Born in Isle of Wight, Virginia
Ancestors 
Daughter of Benjamin Simmons
and [mother unknown]
Sister of
John Simmons, Benjamin Simmons, Lucy Simmons, Sarah (Simmons) Williams, Keziah (Simmons) Butts, Martha Simmons and Spratley Simmons
Wife of
Francis Newsom
— married
28 Dec 1761 in Southampton, Virginia
[children unknown]
Died
at about age 72
in Virginia, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 30 May 2015
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Biography
Mary Simmons was born 12 August 1746 [1] in Isle of Wight County, Virginia to Benjamin Simmons and Elizabeth. Mary, daughter of Benjamin, and Francis Newsum of Dinwiddie County were issued a marriage bond on 28 December 1761 in Southampton County. [2] Mary died in 1819, probably in Petersburg or Prince George, Virginia. [3]
Sources
- ↑ Jeannette Holland Austin, compiler, Georgia Bible Records (1985; reprint, Baltimore, Maryland: Clearfield Company, Inc. by Genealogical Publishing Co. Inc.), 232, Google Books. [1]
- ↑ Southampton County, Virginia Register of Marriages 1750-1853, p. 6, Newsum-Simmons. [2]
- ↑ Petersburg, Virginia, Will Book 2: 164, Mary Newsum, Ancestry.com.
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- The Newsom Family (Continued) The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography Vol. 48, No. 2 (Apr., 1940), pp. 175-184 page 179 [3]
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