He was the son of Joseph and Ann Sims. He was married to Sarah Hopkins and had at least two children Alexander Wooddrop Sims (d. 1799) and Elizabeth Howard Sims Shippen (1793-April 6, 1860). His death was mentioned in Elizabeth Drinker's notable diary:
1793, 29 August
"John Morgan, who married Smith's daughter, Woodrop Sims, one Lumbert, and Vanuxem's daughter, one of the name of Duncan, and many whose names we did not hear, have died since yesterday."
-- Source: Genealogical Gleanings from the Journal of Elizabeth Drinker, 1759 to 1807, Page 603 in Pennsylvania Vital Records, Vol I, by the Genealogical Publishing Company, Incorporated in 1983.
1793, 29 August
"John Morgan, who married Smith's daughter, Woodrop Sims, one Lumbert, and Vanuxem's daughter, one of the name of Duncan, and many whose names we did not hear, have died since yesterday."
-- Source: Genealogical Gleanings from the Journal of Elizabeth Drinker, 1759 to 1807, Page 603 in Pennsylvania Vital Records, Vol I, by the Genealogical Publishing Company, Incorporated in 1983.
He was the son of Joseph and Ann Sims. He was married to Sarah Hopkins and had at least two children Alexander Wooddrop Sims (d. 1799) and Elizabeth Howard Sims Shippen (1793-April 6, 1860). His death was mentioned in Elizabeth Drinker's notable diary:
1793, 29 August
"John Morgan, who married Smith's daughter, Woodrop Sims, one Lumbert, and Vanuxem's daughter, one of the name of Duncan, and many whose names we did not hear, have died since yesterday."
-- Source: Genealogical Gleanings from the Journal of Elizabeth Drinker, 1759 to 1807, Page 603 in Pennsylvania Vital Records, Vol I, by the Genealogical Publishing Company, Incorporated in 1983.
1793, 29 August
"John Morgan, who married Smith's daughter, Woodrop Sims, one Lumbert, and Vanuxem's daughter, one of the name of Duncan, and many whose names we did not hear, have died since yesterday."
-- Source: Genealogical Gleanings from the Journal of Elizabeth Drinker, 1759 to 1807, Page 603 in Pennsylvania Vital Records, Vol I, by the Genealogical Publishing Company, Incorporated in 1983.
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