Hannah Sampson

Descendant of Mayflower passenger Henry Samson

Per the biography of her husband, Hannah's last name may have been Whitman. There are trees on the web that indicate her father was a "John Whitman" and her mother was "Margaret Griffen." Of VRs quoted below one shows father John, the other Jonathan, same date. Multiple references indicate her first spouse died around 1677 and that she did in fact remarry to James Sampson; others which show him living longer are said to be refer to multiple people.

Hannah was born in 1641. She passed away about 1717.

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Whitman-84

Hannah (Whitman) Samson (1641 - 1720)

Hannah Samson formerly Whitman

Born 28 Aug 1641 in Weymouth, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America

Daughter of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]

[sibling%28s%29 unknown]

Wife of Samuel Waite — married about 1659 (to about 1677) in Kingston, Washington, Rhode Island

Wife of James Samson Sr. — married 21 May 1679 [location unknown]

Mother of Samuel J. Waite II, Elizabeth Waite, John Waite, James Samson, Hannah Wait, Joseph Waite, Susanna Waite and Joseph Samson

Died 8 Oct 1720 in Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America

Profile last modified 2 Jun 2020 | Created 19 Sep 2010

Sources

Wait Family of Rhode Island

Hannah Whitman, "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915" "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/F45B-VRX : 4 December 2014), Hannah Whitman, 24 Aug 1641; citing Weymouth, Norfolk, Massachusetts, pg 255; FHL microfilm 2,031,513.

Mayflower Descendants and their Marriages for Two Generations After the Landing John T. Landis, Mayflower Descendants and their Marriages for Two Generations After the Landing ( Genealogical Publishing Co.; Baltimore, MD; 1990;), Page 30.

BIRTH: Birth taken from the book, "Branches of My Family Tree, The Waite-Wait Branch", by Helen and Warren Burns. Information is on P 4. !MARRIAGE: Marriage date taken from the same Waite-Wait book. !DEATH: Date of death taken from the same Waite-Wait book. Thanks to all that have contributed to this profile.

See also:

Vital Records from The NEHGS Register. Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014. (Compiled from articles originally published in The New England Historical and Genealogical Register.) [1] Hannah WHITMAN Birth 24 (6) 1641 [OS Aug] Location Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States Original Text Early Records of Boston Father John Whitman Volume Name 8 Page 349 Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 Image Hannah Whitman Birth Date: 24 Aug 1641 Birth Place: Weymouth, Massachusetts Father Name: Jonathan Whitman New England Marriages to 1700. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008.) Originally published as: New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015. [2] Samuel WAITE Marriage 1659 Location Kingston, Washington, Rhode Island, United States Original Text WAITE, Samuel (?1640-1677?) & Hannah [?WHITMAN], m/2 James SAMPSON bef 12 Oct 1694; ca 1659; Kingston, RI/Exeter, RI {TAG 20:231; McIntire Anc. 77; Waite 17; Reg. 73:292-3; ?Clark (,9) 61; Barber (1892) 5; Austin's Dict. 13, 404} Spouse Hannah WHITMAN Later Residences Exeter, RI Volume Name Volume 3 Page 1578 New England Marriages to 1700. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008.) Originally published as: New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015. [3] James SAMPSON Marriage 1679 Location Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island, United States Original Text SAMPSON, James (-1718) & Hannah (____) [WAITE], w Samuel; aft Feb 1676/7, by 1679; Portsmouth, RI/Dartmouth {Martha's Vineyard 3:448; TAG 20:230, 28:5; Gen. Adv. 4:83-4; Giles 376; Sampson 3, 4; MD 6:185; Reg. 73:293, 295; Harding (1957) 18} Spouse Hannah [____] WAITE Later Residences Dartmouth Volume Name Volume 2 Page 1323 McGuffin family tree and Mayflower descendants

Hannah Whitman

• Birth:  24 Aug 1641, of Berkeley, Bristol Co., MA
• Death:  8 Oct 1720, Dartmouth, Bristol Co., MA
• Father:  John WHITMAN

Hannah WHITMAN was born after 1644, daughter of John Wightman. Hannah was probably a sister of Valentine WHITMAN of Providence.

Hannah remarried after the death of Samuel Wait. Her second husband was James Sampson, son of Heny Sampson (Sameson), a Mayflower passenger.

Samuel and Hannah, through heir daughter Susanna, were ancestors of the famous Captain "Commodore" Perry, hero of the Battle of Lake Erie in 1813.

• http://www.genealogy.com/users/w/a/i/John-S-Wait/WEBSITE-0001/UHP-0...
• http://dgmweb.net/FGS/S/SampsonJames-HannahWhitman.html
• http://sprague-database.org/genealogy/getperson.php?personID=I17711...