Ezekial Sampson - Cambridge, NY
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Ezekial Sampson is one of 20 Revolutionary War veterans buried in the Old White Church Cemetery in Cambridge, New York.
Waymark Code: WMA3PN
Location: New York, United States
Date Posted: 11/11/2010
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member Sneakin Deacon
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ABOUT EZEKIAL (EZEKIEL) SAMPSON:

"Ezekiel Samson was born August 11, 1744 in Plympton Massachusetts (The Commonwealth of Massachusetts Copy of Birth Record and Copy of Wedding Certificate). On April 4, 1765, Ezekiel Samson married Sarah Fance (Faunce) (abt 1841 – 1807) in Plympton Massachusetts. The Plymouth, Massachusetts, Vital Records, transcribed by George Ernest Bowman (1992), and The Faunce Family, History and Genealogy (1967) by James Freer Faunce provide a description of the Faunce family and family history, respectively. The children of Ezekiel Samson and Sarah Faunce are: Israel, Ezekiel Jr., Barzillia (abt 1771 – 1854), Seth, Mary, Sarah, Thirey, and Hannah.

...Samson’s service in the Revolutionary War is described in Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War(1905, Volume 13: 739) where he served as a private in Captain Joseph Hooker's Company (1775) and with Captain Power's Company (1777) (Massachusetts) in the Revolutionary War. John Adams Vinton’s book, Genealogical Memoirs of the Samson Family in America (1864: 24), further notes that Ezekiel settled in Greenwich or vicinity; for he was a private in company of militia, commanded by Capt. Isaac Powers of Greenwich.

The connection of the first Ezekiel Samson of Greenwich, Massachusetts to Cambridge, New York, is documented in 1772 in a grantor-grantee exchange of property. Specifically, one of two deeds for the first Ezekiel Samson in the Hampden County, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Registry of Deeds (Book 16: 679) states, Know all Men by these presents that I Mathew McMorter of White Creek so called in the County of Albany and Province of New York Husbandman for in the Consideration of the Sum of Sixty pounds lawful money to one in hand paid by Ezekiel Sampson Greenwich in the County of Hampden Province of the Massachusetts Bay in New England. Two-thirds of the Village of Cambridge is within the boundaries of White Creek.

The History of Washington County, New York (1878) provides little information on Ezekiel Samson, other than on his son Ezekiel Jr. A copy of the Last Will and Testament of Ezekiel Sampson (Sr.) of Cambridge, recorded on March 3, 1812, lists his children—Israel, Ezekiel Jr., Barzillia, Seth, Mary, and three younger daughters. In Ezekiel Jr’s last testament, dated 12 June 1837, the names of his other sisters are noted as Sarah, wife of Daruis Fuller (Revolutionary War Patriot), Thirey, and Hannah. Ezekiel Samson Jr., his wife Elizabeth, as well as Sarah (Samson) and Darius Fuller are buried in the White Church Cemetery, Cambridge, New York."

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Additional photos of his grave site are available at the Find A Grave website.

ABOUT THE CEMETERY:

An historical marker for the cemetery reads as follows:

Old White Church
Cemetery
Twenty Revolutionary
War soldiers
rest here
Erected by
Ondawa-Cambridge Chapter
NSDAR - 1976

The marker is located within the cemetery, which is located just off Route 22 in Cambridge.

In 2007: New Revolutionary War grave makers at the Old White Church Cemetery on Route 22 in Cambridge were dedicated at ceremony on June 3 held by the Ondawa-Cambridge Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution.

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Location type: Single Grave

Date of Birth: August 8, 1744

Date of Death: May 5, 1811

Cause of death: Died Later

Grave Marker Text:
OLD MARKER: Revolutionary Soldier In Memory of Ezekiel Samson who departed this life May the 5th 1811 in the 68th year of his age NEW MARKER: Ezekial Sampson Pvt Col Woodbridge's Regt Mass Militia Revolutionary War Aug 8 1744 May 5 1811


Ranks:
Private


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