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Hugh Teare Middleton Sr. (abt. 1714 - 1803)

Colonel Hugh Teare Middleton Sr.
Born about in Charles, Province of Marylandmap
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Husband of — married [date unknown] in South Carolinamap
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Husband of — married 1749 [location unknown]
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Died at about age 89 in Edgefield, South Carolina, United Statesmap
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Biography

1776 Project
Major Hugh Middleton Sr. served with 3rd South Carolina Regiment, Continental Army during the American Revolution.
Daughters of the American Revolution
Hugh Middleton Sr. is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A078710.
This profile is part of the Middleton Name Study.
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Hugh Middleton Sr. was a Maryland colonist.

Hugh Teare Middleton was born before 1740 son of William Middleton and Elizabeth (Teare) Middleton. Hugh served as an officer during the American Revolutionary War, attaining the rank of Lieutenant Colonel. Before attaining that rank, Hugh was a Lieutenant, Captain and then Major, under the command of Colonel Leroy Hammond. [1] Hugh is also honored by the Daughters of the American Revolution for his patriotic service as a Member of the General Assembly and Road Commissioner of the Ninety-Six District of the state of South Carolina. [2]

The first of the Middleton family to settle around the present Meriwether and Clark's Hill area in South Carolina, was Hugh Teare Middleton. Hugh's father was born in Charles County, Maryland, the son of William Middleton, who was born 1685-1686, the son of Robert Middleton and his wife, Mary Wheeler, born March 1658, the daughter of Major John Wheeler and his wife, Mary, of Charles County, Maryland.

It is not known where the original Robert Middleton was from directly; whether from Va. or from England, but he appears to have gone to Maryland prior to 1671. His son, William (the father of Major Hugh of SC) married ca. 1712 to Elizabeth Tear, the daughter of Rev. Hugh Tear, probably a Presbyterian minister, judging from the fact that he was closely associated in a community of Presbyterians. Her father and mother, Hugh Tear and Ruth Nine, were married in 1681.

Hugh Teare Middleton evidently went to Virginia for a few years before coming to South Carolina. He was followed by his brothers, Robert and Holland, who both soon removed to Columbia County, Ga. Robert Middleton, or his son, Robert, was a Colonel in the Revolution as a Captain. Holland died in Hancock County, Ga. ca. 1796, leaving a large family, which about 1818, removed to Alabama, Louisiana, and Texas and as far as California. It is not known what children Hugh's brother, Robert, left, except probably Robert, Jr. who removed to Kentucky ca. 1797-98, with his wife, Elizabeth Haynie, and later moved to Miss., where his daughter, Elizabeth, married David Morgan.

Hugh Teare Middleton is known to have owned land in SC In the Long Cane Section of present Abbeville District (now McCormick County), in 1762, and where later he appears on the old account books of William Calhoun. In Dec. 1768, he appears on the Georgia books of Columbia County, or presumably he, applying for a grant of land, which was given to all settlers saying on his application, that he was sometimes in the province of Ga. with a wife and 6 children, the eldest 11 years old and youngest 9 mo. old. His land was on Little River, about 10 miles above its mouth. Sometimes later, he was living on the SC side, at or near the Middleton's Ferry, near which he is buried, in a clump of trees about 300 yards from the public road. He died Nov. 30, 1803. His home fell of old age, being used for a barn in 1820.

Hugh married 4 times. The names of two of his wives are mentioned in the administration of his estate, Lucy Williams (3rd wife); and Agatha Garrett (4th wife). Hugh married Mary Coghill and had 6 children. Hugh secondly married Martha Haynie and had 5 children. Hugh's third wife was Lucy Williams, and they were the parents of three children. (see Researcher's Notes)

Children of Hugh include

  1. Captain Hugh Middleton, married Mildred "Milley" Martin, daughter of Charles Martin
  2. John Middleton, married Elizabeth Scott
  3. Martha Middleton, married William Peter Tennant in 1796
  4. Sarah Middleton, married Richard Quarles,
  5. Elizabeth, who married Alexander Speer, then or later Comptroller General of SC
  6. Mary Middleton who married Edward Findley
  7. Phiadelphia Adelia Middleton, who married Andrew Calhoun Hamilton, of Abbeville.

Hugh Teare Middleton died November 30, 1803 at his home, "Locust Dale," in Edgefield County, South Carolina.

