Ancestry of
Ulysses S. Grant

18th U.S. President

John Simpson

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• • Great-grandfather of Ulysses S. Grant — 4th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 12 
  • Father:
  • William Simpson 
  • Mother:
  • Jane Hines   
  • Birth Date:
  • ABT 1738 
  • Birth Location:
  • Northern Ireland 
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  • Death Date:
  • 16 Aug 1804 
  • Death Location:
  • Horsham, Montgomery, Pennsylvania 
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  • Spouse Name:
  • Hannah Roberts
  • Marriage Date:
  • 25 Nov 1762 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Christ Church, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co., Pennsylvania 
  • Child:

  John Simpson Jr. (Ahnentafel No:6 )

• Sources for John Simpson

  • ¹ Daughters of the American Revolution Genealogical Research System, Ancestor #A104165.
  • ² Pennsylvania, Marriage Records, 1700-1821, Marriage record for John Simpson and Hannah Roberts.
  • ³ The American Genealogist, 1975, Vol. 51, Page 233.
  • ⁴ U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970, SAR #10376, Membership application for Edward Ross Burke.
  • ⁵ Brogan, Hugh and Charles Mosley, American Presidential Families, New York: Macmillan Publishing Company (1993), 173.
  • ⁶ Davis, William W. H., History of Bucks County, Pennsylvania: From the Discovery of the Delaware to the Present Time, Vol. 3, New York and Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company (1905), 13, 473.