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This is my personal genealogy hobby site. The data contained
here has been gathered through 20 years of genealogy. Some of
it is my research, much of it has been shared with me.
DISCLAIMER: This is my speculative data. I've
verified very little of it. Use it for hints and pointers,
but do your own research!
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Family Sheet
HUSBAND
Name: Christopher Gadsden General Note
Born: 16 Feb 1724 at Charleston, South Carolina
Married: 29 Dec 1755
Died: 28 Aug 1805 at Charleston, South Carolina
Father: Thomas Gadsden
Mother: Elizabeth Terrey
WIFE
Name: Mary Hasell
Born: Abt 1725
Died: 27 Jan 1769
CHILDREN
Name: Elizabeth Gadsden
Born: Abt 1756 at Charleston, South Carolina
Died:
Husband: Andrew Rutledge
Name: Thomas Gadsden
Born: 12 Aug 1757 at South Carolina
Died:
Wife: Martha Fenwick
Name: Christopher Gadsden
Born: Abt 1758
Died:
Wife: Ann Wragg
Name: Mary Gadsden
Born: Abt 1760
Died: 1829
Husband: Joseph Hansborough
Name: Philip Gadsden
Born: 11 Oct 1761
Died: 6 Feb 1824
Wife: Catherine Edwards
NOTES
1). Christopher Gadsden was a Delegate from South Carolina t o the Constitutional Convention. He was born in Charlesto n and attended schools in England. Employed in a commercia l house in Philadelphia 1742 45, he was a delegate to the S tamp Act Congress that met in New York in 1765 and a Membe r of the First Continental Congress in Philadelphia 1774 76 . He served as an officer in the Continental Army 1776178 3 and participated in the defense of Charleston in 1780. H e attained the rank of Brigadier General. He served as Sout h Carolina s governor 1778 1780 and was elected Governor i n 1781, but declined. He died in Charleston 15 September, 1 805 and is buried in St. Philip s Churchyard. Christopher G adsden and the American Revolution by E. Stanly Godbold an d Robert H. Woody. Knoxville The University of Tennessee P ress, 1982.
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