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41. Betaw was the residence of Thomas Hasell 

 Thomas. His wife was Anne, daughter of Thomas 

 Walter, the botanist, and their children were : Dr. 

 John Thomas, now of Fairfield, who married Harriet, 

 daughter of Elias Couturier ; T. Walter Thomas, 

 late of Abbeville, who married Elizabeth Kirk ; 

 Edward, a minister of the Episcopal Church, whose 

 wife was Jane, daughter of Judge Gaillard ; Hasell 

 Thomas, who died unmarried ; Samuel Peyre 

 Thomas, late of Fairfield, who married Jane Rose- 

 borough ; Anna, the only daughter, died unmarried. 



42. Laurel Hill was the residence of John Peyre, 

 who married Mary, daughter of Charles Cantey of 

 Mattesee. No child survived their union. The place 

 was sold to Captain Peter Gaillard of the Rocks. 



Mr. Peyre, like many of his neighbors and friends, 

 was a neutral in the contest with the mother country 

 until after the fall of Charleston, when the proclama- 

 tion was issued, in violation of the capitulation, call- 

 ing on the people to bear arms in support of the 

 king. Mr. Peyre obeyed the call, and was one of a 

 strong party of Tories who had assembled at Black 

 Mingo in Williamsburg District. Marion deter- 

 mined, with his usual activity, to break up this 

 camp, and accordingly having left his post on the 

 Peedee, he travelled forty miles in one day, attacked, 

 defeated, and dispersed the party. Mr. Peyre and 

 his brother Charles were taken prisoners. They 

 were sent on foot to Philadelphia, and there kept 



