Ancestry of
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

American “Fireside” Poet

John Samson

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• • 2nd Great-grandfather of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow — 5th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 26 
  • Father:
  • Stephen Samson 
  • Mother:
  • Elizabeth -----   
  • Birth Date:
  • 17 Aug 1688 
  • Birth Location:
  • Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts 
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  • Death Date:
  • 26 Jan 1770 
  • Death Location:
  • Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts 
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  • Spouse Name:
  • Priscilla Bartlett
  • Marriage Date:
  • 31 Dec 1718 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts 
  • Children:
  
  

  Lusanna Samson (Ahnentafel No:13 )

  Zilpah Samson

  John Samson

  Priscilla Samson

  Elizabeth Samson

  John Samson

  Elisha Samson

  Sylvanus Samson

  Elijah Samson

• Sources for John Samson

  • ¹ Roberts, Gary Boyd, Notable Kin, Volume 1, Santa Clarita, California: Carl Boyer, 3rd (1998), 182.
  • ² Roberts, Gary Boyd, The Mayflower 500: Five Hundred Notable Descendants of the Founding Families on the Mayflower, Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society (2020), 175, 191.
  • ³ Wakefield, Robert S., ed., Mayflower Families Through Five Generations: Vol. 20, Part 1, Henry Samson, Plymouth, Massachusetts: General Society of Mayflower Descendants (2000), 9, 28.
  • ⁴ 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), 71, 238-240, 615.