Mercy Sampson

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

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Mercy Sampson formerly Standish aka Samson aka Sampson

Born about 1662 in Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts

Daughter of Alexander Standish and Sarah (Alden) Standish

Sister of Mary Standish, Lorah (Standish) Sampson, Lydia (Standish) Sampson, David Standish, Elizabeth (Standish) Delano, Sarah (Standish) Soule, Myles Standish, Ebenezer Standish, Thomas Standish [half], Desire (Standish) Weston [half] and Ichabod Standish [half]

Wife of Caleb Sampson — married before 1684 in Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts

Mother of Joshua Sampson, Lora (Sampson) Simmons, David Samson, Rachel (Sampson) Simmons, Priscilla Sampson, Jerusha (Sampson) Bartlett, Sarah Sampson, Ruth (Sampson) Fullerton and Caleb Sampson Jr.

Died before 30 Jan 1729 in Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts

Profile last modified 23 Oct 2019 | Created 6 Jun 2011

Mercy (Standish) Sampson was related to a passenger on the Mayflower.

Biography

Mercy Standish, daughter of Alexander Standish and Sarah Alden, was born about 1662 at probably, Duxbury, Massachusetts. Mercy married Caleb Samson before about 1684 (the birth of their first child was about 1686), probably in Duxbury. Mercy Samson died between 17 May 1722 (witnessed a deed) and 30 Jan 1729 (the date of Caleb's second marriage). [1][2]

Children of Mercy Standish and Caleb Samson

David Samson b. c 1686, d. 10 May 1772 Lora Samson b. c 1688, d. bt 16 Dec 1715 - 16 Jun 1718 Priscilla Samson b. c 1697, d. 7 Jul 1758 Caleb Samson b. c 1699, d. 17 Oct 1750 Joshua Samson b. c 1700, d. 4 Aug 1741 Rachel Samson b. 5 Dec 1700, d. a 3 Aug 1761 Ruth Samson b. c 1702 Jerusha Samson b. c 1705, d. 2 Jun 1778 Sarah Samson b. c 1707, d. a 14 Jul 1721 Sources

↑ Thomas Rogers Society - Mercy Standish : Citing Russell L. Warner, Mayflower Families Through Five Generations, Descendants of the Pilgrims who landed at Plymouth, Mass., December 1620, Family of Myles Standish, Volume Fourteen, (Plymouth, MA: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1997). Hereinafter cited as Standish-Silver. ↑ Mayflower Families Through Five Generations, v 14, p 10 Acknowledgments

Sara V Mosher Thank you to Claire Smith for creating WikiTree profile Standish-710 through the import of smithwiki.ged on Jul 1, 2013. Click to the Changes page for the details of edits by Claire and others. WikiTree profile Standish-328 created through the import of Nelson Family Tree.ged on Jun 6, 2011 by Gregory Nelson.

Mercy died bef 30 Jan 1729

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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