• General Notes

  REFN: 1850
  The pioneer of our Simmons family in Maryland.  A native of Seaford,
  England, he came to the Province of Maryland as a military apprentice and
  was attached to the Service of Charles Calvert, 3rd Lord Baltimore.  His
  fidelity to the Crown and diligence to protect the colonists from
  political enemies and hostile Indians gained the commendation of his
  superior officers which was recognized April 5, 1684 by a Grant of land
  in Anne Arundel County, an additional Grant December 4, 1696 and again in
  Baltimore County December 17, 1701 and September 10, 1703, these latter
  two being located to the north of the Susquehanna River, along Deer Creek
  contained jointly 434 acres.  Those in Anne Arundel County were located
  in the south end adjoining the Calvert County line, here he finally
  settled, erected a home, and planted an orchard.  He married and had
  three sons.  Several years later in acknowledgement of some special
  military victorious service, King George promulgated an edict to design a
  Family Coat of Arms which after the usual delays was finally registered
  in Burke's General Armory of Colonial Families, Berry's Kent, p. 459. 
  Vauz Peerage - Harlein Society, and Pembroke's Pedigrees and delivered to
  Capt. Simmons in 1710.

Details of Abraham's family