- Henry Middleton
Henry Middleton (1717ndash June 13, 1784) of
South Carolina was the second President of theContinental Congress fromOctober 22 1774 , untilPeyton Randolph was able to resume his duties briefly beginning on May 10, 1775. His father was Acting South Carolina Governor (1725-1730) Arthur Middleton (1681-1737).While a delegate to the
Continental Congress , Middleton resigned in order to prepare for the coming war. He was succeeded by his sonArthur Middleton (1742-1787), who went on to sign theUnited States Declaration of Independence .Arthur's son, also named Henry (1770-1846), had a long career in politics. He was Governor of South Carolina (1810-1812),
U.S. Representative (1815-1819), and the Minister toRussia (1820-1830).Several of Henry's other children married well:
*Hester was married to S.C. Lt. Governor Charles Drayton {See below}-grandson of South Carolina Governor William Bull. {Federal JudgeWilliam Drayton, Sr. was father of Charles Drayton and CongressmanWilliam Drayton ; the Drayton brothers were cousins of CongressmanWilliam Henry Drayton . W.H. Drayton father of US Navy CaptainPercival Drayton and CS General Thomas Fenwick Drayton.
*Mary Polly was married to CongressmanPierce Butler .
*Henrietta was married to GovernorEdward Rutledge .
*Sarah was the first wife ofCharles Cotesworth Pinckney . Charles Pinckney's brotherThomas Pinckney 's son Thomas Pinckney Jr married Elizabeth Izard, a distant cousin of CongressmanRalph Izard . (Charles and Thomas Pinckney's sister Harriott was married to Daniel Horry, whose daughter married a son of South Carolina GovernorJohn Rutledge . They were thus connected to theGrimké ;Huger ; Drayton;Laurens families of South Carolina and theForten family of Philadelphia).
*Thomas married Anne Manigault. Their daughter Esther married Ralph Stead Izard, a distant cousin of South Caroina CongressmanRalph Izard and Alice De Lancey. (Alice was a niece ofJames DeLancey ;James DeLancey 's sister Susannah was the wife of Sir Peter Warren (Admiral).James DeLancey 's daughter Anne was a wife of loyalistThomas Jones (historian) ). Another daughter, Elizabeth Middleton, was married to Ralph DeLancey Izard, son ofCongressman Ralph Izard .(Note: Joseph, a brother of Anne Manigault, was first married to a daughter ofArthur Middleton and Mary Izard; by Joseph Manigault's second marriage to Charlotte Drayton he was the father of ConfederateGeneral Arthur Middleton Manigault (1824-1886), whose wife was a cousin 1st removed of ConfederateGeneral Benjamin Huger . Charlotte Drayton was the daughter ofCharles Drayton and Hester Middleton {above}).Further reading
*cite book |title=President Who? Forgotten Founders|last=Klos|first=Stanley L. |work= |publisher=Evisum, Inc. |location=Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |pages=261|year=2004 |id=ISBN 0-9752627-5-0
External links
* [http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000698 biographic sketch at U.S. Congress website]
* [http://www.middletonplace.org/ Middleton Place]
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