Baxter Simpson (1714 - abt. 1792)

Born 1714 in Prince William County, Virginia

Ancestors

Husband of Sybil (Unknown) Simpson — married [date unknown] in Fairfax, Fairfax, Virginia

Descendants

Died about 1792 at about age 78 in Fairfax, Virginia, United States

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Biography

in the Virginia, ^[1] Name: Baxter Simpson State: VA County: Fairfax County Township: Rent Rolls Year: 1764 Record Type: Rent Role Database: VA Early Census Index

Name: Baxter Simpson Birth Date: 1750 Birthplace: Virginia Volume: 159 Page Number: 441 ^[2]

Land

^[3]On margin. "1758 Delivered to John Boggess" Indenture 20th/21st October 1756 between John Robertson Senr. and Mary, his wife, of Fairfax, to John Cargill of same, 16/9 current money for 123 acres...corner John Robertson's and Baxter Simpson's land...corner of Thos. Simpson, of James Roberts...Turley's rolling road...south side of Ox road; the same having been granted John Robertson from proprietors by deed dated November 28, 1742.* Wits: W. Barr, Thomas (X) Woodward /s/ John Robertson

^[4] April 4, 1794. Drummond Wheeler and Jane his wife of Prince William County to William Mocbe Offutt, 75 pds. current money of Virginia for 100 acres, all that tract of land whereon Drummond Wheeler Junior lived last year and formerly the property of George Robertson, in Truro Parish, Fairfax County North side of Sandy Run which tract is part of a larger tract containing 423 acres and was taken up and Patented by Thomas Simpson, deceased, and at the time of his death did among other things will and bequeath the 100 acres of land to his Daughter, Mary Woodward, who afterwards intermarried with John Robertson, and by their Deeds of Lease and Release recorded in the County Court of Fairfax convey the same to George Robertson and by his Deed recorded in County of Fairfax did convey the same to Drummond Wheeler. Bounded: Begining at Simpson's corner on Sandy Run, thence up the Run with the meanders to Peyton's Line, thence with Peyton's Line to a box Oak corner to said Peyton and Richard Wheeler, thence with Wheeler's line to Baxter Simpson's corner and from thence to the begining; Wits: Charles Thrift, John (X) Simpson /s/ Drummond Wheeler

Issue

^[5] Will proved; Thomas Simpson, Carpenter of Prince William Co.,; to wife Jane; children:

• Wm. Simpson,
• Baxter Simpson,
• Thomas-Baxter,
• Ann,
• Mary Woodward; grandchildren: Thomas Woodard and Ann Woodard.
• He may have had a child named James.

Notes

Just as the first discussed Thomas Simpson had obvious ties to the Baxter Family, so did Thomas Simpson, “Carpenter.” As shown above, he once owned part of a Baxter land patent, and he named a son Baxter. The descendants of Thomas Simpson, “Carpenter” were close associates and neighbors of Richard Simpson, the Scotsman’s youngest son, for several generations, and even intermarried in several instances. When Thomas Simpson, Jr. died in about 1740, his elder brother William Simpson was appointed administrator with Richard Simpson serving as William’s bondsman.^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1607-1890
2. ↑ Reference: Heads of Fams. at the first U.S. census. Va. By U.S. Bureau of the Census. Washington, 1908. (189p.): 86
3. ↑ (Fairfax Co., Va. DB D:353-357)
4. ↑ (Fairfax Co., Va. DB X:142-148)
5. ↑ From Early records of Simpson Families and Allied Families, page 35: 1734, Feb. 19.
6. ↑ (Prince William County, Virginia Wills C, 1734-1744, p. 269)

• https://simpsonhistory.com/chart
• genealogy research done by Mrs. Barbour M. Richards (Sylvia Moorefield) deceased