 In the 1740s, he married Jane Ermell (died 1778), the daughter of Charles Ermell, with whom he had three children;


His son, Sampson Gideon "Eardley" was educated at Eton College, was created a Baronet in 1759 and Baron Eardley of Spalding in 1789.The elder Sampson had lobbied for a baronetcy for himself from the then Prime Minister, the Duke of Newcastle, but was denied it on account of his own religion, as he remained a practising Jew.His son and two daughters, on the contrary, whose mother was Christian, were baptised and brought up in the Church of England.