Plowden Weston (abt. 1738 - abt. 1827)

Born about Sep 1738 in Warwickshire, England [uncertain]

Husband of Alice (Hollybush) Weston — married 18 Jul 1762 in Charleston, South Carolina

Husband of Mariane (Mazyck) Weston — married 26 Mar 1775 in South Carolina

Descendants

Died about 11 Jan 1827 at about age 88 in Charleston, Charleston, South Carolina, United States [uncertain]

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Biography

Plowden Weston was born in 1738.

He first married Alice Hollybush.^[1] She died in 1771 after having three children: John, Charles, and Anne. He married, secondly, Mariane Mazyck in 1775.^[2] They had two sons: Paul and Francis Marion.

Anthony (Toney) Weston, Plowden's son by an enslaved woman, was a noted millwright, and Plowden allowed him to keep money that he earned and live as if he were free, though laws forbade the freeing of slaves after 1820.

Weston was a member of the South Carolina General Assembly representing Christ Church Parish for four terms of office. (need source)

Business

Twelve wharves are named as sites of commerce in Plowden Weston's Plantation Journal:^[3]

Blake's Wharf, Chisolm's Wharf, Cochran's Wharf, Craft's (South) Wharf, Doyley's Wharf/O'Doyley's Wharf, Fitzsimmon's Wharf, Gaillard's Wharf, Geyer's Wharf, Magwood's Wharf, Prioleau's Wharf, Roper's Wharf, and Vanderhorst's Wharf.

Properties

Plowden Weston owned multiple properties during his lifetime. His will named many of these. For more information please see the Property page of Plowden Weston.

Death

Plowden Weston passed away in 1827^[4][5][6] and is buried in the French Protestant Huguenot Church Cemetery in Charleston, South Carolina.^[7]

Slaves

At the death of Plowden Weston his probate inventory named and valued the enslaved on his properties:^[8]

• at his plantation in Christ Church Parish
• at his property in All Saints Parish
• at his house at Queen Street in Charleston

For more information please see the following pages:

• Laurel Hill Plantation
• Slaves of Plowden Weston

Sources

1. ↑ South Carolina Marriage Index, 1641-1965, Ancestry.com Operations Inc. (2005), South Carolina Marriage Index - Alice Hollybush
2. ↑ South Carolina Marriage Index, 1641-1965, Ancestry.com Operations Inc. (2005), South Carolina Marriage Index - Mariane Mazyck
3. ↑ Plowden Weston's Plantation Journal, downloaded 18 Dec 2020 from https://lcdl.library.cofc.edu/lcdl/catalog/241769
4. ↑ Death records: "Death records"
   Catalog: Death records Death records Jan 1821-Apr 1830
   Film number: 007576004 > image 341 of 687
   FamilySearch Image: 3QS7-99XW-FRVG (accessed 4 May 2023)
   • Charleston County Death Record
5. ↑ Wills and miscellaneous probate records, 1671-1868: "South Carolina Probate Re... Bound Volumes, 1671-1977"
   Catalog: Wills and miscellaneous probate records, 1671-1868 Wills v. 36 1818-1826 Wills v. 37 1826-1834
   Image path: South Carolina Probate Records, Bound Volumes, 1671-1977 > Charleston > Wills, 1826-1834, Vol. 037 > image 607 of 855; citing Department of Archives and History, Columbia.
   FamilySearch Image: 939L-JXS5-X8 (accessed 3 May 2023)
   • 1827 will of Plowden Weston
6. ↑ Wills and miscellaneous probate records, 1671-1868: "South Carolina Probate Re... Bound Volumes, 1671-1977"
   Catalog: Wills and miscellaneous probate records, 1671-1868 Wills v. 38-39 1826-1834
   Image path: South Carolina Probate Records, Bound Volumes, 1671-1977 > Charleston > Wills, 1826-1834, Vol. 038 > image 173 of 874; citing Department of Archives and History, Columbia.
   FamilySearch Image: 939L-JLS3-2N (accessed 3 May 2023)
   • will of Plowden Weston part 2
7. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 19 December 2020), memorial page for Plowden Weston (Sep 1738–11 Jan 1827), Find A Grave: Memorial #33579619, citing French Protestant Huguenot Church Cemetery, Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina, USA ; Maintained by Saratoga (contributor 46965279) .
8. ↑ South Carolina Probate Re...d Loose Papers, 1732-1964: "South Carolina Probate Re...d Loose Papers, 1732-1964"
   Catalog: Charleston District, South Carolina estate inventories, 1732-1844 1810-1818 1819-1824 1819-1824 (indexed with last item) 1824-1844
   Image path: South Carolina Probate Records, Files and Loose Papers, 1732-1964 > Charleston > Probate Court, Estate inventories > 1824-1834 > No File Description Available > image 742 of 1227
   FamilySearch Image: 939L-JJ9M-SW (accessed 4 May 2023)
   • 1827 Probate inventory of Plowden Weston, p.207

• "South Carolina, Charleston District, Estate inventories, 1732-1844," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:W1WM-QW2M : 12 March 2020), Paul Weston, 1 Feb 1827; citing Court, Charleston, South Carolina, United States, L10136, South Carolina Department of Archives and History, Columbia.
• South Carolina, Wills and Probate Records, 1670-1980, Author: Charleston County (South Carolina). Probate Judge; Probate Place: Charleston, South Carolina, Ancestry.com Operations Inc. (2015), South Carolina Wills