William Simmons (1699 - 1774)

Born 30 Sep 1699 in Little Compton, Newport, Rhode Island

Ancestors

Husband of Mary (Pearce) Simmons — married about 16 May 1721 in Little Compton,Newport, Colony of Rhode Island

Descendants

Died 3 Jan 1774 at age 74 in Little Compton, Newport County, Rhode Island

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Biography

Children

William and Mary (Pearce) Simmons had the following (8) children:^[1]

1. Alice, born 13 March 1723
2. Isaac, born 24 February 1725; married Mary Church
3. William, born 25 March 1727; died 25 December 1748
4. Lydia, born 5 November 1729
5. George, born 7 October 1731
6. Adam, born 11 October 1733; married Deborah Church
7. Aaron, born 24 March 1736; married Abigail Church
8. Mary, born 13 September 1738

Isaac, Adam, and Aaron married three sisters.

William's will is dated 2 July 1772 and proved on 1 February 1774 in Little Compton, Rhode Island.^[2] There was a codicil written on 14 December 1774 (he may have meant 1773) which was also proved on 1 February 1774.^[2] Inventory was taken on 25 January 1774.^[2]

Sources

• One Hundred and Sixty Allied Families by John Osborne Austin, Privately Printed, Massachusetts 1893

• New England Families Genealogical and Memorial: Third Series by William Richard Cutter, Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. 1996

• Pearce Genealogy by Frederick C. Pierce, Privately Printed, Illinois 1888

• Descendants of Richard Church of Plymouth, Mass. by John A.Church, The Tuttle Company Publishers, Rutland, Vermont 1913

• Little Compton, Rhode Island Wills by Benjamin F. Wilbour, 1945

• Roser, Susan E. Mayflower Births and Deaths: From the Files of George Ernest Bowman at the Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants. Volumes 1 & 2. Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Company, Inc., 1992.

• Alden website (Link via Wayback machine.)

• Mayflower Families Through Five Generations (Vol. 16, Pt. 2: Family of John Alden, Fifth Generation Descendants of his daughter Elizabeth (Alden) Pabodie), "Alden Silver Book," Book by Woodworth-Barnes, Esther Littleford, 2002 edition, Page 56

Acknowledgements

• WikiTree profile Simmons-1229 created through the import of Ancestors of Lynn E Nelson.ged on Jun 1, 2011 by JaAnna Nelson. See the Changes page for the details of edits by JaAnna and others.

1. ↑ Mayflower Families Through Five Generations, Silver Books, Volume Eighteen, Part 2, The Descendants of Richard Warren Through His Children Mary, Anna, and Elizabeth, 2011 Edition, Published 2016, Page 250
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/9079/images/007649137_00369). Rhode Island, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1582-1932 [database on-line], image 368-369, Newport, Little Compton, Book 2 page 255-258 (will). Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015. Free image by Ancestry.com