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Descendants of James Sr. Sams

Generation No. 2

2. WILLIAM SR.² SAMS (JAMES SR.¹) was born 1717 in Old Rappahannock Cty, Virginia, and died 1779 in Henry County, Virginia N.W.of Martinsville. He married MARY Bef. 1744. She died in Pike Run, Virginia.

More About WILLIAM SAMS and MARY:
Marriage: Bef. 1744

Children of WILLIAM SAMS and MARY are:

	i.		JOHN³ SAMS, b. 1749, Henry County, Virginia.
	ii.		JAMES SAMS, b. 1750, Henry County, Virginia.
	iii.		LITTLEBURY SAMS, b. 1754, Henry County, Virginia.
	iv.		WILLIAM SAMS, b. 1755, Henry County, Virginia; d. 1825, Union County Jonesboro, Illinois; m. MARTHA EDWARDS, 1779, Henry County, Virginia; b. 1763; d. July 19, 1824, Union County, Illinois.

Notes for WILLIAM SAMS:
He is buried in the Sams Family Cemetery in Jonesboro, Union County, Illinois. He was commissioned a second Lieutenant in the Fifth Virginia Continental Regiment March 28, 1776. He married a Martha Edwards who was 16 years old at the time of their marriage in 1779. She died on July 19, 1824 at the age of 61 years. She i buried Next to William Jr. In Jonesboro, Illinois.

More About WILLIAM SAMS and MARTHA EDWARDS:
Marriage: 1779, Henry County, Virginia

	v.	EDMUND SAMS, b. 1757, Henry County, Virginia.
4.	vi.	ELIJAH SAMS, b. 1760, Henry County, Virginia.
	vii.	RICE SAMS, b. 1766, Henry County, Virginia.

3. JAMES JR.² SAMS (JAMES SR.¹) was born 1718, and died December 05, 1768 in Pike Run, Virginia. He married ANNE POWELL 1744.

More About JAMES SAMS and ANNE POWELL:
Marriage: 1744

Children of JAMES SAMS and ANNE POWELL are:

5.	i.	JOSEPH³ SAMS, b. 1756.
	ii.	ANNE SAMS, b. Aft. 1756.
	iii.	JOHN SAMS, b. 1767.

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