Francis Simons (1697 - 1731)

Born 7 Dec 1697 in Berkeley County, Province of Carolina

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Died 8 Jun 1731 at age 33 in Berkeley County, Province of South Carolina

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Biography

Francis Simons was born 7 December 1697 - St. Thomas and St Denis Parish, Berkeley, South Carolina. ^[1] He was the son of Benjamin Simons and Mary Esther Simons (born Dupre) who had 14 children.^[2] Francis siblings:

1. Peter Simons,
2. Infant Son Simons,
3. Samuel Simons,
4. Ann Simons,
5. Mary Simons,
6. Elizabeth Simons,
7. Martha Young (born Simons),
8. Benjamin Simons,
9. Esther Simons,
10. Judith Simons,
11. Benjamin Simons,
12. Thomas Simons,
13. Catherine Simons

Francis' wife was Ann Simons / Videau (born Cordes). They had children: ^[1][3]

1. Ann (b. 5 Sep 1725, m. Jonathan Collins)
2. Francis (b. 16 Jan 1726/7, m. Elizabeth McGregor)
3. Hannah (b. 26 Dec. 1728, m. John Hasell and Rene Peyre)
4. Esther (b. 30 Dec. 1730, m. Josias Alston)

Francis died June 8 1731 - Berkeley, South Carolina.^[1][2]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} The Annals And Parish Register of St. Thomas And St. Denis Parish, In South Carolina, From 1680-1884. ed. Robert F Clute. C(1884) pp. 82, 83, 108 https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=loc.ark:/13960/t50g3z37f&view=1up&seq=5&skin=2021
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} francis simons
3. ↑ Richardson, Emma B. “Dr. Anthony Cordes and Some of His Descendants.” The South Carolina Historical and Genealogical Magazine 43, no. 3 (1942): 133–55. http://www.jstor.org/stable/27571707.

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• Descendants of Benjamin Simons I: Generation 2