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Sampson Waters (1640 - 1693)

Captain Sampson Waters

Born 1640 [location unknown]

Son of Lawrence Waters [uncertain] and Anne (Linton) Waters [uncertain]

Brother of Lawrence Waters, Sarah Waters, Mary (Waters) Davis, Daniel Waters, Stephen Waters, Adam Waters, Rebecca (Waters) Whitcomb, Jacob Waters, Samuel Waters and Johanna Waters

Husband of Rebecca (Unknown) Waters — married [date unknown] [location unknown]

Father of Rebecca (Waters) Wakefield and Anne (Waters) Wakefield

Died 14 Aug 1693 at about age 53 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay

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Biography

Sampson married Rebecca about 1666. They had at Boston:

Mary,[1] b. August 28, 1667[2]
William, b. March 3, 1669/70,[3] d. June 15, 1691[4]
John,[1] b. January 2, 1672[5]
Rebecca,[1] b. May 28, 1677[6]
Ann,[1] b. about 1680
Elizabeth,[1] b. Februray 1, 1682/,3[7] d. July 5, 1695[8]
Sampson,[1] b. June 20, 1685[9]
Robert, b. May 5, 1688,[10] d. bef. 1693
Sampson Waters of Suffolk, mariner, wrote his will August 12, 1693. His original will had suffered water damage by the time of filming.[11]

Sampson died at Boston August 14, 1693,[12] aged 53, and is buried at Copp's Hill Burying Ground in Boston.[13]

In his will he mentions his wife Rebecca, sons John and Sampson, and daughters Mary, Rebecca, Ann, and Elizabeth, grandchildren Sampson and John Jervais. He also mentions his land in "Somerset County in Nantecoke River in Virginia [sic]". He makes his wife Rebecca and son John executors, and makes his "Honoured Father in Law William Ireland of Rumney Marsh and my deare and loving Friend Thomas Baker of Boston" overseers of his will.[1] Administration was granted October 13, 1693.[14] His inventory was valued at £455-6-00.[15]

On September 13, 1714, John Jarvis and Mary his wife, and Obadiah Wakefield and Rebecca his wife, Mary and Rebecca daughters of Sampson, divided Sampson's estate at Boston.[16][17]

Research

The below notes claim that Sampson's wife was a Foxcraft/Foxcroft. However in his will he mentions his "Father in Law William Ireland" of Rumney Marsh, suggesting his wife was an Ireland.

Sampson was attached as a son of Lawrence Waters, however there is no mention of Sampson in Lawrence's profile. Sampson is removed until someone can provide a source.

Sampson Waters married Rebecca Foxcraft/Foxcroft of Somerset County, Maryland, near Nanticoke, Virginia. She inherited property from her father Isaac Foxcroft which was managed by James Dashiell. The "Dashiell Family Records" indicate Sampson Waters' daughter Mary married this James Dashiell, but Sampson's will indicates the daughter Mary was married to a John Jarvis. (See the Wakefield Memorial.) Perhaps there was another Waters daughter. Sampson's daughter Ann, wife of John Wakefield, received land in Somerset county on Nanticoke river, Va. 20 Jun 1707.
Dashiell, Benjamin J.. Dashiell family records. Baltimore, Md.: Sun Print. Office, 1928-1932. This is a respected source in Maryland genealogy.
Wakefield, Homer. Wakefield Memorial (Priv. Printed, Bloomington, Ill, 1897); p. 33, p. 35
A previous version of this profile had his birth as in 1646 at "Lancaster, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay" without source, and his death in 15 Sep 167. These dates are wrong, and do not align with the sources mentioned

from the Suffolk Deeds

Sources

↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 Suffolk Co., Mass. Probate Records, vol. 13, pp. 254-255 "Will of Sampson Waters"
↑ Boston Record Commissioners, vol. 9. Boston Vital Statistics, 1630-1699, p. 106
↑ Boston Record Commissioners, vol. 9. Boston Vital Statistics, 1630-1699, p. 112
↑ Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 17 March 2020), memorial page for William Waters (unknown–15 Jun 1691), Find A Grave: Memorial #13431542, citing Copp's Hill Burying Ground, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA ; Maintained by Jan Franco (contributor 46625834) .
↑ Boston Record Commissioners, vol. 9. Boston Vital Statistics, 1630-1699, p. 125
↑ Boston Record Commissioners, vol. 9. Boston Vital Statistics, 1630-1699, p. 143
↑ Boston Record Commissioners, vol. 9. Boston Vital Statistics, 1630-1699, p. 159
↑ Boston Record Commissioners, vol. 9. Boston Vital Statistics, 1630-1699, p. 225
↑ Boston Record Commissioners, vol. 9. Boston Vital Statistics, 1630-1699, p. 167
↑ Boston Record Commissioners, vol. 9. Boston Vital Statistics, 1630-1699, p. 182
↑ Suffolk County, Mass. Probate Records. Suffolk probate no. 2078, George Worthylake, 1693
Digital Images. FamilySearch, DGS film 102907159 ("Probate and Family Court Department FILE PAPERS, Box 012 Cases 01986-02115, 1636-1894")
↑ Boston Record Commissioners, vol. 9. Boston Vital Statistics, 1630-1699, p. 212
↑ Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 30 August 2019), memorial page for Capt Sampson Waters (unknown–13 Aug 1693), Find A Grave: Memorial #12134561, citing Copp's Hill Burying Ground, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA ; Maintained by Jan Franco (contributor 46625834) .
↑ Suffolk Co., Mass. Probate Records, vol. 13, pp. 253-254 "Letters of Administration for Sampson Waters"
↑ Suffolk Co., Mass. Probate Records, vol. 13, pp. 444-445 "Inventory of Sampson Waters"
↑ Suffolk Deeds, vol. 30, p. 123
↑ Suffolk Deeds, vol. 108, pp. 270-272
Boston Record Commissioners. Boston Records Commissioners Reports (Rockwell and Churchill, Boston, 1875)
Suffolk County, Mass. Probate Records. Digital images. Familysearch, DGS film 007703074 ("Probate records v. 13-14 1688-1701")
Suffolk County, Mass. Deeds. Digital images. Familysearch,:
DGS film 007442502 ("Deeds v. 28-30 1713-1716")
DGS film 007442668 ("Deeds v. 107-108 1765-1766")
Wakefield Memorial : comprising an historical, genealogical and biographical register of the name and family of Wakefield
Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/12134561/sampson-waters : accessed 18 July 2022), memorial page for Capt Sampson Waters (unknown–13 Aug 1693), Find a Grave Memorial ID 12134561, citing Copp's Hill Burying Ground, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA ; Maintained by Jan Franco (contributor 46625834) .