Col. Southy Simpson

Abt 1720 - 1779  (59 years)

• Name	Southy Simpson  [1]
  Prefix	Col.
  Birth	Abt 1720	Accomack County, Virginia, USA
  Gender	Male
  Land sold	1748	Accomack County, Virginia, USA   [2]
  	He sold 75 acres of Whitelaw's tract A105, which is just south of the present town of Parksley, to Solomon White and in 1752 after the settlement with his cousin Thomas, Southy and wife Comfort sold the balance of 125 acres to White.
  Land bought	1755	Metompkin, Accomack Co, Virginia   [3]
  	Southy bought Isaac Dix's part of A103 from Isaac and his wife Leah. In 1774 Southy and his wife Comfort sold to Charles Bagwell, but he deeded it back five months later, and in 1779 Col. Southy Simpson left everything to his wife Comfort for life and then all was to be sold. In 1786 the executor sold this home plantation of 200 acres to two of Col. Simpson's sons, John and Southy. In 1787, Southy and Hannah Simpson deeded his interest in 170 acres of it to his brother John, and two years later they sold a retained balance of 30 acres to his brother Selby. John and Anne Simpson soon began selling the land in small parcels and sales noted were to his brother Selby, Southy Milliner, Henry Davis and John Moore.
  Bound To	27 Feb 1759	Accomack Parish, Accomack County, Virginia, USA   [4]
  	Ordered that John Elmore Aged fourteen Years or thereabouts be bound by the ChurchWardens of Accomack Parish till lawful age to Southy Simpson to learn the Art and Mistery of a Marriner the said Southy first giving Security for the Performance of the Indentures.
  Was Living	28 Jul 1762	Accomack County, Virginia, USA   [5]
  	It was on this date that James Pettigrew was named to administer the estate of William Onions, the widow relinquishing her right to qualify. Southy Simpson was the security.
  Church Warden	31 May 1763	tract A125, south of Guilford Creek, Accomack Co, Virginia   [6, 7]
  	In 1704 Griffith and Anne Savage sold 250 acres to John Clarke, it being the northeast quarter of the original 1,000 acre patent. In 1713 Clarke resold to Hancock Custis and John Wise Sr, as trustees "for the use of the Parish of Accomack for ever for the Glebe." At this time there was only one Parish in Accomack, which took in the whole county. In 1724 Rev. William Black, the then minister, said the "Glebe and house good for nothing, rented for £1. I do not live on it." On 2 Nov 1762 an Act was passed in Williamsburg which divided the Parish of Accomack in Acccomack County into 2 District Parishes. It was ordered that the previous Glebe land be sold and that a new one be obtained for each Parish. On 31 May 1763, complying with the mandated, the church wardens Coventon Corbin, John Kitson, Joseph Stockley, Wm. Matthews, Samuel Beavans, Thomas Crippen, Charles Stockley and George Holden sold the 250-acre Glebe farm to Charles Bagwell, but apparently they felt the land was the best obtainable for the new upper parish of Accomack, so on the same day, Bagwell and wife Anne deeded it all back to the church wardens Coventon Corbin and Southy Simpson. The deed showed it contained 250 acres on a branch of Guilford Creek and sold for 417 pounds.
  Anecdote	28 Apr 1767  [8]
