Mercy Sampson

Descendant of Mayflower passenger Myles Standish and Mayflower passengers John Alden and Priscilla (Mullins) Alden

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Standish-328
Mercy (Standish) Samson (bef. 1670 - bef. 1729)

Mercy Samson formerly Standish aka Sampson
Born before 1670 in Duxbury, Plymouth Colonymap
ANCESTORS ancestors
Daughter of Alexander Standish and Sarah (Alden) Standish
Sister of Lorah (Standish) Sampson, Lydia (Standish) Samson, David Standish, Elizabeth (Standish) Delano, Sarah (Standish) Soule, Myles Standish III, Ebenezer Standish, Desire (Standish) Weston [half], Thomas Standish [half] and Ichabod Standish [half]
Wife of Caleb Samson — married before 1686 (to 30 Jan 1729) in Duxbury, Plymouth Colonymap
DESCENDANTS descendants
Mother of David Samson, Lora (Sampson) Simmons, Rachel (Sampson) Simmons, Priscilla Sampson, Joshua Sampson, Ruth (Sampson) Fullerton, Caleb (Sampson) Samson Jr., Jerusha (Sampson) Bartlett, Alexander Sampson and Sarah Sampson
Died before 30 Jan 1729 at about age 59 in Duxbury, Plymouth, Province of Massachusetts Baymap
PROBLEMS/QUESTIONSProfile managers: Ray Zeller private message [send private message], Mayflower Project WikiTree private message [send private message], Paul Boudreau private message [send private message], Dani Desio private message [send private message], Joan Kelly private message [send private message], and Claire Smith private message [send private message]
Profile last modified 6 Oct 2023 | Created 6 Jun 2011
This page has been accessed 4,138 times.
The Mayflower.
Mercy (Standish) Samson was related to a passenger on the Mayflower.
Join: Mayflower Project

Biography

Mercy Standish, daughter of Alexander Standish and Sarah Alden,[1][2][3] was born before 1670, probably at Duxbury, Plymouth Colony.[2] She was a granddaughter of the following passengers on the Mayflower, 1620: Myles Standish, John Alden and Priscilla Mullins.

Marriage

Before 1686 (estimated birth of child) at Duxbury, Plymouth, Mercy married Caleb Samson, son of Henry Samson of the Mayflower and Ann Plummer. Caleb was born about 1658 at Duxbury.[2] He was granted land by the Town of Duxbury in 1686,[2] and was living there in 1710.[1] Caleb died at Duxbury before 3 March 1747.[2]

Alexander Standish in his 1702 will left to his daughter Mercy, wife of Caleb Samson, 5 shillings.[4]

Death

Mercy died between 17 May 1722, when she witnessed a deed[5], and 30 Jan 1728/29, when Caleb married his second wife.[2][6]

Children of Caleb Samson and Mercy Standish

Caleb and Mercy had the following children:[1][2][3]

David, b. abt 1686; d. 10 May 1772; m. Mary Chaffin
Lora, b. abt 1688; d. bt 16 Dec 1715 and 16 Jun 1718; m. Benjamin Simmons, 3 Jan 1706
Rachel, b. 5 Dec 169-; bapt at Marshfield, 2 Apr 1701; d. 3 Aug 1761; m. Moses Simmons, 26 Mar 1718
Priscilla, b. abt 1697; d. 7 Jul 1758, aged 61; unm.
Caleb, b. abt 1699; d. 17 Oct 1750
Joshua, b. abt 1700; d. 4 Aug 1741; m. Mary Oakman
Ruth, b. abt 1702
Jerusha, b. 1704-5; d. 2 Jan 1778, aged 73; m. Ebenezer Bartlett, 8 Oct 1730
Sarah, b. abt 1707; living 14 Jul 1721
Sources

↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Vinton, John Adams. Genealogical Memoirs of the Sampson Family in America, from the Arrival of the Mayflower in 1620, to the Present Time. Henry W. Dutton & Son. Boston. 1864. Caleb Sampson m. Mercy Standish, pg. 5
↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 Wakefield, Robert S. (editor). Mayflower Families Through Five Generations. Volume Twenty. Part 1 Family of Henry Samson. Robert Moody Sherman and Ruth Wilder Sheman (compilers). (General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 2000).
↑ 3.0 3.1 Descendants of John Alden : Third Generation on Alden Org Mercy Standish and Caleb Sampson : accessed 3 Dec 2020
↑ George Ernest Bowman. "Alexander Standish's Will and Inventory and the Settlement of His Estate" in the Mayflower Descendant. (Boston, MA: Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants). Online at AmericanAncestors.org, vol. 12, p. 101.
↑ "Massachusetts Land Records, 1620-1986," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89Z7-JDWQ?cc=2106411&w... : 22 May 2014), Plymouth > Deeds 1720-1724 vol 15-17 > image 380 of 709; county courthouses and offices, Massachusetts.
↑ Vital records of Duxbury, Massachusetts, to the year 1850. ( Boston, Mass. : Published by the New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1911) p. 302

Mercy died bef 30 Jan 1729

http://books.google.com/books?id=EERnAAAAMAAJ&q=Mayflower+Families+...

Mary is not named on the marriage record to James Cary. It is a possibility that James married two Marys, one Standish and the other Shaw. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Birth: 1665 Death: 1728

treerpgmo #47324296: Where do you get your dates? I have born abt 1664 probably in Duxbury and died between 1722/1729 in Duxbury. Link her to her parents Alexander STANDISH [link # 14421272] & Sarah ALDEN [link # 14421267].

Family links:

Parents:

 Alexander Standish (1625 - 1702)

 Sarah Alden Standish (1627 - 1688)

Spouse:

 Caleb Samson (1658 - 1746)

Children:

 David Samson (1685 - 1772)*

 Ruth Samson Fullerton (1698 - ____)*

Siblings:

 Lorah Standish Sampson (1658 - ____)*

 Lydia Standish Sampson (1662 - ____)*

 David Standish (1664 - 1689)*

 Elizabeth Standish DeLano (1665 - 1732)*

 Mercy Standish Samson (1665 - 1728)

 Sarah Standish Soule (1666 - 1760)*

 Myles Standish (1668 - 1739)*

 Ebenezer Standish (1672 - 1755)*

 Desire Standish Weston (1689 - 1766)**

 Thomas Standish (1690 - 1789)**

 Ichabod Standish (1693 - 1772)**

*Calculated relationship

• *Half-sibling

Burial: Myles Standish Burying Ground Duxbury Plymouth County Massachusetts, USA

Created by: Pat & Charlie Record added: Oct 27, 2009 Find A Grave Memorial# 43602816