Amy Symes

From the will of Elizabeth Langton, sister of Amy Bridges, Doynton, County Glouchester. Widow 13-1-1669, is included "I give unto Wm Symes, Thomas Symes, and Richard Symes, sons of my nephew Wm Symes, the sum of 10 Pds apece and I give unto sister Amy Symes the like sum".

Their third son, Thomas Symes, Inherited the family estate of his great-grandfather, John Symes of Barwick, and became involved in the mercantile & shipping businesses, sending ships to the new world to bring back products for sales. Thomas Symes married Amy Bridges, who was the daughter of Edward Bridges, Esq., and Phillipa Speke. Thomas and Amy had eight boys and four girls. Several of the younger sons went to the West Indes in connection with the mercantile business that their father had established.

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Biography

• The birth date is suspect. The tomb inscription say she was 17 yrs inher minority and 20 years married. This makes her 37 when she died. So her birth is more likely to be 1825..26.

Name ===*Name: Amy Bridges<ref>Source: #S-2050775272 Page: Ancestry Family Trees Data: Text: http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=17913036&pid...</ref>

Sources

• See Symes family Tomb Inscription in Frampton Cotterell Parish Church* Source: S-2050775272 Title: AncestryFamily Trees Ancestry.com

Notes==There are notes calling her Lady Keynsham this is highly unlikely as she was the 5th child and 3rd daughter. Not the most likely way to inherit a title.

• Edward (Thomas) BRIDGES ::Born: ABT 1590, Keynsham, Devon, England <ref> Keynsham is in ::Somerset betweeen Bath and Bristol.</ref>

::Died: 1634
::Father: Thomas BRIDGES ::Mother: Elizabeth HYDE::Married: Phillippa SPEKE (dau. of Sir George Speke of White Lackington and ::Phillippa Roswell) ABT 1616 ::Children: ::1. Thomas BRIDGES (Sir) ::2. Elizabeth BRIDGES ::3. George BRIDGES ::4. Catherine BRIDGES ::5. Amy BRIDGES::Citing :www.tudorplace.com*THE PURPORTED DESCENT OF THOMAS SIM(M)S OF CULPEPER CO., VIRGINIA, FROM JOHN SYMES OF BARWICK, SOMERSET, ENGLAND ::see numbered paragraph 59 ::http://users.rcn.com/lsimms21/tsdescent.html*[http://www.the-sims-family.net/genealogy/sims/index.htm?http://free...] <References />

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Marriage with Thomas Symes
Amy Bridges in the U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900

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Life Sketch

Her memorial in St. Michael the Archangel Winterbourne, Gloucestershire, England

In Memory of Amy, the wife of Thomas Symes, Esqr. of this Parish, Daughter of Edward Bridges, of Keynsham in the County of Somerset, Esqr. descended from the noble Family of the Lord Chandois, Baron of Sudely Castle in the County of Gloucester, who through her Extraction was Honourable, yet by her Examplary Life and Manners became an honour to her Family and after 17 Years spent in her minority and 20 Years in Wedlock in which interval she was mother of twelve Sons and four Daughters, changed this mortal State for an immortall the 30th of April 1662.

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US and Canada Passenger and Immigration List for William Symes William Symes in the U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s

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Born c1625 (cjp), or c1625 (ap) Although

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Bristol, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials Amy Symes in the Bristol, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812

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Amy was buried at the church in Winterbo

Amy was buried at the church in Winterborne, Frampton, Cottrell, England.

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B.L. and R.J. Owens 1982, Sims Kin, Hist

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. Virginia Turley Willis, Willis-Turley Connections, RootsWeb's WorldConnect Project, 15 April 2001. Mary (Amy) Bridges. From the "selvage1" database at WorldConnect. Please contactPetersonC@missouri.edu with corrections and additions.

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[565414.ged.FTW] ! SM 114 w REF: James McConnell 87 Will of Eliz Langton, sister of Amy Bridges, Doynton, County Glouchester. Widow 13-1-1669. included "I give unto Wm Symes, Thomas Symes and Richard Symes, sons of my nephew Wm Symes the sum of 10 Pds apece & I give unto sister Amy Symes the like sum". (note her only nephew Wm Symes was son of Thomas & Amy Bridges.

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Grave Index Amy Symes in the UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index, 1300s-Current

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