Corporal Micah Sampson Jr served with 1st Regiment, Cumberland County Militia, Massachusetts Militia during the American Revolution.
Micah Sampson Jr is an NSSAR Patriot Ancestor. NSSAR Ancestor #: P-284014 Rank: Corporal
Corporal Micah Sampson Jr 1740 - 1821 was the son of Micah Sampson Sr 1717 - 1740 of Kingston, Plymouth, Massachusetts and Deborah Gardner 1719 - 1804 of Marshfield, Plymouth, Massachusetts. Deborah and Micah Sr were married on 07 February 1739/1740 in Marshfield, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. Deborah and Micah had one child: Micah Sampson Jr born on 20 December 1740 in Kingston, Plymouth, Massachusetts. Micah Sampson Sr died on 11 October 1740 in Kingston, Plymouth, Massachusetts. Micah Sampson Sr's widow Deborah married second to Jacob Gould (Goold) 1720 – 1795 on 4 Oct 1744 in Kingston, Plymouth, Massachusetts. They had five children.
In 1744, Benjamin Sampson (his grandfather) of Kingston was appointed to be his guardian.[1]
In 1755, Benjamin Samson presented an account of his guardianship of Micah to the probate court.[2]
In 1755, above the age of 14 years, Micah made the choice of Jacob Gould of Weymouth to be his guardian.[3]
In 1762, Micah signed a receipt for his share in his grandfather, Benjamin Samson's estate.[4]
Micah Sampson Jr married Abigail Prince Gookin on 23 December 1762 in Falmouth, Cumberland, Maine. Abigail and Micah had nine children. They were: Mary born 1766, James Gardiner Sampson was born before 17 July 1768; Deborah Sampson was born before 14 April 1771; Lucy Sampson was born before 17 October 1773; Abigail Sampson was born before 28 July 1776; Betty Sampson was born before 03 January 1779; Joshua Sampson was born before 12 August 1781; Dorothy Sampson was born before 22 August 1784; and John Sampson was born in 1788. All the children were born in Portland, Cumberland, Maine except Mary.
In 1771, Micah signed a receipt for his share of his grandmother's estate.[5]
Micah Sampson Jr served in the Revolutionary War as a corporal under Captain William Crooker's company, stationed in Falmouth (now Portland), Maine, for seacoast defense, from July 17th to Dec. 31, 1775; also through the months of March, April, May, September, October, and November, 1776; also January, February and March, 1777, and in the expedition against Penobscot, July, August and September, 1779.
Micah died Sep 21 1821 in Portland, Cumberland County, Maine.
Born Volume: Kingston - V1, Page(s): 130 Micah, s. Micah and Deborah, Dee. 20, 1740. Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850 Vital Records (incl. Bible, Cemetery, Church and SSDI).
20 DEC 1740.
Kingston, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA. [19][20][21][22][23][24]
File @M7994@.
Died Not 6 Jan 1769.
21 SEP 1821.
Portland, Cumberland, Maine, USA. [25][26][27]
Buried Eastern Cemetery.
Portland, Cumberland County, Maine, USA.
Residence
Kingston, Massachusetts. [28]
1810
Leeds, Kennebec, Maine, United States. [29]
1800
Portland, Cumberland, Maine. [30]
1790
Falmouth, Cumberland, Maine, United States. [31]
Baptism:
1741
File @M16398@.
Event: NSSAR Ancestor #P-284015 SAR application on File SAR Patriot Index Edition III (CD: PP2210, Progeny Publ., 2002) plus data to 2004.
NSSAR Ancestor #P-284015.
1740
Cumberland LR 3:263 Simon Gooken conveyed land to son-in-law Micah Sampson tinplate worker on 31 Oct 1765.
Simon Gooken conveyed land to son-in-law Micah Sampson tinplate.
1740
↑ "Massachusetts, Plymouth County, Probate Records, 1633-1967," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G97D-JKNX : 20 May 2014), Probate records 1742-1745 and 1844-1856 vol 9-9M > image 194 of 583; State Archives, Boston.
↑ "Massachusetts, Plymouth County, Probate Records, 1633-1967," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-897D-68PC : 20 May 2014), Probate records 1751-1755 vol 13 > image 263 of 298; State Archives, Boston.
↑ "Massachusetts, Plymouth County, Probate Records, 1633-1967," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L97D-681N : 20 May 2014), Probate records 1751-1755 vol 13 > image 229 of 298; State Archives, Boston.
↑ "Massachusetts, Plymouth County, Probate Records, 1633-1967," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G97D-6SF9 : 20 May 2014), Probate records 1758-1764 vol 15-16 > image 504 of 623; State Archives, Boston.
↑ "Massachusetts, Plymouth County, Probate Records, 1633-1967," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-897D-J38K : 20 May 2014), Probate records 1763-1771 vol 19-20 > image 598 of 641; State Archives, Boston.
↑ Source: #S72 Year: 1810; Census Place: Leeds, Kennebec, Maine; Roll: 11; Page: 927; Image: 00904; Family History Library Film: 0218682 File @M78924@
↑ Source: #S31 Year: 1800; Census Place: Portland, Cumberland, Maine; Series: M32; Roll: 6; Page: 260; Image: 258; Family History Library Film: 218676 File @M78927@
↑ Source: #S133 Year: 1790; Census Place: Falmouth, Cumberland, Maine; Series: M637; Roll: 2; Page: 308; Image: 183; Family History Library Film: 0568142 File @M57582@
↑ Source: #S30 Maine State Archives; Augusta, Maine, USA; Pre 1892 Delayed Returns; Roll #: 90 File @M78928@
↑ Source: #S30 Maine State Archives; Augusta, Maine, USA; Pre 1892 Delayed Returns; Roll #: 87 File @M78929@
NSSAR Ancestor #P-284014 SAR application on File SAR Patriot Index Edition III (CD: PP2210, Progeny Publ., 2002) plus data to 2004
Information on James Gardner Sampson, Micah Sampson, George I Sampson, John Sampson, Elnathan Taber Sampson from a biographical sketch of ELNATHAN TABER SAMPSON from the book: pages 1282 - 1284 from "Representative men and old families of southeastern Massachusetts containing historical sketches of prominent and representative citizens and genealogical records of many of the old families" (1912) Author: J.H. Beers & Co Volume: 3 *NOT_IN_COPYRIGHT* Link to Google Books
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