Mercy Sampson

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Biography

Mercy was born in 1706 at Plymouth in the Massachusetts Bay Colony. She is the daughter of Thomas Savery and Esther Saunderson or Saunders.[1] She married Ichabod Samson there in 1733[2] and they had at least six children together who were born at Plymouth. Mercy died in 1778 and is buried at the Centre Cemetery in Wareham.[3]

Children

Thomas b Jan 15, 1734/5[4]
Mercy b Oct 08, 1736[5]
Esther b Aug 24, 1738[6]
Elnathan b Jul 28, 1740[7]
Ichabod b Apr 12, 1742[8]
Samuel b Apr 02, 1745[9]

Research Notes

In both his NEGHR article and his book, author John Vinton lists five children and some of the dates don't match actual birth records. [10]

Mercy (Savery) Samson (1706 - 1778)

Mercy Samson formerly Savery

Born 21 Jun 1706 in Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Daughter of Thomas Savery and Esther (Saunderson) Savery

Sister of Uriah Savery, Thomas Savery, Lydia (Savory) Bates, Esther Savery, Samuel Savery and Mehetibell Savery

Wife of Ichabod Samson III — married 2 Apr 1734 in Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts

Mother of Mercy (Samson) Morton, Esther (Samson) Swift, Elnathan Samson, Ichabod Sampson and Samuel Sampson

Died 29 Sep 1778 at age 72 in Wareham, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States

Profile last modified 22 Jun 2020 | Created 30 Jun 2014

Sources

↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F45W-5J9 : 14 January 2020), Marcy Savery, 1706.
↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPZN-62NG : 31 October 2019), Ichabod Samson and Marcy Savory, 17 Aug 1733; citing Marriage, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009308.
↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #115691727
↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F45W-BJ5 : 15 January 2020), Thomas Samson, 1734.
↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F45W-BJY : 15 January 2020), Marcy Samson, 1736.
↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FC5L-JJT : 14 January 2020), Esther Samson, 1738.
↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FC5G-GQJ : 14 January 2020), Elnathan Samson, 1740.
↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29L-G8KZ : 18 February 2020), Ichabod Samson, 12 Apr 1742; citing Birth, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 004934186.
↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F454-3VD : 14 January 2020), Samll. Samson, 1745.
↑ Vinton, John Adams. Genealogical Memoirs of the Samson Family in America. Boston, MA: Self-Published, 1864. Page 24. https://books.google.com/books?id=WZY2VZ3FylEC&pg=PA24&dq=ichabod+s...
Plymouth Mass., Vital Records, Page 170 The Mayflower Descendant, an illustrated quarterly magazine of pilgrim genealogy, history and biography, Vol XIII, Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants, Boston, Jan. 1911,