er of attorney with Jacob Cassel for the land pending
(1) Hij is getrouwd met Rebeccah Alexander Weir.
Zij zijn getrouwd op 17 oktober 1793 te Neshaminy Presbyterian Church, Hartsville, Bucks County, PA, hij was toen 26 jaar oud.
Kind(eren):
(2) Hij is getrouwd met Sarah (OHIO) (Haire) Hare.
Zij zijn getrouwd op 4 juni 1803 te Probably parsonage of Neshaminy Presbyterian Church, Hartsville, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, hij was toen 36 jaar oud.
Kind(eren):
ANCESTOR OF PRESIDENT ULYSSES S. GRANT
NEWSPAPER ARTICLE WRITTEN BY EDWARD MATTHEWS (probably at the time Grant was in office) Sent to me by Bill Downs
As to the personal characteristics of the maternal grandfather of Grant, he was described to the writer of this by one who knew him, as a man of medium size, of rather slender build, and of ruddy, sandy complexion. He was generally rated a first rate man by his neighbors, by whom he was esteemed as clever and obliging and possessing ordinary abilities. He was, however, addicted to the drinking habits of his generation, then very common and considered of no especial detriment to a man's reputation. When on "sprees" he was occasionally quite wild and turbulent. His boyhood was during the stirring scenes of the American Revolution. ........ables of Horsham of the year 1792, John Simpson was mentioned as a single man, though he must have been married about that date. In 1794 he moved from home and bought the later farm of John Strong, two miles to the southwest of Charles Rubincam. He held this only three years, however, selling it in 1797 to Andrew Fetter. In this sale he is designated as John Simpson Jr., and his wife Rebecca signed the deed. Simpson had four children by his first wife who was Rebecca Weir, daughter of Samuel Weir of New Britain, now Warrington. Their children were: Isaiah, died young; Samuel, Mary, and Hannah. Rebecca Simpson the first wife was dead before 1803. The second wife was Sarah Hair, probably the daughter of Benjamin Hair. There was a child by this second wife, but which did not reach maturity.
NEWSPAPER ARTICLE WRITTEN BY CHAS. MANN
Sent to me by Bill Downs
The homestead was advertised in the Pennsylvania Advertiser of October, 1805, as the "property of the late John Simpson, Sr., dec'd, containing about 170 acres of good land, two-story stone house with two rooms on a floor, log kitchen adjoining, with cellar under the whole, good water near the door, log barn with pump in cow yard."
John Simpson, Jr., bought the property quite likely that fall, for final release was granted by his borthers-in-law,
Andrew Simpson Jr. (1728-1789/90) came from Scotland to Eastern Pa. Brothers were John and Daniel.
They moved to Fort Ligoner and then Blacklick, Indiana County, Pa. He married Sarah. His children:
James, Thomas, Andrew, Agnus/Nancy
James (1715-1813) married Hannah White. Fought in the Revolution and lived in Indiana County.
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Sarah (OHIO) (Haire) Hare |
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