♂ Alexander Simpson

1787 - 1846

Alexander Simpson
Spouse
Children
Lucretia W Simpson
Lucretia W Simpson
1816 - 1882

1787


Jun 25
1787 • Captain Arthur Phillip leaves Portsmouth in England with the eleven ships of the First Fleet carrying around 700 convicts and at least 300 crew and guards to establish a penal colony in Australia.

1810


Age: 22y
Alexander Simpson - 1810 United States Federal Census

residence


Rutland, Jefferson, New York, USA ⇓
Alexander Simpson and his wife Cylinda are living only a house away from Jeptha King.
1 Source ⇓
1810 Chile forms its First National Junta, which is the country's first step towards its independence.

1810


Age: 22y
1810 Ching Shih and Chang Pao surrender their pirate fleet to the Chinese government.

1810


Dec 27
Age: 23y
1810 • The Tonquin sets sail from New York Harbor with 33 employees of John Jacob Astor's newly created Pacific Fur Company on board. After a 6-month journey around the tip of South America, the ship arrives at the mouth of the Columbia River and Astor's men establish the fur-trading town of Astoria.

1816


Apr 4
Age: 28y
Lucretia Simpson - 1850 United States Federal Census

birth of child


Lucretia W Simpson
New York, USA ⇓
Lucretia's maiden name is known to be Simpson by her daughter Malinda's death record. Since Alexander Simpson is only living two houses away from them in 1840, he is very likely her father.
2 Sources ⇓
1816 Banjul, capital of the Gambia, is founded as a trading post, and named Bathurst.

1820


Age: 32y
Alexander Simpson - 1820 United States Federal Census

residence


Rutland, Jefferson, New York, USA ⇓
Not far off there is a James Simpson living only a couple houses away.
1 Source ⇓
1820 Mount Rainier erupts over what is today Seattle.

1830


Age: 42y
Alexander Simpson - 1830 United States Federal Census

residence


Rutland, Jefferson, New York, USA ⇓
They are again living only a house away from Jeptha King. Living on the next page are a Samuel Simpson aged 30-40, and a Sylvanius S Simpson aged either 30-40 or 70-80.
1 Source ⇓
1830 • The Polish insurrection begins in Warsaw against Russian rule.

1830


Age: 42y
Alexander Simpson - 1830 United States Federal Census

residence


Rutland, Jefferson, New York, USA ⇓
He is living only a few houses away from Jeptha King. Living on the next page are a Samuel Simpson aged 30-40, and a Sylvanius S Simpson aged either 30-40 or 70-80.
1 Source ⇓
1830 Uruguay adopts its first constitution.

1840


Age: 52y
Alexander Simpson - 1840 United States Federal Census

residence


St. Albans, Licking, Ohio, USA ⇓
Alexander and Cylinda (King) Simpson are living only two houses away from Jesse King.
1 Source ⇓
1840 William Hobson, the first Governor of New Zealand, suffers a stroke.

1846


May 20
Age: 58y
1846 Revolutionary insurrection in Portugal (crushed by royalist troops on February 22, 1847)

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