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Birth: 1818 in Stratham, NH Middle name was probably Gates Steve; Here is what I have on Simpson Immigration from 'Immigrants to New England 1700-1775 by Ethel Stanwood Bolton, pub 1931 by the Essex Institute, Salem, Mass. (the author cites her source at the end of each Simpson); Pg. 181 Alexander Simpson, of Windham, New Hampshire from Ireland, cir. 1735, with Adam Templton; m. Janet Templeton, of Ballyilly Ireland; children: William, Agnes, William, Janet, Sarah, John, Alexander, Samuel; d. 1788, aged 67 from Morrison's Windham, p. 761 and Suppl. to Morrison's Windham, p. 63 Andrew Simpson, of Deerfield, New Hampshire; from Scotland, cir. 1720; m. 1. Elizabeth Patten, killed by Indians, 1742; children: Thomas, Robert, Josiah, Andrew, 'Maj' (Patten); m. 2. ______ (York) Brown; children William, Abigail. From Cogswell's Deerfield, pp 455-456 Peter Simpson, Portsmouth New Hampshire, from parish of St. Clements Dane, London, before 1733; m. Sarah Daley, Sept 6, 1733. From N.E. Hist. Gen. reg., Vol. 25, p. 120 William Simpson, of Brunswick Me; from County Clare, Ireland, 1735; m. Agnes ______; children son, daughter, Jane, William, Robert, Lewis, Josiah, and two sons. From Wheeler's Brunswick, p. 851 William Simpson, of Greenland, New Hampshire; from Ireland; m. Mary Haynes; children: Joseph, George. From Morrison's Windham, p.768 That is all the Simpson's listed in that book. I do not know if that will help you. Perhaps one of these moved into Massachusetts? If I find more I will pass it on. Please keep me in mind should you run into Simpson/McClure connections. Dennis McClure Our Simpsons derive from Samuel Simpson who married Sarah Simpson in Greenland. He was born in 1779. He is ALLEGEDLY the son of William Simpson and Mary Haynes. George Simpson who also came from Greenland and settled, like Samuel, in Rumney and West Rumney, Grafton Co., New Hampshire are somehow related....perhaps brothers or brothers in law. George is supposedly a brother of Joseph Simpson. Joseph Simpson and his wife, Agnes, moved form Greenland to Pembroke around 1761. Joseph Simpson had a son, David, who married Eunice Kimball. Joseph's daughter, Mary Simpson, married David Simpson of Greenland in 1789. I have all of that and more but what I do not know is how the various Simpson families are related. Joseph Simpson of Pembroke likely is NOT the same Joseph Simpson who fathered additional children ascribed to Joseph #1. We know the one in Pembroke had 9. Our working hypothesis is that two brothers, William and Joseph Simpson came from Northern Ireland to America in about 1723, possibly emigrating with their father, another William Simpson arriving at Small Point, Maine with other Scotch Irish...and soon after going to Greenland. There may have been other of the Simpson clan who came with them or joined them later. The names William and Joseph reoccur. Cousins may have then married cousins, thus confusing us all. William may have been the younger brother of Joseph and remained at Greenland after Joseph left for Pembroke. Incidently, Agnes may have also been surnamed originally Simpson(sigh) William Simpson died in Greenland May 14, 1782 and was survived by his widow, Sarah who was born in 1735 and died in 1801. There was an Abigail Haynes Simpson who also was married to an early William Simpson. There was a David Simpson who was born in 1727/8 who died in 1806 who left 9 living children: John, David, Sally, Catherine, Jenny, Margaret, Lydia, Susana, and Nancy. Any information you may have will be greedily reviewed!! The Simpsons intermarried with the Haynes family a number of times and I would like to figure out that family since it, like the Simpsons, is complicated. Best, Wendy The first settler in Nevv,iEng- SIMPSON land by the name of Sjnipson was John of Watectpwn, Massachusetts, although about the same, time Henry Simpson came from England and settled in York, Maine. He was there before 1640, and his only known son, Henry Simpson, was born about 1647 and died in 1695. From Henry Jr. most of the Simpsons .of Maine are descended. The Simpson family pf Nottingham, New Hampshire, traces' its ancestry to Andrew Simpson, who was born in Scotland in 1697, married Elizabeth Patten, who was killed by the Indians: married (second) Widow Brown, of York, Maine. According to the history of Windham, New Hampshire, two more immigrants named Simpson are the progenitors of the Windham families of this name. Alexander Simpson, a weaver by trade, was the immigrant