The name ‘Simpson’ originates from England. It is derived from the name ‘Simson’ from the medieval given name Sim, of which the variants: ‘Simpson’, ‘Sim(m)s’, ‘Sym(m)s’, ‘Simes’, ‘Symes’, where extracted from. Compiled information from Historical and Private archive’s has confirmed that the surname ‘Simpson’ and or it’s variant’s, dates as far back as the 13th century were a ‘Johannes Symson’, from England, is recorded in 1379. The exact period of settlement in North America has not been definately determined but Information extracted from Public and Civil registry archive’s confirm that one of the first settlers was a certain ‘Edmund Simpson’, born 3 December 1783, was one of the founders of this family in America. He emigrated from the County of Kent, England, in 1820, after having a dispute over property matters with his father, Hugh Shaw, also of the County of Kent, He settled in New York City, where he assumed the surname of Simpson. He married ‘Julia Jones’, and died on the 31st of July 1848, having fathered one son. Today, ‘Simps…
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