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Simons Simonds Symons Simmons genealogy |
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Dr Geoffrey Mann |
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8 William SIMONS 1729-1767 |
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m Susannah WILSON |
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William was born at Elmstead Essex son of Hugh and Martha SIMONS. The Simons were farmers and William became a farmer also.
He married Susannah WILSON in the neighbouring parish of Gt.Bromley when he was 22 and they baptised their first child at Elmstead. But William was farming at Hatfield Peverel some 20 miles away and another eight children were born there. They were baptised either there, in the neighbouring parish of Terling, or their last child Samuel back in Elmstead William died at an early age (about 40). His widow remarried in 1772 but had no more children. She died at Writtle in 1784 and her will mentions property she held in parishes near Elmstead to be sold and divided between her SIMONS children.
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29Jul1729 1751 22 24 30Aug1752 23 25 26Mar1753 24 26 19Jun1754 25 27 24May1756 27 29 7May1758 29 31 c1760 31 33 c1762 33 35 17May1764 35 37 21Jul1766 37 39 21May1767 38 40 22May1772 43 45 8Jun1784 57 |
William baptised at Elmstead, son of Hugh & Martha SIMONS William SIMONS & Susanna WILSON married at Gt.Bromley dau Susan bap at Elmstead son William bap at Hatfield Peverel dau Elizabeth bap at Hatfield Peverel dau Polly bap at Hatfield Peverel son Hugh bap at Hatfield Peverel
dau Ann Martha born dau Catherine born dau Sally baptised at Terling; William was a farmer of Hatfield Peveril son Samuel Wilson bap at Elmstead William buried at Hatfield Peverel Susannah married William SPAKEMAN widower of Terling at Hatfield Peveril Susannah buried at Hatfield Peverel |
b=born m=married d=died
C=Christened B=Buried
The 1774 will of Hugh SIMONS of Elmstead establishes without doubt that Hugh was William's father. William was married in 1751 and there is a suitable baptism at Elmstead in 1729 giving a marriage age of 22:
C 29Jul1729 William s Hugh & Martha SIMONS at Elmstead
Anne Martha SIMONS-7 was born about 1760, daughter of William & Susannah SIMONS. Although William was a farmer in Hatfield Peveril, the will of Hugh SIMONS of Elmstead (25 miles away) proves that he (Hugh) was William's father and there is a suitable marriage for William & Susannah in the parish of Gt.Bromley adjacent to Elmsted.
m 24Sep1751 Willm Simons & Susan Wilson
Susannah remarried at Hatfield Peveril:
m 22May1772 William x Spakeman wdr of Terling & Susannah Simons wid by licence (signed Susan); wit: John STOFFE[?] John THOMPSON[fw]
A first baptism took place at Elmstead:
C 30Aug1752 Susan d William & Susan Simons ?B 9Apr1774 Hatfield Peveral
others from the Hatfield Peverel registers
C 26Mar1753 William Simons [no parents named] m
14May1772 B 17Apr1781
C 19Jun1754 Elizabeth d William Symons
C 24May1756 Polly Simons [no parents named]
C 7May1758 Hugh s William & Susan Symons; B 24Jun1762
C 16May1764 Sally d Wm & Susannah Simons at Terling
C 21Jul1766 Saml Wilson s William & Susannah Symonds
Susannah's
will written in 1776 identifies her sons William & Samuel and her under-age
daughters Elizabeth, Polley wife of Thomas LUCKING, Ann-Martha, Catherine,
Sally. The 1774 will of Hugh SIMONS, William's father mentions his first
grandson William and then his under aged grandchildren Elizabeth, Polly, Ann,
Catherine, Sarah, Samuel.
Ann Martha and Catherine were named in order
before Sally in both wills so presumably born about 1760 and 1762
respectively. Neither baptismal record
has been found.
Hugh m at Hatfield Peverel, Polly and
Elizabeth m at Terling:
m 14May1772 Wm Simons of Hatfield Peverel bch & Susannah Letch wid? of Harting Co aforesaid (Essex) by licence both signed; wit: Saml Humphreys, John Thompson
m 12Sep1774 Thos LUCKING of Terling & Polly SYMONS spr of Terling
C 3Oct1776 John natural son Elizabeth SYMONS
m 27Oct1776 John WHITE otp & Eliz SIMONS otp by licence
Susannah remarried William SPEAKMAN in 1772 at Hatfield Peveril. So William SIMONS died between 1766 (C of Samuel) and 1772 remarriage of Susannah, and there is a suitable burial at Hatfield Peverel:
B 21May 1767 William Simonds
Susannah's will was proved on 12Jul1784 and she was buried at Hatfield Peverel even though her will stated that she died at Writtle
B 8Jun1784 Susannah SPEAKMAN
Susannah SPEAKMAN wife of William SPEAKMAN of Terling yeoman. By virtue of marriage settlement of 19May1772; execs to sell lands called "Sayers and Holts" 18 acres in Gt Okeley, held of that manor in occupation of John FENN; also to sell 12 acres in Weeleigh held of that manor in occupation of John CHILD; also to sell other lands in manors of Gt Okeley and Weeleigh; to give my son William SIMONS 1st offer of these; money from these sales to be divided between my sons William and Samuel SIMONS and my daughters Elizabeth SIMONS, Polley wife of Thomas LUCKING, Ann-Martha SIMONS, Catherine SIMONS, and Sally SIMONS, children by my 1st husband William SIMONS deceased, payment to be made at ages of 21. All ready money and personal estate to son Samuel and daughters Elizabeth, Polley, Ann-Martha, Catherine, Sally, when 21; son William to have no personal estate. Executors: my husband William SPEAKMAN and my two brothers Carrington WILSON of St Osith, yeoman, and William WILSON of Tendring, yeoman. Witnessed by Jno SCOTT, Jno SCOTT jnr, Carter SCOTT. Proved 12Jul1784 by Wm SPEAKMAN, Carrington & William WILSON. signed 26Mar1776. Testatrix died in Writtle about 6 months since
Sally SIMONS 70 1771 independent y
Hephzibah SIMONS 10 1831 y
Sally was William’s youngest daughter