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Sylvanus Sampson 1744–1799 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 15 AUG 1744

Birth Location: Halifax or Plympton, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States of America

Death Date: 23 APR 1799

Death Location: Plympton, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States

Father: Thomas Sampson

Mother: Lydia Bryant

Spouse(s): Mary Wright

Children(s):

In 1744, Sylvanus Sampson entered the world in Halifax or Plympton, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States of America, born to Thomas Sampson And Lydia Bryant. Sylvanus Sampson married Mary Wright. Sylvanus Sampson passed away in 1799 in Plympton, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States.

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Biography

  • In 1744, Sylvanus Sampson entered the world in Halifax or Plympton, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States of America, born to Thomas Sampson And Lydia Bryant.
  • Sylvanus Sampson married Mary Wright.
  • Sylvanus Sampson passed away in 1799 in Plympton, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States.

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Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Sylvanus Sampson's Ancestors

Self
Sylvanus Sampson
1744–1799
Birth Place: Halifax or Plympton, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States of America
Parents
Thomas Sampson
1711–1748
Plympton, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States of America
Lydia Bryant
1708–1792
Plympton, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America
Grandparents
Benjamin Sampson
1686–1762
Plympton, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America
Margaret Parker
1680–1759
Plympton, Plymouth, Massachusetts
Samuel Bryant
1673–
Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States
Joanna (Cole) KING
1672–1736
Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Great-Grandparents
Samuel Jr.
1649–1711
Sarah Dunham
1650–1738
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Samuel King
1619–1698
Deborah Hopkins
1611–1688
Samuel Dunham
1623–
Martha Beal
1617–1690

Sylvanus Sampson's Timeline

5 Records

1744
15 AUG 1744
Birth of Sylvanus Sampson in Halifax or Plympton, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States of America
Halifax or Plympton, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States of America
1748
31 JUL 1748
Age 4
Sylvanus Sampson was christened in Plympton, Plymouth, Massachusetts
Plympton, Plymouth, Massachusetts
1799
APR 1799
Age 55
Burial of Sylvanus Sampson in South Pond Cemetery, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States
South Pond Cemetery, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States
1799
23 APR 1799
Age 55
Death of Sylvanus Sampson in Plympton, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States
Plympton, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States
1800
1800
Age 56
Sylvanus Sampson resided here in Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts
Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Christening
    Event Date: 31 JUL 1748
    Event Place: Plympton, Plymouth, Massachusetts
    Record Source:
    [1] FamilySearch Family Tree, "Family Tree," database, <i>FamilySearch<i> ( : modified 09 March 2019, 17:13), entry for Sylvanus Sampson(PID ; contributed by various users. PersonID LCDM-857
    [2] FamilySearch Family Tree, Book Title: The Brewster Genealogy : 1566-1907 : A record of the descendants of William Brewster of the "Mayflo
    [3] FamilySearch Family Tree, Source number: 5241.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: JJK
    [4] FamilySearch Family Tree, "Massachusetts, Plymouth County, Probate Estate Files, 1686-1915," images, <i>FamilySearch<i> ( : 20 May 2014), Plymouth > Case no 17572-17734 Sampsom, Joseph-Savery, Thomas > image 1177 of 2200; Supreme Judical Court, Boston.
    [5] FamilySearch Family Tree, First Parish Church of Plymouth baptism record.
    [6] FamilySearch Family Tree, "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, <i>FamilySearch<i> ( : 10 February 2018), Silvanus Sampson Samson, ; citing , ; FHL microfilm 0874028 IT 2.
    [7] FamilySearch Family Tree, Internet, Find A Grave, Page number:
    [8] FamilySearch Family Tree, Plympton (Massachusetts). Town Clerk, Town and vital records, 1695 - 1924 (Salt Lake City : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1972), 182: Sampson (Silvanus Sampson), ch. Thomas and Lidia [see Joseph, Apr. 18, 1732], ____ [rec. after ch. b. Aug. 15, 1744]. [bp. July 31, 1748, C.R.].

