He was the eldest son of the Honorable Henry Middleton and his mother was Mary Williams, only daughter of John Williams, a wealthy landowner, Justice of the Peace and member of the Assembly. Arthur Middleton’s great-grandfather, Edward Middleton, was born in 1620 and emigrated with his brother, Arthur Middleton, on the Dorset to Barbados in 1635.

Arthur Middleton (October 29, 1681 – September 17, 1737) was a South Carolina planter and Acting Governor of the Province of South Carolina from May 7, ... and their young son, Arthur, the plantation. In the following decade, English colonists learned how to cultivate rice in fresh water swamps, exploiting the knowledge and labor of enslaved ...

MIDDLETON, Arthur, (son of Henry Middleton [1717–1784] and father of Henry Middleton [1770–1846]), a Delegate from South Carolina; born at "Middleton Place," his father's estate, on the Ashley River, near Charleston, Berkeley County, S.C., June 26, 1742; received his early education from private tutors and schools in Charleston; attended school at Hackney, …

Apr 02, 2022 · A son-in-law Daniel Elliot Huger Jr was an uncle of Confederate General Benjamin Huger; A granddaughter of Daniel Elliott Huger Jr {1779-1854} named Mary Procter Huger {1833-1893) was the wife of South Carolina Confederate General Arthur Middleton Manigault (1824-1886)-a grandson of Arthur Middleton's sister Hester Middleton and South Carolina ...

Jun 28, 2016 · In 1764 Arthur and his bride Mary Izard settled at Middleton Place. (His wife was a cousin of South Carolina Congressman Ralph Izard; likewise a son of Congressman Izard was married to a niece of Arthur Middleton, and another son married Arthur’s daughter Emma).