Monday, February 29, 2016

The Greele / Greeley Family

The Greele / Greeley Family:

First Generation
 
1.  Andrew Greele/Greeley Sr.1 was born circa 1617 in England [?].1 He died on 30 Jun 1697 at the age of 80 in Salisbury, Essex Co., Massachusetts.1 Andrew Greele was probably born in England about 1617. His arrival in Massachusetts is not documented. The town of Merrimac was granted in 1638 as a plantation to Simon Bradstreet and others. The town was incorporated as Colchester in 1639 and renamed Salisbury in 1640.
By 1640 Andrew had settled in what is now Seabrook, New Hampshire and built a tide mill for the grinding of corn on Kane's River contiguous to a rock-bound island in the marsh where he built a sawmill in August 1655. The mill was passed down to Andrew Jr., then to his son Andrew, remaining in the family until 1747.

The Greele homestead consisted of about three acres and two sets of buildings. Three generations of Andrew Greele children were born there.
  Andrew was chosen constable of Salisbury for 1654 and was active in local affairs. Shortly after the mill was completed, he moved to Haverhill.

Andrew Greele/Greeley Sr. and Mary Moyse were married circa 1642 in Salisbury, Essex Co., Massachusetts.1 Mary Moyse, daughter of Joseph Moyse and Hannah [Moyse], was born circa 1622 in Suffolk, England.2 She died on 24 Dec 1703 at the age of 81 in Salisbury, Essex Co., Massachusetts.1
 
Andrew Greele/Greeley and Mary Moyse had the following children:
 
                              i.   Phillip Greele/Greeley was born on 21 Sep 1644 in Salisbury, Essex Co., Massachusetts.1
              2             ii.   Andrew Greele/Greeley Jr., born 10 Dec 1646, Salisbury, Essex Co., Massachusetts; married Sarah Brown, 12 Jun 1673, Salisbury, Essex Co., Massachusetts; died 26 Nov 1736, Salisbury, Essex Co., Massachusetts.
                            iii.   Mary Greele/Greeley was born on 16 Jul 1649 in Salisbury, Essex Co., Massachusetts.1
                            iv.   Joseph Greele/Greeley was born on 5 Feb 1652 in Salisbury, Essex Co., Massachusetts.1
                             v.   Benjamin Greele/Greeley was born on 9 Dec 1654 in Salisbury, Essex Co., Massachusetts.1
                            vi.   Westwood Greele/Greeley1 was born 29 Mar 1658/9 in Salisbury, Essex Co., Massachusetts.1 Westwood probably died young. Other than the birth record, there is no further mention of him.
 
Second Generation
  
2.  Andrew Greele/Greeley Jr.3 (Andrew-1) was born on 10 Dec 1646 in Salisbury, Essex Co., Massachusetts.3 He died on 26 Nov 1736 at the age of 89 in Salisbury, Essex Co., Massachusetts.3 Andrew Greeley took the oath of allegiance and fidelity before the military commander of Salisbury, Captain Bradbury, on 17 December 1677. He was a highway surveyor that year and again in 1683-84. Greeley was appointed constable on 7 January 1678/9. He and Benjamin Stevens were ordered to clear the great neck, leading from the beach shore, of cattle on 13 March.
Andrew received nine acres in Lot #25 at the division of land on 18 May 1681.
Greeley and Henry Ambrose were involved in a tax dispute with New Hampshire from 31 July 1699 to September 1700. The colonies of New Hampshire and Massachusetts had not yet settled their boundary. Both men had paid their taxes in Massachusetts and were being assessed by New Hampshire as well. Needless to say, Greeley and Abrose refused to pay duplicate taxes and were imprisoned. Both were released after posting bond.
Andrew Greele/Greeley Jr. and Sarah Brown were married on 12 Jun 1673 in Salisbury, Essex Co., Massachusetts.3 Sarah Brown was born on 6 Dec 1654 in Salisbury, Essex Co., Massachusetts.3 She died on 23 Jun 1727 at the age of 72 in Salisbury, Essex Co., Massachusetts.3
 
Andrew Greele/Greeley and Sarah Brown had the following children:
 
