Samuel Simpson

Brief Life History of Samuel

When Samuel Simpson was born on 4 October 1796, in Bucks, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, John Simpson Jr, was 29 and his mother, Rebecca H. Weir, was 27. He married Elizabeth Griffith on 27 August 1829, in Hartsville, Warminster Township, Bucks, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 6 daughters. He lived in Tate Township, Clermont, Ohio, United States for about 30 years. He died on 8 April 1887, in Bethel, Tate Township, Clermont, Ohio, United States, at the age of 90, and was buried in Old Bethel Methodist Episcopal Churchyard, Bethel, Tate Township, Clermont, Ohio, United States.

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Family Time Line

Samuel Simpson
1796–1887
Elizabeth Griffith
1799–1847
Marriage: 27 August 1829
Sarah Eleanor Simpson
1831–1917
Melissa Jane Simpson
1833–1925
Mary Jane Simpson
1833–1907
Amanda Payne Simpson
1836–1905
Robert Bellville Simpson
1838–1932
John Simpson
1840–1902
Mary Simpson
1842–1937
Harriet Elizabeth Simpson
1844–1902
Thomas Griffin Simpson
1847–1847

Sources (14)

  • Samuel Simpson, "United States Census, 1850"
  • Samuel Simpson, "Rhode Island Town Births and Baptisms Index, 1639-1932"
  • Samuel Simpson, "Pennsylvania, Marriages, 1709-1940"

World Events (8)

1800 · Movement to Washington D.C.

While the growth of the new nation was exponential, the United States didn’t have permanent location to house the Government. The First capital was temporary in New York City but by the second term of George Washington the Capital moved to Philadelphia for the following 10 years. Ultimately during the Presidency of John Adams, the Capital found a permanent home in the District of Columbia.

1805

Tate Township was established in June of 1805, formed from Ohio and Williamsburg Townships.

1820 · Making States Equal

The Missouri Compromise helped provide the entrance of Maine as a free state and Missouri as a slave state into the United States. As part of the compromise, slavery was prohibited north of the 36°30′ parallel, excluding Missouri.

Name Meaning

Scottish (Lanarkshire) and English: patronymic from the Middle English and Older Scots personal name Sim(m), Sime (see Sim ) + -son.

English: occasionally a variant of Sumsion with unrounding of the vowel before the nasal consonant, a dialect feature of southwestern England.

English: habitational name from any of the three places called Simpson or one called Zemson, all in Devon. The one in Holsworthy parish derives from an uncertain first element + Old English tūn ‘farmstead, estate’, while the one in Diptford comes from the Old English personal name Sigewine (genitive Sigewines) + Old English tūn. Both the one in Torbryan and Zempson in Dean Prior probably also have the same origin as the Diptford placename.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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