Archives of Maryland
(Biographical Series)
Letty Ann Simpson (b. circa 1831 - ?)
MSA SC 5496-51372
Maryland State Colonization Society Emigrant to Liberia from Charles
County, 1835
Biography:
As a four-year old child, Letty Ann Simpson was manumitted with her
mother, Mary
Ann, and brother, Edward,
by Henry B. Goodwin of Charles County on January 3, 1835.1, 2
Ambrose
Simpson, Letty Ann's father, was manumitted around the same time by
George D. Parnham, also of Charles County.3
Reunited, on June 28, 1835, the Simpsons sailed from Baltimore on the
schooner Harmony, arriving at Cape Palmas, Liberia on August 23,
1835.4, 5 They were also accompanied by Cecilia
Ann Hanson, a thirteen year old girl manunitted by Goodwin, who remained
in their household in Liberia.5, 6 Letty Ann's father, Ambrose,
worked as a rough carpenter and sawyer as well as served in the colonial
government as an elected councilor in 1846 and 1848.
7, 8, 9, 10 By
1848, Letty Ann had at least four more siblings: Margaret (b. circa 1838),
Josiah (b. circa 1841), and George (b. circa 1846), and Samuel H. (b. circa
1848).11, 12 Ambrose also had an illegitmate child with Hannah
Ireland but they did not appear to live with Ambrose and Mary Ann.13
Some time after 1852, Letty Ann married Alexander Stephens.14
1. SPECIAL
COLLECTIONS (Papers of the Maryland State Colonization Society), 1817-1902.
Manumission and copies. Film No. M 13249-1. Extracts of manumissions, 1835.
2. SPECIAL
COLLECTIONS (Papers of the Maryland State Colonization) Society, 1817-1902.
Manumission Lists, Film No. M 13248-1, 1832-1834, Lines 995-997.
3. Ibid.
4. SPECIAL
COLLECTIONS (Papers of the Maryland State Colonization Society), Manumission
Lists, 1832-1839, MSA SC 5977, Film Number M 13248-1, Emigrants, Line 269-272.
5. Hall, Richard L. On Afric’s Shore: A History of Maryland in Liberia,
1834-1857. (Baltimore: Maryland Historical Society, 2003), 451.
6. SPECIAL
COLLECTIONS (Papers of the Maryland State Colonization Society), 1817-1902.
Manumission and copies. Film No. M 13249-1. Extracts of manumissions, 1835.
7 SPECIAL
COLLECTIONS (Papers of the Maryland State Colonization Society), Subscribers
Reports Census, 1817-1902, MSA SC 5977, Film Number M 13247-1, 1837 Census.
8. SPECIAL
COLLECTIONS (Papers of the Maryland State Colonization Society0, Subscribers
Reports Census, 1817-1902, MSA SC 5977, Film Number M 13247-1, 1838 Census.
9. SPECIAL
COLLECTIONS (Papers of the Maryland State Colonization Society), Subscribers
Reports Census, 1817-1902, MSA SC 5977, Film Number M 13247-1, 1839 Census.
10. SPECIAL
COLLECTIONS (Papers of the Maryland State Colonization Society), Subscribers
Reports Census, 1817-1902, MSA SC 5977, Film Number M 13247-1, 1840 Census.
11. SPECIAL
COLLECTIONS (Papers of the Maryland State Colonization Society), Subscribers
Reports Census, 1817-1902, MSA SC 5977, Film Number M 13247-1, 1848 Census.
12. SPECIAL
COLLECTIONS (Papers of the Maryland State Colonization Society),
Subscribers Reports Census, 1817-1902, MSA SC 5977, Film Number M 13247-1,
1849 Census.
13. Hall, 451.
14. Ibid.
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