mother of Mary Eliza Pelham Jordan
After having reviewed the family of Reuben Kirkland and Martha Clarke of Barnwell County, SC, I have come to the conclusion my ancestor, Mary Eliza Pelham Jordan, wasnot the daughter of Reuben and Martha Kirkland, b. ca 1791. Mary Eliza was born ca 1793-1800.Her father was Ambrose Pelham, who was murdered by the Jenkin brothers in 1802 in Orangeburg.Ambrose Pelham was puported to have married a McMillan, which it appears that Mary Eliza's mother must have been a McMillan or an unknown female.Ironically,
Mary Eliza's husband, John Jordan, son of Nathan Pinckney Jordan and Jennie Sexton, had a Sexton aunt, who married Leumuel Thurston in Barnwell County, SC, who is believed to be related to James and Seth Thurston of Barnwell County.James Thurston married Martha Lydia Pelham (Pellam, Pellum, Pellom) prior to 1810.
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Correction
Thomas Spivey 3/13/12