The Genealogy of David L. Moody & Yvonne L. La Pointe. - Person Sheet
The Genealogy of David L. Moody & Yvonne L. La Pointe. - Person Sheet
NameChristopher FITZSIMONS ESQUIRE ®1856, ®3633
Birth1762, Ireland ®1891, ®3633
Death28 Jul 1825, Augusta, Richmond County, Georgia, USA ®4031, ®4032
Burialaft 28 Jul 1825, Augusta, Richmond County, Georgia, USA ®1891, ®3633
MemoCottage Cemetery
OccupationMerchant, Planter, Cotton Factor, Attorney
Misc. Notes
He died in his 63rd year. ®1891 He lived in Charleston, South Carolina. CHRISTOPHER FITZSIMONS, ESQ. He was born in Ireland in 1762 and died in Augusta, Georgia on 28 July 1825. Christopher FitzSimons came from Ireland to claim his inheritance from the estate of an uncle (also named Christopher FitzSimons) who died in Charleston, South Carolina, in 1782. Christopher FitzSimons was an attorney and became one of the wealthiest merchants in Charleston. Early in his career he was a cotton factor representing some of the most prominent planters, including General Wade Hampton, in their transactions with Europe and markets in the North. Eventually he, too, became a planter investing in land and other businesses, thus increasing his wealth exponentially. By 1800, General Wade Hampton, Christopher FitzSimons and Oswell Eve were all investing in the future of Augusta and the newly developing State of Georgia. FitzSimons and Eve both bought land in and around Augusta, even sharing some parcels, and settled their children there while maintaining their Charleston presence. Christopher FitzSimons and family lived at "Goodale”, near Augusta after Oswell Eve moved from there to his new "Forest Hall”. He gave "Goodale" to his daughter Ann as a wedding gift. Christopher FitzSimons and his family frequently vacationed in Philadelphia, New York and Newport, Rhode Island. They even had their portraits painted in Philadelphia by Charles Willson Peale in 1818, apparently through connections via Oswell Eve who came from Philadelphia.

Placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976, as the Fitzsimmons/Hampton House, "Goodale" is one of the more historic homes in Georgia. It is said to be the oldest brick house in the state. Goodale plantation has a storied past. It was first granted to Thomas Goodale in 1740. He built an inn and restaurant there and operated the Sand Bar Ferry, nearby on the Savannah River. Several years later, he sold the property to Dr. George Jones, son of Noble Wimberly Jones, a noted revolutionary.
In 1799 it was purchased by Christopher Fitzsimmons, a wealthy Charleston shipping merchant. The current house was built in that year. In 1800 Fitzsimmons let his brother-in-law move in with his family. They operated a partnership for several years, the plantation generating large profits. The brother-in-law was Oswell Eve, progenitor of numerous prominent Augusta citizens, including Dr. Paul Fitzsimmons Eve, a founder of the Medical College of Georgia. A daughter of Oswell Eve wrote a memoir in her later years, telling of what life was like at Goodale in the early years. Christopher Fitzsimmons, upon the marriage of his daughter, Ann, to Wade Hampton, Jr., gave the house in dowry. It then went into the hands of one of the more famous families in the South.

Christopher FitzSimons 1762-1825: Married Catherine Pritchard of Charleston, sister of Aphra Ann Pritchard Eve. He was a planter and a merchant, who owned Silver Bluff Plantation and Old Town Plantation. They are parents of Mrs (Gov.) James Henry Hammond, by daughter Catherine’s marriage. They are grandparents of SC Gov. Wade Hampton III by the marriage of daughter Ann FitzSimons to Col. Wade Hampton, Jr. Christopher and Catherine gave Goodale (Inn) House as dowry when daughter Ann married Col. Hampton. ®3633
Spouses
Birth3 Aug 1772, Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina, USA ®1891
Memonear
Death14 Dec 1841, Columbia, Richland County, South Carolina, USA ®1891
Burialaft 14 Dec 1841, Augusta, Richmond County, Georgia, USA ®1891
MemoCottage Cemetery
FatherPaul PRITCHARD SR. (-1791)
Misc. Notes
CATHARINE PRITCHARD FITZSIMONS: She was born near Charleston, South Carolina on 3 August 1772 and died at Columbia, South Carolina on 14 December 1841. Catharine Pritchard was the second daughter of Charleston ship builder, Paul Pritchard, and was the sister of Aphra Ann Pritchard, Mrs. Oswell Eve. She married Christopher FitzSimons, Charleston attorney and merchant, in 1788. The FitzSimons had at least seven children (reputedly 10, but no distinction between those that died young); four sons and three daughters. All four sons and an infant daughter, Maria Adams FitzSimons, are buried in The Cottage Cemetery near their parents. The sons were: John Adams, who died at one month of age; Owen, who died at age 8; Paul, who died at age 40 at his plantation "Windsor" leaving a young widow and five surviving children; and, Christopher FitzSimons, Jr., who died at age 30, leaving a widow and four young children -- all of these, and their previously deceased infant children, are interred in the Cottage Cemetery. The FitzSimons' two surviving daughters, Ann (Anna) and Catharine, were the the namesakes of the Pritchard sisters, Aphra Ann Pritchard Eve and Catharine Pritchard FitzSimons.
Family ID1915
Marriageca 1788 ®1891
ChildrenOwen Pritchard (Died as Child) (ca1810-1818)
 Maria Adams (Died as Infant)
 John Adams (Died as Infant)
 Christopher (1802-1832)
 Ann/Anna (->1817)
 Catherine Elizabeth (1814->1831)
 Paul (1800-1840)
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