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Colonial jfamiliESi of tljr BnltetiStatesof amerlta

IN WHICH IS GIVEN THE HISTORY. GENEALOGY AND ARMORIAL BEARINGS OF COLONIAL FAMILIES WHO SETTLED IN THE AMERICAN COLONIES FROM THE TIME OF THE SETTLEMENT OF JAMESTOWN, 13th MAY, 1607, TO THE BATTLE OF LEXINGTON, 19th APRIL, 1775

EDITED BY GEORGE NORBURY MACKENZIE, LL.B.

MEMBER OF THE American Historical Association, National Genealogical Society, Old North-West Genealogical Society, Member of the Committee on Heraldry and Genealogy of Maryland Historical Society

Volume III

iiiiiiii COLONIAL FAMILIES OF THE UNITED STATES 325 JOHN IZARD^fnoictonMIDDLETON, M. D., h. 14th Feb. 1867, in Baltimore; m. 15th July, 1905, Elena de Apbzteguia, dau. of the Marquis Julie de Apezteguia, of Basque Province, Spain, by his wife, Helen Vincent, of New York City, now of Madrid, Spain. Hineafff The Middleton families of Maryland and trace their ancestry from , of Twickenham, County Middlesex, England, who m. (wife's name unknown).

ISSUE I. Arthur, of Yeshoe Plantation, South Carolina, d. s. p., 1685; Justice of the Peace; went to Barbadoes, and afterward to Carolina, 1678, where he became Lord Proprietor's Deputy, 1680; member of the Grand Council, 1680-84; obtained grants of large tracts of land, 1683; m. 7th Dec. 1682, Mary, widow of John Smyth, of Booshoi, who m. (thirdly) , of Carolina. II. Edward, b. in England; d. 1685. III. Katherine, m. John Harwood, of London, and had issue. IV. Mary, m. (license dated 7th June, 1664) William Birkhead, of Lam beth, County Surrey, England, and had issue. V. Hester, d. s. p., and will proved 22d June, 1714; m. Daniel Browning, of Crowfield Hall, County Suffolk, High Sheriff of the Counties of Norfolk and Suffolk, England, 1695.

• Edward Middleton, of Berkeley Co., S. C., h. in England; d. at Charleston, 1685; emigrated to Barbadoes, and thence to South Carolina, 1678, where he ^received large tracts of land; Lord Proprietor's Deputy, 1678-80; one of the ^Assistant Justices of the Province, 1683-84,'m. (firstly) (wife's name unknown); m. ^secondly) 1680, in Carolina, Sarah, widow of Richard Towell, of Barbadoes.

ISSUE BY 1ST OT. I. Henry, of London.

ISSUE BY 2D m. I. Arthur, h. 1681; d. 7th Sept. 1737. 326 COLONIAL FAMILIES OF THE UNITED STATES

Arthur Middleton, of " The Oaks," Berkeley Co., S. C., and of Crowfield Hall, County Suffolk, England, b. 1681; d. 7th Sept. 1737; will proved 7th Dec. 1737; member of the Commons House, 1704-10; Captain in the Berkeley Regiment; apointed Naval Officer for South Carolina, 1711; Commissioner of Indian Affairs; member of the Council of the Province, 1711-17, and afterward Speaker of the Commons; President of the Convention which overthrew the Proprietary Govern ment, 1719; President of the Council, 1721-37; Governor of the Province, 1725-31; m. 1707, Sarah Armory, d, 1722, dau. of Jonathan Armory.

ISSUE I. Hon. William, of Crowfiel.d, S. C., and Crowfield Hall, County Suffolk, England, b. in South Carolina, 1710; one of the Commissioners of the Peace, 1734; member of the Commons and Speaker, 1742; appointed to the Council, 1742; resigned, 1754, and removed to England; m. (firstly) 2ist Apr. 1730, Mary Izard, d. 14th June, 1735; m. (sec ondly) 30th July, 1747, Sarah Wilkinson, d. 1763, dau. of Francis Wilkinson.

