Book /^ c^ PEDIGREE OF THE fi'iG^ CAPERS FAMILY COMPILED BY FRANCIS LE GRAND CAPERS, OF PUEBLO, COLORADO. .-,-vV/i:-NAH S'lAiloNKRY & PRINliN'' c '^i '■any , SAVANNAH, GA. CS71 PEDIGREE OF THE CAPERS FAMILY. HAVE met a goodly number of my people, and it is seldom that two of them agree as to our place of nativity and the orig- inal spelling of the name, Capers. So in July, 1898, while in New York, I employed Mrs. C. T. R. Mathews, of Croton-on- Hudson, New York, Heraldist and Geneal- ogist, to get me such facts as she could procure, and to secure the Capers Coat of Arms, if possible. We have been working on the lines as laid down above since July, 1898, and below is a summary of our investi- gations with some letters, etc., attached. I find after diligent and careful investigation that our family name is Capier; that our ancestors were Hugenots; that we came from Flanders, which province many years ago was under sovereignty of France; there- fore, we may call ourselves originally French Hugenots. Our people left Flanders, some going to England, others to Wales. I cannot find any facts to show we came from England, except the letter of Rev. Prentiss, which is submitted herewith; I do find, however, by heraldists in England and from other sources, that there are Capers now there; people of means and reputation. There is no question but they are from our original stock. From the Wales branch there were three brothers, Richard, Gabriel and William Capier. One of these was directed by his father to take holy orders; he refused, and the three brothers came to America in 1679 and settled on what is now Capers Island, near Charleston Harbor, off the coast of South Carolina. This is the beginning of our American history, and it is from William Capers as named above, that I spring. 4 THE CAPERS FAMILY. You will note that from 1679 to the present time, a period of over two hundred and twenty years, the Christian names as above, have been represented in the families more or less in every generation. Especially does this apply to William, and nearly as much so to the other two. These brothers were undoubtedly men of education and some means, as Gabriel was a school teacher, and we see by records that William bought considerable property on the main land some thirteen years later. Gabriel and Richard appear to have lived on Capers Island and on the sea coast of South Carolina, and their families after them, for a hundred and seventy-five years, or until our Civil War in 1861. I hear from those in various parts of the South that about this time their plantations and homes were destroyed by war and the family much scattered. William, my paternal ancestor, came to the main land, bought a plantation, located in the Parish of St. Thomas, and the sons succeeded the father for several generations, as planters. This is the tree as I find it as traced to myself: William Capier of Wales, Richard Capers, Richard Capers, who married Martha Bordeaux, William Capers, who married Hannah Coachman, Le Grand Guerry Capers, who married Amelia F. Layton. Francis Le Grand Capers, who married Emma M. Cole. As I have said, the original William and his sons and grandsons were planters, men of means and the very highest social reputation. An extract from the autobiography of Bishop William Capers, which I make part of this record, gives a description of the two Rich- ards. William Capers, my grandfather, was born in St. Thomas Parish, South Carolina, Oct. 13, 1758, and died on his plantation, "Woodland on the Hills, " Sumpter THE CAPERS FAMILY. 5 District, South Carolina, Dec. 12, 1812, and was buried there. His wife was Hannah Coachman, of George- town, South Carohna. She came from a good substan- tial family; they were married in 1803; there were three children by this marriage, Benjamin Huger, Richard Coachman and Le Grand Guerry. He had been married twice before, having ten children in all, and the most prominent of these children was William, afterwards Bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church South. All the sons were ministers except my father, who, true to the instincts of his father, followed the fortunes of a soldier till past middle life. When the Revolutionary War broke out grandfather and his brother, my great uncle, Sinclair, joined their fortunes with Marion. From "Saff ell's Records of the Revolutionary War," page 293, I quote as follows : "William Capers, First Lieutenant Seventh Com- pany Col. Francis Marion's South Carolina Regiment as it stood November 1st, 1779." William Capers as an officer in the Revolutionary War is also mentioned in " Johnson's Traditions of the Revolution" and "Histman's Historical Register." "Saffell's Record of the Revolution" is the highest possible authority in Revolutionary matters. Any direct descendant can become a Son or Daughter of the Revo- lution through this source. This same book and page shows that William Jasper —the immortal Jasper— was Quartermaster's Sergeant in the same Seventh Company of which my grandfather was commanding officer, and that he, Jasper, was killed at the storming of Savannah, Oct. 9, 1779, an engagement in which my grandfather took part. As a boy, I used to love to read of feats of daring, but no hero so engaged my attention as Jasper. Russia has had her Skobeloff, France her Ney, England her Cardi- gan, who had everything on earth to live for, but it remained for America and Jasper to reach the topmost rung of the ladder of heroes. 6 THE CAPERS FAMILY. "Tell Mrs. Elliott I lost my life in supporting the colors she presented to our regiment," were the last words he said as he lay dying in the arms of Major Horry. Duty, duty, a life for duty and the cause. I have no doubt my grandfather was at Jasper's side when he fell, and I feel sure the action and death of the young hero made a lasting impression on grandfather and aided and stimulated him in his feats of bravery. My father was a man, whose memory I look back upon with the utmost pride. He was honorable, chivalrous, a splendid companion, and a most courteous, polished and affable gentleman. His circle of friends comprised the very best people in New York City. Our house in which he died was very large, but it was absolutely insufficient to hold the great numbers of people that came to his funeral. There were gathered about his bier some of the best and most influential men in New York State. After he left the army of the United States he seemed to have more of a tendency toward politics than toward mercantile afi'airs. His judgment was excel- lent, but at the same time I do not regard him as being a money maker. At any rate, he certainly was not a money saver. If he had money in his pocket, any one of his friends could borrow his last cent, and if he paid it back it was all right, and if he did not, it was equally all right. He seemed ever anxious to help his friends along to his own detriment, which is very wrong, abso- lutely wrong, because a man's first duty is undoubtedly the protection of his family. He was Deputy Collector of the Port of New York under Augustus Schell, and was Collector of the Third District of Internal Revenue just prior to his death. This last position at that time was one of the very best within the gift of the President. My father felt justly proud of his family, although I never heard him boast of it, but he believed that he had as good blood in his veins as anybody, and certainly he showed it. To feel and know that there are no stains THE CAPERS FAMILY. 7 upon your family name is a great thing, and there is no question but what we are rapidly drifting into times when to know who we are, will be a very important factor in the history of every man. When my father was dying he called me to his bed- side and told me that I should recollect that I was the son of a gentleman and that my father was an honest man, and I have never forgotten the former; I have done all that I could in my relations with my fellow men to try to carry out the object that I am satisfied he desired, viz: to be a gentleman; but as for being an honest man, I do not think we should boast of that in any one. I cannot miderstand why a premium should be put upon honesty. Honesty is a necessity and I see no reason why allusion should be made to it. I believe that the percentage of dishonest men in this world is not so very great. I have a most thorough mercantile education, consequently I come in contact with all classes, and while I occasionally meet a dishonest man, they are rare. Men as a rule, want to be square and straight in their transactions, and I really think if they deviate from it, generally it is on account of some sudden finan- cial trouble, and they become dishonest not through real intention at the time. Religion and war have been very prominent in the Capers family. We were driven from French Domain on account of religion, and then again in Wales our ancestor was driven to America for refusing to take Holy Orders at his father's command. Since this time we have had the great and good Bishop William Capers and his son. Bishop Ellison Capers, who is quite as prominent in the church as his father was, and as I have said, all my grandfather's sons were ministers except my father. Our family, since they have been in America, have participated in all her wars, William Capers and his brother, Sinclair, being in the Revolution; I do not see that any Capers were in the War of 1812, but my grandfather, Henry S. Layton, was a Captain in it. My 8 THE CAPERS FAMILY. father was in Mexico in 1846, '47 and '48 with General Wilham J. Worth, that distinguished soldier being my father's intimate personal friend, finally dying in his arms with cholera in San Antonio, Texas. The relations that the Capers sustained to the late Civil War are so recent that it is not necessary to make much mention