Peter Simmons (1725 - 1772)

Born 1725 in Brunswick, Virginia, British Colonial America

Husband of Elizabeth Ann (Kincannon) Simmons — married 1747 in Brunswick, Virginia, British Colonial America

Descendants

Died 1772 at about age 47 in Surry, North Carolina, British Colonial America

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Biography

Peter Simmons and his wife, Elizabeth, appear in the New Garden Monthly Meeting Minutes of the Society of Friends in North Carolina, where their sons, Ryal (Royal) and Charles are also given. Both sons were received on request into the Society in 1781. Ryal married Ruth (born 5-31-1766, p. 500), the daughter of William & Susanna Hiatt, on December 6, 1781. Charles married Elizabeth (born 5-12-1763, p. 504), the daughter of Samuel & Catherine Jackson on March 8, 1786.

NOTE: North Carolina became a state of the Union on 21 Nov 1789; SOURCE: https://www.infoplease.com/history-and-government/us-history/states-order-entry-union

Sources

• Hinshaw, William Wade. Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy, Volume 1. (Ann Arbor, Michigan: Edward Brothers, 1936), p. 571.
• The Descendants of Peter Simmons: https://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=23931
• The Descendants of Peter Simmons Brunswick County, Virginia, With Allied Lines of Wiatt, Mills, Patton, James, Harless, and McGriff, by Gwen Boyer Bjorkman, 1973, p.16
• .https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/vitals/L4SR-WM5
• https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGXT-186H?from=lynx1UIV8&treeref=L4SR-WM5
• "United States Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775-1783," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGXT-186H : 15 March 2018), Peter Simmons, 1778; citing 1778, Virginia, United States, citing NARA microfilm publication M246. Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Services, 1980. FHL microfilm 830,387.
• https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2Z7-3G2D?from=lynx1UIV8&treeref=L4SR-WM5
• "North Carolina Estate Files, 1663-1979," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2Z7-3G2D : 17 March 2018), Peter Simmons, 1798; citing Surry, North Carolina, United States, State Archives, Raleigh; FHL microfilm .