This place file is a placeholder for local context. It should eventually gather map notes, jurisdiction changes, nearby families, and source repositories connected to the early Simpson line.

Sources

court record

1699 William Simpson Binding-Out Record

Citation: Kent County, Delaware, Court Records, p. 10, entry for William Simpson brought into court by John Walker, December 1699; "Kent, Delaware, United States records," images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QHV-F3CK-L9XL-X?view=explore : accessed 23 May 2026), image 139 of 732; court-session context from image 128 of 732; Image Group Number 008664131.

Access: FamilySearch digital image, accessed 23 May 2026.

Supports:
  • A servant boy named William Simpson was in John Walker's custody in December 1699.
  • The court estimated William's age at about thirteen years and six months.
  • The age estimate supports a birth estimate near June 1686 if this boy is the later Mispillion Hundred landholder.