Phoebe Delphi Simpson

Brief Life History of Phoebe Delphi

When Phoebe Delphi Simpson was born on 10 August 1805, in Caswell, North Carolina, United States, her father, Moses Sanford Simpson, was 21 and her mother, Delphia Florence, was 18. She married James Emett on 13 April 1823, in Boone, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 7 daughters. She lived in Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States in 1839 and Morgan, Utah, United States in 1870. She died on 14 November 1883, in Eden, Weber, Utah, United States, at the age of 78, and was buried in Huntsville Cemetery, Huntsville, Weber, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

James Emett
1803–1852
Phoebe Delphi Simpson
1805–1883
Marriage: 13 April 1823
Moses Simpson Emett
1824–1907
Mary Jane Emett
1825–1909
Thomas Emett
1827–1829
Elizabeth Emett
1829–1832
Lucinda Emett
1831–1915
James Emett
1835–1843
John S. Emett
1837–1838
Jane Emett
1838–1838
Malinda Emett
1841–1841
Marinda Emett
1844–1912
Joseph Emett
1847–1847
Sarah Catherine Emett
1848–1896

Sources (45)

  • Phebe Porter in household of Sanford Porter, "United States Census, 1870"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Phebe Delphia Simpson - birth: 10 August 1805; Caswell, North Carolina, United States
  • Phebe Simpson, "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954"

World Events (8)

1808

Atlantic slave trade abolished.

1825

Historical Boundaries: 1825: Hancock, Illinois, United States

1827

Historical Boundaries: 1827: Hancock, Illinois, United States

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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