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Status summary

As of September 7, 2018

• Page created for Anne Plummer, wife of Henry Samson
• recruitment of individuals who are mtDNA descendants of Anne. Folks who are mtDNA descendants are encouraged to contact MayflowerDNA1620@gmail.com

Background

For more information see: Sherman, Robert Moody & Ruth Wilder, Mayflower Families Through Five Generations: vol. 20 Samson

Biography

In General, tracing the mtDNA descendants of Henry Samson has been much more difficult than other Mayflower Passengers (such as Howland, Brewster or Hopkins). The General Society of Mayflower Descendants (GSMD) has published a number of "Mayflower Families through Five Generations" volumes (aka the "Silver Books"). These books give a biography for each Mayflower passenger as well as their descendants for five generations (and sometimes into the sixth and seventh generation). Volume 20 (in three parts) deals with the family and descendants of Henry Samson. Part 1 deals with the first four generations of descendants. Part 2 deals with the daughters, as well as son James. By the Fifth Generation, there are quite a few instances where a birth or baptismal record for a daughter is all that is known.

The marriage record of Anne Plummer to Henry Samson, Plymouth 6 Feb 1635/6^[1] give us the maiden name for Anne. However, we do not know of her parentage or even when/how she came to Plymouth Colony.^[2] The will of John Barnes^[3] calls Anne his "Cozen". The first wife of John Barnes was Mary Plummer^[4] How Mary and Anne were related (assuming the relationship is through this marriage) is still unknown.

Henry and Anne were among the earliest settlers of Duxburrow (now Duxbury), Mass. Anne died there sometime between 24 Dec 1668^[5] and 24 Dec 1684^[6]

First Generation

Anne and Henry had a total of nine children, but no records survive listing their birth dates. In 1651 Gov. William Bradford reported they had seven children, so the youngest two were born after this date. The exact order of births is unknown, and various compilers have given the children in different orders. They had four sons and five daughters. The daughters (in order as named in their father's will) are: Elizabeth, Hannah, ________ (m. John Hanmore, no daus.), Mary (m. John Summers/Somers but no ch., and Dorcas.

Second Generation

Elizabeth married before 1662 Robert Sproat/Sprout. They had three sons and five daughters (Mercy, Elizabeth, Mary, Anna, Hannah)

Hannah married (Duxbury 20 Mar 1665/6) Josiah Holmes. They had three sons and three daughters (Hannah, [m. Thomas Lambert (II), only had one son] Dorcas [likely never marr.] and Mary [m. (Sgt.) Gershom Holmes, only had one son]). The Henry Samson "Silver Book" fails to list any mtDNA lines from any of Hannah's daughters.

Dorcas married Thomas Bonney (II). They had one son and two daughters (Elizabeth & Mercy)

Third Generation

Mercy Sproat/Sprout was born Scituate 15 Jul 1662 and died bet. 6 Sep 1725 - 8 Oct 1728. She married Scituate 27 Jun 1683 Thomas Oldham and they had three sons and seven daughters: Mary (1686) , Mercy (1689), Elizabeth (1691) Abigail (1693), Anna (1695), Desire (1698) and Grace [1702-1784, m. Thomas Eames])

Elizabeth Sproat/Sprout never married

Mary Sproat/Sprout never married

Anna Sproat/Sprout married Ebenezer Richmond. They had three sons and three daughters: Anna (1704), Rachel (1707-1730 never married) and Elizabeth (1708)

Hannah Sproat/Sprout married Ephraim Keen(e). They had two sons and five daughters: Mary (1705), Hannah (1713), Abigail (1717), Wealthean (1719) and Elizabeth (c1724)

Hannah Holmes was born Duxburrow (now Duxbury) 11 Oct 1667 and died bef 3 May 1709. She abt 1685 Thomas Lambert (II) and they had at least one child: Thomas^[7]

Elizabeth Bonney married Ephraim Norcut. They had four sons and two daughters (Elizabeth [1715-1776, m. Micah Bryant] & Patience [never married])

