Person:William Sample (10)
William Sample
b.Bet 1736 and 1745 Cecil, Maryland, United States
d.Sep 1791 Mecklenburg, North Carolina, United States
Parents and Siblings
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m. Abt 1725
  1. Mary Sample1732 - 1803
  2. Samuel SempleAbt 1734 - Bef 1800
  3. William SampleBet 1736 & 1745 - 1791
Spouse and Children
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  1. James Samples1770 - 1853
  2. Joseph Rankin SampleAbt 1778 - 1842
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Facts and Events
Name William Sample
Gender Male
Birth[1] Bet 1736 and 1745 Cecil, Maryland, United States
Marriage to Elizabeth Alexander
Death[1] Sep 1791 Mecklenburg, North Carolina, United States
Burial[1] Mecklenburg, North Carolina, United StatesHopewell Presbyterian Church Cemetery
References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Clay County Genealogical and Historical Society (Manchester, Kentucky). Clay Co. ancestral news. (Manchester, Kentucky: Clay County Genealogical and Historical Society [Ky.], 1985-)
    Vol. 24, No. 2, Pages 3-7, Fall & Winter 2008.

    The Curious Stories of My Samples, Dezarn and Marcum families by L. J. Smothers
    I will start with my Great Grandfather. James T. Francis Samples was born in this area October 8, 1865. His ancestors were from the southeast coast of Ireland near County Waterford and County Cork.

  2.   William Sample, in Find A Grave.

    Inscription reads.
    Sacred to the memory of William Sample who departed this life September A.D. 1791 Aged near 55 years.

  3.   Interview with Lieutenant Colonel Charles W. Sample (July 16, 1968).

    University of Florida Digital Collections - Florida Counties Oral Histories - St. Lucie County Oral History Collection - UF George A Smathers Libraries - UF Samuel Proctor Oral History Program.
    St. Lucie Tape #4 mgs Page 2, and
    St. Lucie Tape #4 mgs Page 17
    http://ufdc.ufl.edu/UF00006727/00001/1j

  4.   Sommerville, Charles William. The history of Hopewell Presbyterian Church for 175 years from the assigned date of its organization, 1762. (Charlotte, N.C.: Hopewell Presbyterian Church, 1939)
    [Partial Extract From Record].

    William Sample came from North Ireland to America with the Alexanders who settled in Maryland. About 1760 he located in Sugaw Creek congregation and married John McKnitt Alexander’s half sister, Elizabeth Alexander, born November 17, 1746. Late in life he moved into the Hopewell neighborhood. His son James, married Martha Robinson of Sugaw Creek ; from this union are descended the Samples of Hopewell as follows:

    WILLIAM AZMON SAMPLE
    MILAS SAMPLE
    JOHN SAMPLE
    MARY THERISA SAMPLE
    CAROLINE SAMPLE

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