ISSUE I. Sir William Fowle, of Crowfield Hall and Shrubland Park, County Suffolk, England, b. 9th Sept. 1749, in Carolina; educated in England; High Sheriff of County Suffolk, 1782; Member of Parlia ment for Ipswich, 1784; created a Baronet, 12th May, 1804; assumed by royal sign manual, 1822, the additional surname of Fowle, after receiving from John Fowle the Lordship of Brome; m. 1774, Har riet Acton, d. 25th Aug. 1852, dau. of Nathaniel Acton, of Bram- ford Hall, County Suffolk, England.

ISSUE l^. Sir William Fowle, of Crowfield Hall, County Suffolk, second Baronet, b. 19th Aug. 1784; d. s. p., 2d May, i860, when the Baronetcy became extinct; educated at St. John's College, Cam bridge; Justice of the Peace and High Sheriff of County Suffolk, 1830; m. 22d Aug. 1825, Anne Brownlow, d. 8th May, 1867, dau. of Lord Brownlow.

2. Thomas, of Crowfield, S. C., d. 2d Aug. 1779; Justice of the Peace; m. (firstly) 17th Nov. 1774, Mary Gibbes, d. Dec. 1775, dau. of Robert Gibbes, and had issue; m. (secondly) 22d Dec. 1778, Eliza beth Deas, d. 8. p., loth Nov. 1784, dau. of David Deas. 3. Henry, of Shrubland Park, County Suffolk, England, d. Nov. 1811,

unm. COLONIAL FAMILIES OF THE UNITED STATES 327 4. John, d. 14th Nov. 1784; served through the War; m. 31st July, 1783, Frances Motte, dau. of Jacob Motte, and had issue. She m. (secondly) Gen. , U. S. Minister to the Court of St. James.

n. Hester, b. 1711; inf. III. Henry, b. 1717; //. 13th June, 1784. IV. Thomas, of Boochawe, b. 1719; d. 17th Dec. 1766, at Beaufort; Justice of the Peace, and member of the Commons, 1742-66; Adjutant of Charleston Regiment, 1741; ofWright's Horse, 1743; and afterwards Captain in the Berkeley Regiment; commanded the " Gentlemen Volun teers " on an expedition into the Cherokee Mountains; Colonel of the South Carolina Regiment, and commanded the latter at the Battle of Etchoee, and in the campaign against the Cherokees; m. (firstly) Mary Bull, d. 2d Feb. 1760, dau. of John Bull, of Bull's Island, and had issue; m. (secondly) Anne Barnwell, dau. of Nathaniel Barnwell. She m. (secondly) 24th May, 1772, Stephen Bull, of Sheldon, S. C. Henry Middleton, of "The Oaks," b. in South Carolina, 1717; d. at Charles ton, 13th June, 1784; will proved 25th June, 1784; Lieutenant of Horse; Justice of the Peace; member of the Commons, 1742, and Speaker, 1745-47, and 1754-55; member of the Council, I755"70j Delegate to the First , and appointed President, 1774; President of the Provincial Congress of South Carolina, I775-76; member of the Council of Safety; m. (firstly) 1741, Mary Williams, d. (leaving issue) gth Jan. 1761, dau. and heiress of John Williams; m. (secondly) 1762, Maria Henrietta Bull, d. s. p., ist Mar. 1772, youngest dau. of the Hon. William Bull, Lieutenant-Governor of South Carolina; m. (thirdly) Jan. 1776, Lady Mary Mackenzie, d. s. p., 21st Nov. 1788, dau. of the third Earl of Cromartie, of Scotland, and widow of John Ainslie.

