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.
http://newsarch.rootsweb.com/th/read/GE ... 0978902743"I am searching for information on a family SAMPSON from Reading in Berkshire, England, late 1500'es. This is what I have:
1. Alexander Sampson, merchant (mercer) in Reading, where he is mentioned 1567-1607, burgess from 31 May 1588, juror in 1586 and 1594. His will is dated 9 Sep 1607 (Berkshire Record Office, document reference D/A1/117/11) . According to the inventary of his goods, of date 10 Nov 1607, he was dead by then. He left 159 lb 15 sh.
Wife: Elinor (her family name is not mentioned). Her will is dated 6 July 1619 (Berkshire record Office, D/A1/118/15). She was buried in Reading (St.Lawrence parish) 5 Feb 1619/20 (Berkshire Record Office, D/P97/1/1). Her goods were registered 22 Mar 1619/20. She left 13 lb.
Children:
a) Humphrey, mentioned in the wills of both parents. No.2.
b) Elizabeth, wife of James Edmonds. They are mentioned in the will of her father, but not of her mother. They had two children mentioned in the will of 1607, James and Joseph Edmonds.
c) Anne, wife of John Maulthus. They are mentioned in the wills of both of her parents. They had a daughter Anne who is mentioned in the will of 1607, and other children not named in the will.
2. Humphrey Sampson. He is mentioned only in the wills of his parents (1607 and 1619). Nothing of his where-abouts is known. His wife is also unknown. But in his father's will, one son of his is mentioned: Alexander (no.3).
3. Alexander Sampson, mentioned 1607 in the will of his grand-father, who gave him 5 lb to be paid him within 6 months after the death of his wife Elinor. However, Alexander is not mentioned in the will of Elinor.
However, he may be identical with that Alexander Sampson, who is mentioned 12 Oct 1607 in the customs accounts of Trondheim, Norway, as a skipper of London. Within three years he had settled in Trondheim as a merchant. Later he became member of the city council and mayor of the city 1629-31. He died in 1643 leaving 5 daughters.
The reason for connecting the Trondheim mayor to the family from Reading is, that a grand-son of the mayor of Trondheim (Ulrik Bryggmann) wrote in his family records that his maternal grand-father Alexander Samson was born in London as son of Homfred (i.e. Humphrey). Ulrik wrote in his autobiography that he stayed in June1649 in London with his relatives, "who were with one of the Lords of the Parliament, Joas Burchin, Everson". I have imagined that this MP might be identified with Sir John Bourchier (died 1660). However, "Everson" seems to mean "Edward's son", and Sir John was son of William Bourchier, son of Ralph Bourchier of Benningborough . As Humphrey is a name occurring among the Bourchiers, I have also imagined that there might possibly be a relationship here."
Perhaps someone here knows more about, for instance, the Burchin/Bourchier-connection?