Rev. David Simmons

1748 - 1786  (37 years)

• Name	David Simmons  [1]
  Prefix	Rev.
  Birth	28 Jun 1748	Dighton, Bristol, Massachusetts   [2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Death	7 Jun 1786	Drowned in the Taunton River, Massachusetts   [4]
  Person ID	I22601	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others
  Last Modified	22 Nov 2020

  
  

  Father	Constant Simmons,   b. Abt 1710
  Mother	Lydia Phillips,   b. Abt 1720
  Marriage	12 Apr 1739	Dighton, Bristol, Massachusetts   [2, 5]
  Family ID	F13542	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Lillis Richmond,   b. Mar 1746, Little Compton, Newport, Rhode Island d. 2 May 1808, Bristol, Ontario, New York (Age ~ 62 years)
  Marriage	2 Nov 1768	Dighton, Bristol, Massachusetts   [1, 6]
  Children	1. Richmond Simmons,   b. 1 May 1773, Massachusetts d. 26 Jan 1845, Bristol, Ontario, New York (Age 71 years)
  Family ID	F13602	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	19 Jan 2019

  
  

• Notes

  Ordained a Baptist minister in 1781, he founded the Baptist church in Freetown, Massachusetts two years later.

  
  

• Sources

  [S479] Little Compton Families, from records compiled by Benjamin Franklin Wilbour. Little Compton, Rhode Island: Little Compton Historical Society, 1967. Fifth edition, Baltimore: Clearfield, 1997. [S5174] Massachusetts, U.S., Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988, on ancestry.com. [S2855] History of the Simmons Family from Moses Simmons, 1st. (Moyses Symonson) by Lorenzo Albert Simmons. Lincoln, Nebraska, 1930., year only. [S2854] Find a Grave page for Lillis Richmond Simmons. [S2855] History of the Simmons Family from Moses Simmons, 1st. (Moyses Symonson) by Lorenzo Albert Simmons. Lincoln, Nebraska, 1930. [S2854] Find a Grave page for Lillis Richmond Simmons., says 8 Nov 1768.