Brief Life History of William
When William Simpson was christened on 14 February 1735, in Burslem, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, Thomas Simpson, was 32 and his mother, Mary Gardiner, was 28.
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Sources (4)
- William Simpson, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- William Simpson, "England, Staffordshire, Church Records, 1538-1944"
Parents and Siblings
1702–1766 Male
1708– Female
Siblings (10)
1735– Male
1737–1789 Male
1739–1808 Female
1741– Female
1743– Female
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World Events (4)
1801 · The Act of Union
1815
1830
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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