William Simpson

1752 - 1821  (69 years)

• Name	William Simpson
  Born	1752	Ballymoney , North Ireland
  Gender	Male
  Cemetery	William Simpson Family Cemetery, Goose Creek, Union County, NC
  Military Service	Revolutionary War  [1, 2]
  	A soldier of the Continental Line in the Battle of Camden 1780 and until 1783.
  Died	21 Jan 1821	Mecklenburg County, North Carolina
  Notes	William Simpson Married Martha Orr in North Ireland, 1770, had 3 children; John, Elizabeth, and James. When James was nursing, shortly before the Revolutionary War, they immigrated to America, Landing in Charleston SC and made there way up through SC to NC, and settled in Mecklenburg County, on the headwaters of 4 mile creek and South Crooked Creek, on what is now known as the Old Concord Road about 2 miles NW from Indian Trail in 1773. In 1778 he was granted 150 acres on the headwaters of 4 mile and N Crooked Creek. He resided here until 1785, when he sold that land, and bought land down Crooked Creek near Simpson Grave Yard. All lived there, until adulthood, except William, who died at age 10, When the Revolutionary War broke out, William enlisted for military service. He was at the battle at Camden when Gen Gates was defeated on Aug 16 1780. His name is on the monument at the Old Court House in Monroe, North Carolina. "William Simpson Family" by Ney McNeely, The Waxhaw Enterprise, 1911; reprinted in The Monroe Enquirer, "Our Heritage", Sept. 22, 1960. Of the pioneers who settled in this section of our country, no part of the world furnished so many as Ireland, and the grudge that Ireland had against England sharpened the fighting spirit of the American colonists in the War of the Revolution. It is said that none of the Irish pioneers in America were ever Tories, and that every one able to bear arms gladly enlisted and bravely fought for the American cause. Some time prior to the Revolution there lived in the north of Ireland a youth named William Simpson, whose heart was imbued with the love of liberty and the spirit of adventure. He loved, became engaged to and married a girl named Martha Orr, and with his young wife came to America. In the year 1773 he settled on Four Mile Creek, in Mecklenburg County, and built him a little home. His soul soon became fired with the spirit of the Revolution and when the war came he enlisted anxiously and fought bravely until the conflict terminated in its glorious conclusion. This William Simpson was the progenitor of the entire Simpson family in Union (county of North Carolina). ***** In 1778 William Simpson entered 150 acres of land on the head waters of Four Mile Creek. In 1785 he bought lands from James and Margaret Orr near where South and North Crooked Creek merge. From: AaronGFett@aol.com To: NCROWAN-L@rootsweb.com Date: Mon, 4 Nov 2002 14:19:48 EST Subject: [NCRowan] "Scots-Irish in the Carolinas" by Billy Kennedy pub. 1997 page 58-60 ........ The Ballymoney congregation agreed they must leave their homeland (Ireland) if life was to be made humanly bearable, and with other Covenanters (Presbyterians) they left for Charleston in South Carolina in five ships......autumn of 1772 This letter appeared in the Belfast News December 22, 1772 and was Written by the passengers of the James and Mary "from Charles-town, Oct. 21, 1772 To Mr. James M'Vickar, Merchant in Larne Sir, These will inform you, that we arrived here all well and in good spirits the 18th instant (five children excpeted who died in the passage) after a pleasant and agreeable passage of seven weeks and one day. -Pleasant with respect to weather, and agreeable with regard to the concord and harmony that subsisted among us all: and, to confirm what we have heard you assert, before we left Ireland, we must say, that we had more than a sufficiency of all kinds of provisions, and good in their kind: and to speak of Captain Workman, as he justly deserves, we must say with the greatest truth (and likewise with the thanks and gratitude to him) that he treated us all with the greatest tenderness and humanity: and seemed even desirous of obliging any one, whom it might be in his power to serve. If you think proper, we would be desirous you should cause these things to be inserted in the public News Letter, being sensible they will afford our friends and acquaintances great satisfaction; and we hope they may be of some use to you and Captain Workman, if you resolve to trade anymore in the passenger way. Now, in confirmation of these thngs, we subscribe ourselves as follows: We are Sir, your most humble servants, Rev. Robert McCLINTOCK, John Peddan, Joseph Lowery, Timothy McCLINTOCK, Nathan Brown, Samuel Kerr, James Peddan, Alex. Brown, John Brown, Thomas Madill, Wm. Simpson, John McCLINTOCK, John Dicky, James Hood, John Montgomery, John Snoddy, John Caldwell, Robert Hadden, Wm. Boyd, Robt. Machesney, Wm. Eashler, Charles Miller, John Rickey, Charles Dunlop, Thos. MAKEE, James Stinson, Wm. Anderson, John Thompason, Hugh Loggan, Peter Willey, David Thompson, Hugh Mansoad, Robt. Wilson, Robt. ROSS, John Parker, James Young, Robt. Neile. p.s. We had sermons every Sabbath, which was great satisfaction to us. We omitted to let you know, that the Mate, Mr. Boal, as also the common hands, behaved with great care and benevolence toward us."
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  Last Modified	20 May 2022

  
  

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  Family	Martha Orr,   b. Abt 1752, Ireland ,   d. 16 Nov 1832, Union County, North Carolina  (Age 80 years)
  Married	Abt 1769	Ireland   [2, 3]
  Children	+ 1. John Simpson, Sr,   b. Between 1770 and 1772, Ireland ,   d. 29 Nov 1844, Union County, North Carolina  (Age 74 years)   2. Elizabeth Simpson,   b. Abt 1770, Ireland ,   d. Yes, date unknown + 3. James Simpson,   b. Abt 1771, Ireland ,   d. Nov 1832, Union County, North Carolina  (Age 61 years)   4. Mary Simpson,   b. Abt 1774, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina ,   d. Yes, date unknown + 5. Margaret Simpson,   b. Abt 1783, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina ,   d. 30 Oct 1844, Union County, North Carolina  (Age 61 years) + 6. Thomas Simpson,   b. Abt 1786, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina ,   d. Aft 1860, Union County, North Carolina  (Age 75 years) + 7. Jane Simpson,   b. 1790, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina ,   d. Abt 1840, Union County, North Carolina  (Age 50 years)   8. William Simpson, Jr,   b. Abt 1792, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina ,   d. Abt 1795, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina  (Age 3 years)   9. Robert Simpson,   b. Abt 1795, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina ,   d. Yes, date unknown + 10. Martha Simpson,   b. 1796, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina ,   d. Yes, date unknown + 11. David Simpson,   b. Abt 1798, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina ,   d. Bef 1860, Union County, North Carolina  (Age 61 years)
  Headstones		William and Martha Simpson plaque Marker
  Videos		Cleanup of the William Simpson Cemetery 2007 Simpson Cemetery
  Last Modified	20 May 2022
  Family ID	F541	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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• Headstones » Slide Show	2 Headstones
  	William Simpson Marker
  	William and Martha Simpson plaque Marker

  
  

  Histories » Slide Show	2 Histories
  	William Simpson Family
  	Rev Martin and his Five Shiploads of Settlers Taken from Scotch-Irish Migration to South Carolina, 1772 by Jean Stephenson

  
  

  Census » Slide Show	3 Census
  	NC, Mecklenburg, 1790, Simpson
  	NC, Mecklenburg, 1800, Simpson
  	NC, Mecklenburg, 1810, Simpson

  
  

• Sources

  [S55] DAR Patriot Index, DAR. [S72] DAR Patriot Index, DAR. [S55] DAR Patriot Index, DAR (Reliability: 4), 16 Jul 2007.