James Simmons 
James was born in 1741. James' father was Abraham III Simmons and his mother was Abigail West. His paternal grandparents were Abraham, Jr. Simmons and Elizabeth ?. He had five brothers and two sisters, named Samuel, Isaac, Jacob, Richard, Robert, Mary and Eleanor. He died at the age of 87 in December 1828.General Notes
REFN: 1869
Will recorded in Folio 82, January 1829, he bequeathed the Home Farm,
known as 'Hope and the Survey of Hope' Vis: the One half on which the
outbuildings were located to his eldest son and heir at law, John. The
remaining half being unimproved land to his maiden daughter, Syrena yet
at home. Mountain View which the Col. possessed under a grant from King
George III in 1760 he had ceded to Major James Simmons in 1797. The
remainder of his estate was devised to all his children, share and share
alike. Hope contained 239 1/2 acres, Mountain View 353 acres.
James is known to history as the owner of the famous Tanneyhill Mill,
which supplied the revolutionary army with flour.
Details of James' family with Rebecca Sheckels
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