of them. Suffice it to say that they were in on both sides of the Rebellion, and the mortal- ity among the members was very great. They kept up the reputation of the family for desperate courage and bravery. The war just over with Spain also has had its mem- bers of the family engaged in it. I mean Col. Eben Swift and Major E, L. Swift. These young men are sons of the late General Eben Swift and my sister, Sara, and consequently are great grandsons of William Ca- pers of Revolutionary fame. They are graduates of West Point and distinguished young officers. After several months' work I have succeeded in securing the Capers Coat of Arms and Crest, from the original seal now in possession of Miss Marian Capers, to whom it was given by her gradfather, *Thomas Farr Capers, who in turn received it from his grandfather. It was originally the property of Gabriel Capers, one of the three brothers whom I have before mentioned, who first settled in this country. I have several impressions from the seal and a most beautiful painting of the arms and crest, which certainly have a distinguished appear- ance. For the benefit of those not posted I will describe the arms and give such other facts as I have secured. Description of Capers Coat of Arms and Crest: Azure— three foxes passant; argent in pale. Over all a crescent argent. Crest, a bunch of grapes proper. In Heraldry azure represents the sky, and is sup- posed to imply justice, humility, loyalty, perseverance. *Thomas Farr Capers graduated at Harvard College In 1825. THE CAPERS FAMILY. 9 Argent represents purity, innocence, chastity, truth, justice, humility. When argent is combined with blue it means the bearer was a Christian soldier, courteous and discreet. Animals on shields are always to be taken for their best qualities, losing sight of their baser ones. For instance, a fox represents wit and cunning; many foxes, much wit and cunning. Crests were given for some deed of valor; they were anciently marks of great honor. The Crest of Capers, a bunch of grapes, may have been given for some brave deed in or near a vineyard. The crescent was usually put on the shield on the top to distinguish the family of the second son. When used as a charge, it showed that the bearer was a Cru- sader. The family motto is ' ' Perseverentia Vincit, ' ' which means "Perseverance conquers." As a summary, I find that a coat of arms is given to a family of great respectability, and that many have the arms without the crest; the latter was never given except for some great service done the state. This is not my autobiography, but perhaps it would be well to introduce myself, especially so for the bene- fit of my nearer relatives and the possibility of their outliving me. My name is Francis Le Grand Capers. I was born at Roslyn, Long Island, New York, at the family home- stead of my parents on May 21st, 1853. My father was Le Grand Guerry Capers. My mother, Amelia Free- love Layton. My father was born Sept. 15, 1808, in Sumpter District, South Carolina, and died in Brooklyn, New York, Jan. 29, 1868, and is buried in our family lot at Manhassett, Long Island. My mother was born August 26, 1814, near Roslyn, Long Island, and died Sept. 9, 1907. My mother was my father's second wife. They were married at San Antonio, Texas, April 27, 1851, by Rev. Fish^ Chaplain U. S. Army. There were four children by this second marriage, Josephine Wright, now the wife of Ammi V. Young, of 10 THE CAPERS FAMILY. Berlin, Germany; Francis L., the writer, who on June 3d, 1880, married Emma M. Cole, daughter of the late David Cole, of Chicago, 111., whose life appears in " Biographical Encyclopedia of Illinois." We have one son, Francis L. Capers, Jr., born March 14, 1884; grad- uated Harvard College June, 1907. Amelia Freelove was the next child born to my parents. She is the wife of Mr. J. Lefferts Thorne, St. John, New Brunswick, Canada. Mary Cornwall, the youngest and last child, married Henry M. Newton, of Yarmouth, Maine. They are now living in Montclaire, New Jersey. My father by his first wife, had ten children, of whom Abigail Swift, John Edwards and William Worth are now living. All the balance are dead, but of these Le Grand Guerry, Martha Glover, Richard Coachman and Sarah lived to middle age. Le Grand was a physi- cian of promise and prominence; Martha was the wife of the late Richardson Corwall Layton, and Sarah was the wife of the late General Swift, U. S. A. Of Richard I know but little, as I never saw him but once. I believe he was a farmer in Pennsylvania. For myself, perhaps it will be well to say, that I was left with the care, custody and support of my mother and three sisters, when I was very young— only 15 years old. I certainly did all that a young boy could do to look after and support them, and I succeeded passably well. In 1876 I was with A. T. Stewart & Co., the great merchant prince of our country. They concluded to open a branch store in Chicago, 111., on a very large scale. I was sent there in the capacity of assistant manager of one of the largest departments, although I was very young, but 23 years old. Four years after- wards I received an invitation from Mr. Marshal Field, of the firm of Marshal Field & Co. , to go with his great institution. I accepted the ofi^er and was with him four years, and at the end of that time, although I drew a THE CAPERS FAMILY. 11 very fine salary, I concluded that I could not afford to work for anyone else thereafter. As my health was bad I came to Colorado in 1886, and have been here ever since. At present I am the president of a manufacturing institution, the largest industrial plant of its kind west of the Missouri River. EXTRACT FROM THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF BISHOP WILLIAM CAPERS. "Our name, Capers, I suppose to be derived from France, and the first of the name were Hugenots. Of this, however, I am not certain, nor is it of any conse- quence.' I remember to have heard no more from my father about it than that he had never seen the name in any English catalogue of names. ''Those of the name in Beaufort District, South Carolina, who are descended from the same original stock with us, say the name is French and that our ancestry was of the Hugenots and I dare say they are right. "My father's name was William; and that of his father and grandfather, Richard; of my fathers' s father I know but little more than he died in middle life, leav- ing two sons, George Sinclair and William, and no daughters. After his death, my grandmother having contracted an unhappy marriage, my father's uncle. Major Gabriel Capers, of Christ Church Parish, became his foster father and did nobly for him. He had five (or more) daughters, but no son, and my grandfather became his son in all possible respects. My greatgrand- father survived his son many years; a large, fat, healthy man of peculiar manners; dressing in osnaburgs and plaids at home, and in broadcloth and silks, stiffened with excess of gold lace, and powdered wig, when he went abroad. A different kind of man was my father, whose name I cannot mention without emotion after 38 12 THE CAPERS FAMILY. years, since I saw him buried. I have studied his character with intense interest, and honor his memory in every feature of it with my whole soul. A chivalrous soldier of the Revolution was he, whose ardent patriot- ism cooled not to the last of life. And yet, after a few years in the Legislature following the establishment of peace, he held no civil office whatever, and was seldom seen on public occasions, except in his office as Major of Brigade, to muster the troops. He was a military man; the War of the Revolution made him so, and to muster a brigade seemed his highest recreation. But no man I ever knew was more a man of peace than my father was. Social and unselfish, generous, kind, his nature was impulsive, but it was the opposite of passionate. Benevolence supplied his strongest incentives, and the serving of others seemed to be his favorite mode of serving himself. I never knew him to be involved in a personal difficulty but once, and then it was on account of a wrong done by an unreasonable neighbor to one of his negroes. His education had been interrupted by the Revolutionary War, and was therefore imperfect; but he had a clear and strong understanding, was fond of Natural Philosophy and Mechanics, wrote with ease and perspicuity, and in conversation was eminently en- gaging. He was born Oct. 13, 1758, just at the right time, he was fond of saying, that he might have a full share in the war of his country's independence. "And yet, with the Butlers, of South Carohna, (sons of a worthy sire who did this country good ser- vice) I have to complain that my father's name does not appear in any history of the American Revolution. There is, indeed, a small volume by the late Chancellor James, in which his name is mentioned, and we are told of his giving several thousand dollars, Continental money I think it was, for a blanket, and several hun- dred for a pen knife; and some passing compliment is paid to his courage and devotion to the country; and beside this I have seen nothing more. And yet I am bound to claim for him that he fought with the bravest THE CAPERS FAMILY. 