1. Burdick, Kim. Revolutionary Delaware: independence in the first state. Charleston, SC: The History Press, 2016.
2. Will of John Simpson of Kent County, Yeoman, Jan 8 1775; Delaware Public Archives, Collection: Probates, RG 3545, Series 000, Kent County, ordered from http://archives.delaware/gov
4. Will of John Simpson of Kent County, Yeoman, Jan 8 1775; Delaware Public Archives, Collection: Probates, RG 3545, Series 000, Kent County, ordered from http://archives.delaware/gov
5. Allison, Robert. Before 1776: Life in the American Colonies; The Great Courses Release Date July 8, 2013
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7. Allison, Robert. Before 1776: Life in the American Colonies; The Great Courses, Release Date July 8, 2013
8. Will made 15 February 1763. Heirs wife Ann , sons Thomas & David, daughters Susannah Truit wife of Hezekiah Truit, Martha, Ann, Jane, Ester, Mary and Rachel Hilford.Exec'wife Ann and son Thomas. Wits. Thomas Clark, John Stuard, Moses Stuard. Probated 28 November 1764. Archive Vol. A23, pages 227-229, Register of Wills ,Liber K, Folio 351.
9. There is a Helford family in Virginia abt. 1700. There are many Hilfords in England at this time as well.
10. Maxwell, James Jr. Joiner. Will. Made Oct. 2, 1752. Heirs: daus. Elizabeth Maxwell, Anna Helford, Ann Darling (dau. of my wife); bro. Robert. Exec'r, bro. Robert. Trustee, Henry Upprithart. Wits. Samuel Robisson, John Taylor, Jr., Mathew Claghorn. Prob.Oct. 11, 1752. Arch. vol. A34, pages 80-84. Reg. of Wills, Liber K, folio 80.
11. Delaware, Land Records, 1677-1947, Roll Number: 780, Ancestry.com, John Talbott to James Maxwell, Carpenter, both of Kent County, Delaware. Delaware Public Archives, Dover, Delaware. Delaware, Land Records, 1677–1947. Recorder of Deeds, Kent County, RG 3555, Subgroup 000, Series 021.
12. Calendar of Kent County, Delaware probate records, 1680-1800, Maxwell James, Admin wife Alice and Robert French, Reg. of Wills, Liber B, folio 37. Ancestry.com, accessed 10 May, 2017. De Valinger, Leon,. Calendar of Kent County, Delaware probate records, 1680-1800. Dover, Del.: Public Archives Commission, State of Delaware, 1944.
13. On 2 May 1688 James Maxwell of Kent Co. and Alice Adams, widow, haveing intentions of marriage have publish same ... Wit: William Berry, Clerk. On 2 May 1688 James Maxwell and Alice Adams take each other for man and wife at house of William Berry. https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5CwkBxCs1pEelJfbk5TcE9FcWM
14. Scharf, Thomas J. History of Delaware 1609-1888, Vol II, p. 1174, Philadelphia: L.J. Richards & Co, 1888. pg. 1031
15. Will made 15 February 1763. Heirs wife Ann , sons Thomas & David, daughters Susannah Truit wife of Hezekiah Truit, Martha, Ann, Jane, Ester, Mary and Rachel Hilford.Exec'wife Ann and son Thomas. Wits. Thomas Clark, John Stuard, Moses Stuard. Probated 28 November 1764. Archive Vol. A23, pages 227-229, Register of Wills ,Liber K, Folio 351.
16. Allison, Robert. Before 1776: Life in the American Colonies; The Great Courses,Release Date July 8, 2013
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18. Scharf, Thomas J. History of Delaware 1609-1888, Vol II, p. 1174, Philadelphia: L.J. Richards & Co, 1888.
19. Wright, Edward F. Colonial Families of Delaware, Delmarva Genealogies, 2009, Vol 6, page 166, Colonial Roots
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22. Fischer, David Hacket. Albion's Seed: Four British Folkways in America, Mar 1 1991, Oxford University Press
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26. Delaware, Wills and Probate Records, 1676-1971, Register of wills, book A-D, 1680-1710; F-G, 1725-1730; Miscellaneous wills, 1732-1798, Luke Manlove
27. Delaware, Land Records, 1677-1947, Delaware Public Archives; Delaware Land Records; Roll Number: 778, Indenture between William Simson and Jane Blare, both of Kent County; Delaware
28. Delaware, Land Records, 1677-1947, Roll Number: 780, Ancestry.com. William Simpson to John Simpson, both of Kent County
29. Before 1776: Life in the American Colonies; The Great Courses, Robert Allison, Release Date July 8, 2013
30. Delaware, Land Records, 1677-1947, Roll Number: 780, Ancestry.com. William Simpson to John Simpson, both of Kent County
31. Delaware State Archives, Collection: Probates, RG 3545, Series 000, William Simpson, 1757-1760, Kent County, https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5CwkBxCs1pEM2dfQzJ1VmYzMnc
32. Delaware State Archives, Collection: Probates, RG 3545, Series 000, John Simpson, 1775, Kent County
33. Delaware, Land Records, 1677-1947, Roll Number : 780, Ancestry.com, Peter and Mary Hoffman of Salem County, East Jersey to Matthew Hilford of Kent County, Delaware. Delaware Public Archives, Dover, Delaware. Delaware, Land Records, 1677–1947. Recorder of Deeds, Kent County, RG 3555, Subgroup 000, Series 021. NOTE: This is a Matthew Hilford land indenture that was delivered to Dover by William Simpson
