1718 - Bef 1768 (< 49 years) Has 6 ancestors and 99 descendants in this family tree.
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| Name |
James Sams |
| Birth |
5 Dec 1718 |
Essex Co, VA  |
| Gender |
Male |
| _UID |
6C01898DD2DAD4118AC44445535400009272 |
| Death |
Bef 5 Dec 1768 |
Spotsylvania Co, VA |
| Person ID |
I10211 |
Marty and Karla Grant |
| Last Modified |
22 Mar 2025 |
| Father |
James Sams, b. 1686/1694 d. Abt 6 Dec 1726, Spotsylvania Co, VA (Age 32 years) |
| Mother |
Katherine Alden, b. 1685, Middlesex Co, VA d. Aft 17 Jun 1735, Spotsylvania Co, VA (Age > 50 years) |
| Marriage |
1715 |
Essex Co, VA |
| _UID |
9BAF92732F3C1843A249123C594A823EB102 |
| Family ID |
F2896 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Family  |
Anne Powell, b. 8 May 1717 d. 3 Sep 1790, Spotsylvania Co, VA (Age 73 years) |
| Marriage |
Bef 1756 |
Spotsylvania Co, VA |
| _UID |
44C66EC6AE6B4E4C8318EDD71889CBE09C57 |
| Children |
| | 1. Joseph Michael Sams, b. 19 Sep 1756, VA d. 9 Apr 1822, Franklin Co, KY (Age 65 years) |
| | 2. Sarah Sams, b. Abt 1757, Spotsylvania Co, VA |
| | 3. Mary Sams, b. Abt 1759, Spotsylvania Co, VA |
| | 4. Fannie Sams, b. Abt 1760, Spotsylvania Co, VA d. Bef 1823, Spotsylvania Co, VA (Age < 62 years) |
| | 5. Rev John B Sams, b. 22 Sep 1761, Spotsylvania Co, VA d. 15 Dec 1827, Oglethorpe Co, GA (Age 66 years) |
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| Family ID |
F6106 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
21 Aug 2026 |
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| Notes |
- !NOTES:Marty Grant's 7th Great Grand Uncle.;
!REFERENCE:
http://www.martygrant.com/genealogy/sams/sams-james-spotsylvania-va.html
!REFERENCE:
Reference the books "Sams Family of Virginia," Dr. Crawford F. Sams, Conway C. Sams and Col. Robert C. Hackett, 1981, (out of print)
and
"The Sons and Daughters of Sams, Volume I," Beck Sams, 2007. (Available from Lulu.com)
Both are great resources for the Sams family, and also the reasons I didn’t do much first hand Sams research until recently. I’ve not attempted to verify everything in the books, but I have done my best to verify a lot of it;
!NOTES:I do not know the source for James's birth date of 5 Dec 1718;
!PATENT:29 Jun 1739 VA Patents 18-356 Spotsylvania Co, VA to William SAMMS and James SAMMS, 244a both sides of Cattail Swamp, a branch of Mattapony River. North side of Cattail Swamp in James STEVENS line, being a corner of John TALBERTs land near his plantation;
!NAMED-ADMINISTRATION BOND: 5 Dec 1768 Spotsylvania Co., VA Will Book D)
Ann Samms, Admx of James Samms decd, with Peter Marye sec.
(From Spotsylvania County Records 1721-1800, Edited by William Armstrong Crozier, Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co., 1965.)
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