Notes for Peter SIMONS
SOUTH CAROLINA HISTORICAL AND GENEALOGICAL MAGAZINE, Vol. 43.
p. 135. Magdalen Cordes was b. in Carolina ca 1693. She married 1) a Mr. Harris, No children. She married 2nd ca 1716, Peter Simons, son of Benjamin Simons and his wife, Mary Esther DuPre. He was b. July 9, 1693 - was Captain of Militia in St. Thomas Parish and was shot by the Dutartres in 1724 when he attempted to arrest Peter Rombert. His Estate was valued (1724) at 4,500 Lbs.
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He was baptized in the French Chruch by Mr. Trevilar, Minister. (Family Bible, Andrea files and others)
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