Ancestry of
Jon Meacham

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Mary Chaffin

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• • 8th Great-grandmother of Jon Meacham — 11th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 1203 
  • Father:
  • Ebenezer Chaffin 
  • Mother:
  • Elizabeth Adams   
  • Birth Date:
  • 1 Jul 1694 
  • Birth Location:
  • Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts 
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  • Death Date:
  • 11 Nov 1780 
  • Death Location:
  • Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts 
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  • Spouse Name:
  • David Samson
  • Marriage Date:
  • 5 Jun 1712 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Marshfield, Plymouth, Massachusetts 
  • Children:
  
  

  Lydia Samson

  Charles Samson

  Ebenezer Samson

  David Samson

  Mary Samson

  Jonathan Samson

  Elizabeth Samson (Ahnentafel No:601 )

  Mercy Samson

  Helena Samson

  Chapin Samson

  • Notes: 

  • Mary Chaffin's maiden name is also seen as Chapin.

• Sources for Mary Chaffin

  • ¹ Roberts, Gary Boyd, The Mayflower 500: Five Hundred Notable Descendants of the Founding Families on the Mayflower, Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society (2020), 530, 756, 777.
  • ² Wakefield, Robert S., ed., Mayflower Families Through Five Generations: Vol. 20, Part 1, Henry Samson, Plymouth, Massachusetts: General Society of Mayflower Descendants (2000), 33.
  • ³ Williams, Alicia Crane, ed., Mayflower Families Through Five Generations: Vol. 16, Part 1, Family of John Alden, Plymouth, Massachusetts: General Society of Mayflower Descendants (1999), 113, 404-406.

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