John, mentioned in this
will is without doubt the same Francis, who patented
land in Goochland County, Virginia in 1725, and was the
first of a very extensive family of Sampsons in Virginia.

In a very complete and interesting book entitled
Americans of Gentle Birth, a number of references are
made to this family of Sampsons.

Francis had a son, Stephen Sampson, Sr., who married
Mary Woodson, a daughter of Sanborne Woodson of
Huguenot descent. Stephen was a commissioned captain
of militia in Goochland County in the reign of George I,
which would be in the year 1714. Stephen, Sir., had two
sons, Stephen, Jr., and Charles. Stephen Jr. was born in
1729, and was vestryman in a church in Goochland County
in 1744. He married and had three children, of whom I

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find some account. Molly married William Poor in 1770
and had eight children.

Robert married Agnes Poor, and they had five children :
Virginia, Wilham, Martha, Stephen and Agnes.

Richard, St., married Anne Curd, November 7, 1771,
and had several children. Of these J. Price Sampson
married Jannetta Rogers, and had five children: Edward,
Susan, Margaret, Elizabeth, and Thornton Thomas,

Thornton Thomas married a sister of Major Booth,
and had four children: Thornton T., Joseph, William,
and George W.

Thornton Thomas, Jr., married a Forrester, and had
three children: Frank K., Booker, and Thornton III,
all now living in Miskimon, Northumberland County,
Virginia. Mr. Frank K. Sampson gave me their immediate
relatives :

George W., married Roxy Ann Curd in 1784, and had
two children: Wilham Roscoe, and Arabella Booth.
Arabella Booth married a Beane, and is now living with
her son, R. H. Beane, at Sampson's Wharf, Northumber-
land County, Virginia. Mr. Beane wrote me regarding
his family.

Richard Sampson, Jr., son of Richard, Sr., and Ann
Curd, was a farmer in Goochland County. He was
born about 1772, married Mary Rogers, and died at the
age of 90 years. He was noted as being one of the most
successful farmers of his day.

Richard and Anne Curd had four children : Jennetta, who
married a Woods, John, Josephine, who married a Walker,
and the Rev. Dr. Francis S. Sampson, who was born in
1814 at Dovers Mills, in Goochland County. He was mar-
ried to Carohne Dudley and died in 1854. The Rev. Dr.

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Francis Sampson was Professor of Oriental Literature in
Union Theological Seminary in Virginia. Four of Dr.
Sampson's children grew to maturity: Mary Baldwin,
who married John James Dupuy, M.D., of the Confederate
Army, in 1865, Alice Merle, who married Charles Basker-
ville in 1865; Thornton Rogers, who was born in 1852 and
became an honored Missionary of the Southern Presbyte-
rian Church to the Kingdom of Greece. He married Ella
Royster, of Memphis, Tennessee in 1878. He is now Pres-
ident of Austin Theological Presbyterian Seminary, in
Austin, Texas. John R., was born at Hampdon, Sydney,
in Prince Edward County, in 1850. He married Eliza
Ann Woods, and they had four children : Edgar Woods,
Marie Dudley, Anne Russell, Merle De Aubigne.

John R. Sampson was "Professor" and owner of Pan-
tops Academy, near Charlottesville, in Albermarle County,
for twenty years, and proved himself to be one of the fore-
most educators of youth in the United States. He died
about 1907.

We will retrace our steps to Stephen Sampson, Senior's
son Charles, who married Anne Porter, a daughter of
Capt. Thomas Porter, and Elizabeth Dutois, of Huguenot
descent, and from the Huguenot colony at Manikin in
Goochland County.

Charles and Anne had two children: Archibald and
EUzabeth Barbara. Archibald was sent back to England
to be educated and on his return he had with him two of
the first race horses brought to America, "Magic" and
"Kitty Fisher." They never quite lost the rolling motion
acquired on board ship in their long sea voyage, and the
family tradition is that the restless children of the family
of that and succeeding generation were gently repri-

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manded by saying "Whoa! Magic" — "Whoa! Kitty
Fisher." He died unmarried.

EUzabeth Barbara Sampson, daughter of Charles and
Anne, was bom in 1768 and married to Capt. George
Robards in 1785. Capt. George Robards had a fine
record in the Revolutionary War. This couple had four-
teen children and one of the descendants, John Lewis
Robards, is Vice-President of the Missouri Sons of Ameri-
can Revolution, at Hannibal, Missouri.

From other sources I find the following marriages and
lists of children. These are no doubt members of the
above families, but I have been unable prove to the con-
nections :

Robert Sampson married Ann Bagneer. Their eleven
children were: WilHam, Ann Elizabeth, Mary Jane,
Robinette, Martha C, Louisiana, Robert H., Laura T.
Melinda, Virginia, and Augustina.

Martha Sampson married a Smith and had four children.

Archibald Sampson, son of Richard, Sr., married in
1837 Amanda Carpenter, a daughter of George Carpenter,
whose father, John, founded in 1799 Carpenter's Fort
in Kentucky. Archibald Sampson was commissioned by
Governor Desha in 1825 in the 5th Kentucky Regiment,
which looks as though he had taken up his residence in
Kentucky.

Ehzabeth Ann Sampson married David Royster and
they had seven children, one named Sampson Royster.

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Still another family of Sampsons who settled in Virginia
and whose ancestry is uncertain was that of William,
who came from England to Halifax County, Parish of
Antrim, who made a will in 1793. In this will he bequeaths
to his wife, Jinney; a daughter Martha, who married
John Moore; Mary, who married a Twidwell; Elizabeth,
who married a Snowdy; and Judith; also one son Francis.

Francis married Catherine and had children.

Her will mentions Stephen and Dennis Morgan. Some
of the relatives advised me that Stephen had two brothers
who were in the War in 1812, and in the battle of New
Orleans under Jackson. One brother was killed and one
never heard from. But as the mother, Catherine, made
her will in 1838 and mentions two sons, she must have
known the whereabouts of the one who was supposed to
have disappeared.

Stephen was born about 1775. He married Sarah Sims
and moved from Virginia to Tennessee. Stephen died
about 1850. Stephen and Sarah had four children:
Robert, Johnson, Coleman Sims and Stephen II.

Stephen Sampson, II, married Katherine Dawson and
had three children :

(1) Mary J., who married Fisher, and lives in Lancaster,
Tennessee.

(2) Titus, who lives in Carthage, Tennessee.

(3) T. J., who lives in Glasgow, Kentucky.

John, son of Stephen and Sarah, married Susanna
Snoddy, and had seven children.

(1) Thomas Jefferson, born 1845, married Mary
Susan West.

(2) Samuel Davis, born 1843, died 1843.

(3) James Wilburn, born 1841, died 1863. Fought in
the Confederate Army.

VIRGINIA 217

(4) Stephen Robertson, born 1839, died 1846.
(5) -Lucy Ann, born 1839, died 1903.

(6) George Washington, born 1836, died 1902. Fought
in Civil War.

(7) Benjamin Franklin, born 1834, died 1891.
Thomas Jefferson, who married Mary Susan West,

lives in Red Boiling Springs, Macon County, Tennessee.

Coleman Sims Sampson, son of Stephen and Sarah, was
born in 1810 and married Polly Skelton. His son. Dr.
Coleman Sims Sampson, is still living in Rome, Smith
County, Tennessee. Dr. Sampson is now in his 73rd
year and has been practicing medicine the last fifty-three
years. He also served his town four years in the State
legislature. Much of this record has been given me by
Dr. Sampson.

Nancy, a daughter of Stephen and Sarah, married Wil-
liam Dawson; and another daughter, Drucella, married
Thomas Ligon.

The two following notes show also that the Sampsons
were early interested in Virginia :

The Ship ''Furtherance," of 180 tons, Mr. Sampson,
master, with 80 passengers, left England in June, 1622,
for Virginia.

Also:

The ship "Sampson" arrived in Virginia, April 22, 1619,
with 50 emigrants, who settled on Ward's Creek.

The Virginia Magazine, as well as The William and
Mary Quarterly, have a number of references to members of
the Sampson family. In the College Quarterly they give
two Indians, named John and Thomas Sampson, as

218 THE SAMPSON FAMILY

enrolled among their students in 1754. As early as 1673
a Thomas Sampson is mentioned as assisting in Apprais-
ing an estate in James City County.

