Rebecca Brewton Alston

1792 - 1853  (60 years)

• Name	Rebecca Brewton Alston  [1]
  Birth	7 Feb 1792	Charleston, South Carolina, United States   [1]
  Christening	29 Sep 1792	Charleston, Charleston, South Carolina, United States
  Gender	Female
  FSID	LQR8-7SW
  Burial	1853	Saint Michaels Church Cemetery, Charleston, Charleston, South Carolina, United States   [1]
  Death	25 Jan 1853	Charleston, Charleston, South Carolina, United States   [1]
  Person ID	I8708	footsteps
  Last Modified	1 Jul 2025

  
  

  Father	William Algernon Alston, Senator ,   b. 23 Aug 1756, Waccamaw, Georgetown, South Carolina, United States d. 26 Jun 1839, Pawleys Island, Georgetown, South Carolina, United States (Age 82 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Mary Brewton Motte,   b. 1769, Georgetown, Scott, Kentucky, United States d. 22 Nov 1838, South Carolina, United States (Age 69 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	1791
  Family ID	F24686	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Robert Young Hayne, Senator ,   b. 11 Nov 1791, Colleton, South Carolina, United States d. 24 Sep 1839, Charleston, South Carolina, United States (Age 47 years)
  Marriage	31 May 1820	Charleston, South Carolina, United States
  Children	+ 1. William Alston Hayne, Colonel ,   b. 25 Apr 1821, Charleston, Charleston, South Carolina, United States d. 28 Mar 1901, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California, United States (Age 79 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] + 2. Arthur Perroneau Hayne, Doctor ,   b. 30 Sep 1822, Charleston, South Carolina, United States d. 15 Oct 1888, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States (Age 66 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F62	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	1 Jul 2025

  
  

• Notes

  Excerpts from "A Charleston Album" by Margaret H Harrison: "William Alston's daughter Rebecca Brewton was outstanding for her keen intelligence. In those days she was called "strong minded," which was enough to condemn a woman to spinsterhood. In many ways she resembled her grandmother Rebecca Motte, with whom she had spent much time and who always remained her ideal. "Brewton", whom she was called, did not marry until she as almost thirty but she made an excellent choice. One of the most brilliant young men in the South, Robert Hayne.

  
  

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• Sources

  [S272] Ancestry.com, Public Member Trees, (Name: Name: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;;;). Record for Rebecca Brewton Alston https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1030&h=282500459620&indiv=try