[1]"Captain Samuel Davis married in 1782, Jane Cook, a daughter of Mrs. Sarah Simpson Cook, who was herself a daughter of Samuel Simpson (ca. 1706-1791), said to have been assistant Quartermaster of the Pennsylvania Regiment during the Revolution. His father was Thomas Simpson (ca. 1683-1761) and his father was John Simpson, who emigrated from Scotland to Ireland and from Ireland to America, settling in Pennsylvania as did many of the Scotch-Irish people."
Family of Origin
[2]Grandfather: Thomas Simpson
Grandmother: Hannah
Sarah Simpson & Her Siblings:
Jean Simpson
John Simpson
Margaret Simpson
Sarah Simpson
Rebecca Simpson
Nathaniel Simpson
Mary Simpson
Father's Origins: Sarah Simpson
Father: Samuel Simpson
Birth Date: 1706
Birth Place: Abbington Twp, Montgomery Co
First Marriage Date: 1728
Death Date: Dec 1791
Death Place: Paxtang
GrandMother: Jane Cook
Birth Date: 1759
First Marriage Date: 1782
First Marriage Place: Augusta, GA
Death Date: 1844
Father: William Cook
Mother: Sarah Simpson
Spouse: Samuel Davis
Child: JOSEPH Emory Davis
Family of Consent
[3]Sarah Simpson, from the US, Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970[4]
Name: Sarah Simpson
Birth Date: 1734
Death Date: 1822
SAR Membership: 56759
Role: Ancestor
Application Date: 24 Apr 1939
Spouse: William Cooke
Children: Jane Cooke
Sources
↑
Armstrong, Zella of the Tennessee Historical Commission. Notable Southern Families. Vol II. Chattanooga, Tenn: The Lookout Publishing Co.
↑ The Kinnears and their kin : a memorial volume of history, biography and genealogy, with Revolution.
↑ The Kinnears and their kin : a memorial volume of history, biography and genealogy, with Revolution.
↑ US, Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc, Vol 284. 2011.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Sarah by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line.
It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Sarah:
https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Simpson-554