The Genealogy of the Brisbane Family in South Carolina

 

A. William Brisbane, Christened Glasgow High Church 20th October 1670. Died 6th September 1733. Married ca. 1700 Catherine Paterson. 9 recorded children.
a. Walter Brisbane, Born 3rd March 1706. Burgess of Glasgow. Married Margaret Paterson.  
1. Robert  Brisbane.  Reportedly died unmarried and insane at the Manse of Strathblain 9th September 1807
2. Mary Brisbane.  Born 19th March 1766. Died 13th June 1806.  Married 6th January 1794 Dr James Jeffrey.   
i. Margaret Anne Jeffrey Born ca. 1801.
b. Robert Brisbane, Christened Glasgow High Church 1st January 1708 (Gregorian). Will proved (unm) Charleston 18th December 1781. Emigrated Charleston ca. 1733. One of the founders of the Charleston Library Society in 1748.
c. William Brisbane, Christened Glasgow High Church 2nd October 1709. Died while visiting Scotland May/June 1771. Emigrated Charleston ca. 1732. Married firstly 18th October 1733 Charleston Margaret Stewart (born ca, 1719, died Charleston 14th April 1760).
1. James Brisbane.  Born Charleston 1734 or 1735. Died Nassau 26th February 1794. There are nineteenth century references to his having invented a machine for the better harvesting or processing of rice. He found himself on the losing side (or, initially at least, insufficiently supportive of the ultimately victorious side) in the Revolutionary War, and was banished from his plantation 1776. When the British reoccupied Charleston he was appointed sheriff 1780 till (formally) 1783. He therefore was banished again 14th December 1782 and probably then went to Britain. He turned up in Nassau 1787.  Married firstly Rebecca Baker (died January 1772). Probably at least 4 children of whom 2 died before reaching adulthood.
i. William Brisbane Born Charleston 25th November 1759. Died 9th December 1821. Buried St Paul's Charleston. Having no children of their own, he and his wife adopted two sons of two of William's half brothers. These were William Brisbane 1809 - 1860 (see below) and William Henry Brisbane 1806 - 1878 (see below). The younger boy arrived first in 1812, and it was in order to reduce confusion that the ultimately better known adoptee took the middle name Henry. Such evidence as survives suggests an element of rivalry between the two younger Williams. Later, one of the boys would write of William the adopter that "tho' not remarkably pious, [he was] yet one of the most excellent men I ever knew, in whom was combined almost every quality worthy of admiration". William Brisbane 1759 - 1821 married St Paul's Parish, SC 22nd January 1795 Mary Ash Deveaux (born ca. 1770, died 26th April 1845 Charleston). Later one of her adopted sons would write that "not withstanding her faults...[she]... was amiable, kind, charitable, affectionate and forgiving".
ii. Robert Brisbane Born ca. 1761. Will dated 12th June 1804 and proved 31st July 1804.
. James Brisbane 1734/5 - 1794 married secondly Sarah ("Sally") Stanyarne (born ca. 1738, died January 1776). 
iii. John Stanyarne Brisbane Born Charleston ca. 1773. Will proved Columbia, SC 1st October 1850. President 1842 St Andrew's, Ashley and Stono Agricultural Society.  Married Charleston 19th March 1795 Maria (Ann) Hall (born 29th August 1769, died 8th April 1831)
A. Sarah Harriet Brisbane. Born ca. April 1797. Died Edisto Island, SC probably on 14th August 1828. Married Charleston 17th October 1816 Alexander Gillon (born Charleston 9th April 1795, killed in a duel with Mr Charles Wilson Edisto Island 12th July 1832).
a Anna Maria Gillon. Born 25th November 1817. Died 26th March 1900. Married firstly, probably as his second wife,  Stratford, Conn., 28th May 1838  John C Benjamin (born Stratford, Conn., 11th July 1802, died Stratford, Conn., 22nd September 1846).
1 Alexander Gillon Benjamin. Born 2nd January 1839. Died 6th December 1840.
2 Elvira Nicholl Benjamin. Born 27th November 1840. Drowned Sullivan's Island, SC, while saving the life of a child 14th August 1884. Eduardo Hillman writes that a beautiful memorial window has been erected to the memory of her heroic deed in the little chapel of the Holy Cross, Sullivan's Island.