13 and best, first as a lieutenant in the Second Regiment, when General Moultrie was Colonel; Marion, Lieutenant Colonel, and Horry, a Captain; and afterwards till the close of the war as one of General Marion's captains and his intimate friend. He was one of the defenders of Charleston in the Battle of Fort Sullivan (Fort Moul- trie) ; was in the Battle of Eutaw; was at the siege of Savannah, when Pulaski fell, and not far from him at that fatal moment; and was at the Battle of Rugely's Mills, which happened after his escape from imprison- ment in Charleston, and before he had rejoined Marion. Indeed, he was there in search of Marion, whom he ex- pected to find with General Gates, but found not, as he had gone on an expedition to Fort Motte. At Stono, where the lamented Laurens fell, he was present and fought like himself; at Charleston he was one of its defenders, and was one of those who accompanied Major Huger on the service; which, on their return proved fatal to that gallant officer, by a false alarm through the inadvertence of a sentinel, whereby many lost their lives by the fire of their own countrymen from their own lines of de- fense; besides numerous skirmishes which have never found a record in the books, though they contributed no mean quota to the defense of the country." EXTRACT FROM A LETTER FROM REV. ELLISON CA- PERS, D. D., OF COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA, WRITTEN TO A GREAT GRANDSON OF CAPT. WILLIAM CAPERS. " The earliest record of our name that I know of is here in the Secretary of State's oflfice. In May, 1694, two grants of land from the Lord's Proprietors are on record, being two plantations sold by them to William Capers, our ancestor. He is described in the grant as William Capers, Cordwainer; that is, a dealer in leather. ' ' Sixty years ago there was a large house, James Capers, which was then called an old establishment, in 14 THE CAPERS FAMILY. Liverpool, England, dealing in hides and skins. The name appears in the early records of the English Church in this colony and state; and my great uncle and my great grandfather were vestrymen of the Parish of Christ Church. Taking these facts into consideration, I am of opinion that the original Capers, perhaps the William of record in 1694, came from England. He paid a considerable sum on his plantation, and by the terms of the sale he was to pay other sums every six months; so that I conclude that he had some means in 1694, fourteen years after the establishment of Charles- ton (1680) and twenty-four years after the first colony under Sayle landed on Ashley River. "The branch of the family to which your maternal grandfather belonged, lived on the coast east of Char- leston, and others of the same name have lived on the islands west of Charleston from early Colonial times. They were all planters of indigo, rice and cotton, and generations back were men of wealth. My father in his autobiography states that the Capers of the islands always said that we were of Hugenot origin, but he gave no positive judgment himself; indeed, he dismisses the whole matter with the remark that it is ' of no con- sequence. ' In this I cannot agree with my reverend father. I think it is a matter of great consequence to know who and what you are. I am sure you would be interested to read my father's life, written in part by himself. He goes no further back than his great grand- father, who was your great, great, great grandfather, your generation being the sixth as recorded by my father, Richard Capers, then his son Richard, then his sons George Sinclair and William. This last William was my grandfather, and your great grandfather. " He was three times married. My father was his son by his first marriage, and your grandfather his son by his third marriage. He was a gallant soldier of the Revolution, one of Marion's captains during the campaign in South Carolina. THE CAPERS FAMILY. 15 "My father was born on his plantation in St. Thomas Parish, in 1790, and your grandfather was born, I think, in Sumter County, in 1804 or '05, my grandfather having removed to Sumter. Indeed, he sold his St. Thomas plantation and bought a rice plan- tation near Georgetown; and losing his second wife there, he sold the rice plantation and bought a cotton place in Sumter. He died in 1812. You are, of course, familiar with the career of your grandfather, my uncle Le Grand, after whom my youngest brother was named. The latter, a brilliant fellow, the playmate of my child- hood, having just graduated with the first honor of his class, went to Virginia as a soldier and was killed at the Battle of Second Manassas, in 1862." Barnwell, So. Carolina, Nov. 16th, 1899. Mrs. J. R. Mathews, Croton-on-Hudson, N. Y. My Dear Madam;— Your favor bearing date of 14th inst. is before me, and I take pleasure in giving you what information I can. I cannot tell you anything of the origin of the name of Capers. As regards my connection with that family will say, my father's grandmother was a Miss Anna Rowe, of Orangeburgh, So. Ca., and her mother was a Miss Ladson, of St. Helena Island, S. Ca., who married Mr. Gabriel Capers (a school teacher). Said Mr. Ga- briel Capers came direct from England, (I think about 175 years ago). He left England, I have been told, because his father, (name unknown) desired him to take Holy Orders, to avoid which he came to this coun- try. There are still some Capers on St. Helena's Island, who no doubt could give you the desired information. The above information I received from my father, Rev. Wm. Otis Prentiss, (who departed this life last Sept., aged 83). If at any time I can be of any service to you, please call upon me. Yours very truly, S. E. PRENTISS. 16 THE CAPERS FAMILY. Diocese of South Carolina. Bishop's Residence. Columbia, Nov. 5, 1898. My Dear Cousin'— Your letter of the 16th ult. came when I was at Washington in attendance upon Conven- tion, and this is my first opportunity to answer it. I am sorry I can't help you in the matter of the origin of our name, or as to our nativity before coming to America. I will give you all I know. First.— The name first appears in South Carolina. All of the name who have lived in other states or terri- tories, subsequent to the Revolution, went out from South Carolina, and can be clearly traced to the South Carolina Capers, as for instance, your Father's family, the Capers in Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana and Mis- souri. Second. —Its first record in South Carolina is of date 1695 and 1694. This record is in the oldest of the ' ' Grant Books ' ' in the office of the Secretary of State, South Carolina. The grants are for two purchases of land, in Berke- ley Co., South Carolina, by "William Capers, Cord- wainer. " At that time Cordwainer meant a dealer in leather or hides— originally a worker in Spanish (Cor- dova, Spain) leather. The Capers in South Carolina in the last of the 17th century and in the 18th, were all on the coast, mostly in old Berkeley and Georgetown Counties, north of Charleston, and on the islands and in Beaufort Co., south of Charleston, and were all planters or farmers. The sons of my grandfather (my father and uncles), were the first professional men, and were clergymen of the Methodist denomination. Before my grandfather's conversion to the Methodists, the name was always as- sociated with the Church of England. This appears in Dr. Dalcho's History of the Church in South Carolina and in the Old Parish Registers. You are doubtless acquainted with what my father has written on the subject in his autobiography. THE CAPERS FAMILY. 17 Third. —I am satisfied that our forefathers came over from England. If they had been French people their name would somewhere appear among the names of the Hugenots, and they would have been hostile to the Church of England, or at least Presbyterian and Calvinists. There are Capers now in Liverpool. An old Irish gentleman, Charles Logan, of Columbia, South Carolina, now resident there, told me that when a boy he was an errand boy to a large firm of James Capers & Son, who were importers of hides and dealers in furs, " Cordwainers. " This is about all I know. The Island Capers family have "Trees," and Coats of Arms (I believe), but they really have no other source of information than we have, and I have very little confidence in their trees. So far as you and I can knou- at present, we are stopped at William Capers, Cordwainer, 1694. You might write to Mr. Logan, or the Rev. S. E. Prentiss, Barnwell, South Carolina, whose great grandmother was an Island Ca- pers. I am, most truly yours, ELLISON CAPERS. State of South Carolina. Office of Secretary of State. Columbia, S. C, Jan. 3, 1899. F. L. Capers, Esq., Pueblo, Colo. Dear Sir:— Replying to your letter of the 28th of December. We have no record of the soldiers of the Revolution here except a partial list of the officers in a pamphlet prepared by General Wilmot G. De Sanssure. In that I find that William Capers was a Lieutenant in the Second Regiment. I also find that William Capers was a Captain in the State Militia, and General De Sanssure states that he gets this infor- mation from "Johnson's Traditions of the Revolution." Yours very truly, D. H. TOMPKINS. Note. — The names of aU officers and soldiers in the list as mentioned above by General De Sanssure, are reprinted in Charles- ton year Book, 1893. 18 THE CAPERS FAMILY. Diocese of South Carolina. Bishop's Residence, Columbia, 4-7-' 99. My Dear Cousin: — I am just home from visitations in the lower part of the Diocese, and find your letter of the 30th ultimo to Mrs. Capers. I have read your sketch and looked at the crest and coat of arms with much interest. I have been so much away from home and so little time at command when I am here, I have not been able to add anything to what you have written. After carefully reading the matter sent us, I am satisfied that you have secured a trustworthy Coat of Arms. Mrs. Capers unites with me in loving regards to you and your family. Faithfully your cousin, ELLISON CAPERS. Mr. F. L. Capers, Pueblo, Colo. My Dear Mr. Capers:— I have, after many months, found in the possession of Miss Marion Thayer Capers, of Crystal Springs, Miss., the seal of her great, great grandfather Capers. This seal bears the authentic Arms of the Capers family. A description of the Arms is as follows: Three foxes passant arient in pale, over all a cres- cent (trieiit. Crest, a bunch of grapes proper. The original name was Capier, and undoubtedly they were Hugenots. They went from France to Wales, thence to England, and part to United States, or, more properly, South Carolina; and from this branch all of the name in this country spring. I have looked carefully into the descent of Miss Marion Thayer Capers, and also of yourself, and you both come from the same family. She is in the direct THE CAPERS FAMILY. 