In Henrico Countj", John Sampson married Mary
Beauchamp, whose family was of St. Giles without
Cripplegate, in London. Her brother, John Beauchamp,
a merchant in London, wills land both in England and
Virginia to her.

In Isle of Wight County lived James Sampson, whose
will is published in the College Quarterly. He had three
children: a son, James, and two daughters. Some of the
descendants are still living in Virginia.

James Sampson's will indicates an old English gentle-
man; he wills his "Silver bowles and silver wine cuppes,"
also "silver spoones with nobs at the ends" to different
children. To one of his sons-in-law he bequeathes "a
blew silk sash and a coasting coat, together with a pair
of buck shoes that have silver buckles on them."

In James City County, Thomas Sampson was granted
202 acres of land, near a branch of Coxes Swamp, April
10, 1666. This is no doubt the same Thomas who ap-
praised the Wigginson estate in 1673.

There is record of a Davis Sampson being appointed
an Ensign in 1798; of a Joseph Sampson in Lancaster
County; a John Sampson in Orange County in 1785;
of two John Sampsons in Gloucester County in 1783-
1784.

There is a town named Sampson in Augusta County,
Virginia, and in correspondence with the Postmaster,
Mr. Alexander Yancy Sampson, I secured the following
history. His grandfather was William Sampson, who
married a Sarah Sampson. He died aged 97 years, and

VIRGINIA 219

had five children: Bluford Marshall, Franklin, Peachie,
Virginia and Marie.

Bluford Marshall Sampson, son of William and Sarah,
married Jennette Peterfish. He died in 1892, aged 81
years. His children were Layton Milton, S. Elizabeth,
Margaret A., Joseph B., Mary Ann, and Alexander
Yancy.

Layton Milton Sampson, son of Bluford and Jennetta,
married Sarah R. Humphreys, and has eight children:
Alice, Cora, Lillie, John A,, Mollie, Nettie, Walter, and
Howard, who is in the U. S. Army.

Alexander Yancy Sampson, son of Richard and Jennetta,
married Mary Jane McAusland, and had six children:
Perry Lee, William Yancy, David Glenn, Charles Alex-
ander, Hugh Bluford, and Joseph Franklin.

Mr. Alexander Y. Sampson, has been a merchant at
Harriston, Augusta County, Virginia for 28 years. He had
the post office of Sampson established and managed it
until it was discontinued in 1910 and removed to Harriston
only a few miles distant. Mr. Alexander Sampson thinks
his grandfather, William, came from Scotland to this
country. William settled first in Green County, then
moved to Albemarle County and finally located in Augusta
County, where he died.

A most interesting note in the William and Mary
College Quarterly is that "Old Stephen Sampson, of St.
James, Northam Parish, and Sarah Johnson, were married
in September 1753." Their children were:

Sarah born 1757.

Elizabeth born 1759.

Ann born 1763.

William born 1765.

Jean born 1768.

220 THE SAMPSON FAMILY

Stephen born 1769.

James J. bom 1772.

Another note states "Stephen Sampson was buried,
their old, very honest Grandfather, in 1773."

Another note states that Stephen Sampson, a boy,
was taken from the Otter as prisoner of war in 1776,
which must have been "Old Stephen's" son, born 1769.

Northumberland County gives a George Sampson in
Sampson in 1784; Joseph in 1782; WilHam, and William
Jr., in 1782. There is still a town in Northumberland
County called Sampsons Wharf, and a number of the
Sampson descendants are living there. Mr. R. H. Beane,
whose mother was a Sampson, is Postmaster of Sampson's
Wharf.

At a town called "Burgess Store," in the same county,
is a James Sampson, and at Miskimon there are three
Sampson brothers: Frank K., Thornton, and Booker.

In Caroline County, Jenny Sampson married Fred
Bourne, February 1, 1796.

Philip Sampson was Captain of the Virginia Continental
Regiment, March 1777.

John Sampson, of CaroUne County, was a soldier in
1758.

Richard Sampson, of Charlotte County, was Corporal
in 1st Virginia Regiment, February 7, 1780.

There were two John Sampsons in Rappahannock
County, one as early as 1678.

Also, a record of the ship "Mary," of London, sailing
from Virginia in July 1705, in command of Master Jeremy
Sampson.

Still another family of Sampsons of importance in
Virginia is that one whose ancestors lived in County
Fife, Scotland.

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George Sampson the first known of this line was born
in Dumfermline in 1763 and died in 1804. He married
Euphemia Lessels Gray in 1797, and there are records
of three children.

(1) Alexander who came to Richmond, Virginia, and
died unmarried.

(2) John, who was a member of Parliament in Scotland.
He married Janet Stewart. They had four children:
John, Charles, George and Euphemia.

Euphemia married a Reid. George is still living in
Dumfermline, aged 85. He married Mary Ann Scotland
and they had two sons: John aged 48, and Robert age
44. Robert lives at 58 Victoria Street, Dumfermline,
and to him I am indebted for many of these notes.

(3) George Lessels Sampson, son of George and Euphe-
mia, was born in Newton-of-Kircaldy in 1798. He came
to New York City, when nineteen years of age, and later
settled in Richmond Virginia.,

He married, first, Jane Graves and second, Martha
Watson. The children were:

(1) George Graves Sampson, who married Miss King
and had a daughter, Graves Euphemia Sampson.

(2) Virginia C. Sampson who died.

(3) Euphemia Sampson who married Thomas A. Haley
of Louisville, Kentucky.

(4) Norman D. Sampson who married Rosalie Aylett.
Miss Aylett was a direct descendant of the celebrated
Patrick Henry of Virginia.

(5) Alfred Sampson married Miss Green.

(6) Henry L. Sampson.

(7) Laura Sampson married Adrian Van Sinderen.

(8) Edwin D. Sampson married Mary Isabella Ruther-
ford, they had four children:

222 THE SAMPSON FAMILY

(1) Edwin Dewitt Sampson, the author.

(2) Marion D. Sampson.

(3) Isabel Sampson.

(4) Edwin D. Sampson of Richmond, Virginia, who has
materially assisted me in this accoimt of his ancestors.

A short account of some Virginia Sampsons is that of a
John Sampson of Culpeper, Culpeper County, who made

his will in 1778. His wife was Mary and they

had four children.

(1) William, who was born in 1761 in Culpeper. He was
a Revolutionary soldier. Married Sallie Coleman in 1784
and eventually moved to Harrison County, Kentucky and
later to Franklin County.

(2) Joseph Sampson born in Culpeper, Virginia in 1762.
Served in the Revolutionary War. He married Polly
Coleman in 1784.

(3) Thomas Sampson.

(4) Rhoda Sampson married Martin Barnes in 1787.
Another short record is of a Samuel Sampson who was

born in Queen Anne County, Maryland in 1797. Married
Ann Thompson and died in Philadelphia in 1879.
Three children are given :

(1) Orlando F., who married Sarah Jane Koseman.
Their son James Her Sampson lives in Philadelphia.

(2) Mary Sampson.

(3) James Sampson born 1832, married a Duffy in
1855. They had six children, Elizabeth, Sallie, Caroline,
James, Mary and Samuel.

Samuel married Ida M. Saunders and moved to Roan-
oke, Virginia where he died in 1913. The children are,
Clark, Albert W., WiUiam, Edward, Ernest, Vivian and
Ethel.