ISSUE BY 1ST m. I. Arthur, A. 26th June, 1742; d. ist Jan. 1787. II. John, b. 2ist Jan. 1744, in Charleston; d. inf. m. Sarah, b. 22d July, 1745; d. inf. IV. Henry, b. 8th Dec. 1746, in Charleston; d. inf. V. Mary, b. i8th Feb. 1749; d. inf. VI. Henrietta, b. 15th Nov. 1750, at Charleston; d. 22d Apr. 1792; m. ist Mar. 1774, Hon. , Governor of South Carolina, 1798-1800, and signer of the Declaration of Independence. Left issue. VII. Williams, b. 15th May, 1752, in Charleston; d. inf. viii. Thomas, of " The Oaks," b. 26th July, 1753, in Charleston; educated in England; elected to the Commons and Provincial Congress, 1775; appointed Lieutenant in the Berkeley Regiment, Dec. 1775; a Repre- 328 COLONIAL FAMILIES OF THE UNITED STATES COLONIAL FAMILIES OF THE UNITED STATES 329

sentative for Prince William County, 1784; Senator, 1788; m. 8th Henry Middleton, of , b. 28th Sept. 1770, in London; d. Apr. 1783, Anne Manigault, d. 4th Aug. 1811, dau. of the Hon. 14thJune, 1846, at Charleston; member of the Legislature, 1801-10; Governor of Peter Manigault, Speaker of the Commons. Had issue. South Carolina, 1810-12; Representative in Congress, 1815-19; U. S. Minister at St. Petersburg, Russia, 1820-30; member of the Convention, 1833; m. 13th Nov. IX. Hester, b. 15th Sept. 1754, at Charleston; d. lOth Nov. 1789; m. 24th Feb. 1773, Charles Drayton. Left issue. 1794, at Bath, Mary Helen Hering, d. 24th May, 1850, at Philadelphia, dau. of Capt. Julines Hering, Thirty-fourth Regiment, of Heybridge Hall. X. Sarah, b. 5th July, 1756, at Charleston; d. 8th May, 1784; m. 28th

Sept. 1773, the Hon. Gen. Charles Cotesworth Pinckney, U. S. ISSUE Minister to France. Left issue. I. Arthur, of Newport Plantation, b. 28th Oct. 1795, at Clifton, County XI. Mary, b. loth Nov. I7S7, at Charleston; d. Feb. 1825; m. Nov. 1776, Gloucester, England; d. 7th June, 1853; graduated at Harvard College, Peter Smith, of Bloomville, and left issue, 1814; called to the Bar, 1823; U. S. Secretary of Legation and Charge xn. Susannah, b. 6th Jan. 1760; d. 28th Aug. 1834; m. 24th Dec. 1786, the d'Affaires at Madrid for eight years; m. (firstly) 27th Dec. 1821, at Hon. John Parker, Member of Congress, and left issue. Washington, D. C., Ann Elbertina Van Ness, d. s. p., 23d Nov. 1822, dau. of Gen. John P'eter Van Ness, Member of Congress for New , of Middleton Place, on Ashley River, South Carolina, b. York, 1801-3; m. (secondly) 1841, at Rome, Paulina, Countess Bbnti- 26th June, 1742; d. 1st Jan. 1787, at Goose Creek, S. C.; graduated at St. John's voGLio, dau. of General Count Bentivoglio. College, Cambridge; returned to South Carolina, 1763; elected to the Commons there, 1765-66, and again in 1772; member of the Provincial Congress, I774> ISSUE BY 2D m. again in 1780, and of the Council of Safety; succeeded his father as Delegate to 1. Henry Bentivoglio Van Ness, Count Bentivoglio, b. loth Mar. 1843, the Continental Congress, and signed the Declaration of Independence for South at Charleston; educated at Paris, and South Carolina Military Carolina; declined the Governorship of the State, 1778; servedin the State Senatefor Academy; served through the Confederate War in the Marion several years; m. 19th Aug. 1764, Mary Izard, d, July, 1814, dau. of Walter Artillery and Signal Corps, C. S. Army, at Charleston, and IZARD. Hagood's Battalion in Virginia; went to Rome, 1866, and was

