Charles
Perry
Bruce
Sr
Born in Frederick, Maryland
Ancestors 
Son of William Bruce
and Ruth (Perry) Briscoe
Husband of
Anne Hargis (Gray) Bruce
— married
4 Dec 1782 in Surry, North Carolina, United States
Descendants 
Father of
Robert Bruce, Charles Perry Bruce Jr, Martha Bruce, John Bruce, Thomas Bruce and Elizabeth Ann Bruce
Died
at about age 90
in Anderson, South Carolina, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 11 Jun 2015
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Biography
Charles was born about 1753 in Frederick, Maryland. Charles married Ann Gray on 4 December 1782 in North Carolina.[1]
Named in his grandfather's (James Wilson PERRY's) will which was probated in Frederick Co., MD, 18 Jan. 1771.
Named in his grandmother's (Rebecca Harris Perry's) will (prob. 8 May 1772 & recorded in Liber A-1 at folio 421, Frederick Co., MD) - received the negro boy, Daniel, & 20 pounds.
In 1794, he was living in household #17 in Warren Co., Georgia. (Warren Co. was created in 1793 from Columbia, Richmond, & Wilkes counties.) By 1797, he had bought the land in SC where he built the 3rd dwelling house in the "Fork" between the Seneca & Tugaloo Rivers.
Charles died in 1843 and was buried in Harrisburg Plantation Cemetery, Pendleton, Anderson County, South Carolina, United States.[2]
Sources
- ↑
Marriage:
"North Carolina, U.S., Marriage Index, 1741-2004"
Data Source: County Court Records - FHL # 0546467-0546474
Ancestry Record 8909 #2699469 (accessed 15 February 2024)
Charles Bruce marriage to Ann Gray on 4 Dec 1782 in North Carolina. - ↑
Burial:
"U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current"
Find A Grave: Memorial #104715419
Ancestry Record 60525 #75630693 (accessed 15 February 2024)
Charles Perry Bruce Sr burial (died in 1843) in Harrisburg Plantation Cemetery, Pendleton, Anderson County, South Carolina, United States of America. Born in 1753.
- "The Perry Families, Primarily of Montgomery & Frederick Counties, Maryland," William Neal Hurley, Jr., Heritage Books, Inc., P. 19.
- "Our Harris Family," Ouida May (Harris) Milner, 1982.
- 1790 Census: "1790 United States Federal Census"
The National Archives in Washington, DC; Washington, DC; First Census of the United States, 1790.; Year: 1790; Census Place: Greenville, South Carolina; Series: M637; Roll: 11; Page: 103; Family History Library Film: 0568151
Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 5058 #384945 (accessed 15 February 2024)
Charles Bruce in Greenville, South Carolina.
- 1800 Census: "1800 United States Federal Census"
Year: 1800; Census Place: Pendleton District, South Carolina; Series: M32; Roll: 50; Page: 141; Image: 281; Family History Library Film: 181425
Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 7590 #506451 (accessed 15 February 2024)
Charles Bruce in Pendleton District, South Carolina.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Charles by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Charles:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Charles by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Charles:
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~1.56%
Tammy Fowler
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23andMe
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~1.56%
Richard Cheek :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A013907 [compare], yourDNAportal RIC4b5d2645, Ancestry member cheekfam
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~0.78%
Judith (Drew) Brittingham :
AncestryDNA
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MyHeritage DNA
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~0.39%
Lynn Martin :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member lynnhmartin
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Back in September 2019, I didn't know of your profile for Charles Perry Bruce, Sr. The profile for him that I did was without Senior and I just used Jr. for his son. Anyway, since both profiles are for the same person, let's merge them. Really sorry I caused such a mess.
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