Margaret Elizabeth (Kincheloe) Simpson (abt. 1719 - abt. 1797)

Born about 1719 in Richmond County, Colony of Virginia

Ancestors

Wife of Richard Simpson Jr. — married about 1740 in Fairfax County, Virginia

Descendants

Died about 9 Jul 1797 at about age 78 in Caswell County, North Carolina, United States

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Biography

Mary (Kincheloe) Simpson was a Virginia colonist.

Mary Kincheloe was born in North Farnham Parish, Richmond County, Virginia, in 1719. She married Colonel Richard Simpson, Jr., in the late 1730s and became the mother of fifteen children. Although all the children appear to have been born in Virginia, both Mary and her husband died in Caswell County, North Carolina, Richard at about the age of 66, and Mary about the age of 76.

Mary was mentioned on a memorial in Simpson Family Cemetery, Camp Springs, Caswell County, North Carolina, United States with a death date of 1798.^[1] Note that memorial has no gravestone photo, indicating information is only based on family history with no proving sources.

Will

Will of Mary Simpson. Caswell Co., NC, WB C, p. 331, w. 6 Nov 1797, p. Oct Court 1798. Digital image at Ancestry.com - https://preview.tinyurl.com/ww2glkj

daughters Margret Williamson wife of Jerre Williamson, Keziah Reed wife of John Reid
son Richard Simpson
grand children, the children of Nathaniel Hart and Tyree Harris deceased
my two grand daughters Polley Pratt, wife of James Pratt, and Betsey Currie, wife of Hugh Currie
daughters Elizabeth Oldham, wife of Jesse Oldham, Lydia Tait, wife of Zachius Tait granddaughters Priscilla Dickins, wife of William Dickins
the three youngest children of Waddy Tait dec'd (viz) Ede, Zedekiah and Jesse
the five children of David Burton, by his first wife (viz) Zera, Chinai, Polley, John and David
Exr: son Richard Simpson
Wit: Benjamin Burford, Forister Stanback

Sources

1. ↑ Memorial: Find a Grave (no image)
   Find A Grave: Memorial #250102920 (accessed 2 October 2023)
   Memorial page for Mary Kinchloe Simpson (1719-1798), citing Simpson Family Cemetery, Camp Springs, Caswell County, North Carolina, USA; Maintained by Carolina Caswell (contributor 47164136).

• Parish Registers of North Farnham Church
• Family Data Collection, Ancestry.com
• FamilySearch, North Farnham Parish
• KINCHELOE, MCPHERSON AND RELATED FAMILIES: THEIR GENEALOGIES AND BIOGRAPHIES, Lewin Dwinell McPherson, AB, AM; Copyright 1951 by L. D. McPherson & Elizabeth McPherson
• Named in 1783 will of her husband, Richard Simpson.
• Source: S500025 Walter Bolieu Bolieu Family Site (23andMe)
• MyHeritage family tree
• Family site: Bolieu Family Site (23andMe)
• Family tree: 288427461-1 Discovery Media: 288427461-1 Mary Simpson (born Kincheloe) Certainty: 3 16 APR 2016 Added via an Instant Discovery™ Event: Discovery

Acknowledgements

• Kincholoe-1 was created by David Williamson through the import of DEW1.GED on Jan 4, 2015.
• Kincheloe-257 was created by Madge Gentry through the import of Harp _ Franks Family Tree.ged on Jun 19, 2017.