The Descendants of Doctor William Simpson
By: compiled by Dennis William Simpson.
Publisher: BookCrafters
Published: 1993
Place of publication: Chelsea, MI
Language: eng
Number of pages: 507
Subjects: Simpson family.; Simpson, William, 1760-1816 -- Family.
Description: History and Genealogy of Dr. William Simpson's descendants. Dr. Simpson born 1780, County Londonderry, Ireland escaped the hangman's noose, for accepting a major's commission in the United Irishmen. His sentence was later commuted to banishment from the British Isles, he and his wife, Marguerite (McAlpine) Simpson promptly left for the United States of America. Arriving in 1807, he traveled to Madison County, Mississippi Territory and was one of the first white surgeons to settle in that area, which later became Alabama. On the voyage over, they young couple gave birth to a daughter Mary, their second and last child, John Simpson, was born near Whitesburg, Alabama. During the War of 1812, William Simpson enlisted in Peter Perkins 7th Mississippi Militia and saw service at Horseshoe Bend. He received an honorable discharge, then re-enlisted for a six month term, a second time. This took him to New Orleans just after the great battle. Catching malaria, he returned home, and died a year later at the age of 36 years. The book traces his descendants down to the year 1993, is fully index, a lot of citiations are used, and filled with line drawings as well as photographs dating back to the 1830's.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Forward, Introduction, Outline Maps, Dr. William Simpson, George William McLeod Family, Pedigree Chart, John Simpson, Dickson Family, Alexander Heath Simpson, William Timmons Simpson, Marion Ellis Simpson, John Alexander Steger Family, Arthur Marcus Simpson, Henry Clay Simpson, Albert Gallatin Proctor Family, Robert Stubbs Family...