ISSUE Captain in the Papal'Zouaves; and is now (1812) an officer at the I. Henry, b. 28th Sept. 1770; d. 14th June, 1846. Court of the King of Italy; m. 1869, at Rome, Beatrice, Countess II. Maria Henrietta, b. 13th Aug. 1772; m. 25th Nov. 1788, Joseph Mani CiNi, dau. of Count Cini, and grandniece of Pope Leo XIII. gault; d. s. p., 14th Jan. 1791. ISSUE III. Eliza Carolina, b. 6th OcL 1774; d. 7th Feb. 1792, unm. IV. Emma Philadelphia, b. 22d Oct. 1776; d. ist May, 1813; m. ist June, l\ Giulio Arturo, b. in Rome; an officer in the Italian Navy. 2\ Costanza, m. 1895, John Bowring Spence, His Brittanic Majesty's 1795) Henry Izard, eldest son of Hon. Ralph Izard, U. S. Senator, Consul at Madeira. and had issue. 3*. Virginia, m. Count Masetti, of Florence, and has issue. V. Anna Louisa, b. 1778; d. 1819, at Grosvenor Square, London; m. ist 4^. Eliza. Jan. 1800, Daniel Blake, who d. 9th Dec. 1834. VI. Isabella Johannes, b. 25th Nov. 1780; 25th Aug. 1865, at Athens, Ga.; 2. Angelina, m. 1892, M. Emanuele Basils, of Rome. m. 26th Nov. 1800, Hon. Daniel Elliott HuGSR, U. S. Senator for South Carolina. n. Henry, of " Hayfield,"Asheville, N. C., b. 16th Mar. 1797, in Paris; d. vii. Septima Sexta, b. 25th Oct. 1783; d. 1865, at Nashville, Tenn.; m. 1800, s. p., 15th Mar. 1876, in Washington, D. C.; graduated at West Henry Middleton Rutlbdge. Point, 1815, and assigned to the Corps of Engineers, serving in the vm. John Izard, of Cedar Grove, b. 13th Aug. 1785, at Middleton Place; d. construction of defences on the Savannah River, Georgia; resigned 5th Oct. 1849, at Paris; educated at the ; m- \ 1816, entered the Litchfield Law School, and completed his education at iith June, 1810, Eliza Augusta db Palazibu Falconet, dau. of Jean Edinburgh, North Britain; called to the Bar of Philadelphia, 1822; m. Louis Theodore de Palazieu Falconet, and had issue. 14th Jan. 1858, in England, Ellen Goggin, niece of Sir Henry Pol

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ni. Oliver Hering, of Charleston, b, 12th Aug. 1798, at Clifton, County Midshipman, 1834; Lieutenant, 1841; served dxiring the Civil War; Gloucester, England; d. 17th Jan. 1892, at Charleston; educated at appointed Captain, 1863; Commodore, 1868; and Rear-Admiral, 1876; South Carolina College; Midshipman in the U. S. Navy; m. 5th Apr. m. (firstly) 13th Jan. 1845, at Naples, Edwardina DE Normann; m. 1828, Susan Matilda Harriet Chisolm, d. i8th Oct. 1865, at Colum (secondly) Ellida J. Davidson. bia, S. C., only dau. and heiress of Robert Trail Chisolm, M. D., of ISSUE BY 1ST 771. Edisto Island.

