Hartridge, Walter Charlton, 1914-1974

Louis Claude Aveilhe (ca. 1881-1938) was the manager of the J.G. Butler company in Savannah. He was a descendant of French refugees in Santo Domingo, who owned a sugar plantation in Cuba.

Joseph Bryan (d. 1732) was the first of the Bryan family to settle in South Carolina prior to 1700. His plantation was in Colleton County. Jonathan Bryan (1708-1788), son of Joseph moved to Georgia with his wife and children.

The Batteys descended in part from the Protestant branch of the Barbot family of France which immigrated to New York. The first of the Barbots to come to the South was Jean Antoine Barbot (1785-1855), who settled in Charleston.

Charles Wickliffe Whitehead Bruen (1822-1893) was a well-known and respected citizen of Savannah, Ga. His son, Henry H. Bruen (1862-1935) was vice-president of the Columbia Naval Stores Company.

The Basingers of Georgia are descended from Peter Basinger (1772-1816), supposedly the son of a German immigrant who settled in Pennsylvania. He came to Savannah and married Elizabeth Elan, the granddaughter of Peter Tondee.

Dr. William B. Crawford, Sr. (1876-1956) was a prominent surgeon in Savannah, Georgia for 55 years. He was a native of Savannah, graduated from Columbia University, and was a close friend of the Mayo brothers of Rochester, Minnesota.

William Daniells Dowell (1828-1894), a native of Savannah, Georgia was a machinist by trade and a member of the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist. During the Civil War, he was superintendent of the Confederate laboratory in Savannah.

Jean Antoine de Rimeau Barbot (1785-1855) came to Charleston, S.C. some years after watching his father's beheading in the French Revolution and his mother's subsequent heart attack and death upon witnessing the execution of her husband. In Charleston, he married Caesarine Francoise Antoinette Esnard (1800-1880) and fathered 14 children. Some of the family eventually settled in Augusta, Ga.

Lydia Austin Parrish (1871-1953) was the wife of painter/illustrator Maxfield Parrish. For many years she spent her winters on St. Simons Island (Georgia), and her love of the islands led to the research for SLAVE SONGS OF THE GEORGIA SEA ISLANDS. While researching the book, she became interested in the fate of Loyalists families, and at the time of her death was working on a two volume set on those families. Her son Maxfield, Jr., assembled the material, and the rough notes and drafts for her chapters are included.

The Baratte family is a family of Santo Domingan origin. Pierre Bernard Baratte (1779-1849) came to Charleston, S.C. from San Domingo, where he had been engaged in coffee planting. He was in the mercantile business in Charleston and married Elisabeth Adele Desclaux (1797-1869). Part of the family settled in St. Marys, Georgia.

The Drysdale family of Georgia and Florida came from Edinburgh, Scotland. John Drysdale (c. 1781-1820) came from Scotland, married a lady from Savannah, Georgia, and lived at White Bluff. Many of this descendants lived in St. Augustine and Jacksonville, Florida.

Benjamin Burroughs (1779-1837) was born on Long Island, N.Y. and moved to Savannah, Ga. where he lived for over 30 years. He was a successful merchant.

The Aldrich family originated in England, originally settling in New England before coming to South Carolina. One of its members was Judge Robert Aldrich (b. 1844), who after serving in the Civil War, practiced law in Barnwell, South Carolina.

William Clark (ca. 1724-1795 or 1796) came to the colony of Georgia with Capt. John McIntosh from Scotland in 1735 and settled in Darien, Ga. He was a planter there, but died in the Bahamas.

John J. Carrick of Savannah, Ga. (d. 1952) was the son of John Carrick (1839-1916) who came to Savannah from County Clare, Ireland. John J. was the owner of a popular lunch room, Carrick's on Drayton Street for over 50 years. His brother-in-law, Joseph Galina operated it as Galina's until his death, when Carrick took it over.

The Connerats of Savannah, Georgia are of French descent. Francois Connerat (ca. 1775-1823), the first Connerat to live in Savannah, came there by way of Santo Domingo.

Robert Bolton (ca. 1722-1789) was born in Philadelphia and died in White Bluff, Ga. He decended from an English family and was a businessman in Savannah, along with his cousin, John Bolton, who was a city alderman. Robert Bolton's sister married James Habersham of Savannah.

The Honorable John Macpherson (1781-1856) graduated from Princeton, studied law in Savannah, Ga., became a U.S. senator and died in Savannah.

Marie-Anne Canvet (known as Athenais) was born in Charleston, S.C. in 1813. She married Thomas Tobin, a native of Ireland (b. ca. 1806) in Augusta, Ga. Her parents were natives of Santo Domingo, of French descent and had moved to Charleston after the slave uprisings in Santo Domingo. She died in 1872.

Charles Brugiere (d. 1837) left France in 1792 to escape the terrors of the French Revolution, went to Santo Domingo, and then to Philadelphia to escape the violence in Santo Domingo. He became a successful dry goods merchant, with a branch in New York City, where he and his family eventually moved.

This collection traces the genealogy of the family for whom Clinch County, Georgia is named. One member of the family, Colonel Henry L. Clinch (d. 1895) was a member of the Bar in Augusta and later became U.S. District Attorney for Louisiana. He fought in the Civil War, moving afterward to Sparta, Georgia, where he died.

James Bulloch (1701-1780) of Scotland was the first of his family to settle in Georgia. He moved first to South Carolina about 1728 where he was a King's Justice of the Peace in Colleton County. He married a widow, Ann Cuthbert Graham who had inherited Mulberry Grove Plantation near Savannah, Ga. He became active in Savannah and took the side of the Patriots in the American Revolution. His fourth wife was Mary Jones, daughter of Noble Jones of Wormsloe. All of Bulloch's children, however, were by his first wife, Jean Stobo, of Charleston. These children moved to Georgia, where one son was Mayor of Savannah, Ga. and a U.S. senator.

