 1744 - 1822 (77 years) Submit Photo / Document
Has 33 ancestors and 8 descendants in this family tree.
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| Name |
Pierce Butler |
| Prefix |
Major |
| Birth |
11 Jul 1744 |
County Carlow, Leinster, Ireland  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Death |
15 Feb 1822 |
Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States |
| Initiatory (LDS) |
5 Sep 2015 |
SGEOR |
| FamilySearch ID |
MCR3-K3M |
| Burial |
Christ Episcopal Churchyard, Brownsville, Fayette, Pennsylvania, United States |
| Headstones |
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| Person ID |
I96420 |
mytree |
| Last Modified |
25 Feb 2024 |
| Father |
Sir Richard Butler, b. 1701, Ballintemple House, County Carlow, Leinster, Ireland d. 25 Dec 1771, Dublin, County Dublin, Leinster, Ireland (Age 70 years) |
| Mother |
Henriette Percy, b. Abt 1710, Seskin, County Carlow, Leinster, Ireland d. 14 Jan 1794, Seskin, County Carlow, Leinster, Ireland (Age 84 years) |
| Marriage |
1728 |
Ireland |
| Family ID |
F30927 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
Mary Middleton, b. 1746, Charleston, Charleston, South Carolina, United States d. 13 Nov 1790, Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (Age 44 years) |
| Marriage |
10 Jan 1771 |
Charleston, South Carolina, United States |
| Children |
| | 1. Sarah Butler, b. Abt 1767, Charleston, Charleston, South Carolina, United States |
| | 2. Anne Elizabeth Butler, b. 1771, Charleston, Charleston, South Carolina, United States d. 1845, South Carolina, United States (Age 74 years) |
| | 3. Thomas Butler, b. Abt 1773, Charleston, Charleston, South Carolina, United States |
| | 4. Frances Butler, b. 1774, Charleston, Charleston, South Carolina, United States d. 1836 (Age 62 years) |
| | 5. Harriet Percy Butler, b. Abt 1775, Charleston, Charleston, South Carolina, United States d. 1815 (Age 40 years) |
| | 6. Pierce Butler, b. 1777, Charleston, Charleston, South Carolina, United States d. Jan 1780 (Age 3 years) |
| | 7. Son Butler, b. 1780, Charleston, Charleston, South Carolina, United States d. 1780 (Age 0 years) |
| | 8. Son Butler, b. 1781, Charleston, Charleston, South Carolina, United States d. 1781 (Age 0 years) |
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| Family ID |
F30929 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
20 May 2024 |
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| Event Map |
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 | Birth - 11 Jul 1744 - County Carlow, Leinster, Ireland |
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 | Marriage - 10 Jan 1771 - Charleston, South Carolina, United States |
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 | Death - 15 Feb 1822 - Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States |
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 | Initiatory (LDS) - 5 Sep 2015 - SGEOR |
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 | Burial - - Christ Episcopal Churchyard, Brownsville, Fayette, Pennsylvania, United States |
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| Notes |
- Signer of the US Constitution.
He was a soldier, planter, and statesman, recognized as one of United St a tes' Founding Fathers. He represented South Carolina in the Continenta l C ongress, the 1787 Constitutional Convention, and the U.S. Senate.
One of the largest slaveholders in the United States, Butler defended Am e rican slavery for both political and personal motives, though he had pr iv ate misgivings about the institution, and particularly about the Afric a n slave trade. He introduced the Fugitive Slave Clause of the U.S. Cons ti tution during the convention, and supported other measures to benefi t sla veholders, including counting the full slave population in state to tals f or the purposes of Congressional apportionment. The compromise me a sure p rovided for counting three-fifths of the slave population in sta te totals , which led to Southern states having disproportionate power.
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