Below is the line of descent of the Simmons Family in America. Bold text indicates direct ancestors. Numbers indicate generations in order from the earliest (known) to the latest. Same number indicates either siblings or cousins of the same generation. Underlined text contain links to pages devoted to that individual, and other miscellaneous records.
The direct ancestor will always be listed last in the list of children, even though chronologically (by date of birth) they may be out of order.
1-John Simmons II (b. 1720, England, d. March 8, 1785, New York, NY)
+Catharine (surname unknown)
Children: (5)
2-David Simmons
2-James Simmons
2-William Simmons
2-John Simmons Jr.
2-Adam Simmons (b. Jan 15, 1747, Pa, d. July 23, 1827, Clermont Cnty, Oh.) married (Nov 13, 1770, York Springs, PA)
+Mary Hatton (b. Dec 1, 1753, York Cnty, Pa, d. Oct 14, 1831, Felicity, Oh, buried at Laurel Cem.)
Children: (11)
3-John Simmons (b. Nov 13, 1771)
3-Leonard Simmons (b. Dec 15, 1773)
4-James B Simmons (b. March 24th, 1803, Mason Cnty, KY)
3-Benjamin Simmons (b. May 31, 1776)
3-Margaret Simmons (b. Sept 25, 1780)
3-Mary Simmons (b. Feb 25, 1783)
3-Eleanor Simmons (b. Nov 29, 1785)
3-Adam Simmons Jr. (b. July 9, 1788)
3-Sarah Simmons (b. Oct 30, 1790)
3-Nancy Simmons (b. Oct 10, 1793)
3-Elizabeth Simmons (b. July 15, 1797)
3-James Grant Simmons (b. July 30, 1778, Westmoreland Cnty, Pa, d. June 24, 1855, Clermont Cnty, Oh) married (June 23, 1797, Mason, Ky)
+Sarah Evans (b. May, 1775 MD, d. 1855, Clermont Cnty, Oh)
Children: (9)
4-William Simmons (b. June 2, 1798)
4-Mary Simmons (b. Dec 22, 1802)
4-Elisha Simmons (b. Feb 13, 1805)
4 James Simmons (b. June 15, 1807)
4-Leonard Simmons (b. Jan 3, 1810)
4-Eleanor A Simmons (b. Apr 10, 1812)
4-John B Simmons (b. June 15, 1814)
4-Benjamin H Simmons (b. May 12, 1819)
4-Hatton Simmons (b. July 26,1800 Bull Skin Creek, Franklin Twshp, Oh, d. Dec 13, 1886) married (Feb 12, 1824)
+(1st) Esther Nichols (b. June 1, 1796, Clermont Cnty, Oh, d. Feb 16, 1864, Laurel, Oh)
+(2nd) Rebecca Simmons (from 1880 census, 55 yrs old)
Children: (5, 1st wife)
5-Hannah E. Simmons
5-James R.H. Simmons
5-Nathan Nichols Simmons
5-Sarah Ann Simmons
5-William Daniel Simmons (b. July 9, 1839, Laurel, Oh, d. Feb 9, 1924, Laurel, Oh) married (March 5, 1867)
+Mary Elizabeth Allen (b. July 4, 1848, Oxford, Oh, d. Feb, 1942, Laurel, Oh)
Children: (5)
6-Harriet Esther Simmons married
+(1st - Feb 27, 1907) George Everett Mofford (b. 1878, d. 1920)
Children: (1)
7-Gladys Evelyn Mofford (May 18, 1908 Laurel, Oh, d. 1981, Hamilton, Oh) married (July 18, 1931)
+Harold "Charles" Rosenbach (b. 1907, Chicago, Il, d. 2000, San Diego, Ca)
Children: (1)
8-Charles Everett Rosenbach (b. April 21, 1932, Evanston, Il, d. Dec 24, 2017, Los Angeles, Ca)
+(2nd) - John B. Knott (b. 1867, d. 1954)
6-Anna Rebecca Simmons
6-Charles J.A. Simmons (b. April 12, 1871, d. May 6, 1951) married (1905)
Children: (1)
7-Dr. Charles McNeill Simmons Jr. (b. March 5, 1911, Laurel, Oh, d. July 1, 1969, Bethel, Oh)
+Jean Gertrude Nielson
Children (4)
8-Kim David McNeill Simmons
8-Niel Simmons
Children (of brothers, not sure which ones)
9-Bette J. Simmons Wesson
9-Charles B. Simmons
9-Scott D. Simmons
8-Two sisters (unknown names)
Children (of the sisters)
9-Charles Michael Moore
9-Christina Lynn Moore Schorr
9-Heather Anne Riley Smallman
9-Kara Elizabeth Riley King
6-Ida M. Simmons (b. Aug 14, 1869, Laurel, Oh, d. 1924, Lovelock, Nv)*
6-Bertha Allen Simmons (b. Aug 14, 1869, Laurel, Oh, d. Aug 23, 1937, Laurel, Oh) married (June 30, 1904)
Children (2):
7-Ruth Winnifred McNeill (b. 1906, d. April 8, 1976, Detroit, Mi)
+Robert M. Hendrixson
Children (1):
8-Madeleine (Mitzi) Sue (b. July 13, 1938, Cleveland, Oh, d. August 31, 2008, Ann Arbor, Mi)
+Samuel N. Irwin
No children
7-Dorothy Allen McNeill (b. Feb. 7, 1912, Laurel, Oh, d. July 7, 1986, Cincinnati, Oh) married (Sept. 29, 1939, Carroll Cnty)
+Erwin Kattus (b. 1897, Cincinnati, Oh, d. 1978, Cincinnati, Oh)
Children (2):
8-Marjorie Ellen Kattus (b. Feb. 24, 1942, Cincinnati, Oh, d. Sept. 20, 1991, Cincinnati, Oh)
+George Ruege
Children (2):
9-Michael Ruege (b. Dec 30, 1972, Cincinnati, Oh)
10-Brandon Ruege
9-Mary Ruege (b. May 11, 1982, Cincinnati, Oh)
10-Grace Dugger
11-Landen Peters
8-Christine Anne Kattus (b. Nov 5, 1951, Cincinnati, Oh, d. June 25, 2018, Cincinnati, Oh married (Sept. 6, 1974)
+David Bolten (b. Sept. 25, 1951, Cincinnati, Oh.)
Children (2):
9-Aaron David Bolten (b. April 5, 1979, Louisville, Ky)
+Jennifer Rose
9-Sarah Lynne (Bolten) Kearns (b. March 19, 1982, Delaware, Oh) married (May 17, 2014)
+Jonathan Kearns
10-Capriana Christine Kearns (b. June 3, 2016, Raleigh, NC)
*It was very surprising to discover Bertha was a twin. I am somewhat skeptical of it, as that information was never passed down from Christine. It is possible that Dorothy never knew this either. This information was sourced from Ancestry.com. It has not been verified anywhere else.