Thomas Elwood Buckman (1824-1891) was a distinguished military man, inventor and railroad pioneer of Florida. He was born in Pennsylvania and died in Jacksonville, Fl. He married Selina Cleland, the daughter of British planters in Jamaica. Her mother was a cousin of Francis Scott Key and the daughter of Dr. Turnbull, founder of the colony of New Smyrna in Florida.

William Bouhan (1843-1908) was born in Cork, Ireland and died in Savannah. He arrived in Savannah in 1866 and became a contractor in the lumber business. His son John J. Bouhan (1886-?) became a prominent Savannah attorney and political leader.

John Clifton Cleland (ca. 1795-1858) was the son of a Jamaica planter, William Cleland. Cleland's mother was a Charlton, who may have been born in South Carolina. John Cleland was also a planter in Jamaica. He died in a collision of two steam ships between Galveston and New Orleans. Most of his descendants are recorded as living in St. Augustine, Florida.

Joseph Carrie (dates not given) was a grocer in Augusta, Ga. His brother, Jean Carrie (ca. 1782-1857) also lived in Augusta and was born in France. Jean ran some public baths in Augusta.

The full name of the French branch of this family was originally Binsse de Saint-Victoire. They immigrated to New York after living in Santo Domingo. Another branch of the family renamed themselves Binsse after living in Germany.

The Crooke family has been traced to Clement Crooke (d. ca. 1755) of St. Kitts. His wife was the daughter of Robert Cunningham, a South Carolinian. The descendants of Clament Crooke moved to Georgia, and one of his daughters married into the Wylly family of Savannah, Georgia.

The Hon. Langdon Cheves (1776-1857) of South Carolina was the second president of the Bank of the United States. He married Mary Elizabeth Dulles in 1806. John Foster Dulles descended from her family.

The Allard family settled in Savannah in the 18th century, but had their roots in Santo Domingo.

Walter Charlton Hartridge, Jr. was born in Savannah, Georgia in 1914. He was the son of Walter Charlton Hartridge, Sr. (1870-1932) and his second wife, Catharine Honoria McIntire Hartridge (1879-1949). Walter C. Hartridge, Jr. attended the Pape School and Benedictine Military School. He graduated from the Loomis Academy (Windsor, CT) and Harvard College with a B.A. in History. He then received a masters degree in architectural history from the Harvard School of Design. On July 7, 1956, he married Susan L'Engle Macmillan, the daughter of Thomas Halsey Macmillan, Jr. and Helen Sandwich Hartridge Macmillan. They had one child, Walter Charlton Hartridge III. Walter C. Hartridge, Jr. dedicated his life to historic preservation and research. He died on August 19, 1974.

This collection quite thoroughly traces the ancestry of the noted Hollywood character actor, Charles Douville Coburn, who was born in Macon, Georgia and raised in Savannah, Georgia. Charles Coburn (1877- ) appeared in such films as "The More the Merrier," "The Devil and Miss Jones," and "The Green Years." He won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in "The More the Merrier." He was also a member of the Society of the Cincinnati, as one of his Douville ancestors was an officer during the American Revolution.

The Alvarez family was of Spanish origin and immigrated to Saint Augustine, Florida by the 17th century.

The Benet family are the descendants of Spanish colonials. The noted American writer, Stephen Vincent Benet (1898-1943) states that his great-grandfather, Esteban Benet (1770-1812) came from Minorca and settled in St. Augustine, Fl. around 1785.

Etienne Bellumeau de la Vincindiere (1735-1802) was born in France, lived in Santo Domingo, and then moved to Charleston in 1793, where he died.

Nicholas Delaigle was born in France about 1767. After coming to America, he married a widow of French descent who was living in Savannah, Georgia or Augusta, Georgia. He died in 1853 and is buried in Augusta. Many of his descendants remained in Augusta.

The Arundell family comes from Wiltshire, England, and numbers among its members, Isabel Arundell Burton (1831-1896), wife of the famous 19th century explorer, Sir Richard Burton (1821-1890).

Colonel William Baya (1834-1903) was born in St. Augustine, Fl. He fought for the Confederacy in Florida and Virginia during the Civil War. Baya moved to Jacksonville, Fl. where he was in the business of river transportation. He descended from Josef Baya (1777- ), a Spanish colonial.

John Casey (d. 1794) was a young surgeon in Edgeworthstown, Ireland. He married Philoclea Edgeworth and moved with his family to Prince George's County, Maryland. Their only daughter, Frances Pamela Casey (b. 1789) and her brother, Dr. John Casey both moved to Savannah, Ga., where the younger Dr. Casey married into the distinguished Berrien family of Screven, Ga.

Auguste de Grasse (1765-1845) was the son of the famous Admiral de Grasse Tilly who was a major factor in helping the Continental Army to defeat the British at the Battle of Yorktown. The family of the Admiral left France due to the French Revolution for Santo Domingo about 1790. In either 1795 or 1796, the son, Alexandre Francois Auguste de Grasse Tilly (known as Auguste de Grasse) went to Charleston, South Carolina, but later returned to France.

Edmund M. Connor (ca. 1828-1894), prominent Savannah, Georgia resident was born in Nova Scotia, came to Savannah and first opened a grocery business. Later he opened a successful book and stationery store. He and his wife had ten children.

This material traces the decendents of David Crenshaw Barrow (1815-1899) of Athens and Savannah, Georgia.

Don Fernando de la Maza Arrendondo, a Havana merchant (ca. 1765-1833) was also a citizen of Saint Augustine. He helped Spanish authorities in raising, arming and equipping troops for the protection of Saint Augustine. He also acted as Commisary of the Indians for more than 40 years.

The Datty family relocated to Charleston, South Carolina, leaving behind the political unrest of Santo Domingo. A prominent member of the family was Julia Datty (d. 1836), who after being educated in Paris, France became a well-respected educator in Charleston, South Carolina. She opened a school for girls and later joined the Sisters of Mercy.

