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Benjamin Simons 1708–1772 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1708-08-21

Birth Location: Middleburg Plantation, Berkley County, South Carolina

Death Date: 1772-05-02

Death Location: Pumpkin Hill Church, Berkley County, South Carolina

Father: Benjamin I

Mother: Mary DuPre

Spouse(s): Ann Dewick, Ann Keating

Children(s): James I, Mary Simons, Robert Simons, Rachel Simons, Samuel Simons, Francis Simons, Mary Simons, Rebecca Simons, Elizabeth Simons, Keating Major, Ann Simons, Maurice Colonel, Edward Simons, Peter Simons, Benjamin III

The story of Benjamin Simons began in 1708 in Middleburg Plantation, Berkley County, South Carolina. Benjamin Simons married Ann Dymes Dewick, Ann Keating, and had children including Ann Dewick Simons, Ann Simons, Benjamin Simons Iii, Edward Simons, Elizabeth Simons, Francis Simons, James Simons I, Keating Simons I Major, Mary Esther Simons, Mary Simons, Maurice Simons I Colonel, Peter Simons, Rachel Simons, Rebecca Simons, Robert Simons, Samuel Simons. Benjamin Simons passed away in 1772 in Pumpkin Hill Church, Berkley County, South Carolina.

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Biography

  • The story of Benjamin Simons began in 1708 in Middleburg Plantation, Berkley County, South Carolina.
  • Benjamin Simons married Ann Dymes Dewick, Ann Keating, and had children including Ann Dewick Simons, Ann Simons, Benjamin Simons Iii, Edward Simons, Elizabeth Simons, Francis Simons, James Simons I, Keating Simons I Major, Mary Esther Simons, Mary Simons, Maurice Simons I Colonel, Peter Simons, Rachel Simons, Rebecca Simons, Robert Simons, Samuel Simons.
  • Benjamin Simons passed away in 1772 in Pumpkin Hill Church, Berkley County, South Carolina.

Immediate Family

Parents

Benjamin I
1672–1717
Birth Location: France
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Mary DuPre
1670–1737
Birth Location: France
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Spouses(s)

Ann Dewick
–1776
Birth Location: –
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Ann Keating
1717–1754
Birth Location: –
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Children(s)

James I
1761–1815
Birth Location: –
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Mary Simons
1759–1843
Birth Location: –
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Robert Simons
1758–1807
Birth Location: St. Thomas & St. Dennis Parish, South Carolina
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Rachel Simons
1756–1780
Birth Location: –
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Samuel Simons
1751–1756
Birth Location: –
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Francis Simons
1747–1749
Birth Location: –
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Mary Simons
1739–1791
Birth Location: –
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Rebecca Simons
1750–1842
Birth Location: –
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Elizabeth Simons
1747–1788
Birth Location: South Carolina
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Keating Major
1753–1834
Birth Location: St. Thomas Parish, South Carolina
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Ann Simons
1745–1773
Birth Location: –
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Maurice Colonel
1743–1785
Birth Location: South Carolina
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Edward Simons
1742–1775
Birth Location: –
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Peter Simons
1739–1777
Birth Location: –
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Benjamin III
1737–1789
Birth Location: –
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Benjamin Simons's Ancestors

Self
Benjamin Simons
1708–1772
Birth Place: Middleburg Plantation, Berkley County, South Carolina
Parents
Benjamin Simons I
1672–1717
France
Mary (Esther) DuPre
1670–1737
France
Grandparents
Josias (DuPre Sr.) Reverand
1640–1712
France
Martha Brabant
1648–
France
Great-Grandparents
Samuel Dupre
1610–1694
Samuel Dupre
1610–1694
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Benjamin Simons's Descendants

