In Memory of George Samson, who died Feb. 1774, in ye 83rd year of his age.
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George Samson Jr. son of George and Elizabeth (Sprague) Samson, who were among the first settlers of Plympton, was born March 10, 1690. He married Hannah 4 Soule b. March 18, 1696-7, dau. of Benjamin3 and Sarah (Standish) Soule, Dec. 10, 1718. Hannah's father Benjamin3 was son of John Soule2 by his wife Esther (Delano) Samson, who had been the wife of Samuel2 Sampson [12]. John Soule2 was son of GEORGE SOULE1 one of the passengers in the Mayflower, 1620.
George and Hannah were members of the Church in Plympton. They were admitted during the pastorate of the Rev. Isaac Cushman, the first minister of the gospel in Plympton. Mr. Sampson was frequently Moderator of the town-meetings; a selectman, and assessor of Plympton. He was Town Treasurer from 1739 to 1760, a period of twenty-two years.
Mrs. Hannah Sampson Hannah Samson's stone died Sept. 22, 1776, age 79 years, 6 months, 4 days.
George Samson's will is dated Aug. 27, 1773; proved April 8, 1774; recorded Plym. Prob., 21 : 607. He calls himself "yeoman," of Plympton; mentions wife Hannah; sons Gideon and Zabdiel; and "my four daus. Deborah Bisbee, Hannah Perkins, Rebecca Kelley, and Elizabeth Cushman." Joseph Samson [365] is one of the witnesses.
George died in Plympton, Feb. 6, 1774, age 82 years, 10 months, and 13 days, by New Style. They were buried near the north side of the Burying-Ground, and their grave-stones are yet standing.
George Samson Citation in The Giles Memorial
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