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Sam Simmons 1756–1841 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 22 Sep 1756

Birth Location: Saybrook, Middlesex, Connecticut, Royal Colony

Death Date: 15 Oct 1841

Death Location: Hanover, New Hampshire

Father: Samuel Simmons

Mother: Anna Pryor

Spouse(s): Sarah Pelton

Children(s): Sarah Simmons, Samuel Simmons, Anna Simmons, Mary Symonds, David Simmons, Polly Ward, Joseph Simmons

Sam Simmons was born in 1756 in Saybrook, Middlesex, Connecticut, Royal Colony, the child of Samuel Simmons And Anna Pryor. Sam Simmons married Sarah Pelton, and had children including Anna Simmons, David Pelton Simmons, Joseph Simmons, Mary Simmons Symonds, Polly Simmons Ward, Samuel Simmons, Sarah Sally Simmons. Sam Simmons passed away in 1841 in Hanover, New Hampshire.

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Biography

  • Sam Simmons was born in 1756 in Saybrook, Middlesex, Connecticut, Royal Colony, the child of Samuel Simmons And Anna Pryor.
  • Sam Simmons married Sarah Pelton, and had children including Anna Simmons, David Pelton Simmons, Joseph Simmons, Mary Simmons Symonds, Polly Simmons Ward, Samuel Simmons, Sarah Sally Simmons.
  • Sam Simmons passed away in 1841 in Hanover, New Hampshire.

Immediate Family

Parents

Samuel Simmons
1725–1814
Birth Location: Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts, Royal Colony
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Anna Pryor
1732–1770
Birth Location: Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut, USA
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Spouses(s)

Sarah Pelton
1755–1853
Birth Location: Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut, USA
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Children(s)

Sarah Simmons
1790–1868
Birth Location: Lyme, Grafton, New Hampshire, USA
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Samuel Simmons
1795–1874
Birth Location: Lyme, Grafton, NH
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Anna Simmons
1797–
Birth Location: –
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Mary Symonds
1800–1840
Birth Location: Loudon, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, United States
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David Simmons
1801–1872
Birth Location: Vermont
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Polly Ward
1804–1894
Birth Location: Lyme, New Hampshire
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Joseph Simmons
1806–1860
Birth Location: New Hampshire, USA
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Sam Simmons's Ancestors

Self
Sam Simmons
1756–1841
Birth Place: Saybrook, Middlesex, Connecticut, Royal Colony
Parents
Samuel Simmons
1725–1814
Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts, Royal Colony
Anna Pryor
1732–1770
Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut, USA
Grandparents
Ebenezer Simmons
1689–
Scituate, Plym, Massachusetts, USA
Lydia Kent
1683–1732
Charlestown, Massachusetts
Daniel Prior
1701–1776
Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut, United States
Sarah Gilbert
1695–1796
Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut, Royal Colony
Great-Grandparents
Jonathan Jr
1648–1698
Dorothy Stow
1659–1698
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Sam Simmons's Descendants

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Sam Simmons (22 Sep 1756–15 Oct 1841) m. Sarah Pelton (22 Feb 1755–22 Jan 1853)
  1. 1. Sarah (Sally) Simmons 1790–1868 m. Amos Way 1785–1854
    1. 1. Laura (Ann) Way 1822–1903
    2. 2. Samuel (Simmons) Way 1825–1888
    3. 3. Amos (Stafford) Way 1827–1905
    4. 4. Spofford (Amos) Way 1827–1888
    5. 5. Lydia (Jane) Way 1829–1889
  2. 2. Samuel Simmons 1795–1874
  3. 3. Anna Simmons 1797–
  4. 4. Mary (Simmons) Symonds 1800–1840
  5. 5. David (Pelton) Simmons 1801–1872
  6. 6. Polly (Simmons) Ward 1804–1894
  7. 7. Joseph Simmons 1806–1860

Sam Simmons's Timeline

2 Records

1756
22 Sep 1756
Birth of Sam Simmons in Saybrook, Middlesex, Connecticut, Royal Colony
Saybrook, Middlesex, Connecticut, Royal Colony
1841
15 Oct 1841
Age 85
Death of Sam Simmons in Grafton, New Hampshire, USA
Grafton, New Hampshire, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 22 Sep 1756
    Event Place: Saybrook, Middlesex, Connecticut, Royal Colony

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 15 Oct 1841
    Event Place: Grafton, New Hampshire, USA

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Hanover, New Hampshire
    Record Source: U.S., Revolutionary War Burial Index, 1775-1875
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