Person:Robert Samples (1)

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Robert A Samples
m. Bef 1758
  1. Mary Samples1749 -
  2. Elizabeth Samples1752 -
  3. Moses Samples, Jr.1754 - 1830
  4. John Semple, Sr.Abt 1755 - 1794
  5. Alexander Samples1756 - Abt 1820
  6. Betsy Samples1758 -
  7. Elender Samples1758 - Abt 1796
  8. Jane Sample1760 - 1818
  9. Peggy Samples1760 -
  10. Anna SampleAbt 1761 - Abt 1838
  11. William SamplesBet 1761 & 1769 - 1850
  12. Matthew SamplesBet 1762 & 1770 - Abt 1829
  13. Ruth SamplesAbt 1765 -
  14. Phebe SampleAbt 1766 - 1822
  15. Robert A Samples1770 - 1857
  16. Agnes SampleAbt 1776 - Abt 1824
m. 20 Sep 1795
  1. Peter Samples1799 - 1873
  2. John W Samples1801 - 1870
  3. Priscilla Catherine Samples1803 -
  4. Janetta 'Jane' Samples1807 - 1883
  5. Sophia Samples1807 -
  6. Mary Samples1809 - 1883
  7. Henry Clay Samples1813 -
  8. Hiram SamplesAbt 1814 -
Facts and Events
Name[1] Robert A Samples
Gender Male
Birth? 20 Dec 1770 Augusta, Virginia, United States
Marriage 20 Sep 1795 Greenbrier, West Virginia, United Statesto Mary Ann Walker
Death? 20 Dec 1857 Clay, West Virginia, United States

Robert A. Samples

  • Robert was a son or younger brother of Moses Samples, a Greenbrier County taxpayer in 1790. At that time Moses was the head of the only Samples family living in what later became WV.S4 S5
  • Oren Frederic Morton in his "History of Monroe County, West Virginia" wrote that Robert Samples was a resident of Monroe County in 1799. The family was counted in Monroe County in the 1800 Census and again in 1810 but in 1820 they were living in Brown County, Ohio. In 1830 Mary and most of the children had returned to West Virginia and were living in Kanawha County. Robert was not mentioned so it is assumed that he died sometime between 1820 and 1830. In 1840 Mary was still in Kanawha County as were some of the children while others were living in Nicholas County and some were unaccounted for. The 1850 Census of Kanawha County listed Mary as being a resident in the home of her daughter and son-in-law Lewis and Mary Young. Another son-in-law, Ralph Smith, reported that she died on 20 Dec 1856. She apparently was between 86 and 88 years old.
  • Robert Samples and Mary Ann Walker were married in Greenbrier County, (W)Virginia on 20 Sep 1795 by the Rev. John Alderson.
John Alderson was a brother-in-law of William Morris who lived across the river from him. Rev. John Alderson grandfather of Bathsheba Alderson, married to Hiram Samples, Sr.
References
  1. The Samples / Semples Family; Moses Samples Will, in Patrick Hogue (Samples). The Samples / Semples Family
    13 Oct 1999.
  2.   Cynthia Samples. Cynthia's Genealogy World
    01 Jun 1999.
  3.   Morton, Oren Frederic. A history of Monroe County, West Virginia. (Staunton, Va.: McClure Co., 1916).
  4.   Don Norman. Hacker's Creek Pioneer Descendants, Inc.
  5.   Dena Crain. Crain, Ingram, Brannon, and Samples Family Histories.

    The four families that she and her cousin Steve Samples research come from Kentucky, West Virginia, Virginia and other parts unknown. If you can contribute to her and Steves' ancestral search, want to share theories and resources, or hope to pick up some previously unknown facts about these family surnames, you are invited to join them at the link below.
    Samples Family History Update

  6.   RootsWeb's WorldConnect Project.