• Robert Leigh Ward, English Ancestry of Seven Mayflower Passengers: Tilley, Sampson, and Cooper, TAG 52:198, traces Henry Samson back to Henlow, Bedfordshire, England, where he was baptized 15 January 1603/04, the son of James and Martha (Cooper) Samson. Bradford called him a child, and a cousin to Edward and Ann Tilley and to Humility Cooper, all of whom sailed with him on the 1620 Mayflower. In Henry Sampson's Paternal Grandfather, TAG 56:141, Ward analyzes additional evidence on his grandparents. See also Ward, The Baronial Ancestry of Henry Sampson, Humility Cooper, and Ann (Cooper) Tilley, TG 6:166. In Plymouth Henry Samson married on 6 February 1635 Anne Plummer (PCR 1:36). He was one of the Purchasers and over the years received generous land grants (PCR, passim). He became a freeman before 7 March 1636/37, and he was a volunteer in the Pequot War (PCR 1:53,61). He made his will 24 December 1684, sworn 5 March 1684/85.3362, p 348

• Humility’s grandfather was Edmund Cooper. Edmund’s daughter Martha married James Samson, and they had Henry Samson of the Mayflower. Henry was also listed as a “cousin” of Edward Tilley, along with Humility Cooper.4765

• Henry Samson, 16, (Henlow, Bedfordshire) child in company of his uncle and aunt Edward and Ann Tilley.3387, p 2