Sampson died Aug. 8, 1842. The date given for Susannah s death is Feb. 15, 1837. I think in the year 1764 in June or July. I have now no record of any age. Sampson s tombstone at Mount Pleasant Cemetery in Beaver County, Pa., says he was 78 years old at the time of his death in 1842.
Some secondary sources list other dates.
The Daughters of the American Revolution Patriot Index, page 522, says he was born June 7, 1764. Daughters of the American Revolution Lineage Book, Vol. 98, page 288, lists his year of birth as 1764. It is listed as 1765 in The Genealogical and Personal History of Beaver County, page 506, and Inventory of the County Archives of Pennsylvania, Beaver County, No. 4, page 375. It is listed as circa 1764 in History and Genealogy of the Pearsall Family in England and America, Vol.