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Family Sheet
HUSBAND
Name: Henry Laurens Note Born: 6 Mar 1724 at Charleston , South Carolina Married: 6 Jul 1750 at South Carolina Died: 8 Dec 1792 at Mepkin Plantation, Charleston , South Carolina Father: John Samuel Laurens Mother: Esther Crosset
WIFE
Name: Eleanor Delamere Ball Born: 10 Apr 1731 at Charleston , South Carolina Died: 22 May 1770 at South Carolina Father: Elias Ball Mother: Mary Delamere

CHILDREN
Name: Eleanor Laurens Born: 1751 Died: Mar 1751
Name: Ann Elizabeth Laurens Born: 22 Apr 1752 Died: May 1752
Name: John Laurens Born: 28 Oct 1754 at Charleston , South Carolina Died: 27 Aug 1782 at Combahee River, Beaufort County, South Carolina Wife: Martha Manning
Name: Elias Laurens Born: 1758 Died: Abt 1762
Name: Martha Laurens Born: 9 Nov 1759 at Charleston , South Carolina Died: 10 Jun 1811 at Charleston , South Carolina Husband: David Ramsey
Name: Henry Laurens Born: 25 Aug 1763 at Charleston , South Carolina Died: 27 May 1821 at Charleston , South Carolina Wife: Elizabeth Rutledge
Name: James Laurens Born: 26 Nov 1765 Died: 1775
Name: Samuel Laurens Born: 10 Sep 1767 Died: Sep 1767
Name: Mary Eleanor Laurens Born: 27 Apr 1770 at South Carolina Died: 6 Oct 1794 at South Carolina Husband: Charles Pinckney Governor
Name: Henry Laurens Born: 25 Mar 1753 Died: 1 Aug 1758
Name: Eleanor Laurens Born: 30 Nov 1757 Died: Apr 1764

NOTES
1). Henry Laurens, b. Charleston, S. C., Mar. 6, 1724, d. Dec . 8, 1792, was a leading patriot during the American Revolu tion. A South Carolina merchant and planter, he was preside nt of the Second Continental Congress from November 1777 un til December 1778. In 1780 he was captured by the Britis h while on his way to negotiate an agreement between the Un ited States and Holland. The revelation of his mission le d to war between Britain and the Dutch. After being impris oned in the Tower of London, Laurens was exchanged in 178 2 for General CORNWALLIS. That year he was one of the commi ssioners sent to Paris to negotiate peace with the British. !DEATH Biographical Directory of the South Carolina Senat , Biographical Directory of the South Carolina Senate 1776 1985, Volume II, Hines Singleton.

								
								
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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