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From: "Bob Adams" <>
Subject: Re: [ADAMS-NC] Adams-Simpson Family
Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2007 21:08:49 -0400
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I believe I have good documentation on my line up to John and Lydia. I have
Lydia "Liddie" the daughter of Samuel and I have her brother as Benjamin
Swain Simpson born the July 9, 1769 but I have no proof. I also have
Benjamin married to Mary Wyatt.

Bob
----- Original Message -----
From: "Carl Shumaker" <>
To: <>
Sent: Tuesday, March 27, 2007 8:39 PM
Subject: Re: [ADAMS-NC] Adams-Simpson Family


> Bob,
>
> I am descended from Samuel Simpson, originally from Chowan County, NC, a
> Revolutionary War veteran who moved his family to Orange County, NC, ca
> 1796, where he was a schoolmaster. His oldest son was Benjamin Jr., born
> on
> July 9, 1769. He married Caty Dickey, and I don't know if they in turn
> had
> a son named Benjamin. I am intrigued by your mention of Lydia Simpson. I
> have no record of her in my files, yet I think my Simpson line was one of
> the first Simpson families in that part of Orange County that eventually
> became Alamance County. I have all of Samuel's children, as listed in
> their
> family Bible, and there is a daughter Elizabeth, born Sept. 1, 1771. Do
> you
> have anything more on Lydia Simpson, and could Lydia be a nickname for
> Elizabeth? Both Lydia and Elizabeth were born in 1771.....interesting...
>
> Thanks for your response, and I look forward to hearing from you.
>
> Carl Shumaker
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Bob Adams" <>
> To: <>
> Sent: Tuesday, March 27, 2007 7:32 PM
> Subject: Re: [ADAMS-NC] Adams-Simpson Family
>
>
>> Carl,
>>
>> I am descended from John Hobbs Adams, born 1747, Fairfax County, Virginia
>> and Lydia Simpson, born 1771 in Surry County, NC. Lydia has a nephew,
>> Benjamin Simpson, born in Orange County in 1804.
>>
>> I am a member of the Adams DNA project. I am an exact 25 marker match
>> with
>> Hank Adams, descended from Hosa Adams born about 1827. I also match on 25
>> with Jim Adams, descended from Absalim Adams, born about 1760 in
>> Pittsylvania County, Virginia. I believe his line can be traced back to
>> John
>> Adams, born about 1860, and Katherine Napier. Their son, John, was born
>> in
>> 1675 in Fairfax County, Virginia.
>>
>> Bob Adams
>> Ohio
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Carl Shumaker" <>
>> To: <>
>> Sent: Tuesday, March 27, 2007 10:18 AM
>> Subject: [ADAMS-NC] Adams-Simpson Family
>>
>>
>>> Mary Adams married Henry Simpson on 7 October, 1837, in Orange County,
>>> NC.
>>> Bondsman was Jacob O. Hurdle, and witness was J. Taylor. Is anyone on
>>> the
>>> list researching this family? I am particularyl interested in the
>>> parents
>>> of the couple.
>>>
>>> Thanks, Carl Shumaker
>>
>>
>>
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