Archives of Maryland
(Biographical Series)

Thomas Simpkins
MSA SC 3520-17481

Biography:

Thomas Simpkins enlisted into the Continental Army’s First Maryland Regiment on March 7, 1776. At the time of the Battle of Brooklyn (otherwise known as the Battle of Long Island) on August 27, 1776, Simpkins was a private within Captain Patrick Sim’s Second Company. Although the battle was a defeat for the Americans, the valiant defense by Simpkins and the other soldiers of the “Maryland 400” held off the British long enough to allow much of the trapped American army to escape. Simpkins was one of the lucky soldiers who survived that day, his company losing fewer than ten men. [1]

After the Battle of White Plains, the Battle of Trenton, and the Battle of Princeton, Simpkins chose not to reenlist on December 10, 1776.

There is no further definitive information about Simpkin’s life.

-Taylor Blades, 2017

Notes:

[1] Muster Rolls and Other Records of Service of Maryland Troops in the American Revolution, Archives of Maryland Online, vol. 18, p. 8.

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