Hannah, widow Wait (mtDNA)
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Status summary
Completed as of October 29, 2020:
- Recruiting direct female-line Robert Stetson descendants for full mtDNA testing - anyone interested in submitting their DNA for testing should contact MayflowerDNA1620@gmail.com
Still to do as of October 29, 2020
- full mtDNA test multiple matrilineal (mtDNA) descendants of Hannah, wife of James Samson to firmly place family clade as well as discover any subclades unique to descendants lines
Biography
First Generation
Hannah was born circa 1640 and died Dartmouth after 6 May 1716[1][2] Some sources claim her maiden name was Whitman, but this has not been confirmed. She was married twice, first, by 1660[3] Samuel Wait(e) (no Mayflower line) and second, before 21 May 1679[4] James Samson. By her second husband, she had at least seven children (likely born Dartmouth): James (c1680), Henry (unm.), Joseph, Anna, Penelope, Susanna and Priscilla
Second Generation (all likely born Dartmouth)
Anne Samson (estimated birth unknown) died Chilmark after 10 Feb 1734.[5] She married (likely later in life) Dartmouth 12 Oct 1725 Shubal Smith (born 1653/4) but they had no children.
Priscilla Samson was born about 1685 and died Dartmouth after 6 Dec 1727. She married about 1712 (as his first wife) Samuel Hammond (II) and they had at least one child (Rochester): Abigail (1714).
Penelope Samson was born about 1686 and died after 23 Nov 1727. She married Dartmouth 1713 Abraham Sampson (III) and they had eight children: Ruth (1713), Hannah (1715), Rebecca (1718), James (1719/20), Abraham (1721), Stephen (1722), Henry (1724) and Penelope (1726).
Susanna Samson was born about 1695 and died West Tisbury in 1761. She married Dartmouth 15 May 1722 Benjamin Hillman and they had seven children: son (d. 1729), Hannah (c1725), Benjamin (1725), Seth (c1727), Henry (1729), Silas (1731) and James (1733).
Third Generation
Abigail Hammond
Ruth Sampson
Hannah Sampson
Rebecca Sampson
Penelope Sampson
Hannah Hillman
- ↑ She released her dower rights to a deed.
- ↑ Unconfirmed sources state she died 8 Oct 1720.
- ↑ First child born Dec 1660.
- ↑ Deed
- ↑ Husband's will.
DNA Results TBD
Previous testing
To date, no known matrilineal (mtDNA) descendants of Hannah, wife of James Samson, has published their mtDNA results. Individuals who believe they are matrilineal descendants are encouraged to test and contact MayflowerDNA1620@gmail.com
External Links and References
- Sherman, Robert Moody and Ruth Wilder Sherman (edited by Robert S. Wakefield), Mayflower Families through Five Generations... vol. 20 (Samson) part 1 (First four generations) General Society of Mayflower Descendants, Plymouth, MA 2000
- The Stetson Kindred of America
