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| On the Santee River formerly the residence of Dr. Samuel Dwight, now of Mr. John Warley. The Dwights are originally from Massachusetts, and relations of that great pillar of Puritan Orthodoxy, President Dwight of Yale College. The immediate ancestor of this family appears to have renounced puritanism. as we find him in the service of the London Society for the propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts, discharging the duties of a Protestant Episcopal Minister in this Parish. That he was acceptable to his congregation is to be inferred from the fact that he married Christiana Broughton*, one of his flock. One of their sons married a sister of Gen. Marion, by whom he had two sons, Francis Marion of Mount Pleasant, ( No. 25 ) , and Dr. Samuel Dwight. He was thrice married; his first wife was a Miss Moore, whose children were, Dr. Samuel Dwight, who lived in Orangeburg. Isaac Marion Dwight, who married Florida Peyre, and afterwards Martha Porcher, daughter of Col. Thomas Porcher of Ophir, by whom he had several children; and thirdly, a daughter of John R. Matthews of Charleston. Esther, who married Dr. Henry Ravenel of Pooshee and died without children. The second wife was Miss Tew of Charleston, who died without children. His third wife was the widow McDonald, by whom he had two daughters, one of whom married George S. Bryan of Charleston, and the other M. Bryan. Esqr., of St. Thomas Parish. After Dr. Dwight's death Mount Hope was purchased by Major Paul Warley, and is now in the possession of his son John Warley, Esqr. |
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