Joshua ENGLISH

1701 - Bef 1771  (< 69 years)

• Name	Joshua ENGLISH  [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Birth	24 Jun 1701	Moate, Westmeath, Ireland   [1, 5]
  Gender	Male
  _UID	84E91FC5D11C436B8A5434C5788856D1EA9D
  Death	Bef 1 Jan 1771	Camden, Kershaw County, South Carolina   [5, 6]
  Burial	Camden, Kershaw County, South Carolina   [5]
  Person ID	I5631	Singleton and Related Families
  Last Modified	10 Aug 2015

  
  

  Father	Thomas ENGLISH,   b. 25 May 1667, At Turphelim, Moate, Westmeath County, Ireland d. Moate, Westmeath, Ireland
  Mother	Mary SHARP,   b. Ballyleaven, Kings, Ireland d. Moate, Westmeath, Ireland
  Marriage	6 Jun 1694	Mountmellick, Westmeath, Ireland   [1, 5]
  _UID	B5C1951261C64B3BA0A5BA252083E884FDB3
  _UID	B5C1951261C64B3BA0A5BA252083E884FDB3
  Family ID	F2028	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary HOLMES,   b. of Bolart, King’s County, Ireland. d. 1789, Camden, Kershaw County, South Carolina
  Marriage	15 Jan 1725	Lismoyney, Westmeath County, Ireland.   [1, 5]
  _UID	5AB6D441CAF94E11972B84F8B1BF4ECD103E
  _UID	5AB6D441CAF94E11972B84F8B1BF4ECD103E
  Children	1. Joshua ENGLISH, II,   b. 1737, Moate, Westmeath, Ireland d. 19 Jul 1795, Camden, Kershaw County, South Carolina (Age 58 years)   2. Colonel Robert ENGLISH,   b. 1736/44, Moate, Westmeath, Ireland d. Jun 1791, Belize/Honduras, Central America (Age 47 years)   3. Elizabeth ENGLISH   4. Thomas ENGLISH,   b. 1731, Moate, Westmeath, Ireland d. 1787, Kershaw, South Carolina (Age 56 years)   5. John ENGLISH,   b. Moate, Westmeath County, Ireland d. 1840/1805   6. Mary ENGLISH,   b. Moate, Westmeath, Ireland d. Jun 1805/12 Dec 1789, Kershaw, South Carolina
  Family ID	F2027	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	23 Mar 2026

  
  

• Notes

  Joshua and Mary arrived in Charleston, South Carolina on the ship Hitchcock on 22 Jul 1753. He was granted lands on the Wateree River, Craven County, South Carolina on 7 Aug 1753. Im the records of the South Carolina Historical Commission in Columbia, South Carolina, is an account of the arrival in Charles Town Harbor of the ship "Hitchcock", Capt Peter Gibson, from Whitehaven, England, with a load of Irish emigrants, in July/August 1753. In the list of passengers is the name of Joshua English "with him were his wife and two children, Thomas aged 22 and Eliza 18 years. Joshua brought with him a certificate from a congregation of Irish Quakers saying that he was a "sober man and pious." He was granted land of the east bank of the Wateree on Aug 6, 1753. Mill's Atlas of South Carolina, published in 1826 shows the exact locations of the homes of Joshua English and the children in Camden District. The Quakers grew with rapidity and as early as 1759 a 4ac plot of land within the present limits of the City of Camden was leased as the site for a Meeting House and Graveyard. Some members of the English family moved to North Carolina; others were in bad standing in the Society because they borne arms or had mar outside the Meeting. There are no members today but they still own the cemetery and it is used by persons "of all faiths." Joshua and Mary are both buried therein unmarked graves; a gravestone being considered too ostentatious for Christians. [1, 5]

  
  

• Sources

  [S144] . [S635] . [S14013] . [S44] page 210. [S6] Jenkins Gedcom File E-mail - tjjenkins4@juno.com. [S508] Zadah DeLorme, 5.