SIMPSON, Michael, soldier, born in Paxtang, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, 19 May, 1740; died in York county, Pennsylvania, 1 June, 1813. He received a good education, and was a farmer. After the defeat of Braddock he was commissioned an ensign in the provincial service, and was in the expeditions of Forbes and Bouquet to the Ohio. At the beginning of the Revolution he was appointed lieutenant in the 1st Pennsylvania battalion, and was attached to the Quebec expedition under Arnold in 1775. He was promoted captain, commanded a company at the battle of Long Island, and also participated in the battles of Trenton, Princeton, Brandywine, Germantown, and White Plains. He was retired from service on the rearrangement of the Pennsylvania line in January, 1781. After the war he retired to a farm on Susquehanna river, where he owned the ferry on the York county side of the river that was generally known as Simpson's ferry. He was appointed brigadier-general of Pennsylvania troops under orders for the establishment of a provisional army. He was a warm friend of Washington, who tarried at, his residence over night while returning from the western expedition in 1794.