SAMPSON.
Richard Sampson was the descendant of a family that settled
in Goochland, in the early part of the eighteenth century.
He became a citizen of Albemarle in 1804. In that year he
purchased from Thomas M. Randolph, trustee of Dr. William
Bache, Benjamin Franklin's grandson, the plantation Franklin,
containing six hundred acres. In 1812 he bought from
Francis Gilmer the Pen Park place, containing four hundred.
The latter he sold to John H. Craven in 1819, and the former
to John H. Craven and N. H. Lewis in 1821. He returned
to Goochland, and resided near Dover Mills until his death
in 1862, at the great age of ninety-two. His wife was Mary,
daughter of John Rogers. Rev. Francis S. Sampson, who
studied at Keswick with his uncle Thornton Rogers, was one
of the early students of the University, and was Professor in
the Union Theological Seminary, was his son.
John Price Sampson, Richard's brother, married Janetta,
another daughter of John Rogers. He lived for some years
on part of the Rogers place near Keswick, and for a time kept
a public house at Everettsville. In 1829 he bought Tufton
from the Jefferson estate, which he sold in 1833 to Thomas
Macon, of New Kent. The next year he purchased Colle
from Eli Alexander. Not long after he removed to the old
Meredith place near New Glasgow, Amherst, where he died
in 1842. His children were Edward, Thornton, Margaret,
the wife of Micajah Clark, Elizabeth, and the wife of a Mantaprise.
Stephen Sampson was a son of Robert, brother of Richard
and Price. He was twice married, first to Ann, daughter of
Reuben Lindsay, and secondly to Sarah, daughter of Joseph
Campbell. His home was on the old Campbell place on
Mechunk, where he died a few years ago.
