Drawing on church, family bible, and cemetery records; censuses; legal transactions such as deeds and wills; and memories of current family members, A Family of the Chesapeake explores the life of Edward Simmons and his family. The second half of this book is a genealogical listing of the hundreds of known descendants of Edward's nine children. Edward Simmons was a farmer who lived on the eastern shore of the Chesapeake Bay when the United...