In Memory of
Zabdiel Sampson. He was slain in Battle at Haarlem New York in 1776
Also, Here lies ye body of Mr Zebdial Sampson Jr. He died June 1776, aged 21 years.
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Zabdiel Samson ; b. in Plympton, April 26, 1727; m. 1, Dec. 31, 1747, ABIGAIL CUSHMAN,3 b. Nov. 22, 1727, dau. of Benjamin4 and Sarah Cushman. She was sister of Benjamin Cushman,3 the husband of Zeruiah Sampson4 [146]. Mrs. Abigail Sampson died in Plympton, May 4, 1751, "age 23 years, 5 mos., 12 days." 2, Aug. 22, 1752, ABIAH WHITMARSH, dau. of Richard Whitmarsh of Abington. She and her husband became members of the Church in Plympton in 1763. She died Dec. 26, 1800, age 77.
He lived in Plympton, in the house which his father had occupied.
He was a soldier in the "Old French War," 1756, etc. The story goes, that he was once taken by the Indians, who tied him to a tree and amused themselves with throwing hatchets on each side of their prisoner, to see how near they could throw, and miss. He was also a Revolutionary soldier; his name appears on the Mass. Archives as one of the "Eight months' men," who served from the beginning of May till the end of Dec. 1775. At the end of that period, he re-enlisted, and was slain in the battle of Haerlem, in the upper part of the island of New York, Sept. 16, 1776, "age 49 years, 4 mos., 8 days, by New Style."
Complete Zabdiel Samson Citation in The Giles Memorial
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