Levi Samson, Sr

Levi Samson, Sr

Male 1739 - 1828  (89 years)


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  • Name Levi Samson  [1, 2, 3
    Suffix Sr 
    Birth 4 Mar 1739  Plympton, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3
    Gender Male 
    Death 18 May 1828  Pulaski, Oswego, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4
    Burial Pulaski, Oswego County, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3
    Person ID I43137  Stewartsny
    Last Modified 2 Dec 2025 

    Father Thomas Sampson,   b. 8 Feb 1711, Plympton, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 Jan 1748, Plympton, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 36 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Lydia Bryant,   b. 16 Mar 1708, Plympton, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 25 Jun 1792, Plympton, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 84 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Marriage 16 Nov 1730  Plympton, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Family ID F13839  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Sarah Lincoln,   b. 1740, Taunton Bristol, Mass Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1765 (Age 25 years) 
    Marriage 21 Aug 1760  Taunton, Bristol, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 4
    • Marriage
    Family ID F13803  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 2 Dec 2025 

    Family 2 Mary Morey,   b. 26 Apr 1743, Plympton, Plymouth, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Oswego County New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Marriage 9 Nov 1768  Norton, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Levi Samson, Jr.,   b. 12 May 1775, Norton, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 Oct 1839, Richland Twp., Oswego, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 64 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     2. Amy Samson,   b. 12 Jun 1785, Cheshire, Berkshire, MA, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 Feb 1846, Sandy Creek, Oswego, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 60 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    Family ID F13804  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 2 Dec 2025 

  • Notes 
    • Levi Samson (1739-1828) is presumed to have been in the American Revolution. The following entry is taken from Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors in the Revolution Volume 13, page 772:
      Samson, Levi.Private, Capt. Calvin Partridge's co., Col. John Cushing's regt.; drafted Sept. 23, 1776; service, 1 mo. 28 days; company marched to Rhode Island; also, 2d Duxbury company, commanded by Lieut. Nathan Samson, Col. Thomas Lothrop's regt.; marched Dec. 10, 1776; service, 15 days; company marched to Bristol, R. I., on an alarm; also, Capt. Andrew Samson's company, return dated May 20, 1777; company stationed at the fort at the Gurnet; reported mustered by G. Partridge, Muster Master.

      and:

      Samson, Levi.Private, Capt. William Clark's co., Col. Benjamin Simonds's regt.; entered service Oct. 21, 1780; discharged Oct. 22, 1780; service, 2 days; company marched from Windsor Oct. 21, 1780, by order of Gen. Fellows on an alarm at the Northward; also, Lieut. John Cole's co., Col. Benjamin Simonds's regt.; entered service Oct. 26, 1780; discharged Oct. 28, 1780; service, 3 days; company marched from Windsor by order of Gen. Fellows on an alarm at the Northward.

      Levi and his family moved to Richland Township in Oswego County after the 1810 census. The families located on lands inthe northern portion of the current town of Richland, on the border with Sandy Creek (formed in 1825). Levi is buried in the Barnard/North Road cemetery.

  • Sources 
    1. [S995] Ancestry.com, OneWorldTree, (Name: Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA;;), Database online.
      Record for Levi Sampson

    2. [S2] Ancestry.com, Public Member Trees, (Name: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;;), Database online.
      Record for Mary Morey
      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=pubmembertrees&h=1985796807&indiv=try

    3. [S2] Ancestry.com, Public Member Trees, (Name: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;;), Database online.
      Record for Ursula Samson
      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=pubmembertrees&h=5050587426&indiv=try

    4. [S2] Ancestry.com, Public Member Trees, (Name: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;;), Database online.
      Record for Levi Samson Sr

    5. [S2] Ancestry.com, Public Member Trees, (Name: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;;), Database online.
      Record for Thomas Sampson
      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=pubmembertrees&h=5059168434&indiv=try