1.
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Benjamin Simons (1708-08-21–1772-05-02) m. Ann (Dymes) Dewick (–1776-09-16) m. Ann Keating (Or:1717/02/16-1718/02/16–1754-04-21)
  1. 1. James (Simons) I 1761–1815 m. Sarah (Tucker) Harris 1772–1825 m. Sarah Hyrne 1763–1799 m. Sarah Dewar –1786
    1. 1. James (Simons) II 1813–1879 m. Sarah (Loundes) Wragg 1814–1902
      1. 1. Harleston (Reid) Simons 1851– m. Harriet Ogier 1857–
    2. 2. Charles (William) Simons 1811–1865
    3. 3. Maria (Elizabeth) Simons 1809–1848
    4. 4. Harris Simons 1807–1866
    5. 5. Christiana (Harris) Simons 1802–1877
    6. 6. Tucker (Harris) Simons 1801–1801
    7. 7. Mary (Drayton) Simons 1797–1882
    8. 8. Sarah (Hyrne) Simons 1795–1817
    9. 9. William (Washington) Simons 1793–1808
    10. 10. Harriet (Hyrne) Simons 1792–1872
    11. 11. Mary (Butler) Simons 1790–1791
    12. 12. Henry (Massingbird) Simons 1789–1820
    13. 13. James (Dewar) Simons 1785–1814
    14. 14. Charles (D.) Simons 1786–1812 m. Sarah Barksdale 1788–
  2. 2. Mary (Esther) Simons 1759–1843
  3. 3. Robert Simons 1758–1807 m. Mary White 1764–
  4. 4. Rachel Simons 1756–1780 m. John Bryan 1748–1805
    1. 1. Male Bryan 1780–1782
  5. 5. Samuel Simons 1751–1756
  6. 6. Francis Simons 1747–1749
  7. 7. Mary Simons 1739–1791 m. Daniel (Lesesne) Esquire 1717–1782
    1. 1. Harriet Lesesne 1779– m. Press (McPherson) Smith –1874
      1. 1. Anna (Lesesne) Smith 1810–1888
      2. 2. Harriet Smith 1803–1879
      3. 3. Robert (Press) Smith 1802–1887
    2. 2. Maurice (Keating) Lesesne 1777–
    3. 3. Thomas (Lesesne) Esquire 1775–1813 m. Anna (Caroline) Broun 1786–1874
      1. 1. Daniel (Somers) Lesesne 1813–1871
      2. 2. Henry (Deas) Lesesne 1810–1886
    4. 4. John Lesesne 1774–
    5. 5. Peter Lesesne 1772–1837
    6. 6. Isaac Lesesne 1771–
    7. 7. Benjamin (B.) Lesesne 1769–1800
    8. 8. Sarah (B.) Lesesne 1768–1794
    9. 9. Daniel (Lesesne) Jr. 1766–
    10. 10. James Lesesne 1764–1765
    11. 11. Ann Lesesne 1762–1826
    12. 12. Esther Lesesne 1761–
    13. 13. Elizabeth Lesesne 1759–
    14. 14. Mary Lesesne 1756–1826
  8. 8. Rebecca Simons 1750–1842
    1. 1. Rebecca Jamieson –1841 m. Thomas Cordes –1799
      1. 1. James (Jamieson) Cordes 1798– m. Mary Lucas 1802–
      2. 2. Elizabeth (Jamieson) Cordes 1799– m. John Harleston 1797–1831
        1. 1. Thomas (Cordes) Harleston 1821–1890 m. Ann (Ball) Simons 1823–1899 m. Elizabeth (Serena) Barksdale –1850
        2. 2. Elizabeth (Ann) Harleston 1830–
        3. 3. Edward (Isaac) Harleston 1827–1832
        4. 4. John (Moultrie) Harleston 1820–1895 m. Eleanor (Elizabeth) Gaillard 1815–
  9. 9. Elizabeth Simons 1747–1788 m. Daniel (Heyward) Colonel 1720–1777
    1. 1. Benjamin (Simons) Heyward 1776–1796
    2. 2. Elizabeth Heyward 1773–1780
  10. 10. Keating (Simons I) Major 1753–1834 m. Eleanor Ball 1765–1827 m. Sarah Lewis 1758–1791
    1. 1. Thomas (Grange Simons) I 1789–1863 m. Catharine Hume 1787–1872
      1. 1. Catherine (Hume) Simons 1832–1900
