Robert Wiseman (abt. 1715)

Born about 1715 in Cullybacky, County Antrim, Ireland

Descendants

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Biography

Birth: c1715? at Scotland?, or Ireland?

Death: Unknown. (Probably at Oktibeha Co., MS.)Marriage: c1747? at Dublin?, or Cullybackey, County Antrim, Ireland to Margaret Jefford.

Note: Came to America with wife and four children in 1767, landing at Charleston, SC.

3A Robert Wiseman (b-c1715? at Cullybacky, County Antrim, Ireland, parents unknown; d-?, probably at Oktibeha Co., MS; m-c1747? at Cullybackey in County Antrim, Ireland to Margaret Jefford, who was b-c1716?, possibly in Scotland; Robert, Margaret and their four children, Journeyed from Cullybacky to Belfast, about 30 miles and came to America in 1767 landing at Charleston, SC aboard the ship Nancy; They lived at Newberry Co., SC in 1767, then in Columbia, Berkley Co. [now Richland Co.], SC and Starkville, Oktibbeha Co., MS; They were members of the Cunningham Memorial Presbyterian Church of Cullybacky before coming to America; Robert received land grants totaling 450 acres, on Second Creek, Newberry Co., SC.)

Source #1

Sources

• #1 OTHER WISEMAN FAMILIES :http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~wisemanfa/3A%20Robert%20Wiseman%20of%20SCb.html

Robert D. Wiseman, 22962 Lakeshore Drive, Elkhart, IN 46514-9572, Tel.: (219) 264-6200. E-Mail Address: (BobWiseElk@aol.com)

• Stephens, Edgar J. A Sketch of the Robert and Margaret Wiseman Family and Some of Their Descendants. S.l: s.n.], 1977. [@University of Mississipp]

• Revill, Janie. A Compilation of the Original Lists of Protestant Immigrants to South Carolina 1763-1773. Columbia, S.C.: The State Co., 1939. Free Name Search[5]; publisher's bookstore: Genealogical.com; FHL Book 975.7 W2r 1968; digital version at Ancestry ($); 1968 reprint: FHL book 975.7 W2r 1968; digital version of 1996 reprint at World Vital Records ($).

Acknowledgments

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