Family of Benjamin SIMONS II. and Ann KEATING

Husband:	Benjamin SIMONS II. (1713-1772)
Wife:	Ann KEATING (1718-1754)
Children:	Benjamin SIMONS III. (1737-1789)
	Mary SIMONS (1739- )
	Peter SIMONS (1740-1777)
	Edward SIMONS (1742- )
	Maurice SIMONS (1744-1785)
	Ann SIMONS (1745-1773)
	Elizabeth SIMONS (1747-1788)
	Francis SIMONS (1749-1749)
	Rebecca SIMONS (1750- )
	Samuel SIMONS (1751-1756)
	Keating SIMONS (1753-1834)
Marriage	25 Nov 1736

Husband: Benjamin SIMONS II.

Name:	Benjamin SIMONS II.
Sex:	Male
Father:	Benjamin SIMONS (1672-1717)
Mother:	Mary Esther DUPRE (1674?-1737)
Birth	12 Jun 1713	Middleburg Plantation
Baptism	19 Jun 1713 (age 0)	Pompion Hill by Mr. Hasell
Death	30 Apr 1772 (age 58)	Charelston, SC
Burial	1 May 1772 (age 58)	Pumpkin (Pompion) Hill Chapel

Wife: Ann KEATING

Name:	Ann KEATING
Sex:	Female
Father:	Edward KEATING ( - )
Mother:	Ann --?-- ( - )
Birth	16 Feb 1717/18
Death	20 Apr 1754 (age 36)
Burial		Pompion Hill Chapel

Child 1: Benjamin SIMONS III.

Name:	Benjamin SIMONS III.
Sex:	Male
Spouse 1:	Elizabeth ALLSTON (1742- )
Spouse 2:	Catherine CHICKEN (1741-1820)
Birth	10 Sep 1737
Death	3 Oct 1789 (age 52)	Middleburg Plantation
Burial		Pompion Hill Chapel

Child 2: Mary SIMONS

Name:	Mary SIMONS
Sex:	Female
Spouse:	Daniel LESESNE ( - )
Birth	19 Oct 1739
Death	"15 MAY 1791/89"	St. Thomas Parish
Burial		parish church of St. Thomas and St. Denis

Child 3: Peter SIMONS

Name:	Peter SIMONS
Sex:	Male
Spouse:	Eleanor ALLSTON ( - )
Birth	16 Feb 1740
Death	1777 (age 36-37)	Waccamaw

Child 4: Edward SIMONS

Name:	Edward SIMONS
Sex:	Male
Spouse:	Lydia BALL (1754-1843)
Birth	19 Jul 1742
Death	"OCT 1775/73"

Child 5: Maurice SIMONS

Name:	Maurice SIMONS
Sex:	Male
Spouse:	Mary MITCHELL ( - )
Birth	23 Jan 1744
Death	12 Nov 1785 (age 41)

Child 6: Ann SIMONS

Name:	Ann SIMONS
Sex:	Female
Spouse:	William ALLSTON (1736-1781)
Birth	16 Dec 1745
Death	6 Mar 1773 (age 27)

Child 7: Elizabeth SIMONS

Name:	Elizabeth SIMONS
Sex:	Female
Spouse:	Daniel HEYWARD ( - )
Birth	11 Jul 1747
Death	1788 (age 40-41)

Child 8: Francis SIMONS

Name:	Francis SIMONS
Sex:	Unknown
Birth	7 Mar 1748/49
Death	16 Apr 1749 (age 0)

Child 9: Rebecca SIMONS

Name:	Rebecca SIMONS
Sex:	Female
Spouse:	James JAMIESON ( - )
Birth	30 Mar 1750

Child 10: Samuel SIMONS

Name:	Samuel SIMONS
Sex:	Male
Birth	12 Oct 1751
Death	4 Nov 1756 (age 5)
Burial	4 Nov 1756 (age 5)

Child 11: Keating SIMONS

Name:	Keating SIMONS
Sex:	Male
Spouse 1:	Sarah LEWIS ( -1791)
Spouse 2:	Eleanor BALL (1765?-1827)
Birth	6 Jan 1753
Death	18 Sep 1834 (age 81)	Orange St, Charleston, SC
Burial		Lewisfield plantation

Note on Husband: Benjamin SIMONS II.

He became the owner of Middleburg Plantation. He was a factor in Charleston, S. C. with a countinghouse on Motte's Whalf at the end of Tradd Street. He was also an extensive and prosperious rice planter. He served as Commissary General (1766-1771), a member of the Commons House of Assembly (1760-1769), and Justice of the Peace 1761.

(from web site, "Early Families of South Carolina," edited by John J. Simons III, URL: http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=syf&id=I1011)

 

Children records from Family Bible now in SC Historical Society as printed in So. Ca. Historical and Genealogical Magazine

V. 37, 1936 page 144.

 

He became the owner of Middleburg at the age of 4. He increased the size from 350 to over 3,000 acres. (Macky Hill).

 

"South Carolina as a Royal Province 1719-1776" by W. Roy Smith, page 412 lists Benjamin SIMONS as Commissary General from 1766-1771. This is Benjamin

SIMONS II. Also, the South Carolina Gazzette, Monday 8 Dec 1766, "Tis said, Benjamin SIMONS, Esq., will be appointed to suceed Mr. Pinkney as Commisary General."

Note on Child 1: Benjamin SIMONS III.