Research Notes

Researching the extensive Middleton and Coghill families I cannot find a Mary Coghill who married Hugh Tear Middleton, but rather Mary Coghill, b. 1719 d. ca 1749, Charles, Maryland, married William Middleton b. ca 1718 in Charles County, Maryland d. ca 1755. They had 2 sons: Isaac Smallwood b. 1741 and Hugh b. ca 1740.

Records from Herndon and other sources state that he had four wives but the names of only three are verified: Martha Haynie, Sarah, Lucy Williams. [3] Other sources examined state that his first wife was Martha Haynie, second Sarah (Powell), third Lucy Williams, fourth Agatha Garrett (no children).[4]

Records of the Daughters of American Revolution recognize three wives: Martha Heynie, Lucy Williams and Agatha Garrett.

A son William H. Middleton. Mildred Middleton, his widow, married in 1804, Captain Samuel Savage, Jr. They moved to Alabama near Florence. In the county court records of Florence, there have been the names, Samuel Savage and William H. Middleton (1820s) on the same papers. One of them mentions John Middleton in Edgefield County, South Carolina and Hugh Middleton Jr., father of William H. Middleton.

Residence

Residence:
Place: Aiken, South Carolina, USA[5]
Residence:
Place: Charles, Maryland, USA[6]
Residence:
Date: 1779
Place: Ninety-Sixth District, SC[7]
Residence:
Date: 1779
Place: Ninety-Sixth District, SC[8]
Residence:
Date: 1779
Place: Ninety-Sixth District, South Carolina, United States[9]
Residence:
Date: 1785
Place: Edgefield County, SC[10]
Residence:
Date: 1785
Place: Edgefield County, SC[11]
Residence:
Date: 1785
Place: Edgefield County, South Carolina, United States[12]
Residence:
Date: 1790
Place: Edgefield, South Carolina, United States[13]
Residence:
Date: 1790
Place: Edgefield, South Carolina, United States[14]
Residence:
Date: 1800
Place: Edgefield, South Carolina, United States[15][16]

Marriage

Husband: Hugh Middleton
Wife: Lydia Coghill
Marriage:
Place: Edgefield, South Carolina, USA[17]
Husband: Hugh Middleton
Wife: Agatha Garrett
Marriage:
Place: South Carolina, United States[18]
Husband: Hugh Middleton
Wife: Martha Haynie
Marriage:
Date: 1749[19]
Husband: Hugh Middleton
Wife: Lucy Williams
Marriage:
Place: SC[20]
Child: Martha Middleton
PREF Y
Child: Mary Middleton
Child: William Middleton
Child: Philadelphia A. Middleton
Child: John Middleton
Child: Elizabeth Middleton
Child: Sarah Middleton
Child: Hugh Teare Middleton

Sources

  1. ↑ Heitman, Historical Register of Officers in the Continental Army During the War of the Revolution, 1775-1783, page 391.
  2. ↑ Biographical Directory of the South Carolina House of Representatives, Volume 3, 1775-1790, pages 493-494
  3. ↑ Herndon, John Goodwin. Robert Middleton and Descendants from the Maryland Archives Hall of Records; Maryland Historical Society in Baltimore, Md. Available online.
  4. ↑ Newman, Harry Wright. THE MARYLAND SEMMES AND KINDRED FAMILIES. The Maryland Historical Society. Baltimore, 1956. https://archive.org/details/marylandsemmeski00newm
  5. ↑ Source: #S2 Page: Database online. Quality or Certainty of Data: 0 Data: Text: Record for Lucy Williams
  6. ↑ Source: #S2 Page: Database online. Quality or Certainty of Data: 0 Data: Text: Record for Lucy Williams
  7. ↑ Source: #S2 Page: Database online. Quality or Certainty of Data: 0 Data: Text: Record for Elizabeth Tears
  8. ↑ Source: #S2 Page: Database online. Quality or Certainty of Data: 0 Data: Text: Record for Lucy Williams
  9. ↑ Source: #S2 Page: Database online. Quality or Certainty of Data: 0 Data: Text: Record for Hugh Teare Sr. Middleton
  10. ↑ Source: #S2 Page: Database online. Quality or Certainty of Data: 0 Data: Text: Record for Elizabeth Tears
  11. ↑ Source: #S2 Page: Database online. Quality or Certainty of Data: 0 Data: Text: Record for Lucy Williams
  12. ↑ Source: #S2 Page: Database online. Quality or Certainty of Data: 0 Data: Text: Record for Hugh Teare Sr. Middleton
  13. ↑ Source: #S2 Page: Database online. Quality or Certainty of Data: 0 Data: Text: Record for Hugh Teare Sr. Middleton
  14. ↑ Source: #S2 Page: Database online. Quality or Certainty of Data: 0 Data: Text: Record for Lucy Williams
  15. ↑ Source: #S2 Page: Database online. Quality or Certainty of Data: 0 Data: Text: Record for Hugh Teare Sr. Middleton
  16. ↑ Source: #S2 Page: Database online. Quality or Certainty of Data: 0 Data: Text: Record for Lucy Williams
  17. ↑ Source: #S2 Page: Database online. Quality or Certainty of Data: 0 Data: Text: Record for Hugh Middleton
  18. ↑ Source: #S2 Page: Database online. Quality or Certainty of Data: 0 Data: Text: Record for Hugh Teare Sr. Middleton
  19. ↑ Source: #S2 Page: Database online. Quality or Certainty of Data: 0 Data: Text: Record for Hugh Middleton
  20. ↑ Source: #S2 Page: Database online. Quality or Certainty of Data: 0 Data: Text: Record for Hugh Middleton
  • 1850 United States Federal Census Title: 1850 United States Federal Census United States of America, Bureau of the Census, Seventh Census of the United States, 1850, Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration.

