Editing Henry Middleton (section)

==Personal life==
In 1741, Middleton was married to Mary Baker Williams (1721–1761), the daughter of John Williams, an early South Carolina planter who began building what is today known as [[Middleton Place]] around 1730.<ref name="Cheves1900">{{cite book |last1=Cheves |first1=Langdon |title=Middleton of South Carolina |date=July 1900 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=weg6AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA380 |publisher=South Carolina Historical and Genealogical Magazine |pages=228–62}}</ref> Together, Henry and Mary were the parents of five sons and seven daughters, seven of whom survived to adulthood, including:<ref name="DAB" />

* [[Arthur Middleton]] (1742–1787), a signer of the Declaration of Independence who married Mary Izard (1747–1814).
* Henrietta Middleton (1750–1792), who married Governor [[Edward Rutledge]].
* Thomas Middleton (1753–1797), who married Anne Manigault.
* Hester Middleton (1754–1789), who married Charles Drayton.
* Sarah Middleton (1756–1784), who married [[Charles Cotesworth Pinckney]].
* Mary Middleton (1757-1825), who married Peter Smith.
* Susannah Middleton (1760–1834), who married Continental Congressman [[John Parker (Continental Congress)|John Parker]].

After his wife's death in 1761, Middleton would go on to marry twice more. His second marriage was to Maria Henrietta Bull (1722–1772), daughter of [[William Bull (governor)|William Bull Sr.]], the [[List of colonial governors of South Carolina|lieutenant governor of South Carolina]], in 1762.<ref name="scencyclopedia"/> His second wife's sister, Charlotta (née Bull) Drayton, was the mother of Continental Congressman [[William Henry Drayton]], and her brother, [[William Bull II]], served as [[List of colonial governors of South Carolina|governor of South Carolina]] before leaving the colony in 1782 when British troops were evacuated at the end of the War.<ref name="scencyclopedia"/>

After his second wife's death in 1772, he married for the third time, although it was her fourth marriage, to Lady Mary McKenzie,<ref name="DAB" /> the daughter of [[George Mackenzie, 3rd Earl of Cromartie]], in 1776.<ref name="scencyclopedia"/> Among Lady Mary's brothers were [[John Mackenzie, Lord MacLeod]] and [[George Mackenzie (1741–1787)|George Mackenzie]]. Her father was a Scottish nobleman who followed [[Charles Edward Stuart]], the [[Jacobitism|Jacobite Pretender]]. The Earl of Cromartie was tried and sentenced to death, but he obtained a conditional pardon although his peerage was forfeited.<ref>[[William Fraser (historian)|Fraser, William]]. (1876). ''[https://archive.org/stream/earlsofcromartie01fras#page/n329/mode/2up/search/1784 The Earls of Cromartie, Their Kindred, Country and Correspondence]''. '''Vol. 1'''. p. cclvi. Edinburgh.</ref>

Middleton died on June 13, 1784, in Charleston.<ref name="DAB" /> He was buried at Goosecreek Churchyard, St. James Parish, [[Berkeley County, South Carolina]].<ref name="HMbioguide">{{cite web |title=MIDDLETON, Henry - Biographical Information |url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000698 |website=bioguide.congress.gov |publisher=[[Biographical Directory of the United States Congress]] |access-date=June 4, 2019 |archive-date=September 26, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110926205255/http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000698 |url-status=live }}</ref>

===Descendants===
His grandson, also named [[Henry Middleton (governor)|Henry]] (1770–1846), had a long career in politics. He was governor of South Carolina (1810–1812), U.S. Representative (1815–1819), and the minister to Russia (1820–1830). Henry had fourteen children, including [[Williams Middleton]] and [[Edward Middleton]].<ref name="DAB" />