Henry Laurens / Eleanor Delamere Ball

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Family Sheet

HUSBAND
         Name: Henry LaurensMale Note
         Born: 6 Mar 17241724-3-6 at Charleston , South CarolinaCharleston , South Carolina
      Married: 6 Jul 17501750-7-6 at South CarolinaSouth Carolina
         Died: 8 Dec 17921792-12-8 at Mepkin Plantation, Charleston , South CarolinaMepkin Plantation, Charleston , South Carolina
       Father: John Samuel Laurens
       Mother: Esther Crosset

WIFE
         Name: Eleanor Delamere Ball
         Born: 10 Apr 1731 at Charleston , South Carolina
         Died: 22 May 1770 at South Carolina
       Father: Elias Ball
       Mother: Mary Delamere





CHILDREN
         Name: Eleanor Laurens
         Born: 1751
         Died: Mar 1751


         Name: Ann Elizabeth Laurens
         Born: 22 Apr 1752
         Died: May 1752


         Name: John Laurens
         Born: 28 Oct 1754 at Charleston , South Carolina
         Died: 27 Aug 1782 at Combahee River, Beaufort County, South Carolina
         Wife: Martha Manning


         Name: Elias Laurens
         Born: 1758
         Died: Abt 1762


         Name: Martha Laurens
         Born: 9 Nov 1759 at Charleston , South Carolina
         Died: 10 Jun 1811 at Charleston , South Carolina
      Husband: David Ramsey


         Name: Henry Laurens
         Born: 25 Aug 1763 at Charleston , South Carolina
         Died: 27 May 1821 at Charleston , South Carolina
         Wife: Elizabeth Rutledge


         Name: James Laurens
         Born: 26 Nov 1765
         Died: 1775


         Name: Samuel Laurens
         Born: 10 Sep 1767
         Died: Sep 1767


         Name: Mary Eleanor Laurens
         Born: 27 Apr 1770 at South Carolina
         Died: 6 Oct 1794 at South Carolina
      Husband: Charles Pinckney Governor


         Name: Henry Laurens
         Born: 25 Mar 1753
         Died: 1 Aug 1758


         Name: Eleanor Laurens
         Born: 30 Nov 1757
         Died: Apr 1764





NOTES

1). Henry Laurens, b. Charleston, S. C., Mar. 6, 1724, d. Dec . 8, 1792, was a leading patriot during the American Revolu tion. A South Carolina merchant and planter, he was preside nt of the Second Continental Congress from November 1777 un til December 1778. In 1780 he was captured by the Britis h while on his way to negotiate an agreement between the Un ited States and Holland. The revelation of his mission le d to war between Britain and the Dutch. After being impris oned in the Tower of London, Laurens was exchanged in 178 2 for General CORNWALLIS. That year he was one of the commi ssioners sent to Paris to negotiate peace with the British. !DEATH Biographical Directory of the South Carolina Senat , Biographical Directory of the South Carolina Senate 1776 1985, Volume II, Hines Singleton.

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