Simpson

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Simpson Surname Origin

Simpson Lineage
George Simpson 1620-1680, father of Thomas Simpson 1640-1669, father of Thomas Simpson 1665-1709, father of Richard Simpson 1691-1762, father of Richard Simpson 1723-1785, father of Mary Ann Simpson

Mary Ann Simpson > Lydia Harris > Jeremiah Harris Brown > William Hiram Brown > James Henry Brown > Harris Brown Brown > Thelma Irene Brown > William Harris Lawson Sr. 

Simpson Migration
Grimston, Leicestershire, England > St Marys, Charles, Maryland > All Hallows, Anne Arundel, Maryland > Aquia Creek, Stafford, Virginia > Fairfax, Virginia > Caswell, North Carolina  

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Mary Ann Simpson, Bill's 6th Great-Grandmother
Nickname: Molly
1741 - 1 September 1786
b. Fairfax, Virginia
d. Caswell, North Carolina

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Parents:
Richard Simpson 1723-1785
Mary Kincheloe 1719-1798

Maternal Lineage:
Ruth Williams, mother of Elizabeth Canterbury, mother of Mary Kincheloe, mother of Mary Ann Simpson

Spouse: Tyre Harris 1728-1786 
Married:   1757
Children:  8

1. Frances Harris 1758-1818
2. Simpson Harris 1768-1833
3. Lydia Harris 1770-1811
4. Robert Harris 1770-1842
5. Christopher Harris 1772-1834
6. Susannah Harris 1774-1827
7. Edith Harris 1775-1816
8. Nancy Harris 1778-1855

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Richard Simpson, Bill's 7th Great-Grandfather

9 January 1723 - 22 July 1785
b. Fairfax, Virginia
d. Caswell, North Carolina

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Parents:

Richard Simpson 1692-1762

Sarah Barker 1706-1766

Maternal Lineage:
Sarah Barker, mother of Richard Simpson

Spouse:   Mary Kincheloe 1719-1798

Married:   1740

Children:  10

1. Elizabeth Simpson 1740-1798
2. Mary Ann  Simpson 1741-1786
3. Susannah Simpson 1742-1786
4. Sarah Simpson 1744-1785
5. Keziah Simpson 1745-1858
6. Lydia Simpson 1746-1798
7. Nancy Ann Simpson 1750-1798
8. Ede Simpson 1753-1798
9. Margaret Simpson 1756-1797
10. Richard Simpson III 1770-1853

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Richard Simpson, Bill's 8th Great-Grandfather

28 February 1692 - 21 December 1762
b. All Hallows, Anne Arundel, Maryland
d. Fairfax, Virginia

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Parents:
Thomas Simpson 1665-1709
Elizabeth Pierpoint 1645-1720

Maternal Lineage:
Elizabeth Larkin 1614-1682, mother of Elizabeth Pierpoint 1645-1720, mother of Richard Simpson

Spouse: Sarah Barker 1706-1766

Married: TBD

Some sources say married in 1715 but she would have been 9 years old.

 

Children: 

1. Elizabeth Simpson 1717-1785
2. Richard  Simpson 1723-1785
3. George Simpson 1727-1782
4. Others TBD 

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Thomas Simpson, Bill's 9th Great-Grandfather

1665 - 14 May 1709
b. All Hallows, Anne Arundel County, Maryland
d. Aquia Creek, Stafford, Virginia

All Hallows Church Cemetery
Birdsville, Anne Arundel County, Maryland

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Parents:
Thomas Simpson 1640-1669

Mother & Maternal Lineage TBD

Spouse: Elizabeth Pierpont 1645-1720 

Married: 1686
Children: 

1. John Simpson 1687-1700
2. Amos Thomas Simpson 1690-1781
3. Richard Simpson 1692-1762 
4. Rachell Simpson 1696-1790
5. Mary Simpson 1700-1760
6. Sarah Simpson 1703-1763 
   Estimated 1763 as 60 years from birth. Some sources have 1820, but that would be 117 years old.
7. John Simpson 1707-1751

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Thomas Simpson, Bill's 10th Great-Grandfather 

6 March 1640 - 2 July 1669
b. Grimston, Leicestershire, England
d. St Mary's, Charles, Maryland, United States

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Noteworthy

1. Obituary TBD
2. Tags: Immigrated_to_USA

Parents: 
George Simpson 1620-TBD
Elizabeth Gamble 1618-TBD

Maternal Lineage:
Elizabeth Gamble 1618-TBD

Spouse: TBD
Married: TBD
Children: 

1. Thomas Simpson 1665-1709
2. Andrew Simpson 1697-1775
3. Others TBD

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George Simpson, Bill's Nth Great-Grandfather
1620 - 19 February 1672

b. Grimston, Leicestershire, England

d. Grimston, Leicestershire, England

Cemetery TBD

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Noteworthy

1. Obituary TBD
2. Tags: TBD

Parents & Maternal Lineage TBD

Spouse: Elizabeth Gamble 1614-1698
Married: 1638
Children: 

1.  Thomas Simpson 1640-1669
2. Others TBD

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Bibliography 

Ancestry ®. "Public Member Trees Database.” © 1997-2025 Ancestry®.  Ancestry.  ancestry.com/ Lawson-Robertson Family Tree. www.ancestry.com/family-tree/tree/10075800/family  User profile for William Harris Lawson, Jr., user Livingweb. Accessed 4 December 2025.

Google. "AI Overview." Search term, "Simpson Surname Origin." Google. 

https://www.google.com/search?q=Simpson+Surname+Origin  Accessed 4 December 2025.

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