William Simmons (abt. 1610 - bef. 1667)

Born about 1610 in England

Descendants

Died before 8 Oct 1667 before about age 57 in Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

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William Simmons migrated to New England during the Puritan Great Migration (1621-1640). (See The Great Migration (Series 2), by R. C. Anderson, vol. 6, p. 336) Join: Puritan Great Migration Project Discuss: pgm

Biography

William Simmons arrived in New England by 1635, first settling in Ipswich. He removed to Haverhill in 1657.^[1]

His wife Elizabeth is named with him in local records. Her origin and birth name are not known.^[1]

They had two known children:^[1]

1. Elizabeth, b. "say 1635", m. Abraham Whitaker
2. Samuel, b. "say 1644", m. Elizabeth Webster

Citing lack of evidence, Anderson does not accept John Simmons of Rowley and Bradford as a child of this family.^[1]

William's precise date of decease is not known, but administration was granted on his estate on 8 Oct 1667, and an inquest into his "untimely death" was conducted by the court in 1668.^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4} Anderson, Robert Charles. The Great Migration: Immigrants to New England 1634–1635, Volume 6, R-S. Boston: New England Historical and Genealogical Society, 2009, pp. 336-40.