  	When the will of Thomas Wise Rodgers was probated on 28 Apr 1767 Southy Simpson was appointed guardian to Hannah Scarburgh Rodgers & Polly Rodgers, heirs at law to the testator. (NOTE: Evidently Southy's son Southy married Hannah S. Rodgers in 1786.)
  Rev War Veteran	1775	Accomack County, Virginia, USA   [9, 10]
  	Col. Southy Simpson commanded the 2nd Regiment of the Virginia Militia until is death. At one time Thomas Copes' company was marched to Salisbury by Col. Simpson to suppress the tories. In a declaration of Sep 1851 by Horsey Summers, age 89, he recalled that when he was 15 years old, Col. Southy Simpson's Company of Militia was ordered from the Virginia side to assist us in destroying the "Tory Camp" where the tories all collected and were furnished with arms from the British, and in the engagement in which he took part the tories were routed and had to take to the British ships which were then lying in sight in Tangier harbour to blockade the Pocomoke Sound.
  Will	15 Oct 1778	Accomack County, Virginia, USA   [11]
  	To son Selby Simpson silver watch (sword) & £1,000 current money to be paid immediately after my death. Balance of estate to my wife during her widowhood and at her death or marriage all my lands and marshes, also my water grist mill to be sold and £250 of the proceeds to my granddaughter Elizabeth Simpson Marshall, and the remainder, together with the balance of my estate to be divided between my 6 children, Leah, Sarah, John, Southy, Elijah & George. Wife (no name) son in law John Parker, sons Southy, Elijah & George executors. Not witnessed.
  Death	1779	Accomack County, Virginia, USA   [11]
  Probate	25 May 1779	Accomack County, Virginia, USA   [11]
  	Proved by James Arbuckle, George Corbin, Thomas Bayly and Henry Custis, Gentlemen. In order of probate: Selby Simpson heir at law to the testator. Comfort Simpson (wife), John Parker & Southy Simpson, the executors named in the foregoing will qualified.
  Reference Identifier	RW
  Record ID	49623
  Half-siblings	4 half brothers (family of Peter Parker Copes and Rhoda 'Rhody' Clark)
  + 1. Peter Parker Copes, II,   b. Abt 1730, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Bef 31 Jul 1770, Accomack County, Virginia, USA  (Age < 40 years) ╚═Elizabeth Sturgis, (Sturgis?),   b. Abt 1735, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Yes, date unknown  ,  m. Abt 1755, Accomack County, Virginia, USA   + 2. Charles Copes, Sr.,   b. Abt 1740, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Yes, date unknown ╚═(--?--) (--?--),   b. Abt 1752, Worcester Co, Maryland d. Yes, date unknown  ,  m. Abt 1769   ╚═Louisa Wessells, circa 1775,   b. Abt 1768, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Yes, date unknown  ,  m. Abt 1786, Accomack County, Virginia, USA   + 3. Solomon Copes,   b. Abt 1750, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Bef 28 Jan 1778, Accomack County, Virginia, USA  (Age < 28 years) ╚═Molly (--?--),   b. Abt 1750   d. Yes, date unknown  ,  m. Abt 1770     4. Capt. Thomas (of Peter Parker) Copes,   b. Abt 1750, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Yes, date unknown
  Origins
  Patriarch & Matriarch	Thomas Simpson, Sr.,   b. Abt 1660   d. Jan 1726, Accomack County, Virginia, USA  (Age 66 years)  (Grandfather)  Rhoda 'Rhody' Clark, (Clark?,   b. Abt 1700   d. Yes, date unknown  (Mother)
  Person ID	I49623	MilesFiles23
  Last Modified	15 Mar 2023