The Bathurst family came from Bathurst, England in Sussex County. Sir Francis Bathurst, (5th baronet) was born in 1674. He came to Georgia with Oglethorpe and died in 1738, in Georgia. The Bathurst home in Georgia was named, Bathurst Bluff. Other Bathursts (the 6th baronet through the 11th baronet) are listed as having lived in Pennsylvania, Illinois and Missouri.

The Baudry family of Georgia was descended from Auguste Baudry, who was born in France ca. 1788. He came to Georgia and married Sophie Adelle Tardy in Augusta in 1818. Their daughter married into the Moore family of Augusta sometime before 1860. Some of the Moores moved to Savannah in the early 1900s.

Jules Timoleon Ducatel (1796-1849) was a native of Baltimore, Maryland and a son of a pharmaceutist from France who came to America by way of Santo Domingo. J.T. Ducatel was a chemistry professor in Maryland, teaching at the University of Maryland and at St. John's College in Annapolis, Maryland.

The Christensen family of Beaufort, S.C. are the descendants of Niels Christensen (1840-1909) who was born in Soby, Denmark and who emigrated to the U.S. and died in Beaufort. His sons became prominent businessmen in Beaufort, with one son taking over Christensen Hardware after his father's death.

Timothy Bellamy (dates not specified) was merchant of charles Town. His daughter, Ann married Matthew Roche, Esq. of Savannah (d. 1775). All of the transcribed articles are in regard to Matthew Roche.

Dr. Jean-Baptiste Berthelot (ca. 1761-1829) was born in France and died in Savannah, Ga. The Berthelot family is mentioned in the parish records of the Church of St. John the Baptist, Savannah, Ga.

John Ashe (1684-1711) of Devon was a landowner in Colleton County, South Carolina. Documents explain the connection between the Ash families of South Carolina and North Carolina.

The Capo family of Florida descended from Juan Capo (1732-1786) who was born in Minorca and died in Labrador. Most of his children were born in the Spanish colony of New Smyrna, Fl.

Thomas Cooper (d. 1744) of Craven County, S.C. owned a plantation on the Santee River and was a distant relative of Sir Ashley Cooper.

Daniel Cannon (d. 1743) and his two sons, Joseph (b. 1721) and Daniel (b. 1726) were among the first settlers of Frederica, Ga. in 1736. Daniel Cannon (the elder) was a carpenter and built most of the structures in Frederica. He lived at the north end of St. Simons Island which is still known as Cannon's Point. The Cannon family left St. Simons in 1741 and went to Charleston, where the elder Cannon died in 1743. Cannon Street in Charleston is named for him.

Emilia Francis Strong Pattison Dilke (1840-1904), daughter of Henry S. and Emily Weedon Strong, was the granddaughter of Samuel Spry Strong, a loyalist from Augusta and Savannah. She married (1) Reverend Mark Pattison and (2) Sir Charles Wentworth Dilke, Bart. Her accomplishments in art and literature were extensive, and she was the author of several works on French 18th century decorative arts. She was also an ardent suffragette. She died in 1904.

These papers explore the relationship between the Austen family, of which the English novelist, Jane Austen was a member, and the Leigh family, also of England.

The Aimar family settled in Charleston, South Carolina.

Jean-Baptiste Benoist (1748-1816) was a native of France, who settled in Charleston, S.C.

Samuel Bowen (d. 1778) was a Savannah planter, who owned Gennwich Plantation at what is now Bonaventure Cemetery. The land on which Greenwich stood became an addition to the cemetery in 1945.

The Comers of Georgia and Alabama were descended from an old Virginia family. Hugh Moss Comer (1842-1900) was born in Jones County, Georgia and was a cotton merchant in Savannah, Georgia. He later became president of the central of Georgia Railway in 1882. He also organized the Bibb Manufacturing Company, a textile firm in Macon, Georgia.

Andre Drouillard (1758-1825) was born in France of a noble family which traces itself back to 14th century Brittany. Drouillard came to Savannah, Georgia where he owned a plantation on White Bluff Road.

The Arnau family was of Minorcan extraction. One of the family, Judge George J. Arnau (1825-1906) was the postmaster of Gainesville, Florida.

Walter Charlton Hartridge, Jr. was born in Savannah, Georgia in 1914. He was the son of Walter Charlton Hartridge, Sr. (1870-1932) and Catharine Honoria McIntire Hartridge (1879-1949). Walter C. Hartridge, Jr. attended the Pape School and Benedictine Military School, both in Savannah, Georgia. He graduated from the Loomis Academy (Windsor, CT) and Harvard College with a B.A. in History. Hartridge then received a masters degree in architectural history from the Harvard School of Design. On July 7, 1956, he married Susan L'Engle Macmillan, the daughter of Thomas Halsey Macmillan, Jr. and Helen Sandwich Hartridge Macmillan. They had one child, Walter C. Hartridge III. Walter C. Hartridge, Jr. dedicated his life to historic preservation and research. He died on August 19, 1974.

Julia Bernard (178[9]-1852), of Wilmington, N.C. married William Scarbrough, a Savannah, Ga. merchant.

Joseph Scott Baynard (1834-1909) was a planter on Hilton Head Island, S.C. prior to the Civil War. He served in the Marion Artillery of Charleston during the war. He relocated to Savannah after the war, where he entered the brokerage business. He than moved to Guyton where he lived until his death.

Francis Lightberry Dancy (d. 1890) served in the United States Army and was stationed in Florida for many years. His son, David Yulee Dancy (1847-1913) became a prominent cotton factor in Savannah.

The Barellis were a family of Charleston, S.C., who came from Como, Lombardy, Italy in 1806 in the person of Giovanni (later John) Barelli. Part of the family later moved to Louisiana.

Abbott Hall Brisbane (1804-1861) was born near Charleston, S.C., graduated from West Point and served in the Florida War against the Seminole Indians in 1835-1836. He then moved back to Charleston, where he was made Brigadier General of Militia of South Carolina. He was also a history professor at the Citadel from about 1847 to 1853, whereupon he retired to his plantation, Accabee, near Charleston. He was also the author of the political romance, Ralphton or the Young Carolinian.

