John Simpson

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Other Names: None

Assumed Gender: Male

Birth Date: 1739

Birth Place: England

Death Date: 1811

Death Place: Ohio

Affiliations: Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of Friends. Indian Committee , Society of Friends

Notes: Son of John and Hannah Simpson, who brought him as a small child to live in Buckingham, PA; married Ruth; later married Ann Ingham, a widow. Recognized a minister c. 1764. In 1810 removed to Ohio and travelled in the ministry; visited most of the meetings in America; encamped with Shawnee Indians near Greenville, Ohio and talked with their chief, Tecumseh. Appointed to PYM Indian Committee in 1792.

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