Ancestry of
John Simmons

Founder of Simmons University`

Lydia Grinnell

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• • Grandmother of John Simmons — 3rd Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 5 
  • Father:
  • George Grinnell 
  • Mother:
  • Mercy Sanford   
  • Birth Date:
  • 7 Dec 1726 
  • Birth Location:
  • Little Compton, Newport, Rhode Island 
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  • Death Date:
  • 17 May 1806 
  • Death Location:
  • Easton, Bristol, Massachusetts 
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  • Spouse Name:
  • John Simmons
  • Marriage Date:
  • 13 Jul 1746 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Little Compton, Newport, Rhode Island 
  • Children:
  
  

  Jeremiah Simmons

  Benoni Simmons (Ahnentafel No:2 )

• Sources for Lydia Grinnell

  • ¹ General Society of Mayflower Descendants Membership Applications, 1620-1920, General No. 15691, Supplemental 01 application for Viola Joyce (Watkins) Fitler.
  • ² Membership Application to the General Society of Mayflower Descendants, Plymouth, Massachusetts and Salt Lake City, Utah (2019), General No. 80528.
  • ³ Rowe, Henry S., The Ancestry of John Simmons: Founder of Simmons College, Cambridge, Massachusetts: Riverside Press (1933), 31-32.