                              i.   Andrew Greele/Greeley was born on 8 Oct 1674 in Salisbury, Essex Co., Massachusetts.3 He died on 16 Nov 1693 at the age of 19 in Salisbury, Essex Co., Massachusetts.3
                             ii.   Henry Greele/Greeley was born on 28 Sep 1676 in Salisbury, Essex Co., Massachusetts.3 He died on 16 Jan 1693/4 at the age of 17 in Salisbury, Essex Co., Massachusetts.3
              3            iii.   Mary Greele/Greeley, born 5 Dec 1678, Salisbury, Essex Co., Massachusetts; married John Singletary, 17 Dec 1700, Haverhill, Essex Co., Massachusetts; died 8 Mar 1735, Sutton, Worcester Co., Massachusetts.
                            iv.   Abigail Greele/Greeley was born on 24 Jun 1681 in Salisbury, Essex Co., Massachusetts.3
                             v.   Joseph Greele/Greeley was born on 24 Nov 1683 in Salisbury, Essex Co., Massachusetts.3
                            vi.   Sarah Greele/Greeley was born on 21 Oct 1685 in Salisbury, Essex Co., Massachusetts.3
                           vii.   Rachel Greele/Greeley was born on 19 May 1688 in Salisbury, Essex Co., Massachusetts.3
                          viii.   Hannah Greele/Greeley was born on 29 Jul 1692 in Salisbury, Essex Co., Massachusetts.3
                            ix.   Judith Greele/Greeley was born on 13 Jun 1696 in Salisbury, Essex Co., Massachusetts.3
 
 
Third Generation
 
3.  Mary Greele/Greeley (Andrew-2, Andrew-1) was born on 5 Dec 1678 in Salisbury, Essex Co., Massachusetts.45 She died on 8 Mar 1735 at the age of 56 in Sutton, Worcester Co., Massachusetts.45 Greeley has death in 1733.

Mary Greele/Greeley and John Singletary were married on 17 Dec 1700 in Haverhill, Essex Co., Massachusetts.45 John Singletary4,6, son of Nathaniel Singletary and Sarah Belknap/Beltoft, was born on 7 May 1675 in Haverhill, Essex Co., Massachusetts.4 He died after 1747 at the age of 72 in Sutton, Worcester Co., Massachusetts.4 John Singletary was, by trade, a cooper. He was born in Haverhill in 1675. On 13 August 1689 John and his father were attacked by an Indian raiding party. John was taken prisoner, but managed to escape later in the day. His father was killed and scalped.*
 John moved to Salisbury, where he married Mary Greele in 1700 and then to Framingham about 1709. He purchased 50 acres on the west side of the mountain from Joseph Buckminster on 23 May 1709. There he built a house that became known as the Littlefield house. On 30 May 1720 he sold out to Samuel Moore and removed to Sutton.
There, John bought a mill lot on the outlet of what became known as Singletary Lake from Ebenezer Doggett and built a gristmill. The mill had two run of stones and a continual water supply. During dry times the Singletary Mill was the only one to do any grinding. John and youngest son Amos operated the mill for many years. Amos was the first white male child born in Sutton.

Mary died 7 March 1735 [Vital Records: Sutton Deaths, p. 462] John married
  widow Mary Kenney four months later. He was still living in 1747.
*
The Old Families of Salisbury and Amesbury, Massachusetts, David Webster Hoyt, Genealogical Publishing Company, 1982, p. 317
 
John Singletary and Mary Greele/Greeley had the following children:
 
                              i.   Nathaniel Singletary was born on 24 Apr 1702 in Salisbury, Essex Co., Massachusetts.7
                             ii.   John Singletary was born on 15 Nov 1703 in Salisbury, Essex Co., Massachusetts.7 He died on 22 Apr 1704 at the age of 0 in Salisbury, Essex Co., Massachusetts.7
                            iii.   Sarah Singletary was born on 6 Apr 1705 in Salisbury, Essex Co., Massachusetts.7
                            iv.   Mary Singletary was born on 25 Jun 1707 in Salisbury, Essex Co., Massachusetts.7
                             v.   Richard Singletary was born on 27 May 1710 in Framingham, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts.7
                            vi.   Martha Singletary was born on 10 Mar 1714/5 in Framingham, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts.7
                           vii.   Joseph Singletary was born circa 1717 in Framingham, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts.7 no birth date given; estimate.
              4          viii.   Amos Singletary, born 16 Sep 1721, Sutton, Massachusetts Bay, British America; married Mary Curtis, 6 Sep 1742, Topsfield, Essex Co., Massachusetts; died 30 Oct 1806, Topsfield, Essex Co., Massachusetts.
 
