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Family of Gabriel MARION and Esther CORDES
Husband: | Gabriel MARION ( -1750) | |
Wife: | Esther CORDES (1695- ) | |
Children: | Gabriel MARION (1720-1777) | |
Benjamin MARION (1720?-1778) | ||
Esther MARION (1728?- ) | ||
Isaac MARION (1730-1781) | ||
Job MARION (1730- ) | ||
Brig. Gen. Francis "Swamp Fox" MARION (1732-1795) | ||
Marriage | 1714 |
Husband: Gabriel MARION
Name: | Gabriel MARION | |
Sex: | Male | |
Father: | Benjamin MARION ( - ) | |
Mother: | Judith BALUET ( - ) | |
Birth | "1691/93" | France |
Death | 1750 | St. john's Berkely Parish, SC |
Wife: Esther CORDES
Name: | Esther CORDES | |
Sex: | Female | |
Father: | Anthione Dr. CORDES (1666-1712) | |
Mother: | Esther Madaleine BALLUET ( - ) | |
Birth | 1695 |
Child 1: Gabriel MARION
Name: | Gabriel MARION | |
Sex: | Male | |
Spouse: | Catherine TAYLOR ( - ) | |
Birth | 1720 | |
Death | 1777 (age 56-57) |
Child 2: Benjamin MARION
Name: | Benjamin MARION | |
Sex: | Male | |
Spouse 1: | Martha ALLSTON (1737?- ) | |
Spouse 2: | Esther (Hester) (BONNEAU) SIMONS (1719-1760) | |
Birth | 1720 (app) | |
Death | 20 Sep 1778 (age 57-58) | Walnut Grove Plantation, SC |
Child 3: Esther MARION
Name: | Esther MARION | |
Sex: | Female | |
Spouse 1: | John ALLSTON (1729- ) | |
Spouse 2: | Thomas MITCHELL ( - ) | |
Birth | 1728 (app) |
Child 4: Isaac MARION
Name: | Isaac MARION | |
Sex: | Male | |
Spouse: | Rebecca ALLSTON (1722- ) | |
Birth | 1730 | |
Death | 31 May 1781 (age 50-51) | Georgetown, SC |
Child 5: Job MARION
Name: | Job MARION | |
Sex: | Male | |
Spouse 1: | Elizabeth de ST. JULIEN ( - ) | |
Spouse 2: | Elizabeth GAILLARD ( - ) | |
Birth | Apr 1730 |
Child 6: Brig. Gen. Francis "Swamp Fox" MARION
Name: | Brig. Gen. Francis "Swamp Fox" MARION | |
Sex: | Male | |
Spouse: | Mary Esther VIDEAU (1737-1815) | |
Title | Brig. Gen. | |
Birth | 1732 | St. John's Parish, Goatfield Plantation |
Death | 27 Feb 1795 (age 62-63) | Pond Bluff, Berkeley, SC |
Burial | Belle Isle Plantation - Marion Family Cemetary near St. Stephens |
Note on Wife: Esther CORDES
Registered with the DAR in Lineage Book 4-185 and 5-175.
Note on Child 2: Benjamin MARION
SERV: Maj SC
SAR #143515
SC 02380
SAR FILE REF: #27106 1BR.GED 15 Jun 1999
Note on Child 4: Isaac MARION
Settled at Little River SC.
Note on Child 6: Brig. Gen. Francis "Swamp Fox" MARION
Francis and his brother Job joined the militia on 31 Jan 1756.
Marriage and Death Notices from the City Gazette of Thursday April 20, 1786:
Married. Brigadier-General Francis Marion who served with great reputation in
the late war, to Miss Mary-Esther Videau, of St. John's Parish.
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/River/1285/BELLE.htm
Belle Isle Plantation - Marion Family Cemetary
Marion, General Francis
d/27 Feb.1795 in 73rd year
Marion, Francis Oldest grave in the cemetery
To preserve to posterity this Burial place of on honored son replaces the crumbling and broken tomb nearly a century old with this enduring memorial cut from her own granite hills estaperpetua. Sacred to the memory of Gen. Francis Marion who departed this life on the 27th February 1795, in the sixty-third year of his age. Deeply regretted by all his fellow-citizens. History will record his worth and rising generations embalm his memory as one of the most distinguished patriots and heroes of the American Revolution which elevated his native Country to honor and independence and secured to her the blessings of Liberty and Peace. This tribute of veneration and gratitude is erected in commemoration of the noble and gallant exploits of the soldier who lived without fear and died without reproach.
From the SC Historical Society, in the Simons folder,
letters of James Simons from the Revoltionary war time
period. It said "Mary Esther Simons, (Mrs. Holmes), the
woman Gen'l Francis Marion loved and who refused him." So
now we know why Francis Marion did not marry until old.