Lieutenant
John
Simpson
Born in Buckingham Township, Bucks, Pennsylvania
Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of
Margaret (Murray) Simpson
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
Lydia (Simpson) Cassatt, Rebecca (Simpson) Patton, Margaret Simpson, James Simpson, Martha Simpson, Anna Simpson, Sarah (Simpson) Trapier, Elizabeth Isabella Simpson and John Ridenour Simpson
Died
at age 63
in Huntingdon, Pennsylvania, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 2 Dec 2015
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Biography
Lieutenant John Simpson served with Lancaster County Militia, Pennsylvania Militia during the American Revolution.
John Simpson is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A104168.
John Simpson was born 10 Jan 1744 in Buckingham Township, Bucks, Pennsylvania and died in 3 Feb 1807 in Huntingdon, Pennsylvania. "He was second lieutenant Captain James Murray's company, Fourth Battalion under Colonel James Burd, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania militia, August 15, 1775, detailed to Continental service at Bristol, Pennsylvania, January 28, 1777. [1]
Additional information from The Cossart Family History, 1939
The following is extracted from paragraph 1.2.6.9.2.5: 1.2.6.9.2.5 -134 DENNIS CASSAT: (Cassatt.)
(David 124; Francis 103; David 8; Jacques 3; Jacques 1).
Lydia married Dennis Cassat. She was the daughter of John Simpson and Margaret Murray, and the granddaughter of General John Simpson who arrived in Pennsylvania 1664. Gen. John Simpson was an early Scotch-Irish settler near the Maryland line and Adams or Franklin County, Pa. This family was much intermarried with the early Scotch-Irish families who were among the first settlers of Central Pennsylvania, some of whom migrated from eastern portions of the State.
Lydia was the grandmother of the late Alexander J. Cassatt of Philadelphia the noted financier and President of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company.
CHILDREN:
1.2.6.9.2.5.1 182 i. Mary Cassat, married Joseph Gardner and had issue.
1.2.6.9.2.5.2 183 ii. Robert Simpson Cassatt, born July 24, 1806; died in 1891.
Sources
- ↑ Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed 10 Dec 2021), "Record of John Simpson", Ancestor # A104168.
- Source: [1] The Cossart Family History, 1939
- Source: [2] Lydia Simpson Cassatt, FindAGrave site
- Colonial and revolutionary families of Pennsylvania: genealogical and personal memoirs, Vol. 3, p. 1516-1517.
- Pennsylvania Genealogies Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German - https://ia800205.us.archive.org/28/items/cu31924028856900/cu31924028856900.pdf
- Records in the archives of Clan Murray, held by the U.S. Genealogist of the Clan, Michael Thomas
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with John by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with John:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with John by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with John:
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~0.78%
~3.12%
Mary Baker 
:
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member mary_mendalski
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~0.78%
John Wahl :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A592959 [compare], Ancestry member 88Doogie
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Beryl Meehan
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Beryl Meehan
I searched the DAR patriot index, updated his birth to full date from that.
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Robert Harrison
This needs to be further analyzed using the Colonial and Revolutionary Families Source document.
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