Robert
Simms
Born about in Isle of Wight, Virginia
Ancestors 
Son of James Symes
and Elizabeth (Willmouth) Symes
Brother of
Richard Symes
Husband of
Phyllis (Fort) Simms
— married
after 1719 (to about 1729) [location unknown]
Descendants 
Died about
at about age 54
in Bertie, North Carolina
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[send private message], Linda Hoerner [send private message], and Julieann Simms [send private message]
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Biography
Robert was born in 1674. He passed away in 1728.
Death
- Date: ABT 1729
- Place: Bertie Precinct, NC
- Source: Footnote: Abstract of NC Wills, pg. 340
Sources
- "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (modified 24 Feb 2021), entry for Robert Sims (PID https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LZ1L-LKB); contributed by various users.
- "International Genealogical Index (IGI)," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:1:9FQT-VGP : accessed 2015-05-29), entry for Robert Simms.
- Evidence for Birth, Isle of Wight VA 1673 and Marriage to Phillis Fort, after 1719 in Isle of Wight, Virginia.
- "Pedigree Resource File," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:2:9HCB-T8V : accessed 2015-05-29), entry for Robert Simms, submitted by jherrington2758021.
- Information taken from FamilySearch.org; added by tom.jewkes 26 December 2014.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Robert by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:
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- Topher Sims
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Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 111 markers, haplogroup R-CTS4528 - John Sims :
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~0.78%
Linda (Brooks) Hoerner :
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~0.39%
Julieann Simms :
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W (Rice) Fowler :
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The name is Glinn NOT Sims. There have been postings that before Willmuth married John Thornton she was married to a James Sims (or Simms/Symes), and her sons Richard and Robert bore the last name, Sims. There has been no supporting facts to the claims of the last name being, Sims, as well as being married to a James Sims.
My suspicion as to why "Sims" developed to be the last name was because, the probate record "extracted from microfilmed copies of the original Will Book"[1] was transcribed as "Richard and Robert Sims' (?)."' The question "?" mark being ignored by those of us (I'm guilty) using this certain information.
Granted, the last name of Richard and Robert was not clear in the wiil of John Thornton[2]. But, an indenture on 21 Jan 1723[3] between Richard Glinn and William Thornton describes a “certain tract or parcel of land in the lower parish of Isle of Wight County being a patent granted unto John Thornton bearing Date the 20th of April 1682 by estimation containing 190 acres given by John Thornton by his last will & testament unto the aforesaid Richard Glinn & Robert Glinn whom the said Richard survived.”
Therefore, John Thornton married the widow Willmuth Glinn who had two sons, Richard and Robert Glinn. Robert Glinn died before 1723. Sources
↑ Ancestry.com. Wills and Administrations of Isle of Wight County, Virginia, 1647-1800 [database on-line]. ↑ FHL Film # 007645159 ↑ FHL Film 007645141, image 324/492; Deeds and wills Vol. 2(2nd vol.) 1715-1726.
FHL Film # 007645159; Mixed records, Vol. 2 1661-1719 Mixed records, Vol. 3 1726-1734; image 134/605 (actual page 274). Isle of Wight Circuit Court 17000 Josiah Parker circle Isle of Wight VA USA 23397.