♂ Alexander Simpson

1787 - 1846

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

1787


Jun 25

1810


Age: 22y
1810 • 18,000 Angolans are sold at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

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 • General Union of Spinners organizes strike action to raise wages in the smaller U.K. cotton centres to the Manchester level.

1810


Dec 27
Age: 23y

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 ⇓

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 John Stuart Mill sets out on his formative boyhood trip to France.

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 Joseph Smith and 5 others organize the Church of Christ (later renamed the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints), the first formally organized church of the Latter Day Saint movement, in northwestern New York.

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 Hector Berlioz's most famous work, Symphonie Fantastique, has its world premiere in Paris.

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 David Livingstone leaves Britain for Africa.

1846


May 20
Age: 58y
1846 • Fort Wayne Female College is founded; it will later be renamed Taylor University.

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