3 Alfred Alston Benjamin. Born 2nd January 1842. Died probably ca. 1858.
4 Anna Elizabeth Benjamin. Born 3rd January 1844. Died ca. 1910. Married George W Scott. 2 recorded children.
i Annie Gillon Scott. Died ca. 1959. Married Theodore D Armour.
5 John Anna (or Johanna) Benjamin. Born Brooklyn, NY 17th September 1846. Died Sumter, SC, 30th October 1917. Married firstly Charleston 4th April 1867 William Henry Fishburne (born Charleston 2nd May 1846, died Dorchester, SC 2nd February 1891).
i Elizabeth Brisbane Fishburne. Born Charleston 3rd December 1869. Died 4th October 1898. Married 13th February 1890 Theodore du Bose Ravenel (born ca. 1863, died Charleston 25th January 1944).  
(a) Theodore du Bose Ravenel. Born Charleston 30th November 1890. Died (kia) France 10th November 1918. Married Alice Fishburne Childs. Issue.   
(b) William Francis Ravenel. Born and died on the same day ca. 1893.  
(g) William Fishburne Ravenel. Born Charleston 17th November 1895. Died June 1983.  Married Eleanor Laurens Hasell (born Charleston 6th November 1895, died April 1982). Issue.   
(d) Samuel Fitzsimmons Ravenel. Born Charleston 27th September 1898. Died  November 1976. Married Kitty Brown. Issue.   
ii William Henry Fishburne. Born 20th June 1871. Died 11th June 1874.   
iii Harriet Chalmers Fishburne. Born Charleston 26th February 1873. Died 31st October 1957. Married Sumter 17th August 1904 Washington Loring Lee (born Charleston 16th November 1875. Died 10th July 1960.)
(a) William Fishburne Lee. Born Charleston 23rd July 1905. Died 12th September 1906.
(b) Pauline Loring Lee. Born 3rd February 1907. Died 9th February 1986. Married Sumter 20th August 1930 Francis Marion Dwight (born 13th October 1899, died 9th March 1981). Issue.   
(g) Washington Loring Lee. Born 30th September 1908. Died 13th October 1992. Married Summerville 16th September 1931 Elizabeth Caldwell Smyth (born 6th July 1909, died 18th March 2000). Issue.    
iv Ella Benjamin Fishburne. Born 1st November 1874. Died 30th October 1876.  
v Charles Cochran Fishburne. Born Cordesville, Charleston 25th May 1876. Died ca. 1954.  Married Sumter 14th September 1898 Virginia Alma Ingram. 10 recorded children.
(a) Alma Ingram Fishburne. Born Cordesville 7th July 1899. Died February 1904.  
(b) Mary Stuart Fishburne. Born Sumter 7th March 1901. Died 9th December 1981. Married Herbert T Phillips.      
(g) Charles Cochran Fishburne. Born Sumter 7th March 1901. Died  December 1973. Married Middleburg, VA 29th May 1945 Dora Agnes Eirene Mayers. (born Barbados 7th November 1901).
(d) Harriet Ingram Fishburne. Born 5th May 1905. Died  16th October 1996. Married Paul Morrison Patterson. Issue.    
(e) William Henry Fishburne. Born Columbia 1st December 1906. Died 7th March 1990. Married Elinor Reed Hinnant). Issue.  
(z) Georgie Ingram Fishburne. Born 16th January 1909. Died 1941. Married William Andrew Foran. Issue.  
(h) John Ingram "Jack" Fishburne. Born 7th December 1913. Died 14th June 2002. Married Jane Dubose Register (born 29th April 1912, died October 2003). Issue.    
() Robert Purdy Fishburne. Born Columbia 23rd January 1911. Died  14th December 1996. Married 20th July 1943 Emily L'Artigue Griffin. Issue.   
() Virginia Anne Fishburne. Born 26th October 1915. Married Marshall LeRoy Reed. Issue.   
