Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Sampson” in chapter 21, page 390 of Lucius R. Paige, History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1877, with a genealogical register:
...His own record of a court held at Wabquissit, in 1674, illustrates the manner of proceeding: After Mr. Eliot had preached, then I began a court among the Indians.
And first I approved their teacher Sampson , and their Constable Black James; giving
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