Individual Details
Joshua SIMPSON
(1785 - )
It is family lore that "Joshua" was Scottish and one day was helping an uncle load a ship bound for America and the uncle basically shanghaied him and sold him as an indentured servant to a family in Kentucky around 1800.There, he married and started a family, having Owen and possibly other kids. The 1870 census does say his father is born outside the US.
Events
| Birth | 1785 | Ireland | |||
| Arrival | Ca 1800 | It's family lore that Joshua was Scottish and one day was helping an uncle load a ship bound for America and the uncle basically shanghai'ed him and sold him as an indentured servant to a family in Kentucky around 1800 | |||
| Census | 1810 | Wayne County, Kentucky, United States |  | ||
| Census | 1820 | Warren, Kentucky, United States | | ||
| Census | 1830 | Wayne, Wayne, Indiana, United States | |||
| Census | 1840 | Chester, Wabash, Indiana, United States | |||
| Death | Wayne County, Kentucky, United States |
Families
| Spouse | Elizabeth PORTMAN (1780 - ) |
| Child | Owen SIMPSON (1808 - 1879) |
| Child | William SIMPSON (1810 - 1895) |