ISSUB I. Edward, b. 6th June, 1846; d. inf. 1. Mary Julia, b. ist Feb. 1829, at Charleston; m. i6th Feb. 1854, ISSUE BY 2D 777. Benjamin Huger Read, of Rice Hope, and has issue. 1. Arthur Edward. 2. Susan Matilda, b. 2d Jan. 1830, at Edisto; d. iith Jan. 1880, at 2. Emmeline Virginia. St. Catharine's, Canada, unm. 3. Eleanor Maria, b. 17th Apr. 1831; m. 25th Jan. 1858, Benjamin X. Catherine, b. loth Sept. 1812; d. 1894, unm. Huger Rutledge, late Colonel, Fourth South Carolina Cavalry, XI. Elizabeth Izard, b. 9th June, 1815; d. 19th Feb. 1890; m. I2th Mar. C. S. Army, who d. 30th Apr. 1893. Had issue. 1839, J- Francis Fisher, of Philadelphia, and left issue. 4. Olivia, b. 25th Apr. 1839; m. 6th Dec. 1864, Frederick Rutledge Blake. John Izard Middleton, of Crowfield, Georgetown Co., S. C., b. 4th Feb. 5. Emma, b. 4th Mar. 1841. ^) 1800, at Charleston; d. 12th Jan. 1877, at Summerville, S. C.; graduated at 6. Oliver Hering, b. 17th July, 1845, at Charleston; soldier in the Princeton College, 1819; Secretary of the U- S. Legation at St. Petersburg, 1822-24; Charleston Light Dragoons, C. S. Army; killed in action at Mata- member of the State Legislature, 1832-40; member of the General Assembly, dequin Creek, 30th May, 1864. 1839-57; Speaker, 1848; State Senator, 1858; member of the Conventions, 1832, 1850, and i860, and signed the Ordinance of Secession; m, 28th Mar. 1828, Sarah IV. John Izard, b. 4th Feb. 1800; d. 12th Jan. 1877. McPherson Alston, d. 28th May, 1878, only dau. of John Ashe Alston. V. Maria Henrietta, b. 24tb Nov. 1802; m. 1834, Edward Jenkins Pringle; lost with her husband and children on the steamer " Pulaski," 14th ISSUE June, 1838. I. Henry, b. 9th Dec. 1828; d. 31st Jan. 1847, unm. VI. Eleanor, b, i8th July, 1804; d. 1826, at St. Petersburg, Russia, unm. II. Sarah McPherson, b. 30th June, 1830; d. 9th July, 1855, unm. VII. Emma, b. i6th June, 1806, in Charleston; d. inf. ni. Mary Helen, b. 1832, at Charleston; d. inf. vm. Williams, of Middleton Place, b. 26th July, 1809, at Sullivan's Island; IV. John Izard, b. i6th Feb. 1834. d. 23d Aug. 1883, at Greenville, S. C.; educated in England and Paris; V. Thomas Alston, b. i6th Jan. 1836, at Charleston; d. 6th Feb. 1896; U. S. Attache at the American Legation in Russia; m. Jan. i849» commissioned Lieutenant, First South Carolina Artillery, C. S. Army; Susan Pringle Smith, d. loth Jan. 1900, at Greenville, dau. of Robert served at Fort Sumter and the defence of Charleston and in several other Smith, and granddau. of the Rt. Rev. Robert Smith, first Bishop of engagements; m. 26th July, 1866, Mary Beirnb, dau. of Andrew South Carolina. Beirnb, of Baltimore, Md.

ISSUE ISSUE 1. Henry, of Brighton, County Sussex, England, b. May, 1851, at Charleston; educated at Charleston Cdlege, and St. John's College, 1. Andrew Beirne, b. 30th Apr. 1867; d. 9th Jan. 1895, at Baltimore. Cambridge, England. 2. John Izard, b. 7th Jan. 1868. 3. Thomas Alston, b. 2d May, 1870; educated at Lehigh University. 2. Elizabeth, m. loth Mar. 1881, Julius Henry Heyward, Master U. S. 4. Sarah McPherson, b. 14th June, 1873. Circuit Court for South Carolina. ' VI. Arthur, b. 1838, at Charleston; d. inf. ix. Edward, b. nth Dec. 1810, at Charleston; d, 27th Apr. 1883, at Wa^- vn. Mary Helen, of Baltimore, b. 23d Oct. 1839. A ington; educated in Europe, and at the U. S. Naval Academy, 1828; VIII. Marie Henrietta, of Baltimore, b. 18th Apr. 1841. 332 COLONIAL FAMILIES OF THE UNITED STATES

John Izard Middleton, of Baltimore, Md., and Woodlcigh, b. i6th Feb. 1834, at Charleston; graduated at South Carolina College, 1853; served as Lieutenant, Aide-de-Camp, Captain, and Major on the Staff of Brigadier-General Alexander, Chief of Artillery, Longstreet's Corps, in the Northern Virginia Army, C. S. A.; m. 26th Apr. 1866, at Baltimore, Harriet Sterrett Gittings, dau. of Lambert Git- tings, of Baltimore.

ISSUE I. John Izard, b. 14th Feb. 1867, the subject of this memoir. II. Mary Alston, b. ad Nov. 1872; d. 28th Mar. 1893, at Summerville, S. C.