19 line from one of three Capers brothers that settled in So. Carolina in 1658, and you are the offspring of an- other of these brothers. Very truly yours, CATHARINE T. R. MATTHEWS. Croton-on-Hudson, N. Y., May 18, 1899. NEW ECLECTIC MAGAZINE, MAY, 1869. (republished in s. c. historical and genealogical magazine, 1902.) The Capers family of the South, and we believe it is exclusively a Southern family, made a remarkable fighting record during the late war. From the album of a friend we send you the following as embracing the members of this family who were soldiers under the red-crossed banner of Dixie, in the Confederate army: 2 Brigadier Generals. 1 Colonel of Artillery. 1 Lieutenant Colonel of Artillery. 2 Colonels of Cavalry. 1 Major of Artillery. 1 Lieutenant Colonel of Cavalry. 4 Captains of Cavalry. 3 Captains of Infantry. 3 Sergeants. 2 Chaplains. 3 Surgeons. 14 Privates. Making a total of 37. These were without excep- tion brothers, uncles or cousins. Nine were killed in battle, three died of wounds, two died of disease, thir- teen were wounded more than once, seven were wounded once,, and only three came through safe. Eleven of the officers were promoted for gallantry on the field of battle. Life of Bishop William Capers gives an account of Captain Wm. Capers in Revolutionary War. 20 THE CAPERS FAMILY, EXTRACT FROM THE SOUTH CAROLINA HISTORICAL AND GENELOGICAL MAGAZINE, OCT. 1901. First: William Capers. — Probably born about 1660, Came to America in 1679 and settled in South Carolina. Died about 1718. With him were his brothers, Richard and Gabriel. Issue: — Mary, born May 6. 1696. William, born Dec. 15, 1698, died young, be- fore his father. Elizabeth, born June 5, 1700. Sarah, born April 5, 1701. Richard, born April 28, 1712. Second: Richard Capers, — fFj'/Z/Vz/yi Ist. — Born April 28, 1712, married Ann Sinclair May 17, 1730, who died July 15, 1739. Again married Jan. 8, 1741, Elizabeth Bonhoste, who died 174—, and again married Aug. 2, 1744, Mary Ann Maybank. Richard died about 1774. Issue, first wife: — Elizabeth, born Oct. 3, 1731. William, born Nov. 26, 1732. Hi chard, born , 173—. Gabriel, born , 173 — . Third: Richard Capers. — Fichard 2iid. William 1st. — Born 173—, married 175—, Martha Bordeaux. Richard probably died about 1774, or before the death of his father. Issue: — WilUajn, born Oct. 13, 1758. George Sinclair, . THE CAPERS FAMILY. 21 Fourth: WiWiam Csi])ers. — Bicha7'd oi'd. Richard 2nd. ]]l]li((in 1st. — Married Sept. 10, 1783, Mary Singletary. Again married Nov. 11, 1793, Mary Wragg. Again married May 5, 1803, Mrs. Hannah Coachman (Postell). He died Dec. 12, 1812. Issue, first wife: — Sarah, . Gabriel, . Mary, . William, - — - . John, . Issue, second wife: — Samuel, . Elizabeth, . Mary, . Henrietta, . Issue, third wife: — Le Grand Giieriui. Benjamin Hugher. Richard Coachman. Fifth: Le Grand Guerry Capers. — William 4 tli . Rich- ard Srd. Richard 2 lid. IFillianr 1st. — Born in Sumpter District, S. C, Sept 15, 1808. Died in Brooklyn, N. Y., Jan. 29. 1868. Married June 1, 1829, Abigail Swift, who died Aug. 30, 1846. Again married April 27, 1851, Amelia Freelove Layton, who was born Aug. 26, 1814, and died Sept. 9, 1907. Issue, first wife: — Martha. Le Grand Guerry. John Edwards. Abigail Swift. Richard Coachman. Sarah. William Worth. 22 THE CAPERS FAMILY. Issue second wife:— Josephine Wright. F7-(n/cis Le Grand. Amelia Freelove. Mary Cornwall. Sixth: Francis Le Grand Capers. -Ze Grand Guerry oth. William 4th. Richard 3d. Richard 2)id. William 1st.- Born at Roslyn, Long Island, May 21, 1853. Married June 3, 1880, Emma M. Cole, of Chicago, 111. Issue: — Francis Le Grand Capers, Jr., born March 14, 1884. Seventh: Francis Le Grand Capers, Jr. — Francis Le Grand Ca])ert< (Jth. Le Grand Guerry Capers ^th. William Capers Jft^^- Ricliard Capers 3rd. Richard Capers 2nd. William Capers 1st. Born in Chicago, 111. , March 14, 1884. Grad- uated from Harvard College June, 1907. ADDENDA. Atlanta, Ga., Jan. 2d, 1908. Mr. Francis L. Capers, Pueblo, Colorado. Dear Cousin: I have carefully examined the state- ment made by you, prefacing the geneological table of our family. With the single exception, as to the origin of the name ' ' Capers, ' ' I fully concur with you. Thank- ing you for the patient research you have made in trac- ing our lineage, I am affectionately yours, HENRY D. CAPERS. THE CAPERS FAMILY. 23 Fifth: Tr/VZ/V//?/.— William 4th. Richard 3d. Richard 2nd to William 1st: — Born St. Thomas Parish, S. C, Jan. 19, 1790. Married Anna White, of Georgetown, S. C. Second wife, Susan Magill, of Cam- den, S. C. Issue by first wife: — Anna. Issue by second wife: — Francis Withers. Susan Bethia. William Tertius. Sarah Branham. Harriot Emma Haslop. Mary Singleton. Henry Dickson. Ellison. Theoditus Le Grande. Sixtli : Francis Withers Capers. —William 5th. William 4th. Richard 3rd. Richard 2nd. William 1st.— Born Aug., 1819. at Charleston, S. C. Mar- ried Hannah Bascolm, of Lexington, Ky., who died 1862. Again married Susan Rut- ledge, of Charleston, S. C. Issue, by first wife: — William Bascolm. Minnie. Francis Withers, Jr. Clara. No issue by second wife. Sixth: Henry Dickson Capers. —William 5th. William 4th. Richard 3rd. Richard 2nd. William 1st. — Born Columbia, S. C, June 2, 1834. Mar- ried Oct. 20, 1857, Mary Elizabeth Means. 24 THE CAPERS FAMILY. Issue: — Alexander Means. Minnie Eloise. Charles Memminger. Theoditus Le Grand. William. Si.vth: Ellison Capers.— William 5th. William 4th. Richard 3rd. Richard 2nd. William 1st.— Born Charleston, S. C, October, 1837. Mar- ried Charlotte Videau Palmer, of St. Stea- vens Parish, S. C, 1858. Issue: — Francis Videau. May Marion. John Gendron. William Theoditus. Ellison. Walter Branham. Charlotte Palmer. Pueblo, Colo., Dec. 4, 1907. Mr. Henry D. Capers, 907 Austell Bldg., Atlanta, Ga. My Dear Cousin: — In further answer to your es- teemed favor of the 29th. There are a few things in regard to our genealogical tree that I want to call your special attention to, (/ll arguments to the contratuj not- ivitlistandini. In the first place your family name was Capier, and this name was not changed until our people left France. In the second place, while it is true that we are of English descent, the original stock came from Flanders, And it is also true that we are Huge- nots. The above you want to remember. I took the question up of finding out who I was some 10 years ago, and I thought it would cost me maybe $50.00 or $100.00, and before I got through I spent way over $1000.00. And I hunted THE CAPERS FAMILY. 25 down the family in France, England and this country thoroughly, and therefore the facts that I give you are ahsolutehj correct; and the arms and crest are likewise correct. Thomas Farr Capers was a descendant of Ga- briel, and I have heard my father speak of him many times; he said he was a most lovable man, and a man of very fine education. He must have been, for he graduated from Harvard. I felt that we were as good a family as there was in the South, and that we must have a coat of arms; and made up my mind to get it, but it was a fright of a job. I am sending you today seven of my letter heads. I find I have not over a couple dozen. The stone that these were made from was made for me by Bailey, Banks & Biddle, of Philadelphia. I think I paid some- thing hke $15.00 or $20.00 for it; and I think the cost of putting it on the papers is something like 10 cents per sheet. It cannot help from being expensive; it is all worked in different colors. I am enclosing you the above papers, suggestions for a smaller type of the arms, but in my judgment it is more suitable for ladies' paper than for gentlemen's although it is very hand- some. The details are as enclosed, and I would be glad if you would return them to me after you are finished with them, ^s for the original stone, as per the pa- pers I send you, I will loan you that any time you want it. There is another thing I want to call your attention to, that I found out in my efforts to get this coat of arms, is that coat of arms are pretty frequent over in Europe, but crests are not. Worlds of people have the arms, but few the crests. Some King of France has given that to some member of our family hundreds of years ago for some brave act that he had done . Maybe he saved the king's life; he certainly did something that deserved recognition, and he did it close to or in a vine- yard. 26 THE CAPERS FAMILY. Mrs. C. T. R. Matthews, Croton-on-Hudson, New- York, made me a very beautiful sketch of the arms; I should say six inches or something like that, that I had framed. I think she charged me $15.00 or $20.00 for it. She may be dead, I have not heard from her for several years. But if you wanted something of this kind, she doubtless has some of her folks living that are carrying on her business, and if you explain that the deal came through me she will make you one. Your affectionate cousin, FRANK. F. L. CAPERS WRITES A LETTER TO HIS SON. Francis L. Capers, president of the Standard Fire Brick Company, is known by his business associates as a thoroughly practical man of affairs, but recently he has been revealed in an entirely new role. This, how- ever, his friends say he has filled for a long time with distinction only among his intimates and relatives. Long before the book entitled " Letters of a Self- Made Merchant to His Son, ' ' by Mr. George Horace Lori- mer appeared, Mr. Capers was writing letters of a similar character and quite as effective from a literary stand- point. The art of writing fascinating letters is one which critics agree cannot be cultivated, and for the reason that Mr. Capers' gifts in that direction are con- ceded to be rare, many even of his business communi- cations are worthy of publication. The letter appended was addressed to his son, Fran- cis L. Capers, Jr., who is a student at Harvard Univer- sity. After the formal address it runs this way: A college education is a good thing, for it teaches a man how little he knows. Education is simply a refinery; it cultivates the brains you have; if you have none it cannot make them. I am glad you are up in mathematics, English and chemistry. These are working hour studies. Quick in mathematics, eloquent and forcible in English, facts THE CAPERS FAMILY. 