<Genealogical Abstracts of Edgefield,[SC] Equity Court Records compiled by Carol Wells. Heritage Books, Inc. 2002. p. 67. #97.>





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Shoults-17 Janne (Shoults) Gorman
Shirley Middleton Moller

Aug 2009

For the descendants of Maj. Hugh Middleton, son of Wm Middleton Sr and Elizabeth Tears.

It has been accepted by descendants of Maj. Hugh Middleton that he was to have married as his 2nd wife Lidia Coghill, dau. of Wm Coghill and Ann Middleton. They were never married. Lidia Coghill married as his 1st wife John Marlow, son of Ralph Marlow and Ann Middleton. John and Lidia married bef. 21 Sep 1746 when their first son Middleton Marlow was born. John and Lidia also had a son Smallwood Coghill Marlow and a dau. Ann Marlow. Lidia died sometime after Jul 1752 and John remarried bef. Jun 1755.

Semmes,states in his book Semmes and Kindred Families; 1956; that a grandson of Hugh Middleton, says that Hugh had 4 wives and but that the names of the first two wives are not known....so Semmes doesn't agree that Hugh married Lidia Coghill, as he didn't even mention her.

The original pairing of Hugh Middleton and Lidia Coghill is found in the research of Hugh Calhoun Middleton in his work titled The Middleton Papers which was done in 1924. And Hugh C. Middleton's findings are unsourced and he gives no proof of the marriage,at best it was JUST a guess on his part. But regardless of that missing proof/source, this pairing was accepted as truth by Daniel B. Lloyd, who then passed it on in his book called MIDDLETONS and KINDRED FAMILIES OF SOUTHERN MD, 1975. So until till this time it has been widely accepted and not researched. And research shows that Lidia Coghill did not marry Hugh Tears Middleton.

From my reading of Lloyds book, it looks like Hugh C. Middleton felt that since Mary Coghill had married Wm Middleton bro of Hugh Tears Middleton, and we can't find a wife for Hugh, then it only figures that her Mary's sister Lidia was the right candidate to be the 1st wife for Hugh Tears Middleton. As we know that is how many marriages took place. But that is not the case for these sisters.

But we now know that Lidia Coghill married John Marlow of Prince George's Co., MD. I encourage all of you descendants of Hugh to do the research and make the finding for yourselves.

posted by Janne (Shoults) Gorman
Shoults-17 Janne (Shoults) Gorman
It appears that the father identified for this profile is actually his grandfather.
posted by Janne (Shoults) Gorman
[Living McQueen]
Middleton-2232 and Middleton-1661 appear to represent the same person because: Hugh Teare Middleton Hugh married Mary Coghill and had 6 children. He secondly married Agatha Garrett. Hugh then married Lucy Williams and had 3 children. Hugh then married Martha Haynie and had 5 children.
posted by [Living McQueen]

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