Early Colonial Settlers of Southern Maryland and Virginia's Northern Neck Counties

Ignatius Simms

Male Bef 1751 - 1806  (> 55 years)


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  • Name Ignatius Simms 
    Birth Bef 1751  Charles County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Death Feb 1806  Ohio County, West Virginia - will date Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I143328  Tree1
    Last Modified 29 Apr 2024 

    Father Cleborne Simms,   b. Abt 1704, Charles County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 7 Jul 1750, Frederick County, Maryland - inventory Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 46 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Mary Simpson,   b. Bef 1709, Charles County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1787, Prince William County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age > 78 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Marriage Bef 1725  Charles County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F11826  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Jocasta Wealaxton,   b. Abt 1747   d. Aft 1806, Ohio County, West Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 60 years) 
    Marriage 13 Aug 1801  Ohio County, West Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F55971  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 29 Apr 2024 

  • Notes 
    • === Contributed by Ralph D. Smith

      Nov. 1771 - Patrick Breslin against Ignatius Simms, petition on complaint of apprentice rejected. Charge master the fees by order of clerk.
      Source: Western Maryland Genealogy, Vol. 18, No. 4, Oct. 2002, p. 203.

      Mar. 18, 1773 - Joseph Helms to Ignatius Sims. Lease.
      Source: Frederick Co., Md. Land Records, Liber P, p. 620.

      1783 - Ignatius Simms is in the 1783 Assessment of Marsh Hundred, Washington Co., Md.(no land, personal property only)
      Source: Index to the 1783 Assessment of Washington Co., Md., p. 6. MSA S1437. [available at Archives of Maryland, Vol. 81]

      Aug. 13, 1801 - Ignatius Simms and Jocasta Dement were m. in Ohio Co., Va., by Joseph Doddridge.
      Source: Ohio Co., Va. Marriage Book 1, p. 114

      === research notes from T. Sean Daugherty

      The marriage record in Ohio County, West Virginia records for Aug 13, 1804 Book 1 Page 114 list the spouse marrying Ignatius Simms as Jocasta Dement ( who was a widow of George Dement

      The will of Ignatius Simms, dated __ day of February 1806 (no recording date provided) on Ancestry - Ohio County, West Virginia listed under category Wills 1777-1854, Bk 1 Page 75 [image 111/609] has wife Jocasta, daughters Elizabeth Goe, and Catherine Small; and sons Richard Simms and Clement Simms.

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