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I found some interesting additional information that might be helpful. According to this source, the information is from the english archives, gathered by the english genealogist Peter Turvey of Offton, Suffolk. m "I am searching for information on a family SAMPSON from Reading in Berkshire, En...

I was suggesting the Norwegian site for the death but also possible marriage...not the birth as I was already looking in the London records for him.... Thanks, MarkCDodd and peterd. Regarding his marriage, I found something interesting (if we assume that this Alexander Sampson is the same person): ...

Thank you, cid. Very interesting information! Perhaps Wiltshire then, not Berkshire, should be the starting point. As for Alexander Sampson, the Anglo-Norwegian merchant, he became a very rich man in Norway. In 1619 he owned a (probably Dutch) ship by the name " De Orianenborg ", and in 16...

Thanks, MarkCDodd. As a Norwegian, I'm already familiar with the Norwegian sources available. The Norwegian parish registers will not be of any help when we're talking about the 16th century. Besides, Alexander Samson is first registered in Norway (Trondheim) in 1607. He was obviously born in Englan...

Does anyone have any information about Alexander Samson (probably born in Reading, d. 1643 in Trondheim, Norway)? He was a well-to-do Englishman engaged in shipping and trade between London and Trondheim, Norway, in the early 17th century. According to most Norwegian genealogical sources I've seen, ...