Elizabeth Grimké Rutledge
(1741-1792)
BIRTH
November 29, 1741
PLACE
South Carolina
NAME
Elizabeth Grimké
DEATH
June 6, 1792
PLACE
Charleston, South Carolina
FAMILY
HUSBAND
John Rutledge
(1739-1800)
CHILDREN
Eliza Rutledge Laurens
(1776-1842)
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RELIGION NOT DOCUMENTED
DENOMINATION NOT DOCUMENTED
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AWARDS
Elizabeth Grimké Rutledge (1741–1792) married Charleston lawyer John Rutledge in 1763 and became the mother of ten children. Their family saw his leadership of Revolutionary South Carolina and later work on the Constitution. Her likeness and their Charleston residence survive as evidence of the household. Her death deeply affected Rutledge. She belonged to an earlier generation of the Grimké family and should not be confused with the nineteenth-century abolitionists.
EARLY LIFE
Elizabeth Grimké Rutledge was born on Nov 29, 1741 in South Carolina. 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 Elizabeth Grimké Rutledge 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. Elizabeth Grimké Rutledge died on Jun 6, 1792 in Charleston, South Carolina. Additional claims about employment, public service, or accomplishments have been omitted where the consulted source did not support them.
CAREER
DEATH
Elizabeth Grimké Rutledge died on Jun 6, 1792, in Charleston, South Carolina. Elizabeth Grimké Rutledge married Charleston lawyer John Rutledge in 1763 and became the mother of ten children. Their family saw his leadership of Revolutionary South Carolina and later work on the Constitution. Her likeness and their Charleston residence survive as evidence of the household. Her death deeply affected Rutledge. She belonged to an earlier generation of the Grimké family and should not be confused with the nineteenth-century abolitionists. The available account does not establish a medical cause or a dependable sequence of final symptoms and care.
St. Michael's Churchyard
St. Michael's Alley, Charleston, SC, 29401, United States
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