Here is a link I found to an Isak Samson. It says he also married a lady named Mendele Hona and had a child named Hona Samson born 1872 in Furth, Germany.
https://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=rawb...
These records also showed up for multiple Ivan Samsons and Iwan Samsons. Some were from England, Wales, the USA, Denmark, and immigration records.
https://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=rawb...
Also, I checked out the Samson last name on geni.com, and Samson was the 12th judge of Israel. He was born circa 1100.
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On Ancestry.com, it says the name Samson was also given as a nickname to people with great power or strength. It is described as mostly a Scottish, English, french, german, or Hungarian name. Most Samsons were farmers, coal miners, or cultivators. The surname Samson was first found in Gloucestershire, but the was quickly scattered throughout Britain as they claim descendancy from "De St. Sampson, from the lordship near Caen, Normandy. Ralph de St. Sansom accompanied the Conqueror, and [by] 1086 held estates in several counties. William Sampson, his descendant, was summoned to Parliament as a Baron 1297-1304. " [1] Another reference notes "Samson, the name of a Welsh bishop ( fl. 550) who crossed over to Brittany and founded the abbey of Dol where he was buried and venerated as a saint. Whether his name is the Biblical Samsom or one of Celtic origin is uncertain. The name was popular in Yorkshire and eastern counties." It is recorded in over forty spelling forms including: Sanson, Sansom, Sansun, Sinson, Sampson, Sansome, Shimson, Sansoni, Samso, with diminutives and patronymics such as Sankin, Sams, Sansonetti (Italian), Samsonsen (Swedish), and Samsonov (Russian), the name almost always derives from the biblical name "Samson", itself from the Hebrew "Shimshon", and a diminutive of "shemesh", meaning sun.
