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Simpson - Jones Cemetery, 65-3 Summary Report, page 33
THE DESCENDANTS OF DOCTOR WILLIAM SIMPSON, compiled by Dennis William Simpon. 1993
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would never fight against the king Al the lime of the. I"'?."1'
best io preven. upheaval. He ? "?"?"?1 “*"?• *
ar Wh.en_^.Unjlcd learn"?l that the American Congress repealed the
Alien and Sedition laws. The United Irishmen in British prisons, or living in European exile, applied for passports, to the new American ministers abroad, and received them. Among the new arrivals to the United Slates were Thomas Addis Emmet and Doctor McNevin. Thomas Emmet, an older brother of Robert Emmet, was arrested in 1798, for political activity. Thomas was a director of the United Irishmen, and was imprisoned in Scotland until 1802, when he was released on condition he leave the British Empire. After leaving Scotland. Thomas first settled in France for a short time. In 1804. he left Bordeaux, France, and sailed tn the United States. Here he had a very successful law practiced in New York until his death in 1827."? Emmet and McNevin were ioined by William Sampson, a native of Londonderry, who settled in New York in 1807. In 1808. Sampson published a collection of his miscellaneous writings, culled from "Thf. Press" and "Srx"?," the United Irish organs. Other distinguished United Irishmen who migrated to the United States, were John Caldwell, who settled on a farm beside the Hudson; Dr. Sweelman. made his home in Oeorgra; ihe son of Wolfe Tone entered the lopographieal service of lhe Unued Slates; and lhe B.nns brothers settled near Philadelphia.
William Simpson, according to family.tradition left ^"^^^jp^Terri-guerite and settled in Madison County. A!a ama,, w
Tory. On the voyage over. Marguerite gave birth to their first Mary?
'Charles William Stewart (bom 1778, died 1854). 3rd Marquis of ' ^Qgj. in Holland
mate: served in the Netherlands (1794), on the Rhine and Danube ( itani general to Wellington in Iberian (1799): undersecretary for war (1807): cavalry commander <'8O8^, (1^1
Peninsula until invalided home (1811); British minister to r ,n* a Merriam Co Publishers. 1961), P
‘Webster's Bwgraphical Dictionary. (Springfield. MA; G. & C Memam co..
48!. . u . .ik ,r November 1983. Mono Bay. CA.
'Arthur M. Simpson to Grace L Simpson. y aj<
Also. Elizabeth T. Hendricks, interview by author. 17 March
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