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Richard Simpson 1714 – 1795 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 26 Dec 1714

Birth Location: St George Parish, Baltimore, Maryland, United States

Death Date: 24 May 1795

Death Location: Mears Fork, Guilford, North Carolina, United States

Father: Thomas Simpson

Mother: Eleanor Smith

Spouse(s): Elizabeth Reece

Children(s): Elizabeth Simpson, Thomas Simpson, Nathaniel Simpson, Richard Simpson, Sarah Simpson, Eleanor Simpson, Jane Simpson

According to available records, Richard Simpson was born in 1714 in St George Parish, Baltimore, Maryland, United States, the child of Thomas Simpson and Eleanor Smith. Following those early years, Richard Simpson married Elizabeth Reece, and their family grew to include Elizabeth Simpson, Thomas Calvin Simpson, Nathaniel Simpson, Richard Simpson, Sarah Elizabeth Simpson, Eleanor Simpson and Jane Simpson. In the later years of life, Richard Simpson died in 1795 in Mears Fork, Guilford, North Carolina, United States.

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Parents

Thomas Simpson
1690 – 1737
Birth Location: Baltimore Co., MD
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Eleanor Smith
1690 – 1714
Birth Location: St Georges, Baltimore, Maryland, United States
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Spouses(s)

Elizabeth Reece
1714 – 1753
Birth Location: St Georges Parish, Baltimore, Maryland, United States
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Children(s)

Elizabeth Simpson
1730 – 1768
Birth Location: Bertie, North Carolina, United States
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Thomas Simpson
1739 – 1833
Birth Location: Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland, United States
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Nathaniel Simpson
1745 – 1830
Birth Location: Baltimore, Maryland, United States
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Richard Simpson
1748 – 1804
Birth Location: St Georges Parish, Baltimore, Maryland, United States
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Sarah Simpson
1748 – 1824
Birth Location: Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland, United States
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Eleanor Simpson
1750 – 1806
Birth Location: Maryland, United States
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Jane Simpson
1753 – 1815
Birth Location: Maryland, United States
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Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 26 Dec 1714
    Event Place: St George Parish, Baltimore, Maryland, United States
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index, U.S., Find a Grave Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1760
    Event Place: Rowan County, North Carolina, United States
    Record Source: U.S., Census Reconstructed Records, 1660-1820, Document: Tax Records, 1758/1759 [NC State Archives]; Call Number: C.R. 085.701.5; Page Number: 22; Family Number: 2

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1768
    Event Place: Early Tax List, Rowan, North Carolina
    Record Source: North Carolina, U.S., Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1790-1890

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1783-1932
    Event Place: North Carolina, USA
    Record Source: Roster of soldiers from North Carolina in the American Revolution

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 2 Aug 1790
    Event Place: Guilford, North Carolina, USA
    Record Source: 1790 United States Federal Census, The National Archives in Washington, DC; Washington, DC; First Census of the United States, 1790.; Year: 1790; Census Place: Guilford, North Carolina; Series: M637; Roll: 7; Page: 506; Family History Library Film: 0568147

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Custom Event

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: Caswell, North Carolina, USA
    Record Source: North Carolina, Land Grant Files, 1693-1960

    Genealogy Event 8
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 24 May 1795
    Event Place: Mears Fork, Guilford, North Carolina, United States
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index, North Carolina, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1665-1998, Staffordshire, England, Extracted Church of England Parish Records, 1538-1839, U.S., Find a Grave Index, 1600s-Current, Wills, 1771-1943; Author: North Carolina. County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions (Guilford County); Probate Place: Guilford, North Carolina, Extracted Church of England Parish Records; Title: Various publications of parish and probate records

    Genealogy Event 9
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Year: 16 Dec 1759
    Event Place: Hamstall Ridware, Staffordshire, England
    Record Source: Staffordshire, England, Extracted Church of England Parish Records, 1538-1839, Extracted Church of England Parish Records; Title: Various publications of parish and probate records

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