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Andrew Simonton (1663 - 1744)

Andrew Simonton
Born in Argyleshire, Scotlandmap
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Died at about age 81 in Falmouth, York Co. (Maine), Province of Massachusetts Bay, New Englandmap
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Biography

Birth Date: ABT 1665 in Argyle shire, Scotland Andrew Simonton was born in 1665 in Argyle shire, Scotland; his father was Andrew Symonton, b: ca. 1635 in Duddiston, East Lothian, Scotland. Andrew and his brother William moved first to Strabane, W. Tyrone, Ulster, Northern Ireland around 1705. Then they emigrated from Ulster, Northern Ireland, to New England in 1718 aboard HMS "Roberts". They settled near Casco Bay, at the site known as Falmouth (Cumberland Co., became York County), Maine, then part of the Province of Massachusetts Bay. Andrew was accepted as a full resident in 1727 there.[1]

Andrew brought with him his wife, Ann Douglas, b: 1675 in Argyle shire, Scotland. They had married in 1695 most-likely in Argyle, Scotland. The couple had 7 children, born in West Tyrone, Ulster, Ireland and New England:

  1. Andrew SIMONTON b: 1707-08 in Strabane, Ulster, N. Ireland
  2. William SIMONTON
  3. Christina SIMONTON
  4. Matthew SIMONTON
  5. Walter SIMONTON
  6. Ann SIMONTON
  7. Mary SIMONTON

Death Date: 1744 at Falmouth, Maine (York), Province of Massachusetts Bay, New England.

Andrew died April 9, 1744 at Falmouth (York), Maine, Province of Massachusetts Bay, New England.

Sources

  1. ↑ "Immigrants to New England 1700-75" by Ethel Stanwood Bolton, lists Andrew Simonton of Portland from Starbane IRE 1718- admitted as resident in 1727. Cited on Simonton/Symington/Simington Message Boards, post by Sallie Simonton on 20 Jan 2014 4:05PM GMT
  • Scotch Irish Pioneers in Ulster and America, by Charles Knowles Bolton, Bacon & Brown: Boston, 1910. Pg. 214. Lists Andrew Simonton as one of the earliest Scotch-Irish settlers at Casco Bay (Falmouth) between 1718-1722. Accompanied by William Simonton [brother].
  • Source: S102 Title: Ancestry Family Trees Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.; Repository: #R3




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His son owned slaves:

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Simonton-171 and Simonton-47 appear to represent the same person because: Same place of birth, same date & place of death, same wife, same son
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