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Date: APR 1799
    Event Place: South Pond Cemetery, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States
    Record Source:
    [1] FamilySearch Family Tree, "Family Tree," database, <i>FamilySearch<i> ( : modified 09 March 2019, 17:13), entry for Sylvanus Sampson(PID ; contributed by various users. PersonID LCDM-857
    [2] FamilySearch Family Tree, Book Title: The Brewster Genealogy : 1566-1907 : A record of the descendants of William Brewster of the "Mayflo
    [3] FamilySearch Family Tree, Source number: 5241.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: JJK
    [4] FamilySearch Family Tree, "Massachusetts, Plymouth County, Probate Estate Files, 1686-1915," images, <i>FamilySearch<i> ( : 20 May 2014), Plymouth > Case no 17572-17734 Sampsom, Joseph-Savery, Thomas > image 1177 of 2200; Supreme Judical Court, Boston.
    [5] FamilySearch Family Tree, "Find A Grave Index," database, <i>FamilySearch<i> ( : 13 December 2015), Sylvanus Sampson, 1799; Burial, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States of America, South Pond Cemetery; citing record ID 19962187, <i>Find a Grave<i>
    [6] FamilySearch Family Tree, Ancestry.com, Web: Massachusetts, Find A Grave Index, 1620-2013 (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;).
    [7] FamilySearch Family Tree, Internet, Find A Grave, Page number:
    [8] FamilySearch Family Tree, The Mayflower Descendant (Wheat Ridge, CO: Search & Research Publishing Corporation, 1996).
    [9] FamilySearch Family Tree, Massachusetts, Plymouth, Old South Pond Cemetery, Tombstone inscriptions (Online <
    [10] Public Member Trees

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 15 AUG 1744
    Event Place: Halifax or Plympton, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States of America
    Record Source:
    [1] Public Member Trees
    [2] FamilySearch Family Tree, "Family Tree," database, <i>FamilySearch<i> ( : modified 09 March 2019, 17:13), entry for Sylvanus Sampson(PID ; contributed by various users. PersonID LCDM-857
    [3] FamilySearch Family Tree, Book Title: The Brewster Genealogy : 1566-1907 : A record of the descendants of William Brewster of the "Mayflo
    [4] FamilySearch Family Tree, Source number: 5241.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: JJK
    [5] FamilySearch Family Tree
    [6] FamilySearch Family Tree, "Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915," database with images, <i>FamilySearch<i> ( : 22 May 2019), Sarah Sampson Clark, 02 Oct 1874; citing Plymouth, Mass, v 266 p 320, State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 960,205.
    [7] FamilySearch Family Tree, "Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915," database with images, <i>FamilySearch<i> ( : 22 May 2019), Sylvanus in entry for Sophia Sampson Burgess, 24 Feb 1882; citing Plymouth, Massachusetts, v 338 p 325, State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 960,222.
    [8] FamilySearch Family Tree, "Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915," database with images, <i>FamilySearch<i> ( : 22 May 2019), Sylvanus Sampson in entry for Sarah Clark, 02 Oct 1874; citing Mattapoisett, Mass, v 266 p 313, State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 960,205.
    [9] FamilySearch Family Tree, "Massachusetts, Plymouth County, Probate Estate Files, 1686-1915," images, <i>FamilySearch<i> ( : 20 May 2014), Plymouth > Case no 17572-17734 Sampsom, Joseph-Savery, Thomas > image 1177 of 2200; Supreme Judical Court, Boston.
    [10] FamilySearch Family Tree, "Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915," database with images, <i>FamilySearch<i> ( : 22 May 2019), Sylvanus Sampson in entry for Thomas Sampson, 02 Mar 1868; citing Plymouth, Massachusetts, v 212 p 325, State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 960,192.
    [11] FamilySearch Family Tree, "Find A Grave Index," database, <i>FamilySearch<i> ( : 13 December 2015), Sylvanus Sampson, 1799; Burial, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States of America, South Pond Cemetery; citing record ID 19962187, <i>Find a Grave<i>
    [12] FamilySearch Family Tree, Ancestry.com, Web: Massachusetts, Find A Grave Index, 1620-2013 (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;).
    [13] FamilySearch Family Tree, First Parish Church of Plymouth baptism record.
    [14] FamilySearch Family Tree, Godfrey Memorial Library, comp., American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI) (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 1999;).
    [15] FamilySearch Family Tree, "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, <i>FamilySearch<i> ( : 10 February 2018), Silvanus Sampson Samson, ; citing , ; FHL microfilm 0874028 IT 2.
    [16] FamilySearch Family Tree, Internet, Find A Grave, Page number:
    [17] FamilySearch Family Tree, Robert Bowman, Vital records of the town of Plymouth : an authorized facsimile reproduction of records published serially 1901- 1935 in the Mayflower Descendant. (Baltimore, Md. : Genealogical Pub. for Clearfield Company, c1989), 23: 12.
    [18] FamilySearch Family Tree, Plympton (Massachusetts). Town Clerk, Town and vital records, 1695 - 1924 (Salt Lake City : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1972), 182: Sampson (Silvanus Sampson), ch. Thomas and Lidia [see Joseph, Apr. 18, 1732], ____ [rec. after ch. b. Aug. 15, 1744]. [bp. July 31, 1748, C.R.].
    [19] FamilySearch Family Tree, Massachusetts, Plymouth, Old South Pond Cemetery, Tombstone inscriptions (Online <
    [20] FamilySearch Family Tree, William T. Davis, Genealogical register of Plymouth families (Baltimore : Genealogical Publishing, 1977), 229.