Sources:

        1. George Hiram Greeley, Genealogy of the Greely - Greeley Family (Boston, Mass.: Frank Wood Printer, 1903), p. 1-3; digital images, World Vital Records,  (: accessed 10 July 2011.

        2. "Ancestors of Ernest Frederick Bauer and Serilda Ethel Hopkinson", database, Ancestry.com, Rootsweb World Connect (http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=sp0607&id=I0310 : accessed 11 July 2011), "Ancestors of Ernest Frederick Bauer and Serilda Ethel Hopkinson," birth; submitted 2008 by Lawrence Goodman, [contact information for private use]; cites Hopkinson and Allied Families.

        3. Greeley, Genealogy of the Greely - Greeley Family, p. 19-20.

        4. Howard Jennison, Jennison Family History (Ponca City, Oklahoma: H. Jennison, 1994), p. 50.

        5. Greeley, Genealogy of the Greely - Greeley Family, p. 30-31.

        6. Greeley, Genealogy of the Greely - Greeley Family, p. 31.

        7. Greeley, Genealogy of the Greely - Greeley Family, p. 20-21.

Sunday, February 28, 2016

The Gifford Family

The Gifford Family:

First Generation

1.  John Gifford Sr. was born circa 1696 in England.1 He died on 23 Aug 1743 at the age of 47 in Perth Amboy, Middlesex Co., New Jersey.1 John Gifford was a merchant in Perth Amboy, New Jersey. An ad in the New York Weekly Journal of 30 June 1740 noted that the following items were sold in his mercantile: cutlery, hardware, kitchen utensils, etc.
His wife Catherine died in 1741 at age 50. John died in 1743 at age 46. Gifford's estate was inventoried on 27 January 1745/6 by administrators John Gifford Jr. and son-in-law Samuel Burrowe, husband of Anne Gifford. The inventory listed debt to Charles Gifford of London. Charles may have been a brother or cousin to John.
[Gifford Immigrants to North America: https://home.comcast.net/~pgifford/GiffordImmigrants.htm]
There are three entries for John Gifford in the St. Andrew Holborn, London, City of London records: John - christened 10 December 1696, parents John Gifford, glazier, Southampton and Sarah
John - buried 7 March 1697, father John
John - baptized 17 June 1698, parents John Gifford and Sarah
[London, England Baptisms, Marriages & Burials 1538-1812: Ancestry,com]

It would appear that John and Sarah had a son John, born in 1696, who died during March of the following year. They then baptized a second son named John in 1698. This would have been the John who was the Perth Amboy merchant.

There is also a marriage between John Gifford and Sarah Weston on 17 May 1794 at St. James Dukes Place, London, London, England [FHL film# 374449]
The names and time fits for this couple to be John's parents.
John Gifford Sr. and Catherine Borrows were married before 1717 in New Jersey.12 Catherine Borrows, daughter of Samuel Borrows, was born circa 1691.1 She died on 15 Aug 1741 at the age of 50 in Perth Amboy, Middlesex Co., New Jersey.1

John Gifford and Catherine Borrows had the following child:

              2              i.   Sarah Gifford, born ca 1718, New Jersey; married Walter Brock, 25 Nov 1756, New York City, New York; married Henry / Hendrick Dally, aft 9 Nov 1739, Perth Amboy, Middlesex Co., New Jersey.

