Family Migrations II

Round two of my maternal family migrations includes the Simmons, Jennison, Crousore, Smith and O'Neill families.

Simmons: The Simmons clan is another one that didn't totally follow the standard western migration pattern. John Simmons, Sr. came from Hampshire, England during the early 1750s and opened a tavern at the corner of Wall and Nassau Streets in New York City. John and his tavern achieved quite a bit of notoriety. John was called the "most corpulent man" in the colonies and the tavern became a hotbed for patriotic activity. The British occupation of NY City during the Revolutionary War forced the Simmons family to flee. The family resided in Orange Co., NY [where John Jr. enlisted], possibly Burlington Co., NJ, Philadelphia, and Dutchess Co., NY before returning home to reopen the tavern after the war. John acquired land in what is now Chenango Co., NY. John Jr. became his land agent and relocated there. He later operated a "public house" near Cannonsburgh, Pennsylvania. John spent some time in Dearborn Co., Indiana before moving to Monroe Co., Ohio and Wheeling, (West) Virginia, where he died in 1843. Son John W. found land in Switzerland Co., Indiana, Butler Co., Ohio, Henry Co., Ohio and Campbell Co., Kentucky [d. 1857] James Morris Simmons resided in southwestern Ohio, Howard and Carroll Co., Indiana. John T. was a bit more grounded than his ancestors, spending most of his life in Howard and Tipton Co., Indiana. His daughter, Mima, married into the Crail  family in 1882. England, New York, (NJ?), Pennsylvania, Indiana, Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky. Indiana

Jennison: Robert Jennison was born in Colchester, England and settled in Watertown,  Massachusetts between 1630-1637. The family remained in Massachusetts for several generations, until Peter Jennison moved to Chenango Co., New York prior to 1812. His daughter, Dolly joined husband John W. Simmons' migration. England, Massachusetts, New York.

Crousore: Nicholas Kraushaar was born in "Germany," settled in eastern Pennsylvania and later in Fayette Co. in western Pennsylvania. John Crousore and most of his brood settled in Clinton Co., Ohio, before cutting a swath through Rush, Delaware, Madison and Howard Co., Indiana. Son Jacob would eventually end up in McPherson Co., Kansas, where he and wife Amy [Smith] died during the late 1870s. Germany, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Kansas

Smith: The family's country of origin is unknown, but the British Isles is a fair bet. The Smiths settled in western Virginia and Pennsylvania, William [son of Henry] settled in Clinton Co., Ohio, where two of his children, John and Ama Jemima "Amy" married into the Crousores. The Smiths joined the migration into Indiana. Virginia, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana

O'Neill: Catherine O'Neill was born in County Cork, Ireland about 1833/34. She arrived in New York about 1852 and settled in Indianapolis, where she married Aaron Crail in 1857. The next 77 years were spent moving around Indiana and to Chicago, or residing with family in Indianapolis. Ireland, Indiana, Illinois, Indiana