Middleton family

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American colonial family American diplomat American politician Signer of the United States Declaration of Independence colonial politician planter planter family political family rice plantation

The Middleton family was a prominent colonial-era planter and political dynasty in South Carolina, influential in the American Revolution and early United States history.

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Label	Occurrences
Middleton family canonical	14

Statements (54)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American colonial family ⓘ American diplomat ⓘ American politician ⓘ American politician ⓘ Signer of the United States Declaration of Independence ⓘ colonial politician ⓘ planter ⓘ planter ⓘ planter ⓘ planter ⓘ planter ⓘ planter family ⓘ political family ⓘ rice plantation ⓘ
associatedWithPlace	Ashley River, South Carolina ⓘ Charleston, South Carolina, United States of America ⓘ surface form: Charleston, South Carolina Middleton Place plantation ⓘ
child	Arthur Middleton ⓘ surface form: Arthur Middleton (1742–1787) Henry Middleton ⓘ surface form: Henry Middleton (1717–1784)
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
economicBasis	enslaved labor ⓘ
heritageSite	Middleton Place House Museum ⓘ surface form: Middleton Place National Historic Landmark
involvedIn	transatlantic slave economy ⓘ
knownFor	ownership and management of Middleton Place after the Civil War ⓘ participation in the American Revolution ⓘ political influence in South Carolina ⓘ rice planting ⓘ
locatedIn	Dorchester County, South Carolina ⓘ
member	Arthur Middleton (1681–1737) ⓘ Arthur Middleton ⓘ surface form: Arthur Middleton (1742–1787) Henry Middleton ⓘ surface form: Henry Middleton (1717–1784) Henry Middleton ⓘ surface form: Henry Middleton (1770–1846) Williams Middleton ⓘ surface form: Williams Middleton (1809–1883)
notablePeriod	American Revolutionary era ⓘ surface form: American Revolution colonial era ⓘ early United States history ⓘ
ownedBy	Middleton family self-linksurface differs ⓘ
politicalAlignment	Patriot ⓘ Patriot cause in the American Revolution ⓘ
positionHeld	Acting governor of South Carolina ⓘ Delegate to the Continental Congress from South Carolina ⓘ Governor of South Carolina ⓘ Member of the South Carolina Provincial Congress ⓘ President of the Council of South Carolina ⓘ President of the Continental Congress ⓘ surface form: President of the First Continental Congress Speaker of the South Carolina Commons House of Assembly ⓘ United States Minister to Russia ⓘ surface form: U.S. Minister to Russia U.S. Representative from South Carolina ⓘ
region	South Carolina ⓘ
socialClass	planter elite ⓘ
spouse	Mary Baker Williams ⓘ Mary Helen Hering ⓘ Mary Izard ⓘ Sarah Amory ⓘ

Referenced by (14)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Goose Creek, Province of South Carolina → hasNotableFamily → Middleton family ⓘ

Middleton Place plantation → ownedBy → Middleton family ⓘ

subject surface form: Middleton Place

Middleton Place plantation → namedAfter → Middleton family ⓘ

subject surface form: Middleton Place

Henrietta Middleton → memberOf → Middleton family ⓘ

Michael Middleton → notableFamily → Middleton family ⓘ

Middleton family → ownedBy → Middleton family self-linksurface differs ⓘ

subject surface form: Middleton Place plantation

Middleton Place House Museum → significantPerson → Middleton family ⓘ

Middleton Place Chapel Ruins → builtFor → Middleton family ⓘ

Middleton Place Chapel Ruins → associatedWith → Middleton family ⓘ

Middleton Place Plantation Cemetery → associatedWith → Middleton family ⓘ

Williams Middleton → memberOf → Middleton family ⓘ

Middleton Place Gardens → originallyDevelopedFor → Middleton family ⓘ

Middleton Place Stableyards → associatedWith → Middleton family ⓘ

Bucklebury → associatedWith → Middleton family ⓘ