Peter <Peter> Simmons
10 June 2013
Generation 1
1. Peter <Peter> Simmons (Rn=55256), who was born 29 May 1728 at England and died 05 July 1787 at at sea at 59 years of age.
He married Rachel <Johannes> Kip Simmons (Rn=55263), who was born 12 January 1737 and died 17 September 1804 at 67 years of age, a daughter of Johannes <Johannes> Kip (Rn=24556) and Saartje <Hendrick> Spier Kip (Rn=54083).
Occupation 1 - - Ship Captain. First Residence - - England. Second Residence - - Flushing, Queens County, New York about 1750. Note [Peter Simmons died at sea when washed overboard in a storm and drowned]. Emigration - - Emigrant from
England to New York Colony. Source [History of the City of Paterson and the County of Passaic by William Nelson 1901 page 178]
Children of Peter <Peter> Simmons and Rachel <Johannes> Kip were as follows:
+ 2. i. Lea <Peter> Simmons Van Riper (Rn=78321), who was born 19 May 1756 and married Gerrit <Gerrit> Van Riper (Rn=78322).
+ 3. ii. Peter <Peter> Simmons (Rn=55254), who was born 23 April 1758 and married Margaret <John> Westervelt Simmons (Rn=55255).
4. iii. Sarah <Peter> Simmons was born 10 July 1759 and died 3 March 1760).
5. iv. John <Peter> Simmons was born 11 February 1761 and died 17 July 1765).
6. v. Stephen <Peter> Simmons was born 5 July 1762) [? ?].
7. vi. Michael <Peter> Simmons was born 8 January 1764).
8. vii. John <Peter> Simmons was born 2 December 1766) [? Jones].
9. viii. Sarah <Peter> Simmons Wilbur was born 4 February 1768 and married 8 July 1801) {James}.
10. ix. Susanna <Peter> Simmons Berdan was born 8 August 1769) {David}.
11. x. William <Peter> Simmons was born 20 October 1771 and married 5 June 1796) [Jane Young].
12. xi. Mary <Peter> Simmons Westervelt was born 7 December 1773) {Cornelius <John>}.
13. xii. Rachel <Peter> Simmons Bloodgood was born 17 November 1775) {John}.
14. xiii. Henry <Peter> Simmons (Rn=79188), who was born 09 December 1777.
He married 27 December 1800 Marritje <Cornelius> Van Riper Simmons (Rn=79187), who was born 02 June 1780, a daughter of Cornelius <Cornelius> Van Riper (Rn=54826) and Elizabeth <Hartman> Vreeland Van Riper
(Rn=54827). Source [RootsWeb: WorldConnect: db=andieno]
15. xiv. James <Peter> Simmons (Rn=79186), who was born 26 November 1779.
He married Jannetje <Cornelius> Van Riper Simmons (Rn=79189), a daughter of Cornelius <Cornelius> Van Riper (Rn=54826) and Elizabeth <Hartman> Vreeland Van Riper (Rn=54827). Source [RootsWeb: WorldConnect: db=andieno]
16. xv. Abraham <Peter> Simmons was born 26 November 1779) [Elizabeth Kellogg].
17. xvi. Elizabeth <Peter> Simmons Ludlam was born 28 February 1782) {William}.
Generation 2
2. Lea <Peter> Simmons Van Riper (Rn=78321), who was born 19 May 1756 at Wessels, Essex County, New Jersey and died 25 September 1819 at Wessels, Essex County, New Jersey at 63 years of age.
She married 25 September 1777 at Reformed Dutch Church, Acquackanonck, Passaic County, New Jersey Gerrit <Gerrit> Van Riper (Rn=78322), who was born 14 September 1757, a son of Gerrit <Juriaen> Van Riper (Rn=39425) and Helena
<Gerrit> Post Van Riper (Rn=54786).
First Residence - - Wessels, Essex County, New Jersey. Source [RootsWeb: WorldConnect: db=virginia39]
Children of Gerrit <Gerrit> Van Riper and Lea <Peter> Simmons were as follows:
18. i. Gerrit <Gerrit> Van Riper was born 4 September 1777).
19. ii. Pieter <Gerrit> Van Riper was born 4 September 1779) [Lydia Ryder].
20. iii. Rachel <Gerrit> Van Riper was born 16 October 1785).
21. iv. Margrietje <Gerrit> Van Riper Swarthout was born 8 October 1789) {John R}.
22. v. Mary <Gerrit> Van Riper was born 11 January 1793).
3. Peter <Peter> Simmons (Rn=55254), who was born 23 April 1758.
He married 20 September 1797 Margaret <John> Westervelt Simmons (Rn=55255), who was born 22 July 1774 and died 21 March 1832 at 57 years of age. Source [History of the City of Paterson and the County of Passaic by William Nelson 1901
page 178]
Children of Peter <Peter> Simmons and Margaret <John> Westervelt were as follows:
23. i. Rachel <Peter> Simmons was born 3 March 1801 and died 8 October 1853).
24. ii. Elizabeth <Peter> Simmons Vreeland was born 20 August 1803 and died 2 September 1852 and married 23 June 1827) {Cornelius P}.
25. iii. Sarah <Peter> Simmons was born 28 March 1806 and died 18 November 1877 by falling down a stairs).
26. iv. Mary Ann <Peter> Simmons Kinsey was born 1 December 1809 and died 9 November 1865) {Samuel}.
+ 27. v. Henry <Peter> Simmons (Rn=55253), who was born 08 July 1815 and married Sarah <Levi> Shelp Simmons (Rn=55249).
Generation 3
27. Henry <Peter> Simmons (Rn=55253), who was born 08 July 1815.
He married 15 December 1844 Sarah <Levi> Shelp Simmons (Rn=55249), who was born 26 August 1819 and died 05 August 1887 at 67 years of age, a daughter of Levi <?> Shelp (Rn=55241) and Jane <Jacob> Edsall Van Wagenen/Shelp
(Rn=54707). Source [History of the City of Paterson and the County of Passaic by William Nelson 1901 page 178]
Children of Henry <Peter> Simmons and Sarah <Levi> Shelp were as follows:
28. i. Sarah Louisa <Henry> Simmons Howe was born 26 November 1848 and married 18 November 1875) {Edwin J <John M> Doctor}.
29. ii. William Henry <Henry> Simmons was born 26 December 1850 and died 20 August 1852).
30. iii. Jane Elizabeth <Henry> Simmons Gillen was born 29 May 1853 and married 12 August 1875) {William H (died 1893)}.
31. iv. Henrietta <Henry> Simmons was born 3 December 1854).
32. v. Mary Eliza <Henry> Simmons Hadley was born 15 December 1856 and married 5 May 1887) {Jacob Francis; Doctor}.