Sampson Adams (1729 - 1785)

Born 25 Aug 1729 in Lexington, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Husband of Katherine (Davis) Adams — married 1779 in Woburn, Massachusetts

Descendants

Died 26 Aug 1785 at age 56 in Lexington, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

Soldier Sampson Adams served with Middlesex County Militia, Massachusetts Militia during the American Revolution.

Sampson Adams performed Patriotic Service in Massachusetts in the American Revolution.

Sampson Adams is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A000563.

Sampson Adams is an NSSAR Patriot Ancestor.
NSSAR Ancestor #: 101562
Rank: Soldier / Patriotic Service

Samson/Sampson Adams was born in Lexington, Massachusetts on 25 Aug 1729 to John Adams and Mary Flagg. Sampson married first Mary Burridge of Newton, who died 15 Mar. 1777; secondly at Woburn, 11 Nov. 1779, he married Mrs. Katherine (Davis) Bacon of Woburn, who died at Lexington, 25 Apr. 1829. With Mary Burridge he had 9 children: Abigail; Thomas; Mary; Ephraim; John; Prudence; Archelaus; Asa; and Anna.Mary. With Katherine he had Zabdial, bapt. 3 Oct. 1784. He passed away on 26 Aug 1785 in Lexington, Massachusetts.

Sampson Adams was a minute man from Lexington 1776 to reinforce the army at Dorchester. He also signed a petition in support of American Independence.^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed July 10, 2015, 9 January 2024), "Record of Sampson Adams", Ancestor # A000563.

• HISTORY OF LEXINGTON MIDDLESEX CO MA, P 426 & 428; 228 & 229

Service Description:

1) MILITIA SIXTH CAMPAIGN TO DORCHESTER, 7 - 1776;

2) SIGNED PETITION IN SUPPORT OF AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE

• Massachusetts Marriages, 1633-1850 Author: Dodd, Jordan, Liahona Research, comp. (online at ancestry.com)
• "Find a Grave", database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/57028002/samson-adams: accessed 06 October 2022), memorial page for Samson Adams (25 Aug 1729–26 Aug 1785), Find A Grave: Memorial #57028002, ; Maintained by Searching Days Gone By † ღ©1990-2022 (contributor 47144938) Burial Details Unknown.

Lexington, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States. Record of births, marriages, and deaths to January 1, 1898. (Boston, Massachusetts: Wright and Potter Printing, 1898),

• ADAMS, Samson, s. of John & Mary (Flagg), b. Aug. 25, 1729, bp. Apr. 19, 1730.
• Hudson, Charles. History of the town of Lexington, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, from its first settlement to 1868. , Volume II, (History of the Town of Lexington Middlesex County Massachusetts from it's First Settlement to 1868 ). revised until 1912 and republished by Houghton Mifflin Company , Boston and New York; Lexington Historical Society, 1913. Note: The original author, Hudson, was a member of the Member of the Massachusetts Historical, the New England Historic Genealogical, and the American Antiquarian Societies. https://archive.org/stream/historyoftownofl02huds/historyoftownofl02huds_djvu.txt

Acknowledgements

• WikiTree profile Adams-5930 created through the import of DeMarco-Gaffney Family Tree.ged on Jul 1, 2011 by Regina DeMarco.