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• FindaGrave Memorial ID: 164489579

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Samson was the son of immigrant Philip Sherman and Sarah Odding of Portsmouth, Rhode Island. He was married in Portsmouth 4 March 1674/5 to Isabel Tripp, the daughter of John Tripp and Mary Paine of Portsmouth. Samson's will was dated 5 Nov 1716, and proved at Portsmouth 14 July 1718, naming sons Philip, Abiel, and Job, and daughters Sarah Chase, Alice Tibbits, and Isabel Baker. Of Samson's surviving sons, Philip and Job remained in Portsmouth, RI, while Abiel moved across the Narragansett Bay to S. Kingstown. All three of his daughters married men from Bristol County, Mass. Children, all b. Portsmouth, RI:

* Philip, b. 16 Jan 1676, m. (1) 12 April 1699 Mary Anthony, b. Portsmouth 2 Jan 1679/80, d. there 21 July 1716, the daughter of Abraham-3 Anthony (John-2-1) and Alice Wodell/Wardwell. Philip m. (2) 11 March 1716/7 the Quaker widow Hannah (Wilcox) Clark. This Hannah may have been the daughter of Stephen Wilcox and Hannah Hazard, and the widow of Samuel Clarke, the son of Jeremiah Clarke and Ann Audley.

* Sarah, b. 24 Sep 1677, d. Swansea, Mass. 19 Sep 1748 per online accounts (I find no record), m. (1) Portsmouth, RI 28 Feb 1693/4 Joseph Chase, b. Yarmouth, Mass. c. 1673, d. Nov or Dec 1724, the son of William Chase (and Abigail Hale?). Sarah and Joseph had 14 children together, born 1695 to c. 1718. She m. (2) Freetown, Mass. 3 Oct 1737, as his third wife, John Read, b. c. 1668, d. c. 1751, the son of John Read and Hannah Peabody. The will of Joseph Chase was dated 8 Nov 1724, and his inventory was dated 22 Dec 1724, so he died between those two dates. His will was probated a month after the inventory, on 19 Jan 1724/5. John Read married first Mary Pearce, with whom he had twelve children, and married second Susanna Brownell. His will, dated 25 June 1750, was probated 2 July 1751. He was 82 when he died.

* Alice, b. 12 Jan 1679/80, d. c. 1724, m. (1) Portsmouth, RI 19 Oct 1701 Isaac Howland, b. Freetown, Mass. c. 1682, d. Portsmouth, RI 11 Jan 1705 (internet record), the son of Samuel Howland and Mary Sampson. Alice m. (2), by about 1719, as his second of three wives, George Tibbitts, b. c. 1676, d. 1746, the son of Henry Tibbitts and Sarah Stanton. George had married (1) Mary _______. Alice was living on 15 Jun 1723 when she and her husband George Tibbitts gave a receipt to her brother Job Sherman for a legacy from the estate of her father, Samson Sherman, deceased. Alice had died by 30 Dec 1725 when her husband married his third wife, Sarah Bliven, daughter of John Bliven. Alice appears to have had two children with her first husband: Job and Mary Howland, and then she had a daughter Alice Tibbitts, b. 27 July 1720, with her second husband.

* Samson, b. 28 Jan 1682, probably d. young

* Abiel, b. 15 Oct 1684, m. 20 Nov 1712 Dorcas Gardner

* Isabel, b. 1686, , d. Portsmouth 1742 (online account), and m. (Dighton, Mass. or Newport, RI 20 April 1711--online account only) Joseph Baker, b. Yarmouth, Mass. 1679 (online account), d. Swansea, Mass. 21 Oct 1729 (online), the son of Daniel Baker and Elizabeth Chase. Isabel and Joseph had six to eight children, born 1713 to 1725.

* Job, b. 8 Nov 1687, d. Portsmouth, RI 16 Nov 1747, and m. (1) 23 Dec 1714 Bridget Gardner, b. say 1690, d. c. 1731, the daughter of Benoni Gardner and Mary (Eldred?). Job m. (2) at the Newport Friends Meeting 1 June 1732 Amy Spencer, b. E. Greenwich, RI 14 March 1697/8, the daughter of Benjamin and Martha Spencer. Job had eight children with his first wife, born 1715-1730, and had seven more with second wife, born 1734-1744.

The burial location for Samson has not been determined, but he was likely a Quaker like his father, and may have been buried with other Quakers.

FindaGrave Memorial ID:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/164489579

Samson married Isabel Tripp on 4 Mar 1674/75 in Portsmouth, Newport County, Rhode Island. Isabel (daughter of John Tripp and Mary Paine) was born on 1 Jul 1651 in Portsmouth, Newport County, Rhode Island; died on 1 Jul 1716 in Portsmouth, Newport County, Rhode Island. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Name: Isabel Shearman
• FindaGrave Memorial ID: 176400001

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She wed Joseph Baker. They are Sir Winston Churchill's 5X great-grandparents:

Joseph Baker=Isabel Sherman
Francis Baker=Elizabeth Buffington
Joseph Baker=Experience Martin
Anna Baker=David Wilcox
Clarissa Wilcox=Ambrose Hall
Clarissa Hall=Leonard Walter Jerome
Jeanette Jerome= Randolph Henry Spencer-Churchill
Sir Winston Churchill=Clementine Ogilvy Hozier

Source: J.O. Austin, (p. 246 in) 160 Allied Families (1893).

FindaGrave Memorial ID:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/176400001

Isabel married Joseph Baker on 20 Apr 1711 in Dighton, Bristol County, Massachusetts. Joseph (son of Daniel Baker, Sr. and Elizabeth Chase) was born about 1679 in Yarmouth, Barnstable County, Massachusetts; died on 21 Oct 1729 in Swansea, Bristol County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Joseph Baker, Francis' father, died in 1729. Daniel Baker of Swansea was appointed his guardian 3 Nov 1729. Francis was over 14 at the time, but still under age.

Family/Spouse: Elizabeth Buffington. Elizabeth (daughter of Benjamin Buffington and Hannah Southwick) was born on 25 Mar 1707 in Barnstable, Barnstable County, Massachusetts; died in Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FindaGrave Memorial ID: 92499563

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Great-great-great-Grandfather of Sir Winston Churchill through his American-born mother Jennie Jerome Churchill

Married Experience Martin on Sept. 4, 1760 in Swansea, Mass.

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https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/92499563

Joseph married Experience Martin on 4 Sep 1760 in Swansea, Bristol County, Massachusetts. Experience died in Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]