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CHILDREN OF BENJAMIN SAMMONS & SARAH MILLER

 

 

From Bill Richardson, Toronto, Canada:

Here are pics of Sarah (Sammons) Handsor and Mary (Sammons) Richardson, born in Delaware, USA, both daughters of Benjamin Sammons (John1) and Sarah (Miller) Sammons, also of Delaware, USA.

Sarah married Peregrine (Perry) Handsor, Jr., in Delaware. Abt. 1854, Sarah and Peregrine came to Dover East Twp., Kent, Ontario, Canada along with six of their children. They settled in Kent Co., Ontario, Canada.

Abt.1855, Mary came to Dover East Twp., Kent, Ontario, Canada, met, and soon married James Richardson. They settled in Kent Co., Ontario, Canada.

After 1861, their brother, Benjamin, Jr., came to Dover East Twp., Kent, Ontario, Canada, met, and married Sarah Richardson, sister of James Richardson. (We do not have a pic of him.) They settled in Kent Co., Ontario, Canada.


SARAH SAMMONS HANDSOR
c. 1816 - 1894

wife of Perregrine Handsor Jr.
daughter of Benjamin Sammons and Sarah Miller


Photo courtesy of Esperanza Gailliard and Lawrence Handsor via Bill Richardson

Esperanza Gailliard says:

I live in Detroit Michigan.  My mother is from Canada and we are descendants of Perry Handsor and Sarah Sammons. My grandmother's maiden name is Handsor and she was born in Dover east, Ontario Canada.  My grandfather's side of the family are Richardson's from N.C. and they are from the Haliwa-Saponi tribe.  I am trying to get some kind of recognition in Canada for both of my grandparents and I believe (the Heites') research paper is helping me to understand why the government has categorized Perry Handsor as mulatto instead of Indian.  I also tried to get some type of Indian recognition from Ben Sammons side and the Indian Affairs turned our family down because he was listed as Indian (only) in the 1871 census of Ontario and that wasn't proof enough.

 

 

MARY SAMMONS RICHARDSON
c. 1837 - 1917

wife of James Richardson
daughter of Benjamin Sammons and Sarah Miller


Photo courtesy of Lawrence Handsor via Bill Richardson

 

PRUDENCE SAMMONS CONCEALLER
c. 1827/28 - 1900

 

Photo courtesy of MayBelle Durham Bordley via John C. Carter.

MayBelle's caption:

"Prudence Simons Conceilor b. 1825 or 28, d. 1910,
wife of Edward Conceilor b. 1824, d. 1884.
My great-grandmother."

John Carter notes:

Prudence was born in Kenton, Delaware,
daughter of
Benjamin Sammons & Sarah Miller.

 

 

 

MITSAWOKETT

"The History and Genealogy of the
Native American Isolate Communities
of Kent County, Delaware, and
Surrounding Areas on the Delmarva Peninsula
and Southern New Jersey"

 

 

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