I81918: Mary BULLOCK (ABT 1690

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of "Ceelys" and "Richneck or of "Celey's". "Mary Cary, being one of the daughters of Col. Wilson Cary, eldest son of the third son of the emigrant. who was descended from one of the noblest families in all England thoroughly with historical events. These will o' the wisp "English Fortunes," so far as I have ever had anything to do with tracing them, have proved absolutely mythical. They seem, however, to have great tenacity of life, the result of the tireless rascality of certain English and Yankee swindlers, and the boundless gullibility of impecunious descendants. "There is absolutely nothing in any of them." "The Cary fortune" was the flimsiest of frauds. [Hon. William Marshall Ambler studied the question; his opinion was the same as Mr. Cary's. See Volume II, Chapter III.]"

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She was the daughter of Francois Clary, a rich merchant in Marseilles, and his wife Rose. Julie Bonaparte was always in precarious health and feared ocean travel, which prevented her from joining her husband in the United States. Nevertheless, she allowed her two daughters, Zenaide and Charlotte (Pls. IV, VI), to visit their father. Charlotte came in 1821 and Zenaide arrived in 1823 with her husband and cousin, the naturalist Charles Lucien Bonaparte (1803-1857), the son of Joseph Bonaparte's younger brother Lucien (1775-1840).

Joseph married Marie-Julie Clary, daughter of Francois Clary and Rose Francoise Somis, on 1 Aug 1794 in Cuges-les-Pins, Bouches-du-Rhône, France. (Marie-Julie Clary was born on 26 Dec 1771 in Marseille and died on 7 Apr 1845 in Firenze.)

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He authored his family geneology. He had in his possession the family Bible of Absalom Higginbotham, his great grandfather.
Children
John Hubert HIGGINBOTHAM b: 24 DEC 1917 in Buena Vista, Rockbridge Co., VA
Margaret Frances HIGGINBOTHAM b: 22 APR 1913 in Rockbridge Co., VA
Beverly Morris "Bud" HIGGINBOTHAM b: 27 OCT 1914 in Buena Vista, Rockbridge Co.,
William Kempis "BK" HIGGINBOTHAM b: 11 NOV 1915 in Buena Vista, Rockbridge Co.,
James Mark "British" HIGGINBOTHAM b: 22 AUG 1922 in Rupert, Greenbrier Co., WV
Richard "Dick" Hargrove HIGGINBOTHAM b: 29 AUG 1923 in Rupert, Greenbrier Co., WV
Henry Harrison "Hank" HIGGINBOTHAM

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Maria moved to New Orleans, LA with mother and sisters after their father's death. In 1839 Maria was given a position as governess for the children of Judge Thomas W. Scott in E. Feliciana Parish. Judge Scott's friend or cousin was David McCants, a widower.

Recorded in Conveyance Book H of E. Feliciana Parish is their Marriage Contract, dated Oct 4, 1839. Witnessed by the Parish Judge L. Saunders, Thomas W. Scott and Thomas S. Shelmire.

When the Civil War came their lives were changed forever. Her sons went to war, and her husband was old and died before the war was over. Maria and Eliza were Civil War heroines. They often ran the Federal blockade carrying medicines and bandages for the Confedereate soldiers. During the campaign around Baton Rouge and Port Hudson and after the fall of Baton Rouge these ladies became notorious for smuggling, which did not escape the notice of the Federals. Once they disguised the young son of a neighbor as a girl and managed to smuggle him out of the city.

Another time young Tom McCants was trapped at Hickory Hill by Federals, who was at home on leave from the CSA. Blanche was awakened by the dog barking - peeped through the blinds and saw a double guard of Federal soldiers at each window. Tom successfully hid in the attic even though the house was searched.
Louisiana Newspapers have carried stories in the magazine sections about the old plantation "Hickory Hill" and of the adventures of the two Livingston sisters, Maria and Eliza.

Newspaper clipping: Died. McCants-- On Wesnesday, July 25, 1877 at 11 1/2 P.M.
Maria Y. Livingston, wife of the late David McCants.

Maria died in her home in the Eleventh Ward, Garden District, at Eight Street and Chestnut, New Orleans, LA.

