Joseph Brown Symmes
- Born February 2, 1783 in Woburn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.
- Parents were SAMUEL SYMMES and SUSANNA RICHARDSON.
- Married LYDIA WYMAN on November 1, 1808 in Woburn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. Lydia was born December 5, 1789 in Woburn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. Her parents were DANIEL WYMAN and LUCY GARDNER.
- Died March 22, 1850 in Woburn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts of a cancerous tumor.
CHILDREN
- LYDIA WYMAN SYMMES, born February 8, 1812 in Woburn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. Married JEFFERSON FORD on October 9, 1835 in Woburn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.
- JOSEPH SYMMES, born January 30, 1815 in Woburn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. Married HANNAH WYMAN on December 24, 1847 in Woburn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.
- GARDNER SYMMES, born October 28, 1816 in Woburn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. Married ADELINE MATILDA HUTCHINSON on November 19, 1843 in Woburn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.
- BETSEY CHICKERING SYMMES, born April 15, 1823 in Woburn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.