INDEX

Abernethy, Robert 187

Adams, John 84-85

Adams, Mary 85, 180-181

Adams, Nancy Ann 187

Addings, Josephine 196

Aldrich, Margaret 116

Alexander, Luella 171

Agnew, Miss 92

Allen, Joan 31

Anderson, Isabella 73

Armsdale, Mary 207

Aekewe, 49

Aylmer, John 21

Aylett, Rosalie 221

Babb, Jacob P 155-157

Bagneer, Ann 210

Baldwin, Rachel 72

Banks, Margaret S 183

Barnes, Martin 221

Baskerville. Charles 209

Bass, Susie M 215

Baxter, Lucinda 147-149

Baxter, MatUda 195-197. 201

Beauchamp, John 218

Beauchamp, Mary 47, 218

Beazell, Benjamin 166-167

Beazell, Jane 167

Beazell, Mary Neal 167, 175

Beale, Jane 171

Beale, Jospeh G 171

Bell, David 174

Bell, S. A 161

Beane, 208

Beane, R. H 208, 220

Bennett, 211

Beswarrick, Catherine 172

Beswarrick, Clififord: 172

Beswarrick, Clifton 172

Beswarrick, Harry 172

Beswarrick, Harvey 172

Biehl, Matilda 146

Bird, Catherine 67

Bishop, Harriet 116

Blakiston, Ralph 53

Blayney, Elizabeth 123

Blayney, Lord 123

Blayney, Charles Talbot 123

Boise, Maria 174

Boils, James 186

Bond, Edward 200

Bonaparte, Jerome 90

Booth, 208

Booth, Major 208

Bope, Mary J 163

Bourne, Fred 220

Boyce, Abigail 48

Boyd, William 174

Bow en, Mrs. Thomas J 185

Bowles, Elizabeth 47

Bower, Lucy B 197

Brady, Mary 107-110

Brewster, Lucy E 187

Brecount, Clark 146

Brecount, Eliza 146

Brecount, James 146

Brecount, Lorena 146

Brecount, Mary Jane 146

Brecount, Wilson 146

Briggs, Lilla E 148-149, 152

Brookes, Johannes 48

Brown, Mary 29, 38, 49

Brown, Mary Jane 195

Brown, Thomas 29, 49

Bru6re, William de la 5

Bulstrode, Robert 47

Burcombe, John 28

Burcombe, Martha 28

Burling, Elizabeth 116

Burke, Elizabeth 102

Buxton, Aaron 161

224

INDEX

Caldwell, Annie 120

Caldwell. L 120

Caldwell, Sampson 120

Callard, John 41

Callthorpe, Clement 49

Campbell, Margaret 118

Campbell, Mary 163

Cantwell, Catherine 94

Cantwell, John (Sir) 94. 95. 98. 105

Cantwell. Margaret 94, 97, 99-103

Carr, Ralph 51

Cardiman. Philip 201

Carothere. Mrs. F 174

Carpenter, Amanda 210

Carpenter, George 210

Castle. Innocent 52

Cave, Lesley 46

Cawdron. Robert 51

Chalres, Alice 51

Chapman. Joseph 52

Chartfe. Alan de 5

Chart6s, Joan 5

Chase. Aloneo (Mrs.) 116

Chamberlin. Alfred W 125

Clark, Ann 119

Clark, Arista B 146

Clark. Albert Carey 146

Clark. Anderson 0 195

Clark. Buford 194

Clark. Charles 146

Clark. Delano 194

Clark. Edward W 146

Clark. EmmaB 146

Clark, Edith L 146

Clark, Eleanor A 146

Clark, Hawley N 146

Clark, Henry E 196

Clark. J. Ellis 146

Clark, Josiah E 146

Clark, Jesse Pierson 146

Clark, James A 195

Clark. Julia A 195

Clark. Louisa 195

Clark. Minnie B 146

Clark. Mary E 195

Clark. Pearl 146

Clark. Presley H 195

Clark. Robert A 195

Clark. Sarah 113-115,117

Clark, Thomas J 195

Clark. T. N 146

Clark, Vina Mary 146

Clark, WilliamF 146

Clark, William P 14«

Clarkson. Jane 17

Clifton. Gervase (Sir) 60

Clopton, Bridgett 20-21

Clopton. William 20

Clune. Doreen 110

Clune, Madeline 110

Cobb. Marina 48

Colby. Francis 46

Cole. Charles 200

Coleman. Polly 222

Coleman. Sallie 222

CoUett. Mary Sampson 199

Collins. Paul 46

Colton. Richard 53

Conklin, Ketchum S 198

Colson. Jane 197-198

Cook. WUliam 187

Coon. Anne 181

Corbett Elizabeth 39

Corcoran, Alice 110

Corcoran, J 110

Couch, Richard 211

Coughlin, William 100

Consley, Eliza Jane 122

Cravens. Bettie 165

Croft. Miss 31

Crofts, John (Sir) 23, 46

Cromwell, Agnes 142, 149, 155

Crook. Mary Margaret 173

Cudmore, Thomas 60

Culverwell, Samuel 61

Cunningham, Bess 175

Curd. Anne 208

Curd. Roxy Ann 208

Dallas, Ada Grant .^ 179

Dallas, Charles Roe .*. . 178-179

Dallas, James Roe 179

Dallas, Sarah A 179

Dale, James 86

Daly, John 108

Dawson, Arabella W

225

Dawson, Albert E 146

DftwsoD, Katberine 216

Dawson, William 217

DawBon, Edward (Sir) 92

Dampster, Jane 171, 173

Day, Eleanor Viley 142-167, 158

Devore, Sam 167

Dickson, Peter 52

Dietrick, Arthur J 148, 149

Dietrick, Arthur J. Jr 148, 149

Dietrick. Laura B. (Mrs.) 148, 149

Daubenny, Joanne 49

Daubenny, George 49

Dixwell, William 50

Dobbe, Margaret 37

Dobba, Arthur (Gov.) 90

Doolittle, Mary 198

Doolittle, Rawley 198

Doolittle, Martha 198

Doty. Jane Oliver 147, 149

Doughy, Misa 121

Douglas, Mabel 125

Drake, Francia (Sir) 205-206

Dreining. Thomas 84

Drywoode, George 49

Dudley. Caroline 208

Duff, 168

Duff, Kate A 171

Dunn, Charles 116

Dunn, James 116

Dupuy, John James. M.D 116

Durham, Blanche 159. 160

Durham. Harvey 159

Durham, Ollie 159

Dutoia, Elisabeth 209

Eckles. 183

Edwardes. Suaie 165

Elliot, Henderaon 173

Ellia, Dr 116

Elmer, John 46

Elyett, George 52

Emby, Ann 201

Emerson, Harry 142

Emlowe, Henry 200

Emlowe, Mary 200

Emmet, Thomas Addis 90

Evans, Oliver 182

Evans, Margaret 124

Everard. Maria 46

Ewbanke. Henry 28

Eyre, Jean 23

Eyre. Sarah 23

Fairweather. Helen 73

Farrell, Dora 100

Farborough, 158

Faulkner, Nancy 86

Felbrigg, George (Sir) 19

Felbrigg. John (Sir) 19, 22

Felbrigg. Marjery 19, 22

Felter, Agnes 145

Felter, Franklin 145

Felter. Harriet 145

Felter. Jacob 145

Felter. James 145

Felter. Jasper 145

Felter, Margaret 145

Felton, Thomas 19

Fichet. Thomas (Sir) 53

Findell, Rebecca 194

Findell. Rachel 195

Finley. Lizzie 172

Files, Walter 50

Fitz-Patrick. Edwin 206

Fogarty. Catherine 99

Fordham. Jane 51

Forrester. 208

Foster, Grace 173

Foster, John 182

Foster, Nathaniel: 195

Fowle, Thomas 50

Freeland, Martha... 184, 194, 195, 198, 201

Friend, Elnora 153, 155

Frost, Samuel 52

Fuqua, Joseph 211

Fyfe. Thomas 46

Gallagher. Elizabeth 125

Gariencies. Eliz. de 35

Garland, Isabella 116

Gardiner. James 119

Garth, Thomas 50

Garver, Willis 171

Gaston, Albert M 162

Gaston. Eva 162

Gaston, James 162