27 brought out by chemistry and a sharp leadpencil; ah, that's the combination. French and Latin, bah! they remind me of the jumping jack, the long legs, the skull that comes to a point at the apex, the curled mustaches, the long hair, the gestures, the ' ' Alphonse and Gaston ; ' ' they will never earn you a dollar or give you a sensible girl, the two essentials in life. History and geography, the only way to study these is by travel. If you try to memorize them, except in a general way, that is, to always have facts, dates and figures at your tongue's end, it is an advantage, inas- much as it shows your friends your ears are as long as a Rocky Mountain canary's. If your teachers reported to me you were well up in all studies, excelled in all, faultless in all, I should say you were a fool. English and mathematics point to the well-poised man of business; geometry to the profes- sional crank; French and German to the head that is simply a gourd with one kernel in it. Now would you, could you, wish to excel in all? It is well enough to have a smattering of all, but get down, my boy, to the roast beef and Yorkshire pudding studies, and leave the frothy whipped cream and air bubbles to the other fel- low. Teachers will tell you that French and Latin will polish, but what good is polish? This veneer does not hide the real man, a deception, so to speak, quickly seen through. This is a rough-weather world, boy, and rough weather takes the polish off. Of course I do not mean one should be a bear, or not a gentleman, but I do mean to say that if a man is by instinct a gentleman it will show up without the graces taught in school, and the studied contrivances of speech. If he has not the attributes of a gentleman you can put a fifty cent shine on him from head to foot, but watch him; he has got to come down from time to time and wallow like the hog he is. 28 THE CAPERS FAMILY. Son, I want you to grow up to be a man of busi- ness. If we had lived fifty or seventy-five years ago I would have wished you to be a senator, but the Bentons, Clays, Calhouns and Websters are all dead. The sena- tor of today is simply a clerk who misnames things. He calls his master his constituent; he is not the senator, it is the man or men in his State who sit behind closed doors. They are the power, the men of business. His education may not be of the best, he may send his long- haired and long-eared friend in the Senate a telegram like this, "You won't do no such thing nohow neither, " but you can bet when the cross between poll parrot and burro gets that telegram he knows what it means, English or no English, and acts accordingly. CAPTAINfi WILLIAM CAPERS AND SOME OF HIS DESCENDANTS. Y iTsf'l By a. S. S alley, Jr. Conspicuous in tliu history of South Carolina has been the name of Capers,^ and especially so in the ecclesiastical history of Ihis coraraonwealth. The earliest appearance of the name, so far as has been ascertained, in our records is about 1692, There are two branches of the family : one founded by Kichard Capers and the other by William Capers, and these were probably brothers.^ Richard's descendants lived for a March 27, 1738, Ricbard Capers of Christ Chnrch Parish confirmed a title unto James White and Sarah his wife, niece of the said Richard Capers and daughter of John Simes, deceased, to "All that tract or parcell of five hundred acres of Land which was formerly held or sup- posed to be held by the said John Simes deceased and was called Leba- non which formerly belonged to Captain William Capers deceased who was father of the said Richard Capers". (Mesne Conveyance Office, Charleston County, Book T, p. 356.) April 9, 1750, Richard Capers, of Christ Church Parish, Berkeley County, S. C. , planter, conveyed to Daniel Huger 100 acres, part of a tract of 700 acres in Christ Church Parish formerly belonging to William Capers, father of said Richard, "the said seven hundred acres of land was devised by the last will & testament of said William Capers to his only son Richard Capers aforesaid". (M. C. O., C. C, Book G G, p. 189.) On March 9, 1715, Hannah White, sole execiitrix of John White, had conveyed this 700 acres to 'Capt. William Capers", of Berkeley County, planter. (M. C. O., C. C, Book V 5, p 391.) He was probably a captain of militia. t> Several aiithorities have stated that the Capers family was a Huguenot one, but the Hugtienot naturalization list contains no such name,'and there is no other evidence to show that it was a Huguenot family, but the name is evidently English. c March 15, 1694/5, "Mary Capers Widdow Relict and Administra- trix of Richard Capers Planter Late of this province Deceased. Mr William Capers. & Mr William Chapman all of Charles Town in Berkley County" gave bond to Governor Blake for Mrs. Capers's faithful administration of the estate. (Probate Court Records, Charleston County, Book 1692-93, p. 194.) 1 I. 2 II. 3 III. 4 IV. 5 V. 274 so. CA. HISTOKIOAL AND GENEALOGICAL MAGAZINE. several generations on St. Helena Island, while William's descendants lived for several ^-enerations in Christ Clmrch Parish and vicinity. It is of the latter's descendants that this genealogy treats. Captain William Capers, who was long a vestryman of Christ Church Parish^i , in. Mary , and d. about 1718. His widow d. April, 1720. e Issue : Mary Capers, h. May 6, 1696. ^ William Capers, 1). Dec. 15, 1698^; prede- ceased his father. 1^ Elizabeth Capers, h. June 5, 1700.* Sarah Capers, I. April 5, 17(»l.i Eichard Capers, h. April 28, 171 2. ^ 1. Mary Capers I William ^], 1). May 6, 1696; m. John Simes,^ who was buried Aug. 30, 1716*; m. again, Oct. 24, 1737,* Thomas Boone"i, who d. Nov. 2, 1749.* ^ Minutes of the Vestry. His name disappears from the minutes about 1818, and in 1820 his widow died. e "Mary Capers, widow, was buried April 28tli Anno Domini 1720." — MS. copy Christ Church Parish register in collection of S. C. H. S. f ' 'Mary Capers daughter of William & Mary Capers was born May 6th A. D. 1696."— Ibid. g "William Capers son of William & Mary Capers was born Decem- ber 15 A D 1698"— Ibid. li The will of William Capers designated Richard Capers as "his only son". (See extract from deed of April 9, 1750 in note a.) "William Capers Junr " was a witness to a deed from Isaac Motte, administrator of John' A. Motte, to Charles Hill, June 26, 1712. (P. C. R., C. C, Miscellaneotis Records 1714-1717, p. 9.) i "Elizabeth Capers daughter of William & Marv Capers was born June 5th A D 1700.-"— MS. copy C. C. P. R., S. C. H. S. .1 "Sarah Capers Daughter of William & Mary Capers was born April 5 A. D. 1701."— Ibid. k "Richard Capers son of William Capers & Mary his wife was born April 28th A D 1712 & Baptized March ye 28th 1714. "-Ibid. 1 See note a wherein it is stated that Sarah Simes, daughter of John was niece of Richard ("aiders, son of "Captain William Capers. "" The Christ Church Parish register records the birth of Sarah, daughter of "John and Mary Simes". * Christ Church Parish Register. m In his will he mentions his "Brother Richard Capers". l^loV CAPT. WM. CAPERS AND SOME OF HIS DESCENDANTS. 275 Issue : First linsband. 6 I. Mary Simes, h. Jany. 13, 1715.* T II. Sarah Simes, h. Aug. 20, 1716*; m., Jany. 30, 1737*, James White. Second husband. 8 III. John Boone, h. Feb. 25, 1720*; buried Dec. 15, 1721.* 9 IV. Thomas Boone, h. March 4, 1723*; ?/i., Nov. 23, 1741,* Susannah Croft (See April magazine, p. 132). 10 V. Susannali Boone, h. Jany. 9, 1 726*; m.^ May 14, 1745, Eev. Levi Durand.* 14 VI. William Boone, h. April 12, 1728.* 12 VII. Paty Boone, 6, June 16, 1730; d. July 7, 1739.* 13 VIII. Capers Boone, l. Aug. 23, 1732*; member second Provincial Congress of South Caro- lina, August 17T5-March 1776. lA IX. John Boone, h. Oct. 9, 1734*; d. Jany. 6, 1777.* 5. Richard Capers [William '.], h. April 28, 1712; m., May 17, 1730, Ann Sinkler'i( or perhaps Sinclair), who d. July 15, 1739« ; m. again, Jan). 8, 1741, Elizabeth BonhosteP, n "Richard Capers was married to Ann Sinckler, May ye ITtli A. D. 1730. "-MS. copy C. C. P. R., S. C. H. S. o "1739 Ann, the wife of Richard Capers, Departed this Life July 15th, Anno Domini 1739— interred ye 16th." Ibid. p "Richard Capers to Elizabeth Bonhoste, spinster, January 8th A. D. 1741." Ibid. March 27, 1748, Richard Capers et al, executors of the estate ot George Bennison, of Christ Church Parish, deceased, conveyed to Richard I'On a plantation of 500 which "John Bonhoist" had conveyed to George Bennison, July 4, 1722. (M. C. O., Book G. G., p. 49.) 2 15 I. 16 11. IT III. 18 IV. 270 so. CA. HISTORICAL AND GENEALOGICAL MAGAZINE. who d. 17-1 — ; m,. again, Aug. 2, 1744, Mary Ann Maybankq : d. about 1774.'" Issue : First wife. Elizabeth Capers, h. Oct. 3, 1731. « William Capers, I. Nov. 26, 1732.* Hichard Capers, h. 173 — . Gabriel Capers, h. 173 — . 16. William Capers [Richard^, William i.], I. Nov. 26, 1732, m., Dec. 4, 1753, Catharine Dntarque^, dau. of John Dutar- que, of tlie parish of St. Thomas and Si. Denis; probably d. before 1774 (See note r). Issue : 19 J. William Capers, h. 175 — ; d. unni. between May 7, 1779 and Nov. 28. 