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Mary Simms (Barnes)

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Bertie Pricinct, Chowan County, New Caledonia
Death: 1789 (66-67)
Wayne County, North Carolina, United States
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Edward Barnes and Sarah Barnes
Wife of Maj. Robert Simms
Mother of James R Simms; Keziah Dickinson; Barnes Dickinson Simms; Susannah Simms; Brittain (britton) Simms and 5 others
Sister of Joseph Barnes; Mourning Fiveash; Charity Sims; Sarah Amason; Patience Barnes and 8 others

Managed by: Lori Lynn Wilke
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About Mary Simms

Robert Simms, Jr. is shown as having been born abt. 1720 in Nansemond County, Virginia and died April 1791 in Wayne County, North Carolina. Also, he is reported as having been a Major in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War. He and Mary Barnes married about 1753 probably in Edgecombe County, North Carolina. She is shown as having been born abt. 1720's in Edgecombe County, North Carolina and died 1789 probably in Wayne County, North Carolina. Her parents are reported as Edward Barnes (c.1680-1762) and wife Sarah (Pope) Barnes (c. 1684- ?)


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Mary Simms's Timeline

1722
March 31, 1722
Leighton Bromswold, Huntingdonshire, England (United Kingdom)
1722
Bertie Pricinct, Chowan County, New Caledonia
1745
April 16, 1745
Albemarle, VA, United States
1750
1750
Wayne County, North Carolina, United States
1750
Wayne County, North Carolina, United States
1760
August 4, 1760
Wayne County, North Carolina, United States
1760
Wayne, NC, United States
1762
1762
Wayne County, North Carolina, United States
1764
1764
Wayne County, North Carolina, United States