Nancy Mary James (1735 - 1784)

Born 13 Jan 1735 in Sumter County, South Carolina

Ancestors

Wife of Matthew Singleton — married 13 Apr 1750 in Caroline, Virginia

Descendants

Died 7 Nov 1784 at age 49 in Craven, South Carolina, United States

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Biography

They had eight children in 23 years. She married Captain Matthew Singleton on April 19, 1750, in Caroline, Virginia. When Mary James, born on January 13, 1735, in Sumter, South Carolina, her father, Sherwood and mother Ann were both 33. She died on November 7, 1784, in Craven, South Carolina, at the age of 49, and was buried in Sumter, South Carolina. Matthew, her husband, served honorably as a Captain in the South Carolina Light Horse Regiment of the Continental Army during the war (1775-83). He died inn 1787, just three years after his wife. Matthew was buried next to his wife in the cemetary at St. Marks Parish, Craven, So. Carolina.

Their children

Marriage

Mary James and Colonel Matthew Singleton married at Virginia circa 1750. ^[1]

DEATH

Mary died 7 Nov 1784 (aged 49) in Craven, Sumter County, South Carolina, and is buried in St. Marks Parish Cemetery, (Singleton Section), Sumter, Sumter County, South Carolina. ^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ Immigrant Ancestors A List: Vol. Matthew Singleton, page 61.
2. ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/40958711/mary-singleton

• Immigrant Ancestors -- A List of 2,500 Immigrants to America before 1750. Extracted from Volume VII Compendium of American Genealogy. Chicago, 1942. Edited by Frederick Adams Virkus. Genealogical Publishing Company, Baltimore, Maryland. 1970. Col. Matthew Singleton, page 61. https://www.ancestry.com/sharing/29385372?h=553c30
• Mary James, in the North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000. www.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=61157. https://www.ancestry.com/sharing/29385476?h=7faed2
• South Carolina, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1790-1890. *https.www.ancestry.com/search.
• South Carolinea Wills and Probate, 1680-1980, Father Sherwood James. https://www.ancestry.com/sharing/29385417?h=7aaf55
• U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current. 40958711--Mary James Singleton. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/40958711/mary-singleton
• U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970.https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/2204/images/32596_242076-00531?pId=127234.
• Daughters of the American Revolution. Genealogical Research: Singleton, Mathew.https://services.dar.org/Public/DAR_Research/search_adb/default.cfm. #A104467.
• The Singletons of South Carolina by Virginia Green Singleton, familysearch.org Digital Library[1]