Huger, Mary Esther, 1820-1898

Mary Esther Huger was born in 1820, the daughter of Colonel Francis Kinloch Huger and Harriott Lucas ("Lucy") Pinckney Huger, (the daughter of General Thomas Pinckney and Elizabeth Motte Pinckney and sister to Thomas Pinckney, Jr., and Charles Cotesworth Pinckney, owner of Woodburn). Mary Esther Huger's mother died December 27, 1824, in Philadelphia, PA.

The year after her death, Col. Huger sold his estate, Clermont, near Statesburg, SC, and moved to Pendleton, SC, with six of his children: two sons, Cleland and Thomas Pinckney, and four daughters, Elizabeth Pinckney ("Lizzie"), Anne Isabella, Mary Esther and Harriet Horry ("Hagee"); his two eldest sons, Benjamin, who was at West Point, and Francis, who was a midshipman, did not move to Pendleton. At first Col. Huger rented Lowther Hall; the next year he purchased from his brother-in-law, Col. Thomas Pinckney, "Long House" (the name was changed from Altamont [I]).

From the description of Mary Esther Huger papers, 1820-1840; 1822, 1825-1843; 1879; 1880; 1888-1889; 1969; 1971. (Clemson University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 42727133