Samson (Y-DNA)
Contents
Status summary
As of January 11, 2016:
- Recruiting Samson for Y Elite test
Paper trail
First Generation
Henry Samson was baptized at Henlow, Bedfordshire, England 15 Jan 1603/4, son of James Sampson and Martha Cooper.[1] He died at Duxbury 24 Dec 1684.[2] Henry married at Plymouth 6 Feb 1635/6 Ann Plummer.[3]
Henry and Ann had nine children; five daughters and four sons (Stephen, John, James & Caleb)
Second Generation
Stephen Samson was born about 1638 and married by 1686[4] Elizabeth _______
John Samson was born about 1640 and died between 1702-1718, unmarried.
James Samson was born about 1644 and married by 1679 Hanna (_____) Wait, widow of Samuel Wait.
Caleb Samson was born about 1664. He married twice, first about 1686 Mercy Standish (granddaughter of Pilgrim Miles Standish). Caleb married second, Duxbury 30 Jan 1728/9 Rebecca (BARTLETT) Bradford Stanford.
- ↑ TAG 52:206-07
- ↑ Duxbury published VRs:410
- ↑ Plymouth Colony Records 1:36
- ↑ eldest child died 19 Apr 1758 in 72nd year.
DNA Results
Previous Y-DNA testing
Previous Y-STR testing through the Mayflower Society[1] and the Pilgrim Henry Samson Kindred society[2] has identified a Y-STR haplotype for the Mayflower Samson lineage, which likely belongs to the I-M223 Y-DNA haplogroup. Nevgen.org further refines this prediction to fall under I2a2a M223>Z161>L801> CTS1977>> BY526 Y Elite test results will be able to confirm this and place the Samson lineage more precisely within the broader I-M223 clade.
- ↑ https://www.familytreedna.com/public/mayflowersociety/default.aspx?section=ycolorized
- ↑ http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~henrysamsonkindred/genealogy_dna_project.shtml
NGS/WGS testing
NGS/WGS testing of a Y-DNA descendant of Henry Samson would likely confirm the above prediction as well as further refine the family haplogroup.
Summary of findings
(to be added)
References and External links
- Sherman, Robert Moody and Ruth Wilder Sherman, Mayflower Families Through Five Generations: vol. 20 Samson General Society of Mayflower Descendants, Plymouth MA. part 1 (first four generations) 2000, part 2 (also with Jane Fletcher Fiske as compiler) 2005, part 3 (also with Jane Fletcher Fiske) 2006
- Roser, Susan E., Mayflower Passenger References (from contemporary records & scholarly journals) [www.stewartbooks.com Stewart Publishing & Printing], Canada. Second Edition, 2015
- The American Genealogist 56:141-43 "Henry Sampson's Paternal Grandfather" by Robert Leigh Ward
- Pilgrim Henry Samson Kindred
- Find A Grave memorial for Henry Samson NOTE: Henry (and wife Ann) were NOT buried at Coles Hill in Plymouth. This hill is believed to have been used only during the winter of 1620/1 (and possibly a bit later). Henry and his wife died at Duxbury and almost certainly buried there.