1785. '^^ q "Richard Capers to Mary Ann Maybank, August 2, A D 1744. ' — MS. copy C. C. P. R. , S. C. H. S. ^ In the deed of Ajn-il 9, 1750, ciled in note a, her name is spelled in three different ways: once "Maryan", once '"Marryau" and in all other instances "Marian". r "His will, made Jany. 12, 1774, mentions son Gabriel: grandson William, son of son William ; grandsons Sinclnir and William (minors) sons of son Richard. (Probate Court Records, C. C, Book 1774-78, p. 57.) • s "Elizabeth Capers the daughter of Richard Capers & Anne his wife was born October 3d Anno Domini 1731." MS. copy C. C. P. R.. S. C. H. S. t "William the son of Richard & Anne Capers was born November 26 AD 1732." Ibid. ^i Annals and Parish Register of St. Thomas and S(. Denis Parish, 1680-1884 (Charleston, S C, 1884), pp 28 and 30. V The will of "Capt John Dutarque", made Aug. 9, 1766, and proved Jany. 2, 1767, provides for the education of his grandson William Capers. (P. C. R., C. C , Book 1760-67, p. 639.) The will of William Capers, made May 7, 1779, and proved Nov. 28, 1785, leaves all of his property to his aunt, Mrs. Martha Wigfall. A reference to the St. Thomas and St. Denis register shows that his mother had a sister Martha Dutanpie, bap. March 9, 1752; m., Aug. 1, 1771, Benjamm Wigfall. CAPT. W>[. CAPERS AND SOME OF HIS DESCENDANTS. 277 17. Richard Capers [Richard-, Wiliiam i.], h. 173—; m., 175 — , Martha Bordeaux (?); probabl_y d. before 1774 (See note r). Issue : 20 I. William Capers, h. Oct. 13, 1758.^^ 21 II. George Smclair Capers, d. 1809. 18. Gabriel Capers [Richard ^, William ^J, h. 173 — ; m , Nov., 1767, Martha Witherston^ , who (/. in Sept., 1776; m. again, Nov. 11, 1777, Sarah lAoyA^ {d. March 26, 1808), of Charles Town; d. between March 6. 1799 and Oct. 21, 1 802 ^. He was a member of the first Provincial Congress of South Carolina, January- August 1775, from Christ Church Parish ''>■*, and wa? appointed by that Congress one of the Committee for Carrying into Eiiect the Continental Associa- tion in his parish ^^ ; was reelected to the second Provincial w "William, son of Wm & Martha Capers, b. Oct. 18. 17o8." Extract furnished by Bishop Ellison Capers from his mother's Bible. See also Wightman's Life of Wiiliam Capers. D. D. (Nashville, 1858) , p. 13, the autobiography of Bishop William Capers. The Bishop also stated in that autobiography (p. 12) that his grandfather, Richard Capers (17), had but two sons, William and George Sinclair, and no daughter and that he died many years before his father, Richard Capers (5). X "Mr. Gabriel Capers, to Miss Martha Witherston." — Marriage announcements in The South ■Garolina Gazette ; and Country Jourtial, Tues., Dec. 1, 1767. y MS. diary of Col. Isaac Hayne, the Revolutionary martyr. z Will, made March 6, 1799, and proved Oct. "21, 1802, mentions daughters Catherine, Mary, Martha, Sarah and Elizabeth. aa The South Carolina Gazette, Jany. 28, 1775. Mc Crady's His- tory of •south Carolina Under the Itoyal Government, p. 804. Moul- trie's Memoirs of the American Revolution, vol. I, p. 15. bb The South Carolina GazHte, Feb. 13, 1775. Moultrie's Memoirs of the American Revolution, vol I, p. 41. 23 II 24 III, 25 IV. 26 V. 278 so. CA, HISTORICAL AND GENEALOGICAL MAGAZINE. Congress, August 1775-March 26, 1776 cc^ and from March 26, 1776 to October 1776 was a member of the General Assembly of South Carolina/^'^ After the fall of Charles Town in May 1780 he accepted British protection and. a British commission (major of militia, probably) and on that account his property was sequestrated by the Jacksonborough Assembly of 1782.«e Issue : 22 I. Catherine Capers, m. Hugh Paterson; d. March 30, ISOS.^ Mary Capers, d. unm. Oct. 21, 1812 {?)se Martha Cajiers, ?>/., Nov. 29, 1810, Hugh Paterson. 1''^ Sarah Capers, m. David Jervey, M, D. Elizabeth Capers, m. (?) Maurice Simons, " sometime Register of Mesne Conveyances of Charleston District; d. s. p. cc The South Carolina Gazette, Sept. 7, 1775. dii Jcinrnal of the second session of the second Provincial Congress of South Carolina, Feb. -March, 1776, p. 152. ee Acts of the General Assembly of South Carolina (Jacksonborough, 1783), p. 38. fl "Died, in Christ Church Parish, on Saturday, 36th ult. Mrs. Sarah Capers, relict of Gabriel Capers, Esq. of said Parish. And, in this city, on "Wednesday, 30th ult. Mrs. Catharine Paterson, wife of Mr. Hugh Paterson, merchant, and eldest daughter of the said Gabriel Capers."— T/ie Times, Charleston, S. C, Tues.. April 5, 1808. gg "Departed this life, on the 21st ult. Miss Mary Capers, of this city, in the o9th year of her age, after a long and lingering illness." — City Gazette and Commercial Daily Advertiser , Nov. 10, 1813. hh 'Married, on Thursday evening last, by the Rev. Dr. Hollings- head, Mr. Hugh Paterson, merchant, to Miss Martha Capers') daughter of the late Gabriel Capers, Esq. of Christ Church Parish." — Charleston Courier. Mon., Dec. 3, 1810. ii Yeadon's genealogy of "The Marion Family", Simms's Magazine, vol. II, p. 53. CAPT. WM. CAPERS AND SOME OF HIS DESCENDANTS. 271^ 20. William Capers [Richard 3, Richard ^ William i.], J. in St. Thomas's Parish Oct. 13, 175S; w., Sept. 10", 1783, Mary Singeltary''^ (6. Nov. G, 1766^'), daughter of John Singcltary, who d. March, 1792™°i ; m. again, Nov. 11, 1793 "°, Marj Wragg, of Georgetown, who d. Feb. 7, 18oJ"o; m. again, May 15, 1803, Mrs. Hannah (Coachman) Postell, widow of Col. Jehu PostellPP ; d. on his plantation, "Wood- land", on the High Hills of the Santee, Sumter District, S. C, Dec. 7, 1812.11 He was commissioned lieutenant in jj Date supplied by Bishop Ellison Capers from bis mother's family Bible. kk "Married] Mr. William Caperfi, of Christ- Church Parish, to Miss Mary Singletwy, daughter of John Singletary, Esq; of St. Thomas's Parish." — The Oazette of the State of South-Cat'oUna, Wednesday, Sept. 10, 1783. 11 Tombstone at Cainhoy. Also record furnished by Bishop Ellison Capers frora his mother's Bible. mm Tombstone at Cainhoy. nn Authority of Mrs. A. J. Stokes, Charleston, S. C, a descendant. oo "Died, on Saturday evening last, Mrs. Mary Capers, the amiable consort of Mr. William Capers, Her exit is much lamented by her friendsandseverely felt by her relatives."— TAe Times, City Gazette & Merchant's Ufening Advertiser, Charleston, Sat., Feb. 14, 1801. pp "Married, near Georgetown, (B. C.) at Bural Hall, the 15th inst. by the Rev. Hiigli Eraser, major William Capers, of Waccamaw, to Mrs. Hannah Postell, of Black rirer, relict of the late colonel Jehu Postell."— r/ie Times, Charleston, Sat., May 28, 1803. qq "Obituary. "Died, on the 7th ult. at his plantation, in Sumter District, Major William Capers, a faithful, brave and active officer of the revolu- tion: a patriotic and traly republican citizen; a man of amiable charac- ter in all the relations of life. "Major Capers was early and decisive in espousing his country's interests, as he was constant and coiirageous to defend her rights. At the battle of Fort Moultrie he behaved with so much bravery and good conduct, as laid a foundation for the solid friendship that ever alter subsisted between him and our illustrious Marion, as w^ell as for the high notice of others, oflBcers of distinction in the army. He was active in defending this city, not only in that battle, but also during 380 so. CA. HISTORICAL AND GKNEALOGIOAL MAGAZINE. the 2nd South Carolina Continental Regiment (Motte's) Feb. 24, 1778^'". served through the Georgia campaign and the siege of Savannah, and resigned in Jany, 17S0,ss He then entered the militia where he served to the end of the war in Marion's b:igade, attaining the rank of captain. One fight in which his company and that of his brother Sinclair attacked a party of British and Tories on the Georgetown road near Whitehall is described in Johnson's Trarlitiorii< of the Revo- lution^ p. 583, He tii-st lived on his plantation ''Bull's Head", St. Thomas's Parish, but subsequently moved to a plantation, "Belleview", in Georgetown District^^, and later to "Woodbind" plantation, Sumter District; was Inspector, with the rank of major, of the Oth brigade (Brigadier Gens. P. Horry, 1802, Eobt. Conway) of South Carolina militia, all the time that it was besieged, and was a companion of the brave and good Major Hucjer in the danger which proved the death of that very worthy and much himented officer — There was scarce a battle of any distinction fought during the whole revolution, in this State, in which Major Capers was not; and in all he was the same — signalized more by his courage, patience and conduct, than by any marks of office. "Independence secured and peace restored, he was call^^d to the Legislature of the State; where, acting from the same principle, he was had in like honor as in war. But he disdained to serve himself under cover of his country's name ; and when he thought that to be in office was to be in interest he declined to serve. "" » * x- * "gy ]jig neighbors, who were generally poor, he was better known as Father Capers than as Major, and so he was com- monly called. As a husband and a father, the overwhelming sorrow of his widow and nine children feelingly speaks his worth — and as a master he was mild and merciful." * -X- * '.{■ "'jjj j^jg illness (untill the morning before he died) he was generally delirious". * * •■ * "On the morning of the Oth ult. his senses were suddenly restored, and he bega,n instantly to speak of his decease at hand". — City Gazette and Commercial Daily Advertlaer , Charleston, Wed., Jany. 13, 1813. rr Year Book, City of Charleston, 1895, p. 332. ss Monthly return of 2d Regiment, made Jany. 31, 178(». Original in collection of S. C. H. S. tt July 11th 1793 Rev. William Hamet conveyed to William Capers, of Georgetown, planter, and others, trustees, a lot for the purpose of erecting a church thereon. (Records M. C. O., C, C.) CAPT. WM. CAPERS AND SOME OF HIS DESCENDANTS. 