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Family Sheet

HUSBAND
Name: Paul Trapier Note Born: 1716 at La Grande Fontaine, , Near Eutaw Springs, SC Married: 22 Sep 1743 at South Carolina, , , Died: 24 Oct 1793 at South Carolina, , , Other Spouses: Elizabeth Rothmaler
Father: Paul Trapier Mother: Elizabeth Dugue
WIFE
Name: Magdalen Horry Note Born: 1715 at South Carolina, , , Died: 27 Jul 1767 at South Carolina, , , Father: Elias Horry Mother: Margaret Huger
CHILDREN
Name: Elizabeth Trapier Born: 1745 at South Carolina, , , Died: 10 Jun 1817 at Serenity Plantation, , Near Georgetown, South Carolinasouth Carolina Husband: Edward Martin
Name: Paul Trapier Born: 1749 at South Carolina, , , Died: 8 Jul 1778 at South Carolina, , , Wife: Elizabeth Foisson
NOTES
1). Not so my great grandfather also Paul . He removed t o the neighborhood of Georgetown where he became a merchant , bought largely in lands on the rivers of Winyah Bay & i n houses & lots in the Town & acquired considerable propert y, but does not seemto have been corrupted by wealth as h e was held in the highest respect for integrity & every soc ial virtue & went generally among his acquaintances by th e title of “the King of Georgetown. In 1743 he married Ma gdalen Horry, daughter of Elias Horry. The ceremony was per formed by the Revd Mr. Alexander Garden Jr, assistant to th e Revd Thos Hasell rector of St Thomas Parish & at the hous e of Mr Anthony Bonneau. Whether or no this be proof tha t & at that my venerated ancestor had already connected him self with the Protestant Episcopal the then established c hurch of the colony may be questioned. But certain it is th at during most if not all, of his life he belonged to tha t Church & worshipped & I was told by my father was a commu nicant inthe Parish Church of Prince George Winyah durin g at least the later years of that life. Among my papers i s the title deed to his pew there, dated 1757. In 1767 hi s wife died, July 29, a fatal day, he says, to me, in wh ich it pleased God to makeme taste of the bitterest cup o f affliction I had ever experienced, by the death of my dea r wife, who after a tedious & painful illness of 8 months c onfinement to her room with the most cruel of all disorders , a cancer in the womb, resigned her breathinto the hand s of the All merciful God her creator. My grief on this occ asion is unspeakable. In her I have lost a loving, condesc ending, virtuous wife, a prudent, sensible counsellor, th e assuager of all my troubles & concerns for let the stor mbeat ever so hard from abroad, I was sure to find consola tion & comfort from her religious & wise reflexions thereon . In her our dear children have lost a fond, tender parent , a watchful guardian over their infant years, a pruden t & virtuous directorin their religious & moral principles , as they advanced to maturity her servants a humane, kind , decent & forbearing mistress a friend to the necessitous , her ears were ever open to their complaints, & her hand r eady to administer to their relief tothe utmost of her abi lity. She was a fond relation, & a sociable & cheerful acq uaintance. She died with every indication of a good Christi an firmly relying for full pardon & remission of all the er rors of her past life on the meritorious death & prevailin g intercession of her Blessed Saviour Jesus Christ at the t hrone of grace & with her latest breath calling on her cre ator. The grief thus feelingly expressed & the high estimat e enter of his deceased wife, did not, however, hinder hi s marrying, I know not how soon after, the widow Waites, Mo ther of Judge Waites, who was treated by his stepfather wit h an affectionate faithfulness, of which he ever retained t he most grateful recollection, as I have often heard my fat her & uncles say. Amongthe papers of my great grandfathe r there was a copy in his own handwriting of a letter, writ ten by him to the future judge then at a school in New Engl and & giving him the best advice in terms of truly parenta l faithfulness & affection. He had, so far as I know onl y two children of his own that reached maturity a daughte r Elizabeth known to me as Grandmamma Martin, but of whos e husband I know nothing except that he was an Englishma n & considerably older than herself , as he died before I c an remember, though of his widow my recollections are disti nct & my impressions exceedingly pleasant. She lived on S erenity Plantation about a mile from Georgetown, & must ha ve been an habitual invalid for several years before her de ath, for I see hernow with her rheumatic or gouty foot res ting on a cushion, while she reclined in her easy chair , & conversed with a vivacity & cheerfulness highly attract ive to my juvenile self, during the always welcome visits w hich I made to her with my father & mother, as she was in h er snug parlour surrounded by evidences of her feminine & l iterary tastes &, employments, nor shall I ever forget th e gentle condescension with which she noticed me, nor her b ountiful supply of my wants in sundry good things withwhic h she used to insist on filling my pockets. To my young im agination the dark shade of the venerable oaks which were b etween her house & the Sampit, the bright sunshine on her f lower garden with its clean walks & brilliant flowers, & th e view from the steep bluff of the sombre river with the de nsely wooded island opposite, made up a picture of exquisit e beauty, & have ever since rendered occasional visits t o that spot long since in ruins peculiarly interesting to m e. My venerated Aunt was always spoken of by my father a s one of the most remarkable women he had ever known for st rength of natural understanding, highly cultivated especial ly with historic lore, & of piety fervent & cheerful, an ea rnest enlightened member of the Prot. Episc.Church, and w ithal a zealous patriot, taking with entire approval & sel f sacrifice the side of her country in its effort to thro w off the British yoke. So did her father. He took the si de of the colonies from the beginning of the Revolutionar y war, & continued true to it to the end. When the port o f Boston was closed he headed with a large sum a subscripti on for the relief of its inhabitants, & it appears by a sta tement of his made by direction of his country at the clos e of the war that hehad suffered severely from depredation s by the enemy. He had but one son, my grandfather, als o Paul to grow up, & whom he outlived many years, for he a ttained the advanced age of 77 dying not till October 24, 1 793, as appears by the following extract from a letter of m y father s to my uncle Windham, dated October 24, 1820. t his day, twenty seven years ago, deprived us of one of th e most justly venerated parents with whom it ever pleased G od to bless descendants. He was indeed everything to us. He was in the place of father & of mother. He gave us th ose principles & that example, by which, if we follow them , we shall forever be happy. Let us never forget him. Le t our children be taught to cherish his memory. So shall o ur name descendwith honour if it so please the Giver of a ll good for generations yet to come. !DEATH Headstone, Prince George Church, Winyah, Headstone , Prince George Church, Winyah
2).  !DEATH Headstone, Prince George Church, Winyah, Headstone , Prince George Church, Winyah

						

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