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1800
    Event Place: Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts
    Record Source: Public Member Trees

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 23 APR 1799
    Event Place: Plympton, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States
    Record Source:
    [1] Public Member Trees
    [2] FamilySearch Family Tree, "Family Tree," database, <i>FamilySearch<i> ( : modified 09 March 2019, 17:13), entry for Sylvanus Sampson(PID ; contributed by various users. PersonID LCDM-857
    [3] FamilySearch Family Tree, Book Title: The Brewster Genealogy : 1566-1907 : A record of the descendants of William Brewster of the "Mayflo
    [4] FamilySearch Family Tree, Source number: 5241.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: JJK
    [5] FamilySearch Family Tree
    [6] FamilySearch Family Tree, "Massachusetts, Plymouth County, Probate Estate Files, 1686-1915," images, <i>FamilySearch<i> ( : 20 May 2014), Plymouth > Case no 17572-17734 Sampsom, Joseph-Savery, Thomas > image 1177 of 2200; Supreme Judical Court, Boston.
    [7] FamilySearch Family Tree, "Find A Grave Index," database, <i>FamilySearch<i> ( : 13 December 2015), Sylvanus Sampson, 1799; Burial, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States of America, South Pond Cemetery; citing record ID 19962187, <i>Find a Grave<i>
    [8] FamilySearch Family Tree, Ancestry.com, Web: Massachusetts, Find A Grave Index, 1620-2013 (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;).
    [9] FamilySearch Family Tree, First Parish Church of Plymouth records, also headstone inscription.
    [10] FamilySearch Family Tree, Internet, Find A Grave, Page number:
    [11] FamilySearch Family Tree, The Mayflower Descendant (Wheat Ridge, CO: Search & Research Publishing Corporation, 1996).
    [12] FamilySearch Family Tree, Massachusetts, Plymouth, Old South Pond Cemetery, Tombstone inscriptions (Online <
    [13] FamilySearch Family Tree, First Church (Plymouth, Massachusetts), Plymouth Church records, 1620-1859 (Plymouth Church records, 1620-1859), 621.
    [14] FamilySearch Family Tree, The Colonial Society of Massachusetts, Plymouth Church Records, 1620-1859 (Boston, The Colonial Society of Massachusetts, 1920), XXII: 621 - Deaths: 23 Apr 1799 - <b>Sylvanus Samson</b>.

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