Early Colonial Settlers of Southern Maryland and Virginia's Northern Neck Counties

Thomas Simpson

Male Bef 1706 - 1750  (> 44 years)


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  • Name Thomas Simpson 
    Birth Bef 1706  Charles County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Death 29 Nov 1750  St. Mary's County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I62029  Tree1
    Last Modified 5 Apr 2024 

    Father John Simpson,   b. Abt 1660, St. Mary's County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 Jul 1709, Charles County, Maryland - inventory Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 49 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Elizabeth Young,   b. 1679, Charles County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 1761, Charles County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age > 83 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Marriage Abt 1695  Charles County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F5370  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Mary Lenoir,   b. Bef 1706, Charles County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 1763, St. Mary's County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age > 59 years) 
    Marriage Bef 19 May 1747  St. Mary's County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F28239  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 5 Apr 2024 

  • Notes 
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      Mr. Thomas Simpson 45.74 SM £192.1.9 Nov 29 1750 Mar 6 1750
      Appraisers: Mr. James Mills (also Mils, Mills), Capt. Zachariah Bond.
      Creditors: Philip Key, John Eden.
      Next of kin: Josias Simpson, Elisabeth Mackhon.
      Administrators/Executors: Benjamin Molten and his wife Mary Molten.
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      Thomas Simpson 31.65 A SM £102.1.9 £142.17.2 Sep 1 1751
      Sureties: James Taylor, Samuel Higgs.
      Received from: William Hameraly, Bryan Cavenough, James Taylor, Anthony Byas, Mathew Gibson.
      Payments to: Mr. Philip Key, John Eden, Matthew Canady, Richard Wainright, Walter West, Philip Wood, James Mills, Hardin & Walker, Joseph Tippett, Daniel Jenifer, Capt. Robert Chesley, Philip Tippett (orphan of Philip Tippett, balance of his father's estate), Josias Fanning & John Faning & Elisabeth Faning (orphans of John Faning, balance of their father's estate).
      Administrators: Benony Moltan and his wife Mary Moltan.
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      John Fanning 23.311 A SM £201.19.11£99.2.7 May 19 1747
      Sureties: John Tipet, Joseph Estep.
      Received from: Benjamin Molten.
      Payments tot Hilton John Phillips, James Mills, Mr. Philip Key, William Horner, Thomas Midgley, Richard Cooke, John Eden, William Cheshire, Justin Jordan, Jr., Bryin Cavenough, John Maddox, Ann Bockneale, Matthew Harbert, Matthew Cannaday, Matthew Cartwright, James Fanning, Stourt. Edwards, Joseph Estep, William Maddox, Esrael Henly, John Reaves, James Compton, John Taylor, Capt. Gilbert Ireland, Thomas Gudrom, James Conner.
      Executrix; Mary Simpson, wife of Thomas Simpson.

      === Contributed by Ralph D. Smith

      Newman (p. 173) is incorrect in stating that Thomas' 2nd wife was Mary Fanning, the widow of John Fanning.
      The Thomas Simpson who married Mary Fanning died Nov. 1750 in St. Mary's Co., Md. Skinner, V. L., Jr., "Abstracts of the Inventories of the Prerogative Court of Maryland, 1748-1751," p. 90.

      John Fanning 23.311 A SM £201.19.11 £99.2.7 May 19 1747
      Sureties: John Tipet, Joseph Estep.
      Received from: Benjamin Molten.
      Payments to: Hilton John Phillips, James Mills, Mr. Philip Key, William Horner, Thomas Midgley, Richard Cooke, John Eden, William Cheshire, Justin Jordan, Jr., Bryin Cavenough, John Maddox, Ann Bockneale, Matthew Harbert, Matthew Cannaday Matthew Cartwright, James Fanning, Stourt. Edwards, Joseph Estep, William Maddox, Esrael Henly, John Reaves, James Compton, John Taylor, Capt. Gilbert Ireland, Thomas Gudrom, James Conner.
      Executrix; Mary Simpson, wife of Thomas Simpson.

      May 8, 1749 - The St. Mary's Co., Md. administration account of Ignatius Knott.
      Sureties: Thomas Simpson, John Medley Simpson [sic; John Medley Thompson.]
      Payments to (among others): Thomas Simpson, Jr., and Thomas Simpson, Sr.
      Source: Skinner, V. L., Jr., "Abstracts of the Administration Accounts of the Prerogative Court of Maryland, 1744-1750," p. 127

      Sep. 9, 1749 - The St. Mary's Co., Md. administration account of John Tippet shows that Tippet's estate made a payment to Thomas Simpson.
      Source: Skinner, V. L., Jr., "Abstracts of the Administration Accounts of the Prerogative Court of Maryland, 1744-1750," p. 134.

      July 1751 - The St. Mary's Co., Md. administration account of Samuel Pratt shows that Pratt's estate received a payment from Thomas Simpson.
      Source: Skinner, V. L., Jr., "Abstracts of the Administration Accounts of the Prerogative Court of Maryland, 1750-1754," p. 37

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