Saturday, February 27, 2016

The Dally Family

The Dally Family:
 
First Generation
 
1.  Simon Dally1 was born circa 1590 in Tournai, Hainaut, Flanders.1 He died circa 1639 at the age of 49 in Flanders.1 The Dally, or d'Ailli, family is said to have originated in the Somne Department in the north coastal region of France, the Somne Valley near Ameins and Abbeville. They were Huguenots and fled to England. There the surname was Anglicized to d'Ailly, Daley, Dalley, Dally and a variety of others. According to the Dictioniaire de la Noblesse, D'Ailly was the most illustrious and ancient surname of Picardy, dating back to Robert D'Ailly in 1090.
 
Simon Dally had the following child:
 
              2              i.   Jean / John Dally, born ca 1615/6, Tournai, Hainaut, Flanders; married Marguerite Madou, 15 Apr 1639, French Protestant Church, Threadneedle Street, London, England; died 15 May 1691, Staten Island, Richmond, New York, British America.
 
Second Generation
 
2.  Jean / John Dally1 (Simon-1) was born circa 1615/6 in Tournai, Hainaut, Flanders.1 He died on 15 May 1691 at the age of 75 in Staten Island, Richmond, New York, British America.1 Jean was born in either Tournai or Southern England about 1615 or 1616. He grew up in England. He immigrated to New Amsterdam about 1644, when he started to appear in the Dutch colonial records. At least one record stated that he was from the English port city of Bristol.
The 1639 marriage between Jean and Marguerite Madou was recorded in the records of the French Protestant Church on Threadneedle Street in London. Jean was the son of the late Simon Dailly of Tournai. Margurite was the daughter of Jacques Madou, also of Tournai.

The couple had a daughter, Agnes, baptized in London in 1640, and a son, Jean, baptized in 1642. Margurite witnessed a baptism in 1643. [It is not known if the Jean baptized in 1642 is the subject of this article. It is possible that the Jean born in 1642 died young and the name was given to the next born son, born in 1650.]

Jean was a mariner. He either served as an officer of one of the ships of the West Indies Company, or was Master of a ship chartered from the company between April 1644 and December 1645. On 12 April 1645, Dally bought the West Indies ship,
St. Peter. The ship had been confiscated for smuggling "powder and other commodities."
1646 saw Jean Dally involved in the slave trade,
  partnered with John Richbell, a wealthy Southampton merchant who later became proprietor of Mamaroneck, New York. He was sued by the crew of the Temandare for nonpayment of wages. Although Dally claimed that he withheld payment because the crew did not adequately perform its duties, the court ruled in favor of the plaintiffs. Dally was involved in other court actions involving ships, freight, payment of duties and similar maritime matters.
Jean was in Northampton County, Virginia after 1648. As non-Puritans and Royalists, he and 15 others were obliged to sign a Pledge of Obedience to the Parliamentary Government in 1681. Dally and others were indicted for unlawful warfare against Indians.

By 1676 and 1677, Jean was farming on Staten Island, New York. He was a member of the New York Assembly in 1689 and 1691. He died in 1691 leaving an estate of £34. The name of John's wife was erased from his will and Nicholas Bayard was named executor.

Jean / John Dally and Marguerite Madou were married on 15 Apr 1639 in French Protestant Church, Threadneedle Street, London, England.12 The entry in the French Protestant Church raises some questions.  Immediately above the entry for the marriage of Jean Dailly and Marguerite Madou is a date entry. "dimanche" [Sunday] is crossed out and followed by "Lundy" [Monday] 15th of Avril [April]. 15 April 1639, however, was on a Friday. Marguerite Madou was born circa 1618 in Tournai, Hainaut, Flanders.
 
Jean / John Dally and Marguerite Madou had the following child:
 
              3              i.   John / Jean / Jan Dally, born ca 1650, New Amsterdam, New Netherland; married Elizabeth / Lysbeth Obee, 11 Aug 1668, New York City, New York, British America; married Gertrude Roomen, 2 Mar 1700, Dutch Reformed Church, New York, New York, British America; died ca 1708, New York City, New York, British America.
 
