Son of John Hanson & Mary Hussey. In 1705 he married Elizabeth Story (1688-1774). They had 11 children. He was a member of the Lower House, Charles County, 1716-1717; sheriff, Charles County 1717-at least 1720; clerk, Charles County, 1720-1740; deputy commissary, Charles County, 1724-1733/34.
MILITARY SERVICE: captain, period of service unknown. Samuel acquired nearly 1,400 acres in Charles County by purchase and patent between 1717 and 1736; sold 300 acres in Charles County in 1722/23, and gave 340 acres in Charles County (including his dwelling house) to his son Walter.
At the time of his death Judge Samuel Hanson was buried at Equality, an estate then owned by his son-in-law, David Stone, the inheritor of Poynton Manor.∼Father of Judge Walter Hanson
Will of Samuel Hanson
Hanson, Samuel, Sr., Charles Co., 22nd Oct., 1740; 5th March 1740/41.
To son Samuel, 140 A. "Greens Inheritance," 35 A. "Addition to Hereford ."
"son John, "Hereford" and residue of "Addition to Hereford."
" dau. Elizabeth Douglass, granddau. Eleanor dau. of Benjamin and Elizabeth Douglass, son Walter and daus. Charity, Joan, Chloe and Jane, personalty.
" son William, "Little Wood" and 203 A. of "Wilkinsons Throne" at death of his mother.
" wife Elizabeth, extx., dwelling plantation "Little Worth", 203 A. "Wilkinsons Throne."
Testator desires that son-in-law Benjamin Douglass and his wife be the guardians of William, afsd.
Overseer: Son Walter.
Test: Rev. Theophilus Swift, Joseph Trines, Sarah Trines. 22. 296.
MILITARY SERVICE: captain, period of service unknown. Samuel acquired nearly 1,400 acres in Charles County by purchase and patent between 1717 and 1736; sold 300 acres in Charles County in 1722/23, and gave 340 acres in Charles County (including his dwelling house) to his son Walter.
At the time of his death Judge Samuel Hanson was buried at Equality, an estate then owned by his son-in-law, David Stone, the inheritor of Poynton Manor.∼Father of Judge Walter Hanson
Will of Samuel Hanson
Hanson, Samuel, Sr., Charles Co., 22nd Oct., 1740; 5th March 1740/41.
To son Samuel, 140 A. "Greens Inheritance," 35 A. "Addition to Hereford ."
"son John, "Hereford" and residue of "Addition to Hereford."
" dau. Elizabeth Douglass, granddau. Eleanor dau. of Benjamin and Elizabeth Douglass, son Walter and daus. Charity, Joan, Chloe and Jane, personalty.
" son William, "Little Wood" and 203 A. of "Wilkinsons Throne" at death of his mother.
" wife Elizabeth, extx., dwelling plantation "Little Worth", 203 A. "Wilkinsons Throne."
Testator desires that son-in-law Benjamin Douglass and his wife be the guardians of William, afsd.
Overseer: Son Walter.
Test: Rev. Theophilus Swift, Joseph Trines, Sarah Trines. 22. 296.
Son of John Hanson & Mary Hussey. In 1705 he married Elizabeth Story (1688-1774). They had 11 children. He was a member of the Lower House, Charles County, 1716-1717; sheriff, Charles County 1717-at least 1720; clerk, Charles County, 1720-1740; deputy commissary, Charles County, 1724-1733/34.
MILITARY SERVICE: captain, period of service unknown. Samuel acquired nearly 1,400 acres in Charles County by purchase and patent between 1717 and 1736; sold 300 acres in Charles County in 1722/23, and gave 340 acres in Charles County (including his dwelling house) to his son Walter.
At the time of his death Judge Samuel Hanson was buried at Equality, an estate then owned by his son-in-law, David Stone, the inheritor of Poynton Manor.∼Father of Judge Walter Hanson
Will of Samuel Hanson
Hanson, Samuel, Sr., Charles Co., 22nd Oct., 1740; 5th March 1740/41.
To son Samuel, 140 A. "Greens Inheritance," 35 A. "Addition to Hereford ."
"son John, "Hereford" and residue of "Addition to Hereford."
" dau. Elizabeth Douglass, granddau. Eleanor dau. of Benjamin and Elizabeth Douglass, son Walter and daus. Charity, Joan, Chloe and Jane, personalty.
" son William, "Little Wood" and 203 A. of "Wilkinsons Throne" at death of his mother.
" wife Elizabeth, extx., dwelling plantation "Little Worth", 203 A. "Wilkinsons Throne."
Testator desires that son-in-law Benjamin Douglass and his wife be the guardians of William, afsd.
Overseer: Son Walter.
Test: Rev. Theophilus Swift, Joseph Trines, Sarah Trines. 22. 296.
MILITARY SERVICE: captain, period of service unknown. Samuel acquired nearly 1,400 acres in Charles County by purchase and patent between 1717 and 1736; sold 300 acres in Charles County in 1722/23, and gave 340 acres in Charles County (including his dwelling house) to his son Walter.
At the time of his death Judge Samuel Hanson was buried at Equality, an estate then owned by his son-in-law, David Stone, the inheritor of Poynton Manor.∼Father of Judge Walter Hanson
Will of Samuel Hanson
Hanson, Samuel, Sr., Charles Co., 22nd Oct., 1740; 5th March 1740/41.
To son Samuel, 140 A. "Greens Inheritance," 35 A. "Addition to Hereford ."
"son John, "Hereford" and residue of "Addition to Hereford."
" dau. Elizabeth Douglass, granddau. Eleanor dau. of Benjamin and Elizabeth Douglass, son Walter and daus. Charity, Joan, Chloe and Jane, personalty.
" son William, "Little Wood" and 203 A. of "Wilkinsons Throne" at death of his mother.
" wife Elizabeth, extx., dwelling plantation "Little Worth", 203 A. "Wilkinsons Throne."
Testator desires that son-in-law Benjamin Douglass and his wife be the guardians of William, afsd.
Overseer: Son Walter.
Test: Rev. Theophilus Swift, Joseph Trines, Sarah Trines. 22. 296.
Inscription
Here lays the body of Samuel Hanson tho departed his life the 26th day of Oct 1740 in his fifty sixth year of his age.
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