Gaaton, Josiab 162

Gaston, Robert 162

Gaston, William S 162

Gattle, Constance 162

Gem. Amy (Mrs.) 89

Gideon, Mary A 147

Gibson, Francis 123

Gibson, Sarah 123

Gilpin, Virginia 166

Goodman, John 46

Gormley, T 120

Gratrix, Miss 109

Graham, Catherine 162

Graham, Martha 135

Grant, Mary 176

Grant, Rebecca 176

Grant, Robert 176

Grant, Ulysses S 176

Graves, Jane 221

Gray, Euphemia Lessels 221

Greaves, John 23

Greene, Elizabeth 47

Green, John 201

Green, Mary 28

Green, Miss 221

Green, Ralph (Rev.) 28

Greenwell, Peter 60

Gundrey, Mary 31

Guy, Thomas 167

Hale, Abigail 48

Hale, John M 163

Hale, Lucy 162

Hales, Abigail 62

Hales, Humphrey 52

Haley, Thomas A 221

Hall, Ada 158

Hall, Carrie 158

Hall, Emma 168

Hall.M 158

Hamilton, William 186

Hambleton, Thomas 200

Hanimel, Frank 161

Hanimel, Jesse P 161

Hanimel, John 161

Hanimel, Samuel 161

Harra, Edward 196

Handberry, John D 198

Harrison, Anna E 171

Harrison, Alexander 171

Harrison, Annie Wray 171

Harrison, Alice M 171

Harrison, Donald 171

Harrison, David H 171

Harrison, Frank J 171

Harrison, George 171

Harrison, James 171

Harrison, John 171

Harrison, John Edmund 171

Harrison, Joseph Shea 171

Harrison, Margaret J 171

Hart, Harriet 175

Hart, George 175

Hart , John B 175

Hart,PaulB 175

Harvey, Catherine 45

Hatcher, Josiah 212

Ha wksworth, Francis 51

Hawton, Mary 16

Hays, John 200

Heffeman, 102

Heitz, Julia J 153, 156

Hennessey, Catherine 101-102

Hennessey, Laurance 101

Hennessey, Michael 101

Hennessey, William 101

Henley, Francis Louisa 107

Hicks, Mary 29

Hicks, Nicholas 29

Hill. Elizabeth 60

Hobart, Margaret 30

Hobart, James (Sir) 20

Hohrbach, John 180

Hohrbach, John B 180

Hohrbach, Letitia L 180

Hohrbach, Luther Wolsey 180

Hohrbach, Margaret B 180

Hohrbach, Robert L 180

Hohrbach. Sarah S 180

Hogg, Margaret 118

Holnaby, Elizabeth 23

Holnaby , John 23

Holoway, Carrie Jane 197

Holoway. Dollie Bryan 197

Holoway. George Le Roy 197

INDEX

227

Holoway, George W 197

Holoway, Mary F. G 197

Holoway, Maudie May 197

Holwell. Anne 44, 45

Hopper, Nancy 161

Hormel, Annie 172

Howard, Johanna 101

Huba, Lambert 207

Hughey, Ellen 180

Hull.FredS 45

Hull, Nina 45

Humfreys, Elizabeth 47

Humphreys, Sarah R 219

Hutchinson, Adam 189

Hutchinson, Isabella 189

Hutchinson, James 189

Hutcninson, Jonathan 189

Hutchinson, Margaret 189

Hutchinson, Mary Ann 185, 189

Hutchinson, Robert 189

Hywish, William 53

Ibberson, Emote 16, 22, 23

Inkepence, Roger 53

Inkepence, Thomaaine 53

Ireland, David 161

Ireland, Sampson 171

Ireland, John P 161

Ireland, WUUam 161

Irvine, Mary 183

Irwin, Charles 189

Jenken, Juliana 52

Jenkins, Capt 178

Jenkins, Mary 178

Jenkins, Virginia 178

Jenney, William (Sir) 49

Jocelyn, Sam R 91

John, Mary Anne 48

John, Stephen 48

Johnson, Henry 49

Johnson, Sara 100

JoUand, Mary 36

Jolland, William 36

Jones, Amelia 161

Jones, Isaac 197

Jonea Frederick (Judge) 91

Jones, Jane 91

Junk, Jane 122

Kelly. Robert 185

Kennedy, Emma 159

Klick, Ellen 162

Kins. Anna 201

King, Miss 221

Knox, Katherine 67

Koseman, Sarah Jane 222

Lacy, Harriet Maiden 124, 125

Lang, D'Arcy 64, 75

Landers, Ann 99

Landers, Ellen 100

Lament, Margaret 186

Lathron, William 47

Lawrence, Edward S 181

Lawrence, Edward S. (Dr.) 181

Lawrence, John Sampson 181

Lawrence, J. Stuart (Dr.) 181

Leach, Artyllisia 193

Lecky, Letitia 180

Lemyng, Roger 51

Lemyng, Susan 51

Lethieullier, James 52

Leventhorpe, Nicholas 60

Lightburn, Lavina 174

Ligon, Thomas 217

Little, David 160

Llppincott, Joseph M 180

Lippincott, Thomasine 45

Lisle, Clotilda Barbara 106

Livermore, Frances M 125

Lloyd, Jackson 162

Locke, Jean 51

Long. Edward 29

Long, Mary 29,47

Longe, John 44

Lough, John 142

Lough, Josephine 142

Lough, Martha 142

Lough, Ollie 142

Lowery, John 207

Lowthaine, Bessie 67

Lumb, G. D. (Hon.) 17

Lyle, John 114

Lyle, Nancy 114

228

INDEX

Lyons, Anna 107

Lyons, Anna H Ill

Macalester, Charles 65

Magee, Catherine 162

Magee, David 162

Magee, Edward 162

Magee, John F 162

Magee, John 162

Magee, William 162

Maguire, Mary 120

Maddox, William 211

Msuns, Margaret 188

Mallett, Katherine 23

Mannice, Thomas 100

Manown, William 181

Martin, M 158

Marnora, Bridgett 44

Mattingly, Florence 162

Marks, Samuel 165

Mause, Joan 5

Mause, Simon 5

Maimiby, Anne 16

Maxey, John 211

Maxwell, David 186

Mayn, Catherine 67

Mercie, Julia de 47

Mercie Victor de 47

Michel, Hercules 46

Miller, Clifford 160

Miller, Frank 160

Miller, Elias 160

Miller, Lloyd 125

Miller, Mary 160

MiUer.Z.T 125

Milne, Janet 73

Milne, Matthew 64, 75

Molesworth, Wmgfield 46

Monily, Henry 37

Monteith, 167

Montgomery, Merry 174

Montgomery, Letnia 193

Mooney, Mary 118

Moore, John 216

More, Neal 187

Morgan, Anna 142

Morgan, James S 159

Morgan, Jean 159

Mulnix, Alexander 171

McAllister, Susan 86

McAusland, Mary Jane 219

McCabe, Jennie 171

McClelland, Elizabeth. 141, 142, 149, 155

McClelland, Eliza 186

McClelland, Thomas 186

McCool, Ellen 119

McCormick, Ann 120

McCormick, Betsey 122

McCormick, John 122

McDermott, Miss 108

McGavitt. Mary 174

McGrath, Daniel 100

McKee, 181

McKindless, Eliza 122

McLean, Sarah Jane 114

McNamara, Michael 110

Naish, Patrick 104. 107, 111

Naish, Sarsfield 104. Ill

Nash, John 48

Neal, Dorcas 167, 175

Neal, James 182

Neal, Mahard 183

Neal. Mary 167

Neal, Matthew 167

Nelhs, Maria E 39

New, William 211

Newlands, John 48

Nichols, T. Nelson, Mrs 18

Noble, Martha 188

Norris, Thomas 44

O'Brien, Miss 110

O'Brien, Miss B 110

O'Callaghan, Ed 107

O'CaUaghan, Marcella. .107. 108, 110. Ill

O'Connell, Constance 110

O'Halloran, Sarah 107, 109

Olden. Nancy B 148-149

Oliver, John Lewis 148

O'Reilly, Miss 108

