Person:Samuel Sampson (2)

Source:Eddy, Ruth Story Devereux. Eddy Family in America notes that Obadiah Eddy's will of 1722 doesn't mention a daughter Mercy at all, while mentioning deceased daughter "Hasadiah Samson". Mercy is included in this family solely on the authority of previous genealogies, not on any evidence. There appears to be no marriage record. Middleborough Church Records show that Samuel Sampson had a wife Mercy who d. 1743 in 77th year (born about 1666), who is labeled sister to Samuel Eddy. Source:Cutter, William Richard. Genealogical and Family History of Western New York and other Cutter books show Hasadiah marrying "Samuel Samson" while Mercy married "Samuel Sampson" as if they are two separate persons. The births of Samuel Sampson's children are generally ascribed to wife Mercy, but second son Gershom named his first daughter Hasadiah. One cannot help wondering if the connection to the Eddy family (such as naming the first son Obadiah) is entirely due to first wife Hasadiah, and that second wife Mercy may not even be an Eddy? More evidence is needed.

1. ↑ Torrey, Clarence Almon. "A Nash-Sampson-Delano-Howland Problem", in The American Genealogist (TAG). (Donald Lines Jacobus, et.al.)
   15:166.

   Samuel Sampson, s/o Samuel Sampson and Esther ---, m. 29 May 1695 Hasadiah Eddy, b. 10 Apr 1672. "It is assumed that her husband was born in or before 1672 (probably about 1670)."