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- I rely on Niebling for the connection between this Gilbert and his son John, whose information is more complete than anyone else's that I've seen. The confusion between the three Gilbert Simpsons is a notorious genealogical problem, and Neibling has worked extensively on them. Please refer to his work for full documentation.
John Simpsons owned a farm named "Coon Skin" farm, on Goose Creek, near Carter's Mill, Loudon Co., VA.
According to the volumes of will abstracts between 1757-1800 there are no Simpson (or Hixson, or Isch) wills recorded in Loudoun Co. According to the Simpson family history compiled by J.H. Simpson (d. 1977), he always lived in Loudoun Co.
I've seen on-line notes which give him ancestry in Fairfax Co., VA, and before that in Charles Co., Maryland.
Harry Wright Newman, in The Maryland Semmes and Kindred Families, describes a Simpson family which descends from Thomas Simpson of St. Thomas, Charles County; I don't see any possibiity in the volume, however, of a John Simpson who migrates to Loudoun County, or Virginia at all. Since his wife, however, seems to be related to Charles County families, this still might be possible.
There is another possible ancestry. Other internet sources claim that he was a Scottish immigrant who settled on Dogues Neck in Fairfax Co., on the Potomac River. The same information comes from the reliable S268, the Gulick family history, which mentions that "Mary Simpson [John and Mary's grand-daughter] was a granddaughter of John Simpson and Mary More. John Simpson came from Scotland and was the ancestor in America of this Simpson Line" (275). However, there is no documentary evidence provided here. [6]
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1739 - 1801 (61 years)
Language
- Abt 1785
