CHILDREN:
| NAME | BIRTH | DEATH | MARRIAGE |
| Elizabeth | c1638, Duxbury, MA | after 23 November 1711 | Robert Sprout, c1661 |
| Hannah | c1642, Duxbury, MA | 9 January 1715, Pembroke, MA | Josiah Holmes, 20 March 1665/6, Duxbury, MA |
| daughter | Duxbury, MA | unknown | John Hanmore |
| John | unknown | between 1702 and 1715 | unmarried |
| Mary | Duxbury, MA | before 1686 | John Summers |
| Dorcas | before 1660, Duxbury, MA | before 29 July 1695 | Thomas Bonney, before December 1684 |
| James | before 1657, Duxbury | between 1715 and 1718, Dartmouth, MA | Hannah (---) Wait, before 21 May 1679 |
| Stephen | Duxbury, MA | before 31 January 1714/15, Duxbury, MA | Elizabeth (---), before 1686 |
| Caleb | c1658, Duxbury | between 1744 and 1747 | (1). Mercy Standish, bef. 1686
(2). Rebecca (Bartlett)(Bradford) Stanford, 30 January 1728/9, Duxbury, MA |
Henry Samson was the son of James Samson and Martha Cooper of Henlow, Bedford, England. James was the son of John Samson. Martha Cooper was the daughter of Edmund Cooper and Mary Wyne. Edmund Cooper was the son of Michael Cooper and Elizabeth Page. Michael Cooper was the son of Michael Cooper and Margaret (---). Michael Cooper is the son of John Cooper and Joan (---).
Elizabeth Page is the daughter of Robert Page and Cicily Greene. Cicily Greene is the daughter of John Greene and Edith Latimer. Edith Latimer can trace her ancestry to several Barons and Lords, including Wido de Reinbudcourt (born about 1040 AD), who was a Doomsday governor under William the Conqueror. While Henry Samson's lines do not connect to any known royalty, there are many Lords, Sheriffs, Governors, and Barons.
For much more detailed information on the Samson ancestry, see the following series of articles written by Robert Leigh Ward in The American Genealogist, 52:198-209 and 56:141-143, and The Genealogist, 6:166-186. Most libraries do not subscribe to The Genealogist, but copies of the article can be obtained through any public library's interlibrary loan service.
Henry Samson came as a young sixteen year old boy on the Mayflower, under the care of his aunt and uncle Edward and Ann (Cooper) Tilley. Henry Samson volunteered and fought in the Pequot War of 1637, and during his life took on several civil positions including constable of Duxbury, property surveyor, and tax collector. Henry Samson married Ann Plummer, whose ancestry is unknown. However, Ann had a sister Mary Plummer, who married John Barnes in Plymouth on 12 September 1633.
Robert Leigh Ward, "English Ancestry of Seven Mayflower Passengers: Tilley, Sampson, and Cooper," The American Genealogist 52:198-208.
Robert Leigh Ward, "Henry Sampson's Paternal Grandfather," The American Genealogist 56:141-143.
Robert Leigh Ward, "The Baronial Ancestry of Henry Sampson, Humility Cooper, and Ann (Cooper) Tilley," The Genealogist 6:166-186.
Robert and Ruth Sherman, et. al. Mayflower Families in Progress: Henry Samson for Four Generations (Plymouth: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1992).