Mercy Bonney married^[8] Nathaniel Delano. They had one son and five daughters (Mercy [1715-1800, m. John Pryor], Elizabeth [1717- , unknown if married], Lydia [1718-1756, m. Ebenezer Delano & Ichabod Wormall], Zerviah [1720- , m. Joshua Briggs] & Mary [believed to have died unmarried])

Fourth Generation

Mary Oldham was born Scituate 1 Apr 1686 and died 1775. She married (Dea.) John Bisbee and they had

Mercy Oldham was born Scituate 28 Jul 1689 and died 1730. She married Andrew Newcomb and they had

Elizabeth Oldham was born Scituate 4 Oct 1691 and died aft 1770. She married John Damon (III) and they had

Abigail Oldham was born Scituate 24 Nov 1693 and died 1725. She married Nathaniel Eames and they had

Anna Oldham was born Scituate 19 Mar 1695/6 and died 1766. She married Joseph Young (II) and they had

Desire Oldham was born Scituate 28 Feb 1697/8 and died 1786. She married Samuel Tilden and they had

Grace Oldham was born Scituate 27 Feb 1703/4 and died 1784. She married Thomas Eames and they had

Anna Richmond was born Middleborough 14 Oct 1704 and died 1783. She married Caleb Cowing and they had

Elizabeth Richmond was born Middleborough 1 Sep 1708 and died about 1742. She married Edward Washburn and they had

Mary Keen was born Middleborough 9 Dec 1705 and died

Hannah Keen was born Pembroke 13 Nov 1713 and died

Abigail Keen was born Pembroke 21 Feb 1716/7 and died

Welthean Kean was born Pembroke 8 Nov 1719 and died

Elizabeth Keen was born about 1724 and died 1763. She married Joshua Sprague and they had

1. ↑ Plymouth Colony Records I:36
2. ↑ Given the fact she appears not to have come over with her family, it is likely she came over as a house servant to another family.
3. ↑ dated 6 Mar 1667/8 MD 4:99-100 citing Plymouth Colony Wills 3:131
4. ↑ Roser, Mayflower Passenger References(2011, 2015), p. 329
5. ↑ Plymouth Colony Land Records 3:237
6. ↑ not in husband's will MD 2:142-3 citing Plymouth County Probate Records 4:2:94-95
7. ↑ Called Josiah Holmes his grandfather in a 1717 deed. This younger Thomas was deceased by 1748, but children (if any) currently unknown.
8. ↑ she married second to John Curtis, but had no children by him

mtDNA Results

According to the GSMD/FTDNA Mayflower DNA Project online presentation (passcode ajI2.8wq) two matrilineal descendants^[1] have ordered mtDNA tests. To date, the project does not publish the results of these tests.

1. ↑ The two descend from different daughters of Anne PLUMMER Samson.

References and External Links

• Sherman, Robert Moody & Ruth Wilder, Mayflower Families Through Five Generations: vol. 20 Samson General Society of Mayflower Descendants, Plymouth, MA. part 1 (first four generations) 2000, part 2 (with Jane Fletcher Fiske) (Fifth Generation of most children) 2005
• Roser, Susan E., Mayflower Increasings From the Files of George Ernest Bowman at the Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants, Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, MD, Second edition 1995, 1996. pp 91-97
• Roser, Susan E., Mayflower Passenger References (from contemporary records & Scholarly journals [www.stewartbooks.com Stewart Publishing & Printing], Canada Second edition 2015
• Pilgrim Henry Samson Kindred website
• Caleb Johnson's Mayflower History blog on Henry Samson
• Wikipedia article on Henry Samson
• wikitree profile for Anne (Plummer) Samson
• General Society of Mayflower Descendants (GSMD)
• Family Tree DNA Mayflower Project mtDNA results
• mtDNA descendants of Anne Plummer (work in progress)
• Find A Grave memorial for Ann (Plummer) Samson Ann (and her husband Henry) were NOT buried at Coles Hill in Plymouth. They died (and were almost certainly buried) at Duxbury. The Miles Standish Burial Ground in Duxbury is likely the final resting place for this couple. This town-owned cemetery is called the oldest maintained cemetery in America and dates back to the earliest days of the town.
• The Samson Family - The Mayflower Society

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