Third Generation
3.  John / Jean / Jan Dally1,3 (Jean / John-2, Simon-1) was born circa 1650 in New Amsterdam, New Netherland.1,3 He died circa 1708 at the age of 58 in New York City, New York, British America.1,3 John Dally was a farmer and carpenter by trade. He probably spent time in Northampton Co., Virginia with his father, who paid a tax on John, Jr. there in 1666. John would have been at least 16 at that time.
John / Jean / Jan Dally and Elizabeth / Lysbeth Obee were married on 11 Aug 1668 in New York City, New York, British America.1,3 Elizabeth / Lysbeth Obee4, daughter of Hendrick Hendricks Obee and Aeltjie Claes, was born before 28 Jul 1652 in New Amsterdam, New Netherland.4 She was baptized on 28 Jul 1652 in Reformed Dutch Church, New Amsterdam, New Netherland.4 She died circa 1700 at the age of 48 in New York City, New York, British America.5 Lysbeth was the second child born to Hendrick Obee and Aeltjie Claes in 1652. She married John Dally in the Dutch Reformed Church in New York at the age of 16 in 1668. Lysbeth died prior to 2 March 1700, the date of her widowed husband's second marriage.
 
John / Jean / Jan Dally and Elizabeth / Lysbeth Obee had the following child:
 
              4              i.   Nicholas Dally, born bef 16 Oct 1680, Reformed Dutch Church, New Amsterdam, New Netherlands; married Elizabeth Creiger, 30 Aug 1702, Reformed Dutch Church, New York, New York, British America; died 28 Aug 1722, New York City, New York, British America.
 
John / Jean / Jan Dally and Gertrude Roomen were married on 2 Mar 1700 in Dutch Reformed Church, New York, New York, British America.1,3 Gertrude Roomen was born (date unknown).
 
Fourth Generation
 
4.  Nicholas Dally6 (John / Jean / Jan-3, Jean / John-2, Simon-1) was born before 16 Oct 1680 in Reformed Dutch Church, New Amsterdam, New Netherlands.3 He was christened on 16 Oct 1680 in Reformed Dutch Church, New Amsterdam, New Netherlands.3 He died on 28 Aug 1722 at the age of 41 in New York City, New York, British America.3

Nicholas Dally and Elizabeth Creiger were married on 30 Aug 1702 in Reformed Dutch Church, New York, New York, British America.3,6 Elizabeth Creiger6 was born circa 1685 in New York City, New York, British America.3
 
Nicholas Dally and Elizabeth Creiger had the following child:
 
              5              i.   Henry / Hendrick Dally, born bef 11 Mar 1716, New York City, New York, British America; married Sarah Gifford, aft 9 Nov 1739, Perth Amboy, Middlesex Co., New Jersey; died bef Nov 1756, New York or New Jersey.
 
Fifth Generation
 
5.  Henry / Hendrick Dally7 (Nicholas-4, John / Jean / Jan-3, Jean / John-2, Simon-1) was born before 11 Mar 1716 in New York City, New York, British America.3,6 He was christened on 11 Mar 1716 in Dutch Reformed Church, New York, New York, British America.3 He died before Nov 1756 at the age of 40 in New York or New Jersey.7 Henry [Henrick] of Middlesex Co., New Jersey, storekeeper, obtained a license for himself to marry Sarah Gifford on 9 November 1739. Both he and John Gifford, Jr., a mariner of Perth Amboy, had been bound to New Jersey Governor Lewis Morris. Sarah and John were siblings.

Henry / Hendrick Dally and Sarah Gifford obtained a marriage license on 9 Nov 1739 in Perth Amboy, Middlesex Co., New Jersey.7 They were married after 9 Nov 1739 in Perth Amboy, Middlesex Co., New Jersey.6,8 Sarah Gifford6,8, daughter of John Gifford and Catherine Borrows, was born circa 1718 in New Jersey.9
 
Henry / Hendrick Dally and Sarah Gifford had the following child:
 
              6              i.   Catherine Dally, born abt 1741, Perth Amboy, Middlesex Co., New Jersey; married John Simmons, 28 Dec 1758, Trinity Church, New York City, New York; married Dr. William Salter, 4 Sep 1756, Trinity Church, New York City, New York; died 15 Jul 1818, Washington, D.C..
 
