SAMPSON/SAMSON
BOOKS
Eight publications dealing with the Sampson/Samson
genealogical lines.
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HENRY
A. FISH CIRCA 1920 MAP OF DUXBURY, MA.
This map shows what is believed site of Pilgrim
Henry Samson’s and Abraham Sampson’s houses.
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PILGRIM
HENRY SAMSON MEMORIAL TO BE DEDICATED AT ST. MARY'S
CHURCH 25 SEP 2007.
Our
Kindred will be dedicating a memorial plaque to Pilgrim
Henry at his parish church, St. Mary the Virgin Church,
in Henlow, Bedfordshire, England, where he was baptized
on 15 Jan 1604. It will take place during the visit
by the General Society of Mayflower Descendants "Historic
Sites Committee Tour" led by its Chairperson (and
Kindred Member), Barbara L. Williams. For further information
about the tour and booking travel, contact Plymouth
Travel, Seven South Park Avenue, Plymouth, MA 02360,
phone 508-746-0844. The tour is limited to 44.
 REVIEW:
DESPERATE CROSSING;
THE UNTOLD STORY OF THE MAYFLOWER
It’s
a story familiar to most of us from school. And in many
ways, the story of the passengers on the Mayflower
is like that of every immigrant who has come to America
to start a new life. Yet the true story of the Pilgrims
is far more complex than the one most of us learned
as children – and also more intriguing. This is
a decades-long epic tale, filled with real drama, tragedy,
and inspiration..” from The History Channel.
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THE
SAMSON CHURCH: ST. MARY THE VIRGIN CHURCH, HENLOW, BEDFORDSHIRE
St. Mary the Virgin Church is probably best known to
Americans as the parish church of Elizabeth Tilley Howland
and the plaque to her memory there. Often overlooked
is the fact that it was not only the parish church of
her parents, "Mayflower" passengers John and
Joan Hurst Tilley, but also Pilgrims Edward and Ann
Cooper Tilley (Elizabeth's uncle and aunt), John Dunham,
Jr., a son of later arrival (between 1628 and 1632)
John Dunham and Susan Kaino/Cainehoe, John Masterson
who never made it to Plymouth from Leiden, and our Pilgrim
Henry Samson.
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HENRY
SAMSON — OVERLOOKED
PILGRIM ANCESTOR
Henry, a son of James and Martha (Cooper) Samson (also
spelled Sampson), was baptized in January 1603/4* in
St. Mary's Church, Henlow, Bedfordshire, England. Henlow
was also the hometown of the Pilgrim brothers Edward
and John Tilley. Henry was fortunate to survive the
first winter of 1620-1621 when half of the Pilgrims,
including Edward and Anne Tilley, died. He is one of
the twenty-six male Mayflower passengers for whom there
are living descendants. Except for appearing in the
"increasings" list written in 1651 by the Governor,
he does not appear elsewhere in Bradford's history,
Of Plimoth Plantation.
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SHIP
AHOY
Two shipmasters held a friendly parley. “What
brig is that?” inquired the stranger. “Brig
Sampson,” was the reply. “What is her captain’s
name?” “Briggs Sampson,” was the answer.
This response, seeming identical with the former, the
question was repeated –“What is the captain’s
name?” and again the answer was returned as before—“Briggs
Sampson.” The misunderstanding continued, and
the question was asked a third and fourth time—“What
is the captain’s name?” Of course the reply
was the same as had been given—“Briggs Sampson.”
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