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John Simmons

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Birthplace: Plympton, Plymouth, Province of Massachusetts Bay
Death: December 17, 1770 (56)
Plympton, Plymouth, Province of Massachusetts Bay
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Son of Job or Jobe Simmons, Sr. and Hannah Simmons
Husband of Mary Hanks and Hopestill Simmons (Stetson)
Father of Faith Simmons; Noah Simmons, I, Twin?; Eunice Simmons and John Simmons, Jr.
Brother of Moses Simmons; Sarah Brookshire and Job Simmons
Half brother of Isaac Jennings

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John Simmons
Born 7 May 1714 in Plympton, Plymouth, Massachusettsmap
ANCESTORS ancestors
Son of Job Simmons and Hannah (Bishop) Simmons
Brother of Job Simmons
Husband of Hopestill (Stetson) Simmons — married 21 Oct 1736 in Kingston, Massachusettsmap
Husband of Mary (Delano) Simmons — married 27 Dec 1752 in Kingston, Plymouth County, Massachusettsmap
DESCENDANTS descendants
Father of Faith Simmons, Noah Simmons, Eunice (Simmons) Southworth and John Simmons
Died 10 Dec 1770 at age 56 in Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts Baymap [uncertain]
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Biography

John Simmons was born 07 May 1714 in Plympton, Massachusetts to parents Job Simmons Sr. and Hannah Bishop.[1] [2]Hannah's birth name comes from Job's marriage record.[3]

He married first Hopestill Stetson on 21 Oct 1736 in Kingston, Massachusetts. Children: Faith, Noah, Eunice, John Peter. After Hopestill died in 1752 he married second Mary Delano (Widow Hanks) on 27 Dec 1752 in Kingston, Massachusetts.[4]

John died on 10 Dec 1770 in Duxbury, Massachusetts.[5]

Notes

Not to be confused with John Simmons (Simmons-7857) born 22 Aug 1716 to John Simmons and Susanna Tracy, married Joanna Doten, died 10 Dec 1770 Duxbury, Massachusetts, going back to Mayflower Aldens.

Sources

↑ Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2016). https://www.americanancestors.org/DB190/i/7780/191/0
↑ VITAL RECORDS OF PLYMPTON. MASSACHUSETTS TO THE YEAR 1850 PUBLISHED BY THE NEW ENGLAND HISTORIC GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY, http://dunhamwilcox.net/ma/plympton_births9.htm
↑ Job's marriage to Hannah Bishop: "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29L-GZ9F : 3 November 2017), Job Simmons and Hannah Bushop, 15 Jun 1700; citing Marriage, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 416,334.
↑ The Massachusetts Vital Records Project, Early Vital Records of Massachusetts From 1600 to 1850, Town of Kingston Marriages, pg 279
↑ Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2016), https://www.americanancestors.org/DB190/i/7727/279/0

American Genealogical-Biographical Index, John Simmons, born 1714, from "The Boston Transcript"
Massachusetts Town Clerk Vital and Town Records, for births of all four children. "Noah Simons, Eunice Simons, John SImons, Faith Simons"
Massachusetts Births and Christenings, for births of all four children.

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John Simmons's Timeline

1714
May 7, 1714
Plympton, Plymouth, Province of Massachusetts Bay
1738
June 27, 1738
Massachusetts
1739
January 15, 1739
Kingston, Plymouth, Province of Massachusetts Bay
1743
March 8, 1743
Kingston, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States
1746
August 29, 1746
Kingston, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States
1770
December 17, 1770
Age 56
Plympton, Plymouth, Province of Massachusetts Bay