Margaret (Bussett) Simmons (1685 - aft. 1742)

Born 1685 in Bern, Switzerland

Descendants

Died after 1742 after age 57 in Craven, North Carolina

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Biography

Margaret married John Simons or Johannes Simons was born in Münchenbuchsee, Bern, Switzerland. He was one among the Palatines who came to New Bern, North Carolina, with Baron Christopher Von Graffenreid in 1710

John or Johannes, married Margaret Bussett and had the following Children:

1. ABRAHAM BUSSET SIMMONS, d. February 1807, Jones County, NC. He married RACHEL LAVENDAR.
2. KATHERINE SIMMONS, d. Unknown; m. BANTER1; d. Unknown. Katherine Simmons married a Banter, another of the Palatines."Banter" was probably pronounced with a broad "a" and is the name "Bonner" today.
3. MARY SIMMONS, Pearson (1734 - 1822)
4. JOHN SIMMONS, b. 1725; d. 1762.
5. DANIEL SIMMONS, b. 1726, New Hanover Co., NC; d. 1768, Craven Co., NC.
6. EMANUEL SIMMONS, b. 1730; d. 1807, Jones County, NC.
7. BENJAMIN SIMMONS, b. 1731, New Hanover Co., NC; d. 1761, Craven Co., NC.
8. ELIZABETH SIMMONS, b. 17391; d. Unknown.^[1]

The will of John Simons was probated in Craven County on September 24, 1742. It names his wife, Margaret Bussett, a member of another of the Palatine families. It also contains a list of his children, to each of whom he "devized" a plantation and negroes.

Sources

1. ↑ http://www.genealogy.com/ftm/l/e/e/Crystal-Lee/GENE6-0002.html

• ancestry.com