O'Rourke, Miss 110

Paramour, Thomas 45

Parkyns, Thomas (Sir) 35, 52

Patmore, Martha 142-143

229

Patmore, Mary 142

Patterson, Eliaa 114

Pardee, John 153, 155

Paul, Andrew 117

Peake, Francis F 197

Peake, Harry Clay Lincoln 197

Peake, James H 197

Peake, John 197

Peake, William Henry 197

Percy, Ella 160

Percy, Frank 160

Percy, Joseph 160

Percy, Laura 160

Percy, Samuel 160

Ferryman, Sarah B 153, 155

Ferryman, Richard 207

Persse, Irene 108

Pepper, Miss 118

Peterfish, Jennette 219

Peterson, James 163

Petr6, Charlotte 107-108, 111

Pickering, Samuel 117

Picken, James Hunter 65, 75

Pickett, Mr 119

Pigott, Wm. Jackson (Hon.) 89

Pierson, Belinda E 161

Pierson, Charles E 161

Pierson, Ella 161

Pierson, Eliza 161

Pierson, Ennes P 161

Pierson, Eugene M 161

Pierson, Frank 161

Pierson, George M 161

Pierson, L 161

Pierson, Mary A 161

Pierson, Jesse 161

Pierson, Orton 161

Pierson, Rebecca 161

Pierson, William 161

Pilkington, Henry 49, 106

Pincell, Alecia 52

Pincell, Richard 52

Pitney, James 196

Pitt, Thomas 187

Plant, Benjamin 51

Plant, Mary Ward 51

Porter, Anne 209, 211

Porter, Thomas (Capt.) 209

Poor. Agnes 208, 212

Poor, David 212

Poor, Jane 212

Poor, Josiah 212

Poor, Martha 212

Poor, Melinda 212

Poor, Robert 212

Poor, Stephen 212

Poor, William 208

Poynter, John 49

Pukins, Joseph 212

Radabough, Clark 142

Raleigh, Sir Walter 206

Ranalls, Nancy 189

Reid, Isabella 189

Reed, Harriet 174

Reesor, Leslie 197

Reesor, Lola 197

Reesor, J. P 197

Reeves, Lena 178

Reeves, Mary 178

Reeves, Thomas 178

Riker, Ella May 163

Riker, John 163

Rinehart, Anne 179

Rinehart, Elizabeth 160

Riggs, Mary Grant 177

Ristone, Mary 200

Robards, George (Capt.) 210, 211

Robards, John Lewis 210

Rogers, Janetta 208

Rogers, Mary 208

Rogers, Sarah 200

Rogers, W. J 190

Robison, Nancy 187

Rolston, Eliza 187

Rowles, Jacob 201

Royster, Ella 209

Royster, David 210

Royster, Sampson 210

Rutledge, Susanna R 199

Rutherford, Mary Isabella 221

Sadlier, Wm. Thomas 207

Samson, Agnes 73

Samson, Alexander 71

Samson, Charles 64, 71, 73

230

INDEX

Samson, David 75

Samaon, Helen 73

Samson, Hugh (Mrs.) 71, 76

Samson, John 64, 71, 73, 75

Samaon, James 71, 73, 76

Samson, Jane 65, 75

Samaon, Jean 64, 75

Samson, Miss 71

Samaon, Marjory 73

Samson, Mary 64

Samaon, Tam 63,64,71

Samson, Thomaa 64, 65, 75

Samson, William 63, 75-76

Sampson, Abraham. 51, 115, 120, 192, 200

Sampson, Abigail 41

Sampson, Abbot 9

Sampson, Adaline 197

Sampson, Adrian 19o

Sampson, Adam 15, 50, 67, 74

Sampson, Adam C 182

Sampson, Ada Ethel 176, 178

Sampson, AgneS 16, 47, 53, 142, 146

146, 153, 157, 160. 185

Sampson, Agnes B 118, 208

Sampson, Albert 147, 149

Sampson, Albert L 172

Sampson, Albert W 222

Sampson, Alan 11

Sampson, Albert 1 184

Sampson, Alfred 221

Sampson, Alexander. . . 36, 44-45, 55, 114
121, 168, 170, 221

Sampson, Alexander Yancy 218-219

Sampson, Alice. . . .37, 46, 50-51, 53, 106
110, 116, 183, 219

Sampson, Alice M. V 179

Sampson, Alice Merle 209

a, Amelia 116

3, Amanda 194

Sampson, Amphelis 50

Sampson, Amy 110, 196

Sampson, Amy Viley 142, 158

Sampson, Andrew T 183

Sampson, Ann. 37. 120, 122, 201, 210. 219

Sampson, Anne. . . .28, 37, 41, 61, 65, 106

182, 189

Sampson, Anne Russell 209

Sampson, Add Elisabeth 210

Sampson, Anna. 88,116,117,184.200,211

Sampson, Anna Belle

117

Sampson, Anna Jane

191

Sampson, Anna L

155-156

Sampson, Anna M 143

, 159. 173

Sampson. Annie 86

. 114, 187

Sampson. Annie Belle

172

Sampson. Annie Wray

.... 171

Sampson, Angeline

, 195-196

Sampson . Antonio

48

Sampson, Anthony '

11, 52. 72

Sampson, Archibald. 66,186,191,209-210

Sampson, Archibald Jaynes

125

Sampson, Gen. Archibald J

123-125

Sampson, Arabella Booth

208

86. 91. 93

Sampson, Arthur M

173

Sampson, Auguatina

210

Sampson, Augustine P

.... 118

Sampson, Aquila

....200

Sampson. Barbara

. 49. 106

Sampson, Bartholomew

.... 207

Sampson, Barthelmo

.... 66

Sampson, Belle .

172

Sampson, Benjamin

167. 200

Sampson, Benjamin L

174-175

Sampson, Benson Adams

180-181

Sampson, Benjamin Franklin..

217

Sampson, Bertram

65

Sampaon, Bernard C

165

Sampson. Bessie

172

Sampson, Betsey

m

Sampson, Bethaeba

46

Sampson, Beulah

172

.. 24-25

Sampson, Bishop of Brechin....

62

Sampson, Booker 24-25, 208. 220

Sampson. Bridgett 21, 25, 50, 102

Sampson. Brook

64

Sampson. Bruna de St

5

Sampson. Bluford Marshall

219

Sampson, Caroline 143,159

. 165, 222

Sampson, Caroline L

195

Sampson, Caroline Matilda

195

Sampson, Carrie

168

Sampson, Carrie Myrtle

196

Sampson. Catherine. ... 29. 101

, 107. 163

Sampson, Capt. John

.... 205

INDEX

231

Sampson. Charles. . . 38, 40, 108, 123, 137

139, 196,

207, 209, 221

Sampson, Charles C

31-32

Sampson, Charles E

198

Sampson, Charles Elgin

196

Sampson, Charles F

196

Sampson, Charles Alexander 219

Sampson, Charles (Rev.).. •

48

Sampson, Charles Henry. . .

54

Sampson, Charles Johns

48

Sampson, Charlie

137

Sampson, Charlotte

.... 107,110

Sampson, Charlotte Anna Maria. . . . 107

8

38, 66

Sampson, Clark

222

Sampson, Cordelia

197

Sampson, Coleman S. (Dr.)

217

Sampson, Coleman Sims...

216-217

Sampson, Colonel

144

Sampson, Constance

.. 11-12,201

Sampson, Cornelia

174

Sampson, Cornelius

193

Sampson, Cornelius (Father) 103

Sampson, Cora

153, 155. 219

Sampson, Daisy.

.... 108,111

Sampson, Daniel

38-39

Sampson, Daniel P

.... 165-156

Sampson, Dariandis

194

Sampson, Darius

194

Sampson, David 66-67,

115. 168, 170

199, 201

Sampson, David Glenn

219

Sampson, David L

. . . . 143. 159

Sampson, David Little

162

Sampson, Davis

218

Sampson, Dene

44

Sampson, Denis

107, 109-111

Sampson, Denis Morgan. . . .

