When Esther Sampson was born on 24 August 1738, in Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, her father, Ichabod Sampson, was 28 and her mother, Marcy Savery, was 32. She married Enoch Swift on 21 July 1757, in Wareham, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 3 daughters. She died in her hometown.
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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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