In Memory of Mrs. Margaret Samson, wife of Mr. Benjamin Samson, who died Dec. 11th 1759 in ye 79th year of her age
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Mrs. Margaret (Parker) Samson born circa. 1680 was probably the daughter of Nathaniel Parker and Lois Rogers of Scituate. She married Benjamin Samson, Benjamin Samson's Stone son of George and Elizabeth (Sprague) Samson Sr., May 4, 1710. The Samson's dwelt in Plympton, in a house standing on the west side of a turn in the road running westward from the Burying-Ground to Halifax. It stood on the site of the house occupied in 1832 by their great-grandson Peleg Sampson. Benjamin and Margaret were both members of the church in Plympton, and were admitted as members in the time of the Rev. Isaac Cushman.
Margaret Samson died December 11, 1759, age 79. Her husband Benjamin died July 22, 1762, age 75 years, 9 months, and 22 days, reckoning by New Style.
Benjamin Samson Citation in The Giles Memorial
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