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 South Carolina trace their ancestry from Henry Middleton, 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) Ralph Izard, 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 Revolutionary War; m. 31st July, 1783, Frances Motte, dau. of Jacob Motte, and had issue. She m. (secondly) Gen. Thomas Pinckney, 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 Continental Congress, 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. Edward Rutledge, 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 Middleton Place, 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 Arthur Middleton, 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.