Histories of the Martin, Wilson, Bloom, & Ahola Families
Family: Simmons, Jonathan Sr. / Gooding, Ruth (F55)
m. 5 Nov 1790-
Male
Simmons, Jonathan Sr.
Birth 31 Jan 1768 Dighton, Bristol, Massachusetts 
Death 19 May 1845 Leroy, Medina, Ohio Burial Friendsville Cemetery, Westfield Center, Medina, Ohio, USA Marriage 5 Nov 1790 [1, 2, 3] Dighton, Bristol, Massachusetts [1, 2, 3] Type Intention Father Simmons, Constant Jr. | F63 Group Sheet Mother Soper, Silence | F63 Group Sheet
Female
Gooding, Ruth
Birth 20 Feb 1769 Dighton, Bristol, Massachusetts Death 20 Mar 1859 Friendsville, Westfield Twp, Medina, Ohio Burial Friendsville Cemetery, Westfield Center, Medina, Ohio, USA Father Gooding, William | F56 Group Sheet Mother Walker, Bathsheba | F56 Group Sheet
Female
Simmons, Ruth
Birth 24 Mar 1792 Dighton, Bristol, Massachusetts Death 12 Apr 1875 Westfield, Medina, Ohio, USA Burial Friendsville Cemetery, Westfield Center, Medina, Ohio, USA Spouse Allen, Orren | F288 Marriage Spouse King, Luther D | F375 Marriage 22 Apr 1832 Westfield, Medina, Ohio, USA
Female
Simmons, Lucy
Birth 24 Jan 1794 Dighton, Bristol, Massachusetts Death 7 May 1858 Goodings Grove, Will, Illinois Burial Spouse Gooding, James | F305 Marriage 1813 Bristol, Ontario, New York, USA
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+ Simmons, Jonathan Jr.
Birth 3 Mar 1796 Dighton, Bristol, Massachusetts Death 23 Apr 1863 Little Falls, Morrison, Minnesota, USA Burial Oakland Cemetery, Little Falls, Morrison, Minnesota, USA Spouse Briggs, Abigail | F54 Marriage 9 Dec 1819
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Simmons, Isaiah
Birth 23 Oct 1799 New York Death 23 May 1867 Burial Friendsville Cemetery, Westfield Center, Medina, Ohio, USA
Female
Simmons, Sally
Birth 20 Aug 1803 Death 20 Feb 1887 Burial Friendsville Cemetery, Westfield Center, Medina, Ohio, USA Spouse Jones, Isaac | F310 Marriage
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Simmons, Simpson
Birth 10 Oct 1805 Bristol, Ontario, New York, USA Death 25 Apr 1881 Burial Friendsville Cemetery, Westfield Center, Medina, Ohio, USA Spouse Austin, Sally | F308 Marriage
Female
+ Simmons, Harriet
Birth 20 Dec 1807 Death 1 Nov 1877 Burial Friendsville Cemetery, Westfield Center, Medina, Ohio, USA Spouse Bissell, Ebenezer | F309 Marriage
Female
+ Simmons, Elmina
Birth 16 Oct 1810 Death 13 Sep 1873 Burial Friendsville Cemetery, Westfield Center, Medina, Ohio, USA Spouse Pomroy, Samuel Hastings | F311 Marriage
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+ Simmons, Erastus
Birth 16 Sep 1814 Bristol, Ontario, New York, USA Death 12 Feb 1892 Westfield, Medina, Ohio, USA Burial Friendsville Cemetery, Westfield Center, Medina, Ohio, USA Spouse Daniels, Eliza Agusta | F287 Marriage 1850
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Documents 
Simmons Family Bible
Transcription by Ruth Simmons Stebbins. The Bible was purchased by Jonathan Simmons Sr. and repaired by Eliza Daniels Simmons, wife of Erastus. It was published in 1829 and probably purchased after 1832, when Jonathan Sr. moved to Ohio. Thus, at least some of the records were not made contemporaneously with the events. The oldest persons recorded, Constant and Silence Simmons, lived in Bristol, New York at the same time as their grandchildren.
Histories 
The Simmons Family of Westfield Township, Medina Co.,Ohio by Ruth Simmons Stebbins
Part 1 outlines the relocation of several Simmons family members to Ohio and their lives there. It also includes some information on the founding of the Ohio Farmers Insurance Co., in which members of the Simmons family played roles. Part 2 was originally a separate document, but it is appended here because it provides more information on the extended Simmons family in addition to details on Erastus Simmons descendants and family life.
Ruth Stebbins sent part 1 to her cousin, Lottie Tanner Martin and Patricia Vanhoose donated part 2 to the Medina County Public Library.
Download a PDF (50 KB) of this history.
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Sources - [S315] Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850, Dighton Marriage Intentions, Vol. 2A, p. 1a https://www.americanancestors.org/DB190/rd/14014/1a/253548029.
November ye 5 1790 Jonathan Simmons & Ruth Gooding both of Dighton Entreed their Intention of Marriage - [S14] by Melvin E. Jones, Jones Hathaway Richards Gooding, (self published, 1934), p. 221.
- [S24] Ruth Simmons Stebbins, Stebbins Papers, SimmonsHandwrittenNotes.pdf.
- [S315] Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850, Dighton Marriage Intentions, Vol. 2A, p. 1a https://www.americanancestors.org/DB190/rd/14014/1a/253548029.