Thomas Grange Simons III, HIS FOREBEARS and RELATIONS
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Thomas Grange Simons III, HIS FOREBEARS AND RELATIONS Bv ROBERT BENTHAM SIMONS REAR ADMIRAL, U.S.N. (Retired) PritJately Printed. Charleston 1954 Pnt114tl Jo,,,, ,111 11111/,or THE R.. L. BR.YAN COMPANY CoLVMBIA, S. C. ALBERT SIMONS, WILLIAM LUCAS SIMONS, JOSEPH AIKEN SIMONS THOMAS GRANGE SIMONS III ROBERT BENTHAM SIMONS, THOMAS GRANGE SIMONS IV CONTENTS PAGE Preface • . • . • . • • • • • • • • • • • V •• Compiler's Note . • • • • • • • • • • • Vll ••• List of Works Consulted • • • • • • • • • • • Vll1 • Editor's Note • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 1X Section I: Simons of South Carolina: The Descendants of Benjamin Simons I . 1 Notes on the Simons Family . 73 Section II: Accounts of Some of the Families Related to the Sim- ons Family . • . 9 S Aiken . • . • • • • • • 96 Notes• on the Aiken Family . • . 104 Bentham . 128 Notes on the Bentham Family • . • • • . 131 Chicken . • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 135 Cordes . 137 Hume . 139 Notes on the Hume Family . 141 Keating . 144 Lucas . • • . 145 Notes on the Lucas Family . 147 Marion . • . • . 148 Martin . • . 1SO Notes on the Martin Family . • . 155 CONTENTS-( Continued) PAGE Mayrant . • . 15 6 Notes on the Mayrant Family . 158 Mazyck . • . • . 159 Notes on the Mazyck Family . • • • . • . 160 Noble • • . • . • • . • . 163 Richardson . • . • . • • • • • • . 164 Villepontoux-Moore . • • • • • • • . 166 Section III: Appendix • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 167 Grant of Land from the Lords Proprietors to Ben jamin Simons, 7 May 1709 . • • . 168 Middleburg Plantation . • . 169 Lewisfield Plantation . • • . 169 Pompion Hill (Punkin Hill) Chapel . • • • . 170 Letter of T. Grange Simons I to Ann Ball Simons, 21 June 1862 •........... 170 Letter of T. Grange Simons III to Francis Caroline Bentham, 9 September 1863 . 172 Letter of T. Grange Simons III to Mary Hume Sim- ons, 20 Oct. 1878 . 174 Military Records of the Simons Family and their Connections . • . 17 8 Application of John Mayrant for Revolutionary War Pension . • . 181 Derivation of Eligibility to the Colonial Dames . 186 Code of Honor . 18 7 Index of Names in the Simons Genealogy • • • • • 197 PREFACE One of the generally observed principles of human beha vior is that as a society evolves from an agrarian culture to wards an urbanized civilization the family as an institution tends to be~ome less closely knit and exercises a diminishing inff uence over the life and conduct of the individuals. In the early days of the American Colonies the family played an important part in furthering the survival of the individual against the ever-present threats from famine and foe. Under such conditions the individual responded intui tively at all times to a deeply felt sense of obligation of service to the family and by an obvious implication to the community and to the state. As !ife through the advances of mechanization and central ized organization seems to become more and more secure with fewer and fewer personal hazards to challenge the courage and initiative of the individual, his sense of obligation to the family, the community, and the state becomes more tenuous. His preoccupations retract within the limits of self interest while at the same time he relinquishes much of his independ ence and becomes more of a con£ ormist to the customs and prejudices of his economic bracket. Only when a national emergency arises is he called upon to lay aside completely self interest and act entirely for the general safety. At such times the individual finds in his regiment, his shipmates or his air group a revival of that tribal sense of loyalty, tolerance, and devotion that had become almost atrophied by modern civilization. The compiler of this study has selected the third Thomas Grange Simons as the central figure about whom to group his researches. This is a logical choice because this man as soldier, physician, and citizen was pre-eminently the expression of a familial society which had been maturing for six generations [v] • Vt THOMAS GRANGE SIMONS III on American soil and had fully developed in him the qualities of self reliance and desire to serve the public weal. The intent of this record would be greatly misunderstood if it were construed as competitive in any sense or as designed to bespeak: the superiority of a particular family. More truly it will be found that so many related f all)ilies are woven into the warp and woof of this tapestry that it has become much more the chronicle of a group of families associated for many generations with the Low Country of South Carolina. It is hoped that this record will be of interest, not only to the many descendants of the early patriarchs and matriarchs listed herein, but to all students of early American life. -ALBERT SIMONS. COMPILER'S NOTE This genealogy has been produced after several years of search and research. Your indulgence is requested for any errors or omissions which may be found. They are unintentional. If any family connection or individual· has been omitted, such omission is due solely to lack: of information. In the case of young and growing families, blank pages have been provided for personal use. I am indebted to many who made their records available and who helped and advised me, especially to Esther Marion Simons, Emma Boylston Richardson, Albert Simons I, and George Walton Williams. -R. B. S. Material in the genealogies has been compiled from records of: Mrs. Edward W.