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Hopestill Simmons (Stetson)

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Birthplace: Plymouth, Plymouth, Province of Massachusetts Bay
Death: before circa 1752
Kingston, Plymouth Colony, Massachusetts, United States
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Elisha Stetson and Abigail Stetson
Wife of John Simmons
Mother of Faith Garnett; Noah Simmons; Eunice Simmons and John Simmons, Jr.
Sister of Sarah Brewster Bradford; Egloth Washburn (Stetson); Zereah Bradford and Elisha Stetson, II

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Hopestill Simmons formerly Stetson
Born 21 May 1715 in Plymouth, Plymouth, Province of Massachusetts Baymap
ANCESTORS ancestors
Daughter of Elisha Stetson and Abigail (Brewster) Stetson
Sister of Sarah (Stetson) Bradford, Egloth (Stetson) Washburn, Zerish (Stetson) Bradford and Elisha Stetson Jr
Wife of John Simmons — married 21 Oct 1736 in Kingston, Massachusettsmap
DESCENDANTS descendants
Mother of Faith Simmons, Noah Simmons, Eunice (Simmons) Southworth and John Simmons
Died before 1752 before age 36 in Kingston, Plymouth, Massachusetts Baymap [uncertain]
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1 Biography
1.1 Marriage
1.2 Death
2 Sources
3 Notes
Biography

Hopestill was born in Plymouth, MA on May 21, 1715 [1] to Elisha and Abigail (Brewster) Stetson [2] She was christened in Kingston, MA on 19 Mar 1721.[3]

Marriage

She married John Simmons in Kingston on 21 October 1736.[4]
4 Children:

Faith Simmons
Noah Simmons
Eunice Simmons
John Simmons
Death

Husband John married his second wife Mrs. Hanks in 1752. It is likely that Hopestill died before this date.

Stetson Kindred Index #: 1-3-7-4

Sources

↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FC55-44D : 10 December 2019), Hopstill Studson, 1715.
↑ Stetson: Vol 1 No 1, Pg 76
↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQ6Z-8VL : 10 December 2019), Hopestill Stetson, 1721.
↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G979-M9FC-K?cc=2061550... : 13 July 2016), Plymouth > Kingston > Births, marriages, deaths 1695-1885 > image 71 of 343; citing Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston.
Mayflower Families Through Five Generations Descendants of the Pilgrims Who Landed at Plymouth, Massachusetts, in December 1620, Volume Twenty-Four, Part 3, The Descendants of Elder William Brewster Through His Children Patience, Fear, and Love, Generations 5 and 6, by Barbara Lambert Merrick, edited by John Bradley Arthaud, previewed by Peggy M. Baker, published in 2019 by the General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 4 Winslow Street, Plymouth, MA 02360, page 201
Mayflower Families Through Five Generations, William Brewster, First Edition, Volume 24, p. 377
Mayflower Descendant, 7:178
Stetson, O.F., Ed. Descendants of Cornet Robert Stetson of Scituate, Massachusetts (Stetson Kindred of America, Inc., 1933, 1956, 2008) ,
Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988, Ancestry.com, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. 2011 Provo, UT, USA
Kingston Vital Records
Notes

Descendant of Mayflower passengers Love & William Brewster

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Hopestill Simmons (Stetson)'s Timeline

1715
May 21, 1715
Plymouth, Plymouth, Province of Massachusetts Bay
1738
June 27, 1738
Kingston, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay
1740
January 15, 1740
Kingston, Plymouth, Province of Massachusetts Bay
1743
March 8, 1743
Kingston, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States
1746
August 29, 1746
Kingston, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States
1752
1752
Age 36
Kingston, Plymouth Colony, Massachusetts, United States