In the Andrea Collection, according to a source "Though she was kept busy with the management of her home and family, she found time to work several large tapestries, done in needlework with exquisite detail and color. Two of her tapestries, somewhat faded after hanging in the front parlor of Hickory Hill for over a century, still hang there for her great-great-grandchildren to ponder over. She was also an artist with the brush, and there remains a self-portrait of herself."

Maria was a widow before the War was over as David died June 4 1864. Sometime after his death, she closed up Hickory Hill and moved to their New Orleans home taking many of the furnishings with her. After her death in 1877, most of their massive, heavy furniture was sold by the children.

"He was married twice, but his second wife was Miss Maria Y. Livingston, who, with her mother, sisters and brothers, removed from Charleston, S. C., to New Orleans, La., thence to East Feliciana parish, where she met and married Mr. McCants. She died on July 26, 1877, at New Orleans, where she had a home and lived part of the time. She was a skillful and tasteful worker in tapestry, and many of her pictures were highly complimented and took a number of premiums at different fairs. Her largest piece, for which she was offered $500, was "Christ Predicting the Destruction of Jerusalem," and was on exhibition several times. Her mother, Mrs. Margaret Livingston, was also a skilled needle-woman and one of her large pictures on tapestry, portraying George Washington in his continental uniform, was considered her masterpiece, and she was on various occasions offered several hundred dollars for it. Mrs. Freeman has a few of these pictures which are, without doubt, admirable works of art. Mrs. Margaret (McLean) Livingston was of Scotch descent, and Mr. and Mrs. Freeman have in their possession a cornelian seal with the McLean court of arms on it. The design is an arm half bent and a dagger about to sever it. The seal was formerly used for sealing letters. To Mr. and Mrs. McCants were born nine children, seven of whom lived to be grown and four are now living: Robert Y.; Malvinia Imogene; Valeria Blanche; Willhelmina Ernestine, wife of W. 0. B. McNeely, living, and Constancia B., who died at the age of five years; Ann M., who died when eighteen months old; William Scott, who died while serving in the army in Company E, First Louisiana cavalry; Junius C., who died in New Orleans, having served in the Ninth Louisiana battalion during the Civil war, and Thomas Scott., who was also in the confederate army, entering the service at the age of thirteen years. He was a member of Company I, Ninth Louisiana battery, under Holmes." ^[S198] ^[S446] ^[S1959]

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2 Jeremiah Rust b: ABT 1693 d: BEF 29 SEP 1731 + Magdalene Damourvell b: 1695

Children:
2 Samuel Rust b: ABT 1710 d: BEF 28 JAN 1799 + Elizabeth Cox b: ABT 1695 d: BEF 1798
2 Hannah Rust b: 1713 + Thomas Boggess b: 21 DEC 1713 d: 23 MAY 1772
2 William Rust b: ABT 1721 d: 30 APR 1754
2 Jeremiah Jr. Rust b: ABT 1725
2 Martha Rust b: ABT 1731

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Father: William Wilson SELBY (AFN: 1XZ8-R68) Mother: Martha JENKINS (AFN: 23N6-WNX)

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Samuel Swan Mentioned in transfer of property conveyed by Philip Briscoe & Elizabeth, on 19 Jun 1725 to Samuel Swann (carpenter), the same tract called Egglestone. Mentioned in Susannah Swan Briscoe's will of 1739 as brother.

My Southern Family

Mary BULLOCK

ABT 1690 - ____

ID Number: I81918

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MARY BUTLINE

ABT 1420 - ____

ID Number: I41176

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Col. Wilson CARY Esq. of Celeys

1702 - 1772

ID Number: I56714

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MARIE JULIE CLARY

26 Dec 1771 - 7 Apr 1845

ID Number: I95410

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Beverly Morris HIGGINBOTHAM

8 Nov 1886 - 25 Oct 1968

ID Number: I24656

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Maria Young LIVINGSTON

1814 - 25 Jul 1877

ID Number: I294

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Louisa Hampton O'REAR

ABT 1840 - ____

ID Number: I72635

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Jeremiah RUST

ABT 1693 - BEF 29 Sep 1731

ID Number: I85239

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Deborah SELBY

1767 - ____

ID Number: I97780

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Nancy Clark SMITH

13 Dec 1772 - ABT 1835

ID Number: I104509

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Col. Samuel SWANN

1676 - 1743

ID Number: I47431

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Bernard TAYLOR

ABT 1830 - ____

ID Number: I33939

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