The Ancestry of John Simmons


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Moses Simmons (d.1689) immigrated from England to Leyden, Holland with the Pilgrims, and immigrated in 1621 from Leyden to Plymouth, Massa- chusetts. He moved to Duxbury, Massachusetts by 1638, but was still taxed for property in Plymouth as well as in Middleboro, Massachu- setts. John Simmons (1796-1870) was a direct descendant in the seventh generation, born at Little Compton, Rhode Island. John married Ann Small in 1818 in Boston, and left his fortune for the founding and maintaining of Simmons College in Boston as a free educational institution for young women. Descendants and relatives of Moses and John lived in New England, New York, Illinois and elsewhere.




Descendants of John Simmons of North Carolina, 1760


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John Simmons (1760-1823) married Mary (Polly) Parker in 1790. He died in Montgomery County, North Carolina. Descendants lived in Tennessee, North Carolina, Mississippi, and elsewhere.




Simmons Ancestry


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In Quest of a Family


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The Simmons Family at Harvard University, and Other Data; Esther Minerva Simmons and Baxendale Memorial Foundation at Harvard; John Simmons, Founder of Simmons College;


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