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Benjamin Franklin Simmons
1766 - 1843 (77 years)
1. Benjamin Franklin Simmons was born in 1766 in Bute County, NC (son of John Isaac Simmons and Ruth Craige); died in Feb 1843 in Red River city, Grayson, Texas, USA. Notes:
Named on a petition, 19 April 1777, to the Senate, etc., from the "inhabitants of the Upper End of the County of Anson" asking that the county be divided since the county has "grown popolous".
1780 Anson County, North Carolina, United States
1786 Wards District, Onslow County, NC
1790 Onslow, North Carolina, United States
1800 Hillsborough, Orange, North Carolina
1840 Texas Tax list, Red River CountyBenjamin married Jean McBride on 24 Sep 1798 in Guilford, NC. Jean (daughter of John McBride and Margaret McGahey) was born in 1782 in Guilford, NC; died in Sep 1816 in Marshall, TN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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Marriage bond Sep 24th 1798
Bondsman: David McGahay
Witness: Thomas Moore- David Philip Simmons was born on 24 Dec 1815 in Tennessee; died on 20 Dec 1894 in Urbana, Dallas, Missouri, USA; was buried in Bowers Chapel Cemetery, Urbana, Dallas, Missouri.
Benjamin married Catherine Tomalson in 1817 in Tennessee. Catherine was born in 1791 in SC; died in 1875 in Wolfe City, Hunt, TX. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
2. John Isaac Simmons was born in 1730 in North Carolina, USA; died in 1779 in North Carolina, USA. Notes:
Isaac married Ruth Craig in Columbus or Orange, NC 22 Jul 1772. Unknown first wife.
John married Ruth Craige on 23 Jun 1761 in Christ Lutheran, York, PA. Ruth (daughter of William Craige and Margaret Abigail Stuart) was born about 1742 in Orange, NC, USA; died in 1800 in Orange Co., NC. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
3. Ruth Craige was born about 1742 in Orange, NC, USA (daughter of William Craige and Margaret Abigail Stuart); died in 1800 in Orange Co., NC. Children:
- 1. Benjamin Franklin Simmons was born in 1766 in Bute County, NC; died in Feb 1843 in Red River city, Grayson, Texas, USA.
Generation: 3
6. William Craige was born about 1709; died on 13 Jan 1784 in Orange, NC, USA. Notes:
William CRAIGE married Margaret 'Abigail' Stuart. He had five daughters. He died on January 13, 1784, in Orange, North Carolina, at the age of 74, and is not identical to William Craige the minister in Glasgow, Scotland who is mentioned in Chalmers' General Biographical Dictionary. His wife is Abigail in his will.
Daughters Joanna Mc Millan (mother Mary?), Abigail Pasmore, Bethosheba (Batsheba) Crayton (1735-1834), Ruth Simmons and Mary Stuart.William married Margaret Abigail Stuart in 1730 in Scotland. Margaret was born about 1712; died in 1785 in Orange Co., NC. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
7. Margaret Abigail Stuart was born about 1712; died in 1785 in Orange Co., NC. Children:
- 3. Ruth Craige was born about 1742 in Orange, NC, USA; died in 1800 in Orange Co., NC.