When General George Washington Sampson was born on 3 October 1818, in Huron, Ohio, United States, his father, Ezekiel Sampson, was 25 and his mother, Mary Polly Merrifield, was 29. He married Marian Or Mariam Hendryx on 26 May 1846, in Keokuk, Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 8 daughters. He lived in Iowa, United States in 1870 and Washington Township, Keokuk, Iowa, United States for about 5 years. He died on 10 July 1892, in Keokuk, Iowa, United States, at the age of 73.
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English, Welsh, and Jewish: variant of Samson . The -p- was introduced in the Greek transliteration of the Hebrew name Shimshon.
English: of Norman origin, a habitational name from any of the French places called Saint-Samson (Seine-Maritime, Calvados), including Saint-Samson-de-Bonfosse (Manche) and Saint-Samson-de-la-Roque (Eure), so called from the dedication of their churches to Saint Samson of Dol, the Welsh bishop (see Samson ).
Americanized form of French, Breton, German, and Dutch Samson .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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