Marriage and Family
In January 1771, Major Pierce Butler married Mary Middleton (c. 1750 – 1790). She was the orphaned daughter of Thomas Middleton, a South Carolina planter and slave importer. She was heiress to a vast fortune. Butler resigned his commission in the British Army two years later and settled with Mary in South Carolina. The couple had eight children:
Sarah (c. 1772 – 1831), married 1800, James Mease of Philadelphia
Anne Elizabeth (1771–1845), unmarried
Fraunces (1774–1836), unmarried
Harriot Percy (c. 1775 – 1815), unmarried
Pierce Jr. (1777–1780)
Thomas (1778–1838), married 1812, Eliza de Mallevault of Paris
3rd son, died young
4th son, died young
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