·Bailey Mrs. J. Marion Loftin Mr. Craig M. Bennett Miss Selina Lucas Judge Francis 0. Clarkson Mr. T. Cordes Lucas Col. Alston.. Deas Mrs. R. L. MacDougall Mrs. E. Paul duPont Mrs. Kitt R. McMaster Mrs. Irenee duPont Mrs. Charles F. Middleton Mrs. Wayne Flowerree Mrs. l'on Rhett Mrs. Samuel M. Hasell Mrs. W. J. Roof The Misses Hayne Miss Clara Ellen Simons Mrs. James C. Hemphill Miss Eleanor Simons The Misses Jervey Miss Henrietta Simons Mrs. E. Darrell Jervey Mr. Arthur St. J. Simons Mrs. Joseph A. Johnson Mrs. Thaddeus Street Mrs. George E. Lafaye Mrs. E. M. Trotter Mr. Thomas P. Lesesne Miss Leila Waring Mrs. W. Turner Logan Mrs. Simons VH. Waring [vii] LIST OF WORKS CONSULTED PuBLISHED BooKS: Andrew's History of Maryland, Ashe's History of North Carolina, Garden's Memoirs, Gregg's His tory of the Old Cheraws, Hewatt's History of South Carolina, Horry's Li/e of Marion, Howe's History of the Presbyterian Church, Johnson's Traditions of the Revolution, McCrady's History of South Carolina, Moultrie's History of the Revolu, tion, O'Neall's Bench and Bar, Ramsay's History of South Car olina, Sabine's Notes on Duels and Duelling, Stoney's Planta tions of the Carolina Low Country. REFERENCE WORKS: Records of the British Public Record Office, Parish Records of St. Thomas' and St. Denis' Parish, Parish Records of St. Philip's Parish, City of Charleston Yearbooks, Who's Who. JouRNALS AND PERIODICALS: South Carolina Historical and Genealogical Magazine, Transactions of the Huguenot Society of South Carolina, Charleston Mercury, Charleston Courier, Southern Patriot, The Southern and Western Magazine and, R8'Jiew. MANUSCRIPTS: Caldwell Woodruff's ((Simons Genealogy," Wills of Charleston County in the Office of the Probate Judge, Genealogies owned by Miss Emma Richardson, Family Bibles and Records. l viii 1 EDITOR'S NOTE In the fallowing tables each descendant is given a genea logical number {found also in the Index) by which the line of his descent may be traced. Children are numbered in the order of their birth. The tenth child is designated by "X"; subse quent children by the letters of the alphabet. In cases concern ing the marriage of cousins, the wife's number is given, but the descent is listed ( with a cross reference) under the hus band's name. · The same system is used with the families in Section II, but the number after any individual intermarrying refers to his place in his own family. Numbers from the related families in Section II do not appear in the Simons genealogy, Section I; but the Simons numbers do appear in Section II. Abbreviations: B.-born; D.--died; M.-married; D. N. M.--died not married; o. s. p.--died without progeny. -G. W.W. [ix] 1 Benjamin Simons I (1672-1717) M. 1692 Mary Esther DuPre (D. 1737). Children: 1-1 Peter Simons (1693-1724). 1-2 A son (1695-1695). 1-3 Samuel DuPre Simons (1696-1759). 1-4 Francis Simons I (1697-1731 ). 1-5 Ann Simons (B. 1699). 1-6 Mary Simons {B. 1701 ). 1-7 Elizabeth Simons {B. 1704) M. 1728 James Paul Cordes (B. 1699) o. s. p. 1-8 Martha Simons (B. 1706) M. 1726 Archibald Young. 1-9 Benjamin Simons (1708-1709). 1-X Esther Simons {B. 1710) lived to old age, D.N.M. 1-A Judith Simons { 1712-1781 ). 1-B Benjamin Simons II (1713-1772). 1-C Thomas Simons (1715-1716). 1-D Catherine Simons {1717-1731). 11 Peter Simons (1693-1724) M. 1716 Magdalen Cordes Harris {1693-1745) (widow). Children: 1 J..-1 Peter Simons ( 1717-1748) o. s. p. 11-2 Esther Simons ( 1719-1760). 11-3 Anthony Simons ( 1721-1 722). 112 Esther Simons ( 171 9-1 7 60) M. 1st ca. 173 7 Peter Bonneau (of St. Thomas) ( 1698-1748); M. 2dly 1752 Benjamin Mar ion (D. 1778). Children: 112-1 Margaret Bonneau (B. 1738) M. -Mr. Cou turier (? ) ( of Santee). 112-2 Esther (Hester) Bonneau ( 1740-ca. 1781) M. - Joseph Maybank ( of St. Thomas) ( 1735-ca. 1781 ). 112-3 Peter Bonneau (1744-1774) M. 1767 Mary Ford. 112-4 Anthony Bonneau. [3] 4 THOMAS GRANGE SIMONS III 112-5 Hester Marion (B. 1753). 112-6 Ann Marion (B. 11S5) M. 1778 Thomas Roche o. s. p. 112-7 Martha Marion (B. 17S8) M. 1st Patrick: Roche; M. 2dly Paul Worley. 112-8 Elizabeth Marion (1760-1796). 112-9 Catharine Marion (1760-1809) M.