The Acosta family is mentioned in Saint Augustine, Fl. records, as well as Georgia.

The Adams family of Georgia resided in Savannah. One of its members, William Barnard Adams (1826-1901), son of Samuel Adams, a cotton planter on Skidaway Island and Mary L. Barnard of Wilmington Island, was a port warden of Savannah.

Hartridge records that Francisco Barbe of Savannah married Mary Magdalen Hernandez of St. Augustine, Fl. (1801-1877). His grandson, Alexander M. Barbee was a farmer and developer of Isle of Hope, near Savannah.

The Bicaise family came from Santo Domingo, where they owned a plantation to Charleston, S.C. around 1810 to escape revolutionists on that island. In charleston, they opened a store for making and repairing firearms which Lawrence W. Bicaise finally sold in 1945 after running the shop for 63 years.

Guillaume de Brux (1765-1852) was born in France, lived part of his life in Santo Domingo and died in Augusta, Ga. His descendants became prominent members of the Augusta, Ga. and Charleston, S.C. communities. A grandson, Leon S. Brux (1869-1944) was an alderman and chairman of the committee on wooden and brick buildings in Charleston.

Dr. John Harwood Burt (1798-1861) was a successful planter in Edgefield County, South Carolina as well as a doctor.

Michael J. Doyle (1833-1907) was born in Ballyhaunis, County Mayo, Ireland. He came to New York City in 1849 with his father and they moved to Savannah, Georgia shortly thereafter. Michael J. Doyle was a well-known Georgia Republican and very active in the Party. By profession, he was a Savannah grocer for most of his life.

Augustus Boulineau (1799-1867) was born in France, but immigrated to Savannah where he became a prominent merchant and member of the Church of St. John the Baptist.

The Clay family has abeen traced back to Joseph Clay (1741-1804), who was born in Yorkshire, England, but emigrated to Savannah, Georgia. He was a member of the Revolutionary Committee there as well as being a member of the Continental Congress (1778-1780). He then served as Deputy Paymaster-General for Georgia.

Catharine Honoria McIntire Hartridge (1879-1949) was the mother of Walter Charlton Hartridge, Jr.

Dr. Richard D. Arnold (1808-1876), was the son of Joseph Arnold (ca. 1770-1808), and Elizabeth Dennis (ca. 1773-1818). Dr. Arnold co-organized the Medical Association of Georgia in 1846, and served 5 terms as mayor of Savannah between 1842 and 1865.

The Cuyler family of Georgia has been traced to Hendrick Cuyler of Holland (1637-?) who moved to New York in 1650. His grandson, Telaman Cuyler (1732-1772) owned land in Effingham County, Georgia. Telaman's wife spent time in Savannah, Georgia during the Revolution, but later returned to New York. Descendants moved to Savannah because of Mrs. Telaman Cuyler's connections there.

The Cope family of Savannah, Georgia traces back to Lewis Cope (d. 1788), who may have been from South Carolina, but who died in Savannah.

The Baker family of Georgia came from New England. Alpheus Baker (ca. 1781-1858) converted to Catholicism, taught Greek at the South Carolina College, and lived most of his life in Lumpkin County, Georgia.

Capt More Cafiero (1859-1932) was the Italian consul at Savannah, Ga. for about 25 years. He was knighted by the government of King Victor Emmanuel II, in Italy for this service.

The Abbotts were a family who before settling in St. Simons Island, Georgia, descended of an English family.

James Michelle Carter (1798-1836) was born in Virginia, but lived most of his life in Augusta, Ga., where he owned a drug store. He took over the business from his father, John Carter (1761-1820) who also owned a plantation outside of Augusta.

Originally an English family, descended from Godfrey Barnsley (1805-1873) who married Julia Henrietta Scarbrough (1810-1845) of Savannah, the family owned "Woodlands", a large estate near Kingston, Georgia.

The D'Antignac family in America traces its roots to Louis-Jean-Baptiste D'Antignac (1748-1827) who was born in Auvergne, France and relocated to the West Indies where he stayed until 1775 when he came to America and served in the Revolution. He passed the remainder of his life in Augusta, Georgia.

Bernard Bignon (ca. 1744-1816), a native of France lived most of his life in Augusta, Ga. and owned a grocery store there.

James Hamilton Couper (1794-1866) was the son of John Couper, who emigrated to Georgia from Scotland and who owned a large tract of land near Brunswick on the Altamaha River. J.H. Couper inherited the land and became one of the first American planters to base his operations on scientific research, becoming famous as a scientific farmer, experimentor and geologist.

The Armaignacs are a family of Santo Domingan origin.

The Averos were an early St. Augustine, Florida family who came to Florida in the late 1600s from Spain, via the Canary Islands. They were known both for the number of daughters that they had, and for the number of houses they owned in St. Augustine.

The Arnaud family immigrated to Savannah from France in the person of Jean-Pierre Arnaud (1750-1833).

John Chiles (ca. 1660-1723) received a land grant from the British government and became a Virginia planter, rising to become a prominent citizen of King William County, Va. Descendants of this family moved to South Carolina and Kentucky.

The Barretts are a distinguished Georgia family, secended from Thomas Barrett of London, who married Nancy Strong of England, in Savannah on October 20, 1799. They settled in Augusta, Georgia. Some of the collateral lines which WCH researched are: the Barnes family, the Craig family, the Danforth family, the Graham family, the Hall family, the Sibley family, the Stovall family, and the Wright family.

Mark Carr (1707-1767) was a member of a British regiment commanded by James Oglethorpe which was sent to Georgia in 1738. In Georgia, Carr owned a plantation near Jekyll Island, named "Blyth". After Carr drowned in the Turtle River, his heirs in the Myers and Lines families of McIntosh and Liberty counties respectively sold the land which they inherited.

Fielding A. Browne (dates not given) was one of the earliest settlers of Key West, Fl. His family was originally from Virginia, and his sister Susan (1801-1871) married Thomas Mann Randolph and they also lived in Key West.

