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- Was she first married to a Yarborough? jkh
1.This is the first of three marriages for Isaac Lenior.This dau Elizabeth was number two of three. 2.The earliest English who can be definately established in our line is Thomas,
a native of Morton Emmora, Durham County, England. Records show that Thomas English and his family left England for Moate, Westmeath County, Ireland, probably around 1659. The family were Quakers, if not in England, certainly not long after taking up residence in Ireland. A hundred years later (1753) when the first English (Joshua) emigrated to this country he brought with him a certificate directed to "Friends in South Carolina and elsewhere giving him the character of a good and sober man". The Certificate was signed by eight of the "Meeting" to which he belonged in Ireland.
Joshua English, great, great grandson to the first Thomas English, and his wife, Mary Holmes English, with two of their six children landed in Charles Town on July 22, 1753. On August 6, 1753, Joshua English "humbly prays" his Majesty's Honorable Council of the Province of South Carolina for 200 acres of land and further "affirms to the truth of his Family Right after the manner of the People called Quakers". On January 1, 1743, Joshua English again petitions the Honorable Council in Charles Town for an additional 200 acres of land for his other four children and again he "affirms to the truth of his Family Rights after the manner of the people called Quaker". Both petitions were granted and the property so assigned Joshua English and his family lay along the Wateree River.
At least three of Joshua English's sons (Joshua Junior., Robert and John) espoused the Royal Cause for which allegiance they were banished from the country and their property confiscated. The three exiled brothers located temporarily in FLorida Territory. It appears that Joshua Junior., escaped punishment from the Confiscation Act and was allowed to return to Carolina; he was receiving mail near Camden in 1783 and 1784. Nothing is known of John's later life. Robert English, with his entire family, went to the West Indies and he, himself, never return to this country. At least two of his daughters came back to Camden from British Honduras in June, 1800. One of these, Amelia, believed to be widow to a Mr. Yarborough, became the first wife of Isaac Lenoir (1778-1858) of the third generation of Lenoirs in America. [1]
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1783 - 1823 (40 years)
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