Ancestry of
Gillian Anderson

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John Simmons

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• • 7th Great-grandfather of Gillian Anderson — 10th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 660 
  • Father:
  • Joseph Simmons 
  • Mother:
  • Rebecca Wood   
  • Birth Date:
  • 29 Jan 1727 
  • Birth Location:
  • Little Compton, Newport, Rhode Island 
  • Christening Date:
  • 6 Oct 1734 
  • Christening Location:
  • Little Compton, Newport, Rhode Island 
  • Death Date:
  • BY 14 Mar 1757 
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  • Spouse Name:
  • Lydia Grinnell
  • Marriage Date:
  • 13 Jul 1746 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Little Compton, Newport, Rhode Island 
  • Children:
  
  

  Jeremiah Simmons (Ahnentafel No:330 )

  Benoni Simmons

• Sources for John Simmons

  • 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.
  • ⁴ Woodworth-Barnes, Esther Littleford, Mayflower Families Through Five Generations: Vol. 16, Part 2, John Alden, Plymouth, Massachusetts: General Society of Mayflower Descendants (2002), 58.

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