John Simmons (1670 - bef. 1739)

Born 22 Feb 1670 in Duxbury, Plymouth Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Abigail (Richmond) Simmons — married 9 Jul 1702 in Little Compton, Bristol, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Husband of Susanna (Tracy) Simmons — married 4 Nov 1715 in Duxbury, Plymouth, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Descendants

Died before 6 Aug 1739 before age 69 in Berkeley, Charles Town, South Carolina Colony

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Biography

John, son of John and Mercy (Pabodie) Simmons, was born at Duxbury, MA on February 22, 1670. He married first Abigail Richmond. She died three months after they married. He married second Susanna Tracy, who is the mother of his children. John died at Duxbury before August 6, 1739, the date his wife was appointed administratrix of his estate.^[1]

Event: Will Written. 18 APR 1733. Will Recorded. 12 MAY 1740.

Religion: Elder of Independent or Congregational "Circular" Church of Charles Town.

Occupation: Bricklayer.

Buried MAR 1737. SC

His inventory was taken on 1 October 1739 in Plymouth.^[2]

In 1740, his estate settlement was set to his widow Susanna, and his four children, John Simmons (eldest son), Ruth Simmons, Joell Simmons, and Leah Simmons. ^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ "Massachusetts, Plymouth County, Probate Records, 1633-1967," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G97D-NKPW : 20 May 2014), Probate records 1738-1742 vol 8 > image 33 of 288; State Archives, Boston.
2. ↑ "Massachusetts, Plymouth County, Probate Records, 1633-1967," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-997D-NVV8 : 20 May 2014), Probate records 1738-1742 vol 8 > image 74 of 288; State Archives, Boston.
3. ↑ "Massachusetts, Plymouth County, Probate Records, 1633-1967," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-897D-NKMK : 20 May 2014), Probate records 1738-1742 vol 8 > image 102-103 of 288; State Archives, Boston.

• Esther Littleford Woodworth-Barnes, comp., Alicia Crane Williams, ed., Mayflower Families Through Five Generations, John Alden, Volume 16, Part 1 of 5, (Plymouth: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 2002), pp. 188-189

• Vital Records of Duxbury, Massachusetts to the year 1850, (Boston: New England Historic Genealogial Society, 1911), p. 156 (birth); p. 307 (marriage to Susanna Tracy)

• Source: S1 Abbreviation: Ancestral File (R) Title: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Ancestral File (R) (Copyright (c) 1987, June 1998, data as of 5 January 1998) Repository: #R1 Repository: #R1

• Repository: R1 Name: Family History Library Address: 35 N West Temple Street CONT Salt Lake City, Utah 84150 USA Address 1: 35 N West Temple Street Address 2: Salt Lake City, Utah 84150 USA

• Information was taken from the Alden Kindred website [1]

Acknowledgments

Thanks to Charles Seamon for starting this profile.

Thank you to Claire Smith for creating WikiTree profile Simmons-2878 through the import of smithwiki.ged on Jul 1, 2013.