When William Simons was born on 25 March 1753, in Hatfield Peverel, Essex, England, United Kingdom, his father, William Simons, was 23 and his mother, Susannah Wilson, was 27. He married Susannah Letch on 12 May 1772, in Hatfield Peverel, Essex, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 4 daughters. He died on 18 February 1803, in Great Leighs, Essex, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 49.
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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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