Dorothy Simmons (1741 - abt. 1758)

Born 2 Mar 1741 in Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Died about 1758 at about age 16 in Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay

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Dorothy Simmons was a descendant of Mayflower passengers John Alden, Myles Standish and Henry Samson.

Biography

Dorothy Simmons, the daughter of Moses and Rachel (Sampson) Simmons, was born on 02 March 1741 at Duxbury, Plymouth, Province of Massachusetts Bay.^[1]

She probably died young as she was not mentioned in her father's will.^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ Birth • Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915 "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZ3J-GYC : 15 January 2020), Rachel in entry for Dorithy Simons, 1741.
2. ↑ "Massachusetts, Plymouth County, Probate Estate Files, 1686-1915," images, FamilySearch (20 May 2014), Plymouth > Case no 18290-18450 Silver, Joseph-Smith, Daniel Jr. > image 1142 of 2204; Supreme Judical Court, Boston. file #18376, Moses Simmons, Duxbury 1761.

• Esther Littleford Woodworth Barnes, edited by Alicia Crane Williams, Mayflower Families through Five Generations (General Society of Mayflower Descendants 1999) page 200  : Dorithyy, b. 2 March 1741; prob. d.y. [not in father's will; no guardianship].