SIMPSON LINE - FIRST GENERATION
ELIZABETH SIMPSON
Born: abt 1616 possibly Cumberland Co Eng
Died: unkn date, probably Massachusetts
Marriage 1: Edmund Nicholson b. 1612 Bootle, Cumberland, Co. England, d. 1660 Marblehead, Essex. MA
Married: about 1637 in England
Marriage 2: ________ Brown.
Married: Between 1662 and 1666.
Note: Elizabeth and husband Edmund probably came to America in company with her brother, Francis Sim(p)son. The brother-in-laws owned property together and had various business dealings together. Edmund was a fisherman and died by drowning. His wife and two sons, in a celebrated witchcraft case, were accused of causing the drowning. Elizabeth and Edmund had six children. See the Nicholson line for children and descendants.
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Historical Outline of
The Marblehead Police Department
by
Donald A. Doliber, Sr.
1600 -- First murder mentioned:
Edmund Nicholson at sea..