216

Sampson. Desmond, H. W. (Rev.) 48, 64

Sampson, Dorcas

167, 174-175

Sampson, Doreen

110

Sampson, Dorothea

48

Sampson, Dorothy

44

Sampson, Donat. 11,23,93,

, 106-107. 110

Sampson, Doctor

. 27.43.121

Sampson, Drucella

217

Sampson, Dudley T. H

36

Sampson, Dudley de G. J 36

Sampson, Duff 172

Sampson, Dyonesia 41

Sampson, Edgar 72, 183

Sampson. Edgar Woods 209

Sampson, Ebenezer 121

Sampson, Edith 44, 108

Sampson, Edward. ... 16, 28-29, 44, 46-47

49-50, 54-57. 92, 106. 199, 207-208, 222

Sampson, Edward Frank (Rev.)... . 55

Sampson, Edward Francis 55

Sampson, Edward M 198

Sampson, Edward McClure 196

Sampson, Edward W 155-156

Sampson, Edmunde 17, 36

Sampson, Edmunde Duckett 44

Sampson, Edmunde Neil 72

Sampson, Edwin D 221-222

Sampson, Edwin De Witt 222

Sampson, Ellen. . 37, 51, 86, 101, 186-187
191

Sampson, Ellen E 184

Sampson, Ellen Letitia 180

Sampson, Ellen S 191

Sampson, Eleanor 47, 49, 84, 158

Sampson, Elinor 200

Sampson, Eliza 114, 116-117, 120, 186, 191

Sampson, Eliza J 171

Sampson, Eliza Jane 122, 171

Sampson, Eliza McClelland 142, 146

Sampson, Elijah 200

Sampson, Elizabeth 11, 19, 21. 28

35, 37-38, 40, 48-49, 51-52
72,74,86,92,114, 122, 142
160-162, 165, 170. 174, 183
200, 207-208, 213, 216. 219
222

Sampson, Elizabeth Ann 210, 212

Sampson, Elizabeth A 215

Sampson, Elizabeth Barbara.... 209-210

Sampson, S. Elizabeth 219

Sampson, Emily 110

Sampson, Emma 158, 194-195

Sampson, Emma F 184

Sampson, Emma W 196

Sampson, Emmanuel 200

Sampson, Emeline 184

1. Eoline Grace 198

232

INDEX

Sampson,
Sampson,
Sampson,

Sampson
Sampson

Sampson, Ernest 222 Sampson

Sampson, Esther 172, 200

Sampson, Ephraime (Sir) 92

Sampson, Ethel 222 Sampson

Sampson, Eugene 183 Sampson

Evelyn 172,175 Sampson,

Eiekiel 32 Sampson,

Sampson, Euphemia 221

Sampson, Felix M 166

Sampson, Flo 153, 155

Sampson, Florence 172, 198

Sampson, Francis.... 66, 108, 123-124, 199
210, 205. 216

Sampson, Francis A 121, 123-125

Sampson, Francis Ck)rneliu8 (Dr.)

107, 110

Sampson, Francis Cornelius 110

Sampson, Francis Freeland 194-197

Sampson, Francis Henry 196, 198

Sampson, Francis Lacy 125

Sampson, Francis W 195

Sampson, Francis (Mrs. Dr.) 106 Sampson

Sampson, Francis, R. W 45 Sampson

Sampson, Frances 207 Sampson,

Sampson, Francis S. (Rev. Dr.) 208-209 Sampson

Sampson, Frances Anna 42 Sampson

Sampson, Frank 157

Sampson, Frank B 184 Sampson,

Sampson, Frank H 172 Sampson,

Sampson, Frank K 208, 220 Sampson,

Sampson, Franklin 219 Sampson,

Sampson, Harry 190 Sampson,

Sampson, Harlo\'in (Sir) 92 Sampson,

Sampson, Harriet 115, 178

Sampson, Harriet (Mrs.) 65

Sampson, Harriet F 72 Sampson,

Sampson, Harriet R 176 Sampson,

Sampson, Harry E 172 Sampson,

Sampson, Harold 171 Sampson,

Sampson, Harvey 175-176 Sampson,

Sampson, Harvey James 176, 179 Sampson,

Sampson, Hannah 53 Sampson,

Sampson, Hattie 167, 174 Sampson,

Sampson, Helen 51, 175 Sampson,

Sampson, Helen M 179 Samp>son,

Sampson, Henry 8, 13-14, 15, 17, 34 Sampson

37-39, 43-44, 47, 49 Sampson
53-57, 110, 165, 201 Sampson

, H.0 32

.Herbert 6«

,HerbertC.W 38

, Homer 198

Howard 219

Hugh 14-15,41,74,120

HughBluford 219

Gabriel 121

Galfridus 20

Gavin Hamilton 56

George 19-20. 23. 33. 38

41. 46, 50-51, 66, 72
84, 86-87, 107, 109
111-112, 114-119, 121
136-137, 139, 164-165
172-173, 186-191, 193
205, 220-221

George Denis 107,111

George Denis (Capt.). ... 108
George Frederick John... 38

George Graves 221

George Lessels 221

George Rogers 196

George W 171,208

George Wood 40

George Washington . . .170-171
217

Geraldine 108

Gerald Victor 49, 55

Gervase 15

Gideon Gundrey 32

Gilbert 3.5

Glenn 172

Grace 39,48.109,153,156

Graves Euphemia 221

Gurnsey 194,195

Ida 165

IdaN 72

Isabel 222

Isabella.... 13, 43, 46, 86, 117

Isaac 142, 157, 192, 199-201

Irene 172

Irvine 183-184

Isabella de Dou vrd i

Jacob. . .192, 194-195. 198, 201

Jacob Carleton 194

JacobF 195

Jacob Francis 197

INDEX

233

Sampson, Jacob Freeland 198

Sampson, James. . 31, 38-39, 43, 45, 52, 54
66-67, 74, 84-87, 91
100,113,115. 119, 121
136, 140, 142-147, 149-
159, 162, 164, 166, 168
170, 173-179, 182, 184-
193, 195, 205, 218, 220
222

Sampson, James B 183

Sampson, James D 172

Sampson, James G. . , 220

Sampson, James Hale 31

Sampson, James Henry 72

Sampson, James Her 222

Sampson, James R. . .79, 165, 183, 185, 187

Sampson, James Stephen 72

Sampson, James Wilburn 216

Sampson, Jane .... 37-38, 44, 49, 61, 63

74, 91, 137. 139, 142

148, 167, 186-187

Sampson, Jane Gundrey 32

Sampson, Janet 67

Sampson, Jean 44, 66

Sampson, Jeannie 117

Sampson, Jennetla 208

Sampson, Jennie 119, 153, 155

Sampson, Jenny 100, 172, 220

Sampson, Jeremy 41, 220

, Jeremiah 199

, Jerry 157

Sampson, Jesse 142, 157

, Jinney 216

,Joan 28

, Johanna 103

Sampson, Johannes 13, 40

Sampson, Johert 117

Sampson, John.... 3, 11-17, 20-22, 28-29
31, 33-47, 49-50, 52-
67, 63, 67, 74, 84-90
93, 95, 97-115, 117-
119, 121-124, 129, 131-
139, 149, 155, 164-175
179-191, 19S-195, 199
205-206, 208, 211-218
220-222

Sampson, John A 219

.JohnBrook 52

Sampson, John B

175

Sampson, John C

.142.153

Sampson, John Curran. . . .

. . .57. 90

Sampson, John Calvin. . . .

183

Sampson, John Augustus.

195

Sampson, John E

.165, 173

Sampson, John (Lieut.). . .

.94-95, 97-106

Sampson, John (Capt. or <

Col.),

.205-207

Sampson, John (Hon.)

91

Sampson, John J

118

Sampson, John Howard. . .

.163,172

Sampson, John G

.... 179

Sampson, John Grant

176

Sampson, John Lewis

148

Sampson, J. Lewis

148-152

Sampson, John M

.... 142

Sampson, John R. (Prof.).

209

Sampson, John R

165

Sampson, John Pigott

.... 51

Sampson, J. Price

.... 208

Sampson, John (Sir)

L2. 15, 92

Sampson. John Wesley

.... 32

Sampson, John W

.179,193

Sampson, Johnson

.... 216

Sampson, Jonathan

.118,

119, 121

Sampson, Joseph 72,

100.

115, 121

129, 136-137

, 140-142

144,147-149,155,160-

161, 183, 188

, 190-191

193,205,208,218,220-

Sampson, Joseph B 219

Sampson, Joseph Gano 148-149

Sampson. Joseph Franklin 219

Sampson, Josephine 194, 208

Sampson, Joshua 57

Sampson, Judith 50, 216

Sampson, Julia 39

Sampson, Junius Mortimer. .195-196, 198

Sampson, Kate 99, 100

Sampson, Katherine 50, 63

Sampson, Kenneth 172

Sampson, Kit 185

Sampson, Kitt 100

Sampson, Kitty 142

Sampson, Kirt 194

Sampson. Laura 194, 221

Sampson, Laura A 108

234

INDEX

196

Sampson,
Sampson,

Sampaon, Laura B

148-149

72

Sampson, Laura T

210

Sampeon,

Sampson, Lavinia

174

Sampson,

Sampson, Laj-ton Milton. .

