Notes:

Charles Pinckney was a British colonial lawyer and administrator, and
father of Charles Cotesworth and Thomas Pinckney. He was a successful
lawyer and widower when he married Elizabeth Lucas, mother of his two
sons and heiress to plantation lands in South Carolina. With his wife, he
worked to encourage Indigo cultivation in the colony. He was for a short
time chief justice of South Carolina. In 1753, he was appointed agent for
the colony in London. He died five years later, leaving his wife to raise
his sons and manage the plantations.

Family/Spouse: Elizabeth Lucas. Elizabeth was born about 1722 in Antigua, British West Indies; died in 1793 in South Carolina, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Charles Cotesworth Pinckney was an American statesman and Brigadier
General in the Revolution. In 1787, he was a delegate to the
Constitutional Convention, and was instrumental in obtaining South
Carolina's ratification in 1788. As emissary to France, he reported "the
X,Y,Z Affair". He was an unsuccessful candidate for Vice-president in
1800 and for president in 1804 and 1808.

Family/Spouse: Sarah Middleton. Sarah (daughter of Henry Middleton and Mary Williams) was born about 1755; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Thomas Pinckney served as a major in the American Revolution, and was
wounded and captured at Camden. From 1787-1789, he served as governor of
South Carolina. After the war, he was minister to Great Britain.