HE WAS IN THE COLONIAL SERVICE. MOVED TO SUTTON, MA. ABOUT 1732 AND SETTLED ON THE LOT DRAWN BY HIS COUSIN SAMUEL (LOT 28), KNOW LATER AS THE "TENNEY PLACE".(A TOMBSTONE IN SUTTON READS-SARAH TENNEY, wife of Simon T., d. Aug. 28, 1830, aged 77 years.) PAID TAXES AT LYNN END 1729. IN DEC. 1740 HE SOLD 5/6THS OF A 5 ACRE PLOT TO THE WATER CO. IN WHAT IS NOW MILLBURY. HE MOVED TO VERMONT WITH HIS SON NATHANIEL.