219

Sampson,

Sampson, Lela Gladys

198

Sampson, Leroy Vernon. . .

125

Sampson, Letitia

182

Sampson,

Sampson, Letitia Jane

189

Sampson, Letherman

165

Sampson,

Sampson, Lewis

....38-39,56

Sampson,

Sampson, Lillie

219

Sampson,

Sampson, Lillie Augustus. .

196

Sampson,

Sampson, Lizzie S

172

Sampeon,

Sampson, Lotta

118, 194

Sampson,

Sampson, Louisa (Mrs.). . . .

119

Sampson, Louisiana

210

Sampson, Louis

45. 56

Sampson, Lucy

91

Sampson, Lucy Ann

217

Sampson, Lucy Bingham . .

125

Sampson, Luke

53

Sampson, Lute

194

Sampson,

Sampson, Lydia

32

Sampson, Lyons Sarsfield..

108

Sampson.

Sampson, Mabel E

155-156

Sampson.

Sampson, Madeline

108

Sampson, Major

169

Sampson.

Sampson, Marcella

107

Sampson.

Sampson, Marmaduke (Lord) 93

Sampson.

Sampson, Marjorie

172

Sampson.

Sampson, Marie

219

Sampson.

209

Sampson,

Sampson, Maria Louise. . . .

194

Sampeon,

Sampeon, Marjery

19.21

Sampson,

Sampson, Maria 45-46, 51, 121, 190

Sampeon,

Sampson. Margaret 25,

28, 37, 42, 46

Sampson,

50. 66,

72, 113-114

Sampson.

116-121,

131, 136-137

Sampson,

139, 142, 155, 158

Sampson,

164-170, 172-175, 180-

Sampson,

183, 186,

, 188. 189, 191

Sampeon.

200,208

Sampeon,

Sampson, Margaret Alice. . .

125

Sampson,

Sampson, Margaret A

.180-181,219

Sampson, Margaret Bond. .

142.160

Sampeon,

Sampson, Margaret C

118

Sampson,

Margaret Jane 176, 178

Margaret Little 142. 157

162-163

Margaret L 165

Margaret P 156

Martha 29, 46, 52, 84. 87

121, 161, 183, 188
196,207-208,216

Martha Ann 195-196

Martha C 210

Martha Freeland 198

Martha McClelland. . . 142, 161

Martha Patmore 159

Marguerite 118

Martin 32.55

Mary... 17, 28-29, 33, 36, 41

44, 46. 49-50, 52-53

84-85, 92, 99-104, 107

110-111, 114-118, 121

147, 149, 167, 169, 176

178-180. 183. 184, 186-

187, 189, 191, 200-201

207, 216, 222

Mary (called Polly) .... 135-

137, 139

Mary A 38

Mary Ann . . .62, 72, 86, 91, 117
119-120,219

Mary Anne 182.194

Mary B 179

Mary Baldwin 209

Mary Catherine 176. 178

MaryE 72, 156

Mary Ellen 162,197

Mary Harkness 142. 161

Mary Isabella 125

Mary J 216

Mary Jane... 174. 189. 191, 210

MaryM 171, 198

Mary Matilda 196

Mary ilargaret 164. 175

Mary R 142,161

MaryS 118

Mary V 166,179

Matthew 11, 15. 45, 114-116

167

Matthew Alexander 114

MattieB 155-156

INDEX

235

Sampson, Matilda

189

Sampson, Matilda Jane

197

Sampson, Maurice

...11,14

Sampson, Maurice George

110

Sampson, May 21,

121, 174

Sampson, May O

.148-149

Sampson, Melvin Mortimer

194

209

Sampson, Melinda

210

Sampson, Michael. . . .91-93, 100,

, 102, 110

Sampson , Michael Henry

107

Sampson, Molly

.208, 219

Sampson, McKinley

.... 198

Sampson's Mills

181

Sampson, Nancy 119, 180-181, 186

190,

200, 217

Sampson, Nancy Ann

.... 190

Sampson, Nancy Jane

.... 174

Sampson, Nathaniel 28, 45,

55, 207

Sampson, Nellie

.... 195

Sampson, Nellie A

.... 184

Sampson, Nellie (Miss)

.192-193

Sampson, Nettie

.... 219

Sampson, Nicholas. .. .8, 14-16

, 22, 41

51,200

Sampson, Noble

.... 188

Sampson, Noel Carleton

.... 36

Sampson, Norman D

.... 221

Sampson, Ollie

157

Sampson, Olive

.172, 184

Sampson, Oma

163

Sampson, Oren

.... 172

Sampson, Orestes 195,

, 197-198

Sampson, Orestes Mortimer

. . 198

Sampson, Orestes S

.... 196

Sampson, Orlando F

.... 222

Sampson, Patrick. . . .99-102, 115

-116, 118

Sampson, Patrick (Father). .93,

104-105

.... 172

Sampson, Perry Lee

.... 219

Sampson, Peter.... 32, 41, 55,

193, 207

Sampson, Peter (Capt.)

51

Sampson, Philip

.... 49

Sampson, Phoebe Freeman

.... 163

Sampson, Polly Ann

.... 142

Sampson, Peachie

.... 219

Sampson, Rachel 167,

, 200-201

Sampson, Rachel B

.... 72

Sampson. Ralph 14, 20, 22, 28, 37, 67

84-86, 93, 107-108
113, 186-191

Sampson, Ralph (Sir) 93

Sampson, RalphdeSt. . . .3-5, 7-8, 11, 17
92-93

Rebecca 50, 121, 167

Rebecca Ann 72

Sampson, Rebecca A 72

Sampson, Rhoda 222

Sampson, Richard... 16, 20, 23-24, 31-

33, 44-45, 51-53. 55-

56. 93, 106, 200-201

220

Sampson, Richard, Jr 208

Sampson, Richard, Sr 208

Sampson, Richard (Hon.) 93

Sampson, Richard (Sir) 92

Sampson, Richard J 165

Sampson, Richard R 199

Sampson, Ricarda 53

Sampson, R. N. (Rev.) 44

Sampson, Robert 13, 16, 19-21, 23

32-33, 36-37, 40-41
44-48, 53-57, 74, 84
86, 98-104, 118-120
137, 139, 186-191. 199
208, 210. 216, 221

Sampson, Robert (Father) 103

Sampson, Robert H 210

Sampson, Robert John 121

Sampson, Robert L 180

Sampson. Robert M 72

Sampson. Robina 195

Sampson. Robinetta 210

Sampson. Rodgers 198

Sampson, Roger 15, 44

Sampson, Roy 108

Sampson, Ruth 200-201

Sampson, Sallie 222

Sampson, Samuel 20-21, 33, 41, 45

48, 55, 72. 1X4. 119-
120. 173, 188, 222

Sampson, Samuel Arthur 45

Sampson, Samuel Davis 216

Sampson. Samuel Smith 211

Sampson, Samuel Vernon 32

Sampson, Sam 117

236

Sampson
Sampson
Sampson

Sampson
Sampson
Sampson
Sampson
Sampson
Sampson
Sampson
Sampson

Sampson,
Sampson,
Sampson,
Sampson,
Sampson,
Sampson,
Sampson,

Sampson,
Sampson,
Sampson,
Sampson,

Sampson
Sampson
Sami>eon
Sampson
Sampson
Sampson
Sampson
Sampson
Sampson,
Sampson,