      2. 2. Ann (Ball) Simons 1830–1908
      3. 3. Keating (Lewis Simons AKA K. Simons) Simons 1827–1900
      4. 4. Eleanor (Ball) Simons 1825–1892 m. John (Hume) Lucas 1822–1853
      5. 5. John (Hume) Simons 1823–1891
      6. 6. Catherine (Hume) Simons 1820–1821
      7. 7. Thomas (Grange Simons) II 1818–1904
      8. 8. Mary (Hume) Simons 1816–1881
    2. 2. Maurice Simons 1786–1845
    3. 3. Benjamin Simons 1784–1785
    4. 4. Sarah Simons 1782–1784
    5. 5. Rachel Simons 1780–1785
    6. 6. Edward Simons 1778–1843 m. Mary (Read) Simons 1788–1842
      1. 1. Ann (Ball) Simons 1823–1899 m. Thomas (Cordes) Harleston 1821–1890
        1. 1. John (Simons) Harleston 1855–
      2. 2. Eliza (Read) Simons 1820–1880 m. Keating (Lewis Simons) II 1816–1868
        1. 1. Keating (Lewis Simons) III 1847–1917 m. Ida Gaillard 1844–1923
        2. 2. Francis (Kinloch) Simons 1843–1897 m. Aphra (Louise) Tate 1861–1928
    7. 7. Sedgwick (Lewis) Simons 1788–1834 m. Anne Hume 1786–1870
      1. 1. Keating (Lewis) Simons 1820–1866 m. Augusta (Melanie) Taveau 1825–1906
        1. 1. Sedgwick (Lewis) Simons 1854–1897
        2. 2. Augustus Simons 1846–1900 m. Naomie Mitchell 1857–1901
    8. 8. Keating (Lewis) Simons 1775–1819 m. Ann (Cleland) Kinloch 1788–1857
      1. 1. Keating (Lewis Simons) II 1816–1868 m. Eliza (Read) Simons 1820–1880
    9. 9. Ann Simons 1776–1840 m. Thomas Simons 1765–1805 m. John (Ball) Jr. 1782–1834
      1. 1. Eleanor Simons 1804–1805
      2. 2. Marie (Guerin) Ball 1816–
      3. 3. Judith (Boisseau) Ball 1820–1823
      4. 4. Keating (Simons Ball) Colonel 1818–1891
      5. 5. Ann (Simons) Ball 1815–1859 m. John (Ernest) Gibbs 1813– m. Elias (Horry Deas) Doctor 1803–1867
        1. 1. Henry Deas 1853–1877
        2. 2. Ann (Simons) Deas 1845–1928
  11. 11. Ann Simons 1745–1773 m. William (( Of Brookgreen ) Allston) Captain 1736–1781
    1. 1. Benjamin (Allston) Jr. 1766–1809 m. Charlotte (Ann) Allston 1771–1824
      1. 1. William (Washington) Allston 1804–1823
      2. 2. Mary (Pyatt) Allston 1795–1836
      3. 3. Robert (Francis Withers) Allston 1801–1864
        1. 1. Benjamin Allston 1833–1900
      4. 4. Elizabeth (Blyth) Allston 1790–1822 m. John (Hyrne) Tucker 1775–1859
      5. 5. Joseph (Waites Allston) General 1798–1834
      6. 6. Charlotte (Anne) Allston 1788–1842 m. John (Coachman) Esquire 1769–1835
        1. 1. Benjamin (Allston) Coachman 1821–1909
    2. 2. Elizabeth (Frances) Allston 1766–1806 m. William (Hasell Gibbes) Esquire 1754–1834
      1. 1. Henry Gibbes 1797–1834 m. Anna (Isabella) Mayrant –1832
      2. 2. Allston Gibbes 1793–1822 m. Sarah (Maxwell) Chisolm 1792–1820
      3. 3. Ann Gibbes 1783–1783
  12. 12. Maurice (Simons I) Colonel 1743–1785
    1. 1. Mary Simons 1783–1783
    2. 2. Benjamin Simons 1783–1783
    3. 3. Eliza (Ann) Simons 1781–1781
    4. 4. Thomas Simons 1765–1805 m. Elizabeth (( Betsy )) Read 1766–1802 m. Ann Simons 1776–1840
      1. 1. Susan (Read) Simons 1797–
      2. 2. Thomas (Simons) Jr. 1795–1802
