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Anne Simms 1624–1715 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1624

Birth Location: Richmond, Virginia, USA

Death Date: 1 August 1715

Death Location: Wp, Richmond, VA

Father: Robert Simms

Mother: Anne Brisco

Spouse(s): Benjamin Dodson, Benjamin Dodson

Children(s): Charles Dodson, Anne Dodson, Jas. Fergenson, Peter Elmore, Thomas Elmore

Anne Simms was born in 1624 in Richmond, Virginia, USA, the child of Robert Simms And Anne Brisco. Anne Simms married Ben Fergenson, Benjamin Dodson, and had children including Anne Dodson, Charles Thomas Dodson, Jas Farrow Fergenson, Peter Elmore, Thomas Elmore. Anne Simms passed away in 1715 in Wp, Richmond, VA.

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Biography

  • Anne Simms was born in 1624 in Richmond, Virginia, USA, the child of Robert Simms And Anne Brisco.
  • Anne Simms married Ben Fergenson, Benjamin Dodson, and had children including Anne Dodson, Charles Thomas Dodson, Jas Farrow Fergenson, Peter Elmore, Thomas Elmore.
  • Anne Simms passed away in 1715 in Wp, Richmond, VA.

Immediate Family

Parents

Robert Simms
1601–1650
Birth Location: Newton, Lancashire, England
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Anne Brisco
1585–1650
Birth Location: Allonby and West Newton, Cumberland, England
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Spouses(s)

Benjamin Dodson
1624–1652
Birth Location: Jamestown, James, Virginia
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Benjamin Dodson
1624–1681
Birth Location: England
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Children(s)

Charles Dodson
1649–1716
Birth Location: Old Rappahannock County, VA
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Anne Dodson
1650–1715
Birth Location: (Old) Rappahannock (later Richmond) County, Virginia
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Jas. Fergenson
1884–1922
Birth Location: VA.
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Peter Elmore
1643–1725
Birth Location: Farnham, Richmond, Virginia, United States
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Thomas Elmore
1642–1726
Birth Location: Warboys, Huntingdonshire, England
TE

Anne Simms's Ancestors

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Anne Simms
1624–1715
Birth Place: Richmond, Virginia, USA
Parents
Robert Simms
1601–1650
Newton, Lancashire, England
Anne Brisco
1585–1650
Allonby and West Newton, Cumberland, England
Grandparents
John (Brisco 11th) P
1565–1632
Crofton, Cumberland, England
Dorothy Falcon
1565–1592
Allonby and West Newton, Cumberland, England
Great-Grandparents
William P
1542–1587
Jane P
1544–1614
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Edward Biscoe
1515–1563
Phyllis Musgrave
1523–1561

Anne Simms's Descendants

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Anne Simms (1624–1 August 1715) m. Benjamin Dodson (1624–May 1652) m. Benjamin Dodson (1624–1681)
  1. 1. Charles (Thomas) Dodson 1649–1716 m. ANNE (ELMORE) DODSON 1654–1708 m. Judith (Loretta) Hagger 1621–1655
    1. 1. Lambeth Dodson 1692–1780
    2. 2. George Dodson 1702–
  2. 2. Anne Dodson 1650–1715
  3. 3. Jas. (Farrow) Fergenson 1884–1922
  4. 4. Peter Elmore 1643–1725
  5. 5. Thomas Elmore 1642–1726

Anne Simms's Timeline

3 Records

1624
1624
Birth of Anne Simms in Richmond, Virginia, USA
Richmond, Virginia, USA
1677
2 Dec 1677
Age 53
Anne Simms was married In Richmond Co., Virginia
Richmond Co., Virginia
1715
1 August 1715
Age 91
Death of Anne Simms in Wp, Richmond, VA
Wp, Richmond, VA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1624
    Event Place: Richmond, Virginia, USA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 2 Dec 1677
    Event Place: Richmond Co., Virginia

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1 August 1715
    Event Place: Wp, Richmond, VA
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