34. Scharf, Thomas J. History of Delaware 1609-1888, Vol II, p. 1174, Philadelphia: L.J. Richards & Co, 1888.
35. Wilson, Timothy James. "Old Offenders": Loyalists in the Lower Delmarva Peninsula, 1775-1800, p. 197
36. RG 1800-000-109 Revolutionary War Oaths of Allegiance, retrieved 2016 from http://delaware.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/compoundobject/collection/p15323coll6/id/47211/rec/5
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39. Meacham, John. Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power, 2012, Random House Inc.
40. Probate of Hezekiah Truitt; Delaware Public Archives; Ordered from Probate of Hezekiah Truitt; Delaware Public Archives in September 2016; Scanned probate: https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5CwkBxCs1pEOTZvS3VGbFlnV2M ; Transcript of probate: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1Ukh0sx5nh-0XjFPgxOpuxz-qLAWhS2B4Cb4v28SaOR0
41. Probate of Abel Dutton. Delaware, Wills and Probate Records, 1676-1971, Ancestry.com, obtained from Delaware County, District and Probate Courts.
42. Court of Common Pleas of Delaware, Kent County, SIMPSON v. HELFORD, 1 Del. Cas. 400 and Court of Common Pleas of Delaware, Kent County, SIMPSON v. HELFORD, 1 Del. Cas. 494
43. Scharf, Thomas J. History of Delaware 1609-1888, Vol II, p. 1174, Philadelphia: L.J. Richards & Co, 1888.
44. Probate of Abel Dutton. Delaware, Wills and Probate Records, 1676-1971, Ancestry.com, obtained from Delaware County, District and Probate Courts
45. Guardian for the Estate of Minty Dutton, Minor. Orphan's Court Record for the Account of Clement Simpson, Guardian (Natural) of Minty Dutton, 13 Feb 1812, State of Delaware, Public Archives
46. Scharf, Thomas J. History of Delaware 1609-1888, Vol II, p. 712, Philadelphia: L.J. Richards & Co, 1888.
47. Scharf, Thomas J. History of Delaware 1609-1888, Vol II, p. 1198, Philadelphia: L.J. Richards & Co, 1888.
48. http://www.goshenumcmilton.com/history-our-church.htm
49. 1800 United States Federal Census, Year: 1800; Census Place: Census Place: Broadkiln Hundred, Sussex, Delaware; Series: M32; Roll: 4; Page: 311; Image: 167; Family History Library Film: 6413, Abel Dutton, citing Second Census of the United States, 1800. NARA microfilm publication M32 (52 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.
50. Probate of Abel Dutton. Delaware, Wills and Probate Records, 1676-1971, Ancestry.com, obtained from Delaware County, District and Probate Courts
51. 1840 United States Federal Census, Census Place: Cedar Creek Hundred, Sussex, Delaware; Roll: 34; Page: 404; Family History Library Film: 0006434, Hannable Dutton, Ancestry.com, citing Sixth Census of the United States, 1840. (NARA microfilm publication M704, 580 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.
52. Scharf, Thomas J. History of Delaware 1609-1888, Vol II, p. 1174, Philadelphia: L.J. Richards & Co, 1888.
53. U.S., Border Crossings from Canada to U.S., 1895-1956, Manifests of Alien Arrivals at Eastport, Idaho, 1924-1956; National Archives Microfilm Publication: A3460, Jan 9 1947, Lowell Simpson, Ancestry.com, citing Records of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, RG 85. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration.
54. Scharf, Thomas J. History of Delaware 1609-1888, Vol II, p. 1174, Philadelphia: L.J. Richards & Co, 1888.
55. Pittsburgh Weekly Gazette, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Friday, May 14, 1813 retrieved from Newspapers.com Mar 1 2017
56. Online trees place Comfort dying in 1813 in Ohio but I can find no record of this. However, I have an 1812 orphan court record declaring Clement the natural guardian of Minty, implying that they may already be married by this time.
57. DIXON V. KNOWLES March 15, 1820. https://drive.google.com/open?id=1JNstcvxX5ZdB2XlnaiBCUiHK9WUi9dQGlog16-OCOm4
58. 1830 United States Federal Census, 1830; Census Place: Harrison, Pickaway, Ohio; Series: M19; Roll: 138; Page: 70; Family History Library Film: 0337949, Clement Simpson, citing National Archives microfilm publication M19, 201 rolls. NOTE: there is no direct evidence that Nelson is the son of Clement, however Y-DNA testing confirms it.
59. Scharf, Thomas J. History of Delaware 1609-1888, Vol II, p. 1174, Philadelphia: L.J. Richards & Co, 1888.