Axtell, of Charles Towne
AXTELL,Daniel and Lady Rebecca, Landgrave He received the title Landgrave, and his property in Carolina, by inducing OTHERS to immigrate to that colony. Morton also was in the category. Daniel Axtell brought his family to Carolina from Stokes Middleton, Middlesex, England, arriving on 12/13/1683. Daniel died in Carolina 6/1687.
1. Elizabeth Turgis, daughter 1. Anne Alexander, daughter, married Thomas Waring, and have a daughter named Ann Waring, who married Alexander Slann (her step-brother) In 1715, an indian attack indicates that the Axtell's owned a plantation called "Newington" lying on Booshee Creek, near that of Joseph Boone. Edisto eas also know by its indian name, PonPon River. In 1678, another Daniel Axtell, probably a son of Col. Daniel. left England in company with many others of Puritanic tendencies on account of the oppression and indignities to which they were subjected by the law and government of the country. August l3, 1678, before leaving England, he made a will in which he remembers his children: Sibella, Sibyl, Daniel, Mary, Holland, Rebecca, Elizabeth and Ann. Of these, only one of age, he made his wife, "Rebeckah" "his full and whole executrix," Henry Danvers, Esq. and William Pennington, his friends, were to assist his wife "in gathering in the estate from abroad and advising and helping her disposing of it when at home." (N. E. His. & Gen. Rec. Vol. 44, p58.) A grant of 3,000 acres in South Carolina was made to him December 13, 1680. His son started for South Carolina about that time but died on the way over and was buried at sea. The father appears at that date to have been in England, but later was again in South Carolina in the movement to establish a colony of which he was one of the leaders. John Locke, the celebrated philosopher, drew up a form of government for the proprietors called "The Grand Model." It was a creation struck from the brain of an idealist, with as little fitness for actual life as can be imagined. One of the chief orders of nobility was to consist of Landgraves, and one of the twelve who held this position was Daniel Axtell. Hence, his widow was called "Lady Axtell." He died in 1686, and his son Holland became Landgrave in his place. The latter died in 1692, and with him the hopes of continuing the name perished in South Carolina. Lady Axtell, however, and several of her daughters still survived. One of them, Elizabeth, married Joseph Blake, the great English Admiral and naval warrior of Cromwell's time. Rebecca married John Moore, who later moved to Philadelphia and became Attorney-General and King's collector of Pennsylvania. She died in Moore's Hall. Philadelphia, December 21, 1749. When Daniel Axtell (3-5) of Massachusetts went to South Carolina, he settled near Lady Axtell on Ashley River. He operated a saw mill of which he was part owner, and had various transactions with her, which are still on record in an old account book. In 1720 she made her will, remembering him as her kinsman, thus establishing the relationship. William Axtell of Dunstable, England, wrote in 1878, "There is no doubt that Thomas Axtell, progenitor of the Axtell family, in America, and Daniel Axtell, the regicide, were brothers to my progenitor, Samuel, as appears to have the same father, viz. William." Descendants of this of Dunstable, England, are at present living in the vicinity of Boston, Mass. |
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