() Benjamin Gillon Fishburne. Born 19th March 1918. Died 10th March 1987. Married Iva Belle Seale (born 12th July 1924, died December 1989).  Issue.   
vi John Benjamin Fishburne. Born Summerville 8th February 1878. Died Sumter 18th August 1927. Married Sumter 7th November 1901 Jane Bentley Gibson. (born Charleston 8th January 1880, died Columbia 31st January 1953). 5 recorded children.
(a) John Anna Benjamin Fishburne. Born 4th November 1902. Died 4th August 1995. Married firstly 17th June 1925 John Ingram Blanding. (born 30th January 1900, died 11th August 1940). Issue.   
(b) Mary Tennant Fishburne. Born Florence, SC 12th December 1904. Died 6th June  1991.    
(g) John Benjamin Fishburne. Born Florence, SC 17th December 1908. Died  August 1995. Married firstly 15th March 1938 Virginia Blakeney DeLoache. (born 8th October 1910, died 17th January 1964). Issue. He married secondly 13th November 1965 Frances Bradford Kerlin who died 20th April 1971. He married subsequently 27th August 1988 Margaret Merry Rebholz (born 6th October 1909, died July 1992).    
vii Mary Talbot Fishburne. Born 20th October 1879. Died 25th September 1881.  
viii Alexander Gillon Fishburne. Born Summerville 22nd January 1883. Died Sumter 11th October 1951. Married 16th February 1911 Jane Hutchinson Owen (born Wolviston, Co Durham, England 24th January 1887, died Sumter 7th May 1977). 4 recorded children.
(a) Alexander Gillon Fishburne. Born Sumter 23rd May 1912.  Died  19th May 1972.  Married with issue.    
(b) Henry Burnett Fishburne. Born Sumter 14th November 1916. Died  4th September 1986. Married 18th May 1946 Amy Perry Allston (born 22nd August 1921, died 30th October 2003). Issue.     
(g) Mary Elizabeth Fishburne. Born Sumter 25th December 1917. Died  Sumter 4th November 1995. Married Sumter 30th November 1940 Byron Blasdell Harder. (born 23rd September 1917, died Moultrie, GA 22nd September 1964). Issue.   
ix Thomas Fishburne. Born 16th May 1884. Died 10th June 1884.  
Anna Maria Gillon. 1918 - 1900 married secondly 2nd December 1851 Thomas Nathaniel Farr.
6 Thomas Nathaniel Farr. Born 26th October 1852. Died St Cloud, FL, 27th March 1927. Married 16th July 1897 Ethelyn Libby (born Exeter, Maine 9th September 1876). 5 recorded children.  
7 Katherine Sarah Farr. Born 5th July 1854. Died young.    
b Sarah Brisbane Gillon. Born Charleston 24th July 1819. Died Pineland, SC 9th October 1830.
c Alexander Gillon. Born Charleston 23rd August 1821. Died Port au Prince 25th February 1874. Married ca. 1869 Lise Bart.
1 Marie Gillon.     
d Brisbane Gillon. Born Middletown, Conn., 11th November 1824. Died Middletown, Conn., 21st March 1825.
B. John Wilson Brisbane. Born ca. 1800. Died Charleston, 28th August 1833. Married Goose Creek 22nd March 1827, Mary Susannah Gillon (born Charleston 8th July 1793, Litchfield, Conn., 21st November 1851): she was his sister's husband's sister.
a Mary Susannah Brisbane. Born 14th June 1828. Married Litchfield, Conn., 3rd June 1847  Gideon Hiram Hollister (born Washington, Conn., 14th December 1817, died Litchfield, Conn., 24th March 1881).
1 Gertrude Hollister. Born Litchfield, Conn., 18th May 1848. Died Litchfield, Conn., 13th September 1849.     
2 Abbot Brisbane Hollister. Born 5th August 1850. Died Milwaukee 24th June 1859.  
3 Robert Treate Hollister. Born Litchfield, Conn., 25th March 1856. Died Litchfield, Conn., 24th January 1866. 
4 John Brisbane Hollister. Born Litchfield, Conn., 19th June 1860. Died 20th March 1931. 
b Maria Hall Brisbane. Born 14th June 1831. Died Litchfield, Conn., 17th January 1863. Married  Litchfield, Conn., 15th July 1851  Frederick Daniel Beeman (born, 4th January 1821, died Litchfield, Conn., 4th August 1860). .
