Typewritten memorandum by W. Huger FitzSimons on the emigrant Christopher FitzSimons (page 1)
Book 1, Page 19 ·1762–1788
Transcription
A typewritten sheet. Centered at the top, in parentheses:
(Made by W. Huger FitzSimons.)
The body of the memorandum, in three paragraphs separated by dashed lines:
Christopher FitzSimons, the emigrant founder of the family, was born in Dundalk, County of Louth, Ireland, 27th December, 1762. He came to Charleston, S. C. in 1783 when 19 years of age to inherit property left him by his uncle. This Uncle, also named Christopher was evidently a bachellor because he left his property to his nephews and nieces. The will of this old Uncle is recorded in the probate court, Charleston, S. C., in Will Book A page 166. Christopher FitzSimons, the emigrant, was the son of Cashel FitzSimons and his wife Catherine FitzSimons (born O’Callaghan.)
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Christopher [FitzSimons], the emigrant, married Catherine Pritchard (daughter of Paul Pritchard and Ann, his wife) 3 August 1788. She was born 19 August 1772. Christopher, the emigrant, and Catherine FitzSimons (born Pritchard) his wife are buried at what is known as the “Cottage” burial ground situated at about seven miles from Augusta Georgia, on what is known as the Savannah road, adjoining property owned by Mr. Jacob Phinizy. Their graves are marked with suitable stones and inscriptions.
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Christopher FitzSimons, the emigrant, and his wife Catherine FitzSimons, had ten children, viz: Cashel FitzSimons who died aged 17 years, 8 months, Ann FitzSimons (who married Wade Hampton and who became the mother of Lieutenant-General Wade Hampton of the Confederacy), Christopher FitzSimons who died an infant of four years and four months, Paul FitzSimons (ancestor of the Georgia FitzSimons family), Christopher FitzSimons, the second, Catherine FitzSimons who died an infant of fifteen months, John Adams FitzSimons who died an infant of one month, Maria Adams FitzSimons who died an infant of ten months, Owen FitzSimons who died an infant of eight years and ten months, Catherine FitzSimons (who afterward married Governor James H. Hammond and became the mother of the Hammond family).
AI Notes
Page 1 of a typewritten memorandum headed ‘(Made by W. Huger FitzSimons.)’ Records the emigrant Christopher FitzSimons’s origin in Dundalk, his arrival at Charleston, his marriage to Catherine Pritchard, the location of their graves at ‘The Cottage’ near Augusta, and the names and fates of their ten children. A near-duplicate of the typescript fragment partially visible on page 018. Memorandum continues onto page 020. The typescript includes the typist’s misspelling ‘bachellor’ (double-l). This typescript names the road to the Cottage cemetery as ‘the Savannah road’, whereas the W. Huger cursive memorandum on p003 calls it ‘the Sandersville road’ — same site (~7 mi outside Augusta adjoining Jacob Phinizy’s property), conflicting road designation. The full ten-child list including Owen FitzSimons (d. 8 yr 10 mo) is the authoritative reference; p003’s cursive viz-list omits Owen.
Memorandum continues on next scan.
The typescript was compiled in 1922 by W. Huger FitzSimons — Dr. Christopher 3rd + Susan Milliken Barker’s son — drawing on the family Bible, parish registers, and the emigrant uncle’s September 1782 will (Charleston probate Will Book A, p. 166). This is the more complete of the album’s two ten-children lists, including Owen FitzSimons (d. ~age 9), whom the parallel cursive memorandum on page 003 omits.