The Alexander family of Georgia started with the arrival of James Alexander (1749-1805) and his brother who arrived in Savannah from Inverness, Scotland.

The Anderson family of Savannah numbers many persons who were prominent in Savannah, notably Edward C. Anderson (1812-1883), a mayor of Savannah from 1854-1856, president of the Ocean Steamship Company, and president of the Savannah Board of Education; and Nina Pape Anderson (1869-1944), the founder of the Pape School in Savannah for girls.

Emelyn "Lyn" Battersby Hartridge (1871-1942) was the oldest daughter of Alfred Lamar Hartridge and Julia Smythe Wayne Hartridge. She was a first cousin of Walter Charlton Hartridge, Jr. A native of Savannah, Georgia, Emelyn graduated from Vassar in 1892, and founded the Hartridge School in Savannah. In 1903 she became the principal of the Hartridge School in Plainfield, New Jersey, a position she held for thirty-six years. She died in 1942.

The Hon. Walter Bernard Clarkson (1857-1910) was a native of Virginia, descended from old Virginia families and moved to Florida around 1879. He lived in Jacksonville, Fl. where he was an educator and a member of the Jacksonville City Council. He married Lillie Hartridge, of the Jacksonville branch of WCH's family.

Edith Duncan Johnston (1878-1963) was the daughter of James Houstoun Johnston and Eugenia Cunningham Duncan of Savannah, Georgia. For numerous years she was the publicity director for the Episcopal Diocese of Georgia. She was also the first national secretary of the Girl Scouts. She was a writer and historian with her major publications including the editing of the Kollock family letters and writing THE HOUSTOUNS OF GEORGIA.

Colonel William Beatty (1739-1803) was one of the earliest settlers of Washington County, Maryland. His son, William (1758-1781) was killed at the Battle of Hobkirk's Hill, near Camden, South Carolina on April 25, 1781.

This branch of a family originally from Scotland settled first in Virginia ca. 1681. In 1769, two brothers, Robert and Patrick Cunningham moved to South Carolina. Robert settled on the Saluda River and was one of the first magistrates of District 96. Patrick was made a Deputy Surveyor General under Sir Egerton Leigh.

Jean Augustin (1764-1832), a native of Sarigny, near Chenom, Tourraine, France, married Marie Seuton, of Lyons. They moved to San Domingo, then to New Orleans in 1811. There, Jean taught at the College d'Orleans and fathered five children with his wife.

John Davidson (1767-1835) was born in Scotland, came to America where he married Abigail Cowell of Boston, and bacame a United States naval officer. They eventually moved to Savannah, Georgia where he died. Many of his descendants remained in Savannah.

Marie-Magdalene Berthelot Cabos (ca. 1778-1853) was a native of Santo Domingo and a resident of Savannah, Ga. for over 40 years. She had 2 daughters by her husband, Jean Cabos, one of whom married into the Blois family, a prominent French Catholic family of Savannah.

John Asselin and Charles Asselin (relationship not specified) both ran ads in the Savannah newspaper during the years, 1807-1808.

The Boog family is Scottish in origin. John Boog (1775-1825) was born in Scotland, but settled at St. Mary's, in Camden County, Georgia where he purchased a tract of land called the "Antrim Plantation." He also served in the Georgia state militia and was deputy marshall of the U.S. District Court for Georgia.

The Barnwells are a family of Anglo-Irish descent. John Barnwell (ca. 1671-1724) came to Port Royall, South Carolina from Dublin in 1701. He held land grants in various parts of South Carolina. Part of the family settled in Georgia.

John Francis Canty (1863-1940) was born and died in Savannah, Ga. He was in the wheelwright and blacksmithing business for 45 years, but he was also a city alderman for 8 years during the Myers administration.

Joseph Copps (ca. 1843-1906) was born in Limerick, Ireland and came to Savannah in his boyhood. He Worked for the Southern Bank of the State of Georgia, which became the Citizens & Southern Bank. He was also president of the Catholic Library Association.

The Andreu family came to Saint Augustine, Florida from Minorca.

Judge David S. Atkinson (1884-1956) was born in Camden County, Georgia. He was a senior judge of the Chatham County Superior Court. His son, David S. Atkinson Jr., was killed in the Philippines during World War II(1945).

This is the family of the painter, Hilaire Belloc (1870-1953), whose father, Louis-Marie Belloc (1830-1872) was French and whose mother, Elizabeth Rayner Parker (1829-1905) was English. Elizabeth was the granddaughter of Joseph Priestly.

Francois Bouyer (ca. 1749-1824), a native of Orange, France, lived in Santo Domingo and then came to the United States in 1798 where he settled in Augusta, Ga. and ran a successful grocery business.

This is a Savannah, Georgia family, represented in part by Major Albert Sumner Bacon (1844-1920), a Civil War veteran. He was born in Walthourville in Liberty County, Georgia and died on Isle of Hope, outside of Savannah, president of the Savannah lumber manufacturing firm, A.S. Bacon & Sons.

The Baillie family, originally of Dunain, Scotland, owned land in Liberty County, Georgia and had a plantation near Darien, Georgia.

The Barnard family is a Georgia family of English origin. In 1795, William Barnard (1747-1823), ran for Chatham County, Georgia sheriff.

John D. Colmesnil (1787-1871) was born in Haiti, where his father planted cotton, sugar, indigo and coffee. John Colmesnil's father moved the family to Savannah, Georgia where John started in business as a shipping clerk. Eventually, however, he moved to Louisville, Kentucky where he became a prominent businessman.

James Bilbo (1779-1849) was born in the Barnwell District, S.C. and died in Savannah, Ga. He was a descendant of James Bilbo, a French Huguenot who left France after the revocation of the Edict of Nantes.

(cont.) Capt. John Bilbo (1817-1885), the son of James Bilbo, was Captain of the DeKalb Riflemen. He was born in Savannah, and died in Jacksonville, Fl., where he had inherited a large estate but lost most of it due to the Civil War.

