Born in Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Ancestors 
Daughter of Samuel Soper Jr
and Esther (Littlefield) Briggs
Sister of
Edmund Soper Sr, Hannah (Soper) Pettingill, Samuel Soper, Sarah Soper, Esther (Soper) Briggs, Oliver Soper, Amasa Soper, Salter William Soper, James Soper and Olive (Briggs) Smith [half]
Wife of
Constant Simmons Jr.
— married
after 20 Jul 1765 in Massachusetts
Descendants 
Died
at age 86
in Bristol, Ontario, New York, United States
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Biography
Silence was born in 1749. She was the daughter of Samuel Soper and Esther Littlefield.
She married Constant Simmons, Jr on 20 Jul 1765 at Dighton, Massachusetts. She passed away in 1835.
Sources
* Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Vital and Town Records. Provo, UT: Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook).
- (Name: Silence Soper, Event Type: Birth, Birth Date: 26 Jan 1749, Birth Place: Bridgewater, Massachusetts, Father Name: Samuel Soper, Mother Name: Esther Soper)
- (Name: Silance Soper, Event Type: Marriage, Marriage Date: 20 Jul 1765, Marriage Place: Dighton, Massachusetts, Spouse Name: Constant Simmons, Jr.)
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Silence 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 Silence:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Silence 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 Silence:
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~0.78%
~3.12%
Orrin Parker 
:
23andMe
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~0.78%
Pat Sage :
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
Marjorie (Fish) Luce :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member marjorieluce
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Penny (Easterday) Primm
Soper-1596 and Soper-698 appear to represent the same person because: clear duplicate
posted
by Penny (Easterday) Primm
Doug Hendy
Soper-1025 and Soper-698 appear to represent the same person because: I started soper-1025, then found yours.
posted
by Doug Hendy
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