1 Rev. Allen Everett Beeman. Born Litchfield, Conn., 4th August 1855. Married Farmington, Conn., 11th June 1885, Sarah Cowles Carrington (born 9th July 1864). Issue.
i Charles Carrington Beeman. Born Farmington, Conn., 16th August 1886. Died January 1973.   .  
2 Susan Gillon Beeman. Born Litchfield, Conn., 6th November 1858. Died 8th May 1860. 
C. Maria Brisbane. Born ca.1802. Died (unm) ca. 1864. She might have had Hall or Stanyarne as a middle name.
D. Abbott Hall Brisbane. Born SC 4th December 1804. Died Summerville, SC 28th September 1861. Graduated West Point 1825. He pursued with apparent success parallel careers in civil engineering and the military. Married SC 26th March 1829 Adeline Elizabeth White (born Charleston 17th January 1807, still alive 1861).
a Abbott Hall Brisbane. Born Summerville, SC 8th May 1830. Died Summerville, SC 19th August 1832.
E. Elizabeth Louis Brisbane. Born ca. 1807. Died June 1867.
F William Brisbane. Born 22nd July 1809. Died Hogansburgh 30th August 1860. A contemporary pen portrait by a kinsman describes him in childhood as  'a very generous, affectionate, sprightly boy whom everybody was fond of'. Later relations seem to have deteriorated when the same kinsman wrote that William  'was always inclined to wickedness & mischief'.  Married firstly Charleston 3rd March 1831 Julia Hall Lowndes (born ca. 1811, died 4th December 1847).
a Mary Catherine Brisbane. Born Charleston 12th January 1832. Died Washington, Conn., June 1913. Married Wiltown, SC 22nd April 1856 George Augustus Hickox (born Washington Conn., 11th June 1830, died Washington Conn.7th June 1903. Lawyer.
1 William Brisbane Hickox. Born 18th March 1863. Still alive 1938. Married (possibly as his second wife) 8th October 1890 Zaydee Bancroft Keese (born 6th April 1866, died 6th August 1902).
i Zillah Keese Hickox. Born Duluth, Minn. 13th April 1892. Died Chattanooga July 1975. Journalist.       
2 Frances Elliot Hickox. Born 1st April 1864. Still alive 1938. Music Teacher.
b Julia Lowndes Brisbane. Born Wiltown, SC, 31st May 1833. Married 10th April 1855 Roland Smith Rhett (born 2nd December 1830, died 6th July 1898).    
1 Julia Lowndes Rhett. Born 20th March 1856.
2 Roland Smith Rhett Born 28th April 1858. Married 22nd December 1891 Mary Clapp Sibley.   
3 Abbott Brisbane Rhett. Born 11th January 1860. Married 6th June 1899 Eleonor Orr Lee (born 12th May 1869). Issue.    
i Abbott Brisbane Rhett. Born 21st May 1900. Died May 1971.   
4 Thomas Grimke Rhett. Born 14th January 1862.
5 William Brisbane Rhett. Born 16th December 1863. Married 16th December 1899 Elizabeth Virginia Tyler (born 11th June 1871). Issue.    
i Catherine Tyler Rhett. Born 19th May 1901.      
6 Mariana Parker Rhett. Born 18th March 1866. Married  Thomas Gordon Coleman.    
7 Charlotte Haskell Rhett. Born 31st May 1869   
8 James Smith Rhett. Born 8th April 1872.         
9 Edward Lowndes Rhett. Born 25th March 1874. Married Hon Frances Fairfax.          
10 Henry Parker Rhett. Born 31st January 1878.   
c Harriet Ruth Brisbane. Born Charleston 6th December 1834. Died Isleworth, England 30th May 1918. Wife, mother, draftswoman and inventor. Married Litchfield 2nd June 1860 Cadwallader Colden Tracy (born ca.1830, died Paddington, England 6th October 1921). Issue.
d Catherine Osborne Brisbane. Born Charleston 3rd August 1836. Died 22nd October 1922. Married September 1860  January  Charles Sinkler Darby (born 14th July 1837, died 11th May 1894).