      3. 3. Mary (Read) Simons 1788–1842 m. Edward Simons 1778–1843
      4. 4. Eliza (Susannah) Simons 1794–1830
    5. 5. Maurice (Simons) II 1767–
      1. 1. Edward (Peter) Simons 1794–1823
      2. 2. Maurice (Simons) III 1790–1836
      3. 3. Thomas (Young) Simons 1797–1857 m. Margaret (Anderson) Ballentine 1804–1837
        1. 1. Alfred (Drayton) Simons 1837–
        2. 2. Thomas (Young Simons) II 1830–1865 m. Susan (C.) Baynard 1838–1910
        3. 3. Margaret (Fullerton) Simons 1832–1909
        4. 4. Benjamin (Bonneau) Simons 1827–1830
        5. 5. Mary (Elizabeth) Simons 1836– m. William Sinkler 1834–1902
  13. 13. Edward Simons 1742–1775 m. Lydia Ball 1757–1843
  14. 14. Peter Simons 1739–1777 m. Eleanor Allston 1738–
    1. 1. Esther Simons 1740–
  15. 15. Benjamin (Simons) III 1737–1789 m. Catherine Chicken 1741–1820 m. Elizabeth Allston 1742–1764
    1. 1. Edward Simons 1770–1773
    2. 2. Benjamin Simons 1766–1771
    3. 3. Lydia (Child) Simons 1768–1774
    4. 4. Mary Simons 1777–1806 m. David Maybank 1767–1807
      1. 1. Joseph Maybank 1799–1844 m. Ann (Lucas) Pearle 1816–1892
        1. 1. Anne (L.) Maybank 1839– m. Winborn Lawton 1832–1888
        2. 2. David Maybank 1841– m. Mary (Pope) Crampton 1846–
    5. 5. Sarah (Lydia) Simons 1782–1834 m. Jonathan (Lucas) II 1775–1832
      1. 1. Catherine (Simons) Lucas 1806–1831 m. William (Hume Medical) Doctor 1801–1870
      2. 2. Mary Lucas 1802– m. James (Jamieson) Cordes 1798–
      3. 3. Emma Lucas 1824–
      4. 4. Henry (Eubank) Lucas 1822–
      5. 5. Julia Lucas 1820–
      6. 6. Mary (Ann Lockley) Lucas 1818–
      7. 7. Edward (Simons) Lucas 1816–
      8. 8. Thomas (Naylor) Lucas 1816–
      9. 9. Elizabeth (Bryan) Lucas 1814–
      10. 10. Simons Lucas 1812–1890
      11. 11. Eleanor (Jane) Lucas 1810–1842 m. William (Hume Medical) Doctor 1801–1870
        1. 1. William (Hume) Jr. 1837–1926 m. Martha (Ann) Tennet 1836–
      12. 12. Lydia (Ball) Lucas 1808–
      13. 13. Benjamin (Simons) Lucas 1804–
      14. 14. Jonathan (Lucas) III 1800–
    6. 6. Catherine Simons 1773–1800 m. William Hort 1763–

Benjamin Simons's Timeline

3 Records

1708
1708-08-21
Birth of Benjamin Simons in Middleburg Plantation, Berkley County, South Carolina
Middleburg Plantation, Berkley County, South Carolina
1709
1709-08-20
Age 1
Death of Benjamin Simons in Berkley County, South Carolina
Berkley County, South Carolina
1772
1772-05-02
Age 64
Burial of Benjamin Simons in Pumpkin Hill Church, Berkley County, South Carolina
Pumpkin Hill Church, Berkley County, South Carolina

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    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1708-08-21
    Event Place: Middleburg Plantation, Berkley County, South Carolina

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1709-08-20
    Event Place: Berkley County, South Carolina

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Date: 1772-05-02
    Event Place: Pumpkin Hill Church, Berkley County, South Carolina
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