Pilgrim Henry Samson Kindred Founders and History
From the first PHSK newsletter 2006, we know that Stacy Wood Jr was co-founder of PHSK with Caroline L. Kardell. - The Pilgrim Henry Samson Kindred was officially organized on September 11, 2005, in Plymouth, MA. The founding membership was 29 Active members with 6 Associate members.
The First Board of Assistants were: Jane Porter Stiegleman as Governor, Joan C. Miller as Assistant Governor, Barbara Sampson Dillon as Secretary, Everand Munsey as Trearsuer, Rev. Ronald C. Lawson as Chaplain, Valeria Reckert as Membership Chair, Debra G. Miller as Education Chair, Caroline L. Kardell as Samson/Sampson DNA Project Chair, Stacy Wood as Editor and Website Chair, Joseph H. Wood as Webmaster. Three additional Assistants at Large were selected: Paul Bumpus, Margaret Bobertz, and Valeria Reckert. In early 2006, Joan C. Miller became the Acting Governor.
It was decided that all individuals that joined the Kindred by June 30, 2006 will be known as "Founders of the Pilgrim Henry Samson Kindred".
On July 1, 2006, Pilgrim Henry Sampson Kindred there were 43 Active members, and 10 Associate members. A list of the Founders of the Pilgrim Henry Sampson Kindred can be found in the Summer 2006 Newsletter posted on this website.
Today, based on payment of year 2021 dues, there are 22 are active Founders remaining today: Susan Abanor, Richard Bailey, John Bird, Helen Birks, Margaret Bobertz, Paul Bumpus, Jeanne Carrier, Muriel Cushing, Barbara Dillon, Betsy Fosburgh, Richard Horton, Barbara Knisell, Robert Long, Debra Miller, Joan Miller, David Patek, Lu-cille Peterson, Carol Sakata, Robert Sampson, Chelsea Samson, Ward White, Joseph Wood .
Stacy Wood was the compiler of the Abraham Sampson Genealogy (ASG) file. Eventually Stacy kindly donated his ASG Database of 450 pages and 3000 individuals to the PHSK. This became a PHSK project to collect Abraham Sampson descendants that is now some 29,000 individuals. We thank those members who submitted source material for the database. Upon his sudden passing in 2012, his son Joseph Wood sought a volunteer to take over the editing of the file. We are gratefully that Guy Moellendorf and Suzan Wilson-Rudnicki, as a proud keepers of our heritage, has volunteered to be the new Abraham Sampson Genealogy Editors.
Stacy was also our PHSK newsletter editor until his death in 2012.
Today, year 2021, he is survived by his sister May Kurtz, brother Cooper, and three children, Stacy “Sam”.B. C. Wood III, Philippa 'Pippa' Siguenza, Joseph Howland Wood (a PHSK Founder), and ten grandchildren.
We are thankful for Stacy’s effort in the founding of PHSK and for the many volunteers who keep his vision going.
Stacy's Obituary from a Lancaster Pennsylvania Newspaper in 2012, can be found in the Summer 2021 Newsletter on this website.
A big Thank You to our Founding Members Stacy Wood, Joseph Wood, Caroline Kardell and all the other "Founders of the Pilgrim Henry Samson Kindred".