Colonel Jordan Francis Brooks (1849-1913), a native of Savannah, Ga., was a lieutenant colonel of the First Georgia Infantry, United States Volunteers and held the same rank later in the First Infantry, Georgia State Troops (1899). He was buried at Sacret Heart Church.

(cont.) His father, Jordan P. Brooks ran a line of mail steamers from Augusta to Savannah and Charleston until the Civil War.

Thomas Phineas Bond (1840-1902) was a merchant in Savannah, specializing in feed and fruit.

(cont.) Dr. Thomas Venable Bond (1880-1922) was the son of T.P. Bond. He was born in Savannah, but died in Hendersonville, N.C. He was educated at the University of Virginia, receiving his medical training in Vienna and Berlin.

An extensive manuscript for the Caradeuc family exists in the Southern Historical Collection of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, given gy Dr. St.J.R. Caradeuc of Savannah, Ga. The Caradeuc family were originally French, owning plantations in Santo Domingo and Port-Au-Prince, Haiti.

(cont.) James Achille de Caradeuc (1816-1895), grandson of a refugee from Santo Domingo, immigrated to South Carolina and was educated in France. He later moved to Charleston, S.C. where he served as chief engineer of a railroad.

The son of Walter Charlton Hartridge, Sr. (1870-1932), a distinguished Savannah attorney, and his second wife, Catharine Honoria McIntire Hartridge (1879-1949), WCH, Jr. numbered among his illustrious forebears: U.S. Representative Julian Hartridge (1829-1879), his grandfather; and his great-grandfather, Robert Milledge Charlton (1807-1854), a judge and U.S. District Attorney.

(Cont.) Hartridge was president of the Georgia Historical Society from 1952-1961; chairman of the Chatham-Savannah Historic Sites and Monuments Commission; and a member of many other civic organizations. He organized Savannah Restorations, Inc., and was active in the efforts to save the Scarbrough House, the Pink House, the Davenport House, and a number of other significant dwellings.

The son of Walter Charlton Hartridge, Sr. (1870-1932), a distinguished Savannah attorney, and his second wife, Catharine Honoria McIntire Hartridge (1879-1949), WCH, Jr. numbered among his illustrious forebears: U.S. Representative Julian Hartridge (1829-1879), his grandfather; and great-grandfather, Robert Milledge Charlton (1807-1854), a judge and U.S. District Attorney.

(Cont.) Hartridge was president of the Georgia Historical Society from 1952-1961; chairman of the Chatham-Savannah Historic Sites and Monuments Commission; and a member of many other civic organizations. He organized Savannah Restorations, Inc., and was active in the efforts to save the Scarbrough House, the Pink House, the Davenport House, and a number of other significant dwellings.

The son of Walter Charlton Hartridge, Sr. (1870-1932), a distinguished Savannah attorney, and his second wife, Catharine Honoria McIntire Hartridge (1879-1949), WCH, Jr. numbered among his illustrious forebears: U.S. Representative Julian Hartridge (1829-1879), his grandfather; and great-grandfather, Robert Milledge Charlton (1807-1854), a judge and U.S. District Attorney.

(Cont.) Hartridge was president of the Georgia Historical Society from 1952-1961; chairman of the Chatham-Savannah Historic Sites and Monuments Commission; and a member of many other civic organizations; He organized Savannah Restorations, Inc., and was active in the efforts to save the Scarbrough House, the Pink House, the Davenport House, and a number of other significant dwellings.

The Colquitt family of Georgia is descended from the Hon. Walter Terry Colquitt (1799-1855), who was born in Halifax County, Virginia and died in Macon, Georgia.

(cont.) A later Colquitt, William Neyle Colquitt (1878-1924), a native of Savannah, Georgia became a prominent Washington lawyer.

The Coppee family came from Brittany, France to Santo Domingo in the late 18th century.

(cont.) Edward Coppee (1797- ) was born in Jamaica where his mother and many of her relatives relocated after the slave insurrections in Santo Domingo. They moved to Savannah, Georgia when Edward was very young. He practiced as a physician and a surgeon in Savannah and Athens, Georgia until his death.

William Wash Chisholm (1845-1898), a resident of Savannah, Ga.; was president of the Chatham Bank, senior member of the cotton firm, W.W. Chisholm & Co., and a devoted member of the First Baptist Church.

(cont.) The Chisholm family resides still in the Savannah, Ga. area.

The Hon. John Chetwood (1736-1806) served as a justice of the Supreme Court of New Jersey and lived most of his life in Elizabethtown, N.J.

(Cont.) William Chetwood, son of John and Mary Emott Chetwood, was born in Elizabethtown, N.J. in 1771 and died in 1857. He was an attorney; he served during the Whiskey Rebellion and was known as "Major" Chetwood; and served as a member of Congress from 1835-1837.

Herman Averill Crane (1809-1879) was born in Litchfield County, Connecticut. He came to Georgia as a young man and settled at Darien as a commission merchant. He moved to Savannah in 1843 where he joined a firm of grocers and commission merchants.

(cont.) Horace A. Crane (1841-1920), son of Herman Crane, lived in Savannah most of his life. He was a banker with the Southern Bank and was vice-president of the Citizens & Southern Bank.

Louis-Gabriel-Marie-Cesar, the Marquis de Choiseul-Beaupre (1787-1872) was born in Reuil, France, emigrated to South Carolina and married a Charlestonian of French descent.

(cont.) The Choiseul family owned land in North Carolina during the 19th century. There was also a Hotel de Choiseul in Greenville, S.C. during the late 19th century.

The son of Walter Charlton Hartridge, Sr. (1870-1932), a distinguished Savannah attorney, and his second wife, Catharine Honoria McIntire Hartridge (1879-1949), Walter Charlton Hartridge, Jr. numbered among his illustrious forebears: U.S. Representative Julian Hartridge (1829-1879), his grandfather; and his great-grandfather, Robert Milledge Charlton (1807-1854), a judge and U.S. District Attorney.

(Cont.) He attended Pape School in Savannah, then Loomis Academy in Windsor, Connecticut, and received his B.A. in History, cum laude, from Harvard in 1936. In 1938 he received his masters degree in architectural history from Harvard's Graduate School of Design.