Sixth Generation
 
6.  Catherine Dally6 (Henry / Hendrick-5, Nicholas-4, John / Jean / Jan-3, Jean / John-2, Simon-1) was born about 1741 in Perth Amboy, Middlesex Co., New Jersey.8 She died on 15 Jul 1818 at the age of 77 in Washington, D.C..8 Catherine Dally was married twice; first to William Salter, a ship's surgeon, in 1756 and second to John Simmons in 1758.
She was named heir to the estate of John Brady, mariner, in his will dated 1 Sep 1757 [proved 26 July 1758]. Brady specified prize money and merchandise due him from the privateer
Sturdy Beggar [Richard Troop, commander]. Catherine was also named executor.
Her marriage to Salter was a brief one, probably lasting no more than a year before he died. Catherine then marriered John Simmons. She bore him either six or seven childrren and outlived him by nearly 23 years.

Catherine's sister Mary died in Philadelphia wrote her will on 4 May 1811. She named her sister Catherine Simmons, niece Catherine C. McDaniel, grandnieces and nephews Catherine O. Simmons, Catherine S. Raguet, John B. Simmons and William S. Simmons, among others as heirs. [proved 26 June 1811]
 
Two of Catherine's siblings achieved noteriety. Gifford Dally, born about 1740 in Middlesex Co., NJ, served as House Doorkeeper for the 1st, 2nd and 3rd US Congress. He married Anna Pettit on 4 July 1767 in New York City. Gifford also managed the City Tavern and London Coffee House, both in Philadelphia. Elizabeth Dally married Samuel Fraunces, a tavern keeper like Catherine's husband. It was at Fraunces Tavern in New York City that Gen. Washington gave his farewell address to his officers. Fraunces cared for American prisoners during the war, spied on the British and later served as steward for President Washington's household.
 
Mary Dally and her grandnephew John B. Simmons are buried in the same plot in the Christ Church Cemetery.

Catherine spent her last years living with her eldest son William. She died at William's home in Washington on 15 July 1818 at age 76.
 
 
Catherine Dally and John Simmons were married on 28 Dec 1758 in Trinity Church, New York City, New York.6,8 John Simmons6,10, son of John Simmons and Catherine Cheesman, was born about 1730 in Hampshire, England.6,8,11 He was baptized on 8 May 1736 in St. Mary's, Portsea, Hampshire, England.8,10 He died on 12 Aug 1795 at the age of 65 in New York City, New York.6,8 The exact date and place of birth of tavern keeper John Simmons is open to debate. 
At the time of his death, John held property in Hanover Row, Portsmouth Common [now Portsea], Hampshire, England. This would indicate that he probably lived there prior to emigration.
The Simmons Family website gives John's christening date as 8 May 1736 in St. Mary's, Portsea. That site also places John's ancestors in St. Thomas and Alverstoke,  both in Hampshire [Most of these records have been located in the Hampshire parish records].
David G. Chardavoyne, in
A Hanging in Detroit: Stephen Gifford Simmons and the Last Execution under Michigan Law [p. 9] states that "According to family stories, John Simmons, Sr., was born in Cuckfield, Sussex, England." [Two baptismal records have been located in Cuckfield records that fit the time frame for John's birth: (1) John Symonds - bp. 24 May 1733, parents: Joseph and Sarah. (FHL#2142086) and (2) John Symons - bp. 11 April 1731; parents: Walter and Sarah (FHL#2142086)]
John probably arrived in New York City during the early 1750s. He married widow Catherine Dally Salter as 1758 was drawing to a close. Their first son, William, was supposedly born in Newburgh [some 60 miles north of New York City on the west bank of the Hudson]. Whether John and Catherine started their life together in Newburgh, were there on business, or some other reason is not yet known. They were settled in New York City by 1761, when John, Jr. was born.

By 8 October 1770, Simmons had opened a tavern at 63 Wall Street, at the corner of Nassau Street, where he hung out the 'Sign of Sir Peter Warren" [the former name of Brock's Tavern across the street]. (Warren was a British naval hero at the capture of Louisbourg from the French in 1746. He was a popular resident of New York City from 1730-1747.)

The Simmons tavern was a two-story, clapboard building with a steep roof and attic dormers directly across Nassau Street from City/Federal Hall and next to the Wall Street Presbyterian Church. The tavern was a popular place for civic meetings.

