The following information was assembled from numerous sources and cannot be used directly as proof of Qualifying Service or Lineage.
It is considered a research aid and is intended to assist in locating sources that can be used as proof.
State of Service: NY
Qualifying Service: Patriotic Service
Birth: abt 1720 / / England Death: 1785 New York City / Long Island / NY
Qualifying Service Description:
Guarding the Prisoners confined in the New York City Hall
Allowed Meetings to be held at his House, 1775
John Simmons had an inn on Wall Street near City Hall in New York, New York at which committee and council meetings were held for the welfare of the City and the Cause of Independence
Additional References:
DAR record copy 722020 - John Simmons cites rhe Narrative of Abraham Legget, written by himself, published 1865, pg 16
SAR Patriot Index Edition III (CD: PP2210, Progeny Publ, 2002) plus data to 2004
STATE OF NY, PUBLIC PAPERS OF GEORGE CLINTON, Volume 8, pg 293, 294, 295
CITY OF NY, MIN OF THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NY, 1675-1776, Volume 8, pg 103
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