281 1802 — 1809. (For a longer sketch see V\ iglitman's Life of Bishop Capers.) Issue : First wife. 27 I. Sarah Capers, h. 1781; m. LeGrand Guerry, of Sumter Dist., ■'^ho d. in 1811; m. again, Rev. Thomas D. Glenn, of Sumter Dist. (Issue by both marriages.) Gabriel Capers. Mary Singeltary Capers, d. youpg. William Capers, h. Jan. 26, 1790. t^x4^^ John Singeltary Caj^ers, h. 1792. Second wife. Samuel Wragg Capers, }>. March 5, 1797. Elizabeth Capers, d. young. Mary Capers. Henrietta Capers. Third wife. LeGrand Gnerry Capers. Benjamin Huger Capers. Richard Coachman Capers. 21. George Sinclairuu Capers [Richard-'', Richard 2, Wil liam ^ I, h. — — 175 — . He was a captain of militia in Marion's brigade of South Carolina militia and State regulars. History records two actions in which he was engaged. On one occasion he headed one of Marion's scouting parties of twelve men into St. Thomas's I'arish and encountered a party of twenty-six British "Black Dragoons" and cut them to pieces. (James's uu The Christ Church Parish register gives the name of his grand mother Capers as "Ann Sinckler" (See 5). but among the founders of the St. Andrew's Society in 1739-30 (Year Book, City of Charleston 1894) was Dr. George Sinclair who was probably his great-grandfather. This supposition is based j)ur. Dec. 26, 1817; rt ''/. young. I •4 f;\J^iZL^tX^ Theodotus LeGrand Capers,?*. Oct. 23, 1839, ffrad. witli first honors in his class at col- lege, June 1860, and was killed at Second Manassas, Auff. 30, 1862. 31 John Singeltary Capers [William \ Richard •\ Richard 2, William!.], h. 1792; m. Martha E. White >>' , who d. 1862; d. . 65 XI 66 XII 67 XIII. yy The will of Martha E. Cape^-s. made Oct. 31, 18(50, proved June 11, 1862, mentions son William Capers; Eliz H. Jervey, wife of Gabriel C. Jervey; grand-children Sarah Capers Jervey and William Capers Jervey ; and mother Ann White. 286 so. CA, HISTORICAI. AND GENEALOGICAL MAGAZINE. Issue :^^ 68 I. William Capers. (Issue.) 69 II. Eliza H. Cajjers, m. Gabriel Capers Jervey (41). 32. Samuel Wragg Capers [William ^ Richard ^, Richard 2, William 1.], h. in Georgetown District, March 5, 1797; m., May, 1817, Elizabeth Humphries, who d.\ m. again, Oct., 1826, Sarah M. Brandt, who d.\ m. again, Jariy. 11, 1831, Abathiah Harvey Thornton, who still survives, residing at Camden, S. C. ; d. June 22, 1855, and was buried at Cam- den. He was a Methodist ininister, having entered the itinerancy in 1828. Issue •.'^^^ First wife. 70 I. Samuel E. Capers, h. 1818. Second wife. 71 IT. Margaret Capers, d. when 3 years old. Third wife. 72 III. Richard Thornton Capers. 73 IV. Abathiah Elizabeth Capers. 74 V. Edmund LeGrand Capers, d. in infancy. 75 VI. Sidney Williams Capers. 76 VII. John Summerfield Capers, killed at Appo- mattox i.). H., April, 1865. 77 VIII. Mary Wragg Capers. 78 IX. Sarah Ann Gamewell Capers. 79 X. Caroline Martha Michel Capers, d. 1890. 80 XI. Emma Jane Dunlap Capers, d. 1 878. 81 XII. Edivin Benjamin Capers. 82 XIII. Adella Henrietta Capers, d. in infancy. zz There might have been other children, for this will is the only record of this branch of the family the writer has been able to procure, aaa Data furnished by a descendant. CAPT. WM. CAPERS AND SOME OF HIS DESCENDANTS. 287 36. i .> ^ V 88 I. 84 11. 85 III. 86 IV. / 88 V" 89 90 V. VI, VII. VIII. • 9J IX. 92 X. LeQrand Querry Capers [William ^, Kicbard ^, Ricliard '^, William K], h. in Sumter District, S. C, Feb. 8, 1808; was a merchant in Charleston; m., eTune 1, 1829, Abigail Swift {h. Oct. 16, 1810), who 6?. Aug. 30, 1846; m. again, April 27, 1851, at San Antonio, Texas, Amelia Freelove Layton {h. Aug. 20, 1814). lie served on Gen. Worth's staff dur- ing the war with Mexico. He d. Jany. 29, 18(38. Issue -y^^ First wife. Abigail Capers, m. — Swift. LeGrand Guerry Capers, ^*e*>l«^. Surgeon, d. at Vicksburg, Miss. (Issue.) John Edwards Capers. AS.y^iVx^V^*^ • \^ "^ ■ Martha G lover Capers. \N\ . W^V , ( wsvk V;N ft*^*^^ ' Kichard Coachman Capers. SarahlCapers, m. GenV Swift, U. S. A. Child, d. young. Child, d. young. William Worth Capers, h. Aug. 30, 1844.\v\w^^^^^*•'**^'' Child, d. young. Second wife. Amelia Freelove Capers, 7??., J. Lefferts Thorn. Josephine Capers, m. A. V. Young. Francis LeGrand Capers, h. May 21, 1853; 7/i. , June 3. 1880, Emma N. Cole, of Brooklyn, N. Y. Lives Denver, Col. Mary Connall Capers, m. Henry M. JSewton. 93 94 95 XI. XII. XIII. 96 XIV 37 Benjamin Huger Capers [William *, Richard ^, Richard -, William ^.], h. 18 — ; entered the Methodist itinerancy in 1826 and was located in 1836. He married and removed bbb Data furnished by Mrs. C. T. R. Mathews, Croton-on-Hudson, N. Y. 288 so. CA. HISTORICAL AND GENEALOGICAL MAGAZINE. Atu-^-ot to Mississippi and liis children and grand-children live in that State now. 58. Francis Withers Capers [William -^ William K Richard ^, Richard^, William '.J, h. in Savannah, Ga., Aug 8, 1819; grad. College of Charleston with tirst honors in 1839; was elected, Feb. 24, 1843, 2d professor of the Citadel Academy in CharlestoD, with the rank of lieutenant, subsequently became a captain, but resigned in Nov. 1847 to become professor of ancient languages in Transylvania University, Ky. ; succeeded Major R. W. Colcock as Superintendent of the Citadel Acdy. in 1853, with the rank of major; resigned in Sept., 1859, and accepted the command of the Georgia Military Academy at Marietta ; was made, during the States' Rights war, brigadier general of one of the Georgia militia brigades, and was engaged in engineer service in Northern Georgia, and laid out and constructed the works around Resaca behind which Gen. Jos. E. Johnston deliv- ered battle in May 1864; tauglit school in Augusta, Ga. , aftei- the war, and in Oct. 18(57 became professor of mathe- matics in the College of Charleston which position beheld until within two vears of his death in 1892. He m. , Aug. 24, 1848, Hannah Hawk Bascom, dau. of Alpheus and Cassandra Bascom, of Ky., who (/. 1862; m. again, 1863, Susan R. Rntledge, of Charleston; d. Jany. 12, 1892, and was buried in Bethel Churchyard. '^'^'^ Issue :'"^^ First wife. 97 T. William Bascom Capers, b. Dec. 19, 1849. 98 II. Francis Withers Capers, h. July 13, 1852. 99 III. Alpheus Bordeaux Capers, b. July 6, 1854. 100 IV. Emma Singeltary Capers, b. July 21, 1856. ccc The News and Courier, Charleston, S. C, Wed., Jany. 13, 1892. Thomas's Historij of the South Carolina MUitary Academy (Charles- ton, 1892). ddd Data furnished by F. W. Capers, Esq., Augusta, Ga. CAPT. \VM. CAPEKS AND SOME OF HIS DESCENDANTS. 289 101 V. Mary Percival Capers, l. April 26, 1858; d. July 24. 1858. 102 VI. Clara Stewart Capers, h. Dec. 29, 1861; m. Dr. Laurence B. Owens, of Columbia, S. C. (Issue : Frank.) \o\ , 65. Henry Dickson Capers [William '", William ^ Eicliard -^ Richard^, William ^], h. June 2, 1835; m., in Oxford, Ga., 1858, Mary E. Means, dau. of Dr. Alexander Means, of Georgia. (Issue.) He is the author of a, novel, £elleview, Life and Times of G. G. Mem/minger, and many newspaper and magazine articles, vxo*--'*-^- e^KtJI.A ^_f/i..^-C J .;. «,cj.o. «m- C\%y^: 66. Ellison Capers [Vvilliam s, William \ Kichard 3, Eichai-d 3, William 1.], b. Oct. 14, 1837; grad. S. C. Military Academy Nov. 18, 1857, and made assistant professor of mathematics and belles lettres in that institution the year followins: his graduation; /n., Feb. 24, 1859, Charlotte Rebecca, fourth dau. of John Gendron and Catherine Marion Palmer, of "Cherry Grove" plantation, St. John's Berkeley, S. C. ; asst. prof. math. S. C. M. A. 1859; was elected major of First Eegt. of Rifles in autumn of 1860, and served with his regt. at Castle Pinckney, and on Morris, Sullivan's, James, and John's islands, and under Beauregard at capture of Ft. Sumter, and rose to rank of It. col.; resigned in Nov. 1861 to assist Clement il. Stevens in raisino- a re^rt. for the w^ar and when the regt. was raised he was made It. col., and the regt. was mustered into Confederate service as 24th, S. C. Vol. Inf. April ], 1862; became col. 24th upon the promo- tion of Col. Stevens in Jan. 1864; was commissioned brig, gen, March 1, 1865 ana assigned to the command of the brigade formerly commanded by Gen. S. R. Gist; was elected Secretarv of State of S. C. in Dec. 1866, and in 290 so. CA. IIISTOKICAL AND GENEALOGICAL MAGAZINE. 1867 entered the ministry of the P. E. Church, and was rector at Greenville, S. C, for twenty years, at Sehna, Ala., one year and of Trinity Church, Columl)ia, S. C, for six years; was given D. 1). in 1889 by Univ. of S. C, and on May 4, 1893, was unaniinuosly elected bishop of the Diocese of South Carolina, which position he now holds. Resides at Columbia. S. C. (See Confederate Military Ilidory^ vol. Y, South ^Carolina, p. 383 et seq. for longer sketch.) Issue peee 103 I. Catherine Marion Capers, h. at the Citadel, Charleston, March 2, 1860; d. in infancy. 104 II. Francis Fayssoux Capers, 1). at the Citadel, June 5, 1861; educated Patrick School, Greenville, Carolina Mil. Acdy., Charlotte, N. C, and Univ. of the South, Sewanee, Tenn. ; ??i, Emmala Keels, of Greenville, S. C. Resides in Greenville, and is Sec. & Treas. Piedmont Investment Co. (Xo issue.) 105 III. Susan M^^Gill Capers, h. in Columbia, S. C, Nov. 11, 1862; d. in infancy. 106 IV. Mary Videau Marion Capers, h. in Oxford, Ga., July 17, 1864; educated Greenville Female Col. and St. Mary's, Raleigh, N. G. ; m. Capt. C'harles Booth Satterlee, 6th Arty., A. S. A., who d. at Honolulu, Hawaii, July 10, 1899. Resides Colum- bia, S. C. (Issue : two sons.) 107 V. John Gendron Palmer^f^ Capers, h. April 17, 1866. 108 VI. William Theodotus Capers, I. Aug. 9, 1867. 109 VII. Ellison Capers, h. May 9. 