Genealogy Record For
Sampson Lanier - (Mark's 1st Cousin, 10x removed)
(Sampson) Thomas Sampson Lanier, Sr. (1682-05/15/1743)
  • Spouse: Elizabeth Washington (Lanier) (1683-1773)
  • Children:
    1. Son: Thomas Lanier (1707- after 23 Aug 1745) B:Surry, Virginia, D:Brunswick, Virginia, Marriage to Ann Maclin )
    2. Son: Arthur Lanier (1709 - 8 Jan 1742/1743) B:Surry, Virginia (VA), USA)
    3. Son: Thomas Sampson Lanier, Jr. (1712-09/01/1757)
    4. Son: Richard Lanier (1715 - 1795) B:Surry, Virginia (VA), USA, Marriage to Lucy Briggs)
    5. Daughter: Elizabeth Lanier (Burch) (1719 - after 1723) B:Surry, Virginia (VA), USA, Marriage to John Burch)
    6. Son: Lemuel Lanier (1722 - Mar 1786) B:Surry, Virginia (VA), USA, Marriage to Mary "Molly" Peebles)
    7. Son: James Lanier (Aft 1722 - after 1723) B:Surry, Virginia (VA), USA)
  • Parents
    1. Father: John Lanier, Jr. (1655 - 1717) B:London, England, D:Charles City County, Virginia, Marriage 1) to Katherine Ellinor Sampson in 1677 and they had 3 children, Marriage 2) to Sarah Edmunds (widow of William Edmunds) and they had two children, John was the son of John Thomas Lanier, Sr. (1631-1719) and Lucreece Bassano (1633-1657/87))
    2. Mother: Katherine Ellinor Sampson (Lanier) (1665 - BEF 1685) B:Prince Georges County, Virginia, D:Charles City County, Virginia, Parents John Sampson and Mother unknown)
  • Siblings
    1. Brother: John Lanier, III (1680 - 4 Apr 1727) B:Charles City County, Virginia, D:Surry County, Virginia, Marriage to Elizabeth Bird (1678-1775) and they had 5 children)
    2. Brother: Robert Lanier, Jr. (1685 - 1753) B:Barbados, West Indes, D:Tyrell County, North Carolina, Marriage to Sarah Barker (1676-1744) and they had 8 children)
Sampson's Personal Information
Born in Charles City County, Virginia (VA), USA in 1682
Died in Brunswick County, Virginia (VA), USA on Sunday, May 15, 1743 (Age 61)
Cemetery: Unknown
Marriage to:
    Elizabeth Washington (Lanier) (1683-1773) on Tueday, January 1, 1706 (Age 24)
     - in Surry, Virginia (VA), USA
     - Married in the year 1706
Comments: He first appears in contemporary records as a "Tithable" in northern Surry County, Virginia, above Stony Run in 1701.

   Sampson married Elizabeth Washington around 1706 in Surry County, Virginia.  Elizabeth was the daughter of Richard Washington and Elizabeth Jordan.  She was born about 1683 in Surry County, Virginia.

In Richard Washington's will, dated 09 November 1724, he leaves his daughter, Elizabeth, 200 acres of land, "where she now lives".  He also leaves his son-in-law, Sampson Lanier, 200 acres lying in the Isle of Wight.  On March 23, 1732, Sampson sold the 200 acres left to him by his father-in-law to the Vestry of Nottingham Parish, currently Southampton County, Virginia.  On February 19, 1734, Sampson and Elizabeth sold the 200 acres of land given to her by her father.  Some time before 1740 they moved to Brunswick County,, Virginia.

Sampson and Elizabeth had eight children.

Sampson was a Justice of the Peace, a Vestryman of St. Andrews, and at one time he was on the school board.

  Sampson Lanier died about May 15, 1743 in Brunswick County, Virginia.  Elizabeth died about 1773 in Pitt County, North Carolina.

Residence History: Lived most of his life in Surry, Virginia
Source: Melanie DuCoin and
Lanier Family History #46 and #50 and
Ancestry.COM Site and
Find a Grave entry for Thomas Lanier and
Royal Ancestry File
Family Lines: Sampson is listed in the following family line report: Washington
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