Person:Caleb Samson (1)

From the Bartlett Society

Caleb was a son of Pilgrim Henry and Anne (Plummer) Sampson.

He marr. first, bef. 1686, Mercy Standish by whom he had David, Lora, Rachel, Priscilla, Caleb, Joshua, Ruth, Jerusha and Sarah.

From Savage's Genealogical Dictionary

CALEB, Duxbury, s[on]. perhaps youngest, of Henry, m[arried]. Mary, d[aughter]. of Alexander Standish, had, says Windsor, Rachel and Lora.

HENRY, Plymouth 1620, came in the Mayflower, of the fam[ily]. of his uncle, Edward Tilley, a youth too small to sign the immortal compact of Nov. at Cape Cod; but whether, or not, entit[led]. in the div[ision]. of l[an]ds. he was certain[ly]. in the div[ision]. of cattle, 1627, enumerat[ed]. in the comp. of Elder Brewster, liv[ing]. on Duxbury side, m[arried]. 6 Feb. 1636, Ann Plummer, had Stephen, John, James, Caleb, Elizabeth Hannah, Mary, and, perhaps, Dorcas, but when Bradford wrote, 1650, only seven ch[ildren]. and d[ied]. 24 Dec. 1684. Elizabeth m[arried]. Robert Sproat; Hannah m[arried]. Josiah Holmes; Mary m[arried. John Summers; Dorcas m[arried]. Thomas Bonney; and one d[aughter]. it is said, m[arried]. John Hammond, but he is not of my aquaint[ance].

1. ↑ James Savage, Former President of the Massachusetts Historical Society and Editor of Winthrop's History of New England. Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England, Showing Three Generations of Those Who Came Before May 1692, on the Basis of Farmer's. (1860-62 and Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, MD, 1965; Corrected electronic version copyright Robert Kraft, July 1994)
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