The Common Council [lawmaking body] of New York City met at the tavern from 1773-1776, then took up there again in 1784. On 22 August 1775 the Council met to divide the city into 24 fresh water districts [Beats]. The Simmons tavern marked the start of Beat # 20. Simmons and Gifford Dally were given leave by the Council on 29 August 1775 to negotiate with Capt. Vandeput of the "Asia Man of War" over hostilities between the barge and the townspeople. Town soldiers had begun taking cannons away from the Battery and were fired upon by Vandeput. This resulted in an exchange of fire that caused damage to several houses. Families were evacuating the town.

The public reading of the Declaration of Independence was ordered for 18 July 1776 in front of City Hall; the reading before the American troops had taken place nine days earlier, After the public reading, the Royal Coats of Arms was taken from the court room and burned.

The British occupation of New York began in September 1776. The Simmons family must have left shortly after the occupation began. Their first stop may have been Orange County, where John, Jr. enlisted in the militia. Most of the war years must have been spent in or around Philadelphia. John may have had a brother, Thomas, living in Burlington Co., New Jersey. Youngest son, Stephen was baptized at Christ Church in Philadelphia, but his birthplace was given as New Jersey. There was a John Simmons who witnessed the marriage of Thomas and Bathsheba Simmons in 1746 [although John, Sr. would have been only 10-16 at the time.] Stephen named one of his daughters Bathsheba.

John, Sr. enlisted in Captain Daniel Roe's Company, 2nd Regiment of New York Troops commanded by Col. James Clinton in the spring off 1776. The regiment was a provisional Patriot organization formed in March and disbanded in May. [Chardavoyne, p. 9-10] (
The DAR Patriot Lookup Index lists John's service with the 5th & 6th NY Regiments under Col. William Humfrey and the Dutchess Co. Militia.)
On 18 November 1783, a group of recently returned New York exiles named a committee to meet on the 19th at the Simmons Tavern to plan security
  and protocol for they reception for the return of Gov. George Clinton with the leading American troops on the 25th. John had to have returned to the city by that time. The neighborhood bore signs of the British occupation. The Presbyterian Church still showed signs of its use as a military barracks and the Trinity Church had been burned in the fire that broke out as the British entered the city in 1776.[Chardavoyne, p.10-11] It was said that General Washigton attended the Evacuation Day banquet held at the Simmons Tavern on the evening of the 25th.
In February 1784 the installation of James Duane as the first American Mayor of New York City was held at the tavern. [City Hall had been used as a prison during the war and was not fit for occupancy.]

The remodeling of City Hall had been completed by 4 March 1789 when the First US Senate convened in a second-floor chamber. City Hall was rechristened Federal Hall as the seat of US Government. John Adams took his oath of office on 21 April. George Washington was sworn in as the first President on the 30th. Gifford Dally was the assistant doorkeeper for the House during the 1st Congress and doorkeeper during the 2nd. A Stephen Gifford was doorkeeper for Federal Hall. [The doorkeeper controlled access to the Congressional chambers.]

The spring of 1789 must have been an adventure for Stephen and Catherine Simmons; likewise, their elder brothers and father must have felt their patriotic efforts worthwhile.

The 1790 census for the West Ward of New York City showed John Simmons with 1 free white male over 16, 2 free white males 16 or under and 3 free white females. [John, David, Stephen, Catherine, Sarah? & Catherine.]

John went into partnership with John Taylor, John I. Morgan and William Boyd in 1793 and invested in a state auction for 43000 acres of land on the west bank of the Unadilla River in Montgomery [Tioga?] Co., New York. Simmons' share was 4850 acres [19 lots] that cost £1200 Sterling. He sent John, Jr. to serve as sales agent for the lots. John, Jr. settled on lot #75. Stephen later moved to what became Chenango Co. and occupied lot #78.

Simmons wrote his will on 3 August 1794. Catherine, James and William were named executors. The will was proved after his death in 1795. The estate was settled in April 1820.

