Thomas Pinckney
Thomas Pinckney (
1750-
1828), was an
American soldier, politician, and diplomat.
Pinckney was born in
Charleston, South Carolina, and was educated in
Great Britain (at
Westminster) and
France. He fought in the
American Revolutionary War from
1775 to
1781, attaining the rank of Captain of Engineers. Pinckney was
governor of South Carolina from
1787 to
1789 and became the U.S. ambassador to Britain in
1792. He was a member of the
United States House of Representatives from
1797 to
1801. He was also a Major General during the
War of 1812.
His brother
Charles Cotesworth Pinckney and his cousin
Charles Pinckney were signers of the United States Constitution. He arranged the
Treaty of San Lorenzo, also known as the
Pinckney's Treaty, with
Spain in
1795. He ran as a
Federalist candidate in the
U.S. presidential election, 1796.
Pinckneyville, Georgia was named after Thomas Pinckney after he traveled through the area. That town no longer exists as its residents left to found the nearby
Norcross. Pinckneyville is the name of a
Middle School in the Norcross area.
*He was married twice to sisters-his second wife was the widow of John Middleton-a cousin of
Arthur Middleton. His mother-in-law was
http://www.americanrevolution.org/women39.html Rebecca Motte of
Fort Motte. Rebecca Motte's niece was named Susannah Smith-daughter of the Speaker of the S.C. Carolina Assembly Benjamin Smith-& wife of Colonel Bernard Elliott of the
2nd South Carolina Regiment. A son of Benjamin Smith named William Loughton Smith was married to Charlotte Izard-a daughter of S.C. Congressman
Ralph Izard. A son-in-law of Benjamin Smith was Congressman
Isaac Motte who was also a brother-in-law of Congressman
Thomas Lynch (statesman) and South Carolina Governor
William Moultrie. By another wife Isaac Motte was also brother-in-law to a Thomas Middleton-cousin of Congressman
Arthur Middleton.
*His son Thomas was married to Elizabeth Izard, a cousin twice removed of South Carolina Congressman
Ralph Izard.
*A maternal grandson was
Benjamin Huger who was also the grandnephew of Congressman
Daniel E. Huger. Congressman Huger was the brother-in-law of Lewis Morris Jr-who was the son of New York Congressman
Lewis Morris.
*The wife of his first cousin once removed was the sister of Colonel
John Laurens-son of Congressional President
Henry Laurens. {A sister of
John Laurens was the wife of Congressman
David Ramsay; Henry-a brother of
John Laurens-married Elizabeth daughter of Governor
John Rutledge.}
*
Congressional biography of Thomas Pinckney{{succession box|title=
Federalist Party vice presidential candidate|before=
John Adams(a)|after=
Charles Cotesworth Pinckney(a)|years=
1796 (lost)
(a)} }}}