Abstracts of Wills of Charleston District South Carolina 1783-1800

by Caroline T. Moore

WILL BOOK B 1786-1793

BENJAMIN SIMONS, Christ Church Parish, planter. Wife:

Catherine, use of my plantation called the Grove (on Sewee

Bay), use of my plantation called Middleburg with my chil-

dren during her widowhood. Daus: Catherine, Mary, Sarah

Lydia, under 21 years. Nieces: Rebecca, Ann and Rachel

Jamieson. Nephews: Keating Lewis Simons (son of my bro-

ther Keating Simons), a balance on the legacy left me by my

late brother Edward Simons; Daniel, Benjamin, Peter and

Thomas Lesesne. Mentions: each of my children to receive an

equal share of my estate when of age; sons and daus. of my

brother Keating Simons. Exors: wife during her widowhood;

Elias Ball; John Ball; Edward Thomas. Wit: Gabriel Capers,

John Bollough, Elias Whilden.

D: 3 Oct. 1789. P: 20 Jan. 1790. R: nd. p. 380

 

SOUTH CAROLINA MARRIAGES 1688 - 1799 by Brent Holcomb, Publisher: Baltimore : Genealogical Pub. Co.,

1980-1981. ISBN: 0806308915 0806309393, p. 226

Simons, Benjn. Jr., & Catharine Chicken, 27 Sept. 1764. T & D PR

Note on Child 2: Mary SIMONS

Interred at "the Brick Church," the parish church of St. Thomas and St. Denis.

 

Marriage and Death Notices from the City Gazette of Wednesday May 18, 1791:

"Died in St. Thomas Parish. Mrs. Mary Lesesne, widow of the late Daniel

Lesesne, of that place, deceased. "

Note on Child 3: Peter SIMONS

Peter Simons fought in the Revolutionary War under Colonel Wade Hampton and died soon after fighting broke out. His

plantation was broken into two parts; the Northern half, Willbrook to his youngest son Peter, the Southern half, Litchfield, to

his older son John. (Historical Atlas of Rice Plantations of Georgetown County and the Santee River, page 149)

 

Georgetown Rice Plantations by Aberta Morel Lachicotte, p46, says that the deed dividing Litchfield for Peter's two sons,

John and Peter was dated 1794, therefore the elder Peter must have died around 1794. The plat supposedly hangs in the

upstairs Hall. Each Plantation contained 966 acres (p.51). Peter's wife inherited one half of Chicora Wood Plantation. He

then purchased the other half from her sister, Mrs. Benjamin Young in 1764 and then sold it all to Benjamin and Richard

Waring in 1771 (p 119).

 

Will sg. 19 Sept. 1807, pr. 9 Oct. 1807, Charleston Co. SC Book E Page 3. Leaves Sea Shore plantation to his son John and Daniel Island plantation to Mrs. Ann MITCHELL. If child in his pregnant wife is a boy, then he inherits Wacamaw plantation.

Mentions plantation in Georgetown district bought from Benjamin Young and owning his decessed brother Edward's plantation.

Note on Child 4: Edward SIMONS

The South Carolina Gazette

Marriage Notices Excerpts

1770 - 1779

 

Last Thursday Mr. Edward Simons was married to Miss Lydia Ball, daughter of the late Elias Ball,* Esq. (Thursday October 24, 1771.)

Note on Child 5: Maurice SIMONS

Notices from the Charlestown Gazette, March 23, 1779

Last Friday a Negro Fellow belonging to Col. Maurice Simons, was burnt on the Common near this Town, for setting Fire to his Master's Stable a few Days past.

 

Is this the Col. Maurice SIMMONS listed as a member of Marion Francis troops? DeSaussure, Wilmot G. Officers Who Served in the

South Carolina Regiments Charleston, 1894, p235.

 

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1875 will is in the SC Historical Society Cleland Kinloch family corespondence file call number 1168.03.01.04.

Note on Child 7: Elizabeth SIMONS

The South Carolina Gazette

Marriage Notices Excerpts 1770 - 1779

Last Sunday night, Col. Daniel Hayward (the greatest planter in this province), was married to Miss Elizabeth Simons, a daughter of Benjamin Simons, Esq., late commissary-general. (Thursday, September 12, 1771.)

Note on Child 11: Keating SIMONS

The South Carolina Gazette

Marriage Notices Excerpts 1770 - 1779

On Thursday last Mr. Keating Simons was married to Miss Sarah Lewis, only child of Mr. Sedgwick Lewis. (Monday, June 13, 1774.)

 

Fought for Francis Marion. DeSaussure, Wilmot G. Officers Who Served in the South Carolina Regiments Charleston, 1894, page 235.

Brigade Maj., 1781; Chief of Staff to Gen. Marion.

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Gov. Matthews to Gen. Marion

[Horry MS.]

 

Uxbridge, September 1, 1782.

 

Sir:

 

Your letter, received yesterday, relieved me from a great deal of uneasiness, as Mr. K. Simons came down two days before and informed me that he was apprehensive, from the accounts he had heard, that your brigade had been defeated, a total route ensued, and that they had suffered severely. Under these impressions, you may judge what must have been my feelings on receipt of your letter yesterday. I most sincerely congratulate you, sir, on your triumph over the deep laid scheme of our inveterate enemies. Their disappointment, in a plan they had depended so much upon, must chagrin them far more than their loss. Your account of the behavior of the militia reflects great honor on them, and exhibits an example worthy of imitation by the rest of their brethren. With respect to the prize you mention, I would have you by all means carry the proclamation into force against her in the most rigid manneralso, with regard to any others that might be taken; for, notwithstanding every exertion, the Charlestown markets are amply supplied with all kinds of provisions, by a parcel of mercenary, infamous wretches, who make lucre their only object, no matter how diabolical the means they pursue to obtain it, or how prejudicial it may be to the interest of their country.

 

I am, sir, your most obedient humble servant,

 

JOHN MATTHEWS

 

(From Documentary History of the American Revolution, by Gibbes, Volume 2, p. 218)

Doc ID: Gibbes, v. 2, p. 218

Date: 9/01/1782