Eliza Rutledge Laurens
(1776-1842)
BIRTH
January 23, 1776
PLACE
NAME
Eliza Rutledge
DEATH
November 21, 1842
PLACE
FAMILY
FATHER
John Rutledge
(1739-1800)
MOTHER
Elizabeth Grimké Rutledge
(1741-1792)
BROTHER
John Rutledge
(1739-1800)
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RELIGIOUS VIEWS
RELIGION NOT DOCUMENTED
DENOMINATION NOT DOCUMENTED
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AWARDS
Eliza Rutledge Laurens (1776–1842) was a daughter of South Carolina statesman John Rutledge and Elizabeth Grimké. She married Henry Laurens Jr., a son of Continental Congress president Henry Laurens and Eleanor Ball. Their children included Edward Rutledge Laurens. Her marriage joined two prominent South Carolina households. She should be distinguished from other Elizabeths in the Laurens family; the sources chiefly establish her family identity.
EARLY LIFE
Eliza Rutledge Laurens was born on Jan 23, 1776. The surviving biographical summary provides only limited evidence about childhood, schooling, and the daily circumstances of the household, so those details are not reconstructed here without documentation. What can be stated securely is that this person belonged to the interconnected family world from which HistoryGPS traces participants, relatives, and later descendants of the Revolutionary generation.
No distinct public profession or office for Eliza Rutledge Laurens is established by the source summary used for this entry. The surviving record is primarily genealogical and documents family identity rather than an independent public career. Eliza Rutledge Laurens died on Nov 21, 1842. Additional claims about employment, public service, or accomplishments have been omitted where the consulted source did not support them.
CAREER
DEATH
Eliza Rutledge Laurens died on Nov 21, 1842. Eliza Rutledge Laurens was a daughter of South Carolina statesman John Rutledge and Elizabeth Grimké. She married Henry Laurens Jr., a son of Continental Congress president Henry Laurens and Eleanor Ball. Their children included Edward Rutledge Laurens. Her marriage joined two prominent South Carolina households. She should be distinguished from other Elizabeths in the Laurens family; the sources chiefly establish her family identity. The available account does not establish a medical cause or a dependable sequence of final symptoms and care.
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