Heather's 4th Great Paternal Grandparents
Richard Alexander Simms
Born 1798 in Virginia
Died Before 1856
Married
Permelia “Amy” Webster
Daughter of Philip Levin & Elizabeth (Bayne / Bean) Webster
Born 1803
Died 1869
Children:
Jerusha Ann Simms 1823-1895 m. John Comstock
Robert Simms 1826- 1871 m. Margaret Josephine Mitchell
Charles H. Simms 1833-1870
William Simms
Elizabeth Simms
Timeline:
1798 - Richard Alexander Semmes is Born
December 19, 1798
1803 - Permelia "Amy" Webster is born
The daughter of Philip Levin & Elizabeth (Bayne / Bean) Webster
In 1882, some of the Webster descendants filed a case against the owners of the White Tavern and land in Prince George’s County, Maryland. They alleged that one Webster descendant of Philip Levin Webster wrongly sold the property, when the other descendants should have benefited from that transaction. The dispute lists Amy, her husband, and her children.
1814 - Richard Simms Becomes Brick Mason Apprentice
In 1814, Bathsheba (Follin) Simms bound 4 of her sons out.
"Orphaned, bound to Rohn Cohagan to learn Brick Mason Trade, by mother."
1822 - Richard Simms Marries Permelia Webster
August 19 1822, in Prince George Maryland.
Maryland, Compiled Marriages, 1667-1899
Name: Richard A. Semmes
Spouse: Permelia Webster
Marriage Date: 19 Aug 1822
County: Prince Georges
State: MD
1823 - Daughter Jerusha Ann Simms is born
Bessie Comstock, John Comstock, Jerusha (Simms) Comstock
John Comstock enlisted in the Union Army when he was 37 years old. He was a sergeant in Co. K of the 21st NY Infantry, known as the "1st Buffalo Regiment." He was wounded in the shoulder on August 30, 1862 at the Second Battle of Bull Run. He was discharged for disability on March 11, 1863. John re-enlisted in the 2nd NY Mounted Rifles on January 6,1864. On August 17,1864 he was wounded in the head, back, and legs from a shell explosion during the siege of Petersburg. He was mustered out with his unit on August 10, 1865. The wound he received at Bull Run never healed, and he died from it in 1892.
Jerusha died on her 72nd birthday, in Buffalo NY in 1895.
1826 - Son Robert Alexander Simms is born
He married Margaret Josephine Mitchell. (Robert's Brother Albert Simms married Clara Louise Mitchell, sister of Margaret Josephine Mitchell)
Their children included: Robert F. Simms, Alonzo F. Simms, Clarence Simms, & Charles Edward Simms
Robert died in Washington DC on January 27 1871
When the Civil War started Robert Alexander Simms moved with his family to Pittsburg, Pa. to work for the Quartermaster Department of the U.S.A, stayed there only a short while, then moved to Washington, D.C. in 1862 where he was in charge of one of the departments of the Quartermaster Department. He was with that department until it was closed sometime after the war ended. Then he and his brother-in-law went into business (John N. Mitchell) for themselves, Harness, Trunk making and carriage trimming on Pennsylvania Avenue opposite Willards Hotel. They parted ways and Robert A. Simms carried on the business in S.E. Washington until his death. He was a lieutenant in the Meigs Guard, also a member of the City Council from the 6th Ward, also a member of Lebanon Lodge #7F.A.A.M.. After his death his wife with all the children except John Edwin connected with the Catholic Church (St. Peters) on Capital Hill. He was married by a Catholic Priest although a Protestant and his two sons Richard A. and John E. were baptized inthat church in Baltimore. He became a member of the Methodist Church and all of his children attended that Church until his death, none of them ever knew that their mother ever was or had been a Catholic.
Robert and Albert Simms were harness makers and saddlers and John Edwin Simms believed they learned their trade of the Mitchells
*This information is from a Simms Family History written and compiled by John Edwin Simms in 1931.
1833 Son Charles Henry Simms is Born
According to the Virginia Marriage Records:
Charles H. Simms, born in 1833, on September 30 1869 in Northumberland County Virginia marries Ann E. Haynie.
FHL Film Number: 2048466
Reference ID: Line 37 Pg. 134
Their children included: Mary E. Simms 1863-1932, Albert Simms 1863-1882, and Charles Henry Simms II 1866-1960.
Charles "died early" and his children ended up in orphanages. In 1870, son Albert, age 6, is found in the Protestant Orphan Asylum. Ann (Haynie) Simms and her daughter Mary, age 7, are living with Charles brother's family (Albert and Clara Simms) in 1870. I'm not sure where Charles II, age 4, was in 1870 - but by 1880 he was found in the Balto Orphanage on North Stricker Street.
1835 - Son Albert A. Simms Is Born
Albert Simms marries Clara Louise Mitchell (sister of the Mitchell who married Alberts brother Robert)
Albert and Clara (Mitchell) Simms were Heather's 3rd great grandparents, you can read more about them here: https://heathersgen.blogspot.com/2014/10/albert-c-simms-1835-1883.html
1856 - Widow Permelia "Amy" Simms remarried - to James Baker
September 2 1856
FHL Film Number32981Reference IDcert. 685
James died before 1860
1869 - Permelia "Amy" (Webster) (Simms) Baker Died
1882 - Lavine Vs Thorne - Land Dispute
An equity case, Lavine vs Thorne, filed in Prince Georges County courthouse in 1885, names the children of Permelia & Richard Alexander Simms.
RESEARCH:
There is a Simms Family History written and compiled by John Edwin Simms in 1931.
"Because Richard dies early, lots of his kids get dispersed to others, and because Charles H Simms dies early (son of Richard, brother of Albert C), lots of his kids end up in orphanages"
"In 1882, some of the Webster descendants filed a case against the owners of the White Tavern and land in Prince George’s County, Maryland. They alleged that one Webster descendant of Philip Levin Webster wrongly sold the property, when the other descendants should have benefited from that transaction.
The case names the descendants of Philip Levin Webster. Married women are listed with their married names. People who were already dead by 1882 were listed, and their offspring listed, as well." https://kinfolkjournal.com/2019/11/05/philip-levin-webster-of-prince-georges-county-maryland-and-his-descendants/
The names below are from the list referenced above:
Permelia “Amy” Webster Simms (b 1803), wife of Richard Alexander Simms or Semmes (their children use “Simms”); died intestate, but no date given. Died before 1882.
- Jerusha Simms Comstock (alive in 1882)
- William Simms (alive in 1882)
- Elizabeth Simms (alive in 1882)
- Albert Simms (dead before 1882); all children presumably alive in 1882
- James Simms
- George Simms
- William Simms
- Mary Simms
- Richard Simms
- Clara Simms
- Beulah Simms
- Robert Simms (dead before 1882)
- case file says “names forgotten” for his children. They are:
- Richard Alexander Simms
- John Edwin Simms
- Margaret Simms
- Robert Franklin Simms
- William Albert Simms
- Alonzo Taylor Simms
- Clarence Lincoln Simms
- Nellie May Simms
- Charles Edward Simms
- Charles Simms (dead before 1882); all children presumably alive in 1882
- Albert Simms
- Mary Simms
- Charles Simms
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