Major
Simeon
Draper
Born in Greenwich, Kent, Rhode Island
Ancestors 
Son of Thomas Draper
and Jane (Braman) Draper
Brother of
William Draper, Nancy Lydia (Draper) Cottrell, Thomas Draper, Ann (Draper) Reynolds, Ruth (Draper) Aylworth and Joseph Draper
Husband of
Catherine (Stafford) Harvey
— married
26 Dec 1751 in West Greenwich, Kent, Rhode Island
Descendants 
Father of
Ruth (Draper) Sinsabaugh
Died
at age 42
in Wyoming Valley, Pennsylvania
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Biography
Major Simeon Draper was baptized 21 November 1730 at West Greenwich, Rhode Island; married Catherine Stafford (daughter of Amos Stafford) on 26 December 1751 at Coventry, Kent, Rhode Island; and died 21 March 1773 at Wyoming Valley, Pennsylvania. [1]
Simeon and Catherine were the parents of six children: Amos, Catherine, Phebe, Eleanor, Ruth and Joseph. [2]
"In 1754 Simeon is listed on Rhode Island's Freeman list. He went to Wyoming Valley, Pennsylvania in August 1762, one of the first forty settlers. He owned property there in what is now Kingston, Luzerne County." [3]
"He was witness to a deed 18 February 1764 from Job Dawley (who came to Beekman) in West Greenwich, Rhode Island. Simeon Draper was taxed in Beekman from June 1765 through 1769 and was assessed in June 1767 at L1. He was a subscriber to lands in Wyoming, PA (CT then) 1 May 1754 in the amount of $2.00. On 24 April 1765 the Treasurer of the Susquehanna Company was ordered to grant L15.1.4 to Peter Harris of Plainfield, "in consideration of what Benjamin Coit of Prescott received from him on account of Simeon Draper." On 4 April 1771 he was named as one of the prisoners in the PA jail because of their settlement activities. Parshall Terry testified 25 April 1794 that Simeon Draper was one of about 93 men mostly from CT, who went to Wyoming in 1762 to settle the area."[4]
"He was only 42 when he died in 1773. His widow Catherine married second Major Benjamin Harvey."[5]
- Marriage:
- Date: 26 DEC 1751
- Place: West Greenwich, Kent, Rhode Island USA
Sources
- ↑ Draper, Lothrop, Rogers, Byington, Goodsell, etc : allied families of Van Leuven, Book VI, compiled by Audrey Van Leuven, 1998-1999, page 13.
- ↑ Draper, Lothrop, Rogers, Byington, Goodsell, etc : allied families of Van Leuven, Book VI, compiled by Audrey Van Leuven, 1998-1999, page 13.
- ↑ Draper, Lothrop, Rogers, Byington, Goodsell, etc : allied families of Van Leuven, Book VI, compiled by Audrey Van Leuven, 1998-1999, page 13.
- ↑ Settlers of the Beekman Patent, Volume IV, page 486.
- ↑ Draper, Lothrop, Rogers, Byington, Goodsell, etc : allied families of Van Leuven, Book VI, compiled by Audrey Van Leuven, 1998-1999, page 13.
- Title: Vital Records of Rhode Island 1636-1850 Author: James N. Arnold
- Publication: Naragansett Historical Publishing Company, Providence, Rhode Island
- Media: Book
Acknowledgements
- This person was created on 26 October 2010 through the import of Allen-Patterson & Allied Families.GED.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Simeon 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 Simeon:
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date to Wyoming Valley must be 1762 (not 1792). A typo ...
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Melissa (Mutimer) Jamison
Draper-2633 and Draper-49 appear to represent the same person because: These appear to be duplicates
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by Melissa (Mutimer) Jamison
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