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Descendants of John Claude Simplot

Generation No. 1

      1. John Claude² Simplot (Phillipe¹) was born March 07, 1777 in Besancon, France, and died August 1830. He married (2) Francois Colard January 03, 1803 in Besancon, France, daughter of John Colard and Ann Chaillet. She was born May 03, 1776 in Sceyen Varais, France, and died January 14, 1813 in Besancon, France. He married (3) Mercy Simons 1829. He married (4) Susan Simon Unknown. She died in The late 1820's.

Notes for John Claude Simplot:
John's marriage to Susan Simon was not recorded. There is no record of this marriage.

      John and Susan migrated to the United States around 1816-1817. They settled in Constantia, Oswego County, New York. On July 24, 1820 Henry, John and Joesph followed, landing at the Port of New York on the ship Stephania. Napolean apparently died either on the voyage or shortly after their arrival.
      In Constantia the Simplots farmed and prospered to the extent that between 1824 and 1827 he was able to purchase three land deals totaling 173 acres in Oswego County.
      By 1830 the family had moved to Parish, a community a few miles north of Constantia. In 1825 there was enacted a law in New York forbidding the passage by inheritance of land owned by aliens who had not filed their formal Declaration of Intention to become a citizen. Perhaps anticipating his death, John Simplot did so on February 2 , 1831. He died the following August and is buried in the cemetery at Colosse, near Parish. His tombstone reads " John Simplot, Died August 1830 , Aged 51 years. Erected by his son, Joesph Simplot". \
      Mercy Simplot and Joesph Torry were appointed Administrators of the intestate estate. The land was lost in a legal battle following Mr. Simplot's death, and the family soon headed west.

More About John Claude Simplot:
Burial: Parish, France

Children of John Simplot and Francois Colard are:

+	2	i.	Joesph³ Simplot, born September 15, 1810 in Besancon, France; died July 21, 1891 in Jackson County, Wi.
+	3	ii.	Henry Fredrick Simplot, born March 01, 1806 in Besancon, France.
+	4	iii.	John Henry Simplot, born July 07, 1808 in Besancon, France; died September 09, 1883 in Dubuque, Iowa.

Child of John Simplot and Mercy Simons is:

Olive Minerva³ Simplot, born 1830.

Children of John Simplot and Susan Simon are:

Charles Henry³ Simplot, born May 27, 1815.

Notes for Charles Henry Simplot:
Charles followed his brothers to Iowa. A deed made in Oswego County in 1842 lists him as being in Dubuque with Henry, John, Joesph and Frances, but he apparently died soon thereafter, unmarried.

ii.

Napoleon Simplot, born 1816.

Notes for Napoleon Simplot:
Of Napoleon little is known. He seems to have survived the trip to America but died young, certainly before removal of the family to Iowa.

+	8	iii.	Francis Simplot, born May 26, 1820; died July 26, 1893 in Iowa Falls, Iowa.
+	9	iv.	Josephine Simplot, born 1821; died 1880.
+	10	v.	Elizabeth S. Simplot, born 1823; died Abt. 1880.
+	11	vi.	Frances Simplot, born September 28, 1824; died September 28, 1854.