Family of Benjamin SIMONS III. and Catherine CHICKEN

Husband:	Benjamin SIMONS III. (1737-1789)
Wife:	Catherine CHICKEN (1741-1820)
Children:	Lydia SIMONS (1765- )
	Benjamin SIMONS (1765- )
	Benjamin SIMONS (1766- )
	Lydia Child SIMONS (1768- )
	Edward SIMONS (1768- )
	Catherine SIMONS (1773- )
	Mary SIMONS (1777- )
	Benjamin SIMONS (1779- )
	Sarah Lydia SIMONS (1782-1834)
Marriage	27 Sep 1764

Husband: Benjamin SIMONS III.

Name:	Benjamin SIMONS III.
Sex:	Male
Father:	Benjamin SIMONS II. (1713-1772)
Mother:	Ann KEATING (1718-1754)
Birth	10 Sep 1737
Death	3 Oct 1789 (age 52)	Middleburg Plantation
Burial		Pompion Hill Chapel

Wife: Catherine CHICKEN

Name:	Catherine CHICKEN
Sex:	Female
Father:	Capt. George Jr. CHICKEN ( - )
Mother:	Lydia Turnsteed CHILD (1721-1765)
Birth	1741
Death	1820 (age 78-79)
Burial		Pompion Hill Chapel, Middleburg plantation

Child 1: Lydia SIMONS

Name:	Lydia SIMONS
Sex:	Female
Birth	1765

Child 2: Benjamin SIMONS

Name:	Benjamin SIMONS
Sex:	Male
Birth	1765

Child 3: Benjamin SIMONS

Name:	Benjamin SIMONS
Sex:	Male
Birth	1766

Child 4: Lydia Child SIMONS

Name:	Lydia Child SIMONS
Sex:	Female
Birth	1768

Child 5: Edward SIMONS

Name:	Edward SIMONS
Sex:	Male
Birth	1768

Child 6: Catherine SIMONS

Name:	Catherine SIMONS
Sex:	Female
Birth	1773

Child 7: Mary SIMONS

Name:	Mary SIMONS
Sex:	Female
Spouse:	David MAYBANK (bap.1767, d.1807)
Birth	1777

Child 8: Benjamin SIMONS

Name:	Benjamin SIMONS
Sex:	Male
Birth	1779

Child 9: Sarah Lydia SIMONS

Name:	Sarah Lydia SIMONS
Sex:	Female
Spouse:	Jonathan Jr. LUCAS ( -1832)
Birth	1782
Death	1834 (age 51-52)

Note on Husband: 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 Wife: Catherine CHICKEN

"Little Mistress Chicken", by Mrs. Arthur Gordon Rose, reprinted by "The Youth's Companion". http://199.4.147.11/gen/chicken.htm

 

Will sg. 27 June 1820, pr. 15 Nov. 1820 Book F Page 235 Charleston Co. SC.

 

The following is from Edgar Taylor -

The name "Catherine" can be a source of error in the Chicken research, since there were at least 3 of the name that I know about. You are famiilar with Catherine, the daughter of George Jr. and Lydia, and the one who was the daughter of William and Elizabeth. There was at least one more in the several branches of the Chicken family. The name has come down through the generations even to this day. My great great grandmother, the granddaughter of Catherine Chicken Dewees was given the name, and I have several cousins who were so named.

 

The mystery remains, though, what was the family name of the first Catherine, the wife of Col. George. We suspect it to be Durham, based only on a deed of gift that was given to Catherine's daughter, Catherine, by David Durham. There is so little information on David or the Durhams in SC. He and Col. Chicken must have been good friends, and both were "military" men.

 

As you probably know, Catherine first married Thomas Bellamy. Based on the record of Bellamy entering SC without a wife, it would appear that he married Catherine in SC. The marriage must have been short-lived, with Thomas dying shortly thereafter about 1705. She must have been relatively young, based on how long she lived following her marriage to Col. George.

Note on Child 9: Sarah Lydia SIMONS

Inherited Middleburg (Macky Hill).