Person:William Simonds (22)

Name	William Simonds
Gender	Male
Birth^[1]	19 Feb 1762	Uxbridge, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
Marriage	22 Feb 1787	Warwick, Franklin, Massachusetts, United Statesto Mary Hastings
Death^[2]	19 Feb 1825	Northfield, Franklin, Massachusetts, United States

References

↑ Allred, Marilyn. The town of Warwick, Franklin County, Massachusetts, genealogical records 1739-1900, births, marriages, deaths: of the inhabitants that lived in Warwick, MA. Taken from the handwritten chronological records and cemetary [sic] records of the town of Warwick, MA. (2000)
p. 251.

Children of Benjamin Simonds and Sarah Wilson: 7) William, b. Uxbridge 19 Feb 1762, m. 22 Feb 1787 Mary Hastings.
[Note: see comment.]
↑ Find A Grave: Center Cemetery, Northfield, MA, in Find A Grave
William Simonds.

Capt.
William Simonds
died.
19 Feb. 1825. AE.
63.
[Birth about 1762.]
It is never reassuring to see a death fall exactly on a birthday, and with no record of the birth found, it raises suspicions of a errant calculation being substituted for fact. No birth record is found in Uxbridge (or elsewhere) for William. However, Allred does not mention a death date, so assuming she was unaware of the gravestone, she could not have made such a calculation. While she is not overly reliable (e.g., in this family, included Hannah b. 1776 in both the father's and son's family, also notice the unlikely variation of birth locations to Uxbridge, then to Warwick, and then back to Uxbridge), it is assumed that this is at least not an errant calculation. Its actual basis is unknown, however.