Benjamin
Simpson
aka Simson
Born about in Groton, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony
[uncertain]
[uncertain]Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of
Sarah (Shattuck) Simpson
— married
28 Mar 1781 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States
Descendants 
Father of
Benjamin Shattuck Simpson Jr., Mary (Simpson) Spaulding, Roxanna (Simpson) Foss, Daniel Simpson, Tufton Simpson, Ezekial Simpson and Sophronia F. (Simpson) Stanley
Died
at about age 84
in Winslow, Kennebec, Maine, United States
Profile last modified
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Biography
Benjamin Simpson/ Simson was born on December 25, 1754, in Groton, Massachusetts Bay. He married 1st Experience Curtis Shattuck on 13 Aug 1772, in 13 Aug 1772 who died at giving child birth, than married 2nd to Sarah Shattuck on March 28, 1781, in Boston, Massachusetts. They had eight children in 22 years. He died in September 1839 in Winslow, Maine, having lived a long life of 84 years, and was buried in Waterville, Maine.
Please note, 1. not to be confused with Benjamin Simpson Simpson-21076 who took part of the Boston Tea Party. 2. records and citations will have the spelling of his surname spelled 'Simson'.
Military
Private Benjamin Simpson served with 7th Massachusetts Regiment (1777), Continental Army during the American Revolution.
Benjamin Simpson is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A104117.
Weighed 180 lbs. He took an Englishman prisoner on the 19th April, 1775; and was in the Battle of Bunker Hill. Served under Col Prescott Prescott-1117 7th MA. [1]
Descendant of Mary (Perkins) Bradbury - Accused Witch.
Sources
- ↑ Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/), "Record of Benjamin Simpson", Ancestor # A104117.
- Densmore, L. W. (1887). Hand-book of Hartwell Genealogy, 1636-1887: An Account of the Descendants of William Hartwell, of Concord, Mass., and Allied Families of Bellows, Cummings, Gibson, Hill, Johnson, Jones, Kendall, Lakin, Luce, Melvin, Russell, Stiles, Stow, Tucker, Wood, Winchell, Williams, and Many Others. United States: G.E. Crosby; Pg 33[1]
- U.S., Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files, 1800-1900 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.
- Sons of the American Revolution; SAR Patriot #: P-290282[2]
- Abstract of Graves of Revolutionary Patriots; Volume: 4; Serial: 7324; Volume: 14[3]
- Boston, Massachusetts, U.S., Marriages, 1700-1809[4]
- 1790 United States Federal Census Year: 1790; Census Place: Winslow, Lincoln, Maine; Series: M637; Roll: 2; Page: 26; Image: 29; Family History Library Film: 0568142
- Year: 1800; Census Place: Winslow, Kennebec, Maine; Series: M32; Roll: 7; Page: 72; Image: 237; Family History Library Film: 218677, Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.Original data - Second Census of the United States, 1800. (NARA microfilm publication M32, 52 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census,
- Year: 1810; Census Place: Winslow, Kennebec, Maine; Roll: 11; Page: 758; Image: 00744; Family History Library Film: 0218682 Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.Original data - Third Census of the United States, 1810. (NARA microfilm publication M252, 71 rolls). Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29.
- 1820 U S Census; Census Place: Winslow, Kennebec, Maine; Page: 488; NARA Roll: M33_35; Image: 69 Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.Original data - Fourth Census of the United States, 1820. (NARA microfilm publication M33, 142 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record G
- Massachusetts, U.S., Death Records, 1841-1915; New England Historic Genealogical Society; Boston, Massachusetts; Massachusetts Vital Records, 1840-1911
- United States Senate. The Pension Roll of 1835.4 vols. 1968 Reprint, with index. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1992. Description In 1834 and 1835, the Senate passed a series of resolutions requiring the Commissioner of Pensions to compile a list of the pensioners who were drawing military pensions
- Abstract of Graves of Revolutionary Patriots; Abstract of Graves of Revolutionary Patriots; Volume: 4; Serial: 7324; Volume: 14
- Lineage Book of the Charter Members of the DAR Vol 067; Pg 71-72
See also:
- Find A Grave: Memorial #23214976
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Benjamin 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 Benjamin:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Benjamin 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 Benjamin:
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~1.56%
Colin Foss
:
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A514657 [compare], Ancestry member fosscolin
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MyHeritage DNA
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~0.78%
Kevin Foss :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch BJ5589297 [compare], Ancestry member kevin_foss1
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Categories: Battle of Bunker Hill | 7th Massachusetts Regiment (1777), Continental Army, American Revolution | NSDAR Patriot Ancestors
Ken Hess
$98 / annum- card states he was dropped from the roll as per the Act of May 1820. Then says re-pensioned at 76.66 / annum under the Act of June 1832. And states died 9 Feb 1833. By subscription https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/7749:60514?tid=&pid=&queryId=7ed6b7e7e0dc1d2d19797f2e40585779&_phsrc=ddF5&_phstart=successSource