William, the sole surviving executor, summoned the heirs to Washington, DC on 20 April 1820. In attendance were William Simmons, Stephen Gifford Simmons, David P. Simmons, William S. Simmons [James' son] and Condy Raguet [James' son-in-law]. John, Jr. did not make it to the meeting, but received his full share of the estate. (James had died in 1809, but was represented, Sarah, if a daughter of John, had also.died. Evedently both Catherine and her husband had died by this time as well.]
John Simmons and Catherine Dally had the following children:
 
              7              i.   William Simmons, born 1759, Newburgh, Orange Co., New York; married Elizabeth [Simmons], bef 1785, New York City, New York; married Josephine Bertrand Lapointe, 18 Nov 1799, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co., Pennsylvania; died 20 May 1825, Simmons Mill near Warsaw, Coshocton Co., Ohio.
              8             ii.   John Simmons Jr., born 24 Oct 1761, New York City, New York; married Mary Nelson?, abt 1780, New York; married Lucinda Morris, 8 Jan 1792, St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; married Margaret Harbison, 12 Feb 1824, Wheeling, Ohio Co., [West] Virginia; died 19 May 1843, East Wheeling, Ohio Co., [W] Virginia.
              9            iii.   James Simmons, born abt 1763, New York City, New York; married Margaret Bringhurst, abt 1785, Germantown, Philadelphia Co., Pennsylvania; died 1809, Germantown, Philadelphia Co., Pennsylvania.
           10            iv.   Sarah Simmons, born abt 1765, New York City, New York; married _______ Clarke; died bef 1794, New York City, New York.
           11             v.   David Simmons, born abt 1770, New York City, New York; married Margaret Chambers, 14 Aug 1792, Trinity Church, New York City, New York; married Ellen [Simmons], bef 1822, probably Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co., Pennsylvania; died 1858, Philadelphia Co., Pennsylvania.
           12            vi.   Stephen Gifford Simmons, born Jan 1780, Burlington Co., New Jersey; married Levana Elliot?, 2 Dec 1806, Chenango Co., New York; died 24 Sep 1830, Detroit, Wayne Co., Michigan.
           13           vii.   Catherine C. Simmons, born abt 1784, New York City, New York; married George McDaniel, 7 Nov 1805, Washington, D.C.; died bef 1820, possibly Washington, D.C..
 
Catherine Dally and Dr. William Salter were married on 4 Sep 1756 in Trinity Church, New York City, New York.6 Dr. William Salter died about 1757 in New York City, New York.6
 
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        1. David N. Orth, Rootsweb World Connect, The Orth, Wauters & Stewart Families of Pennsylvania, New Jersey & Tennessee (http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=david%5Fn%5Forth&id=I02149 : accessed 3 January 2015), Dally Family.

        2. London Walloon Church, Threadneedle Street, Baptisms & Marriages: unk, Jean Dailly & Marguerite Madou; FHL microfilm 466707.

        3. Richard A. Daley, Rootsweb, Ancestors of the Hudson Valley: Links to the Past (http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=rad1003&id=I39723 : accessed 3 January 2015), Dally family.

        4. Isaac Horner, "Hendrick Hendricks Obee & Aeltjie Claes," Isaac Horner, unknown, 27 June 2008 (http://hendrickobee.blogspot.com/ : accessed 3 January 2015), Obee Family.

        5. Orth, The Orth, Wauters & Stewart Families of Pennsylvania, New Jersey & Tennessee, Elizabeth Obee Dally's death.

        6. Wall Street John, William F. Archerd online [http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi~bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=wallstreetjohn&id=194&pr...], accessed 6 November 2009.

        7. Wall Street John, online [http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi~bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=wallstreetjohn&id=194&pr...], Gifford-Dally.

        8. Simmons Family, Roy W. Simmons online [http://www.storycapsule.com/simmons/familytree/pedigree.php], accessed 29 Oct 2009.

        9. Sarah Gifford birth [c1718], International Genealogical Index [IGI] (Salt Lake City: Family History Library, v5.0), North American Region; citing FHL microfilm none given.

        10. St. Mary's (Portsea, Hampshire), Parish registers for St. Mary's Church, Portsea, baptisms 1735-1748, John Simmons baptism; FHL microfilm 919735.

        11. St. Mary's (Portsea, Hampshire), Parish registers for St. Mary's Church, Portsea, baptisms 1735-1748.