(Cont.) Hartridge was president of the Georgia Historical Society from 1952-1961; chairman of the Chatham-Savannah Historic Sites and Monuments Commission; and a member of many other civic organizations. He organized Savannah Restorations, Inc., and was active in the efforts to save the Scarbrough House, the Pink House, the Davenport House, and a number of other significant dwellings.

(Cont.) On July 7, 1956, in Orange Park, Florida, WCH married Susan L'Engle Macmillan, the daughter of Thomas Halsey Macmillan, Jr. and Helen Sandwich Hartridge Macmillan. The couple had one son, Walter Charlton Hartridge III, born February 21, 1958. On August 19, 1974, Walter Charlton Hartridge died and is buried in Savannah's Laurel Grove Cemetery.

This collection traces the ancestry of the Cresap family of Maryland.

(cont) Colonel Thomas Cresap (ca. 1702-ca. 1790) was born in Skipton, Yorkshire, England and came to Maryland at the age of fifteen. There, he became the intermediary between the Maryland government, the Iroquois and the Cherokees due to the location of his home and trading post, which were located in the westernmost part of Maryland. During the Revolution, he was an active patriot.

Wilhelm Ludwig Bischoff studied as a botanical gardener in Germany in 1847, immigrated to the United States, eventually landing in Savannah where he probably joined the faculty at Oglethorpe Medical College for a period in the 1850s and early 1860s.

(Cont.) It was possibly this man or his father, Wilhelm Christian Bischoff (1797-1881) who designed Forsyth Park in Savannah, Ga.

(Cont.) Wilhelm Christian Bischoff's daughter, Julianna Bischoff married Dr. Louis Knorr of Savannah, who also taught at Oglethorpe Medical College.

Charles Carroll, the Settler (1660-1720) was an Irish Catholic, who went to Maryland in 1688, where he was appointed Attorney General of Maryland by Lord Baltimore.

(cont.) Charles Carroll of Carrollton (1737-1832) was the grandson of the Settler, a member of the Continental Congress (1776-1778), a signer of the Declaration of Independence, and a Federalist by political persuasion.

Benedict Bourquin (1712-1770) was of French origin and owned a large estate on the Little Ogeechee River in Georgia.

(cont.) David Gugie Bourquin, a descendant of Benedict, and his black servant were murdered on Dean Forest Road outside of Savannah, Ga.

Thomas Arkwright (1821-1881) was born in Preston, England and came to Savannah at age 18. He formed a co-partnership with William Rose in 1860, manufacturing munitions for the Confederacy during the Civil War. After the war, the firm entered the saw mill business. Arkwright was married twice, first to his first cousin, Lydia Lachlinson, and secondly to Mrs. Stanley of Pa. Thomas Arkwright had 3 daughters and 2 sons.

(cont.) Preston Arkwright, Jr. (1902-1947) was president of Georgia Power Co. as had been his father, Preston Arkwright, Sr. for forty years before him.

Benjamin Remington Armstrong (1821-1901) was a leading contractor in Savannah. He was born in Jamestown, R.I. and came to Savannah as a young man and was employed as a builder at Fort Pulaski. He married twice and had 2 sons and 2 daughters.

(cont.) It is this family which donated its house to form the first campus for then Armstrong Junior College (now Armstrong Atlantic State University).

John James Penfield Boisfeuillet (1794-1863) was born in Kingston, Jamaica and died in Savannah. Papers relating to him and to his descendants are in the Georgia Historical Society's, Dolores Boisfeuillet Floyd collection.

(cont.) John Theodore Boisfeuillet (1857-1934), a descendant of J.J.P. Boisfeuillet was born in Macon, Ga., where he was editor of the Macon Evening News and later was managing editor of the Macon Telegraph. His obituary in the Macon Evening News states that he was also a clerk in the Georgia House of Representatives, private secretary to U.S. Senator A.O. Bacon of Macon, and was vice-chairman of the Railway Commission of Georgia.

William Battersby (1820-1883) was born in Manchester, England and died in Cheshire, England. He came to Savannah in 1842 and had a successful career as a cotton merchant in both Savannah and Charleston. He married Sarah Hartridge of Savannah.

(cont.) Hubert Battersby Duckworth (1877-1914), a grandson of William Battersby, came to Georgia from England and was an executive with Bibb Manufacturing Company in Macon, Georgia.

One branch of the family spelled the name "Burke." Aedanus Burke (1743-1802) was born in Galway, Ireland and moved to Charleston, S.C., where he was elected to the first Congress. Later, he was elected Chancellor of the Court of Equity in S.C.

(cont.) Another branch was the "Bourke" branch. Thomas Bourke (ca. 1785-1821) lived in Savannah, Ga. and married Ann Mary Glen, great-granddaughter of Noble Jones.

John P.H. Beauveau (1756-1802) a prosperous merchant, was of French parentage. He was born in the West Indies and spent most of his life there, but married an Englishwoman in Philadelphia. After his death, Mrs Beauveau and their children (who had lived in Cape Francois, Santo Domingo) moved to Philadelphia to avoid slave uprisings in Cape Francois.

(cont.) The file contains information on the Philadelphia descendants of this family.

Richard Bolan (ca. 1750-1827) was a native of Waterford, Ireland and owned land near Beaufort.

(cont.) The Reverend James Bolan Lawrence (1878-1947) was a native of Marietta, Ga. and died in Americus, Ga. He was a prominent Episcopal priest in the Diocese of Georgia.

John J. Carolan (1860-1937) was an alderman of Savannah, as well as Fire Commissioner under P.W. Meldrim. He also worked for the Central of Georgia Railway.

(cont.) James E. Carolan (1887-1957) was the son of John J. and one of the founders of Atlantic Savings & Trust Co, being president from 1941-1957. He was also a prominent member of the Hibernian Society.

Andrew Bell (ca. 1712-1752) worked primarily as a blacksmith. He was born in Scotland and lived in South Carolina, a member of St. Helena's Parish.