  
  

  Father	Thomas Simpson, Jr.,   b. Abt 1686, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Feb 1728 (Age 42 years)
  Mother	Rhoda 'Rhody' Clark, (Clark?,   b. Abt 1700   d. Yes, date unknown Other Partners: ╚═Peter Parker Copes, I,   b. Abt 1700, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Bef 26 Feb 1760, Accomack County, Virginia, USA  (Age < 60 years)  m. Abt 1728
  Marriage	Abt 1720  [12]
  Family ID	F10171	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Comfort Dix,   b. Abt 1718, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Mar 1784, Accomack County, Virginia, USA (Age 66 years)  Other Partners: ╚═Thomas Copes, II,   b. Abt 1706, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Bef 1 Dec 1742, Accomack County, Virginia, USA  (Age < 36 years)  m. Abt 1735
  Marriage	Abt 1743
  Children	1. Leah Simpson,   b. Abt 1744, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Yes, date unknown + 2. Lt. Col. Selby Simpson,   b. Abt 1748, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Apr 1795, Accomack County, Virginia, USA (Age 47 years) ╚═ Elizabeth Drummond  (Age < 43 years)  m. Abt 1790;    ╚═ Grace (--?--)  (Age 40 years)  m. Abt 1770 + 3. Elizabeth Simpson,   b. Abt 1750, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Bef 15 Oct 1778 (Age < 28 years) ╚═ Capt. Charles Marshall  (Age < 53 years)  m. Abt 1770 + 4. Sarah Simpson,   b. Abt 1752, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Yes, date unknown ╚═ John Parker, (Parkers Creek)  (Age < 48 years)  m. 31 Jul 1775 + 5. John Simpson,   b. Abt 1754, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Yes, date unknown ╚═ Anne 'Nancy' (528) West  m. 24 Feb 1784 + 6. Southy Simpson,   b. Abt 1756, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Oct 1794 (Age 38 years) ╚═ (d_o_Thos.) Copes  (Age < 29 years)  m. Abt 1780;    ╚═ Hannah Scarburgh (475) Rogers  (Age 92 years)  m. 2 Jun 1786   7. Elijah (of Southy) Simpson,   b. Abt 1758, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Yes, date unknown ╚═ Esther (--?--)  m. Abt 1780 + 8. George Simpson,   b. Abt 1765, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. 1810 (Age 45 years) ╚═ Leah Melson  m. 28 May 1801
  Last Modified	13 Mar 2023
  Family ID	F10176	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - Abt 1720 - Accomack County, Virginia, USA Land sold - 1748 - Accomack County, Virginia, USA Was Living - 28 Jul 1762 - Accomack County, Virginia, USA Rev War Veteran - 1775 - Accomack County, Virginia, USA Will - 15 Oct 1778 - Accomack County, Virginia, USA Death - 1779 - Accomack County, Virginia, USA Probate - 25 May 1779 - Accomack County, Virginia, USA  = Link to Google Earth
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• Sources

  [S571] Nottingham, Acc Land Causes, 1728-1825, (Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, Inc., 1990), p. 79, 571. [S572] Ralph T. Whitelaw, Whitelaw, Ralph T. - Virginia's Eastern Shore, (Gloucester, Mass.: Peter Smith, 1968), p. 1093, 572. [S572] Ralph T. Whitelaw, Whitelaw, Ralph T. - Virginia's Eastern Shore, (Gloucester, Mass.: Peter Smith, 1968), p. 1085, 572. [S116] Accomack Co, VA, Court Orders, 1753-63, p. 275 (27 Feb 1759), 116. [S570] Stratton Nottingham, Accomack Co, VA, Wills & Administrations, 1663-1800, (Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, Inc., 1990), p. 174, 570. [S572] Ralph T. Whitelaw, Whitelaw, Ralph T. - Virginia's Eastern Shore, (Gloucester, Mass.: Peter Smith, 1968), p. 1189 (tract A125), 572. [S631] Accomack Co, VA, Deeds, No. 003, 1757-1770, p. 233 (Church Wardens sell Glebe land to Charles Bagwell), 631. [S570] Stratton Nottingham, Accomack Co, VA, Wills & Administrations, 1663-1800, (Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, Inc., 1990), p. 236 (will & probate of Thomas Wise Rodgers), 570. [S577] Walker & Turman, Acc Soldiers & Sailors in Rev, (Parksley, VA: A Project of the Eastern Shore Chapter National Society, Daughters of the American Revolution, 1975 (Manuscript at the E.S.P.L.)), 577. [S575] Nottingham, Soldiers & Sailors of the E.S. of VA, (Westminster, MD: Family Line Publications, 1995), p. vi, 575. [S570] Stratton Nottingham, Accomack Co, VA, Wills & Administrations, 1663-1800, (Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, Inc., 1990), p. 316 (will of Southy Simpson, wife Comfort), 570. [S570] Stratton Nottingham, Accomack Co, VA, Wills & Administrations, 1663-1800, (Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, Inc., 1990), p. 91, 570.