Arms—^Argent, fretty sable, on a. canton per chevron or and sable, a unicorn's head erased, per chevron gules and or, the horn sable. Crest—A garb or, banded vert, between two wings sable. Motto—Regardez mon droit. Residence—169 East 64th Street, New York City. : UNITED STATES COLONIAL FAMILIES OF THE UNITED STATES 331

1 Aug. 1798, at Clifton, County Midshipman, 1834; Lieutenant, 1841; served during the Civil War; 1892, at Charleston; educated at appointed Captain, 1863; Commodore, 1868; and Rear-Admiral, 1876; 1 in the U. S. Navy; m. 5th Apr. m. (firstly) 13th Jan. 1845, at Naples, Edwardina de Normann; m. LM, d. i8th Oct. 1865, at Colum- (secondly) Ellida J. Davidson. <^obert Trail Chisolm, M. D., of ISSUE BY 1ST m. I. Edward, b. 6th June, 1846; d. inf. Charleston; m. i6th Feb. 1854, ISSUE BY 2D m. ope, and has issue. 1. Arthur Edward. It Edisto; d. nth Jan. 1880, at 2. Emmeline Virginia.

; m. 25th Jan. 1858, Benjamin X. Catherine, b. lOth Sept. 1812; d. 1894, unm. Fourth South Carolina Cavalry, XI. Elizabeth Izard, b. 9th June, 1815; d. 19th Feb. 1890; m. I2th Mar. Had issue. 1839, J. Francis Fisher, of Philadelphia, and left issue. > Dec. 1864, Frederick Rutledge John Izard Middleton, of Crowfield, Georgetown Co., S. C., b. 4th Feb. 800, at Charleston; d. 12th Jan. 1877, at Summerville, S. C.; graduated at 't, at Charleston; soldier in the Princeton College, 1819; Secretary of theU. S. Legation at St. Petersburg, 1822-24; Army; killed in action at Mata member of the State Legislature, 1832-40; member of the General Assembly, 839-57; Speaker, 1848; State Senator, 1858; member of the Conventions, 1832, 1850, and i860, and signed the Ordinance of Secession; m. 28th Mar. 1828, Sarah I Jan. 1877. McPherson Alston, d. 28th May, 1878, only dau. of John Ashe Alston. 1834, Edward Jenkins Pringlb on the steamer " Pulaski," 14th I. Henry, b. 9th Dec. 1828; d. 31st Jan. 1847, unm. it St. Petersburg, Russia, unm. II. Sarah McPherson, b. 30th June, 1830; d. 9th July, i855» unm. on; d. inf. ni. Mary Helen, b. 1832, at Charleston; d. inf. July, 1809, at Sullivan's Island; IV. John Izard, b. i6th Feb. 1834. .; educated in England and Paris; V. Thomas Alston, b. i6th Jan. 1836, at Charleston; d. 6th Feb. 1896; i^ation in Russia; m. Jan. 1849, commissioned Lieutenant, First South Carolina Artillery, C. S. Army; joo, at Greenville, dau. of Robert served at Fort Sumter and the defence of Charleston and in several other :v, Robert Smith, first Bishop of engagements; m. 26th July, 1866, Mary Beirne, dau. of Andrew Beirne, of Baltimore, Md.

•X, England, b. May, 1851, at 1. Andrew Beirne, b. 30th Apr. 1867; (i. 9th Jan. 1895. at Baltimore. 1 College, and St. John's College, 2. John Izard, b. 7th Jan. 1868. s Henry Heyward, Master U. S 3. Thomas Alston, b. 2d May, 1870; educated at Lehigh University. 4. Sarah McPherson, b. 14th June, 1873.

VI. Arthur, b. 1838, at Charleston; d. inf. ton; d. 27th Apr. 1883, at Wadb' VII. Mary Helen, of Baltimore, b. 23d Oct. 1839- the U. S. Naval Academy, 1828 VIII. Marie Henrietta, of Baltimore, b, i8th Apr. 1841*