ancestor of most of them ; was of Scotch descent coming from Ulster, Ireland, to Windham, where he bought land of James Wilson, November 24, 1747, with his brother-in-law, Adam Tem- pleton, a maker of spinning wheels. (I) William Simpson, the other immigrant, according to the Windham history, came also from the north of Ireland, of Scotch Presbyterian stock, and settled in Greenland, formerly Portsmouth, New Hampshire. His relationship with Alexander is not known, but it is likely that he was a nephew or cousin, inferred both from the fact that they lived in the same town and from the similarity of names and close affiliation of the families. Joseph Simpson, who settled at Pembroke, was probably a brother of William ; two of his children married Simpsons from Greenland. It is presumed that Joseph Simpson, of Pembroke, William Simpson, of Greenland, and perhaps Thomas Simpson, of Haverhill, New Hampshire, were sons of a brother of Alexander, of Windham, and related to Andrew Simpson, of Nottingham. There were several of the name William Simpson in the revolution from New Hampshire. William Simpson, of Newmarket, perhaps this William later of Greenland, was a shipwright enlisted in the army; William Simpson, of Nottingham, was a soldier, and likewise William, of Pembroke, of whom we know nothing further. William Simpson, of Greenland, was an active patriot, and in 1781 was one of the selectmen of that town. William Simpson married Mary Haynes, of Portsmouth. Children: i. Joseph, came to Windham about 1788 and lived where the T. W. Simpson house now stands ; built Simpson's mills soon afterward ; married Jennie Wilson. 2. George, born in Greenland in 1767; removed to Wind- ham in 1783, and to Rumney, New Hampshire, in 1809; married Mary, daughter of Thomas Lang, jof Lee, New Hampshire. 3. Samuel, mentioned below. Probably others. ( II) Samuel, son of William Simpson, was born July 13, 1779, in Greenland, New Hampshire, and came in 1812 to Rumney, a few years after his brother George settled there. He resided on the farm owned later by Blais- dell Merrill. His widow Sarah lived to be a grcat-great-grandmother. She was born April 25, 1782, died February 7, 1880. Her maiden name was also Simpson and she belonged to the Greenland family, doubtless first or second cousin of her husband. Her sister Lydia married Nathan Clifford (6), Nathaniel ( 5), Isaac (4), Israel (3), John (2), George ( i), and was the mother of seven children, of whom Hon. Nathan Clifford was a justice of the supreme court of the United States. At AVest Rumney Samuel Simpson cleared the farm now known as the B. H. Merrill place of one hundred acres, built first a log cabin and later a frame dwelling house. Afterward he also owned a farm in Groton, New Hampshire. He was the first farmer in this section to make a business of raising mules for which he found a good market at Portsmouth. Children : i. Hugh B., mentioned below. 2. Benjamin, married Charlotte Smith and had two children, Warren, and Arthur, whose son resides at Lockport, New Hampshire. 3. James M., settled in Charlestown, Massachusetts; married (first) ; (second) Olive E. Simpson, who is now living at Charlestown : children of second wife: Alice, Lizzie, Nellie, all school teachers. 4. Samuel, resided on the farm in Rumney ; married Fannie Elliott and had five children. 5. Albert, settled at Charles- town, Massachusetts ; married Caroline Whittle ; children : i. Carrie, unmarried ; ii. Albert of Rutland, Vermont ; iii. Mabel. 6. John. 7. Uylsses. 8. David. (III) Hugh B., son of Samuel Simpson, was born in Greenland, New Hampshire, about 1800-05. He came with his father to Rumney in 1809. He attended the district schools of Rumney and left home when a boy to enter upon a mercantile career in Boston. For a time he studied for the Universalist ministry, but his health failed. He returned to Rumney and cared for his parents in their old age. He bought a hotel at West Rumney and conducted it, in addition to his farm and general store there, until he sold out to his son. Clinton B. Simpson, in 1861. He was a Democrat in politics and held various offices of trust and honor. He was appointed postmaster of Rumney by President Buchanan ; was selectman of the town and represented it in the state legislature. He died in 1879. He married in 1836, Sarah A., born December i, 1811, died August 3, 1882, daughter of John and Mary (Murray) Edmunds, of Charlestown. Children: i. Clinton B., born July 10, 1840; succeeded his father in business in Rumney and is a prominent citizen there ; married Elvira Smith ; children : Edward H., Charles Albert. Carrie M., Arthur H. ; married (second) in 1882, Augusta Valentine ; children : Edith, Hattie, Clinton. 