Sarah Middleton Pinckney
(1756–1784)
BIRTH
1756
PLACE
NAME
Sarah Middleton
DEATH
May 8, 1784
PLACE
FAMILY
BROTHER
Arthur Middleton
(1681-1737)
HUSBAND
Charles Cotesworth Pinckney
(1746-1825)
CHILDREN
Henry Middleton
(1717-1784)
HOMES
NICKNAMES
Sally
RELIGIOUS VIEWS
RELIGION NOT DOCUMENTED
DENOMINATION NOT DOCUMENTED
MEMBERSHIPS
AWARDS
Sarah “Sally” Middleton Pinckney was a daughter of Henry Middleton, born in South Carolina in 1756. She married Charles Cotesworth Pinckney and was the mother of his daughters, including Mary and Harriott. Her family life overlapped the Revolution, when her husband served in the Continental Army and was captured at Charleston. She died in 1784, before his diplomatic career. Her family’s correspondence survives in the Pinckney Papers project; his second wife was Mary Stead.
EARLY LIFE
The exact date and place of Sarah Middleton Pinckney’s birth have not been established in the source used for this entry. 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 Sarah Middleton Pinckney 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. Additional claims about employment, public service, or accomplishments have been omitted where the consulted source did not support them.
CAREER
DEATH
Sarah Middleton Pinckney died on May 8, 1784. Sarah “Sally” Middleton Pinckney was a daughter of Henry Middleton, born in South Carolina in 1756. She married Charles Cotesworth Pinckney and was the mother of his daughters, including Mary and Harriott. Her family life overlapped the Revolution, when her husband served in the Continental Army and was captured at Charleston. She died in 1784, before his diplomatic career. Her family’s correspondence survives in the Pinckney Papers project; his second wife was Mary Stead. 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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