David Simonds

  • Born March 4, 1786 in Gardner, Worcester County, Massachusetts.
  • Parents were ELIJAH SIMONDS and ABIGAIL .
  • Married ANNA BYAM on February 26, 1811 in Jaffrey, Cheshire County, New Hampshire. Anna was born July 5, 1791 in Chelmsford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; and died June 22, 1885. Her parents were JOHN BYAM and SARAH HAYWOOD.
  • Died July 2, 1869 in Peru, Bennington County, Vermont.





CHILDREN

  1. SARAH SIMONDS, died October 11, 1835
  2. DAVID K. SIMONDS, died June 25, 1835
  3. OLIVER PLYMPTON SIMONDS, born in Peru, Bennington County, Vermont in 1815. Married MARY A. CONE on November 21, 1839 in Peru, Bennington County, Vermont.
  4. JOSEPH HEYWOOD SIMONDS, born May 19, 1818, died in Peru, Bennington County, Vermont in 1876. Married EMILY WALSO MESSENGER on September 29, 1842.
  5. AMANDA SIMONDS. Married Deacon JOHN FROST.
  6. STEPHEN D. SIMONDS, born about 1823. Married EMELINE CARTER. Married ELLEN STILES. Married HELEN S. PEMBER on January 16, 1869.
  7. ELMINA SIMONDS. Married MILO SIMPSON.
  8. ELIJAH SIMONDS, born in 1827 in Peru, Bennington County, Vermont; died March 24, 1867 in Peru, Bennington County, Vermont. Married ANGELINE EDDY.
  9. EDWIN B. SIMONDS. Married MARIAN FARNUM.
  10. AFFA A. SIMONDS. Married JAMES PEBBLES.
  11. DAVID K. SIMONDS, born in 1839. Married ELLEN CLARK.

SOURCES:

  • Edwin Colby Byam, Descendants of George Byam (Suffield, CT: unknown pub., 1975), Page 63
  • Gardner, Massachusetts town Records
  • Historic Homes and Places - Genealogical and Personal Memoirs relating to the Families of Middlesex County, Massachusetts by William Richard Cutter, Lewis Historical Publishing Co., NY, 1908, Vol. 4, Pages 1575 & 1576