1 Catherine Lowndes Darby. Born 16th November 1861.  
2 Charles Sinkler Darby. Born 5th November 1866. Died 30th August 1896.  
3 Julia Lowndes Darby. Born 18th March 1868.  
4 Ruth Brisbane Darby. Born 11th October 1869.  
5 William Russell Darby. Born 20th April 1872. Married Clara Hale. 3 recorded children.      
i Charles Sinkler Darby. Born 20th February 1908. Died 17th October 1944. Buried American Cemetery, Madingley, Cambridge, England      
6 Mary Preston Darby. Born 30th May 1874.
e Amarinthia Brisbane. Born Charleston 22nd February 1838.
f William Brisbane. Born Charleston 14th July 1839. Died (unm) Litchfield 5th June 1881.
g Maria Hall Brisbane.Born Charleston 15th February 1841
h Elizabeth Brisbane. Born and died, ca. 1844.
i James Lowndes Brisbane. Born Charleston 9th December 1844. Died (unm) 7th April 1899.
j Lewis Morris Brisbane. Born Charleston 27th July 1846. Died (unm) 6th March 1905.
William Brisbane. 1809 - 1860 married secondly 2nd October 1857 Sarah Hogan.
k Jane C Brisbane. Born 13th August 1858. Died before 1912. Married 15th October 1878 Frank Schlesinger (died before 1912).
1 Bertha Margaret Schlesinger. Born 6th June 1881.          
l Margaret Lawrence Brisbane. Born Born 26th April 1860. Married Richfield Springs, NY 18th July 1882 Dr George Manley Ransom (born Richfield Springs, NY 16th October 1857).
1 Frank Brisbane Ransom. Born Norwich., Conn., 25th June 1883. Died July 1967.
2 Henry Morgan Ransom. Born New York, 22nd April 1885. Died February 1976. Married 23rd November 1908 Catherine Byer. Issue.
. James Brisbane 1734/5 - 1794  married thirdly Margaret
iv. Adam Fowler Brisbane Born Charleston 3rd September 1783. Died Charleston 15th June 1830. Married Savannah, 14th December 1803, Mary Ann(a) Mosse (born St Helena Island, SC 10th March 1786, died Lawtonville, Beaufort Co, SC 10th May, 1854).
A. Margaret Brisbane. Born ca. November 1804. Died 25th October 1805.
B. Rev Dr William Henry Brisbane. Born Beaufort Co, SC 12th October 1806.. Died Arena, WI 5th April 1878. He became an energetic, deeply committed and often confrontational abolitionist, at a time when many of his planter kinsfolk led lives that were economically dependent on slavery. He therefore had many enemies, in his life time and was obliged to move north until he was able to return (temporarily) as an officer of the victorious Yankees 1864.  Following his death, his admirers have become increasingly numerous as his views on slavery have become mainstream in the western democracies. Married 28th May 1825 Lawtonville Glorianna Lawton (born 15th July 1805, died 17th February 1878).
a Anna Cornelia Brisbane. Born Lawtonville, SC, 25th July 1827. Died 28th April 1828.
b Bentley Hasell Brisbane. Born Lawtonville, SC,  31st August 1829. Died 22nd March 1846.
c Robert Willingham Brisbane. Born and died Lawtonville, SC  30th September 1831.
d Benjamin Themosticles Lawton Dion Brisbane. Born Lawtonville, SC,  8th April 1834. Died Council Bluffs, Iowa 10th November 1893. Married 29th January 1854 Sarah Emily Dickson. (born Lawrence, Penn., 11th November 1832, died Omaha 23rd October 1909).
1 William Henry Brisbane. Born Newcastle, Penn., 22nd January 1855. Died Omaha 23rd May 1930. Married Omaha 26th January 1897 Cora Alice Nickerson. (born Saline, Nebraska 16th June 1876, died San Diego, CA 7th February 1957).        
i Charles Winford Brisbane Born Pottawattamie, Iowa 15th January 1898. Died Sta Monica 9th May 1953. Married Fort Sill, Oklahoma 31st July 1918 Lillian Marie Indracek (born Omaha 8th November 1898, died Omaha 4th February 1984). 5 recorded children.  
ii Elliott H Brisbane Born Omaha 7th March 1903. Died Kearney, Nebraska January 1978. Married firstly Alliance, Nebraska 11th February 1923 Alberta Phelps. Issue.  
