Samson
OCCOM
(b.
abt. 1723
,
Crown Colony of Connecticut
d.
14 July 1792
,
New Stockbridge, New York, USA
)
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Samson OCCOM was born abt. 1723 in Crown Colony of Connecticut
Samson OCCOM was the child of ? and ?Samson was a Native American/First Nation.
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Samson OCCOM died 14 July 1792 in New Stockbridge, New York, USA.
Son of Joshua Tomacham and Sarah ?
Occom was a member of the Mohegan nation, from near New London, Connecticut, who became a Presbyterian cleric.
He was officially ordained a minister on August 30, 1759, by the presbytery of Suffolk. Occom was never paid the same salary as white preachers, although promised he would be. The Society in Scotland for Propagating Christian Knowledge also gave Occom a stipend for some time, but he lived in deep poverty for much of his life... wikipedia
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