Ensign Samuel Lamson

(25 February 1684/85 - 17 November 1760)
Ensign Samuel Lamson|b. 25 Feb 1684/85\nd. 17 Nov 1760|p1398.htm|John Lamson|b. Nov 1642\nd. 1717|p1208.htm|Martha Perkins|b. 1649\nd. 1728|p1209.htm|William Lamson|b. 1620\nd. 1 Jan 1659/60|p1204.htm|Sarah Ayers|b. ca 1620\nd. 1692|p1205.htm|Deacon Thomas Perkins|b. probably April 1622\nd. 7 May 1686|p1206.htm|Phebe Gould|b. 20 Sep 1620\nd. fol 7 May 1686|p1207.htm|

Seven-greats-granduncle of Darrell Allen Martin.
Samuel was born in Ipswich, Essex County, Massachusetts, on 25 February 1684/85. He was the son of John Lamson and Martha Perkins. Samuel died on 17 November 1760 in Ipswich, Mass., at age 75.
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