BIOGRAPHY: WAS BORN ON 23 FEB 1632/1633 IN ST. BRIDE FLEET ST., LONDON,LONDON, ENGLAND. HE WAS CHRISTENED ON 3 MAR 1632/1633 IN ST. BRIDE FLEETST., LONDON, LONDON, ENGLAND. HE DIED ON 26 MAY 1703 INCLAPHAM, LONDON,ENGLAND. HE WAS BURIED ON 4 JUN 1703 IN ST. OLAVES, HART ST., LONDON,ENGLAND. SAMUEL WAS EDUCATED AT BRAMPTON, HUNTINGDON AND ST. PAULS SCHOOLLONDON BEFORE 1650. HE WAS ADMITTED TO TRINITY HALL ON 5 MAR 1650/1651 INCAMBRIDGE, ENGLAND. HE WAS ADMITTED TO MAGDALENE COLLEGE ON 1 OCT 1650 INCAMBRIDGE, ENGLAND. HE GRADUATED B.A. IN MAR 1653/1654. HE WAS EMPLOYEDAS SECRETARY TO SIR. EDWARD MONTAGU ABOUT 1656. HE WAS MADE CLERK OF THEACTS OF THE NAVY IN 1660. HE GRADUATED M.A. ON 26 JUN 1660. HE WASMENTIONED IN AND JOINT EXECUTOR OF WILL OF HIS UNCLE ROBERT PEPYS OFBRAMPTON ON 23 AUG1661. HE WAS EMPLOYED AS SECRETARY OF THE ADMIRALTY1672 - 1679. HE WAS ELECTED M.P. IN 1673 IN CASTLERISING. HE WAS MASTEROF THE CLOTHWORKERS COMPANY IN 1677. HE WAS COMMITED TO THE TOWER FORALLEGED COMPLICITY IN THE POPISH PLOT IN 1679. HE WAS ELECTED M.P. IN1679 IN HARWICH. HE WAS EMPLOYED AS SECRETARY OF THE ADMIRALTY(REINSTATED) IN 1684. HE WAS NAMED PRESIDENT OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY IN1684. HE RETIRED (FORCED INTO RETIREMENT) ON ASCENSION OF WILLIAM III IN1689. HE WAS MENTIONED IN THE WILL OF HIS COUSIN CHARLES PEPYS ON 6 FEB1700. HE SIGNED A WILL ON 2 AUG 1701. HE SIGNED A WILL ON 12 MAY 1703. HESIGNED A WILL ON 13 MAY 1703. HE HAD A WILL PROBATED ON 25 JUN 1703. BIOGRAPHY: ARMS: - SA. ON A BEND, BETWEEN TWO HORSES' HEADS ERASED AR. 3FLEURS DE LIS OF THE FIELD. CREST: - A CAMEL HEAD ERASED OR, BRIDLED, LINED, RINGED, AND GORGED WITHA DUCAL CORONET, SA. MOTTO: 'MENS CUJUSQUE IS EST QUISQUE'. 'MIND MAKES THE MAN.' BIOGRAPHY: RELATIVE: ABRAHAM ROBERT MARCHANT RELATIVE: CHARLES J. THOMAS SAMUEL MARRIED ELIZABETH DE ST. MICHEL DAUGHTER OF ALEXANDRE LEMARCHANT DE ST. MICHEL AND DOROTHEA KINGSMILL ON 1 DEC 1655 IN ST.MARGARETS, WESTMINSTER, LONDON, ENGLAND. ELIZABETH WAS BORN ON 23 OCT1640 IN BIDEFORD, DEVON, ENGLAND. SHE DIED ON 10 NOV 1669 IN ENGLAND. SHEWAS BURIED ON 13 NOV 1669 IN ST. OLAVES HART ST., LONDON, ENGLAND. BIOGRAPHY: AT 23 HE (SAMUEL PEPYS) MARRIED ELIZABETH ST. MICHEL, DAUGHTEROF AN HUGUENOT GENTLEMAN (ALEXANDER LE MARCHANT DE SAINT MICHEL) WHO HADCOME OVER TO SEEK (WITHOUT SUCCESS) RENEWED FORTUNE INENGLAND. ELIZABETHWAS BEAUTIFUL AND PENNILESS. HER MOTHER CLAIMED TO BE DESCENDED FROM THECLIFFORDS, DUKES OF CUMBERLAND. HER MATERNAL GRANDMOTHER WAS DOROTHEACLIFFORD DAUGHTER OF SIR. CONYERS CLIFFORD GOVERNOR OF CONNAUGHT. WHOSEFAMILY HAD BEEN SETTLED IN KENT SINCE THE REIGN OF RICHARD II. AB.