1869. eee Data furnished by Bishop Ellison Capers, fff Dropped the Palmer. CAPT. WM. CAPEKS AND SOME OF HIS DESCENDANTS. 291 110 VIII. Walter Branham Capers, J. at the Rectory, Greenville, S. C, Aug. 8, 1870; educated Patrick School, Greenville, Furman Univ., Greenville, S. C. College and Ya. Theol. Seminary. Hector Episcopal Ch. Colum- bia, Teiin. 111 IX. Charlotte Palmer Capers, h. at the Rectory, Greenville, Aug. 12, 1871; educated Greenville Female Col. and St. Mary's, Raleigh, N. C. ; m. William Henry John- son, of Charleston. (Issue : one son, James Reid Johnson, h. April 12, 1899.) 70. Samuel E. Capers [Samuel Wragg ^, William *, Richard ^\ Richard 2, William i.], h. 1818; m. ; d. 1894. Issue : George Capers. Dead. William Reynolds Capers. Dead. Samuel Capers. Dead. Frank Y. <^apers. Margaret Capers. 72. Richard Thornton Capers [Samuel Wragg 5, William , Richard^, Richard 2, William^.], entered the Methodist itinerancy 1854 and was discontinued 1856; married Mary Hurd. Maynie Harvey Capers, John Swinton Capers. Dead. Annie Capers, m. Clifton Harvey. Sidney Capers. Dead, Helen Capers. Issue : 112 I. 113 II. 114 III. 115 IV. 116 V. Issue : 117 I, 118 II, 119 III. 120 IV. 121 V. 292 so. CA. HISTORICAL AND GENEALOGICAL MAGAZINE. 73. Abathiah Elizabeth Capers [Samuel Wragg s, William ^, Kichard^, Richard-, William i.], m. Dr. F. L. Zemp, of Camden, S. C. Issue : Francis L. Zemp, m. Emma Hamlin. William Harvey Zemp, m. Alice Brunson. Eugene Capers Zemp, m. Mary Blakeney. Mary Adella Zemp, m. N. B. Rankin. Jessie Lee Zemp, m. John Arthur, who 6?/ m. again L. Means. Charles Herbert Zemp, d. young. Elizabeth Capers Zemp, d. young. Frank M. Zemp, m. Kate DeLoache. Sidney Capers Zemp, m. Hattie Truesdale. Ernest Russell Zemp, grad. South Carolina Mihtary Academy 1890, and later obtained M. D. from College of Physicians and Sur- geons, Baltimore, Md. Married. 132 XI. Annie Braxton Zemp, m. Dr. W. S. Stokes. 75. Sidney Williams Capers [Samuel Wragg 5, William^, Richard^, Richard 2, William^.], m. Jessie Lee Darby, who d. (no living issue); m. again, 1874, Edith Wightman (d. 1886 ggs), dau. Bishop Wm. M. Wightman. Issue : 133 I. Maria Wightman Capers, h. 1875. ggg "Will of Edith Wightman Capers, made Oct. 21, 1884, proved Nov. 4, 1886, mentions daughter Maria Wightman Capers and sister May L. Wightman. (Probate Court, Charleston County.) 122 I. 123 II. 124 III. 125 IV. 3 26 V. 127 VI. 128 VII. 129 VIII. 130 IX. 131 X. CAPT. WM. CAPERS AND SOME OF HIS DESCENDANTS. 293 77. Mary Wragg Capers [Samuel Wragg ■', William ^ Rich- ard ^, Richard^, Williaai^J, m. Rev. C. Thomason. Issue : 134 I. Mary TLomason, d. when 3 years old. 135 II. John Summerfield Thomason, d. young. 136 III. Samuel Capers Thomason. 78. Sarah Ann Gamewell Capers [Samuel Wragg ', Wil- liam^, Richard^, Richard 2, William ^], m. Rev. A. J. Stokes, D. D., of the S. C. Methodist Conference. Issue : 137 I. Lalla Capers Stokes, w. Rev. W. C. Kirk- land. 138 II. Emma J. D. Stokes, m. James ISTelson, (Issue : Abathiah Harvey Nelson, m. A. Wineberg.) 91. William Worth Capers [LeGrand Guerry °, William ^, Richard^, Ricliard 2, William '.], h. Aug. 30,1844; m., June 26, 1867, Ella Ferguson (h. Oct. 17, 1848). Issue -.^^^ 139 I. William Worth Capers, /•. 1868. 140 II. Louis Capers, b. 1869. 141 III. Linda Dalavar Capers, h. 1872. 142 IV. Ella Maude Capers, b. 1873. 143 V. Grace Ferguson Capers, b. 1877. 144 VI. Edna Mitchell Capers, b. 1878. hhh Data furnished by Mrs. C. T. E,. ■^tathews, Croton-on-Hudson, N. Y. 294 so. CA. HISTORICAL AND GENEALOGICAL MAGAZINE, 145 VII. Marcia Ferguson Capers, h. 1879. 146 VIII. Mabel Swift Capers, h. 1881. 147 IX. LeGrand Capers, h. 1883. 97. William Bascom Capers [Francis Witliers ^ William 5, William^, Richard ^ llichard -, William'.], h. Dec. 19, 1849; m., April 3, 1879, Carrie J3. Sibley, of Augusta, Ga! Issue :"' 148 I. William B. Capers, h. March 16, 1880. 149 II. Sarah A. Capers, h. May 4, 1882. 150 III. Frank Capers, h. Oct. 15, 1884. 151 r^- Edward Amory Capers, I. Sept. 19, 1887; d. vounff. 152 V. Carrie D. Capers, h. Aug. 22, 1896. 98. Francis Withers Capers [Francis Withers 6, AVilHam 5, William 4, Kichard ^ Richard 2, William '.], h. July 13, 1852; m.., June 1, 1885, Henrietta Clark, of Macon, Ga. Resides Augusta, Ga. Issue :"' 153 I. Marian J>ascom Capers, h. April 4, 1886. 154 II. Frank W. Capers, h. June 5, 1887. 155 III. Ruth Clark Capers, h. Oct. 13, 1888. 156 IV. Osgood Clark Capers, h. Feb. 16, 1890. 157 V. Anderson Clark Capers, h. Dec. 6, 1892. 158 VI. Emma Jane Capers, h. Dec. 12, 1893. 159 VII. Myra D'Antignac Capers, h. Feb. 25, 1895. 160 VIII. Rutledge Mann Capers, h. June 2, 1899. iii Data furnished by F. W. Capers, Esq., Augusta, Ga. CAPT. \VM. CAPERS AISTP SOME OF HIS DESCENDANTS- 295 107. John Qendron Capers [Ellison •', William ^ William ^ Richard ^ Eichard 2, William 1.], h. at "Box Cottage", Anderson, S. C, April 17, 1866; educated at Patrick's School, Greenville, Hoi}' Communion Church Institute, Charleston, and the South Carolina Military Academy; admitted to the bar 1887; m. , Dec. 1888, Susan Keels, of Greenville, S. C, who d. March 1890; m. again, June 18, 1895, Lilla Trenholm; practiced law first in Greenville, where he was captain Butler Guards and major 3rd Battalion ; School Commissioner, Greenville Co. 1888-1890; practiced law in Columbia, 1893-1895, and edited Columbia Daily Journal^ and was captain of Columbia Zouaves; assistant LT. S. Attorney, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C, 1895-1901; appointed U. S. District Attorney for S. C, July 24, 1901, by President McKinley. Issue : First wife. 161 I. John Ellison Capers, died in infancy. Second wife. 162 ri. Charlotte Palmer Capers, h. Dec. 24, 1896. 163 III. John Gendron Capers, h. March 22, 1898; d. March 26, 1899. 164 IV. Frances Trenholm Capers. 108. William Theodot us Capers [Ellison*^, William^, Wil- liam^, Eichard ^, Richard 2, William ^], h. at the Rectory, Greenville, S. C, Aug. 9, 1867; educated at Patrick's School, Furnian University, tlie S. C. College and the Virginia Theological Seminary; m. Rel)ecca Bryan, of Augusta, Ga. Rector of Trinity Church, Vicksburg, Miss. Issue 165 I. 166 II. 167 III. 168 IV. Bryan Capers. Ellison Howe Capers. William Capers. Samuel Orr Capers. 296 so. CA. HISTORICAL AND GE'NEALOGICAL MAGAZINE. 109. Ellison Capers [Ellison ^, William ^ William *, Kichard ^, Eichard^, William '.], h. May 9, 1869; educated at Patrick School, Greenville, Furman University and S. C. College; m. Charlotte Maniganlt Benbow, ot Clarendon Co., S. C. Is Superintendent of Schools, Georgetown, S. C. Was unsuccessful candidate for State Superintendent of P^ducation in 1900. Issue : 169 I. Ellison Capers. 170 II. Emmala Frances Capers. 171 III. Catherine Capers. ADDENDA. The following record is taken from the Christ Church Parish register. All efforts to Und out who "Amelia Capers" was the widow of have been futile; nor have the efforts to find out something of her subsequent career been any more successful : "Peter Lequieu Bachellor & Amelia Capers, widow, were duly mar- ried by licence in Christ Chni'cli Parish according to the rites & cere- monies of the Church of England on the third day of July 1763 hy the Rev. Samuel Drake." The following records, supplied by Mr. James E Jervey, of Sumter, S. C, came too late to be j^ut iti the proper place : John Singeltary Capers (31) "was a Methodist preacher and died of malarial fever at Georgetown, S. C." The children of John Singeltary Capers (31) and Martha E. White, his wife, were : I. John Singeltary Capers, a Methodist minister, wiio was killed by a runaway horse. Unmarried. IT. Annie Capers, m. Josiah Doar. (Issue.) III. Eliza Henrietta Capers (69), m. Gabriel Capers Jervey (4L). CAPT. WM. CAPERS AND SOME OF HIS DESCENDANTS. 29T Issue : i. James Edward Jervey ) Resides Sumter, S. C. ii. William Capers Jervey S Killed at Petersburg, Va. iii. Sarah Capers Jervej. iv. Annie Simmons .Jervey. V. Sophia Jervey. vi. John Singeltary Jervey. Missing at Peters- burg, Va. vii. Mary Capers Jervey. viii. Grace Hall Jervey. ix. Louis D. Jervey. X. Martha Jane Jervey. IV. William Capers (6S), m. Sarah English. Issue : i. Mary Capers, ii. Ansley Capers, iii. Mittie Capers, iv. John Singeltary Capers. V. William Capers. The following records, supplied by Mrs. A. Lou Walpole, of Mullet Hall, S. C, came too late to be put in the proper place : Thomas H Capers (46) entered the ]\Iethodist itin- erancy in 1829 and was transferred to the Georgia Confer- ence in 1830; m. in St. Louis, Mo., Miss Hamilton. Several children, two of whom are James Hamilton and William of Richmond, Ya. , and one of whom is Ella, who married and mj lives in Georgia. J James Hamilton Capers hac a son who also lives in Richmond and a daughter, Luna, who married Rev. Howard Sledd, of Virginia. Eliza Capers (47) m., about 1827, George Whitefield Ellis, and died four years ago. (Issue.) Mary Singeltary Capers (48) m. in Macon, Ga., in 1831, Benjamin R. AVarner, of Connecticut. Eight children were born to them, two of whom, Mrs. A. Lou Walpole 298 so. CA. HISTORICAL AND GENEALOGICAL MAGAZINE. (widow of Horace E, Walpole, to whom she was m. in 1856, and who d. in 1887, leavii^g two children : Kate Seymour, who m. F, Y, Legare, and Horace E., who m. Miss A. J, Hay) and Benjamin Horace Warner, bachelor, live on John's Island, S. C. Mrs. Warner d. in July 1897, in her 83d year. Wesley Coke Capers (49), a book-keeper; fought in the war with Mexico and in the Confederate army. He d. twenty odd years ago, unmarried. Gabriel Capers (51), a farmer; m. and had issue. Robert Francis Withers Capers (52), a book-keeper; tn. but left no issue. Stephen Olin Capers (53), a minister; d. unm. (?) John Singeltary Capers (54), a farmer; m. but d. with- out issue (?). jUu Z x-i^^ LIBRARY OF CONGRESS 021 549 405 6