Henrietta Middleton Rutledge
(1750-1792)
BIRTH
November 15, 1750
PLACE
Charleston, South Carolina
NAME
Henrietta Middleton
DEATH
April 22, 1792
PLACE
Charleston, South Carolina
FAMILY
MOTHER
Jackson Middleton Rutledge
(1777-1830)
MOTHER
Mary Mackenzie
(c. 1730-1788)
BROTHER
Arthur Middleton
(1681-1737)
SISTER
Hester Middleton Drayton
(1754-1789)
SISTER
Sarah Middleton Pinckney
(1756–1784)
HUSBAND
Edward Rutledge
(1749-1800)
CHILDREN
Henry Middleton
(1717-1784)
CHILDREN
Sarah Rutledge
(1782-1855)
HOMES
RELIGIOUS VIEWS
RELIGION NOT DOCUMENTED
DENOMINATION NOT DOCUMENTED
MEMBERSHIPS
AWARDS
Henrietta Middleton Rutledge (1750–1792) was a daughter of Henry Middleton and his first wife, Mary Williams. She married Edward Rutledge in 1774 and accompanied him to Philadelphia for Congress; he signed the Declaration of Independence. Their children included Henry Middleton Rutledge and Sarah, author of The Carolina Housewife. Henrietta belonged to South Carolina’s plantation elite. She was not a daughter of Henry’s later wife, Lady Mary Mackenzie.
EARLY LIFE
Henrietta Middleton Rutledge was born on Nov 15, 1750 in Charleston, 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 Henrietta Middleton 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. Henrietta Middleton Rutledge died on Apr 22, 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
Henrietta Middleton Rutledge died on Apr 22, 1792, in Charleston, South Carolina. Henrietta Middleton Rutledge was a daughter of Henry Middleton and his first wife, Mary Williams. She married Edward Rutledge in 1774 and accompanied him to Philadelphia for Congress; he signed the Declaration of Independence. Their children included Henry Middleton Rutledge and Sarah, author of The Carolina Housewife. Henrietta belonged to South Carolina’s plantation elite. She was not a daughter of Henry’s later wife, Lady Mary Mackenzie. The available account does not establish a medical cause or a dependable sequence of final symptoms and care.
St. Philip's Episcopal Church Cemetery
St. Philip's Church, Charleston, SC, 29401, United States
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