Sarah... 16, 21, 40. 114, 116 Sampson,

119, 121, 136-137, 139 Sampson,

156, 165, 167, 170, 171 Sampson,

173-175,180,186,109- Sampson,

200, 219 Sampson,

Sarah Adah 184 Sampson,

Sarah Ann 189 Sampson,

Sarah J 179 Sampson,

Sarah L 174 Sampson,

Sarsfield 104 Sampson,

Simon 98-99, 102-103 Sampson,

Simeon 174 Sampson,

Stephen. . .51, 193, 208, 216, 220 Sampson,

Stephen, Jr 207 Sampson,

Stephen, Sr 207,209 Sampson,

Stephen II 216 Sampson,

Stephen Robertson 217 Sampson,

Stanley 172 Sampson,

Stewart 170 Sampson,

Stuarts 183 Sampson,

Susan. . . .21, 44, 46, 86, 109, 208

Susan May 195

Susanna 52, 182, 207

Symon 21

Symond 20,23,47

Tench Tilghman 194, 196

198, 201

T. A 182-184

Theresa 118

Theodosia 170 Sampson,

Thomas.... 3-5, 12, 14, 15-17 Sampson,

19-23, 25, 28, 31-37, Sampson,

40-48, 51, 53-56, 61-63 Sampson,

66, 84-86, 99-100, 102- Sampson,

103,107,109,112-122 Sampson,

134, 136, 147, 166-168 Sampson,

170-175, 179, 181-191 Sampson,

199-200, 218, 222 Sampson,

, Thomas C 26-27 Sampson,

, Thomas J 184 Sampson,

Thomas Jefferson 216-217 Sampson,

Thomas (Lieut.) 61 Sampson,

, Thomas (Rev.). .38-39, 42, 45 Sampson,

, Thomas (Major) 169 Sampson,

Thomas (Sir) 19 Sampson,

Thomas W 38,183 Sampson,

Thomas Whiteside 184 Sampson,

Thomaaine 53 Sampson,

Thornton 220

Thornton Rodgers 209

Thornton Thomas 208

Thornton III 208

Titus 216

Turner or Thomas 47

T.J 216

Vernon 172

Victor N 195

Victor Adolphus 196

Victor N 196

Violet 108,111

Virginia. .165, 195, 208, 210, 219

Virginia C 221

Vivian 222

Wallace 172

Walter 8,219

WalterMark 56

Warren 172

William. . . .8, 14-17, 20-25, 30-
31, 34. 38, 41-42, 44-
45, 50-56, 63, 67, 74
84-87, 92, 94, 98-103
110,115-123, 134, 137
139, 142, 153, 155. 162
163, 165-170, 173, 175
176, 179-181, 187, 183
194, 205, 207-208, 210
216, 218-220, 222

William Brady 110

William C 175

William H 179,192-193

William Frederick 56

William Henry 35

William Gundrey 32

William J 72,189

William John 86, 121

William (Father) 97, 101

William, Jr 220

William K 179

William Mortimer 196, 198

William N 155-156

William R 175

William Roscoe 208

WiUiamP 196

William S 184

William (Sir) 23,50

William (Lord Sampson) 12. 35

INDEX

237

Sampson, William T 176, 184

Sampson, William Thomas (Admiral)

112
Sampson, William (United Irishman)

90-92

Sampson, William Yancy 219

Sampson, William W 38

Sampson, Winifred 172

Sansom, James G. (Rev.) 167

Sanderson, Janet 75

Sarsfield, Patrick 104

Saunders, Ida M 222

Saye, Elizabeth 23,53

Saye, John 23, 53

Scotland, Mary Ann 221

Scott, James 117

Schoyer, Amanda 184

Sheehan, Ellen 100

Shedden, Mary Ann 63

Shoemaker, William 159

Shumard, Eliza 162

Sibbet, AnnaM 148-149

Sibbet, Herbert A 148-149

Sibbet, Laura B 148-149

Sibbet, May O. (Mrs.) 148-149

Sibbet, Nancy 148-149

Simons, Edna Belle 145

Simons, Miss 121

Sims, Sarah 216

Slaback, Dorothy Alice 159

Slabaek, Lawrence 159

Slosa, John 119

Skelton, Polly 217

Smick, Hannah 193

Smith, Benjamin 64-65

Smith, Eva 175

Smith, J. Frank (Mrs.) 165

Smith, Mary 47

Snowdy, 216

Snowdy, Susanna 216

St.Paul, John 51

Stewart, Janet 221

Stewart, Belle 116

Standeford, Jemima 200

Stacy, Helen 36

Stacy, John 36

Sted, Margaret 23

Stoneman, 174

Stoneman, Jesse 167

Stokes, Frances Anne 45

Stokes, John F. (Admiral) 45

Stow, Ann 36

Stow, Margaret 36

Stow, Thomas 36

Southwell, Elizabeth 20, 47

Southwell, John 20

Strackerly, John 47

Strumel, Maria 174

Stuart, Andrew Jackson 181

Stuart, Jane Letitia 181

Summerville, Sarah 188

Swallow, Eliza M 160

Swallow, ErminaC 160

Swallow, David B 160

Swallow, Isaac 160

Swallow, Jacob 160

Swallow, John 160

Swallow, John S 160

Swallow, Kate 160

Swallow, Margaret A 160

Swallow, Martha 160

Swallow, Mary S 160

Swallow, Minnie 160

Taylor, Emote 22

Taylor, Corene 172

Taylor, Harriet (Mrs.) 30

Taylor, Sarah E 183

Teeple, Elijah 176

Teeple, James Harvey 176

Teeple, James Harvey (Mrs.) 176

Teeple, John 176

Templar, Clate (Mrs.) 161

Terry, Virginia Edna 194

Tennlson, Agnes 16

Thompson, Ann 222

Thompson, Stewart 170

Thompson, Stewart S. D 170

Thorn, William (Sir) 115

Thornhill, Dorothy 52

Thornhill, Robert 52

Thornhill, Sarah 157

Thorold, William (Sir) 52

Thoroughgood, John 21

Tipper (Miss) 107, 110

Tolurin, Joseph 51

Tone, Wolff 90

238

Trees. Phoebe 173

Trumbull. William 186

Tuman, Harriet 178

Tuman, Joseph 178

Turner, KateE 124-125

Twidwell, 216

Vantine, Martha 173

Van Voohris (Dr.) 178

Van Sideren, Adrian 221

Vicars, Helen 34

Vicars. Geoffrey 34

Victor, Mary .1 147. 149

Wadden. John 186

Wadden, Margaret 186

Wadden. Sarah 186

Wall, Frances E 108, 111

Walker. 183.208

Walker, Hannah 113, 116

Walker, Henry (Dr.) 91

Walker, Margaret 91

Waltham, Catherine 47

Waltham, George 47

Walton, Elizabeth 107

Watson, Kate 172

Watson, Bessie 172

Watson, Martha 221

Warfield, Alexander (Mrs.) 199

Warfield, Brice 199

Warfield, John W 199

Way, Belinda 50

Way, Benjamin 50

Weddell, James 178

Weddell, Jessie 178

Weddell, Mary 178

Weddell, T.J 178

Welch, Lucretia 179

Wellbourne, George 16

Weller, Margaret 161

Wella, Rebecca M 198

West, Mary Susan 216

Westropp. William Nugent 110

Wheat, J. Z 165

Wheaton. M.J 185. 191

White, Miss 190

Wilford, Francis 50

Williams, Mary V 179

Williamson, Alice 160

Williamson, Albert M 162

Williamson, Charles 153, 155

Williamson, Emerson C 162

Williamson, Ethel E 162

Williamson, Floyd 153, 155

Williamson, George 162

Williamson, George W 162

Williamson, Jacob 160

Williamson, John 160

Williamson, Lucius S 162

Williamson, Monroe 153, 161

Williamson, Mary 160

Williamson, Nancy Jane 160

Williamson, Percy 160

Williamson, Theodosia 162

Williamson, Walter 153, 156

WUliamson, Walter M 163

Williamson, William 160

Wilson, Clarence 172

Wilson, E. David 121

Wilson. Harry Ellis 172

Wilson, James 52

Wilson, J. E 172

Wilson, Jane 191

Wilson, Joseph 191

Wilson, Mary Jane 191

Wilson, Nancy Ann 191

Wilson, Robert 191

Wilson. Thomas 191

Woods, Eliza Ann 209

Wood. Francis S 124

Woodson. Mary 207, 210

Woodson, Sanborne 207

Worker. Joseph Garfield 155-166

Wray,H.H 88, 171

Wray, William 92

Wylde, Elizabeth 51

Wyle. Ann 200

Wyle.Abel 200

Yorty, Jennie B 179

Zenver, 183