Display Patriot - P-334716 - Charles Frederick LESESNE
Charles Frederick LESESNE
SAR Patriot #:
P-334716
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State of Service: SC
Qualifying Service: 2nd Lieutenant
Charles Frederick Lesesne was the son of Francis Lesesne and Mary McDonald. He was born in what is today Williamsburg County, South Carolina. His grandfather was Isaac Lesesne, a French Huguenot, who settled on Daniel’s Island, Berkeley County, South Carolina.
At the time of the American Revolution, he served as a Private and 2nd Lt. on horseback in the militia, served 193 days as a private dragoon in Col. McDonald’s Regt. from 1780-81, and served 192 days as 2nd Lt. in General Marion’s brigade during the year 1781. After the Revolutionary war, he became a planter and large land owner having large tracts of land in St. Mark’s and St. Frederick’s Parish. He later sold this property and had other lands in the Clarendon and Williamsburg County area of South Carolina.
He was married on August 11, 1810 to Binkey McDonald (1761-1832), the daughter of James McDonald and Susannah (Lee) McDonald. Through this union he had two sons:
1. Charles Lesesne (1788-1839) who married Margaret Connor Davis (1789-1855), widow of Neighbor Davis, daughter of Adam Connor and Susannah McDonald.
2. William Lesesne (1790-1833) who married 1st. Caroline Conyers and 2nd Mary Martha Savage (1816-1830)
At his death, Charles Frederick Lesesne left a will (recorded in the Sumter District) naming his wife and two sons. His lands (about 1,200 acres) were in the area where the Santee River Road crosses the line between Clarendon and Williamsburg Counties. This property was divided by his sons, with Charles Lesesne taking the property on the north side of the road and William Lesesne taking the property on the south. Charles Frederick Lesesne during his life time donated land in 1809 to establish the Lower Saint Mark’s Church (Protestant Episcopal) in Williamsburg County. The church that was built there later burned and the church moved to another location.
Charles Frederick Lesesne has many descendants today in South Carolina and in the United States that enjoy their freedom due to his courage and sacrifices for his country.
Submitted by John Edward Burnett SAR National Number 199773
Sources:
• Roster of South Carolina Patriots in the American Revolution by Bobby Gilmer Moss, Page 564. (1985).
• The Lesesne Family from 1699 to 2000 AD by Henry Hilton Lesesne, Pages 71-72 (2001).
• History of Williamsburg County, South Carolina by W.W. Boddie, Page 186. (1923).
• DAR Patriot Index, Vol. II, page 1636. (2003).
• Approved DAR application of Katherine Dana (Miller) Burnett, DAR National Number 0762978.
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