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Notes for Benjamin SIMONS, III.

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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

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