Elliott H Brisbane married secondly San Diego, CA 6th November 1930   Mable Williams.  
Elliott H Brisbane married thirdly Alliance, Nebraska 9th July 1939 Bernice Samuelson Fors (born MI 18th January 1912, died 19th April 1993). 3 recorded children.  
iii Harold Kennedy Brisbane Born Omaha 1st September 1905. Died San Diego 7th January 1989. Married San Diego 16th November 1928.  Ann May Shea (born Delta, Colorado 26th March 1907, died San Diego 18th December 1985). 2 recorded children.      
2 Alfred Brisbane. Born Arena, 3rd September 1861. Married Olive Miller. (born ca. 1857, died ca. 1882).         
i Benjamin Paul Brisbane Born 21st February 1895. Died Los Angeles 6th July 1960. Married Glenwood, Iowa 4th August 1934.  Elizabeth Henderson Issue.
ii Reuben Emmanuel Brisbane Born Omaha 13th January 1898. Died San Bernardino 23rd February 1980.     
3 Anna Elizabeth Brisbane. Born Nassau, East New York, 7th July 1864. Married Charles W Johnson.
4 Julia Brisbane. Born Arena, 19th February 1869. Died Omaha 12th June 1939. Married Douglas, Nebraska 26th February 1890 Robert Lloyd Robinson. (born Wayne Co., Iowa 22nd February 1868, died Douglas, Nebraska, 15th November 1938). 6 recorded children.         
i Rolland Ray Robinson Born Custer, Nebraska 6th April 1891. Died 25th March 1971. Married 27th October 1913 Ethel Irene Williams.     
ii Alex Ralph Robinson Born Custer, Nebraska 19th January 1895. Died St Helena, CA 26th October 1980. Married Omaha 25th May 1916 Mary Evangeline Dean. (born Sioux City 9th July 1895, died CA 31st October 1960). 3 recorded children.    
iii Walter Frederick Robinson Born Nebraska 16th July 1897. Died 2nd October 1952. Married 10th June1919 Margaret Madeiros.     
iv Margaret Ruth Robinson Born Nebraska 26th November 1898. Died 20th June 1993. Married 11th May1918 Martin Jorgensen Hedelund (born Nebraska 11th January 1893, died March 1984 ).  
v Charles Beverly Robinson Born Nebraska 25th September 1901. Died 16th October 1964. Married 14th March 1922 Ellen Vollovich.     
5 Gertrude Brisbane. Born Beaufort Co., SC, 7th February 1871. Died Ada, Idaho 21st March 1929. Married Omaha 17th July 1895 Nels Miller. (born Sosdala, Skane, Sweden 20th November 1868, died 3rd October 1963).  4 recorded children.         
i Isabelle Miller Born Council Buffs, IA  28th March 1896. Died 27th Mach 1984. Married 14th October 1924 Francis Ihms.     
ii Mary Miller Born 10th January 1902. Married 14th September 1921 Franz Eric Ullstrom.     
iii Martha Miller Born Nebraska 2nd January 1906. Died May 1985. Married 21st July 1924 Everett C Dille.     
e William Henry Brisbane. Born Cincinnati,  20th June 1838. Died 12th May 1897. Married New York 20th June 1865 Elizabeth Ann Sniffen (born New York 24th April 1844, died New York 6th February 1893).   
1 Henry Charles Brisbane. Born Beaufort District, SC, 23rd December 1866. Died Tampa 12th January 1935. Married 25th August 1889 Dorothy Ann Koester (born Milwaukee 23rd December 1866, died 24th November 1930, Tampa). 3 recorded children.     
i DeLoris Helen Brisbane Born 18th August 1890. Died November 1993. Married H W Britton. Issue.  
ii Clarence LeRoy Brisbane Born Milwaukee 10th February 1893. Died Bay Pines, Florida 17th July 1949.  
iii Earl Lester Brisbane Born Milwaukee 5th May 1899. Died Jacksonville 15th October 1983. Married with 6 recorded children.  
(a) Earl Lester Brisbane. Born 27th August 1937. Died 11th February 2001. Married with issue.