Person Record

Metadata

Name

Sheafe, Sampson, c1646-1725

Othernames

Samson

Born

bp.Dec26, 1646

Birthplace

London, England.

Deceased

Dec. ,1725

Deceased where

Boston, Mass.

Places of residence

Prob. arrived in New England in Nov. 1668.
Samson's Point (now Rye, N.H. at the location of Wentworth Golf Course)
New Castle, N.H., first visited 1675 and moved there c1693.
Boston, Mass. - 1672.
Visited London, England in 1715. Represented "Lords of Trade"?

Occupation

Merchant.
Provincial Councilor and Secretary.
Deputy collector of customs.

Father

Edmund Sheafe.

Mother

Elizabeth Cotton.

Spouse

Mehitable Sheafe, daughter of Jacob Sheafe and Margaret Webb, b. May 28, 1658 in

Children

1. Mehitable Sheafe, b. Dec. 10, 1677, d. young?
2. Mehitable Sheage, b. Nov. 27, 1680?
3. Jacob Sheafe, b. Feb. 18, 1681(?), d. Dec. 26, 1760 in Boston, Mass., m. Nov. 22, 1710 in Newbury, Mass. to Mary Davidson, daughter of Daniel Davidson and Abigail Coffin.
4. Samson Sheafe, merchant, West India and councilor, b. Aug. 14, 1683(?), d. 1772, m. Nov. 27, 1711 to Sarah Walton, daughter of Col. Shadrach Walton and Mary Nutter of New Castle, N.H.
5. Matthew Sheafe, b. Jan. 1, 1684(?).

Notes

perhaps after 1728 (tax records)

Relationships

Spouses: Mehitable Sheafe, daughter of Jacob Sheafe and Margaret Webb, b. May 28, 1658 in Boston, Mass.

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