When Rufus Simons was born on 29 September 1773, in Williamstown, Orange, Vermont, United States, his father, Shubael Simons Sr, was 24 and his mother, Tamma Durkee, was 27. He died on 2 April 1774, in Windham Center, Windham, Windham, Connecticut, United States, at the age of 0.
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English: variant of Simon , with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s.
North German, Dutch, Flemish, and Jewish (Ashkenazic): patronymic from the personal name Simon . This surname is also found in France (Nord, Alsace, and Lorraine). In North America it has also absorbed various European cognates and their derivatives, e.g. Slovenian Simončič and Simonič, Slovak Šimončič and Šimonič (see Simoncic and Simonic ). Compare Simonds .
History: This surname (see 2 above) is listed along with its altered form Simonds in the (US) National Huguenot Society's register of qualified Huguenot ancestors.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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