Person:Margaret Peronneau (1)

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Margaret Peronneau
b.Abt Apr 1738
  1. Margaret PeronneauAbt 1738 - 1772
  1. Elizabeth EdwardsAbt 1765 - 1836
Facts and Events
Name Margaret Peronneau
Gender Female
Birth? Abt Apr 1738
Marriage to Hon. John Edwards
Death[1] 27 Aug 1772 South Carolina, United Statesage 34y and abt 4m
Burial[1] Circular Congregational Church Burying Ground, Charleston District, Charleston, Charleston, South Carolina, United States
References
  1. 1.0 1.1 Inscriptions from the Independent or Congregational (Circular) Church Yard Charleston S. C. (Continued), in South Carolina historical and genealogical magazine. (Charleston, South Carolina: South Carolina Historical Society, 1900-1952)
    29, 3(Jul 1928):238-257.

    Uderneath / lies what was mortal of / Mrs. Margaret Edwards / Wife of Mr. John Edwards, Merchant of this place / Daughter of Mr Alexander Peronneau, Gent / She Died / in Travail with her tenth Child / Aged 34 years and about 4 months / A sincere, modest and humble Christian / A Member of this Church / who adorned her holy Profession / Triumphed over the last Enemy / Exulting in the Riches of free Grace / She committed her Soul to Him whom she ardently loved / and died without fear or a groan / Augt 27th, 1772.

    "My flesh shall slumber in the Ground /
    Till the last Trumpet shall sound /
    Then burst the chains with sweet surprize
    And in my Saviour's Image rise /