(cont.) Julius B. Bell (1834-1897), a descendant of Andrew Bell, was a Confederate veteran. He was born in South Carolina, moved to Savannah after the Civil War, and held a prominent position with the Central of Georgia Railway.

Samuel Brailsford (1729-1800) was a merchant from Bristol, England who married Elizabeth Holmes in Charleston.

(cont.) His son, William Brailsford (1765-1810) was raised in England, but raised his children in Charleston. All of Samuel's family moved to Charleston permanently after the American Revolution.

Robert Brooke (1602-1655) was commissioned by Lord Baltimore in 1649 as commander of a new county in Maryland.

(cont.) His son, Baker Brooke, married Anne Calvert.

The son of Walter Charlton Hartridge, Sr. (1870-1932), a distinguished Savannah attorney, and his second wife, Catharine Honoria McIntire Hartridge (1879-1949), Walter Charlton Hartridge, Jr. numbered among his illustrious forebears: U.S. Representative Julian Hartridge (1829-1879), his grandfather; and his great-grandfather, Robert Milledge Charlton (1807-1854), a judge and U.S. District Attorney.

(Cont.) Hartridge was president of the Georgia Historical Society from 1952-1961; chairman of the Chatham-Savannah Historic Sites and Monuments Commission; and a member of many other civic organizations. He organized Savannah Restorations, Inc., and was active in the efforts to save the Scarbrough House, the Pink House, the Davenport House, and a number of other significant dwellings.

The son of Walter Charlton Hartridge, Sr. (1870-1932), a distinguished Savannah attorney, and his second wife, Catharine Honoria McIntire Hartridge (1979-1949), WCH, Jr. numbered among his illustrious forebears: U.S. Representative Julian Hartridge (1829-1879), his grandfather; and his great-grandfather, Robert Milledge Charlton (1807-1854), a judge and U.S. District Attorney.

(cont.) Hartridge was president of the Georgia Historical Society from 1952-1961; chairman of the Chatham-Savannah Historic Sites and Monuments Commission; and a member of many other civic organizations. He organized Savannah Restorations, Inc., and was active in the efforts to save the Scarbrough House, the Pink House, the Davenport House, and a number of other significant dwellings.

The son of Walter Charlton Hartridge, Sr. (1870-1932), a distinguished Savannah attorney, and his second wife, Catharine Honoria McIntire Hartridge (1879-1949), Walter Charlton Hartridge, Jr. numbered among his illustrious forebears: U.S. Representative Julian Hartridge (1829-1879), his grandfather; and his great-grandfather, Robert Milledge Charlton (1807-1854), a judge and U.S. District Attorney.

(Cont.) Hartridge was president of the Georgia Historical Society from 1952-1961; chairman of the Chatham-Savannah Historic Sites and Monuments Commission; and a member of many other civic organizations. He organized Savannah Restorations, Inc., and was active in the efforts to save the Scarbrough House, the Pink House, the Davenport House, and a number of other significant dwellings.

The son of Walter Charlton Hartridge, Sr. (1870-1932), a distinguished Savannah attorney, and his second wife, Catharine Honoria McIntire Hartridge (1879-1949), WCH, Jr. numbered among his illustrious forebears: U.S. Representative Julian Hartridge (1829-1879), his grandfather; and his great-grandfather, Robert Milledge Charlton (1807-1854), a judge and U.S. District Attorney.

(cont.) Hartridge was president of the Georgia Historical Society from 1952-1961; chairman of the Chatham-Savannah Historic Sites and Monuments Commission; and a member of many other civic organizations. He organized Savannah Restorations, Inc., and was active in the efforts to save the Scarbrough House, the Pink House, the Davenport House, and a number of other significant dwellings.

The son of Walter Charlton Hartridge, Sr. (1870-1932), a distinguished Savannah attorney, and his second wife, Catharine Honoria McIntire Hartridge (1879-1949), Walter Charlton Hartridge, Jr. numbered among his illustrious forebears: U.S. Representative Julian Hartridge (1829-1879), his grandfather; and his great-grandfather, Robert Milledge Charlton (1807-1854), a judge and U.S. District Attorney.

(Cont.) Hartridge was president of the Georgia Historical Society from 1952-1961; chairman of the Chatham-Savannah Historic Sites and Monuments Commission; and a member of many other civic organizations. He organized Savannah Restorations, Inc., and was active in the efforts to save the Scarbrough House, the Pink House, the Davenport House, and a number of other significant dwellings.

The son of Walter Charlton Hartridge, Sr. (1870-1932), a distinguished Savannah attorney, and his second wife, Catharine Honoria McIntire Hartridge (1879-1949), Walter Charlton Hartridge, Jr. numbered among his illustrious forebears: U.S. Representative Julian Hartridge (1829-1879), his grandfather; and his great-grandfather, Robert Milledge Charlton (1807-1854), a judge and U.S. District Attorney.

(Cont.) Hartridge was president of the Georgia Historical Society from 1952-1961; chairman of the Chatham-Savannah Historic Sites and Monuments Commission; and a member of many other civic organizations. He organized Savannah Restorations, Inc., and was active in the efforts to save the Scarbrough House, the Pink House, the Davenport House, and a number of other significant dwellings.

The son of Walter Charlton Hartridge, Sr. (1870-1932), a distinguished Savannah attorney, and his second wife, Catharine Honoria McIntire Hartridge (1879-1949), Walter Charlton Hartridge, Jr. numbered among his illustrious forebears: U.S. Representative Julian Hartridge (1829-1879), his grandfather; and his great-grandfather, Robert Milledge Charlton (1807-1854), a judge and U.S. District Attorney.

(cont.) Hartridge was president of the Georgia Historical Society from 1952-1961; chairman of the Chatham-Savannah Historic Sites and Monuments Commission; and a member of many other civic organizations. He organized Savannah Restorations, Inc., and was active in the efforts to save the Scarbrough House, the Pink House, the Davenport House, and a number of other significant dwellings.