Thomas SYMES, SR ESQ.
Note: Three of his sons, Henry, John, and Richard backed the Duke of Monmouth in the Monmouth Rebellion. They were charged with high treason and exiled to Barbados. Another brother, George, later joined them in Antiqua, West Indies. Both Thomas and his wife Amy were buried in the Chancel of Parish Church at Winterbourne, England, a small town located between Frampton Cottrell and Bristol. Was referred to in Jahn Symes will dated 1658. Also in the will of Elizabeth Langton, Doynton Co. England. Thomas was of Barwick, Somersetshire, England. The Church where he was buried was between Frampton, Cottrell, and Bristol, England. At Winterbourne, Frampton, Cottrell, England.
B.L. and R.J. Owens 1982, Sims Kin, History and Genealogy, The Descendants of William Symes of Poundsford and Related Families. Twelve children, some of whom migrated to the Americas. Amy was buried in the Chancel of Parish Church of Winterborne, England. H.U. Sims 1941, The Genealogy of the Sims Family of Virginia, The Carolinas and the Gulf States. Amy Bridges married 1640 Thomas Symes. Eight sons. SIMS/SIMMS/...etc. Newsleter, April/May 1996. Named in father's will 1638. Of Keynsham, Somerset. Died about 1663. Roger Sims, rsims@tpb.fwi.com, March 1998. 1618 - 30 April 1662. Broderbund Software, Inc., World Family Tree Project, Pedigree Chart 0758, 1996, gives husband as William Symes. Lisa Simms, The Sims Link to English Royalty, http://people.ne.mediaone.net/lsimms/edward.html, 3 July 2000. Life dates circa 1618 - circa 1665. Marriage 30 July 1640.
Note: William and several immigrants were brought to Virginia about 1670 by a Robert Young to work securing 710 acres in old Rappahannock County, VA
He married Amy (Amye) Bridges 30 Jul 1640 at Keynsham, Co. Somerset, England .
They were the parents of 13
children:
Amy Symes
born Abt 1641.
Thomas Symes, Jr
born Abt 1642.
George Symes
born Abt 1643.
Edward Symes
born Abt 1645.
William (SimsSimms) Symes, Sr
Mary Symes
born Abt 1648.
Elizabeth Symes
born Abt 1650.
Henry Symes
born Abt 1652.
Catherine Symes
born Abt 1654.
Richard Symes
born Abt 1656.
Charles Symes
born Abt 1658.
John Symes
born Abt 1660.
Benjamin Symes
born Abt 1662.
Thomas Symes, Sr Esq. died 22 Jan 1668/69 at Winterbourne, Gloucestershire, England .
Amy (Amye) Bridges died 30 Apr 1662 at Winterbourne, Dorsetshire, England .