2. Charles E., March 2, 1845. mentioned below. 3. Mary C., 1849. died in 1872. (IV) Charles Everett, son of Hugh B. Simpson, was born in Rumney, March 2. 1845. He attended the public schools in his native town. In 1864 he came to Charlestown and for ten years was in the employ of the Middlesex Railway Company. He then engaged in the retail grocery business in Somerville, Massachusetts. In 1882 he established himself in the confectionery business at Cambridge. Afterwards he became a member of the firm of H. J. Bushway Ice Company. At the end of five years he sold his interests in the ice business to Mr. Bushway and retired from active business. He is a member of Putnam Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons; Cambridge Chapter, Royal Arch Masons ; of Cambridge Cotnmandery, Knights Templar ; Aleppo Temple, Mystic Shrine; Howard Lodge, Independent Order of Odd Fellows; Bunker Hill Encampment of Charlestown ; Cambridge Lodge, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. He married, October 15, 1873, Florence, born September 18, 1852, daughter of David and Tabitha (Lewis) Simpson. Their only child, Lewis Everett, born March 23, 1879, died young.

Birth	1818	Greenland, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States
Marriage License	1 Nov 1840	Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States - Charlotte Caroline Lewis
Marriage Bann	7 Nov 1840	Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States - Charlotte Caroline Lewis
Marriage	15 Nov 1840	Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States - Charlotte Caroline Lewis
Residence	1850	Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States
Census	18 Aug 1850	Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States
Residence	1852	Roxbury, Massachusetts, United States
Residence	1855	Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States
Census	1 Jun 1855	Ward 3, Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States
Occupation	1856	Carpenter - Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States
Residence	1856	Roxbury, Massachusetts, United States
Occupation	1858	David Architect, Horatio Carpenter - Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States
Residence	1858	Roxbury, Massachusetts, United States
Census	24 Jul 1860	Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States
Residence	1 Jul 1863	Massachusetts, United States
Residence	1864	Roxbury, Massachusetts, United States
Residence	1865	Marital Status: Married - Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States
Census	1865	Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States
Residence	1866	73 Vernon, Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States
Residence	1870	Malden, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
Residence	1870	Malden, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
Census	15 Jun 1870	Malden, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
Residence	1874	Malden, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
Residence	1878	Malden, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
Census	3 Jun 1880	Malden, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
Residence	1882	13 Irving, Malden, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
Death	27 Apr 1883	Rainsford Isle, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States
Alt name
Burial		Jamaica Plain, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States
Residence		Malden, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
Residence

Spouse	Charlotte Caroline Lewis (1819 - 1900)
Child	Charlotte Caroline Simpson (1841 - 1908)
Child	William Avery Simpson (1843 - 1860)
Child	Abagail Prentiss Simpson (1844 - 1882)
Child	George Henry Simpson (1846 - 1906)
Child	Joshua Prentiss Simpson (1847 - 1848)
Child	Horatio G Simpson (1849 - 1851)
Child	Ella Grace Simpson (1851 - )
Child	Albertina Simpson (1853 - 1906)
Child	Frank Simpson (1856 - )

Father	David Simpson Captain (1777 - 1857)
Mother	Olive E. Brown (1797 - 1863)
Sibling	David Simpson Jr. (1813 - 1866)
Sibling	Nancy N Simpson (1815 - 1889)
Sibling	Olive E Simpson (1822 - 1881)
Sibling	Mary Jane Simpson (1824 - 1901)
Sibling	Dolly B. Simpson (1829 - 1913)
Sibling	George Simpson (1832 - 1884)
Sibling	Lafayette Simpson (1832 - 1904)
Sibling	Lavina R. Simpson (1834 - 1914)
Sibling	Harriet Simpson (1836 - )
Sibling	Charles A. Simpson (1847 - )