Horatio G. Simpson

• Birth Notes
  • Of Marblehead
    
    44 in 1860 Census

• Death Notes
  • Diabetes Mellitis, Exhaustion

• General Notes
  • The first settler in Nevv,iEng- SIMPSON land by the name of Sjnipson was John of Watectpwn, Massachusetts, although about the same, time Henry Simpson came from England and settled in York, Maine. He was there before 1640, and his only known son, Henry Simpson, was born about 1647 and died in 1695. From Henry Jr. most of the Simpsons .of Maine are descended. The Simpson family pf Nottingham, New Hampshire, traces' its ancestry to Andrew Simpson, who was born in Scotland in 1697, married Elizabeth Patten, who was killed by the Indians: married (second) Widow Brown, of York, Maine. According to the history of Windham, New Hampshire, two more immigrants named Simpson are the progenitors of the Windham families of this name. Alexander Simpson, a weaver by trade, was the immigrant ancestor of most of them ; was of Scotch descent coming from Ulster, Ireland, to Windham, where he bought land of James Wilson, November 24, 1747, with his brother-in-law, Adam Tem- pleton, a maker of spinning wheels. (I) William Simpson, the other immigrant, according to the Windham history, came also from the north of Ireland, of Scotch Presbyterian stock, and settled in Greenland, formerly Portsmouth, New Hampshire. His relationship with Alexander is not known, but it is likely that he was a nephew or cousin, inferred
    both from the fact that they lived in
    the same town and from the similarity of
    names and close affiliation of the families. Joseph
    Simpson, who settled at Pembroke, was
    probably a brother of William ; two of his children
    married Simpsons from Greenland. It is
    presumed that Joseph Simpson, of Pembroke,
    William Simpson, of Greenland, and perhaps
    Thomas Simpson, of Haverhill, New Hampshire,
    were sons of a brother of Alexander, of
    Windham, and related to Andrew Simpson,
    of Nottingham. There were several
    of the name William Simpson in the
    revolution from New Hampshire. William
    Simpson, of Newmarket, perhaps this William
    later of Greenland, was a shipwright enlisted
    in the army; William Simpson, of Nottingham,
    was a soldier, and likewise William,
    of Pembroke, of whom we know nothing further.
    William Simpson, of Greenland, was an
    active patriot, and in 1781 was one of the
    selectmen of that town. William Simpson
    married Mary Haynes, of Portsmouth. Children:
    i. Joseph, came to Windham about
    1788 and lived where the T. W. Simpson
    house now stands ; built Simpson's mills soon
    afterward ; married Jennie Wilson. 2. George,
    born in Greenland in 1767; removed to Wind-
    ham in 1783, and to Rumney, New Hampshire,
    in 1809; married Mary, daughter of
    Thomas Lang, jof Lee, New Hampshire. 3.
    Samuel, mentioned below. Probably others. (
    II) Samuel, son of William Simpson, was
    born July 13, 1779, in Greenland, New Hampshire,
    and came in 1812 to Rumney, a few
    years after his brother George settled there.
    He resided on the farm owned later by Blais-
    dell Merrill. His widow Sarah lived to be a
    grcat-great-grandmother. She was born
    April 25, 1782, died February 7, 1880. Her
    maiden name was also Simpson and she belonged
    to the Greenland family, doubtless first
    or second cousin of her husband. Her sister
    Lydia married Nathan Clifford (6), Nathaniel (
    5), Isaac (4), Israel (3), John (2), George (
    i), and was the mother of seven children, of
    whom Hon. Nathan Clifford was a justice of
    the supreme court of the United States. At
    AVest Rumney Samuel Simpson cleared the
    farm now known as the B. H. Merrill place
    of one hundred acres, built first a log cabin and
    later a frame dwelling house. Afterward he
    also owned a farm in Groton, New Hampshire.
    He was the first farmer in this section
    to make a business of raising mules for which
    he found a good market at Portsmouth. Children :
    i. Hugh B., mentioned below. 2. Benjamin, married Charlotte Smith and had two children, Warren, and Arthur, whose son resides at Lockport, New Hampshire. 3. James M., settled in Charlestown, Massachusetts; married (first) ; (second) Olive E. Simpson, who is now living at Charlestown : children of second wife: Alice, Lizzie, Nellie, all school teachers. 4. Samuel, resided on the farm in Rumney ; married Fannie Elliott and had five children. 5. Albert, settled at Charles- town, Massachusetts ; married Caroline Whittle ; children : i. Carrie, unmarried ; ii. Albert of Rutland, Vermont ; iii. Mabel. 6. John. 7. Uylsses. 8. David. (III) Hugh B., son of Samuel Simpson, was born in Greenland, New Hampshire, about 1800-05. He came with his father to Rumney in 1809. He attended the district schools of Rumney and left home when a boy to enter upon a mercantile career in Boston. For a time he studied for the Universalist ministry, but his health failed. He returned to Rumney and cared for his parents in their old age. He bought a hotel at West Rumney and conducted it, in addition to his farm and general store there, until he sold out to his son. Clinton B. Simpson, in 1861. He was a Democrat in politics and held various offices of trust and honor. He was appointed postmaster of Rumney by President Buchanan ; was selectman of the town and represented it in the state legislature. He died in 1879. He married in 1836, Sarah A., born December i, 1811, died August 3, 1882, daughter of John and Mary (Murray) Edmunds, of Charlestown. Children: i. Clinton B., born July 10, 1840; succeeded his father in business in Rumney and is a prominent citizen there ; married Elvira Smith ; children : Edward H., Charles Albert. Carrie M., Arthur H. ; married (second) in 1882, Augusta Valentine ; children : Edith, Hattie, Clinton. 2. Charles E., March 2, 1845. mentioned below. 3. Mary C., 1849. died in 1872. (IV) Charles Everett, son of Hugh B. Simpson, was born in Rumney, March 2. 1845. He attended the public schools in his native town. In 1864 he came to Charlestown and for ten years was in the employ of the Middlesex Railway Company. He then engaged in the retail grocery business in Somerville, Massachusetts. In 1882 he established himself in the confectionery business at Cambridge. Afterwards he became a member of the firm of H. J. Bushway Ice Company. At the end of five years he sold his interests in the ice business to Mr. Bushway and retired from
    active business. He is a member of Putnam
    Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons; Cambridge
    Chapter, Royal Arch Masons ; of Cambridge
    Cotnmandery, Knights Templar ; Aleppo
    Temple, Mystic Shrine; Howard Lodge, Independent
    Order of Odd Fellows; Bunker
    Hill Encampment of Charlestown ; Cambridge
    Lodge, Benevolent and Protective Order of
    Elks. He married, October 15, 1873, Florence,
    born September 18, 1852, daughter of David
    and Tabitha (Lewis) Simpson. Their only
    child, Lewis Everett, born March 23, 1879,
    died young.