CJK: Here is what I have on the Gadsdens, starting with Fisher (marked ****in generation 5) and going backward (with the usual caveat). Corrections always welcome. Did you have information that Laura was the daughter of Abraham Michau (d. 1821) and Mary Steed Allston (1773-1807), adopted by John and Martha Ann Axson? I list her as "Michau-Axson" to help me keep it straight. Edward >I am searching for information in regards to the Gadsden Family. >Can anyone tell me who the father of Fisher Gadsden was ? >I know from John Axson's will that Laura marrried Fisher Gadsden . >Thanks, >CJK Descendants of Thomas (Capt.) Gadsden 1 Thomas (Capt.) Gadsden b: 1640 England d: 1691 Nevis, BWI 2 Thomas Gadsden b: November 01, 1688 Nevis, BWI d: 1741 S.C. .... +Elizabeth (Mrs.) Gadsden b: Abt. 1690 m: Abt. 1717 d: May 1728 (1727?) ... 3 Robert Gadsden b: 1718 ... 3 Thomas Gadsden b: 1720 ... 3 Elizabeth Gadsden b: 1722 ... 3 Christopher O. (Gen.) Gadsden b: February 16, 1723/24 Charleston, S.C. d: August 28, 1805 (due to a fall ,age 81) Charleston, S.C. ....... +Jane Godfrey b: Bef. 1731 m: July 28, 1746 Charleston, S.C. d: Bet. 1758 - 1759 (died in May) ...... 4 Elizabeth Gadsden b: September 18, 1747 S.C. .......... +Andrew Rutledge b: 1740 m: September 29, 1767 Charleston, S.C. d: 1772 ...... *2nd Husband of Elizabeth Gadsden: .......... +Thomas Ladson Ferguson b: Abt. 1745 m: August 04, 1774 d: Bef. 1779 (?) ...... 4 Christopher Gadsden b: September 05, 1750 S.C. d: August 20, 1766 ...... 4 Thomas (Capt.) Gadsden b: August 12, 1757 (Aug. 13?) S.C. .......... +Martha Fenwick b: January 15, 1760 m: October 16, 1778 (Oct. 15?) d: February 15, 1821 ......... 5 Ann Gadsden b: Aft. 1778 d: Bef. 1817 ............. +William (Col.) Drayton b: December 30, 1776 St. Augustine, Leon, Florida m: Abt. 1804 d: May 24, 1846 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania ......... 5 Christopher Gadsden b: 1785 ............. +[1] Mary Sydney Ashe b: Abt. 1790 m: 1812 ......... 5 Emma Gadsden b: 1786 ......... 5 Selina Gadsden b: Abt. 1787 ...... 4 Mary Gadsden ...... 4 Anne Gadsden b: Abt. 1753 .......... +Andrew Lord b: Abt. 1751 m: November 15, 1770 (Nov.22?) Charleston, S.C. d: 1781 ...... *2nd Husband of Anne Gadsden: .......... +William Greenwood b: Abt. 1750 m: 1796 ... *2nd Wife of Christopher O. (Gen.) Gadsden: ....... +Mary Hasell b: July 29, 1734 S.C. m: December 29, 1759 (1755?) Charleston, S.C. d: 1768 ...... 4 Philip Gadsden b: October 11, 1761 .......... +Catherine Edwards b: Abt. 1766 m: November 12, 1783 (Nov. 19/20?) Charleston, S.C. d: 1814 ......... 5 Christopher Edwards (Rev.) Gadsden b: 1785 S.C. d: 1852 ............. +[1] Mary Sydney Ashe b: Abt. 1790 m: February 20, 1810 ......... *2nd Wife of Christopher Edwards (Rev.) Gadsden: ............. +Eliza Allston Bowman b: Bef. 1800 m: October 05, 1816 ......... *3rd Wife of Christopher Edwards (Rev.) Gadsden: ............. +Jane Dewees b: Abt. 1800 m: February 11, 1830 ......... 5 John Gadsden b: March 04, 1787 S.C. d: January 24, 1831 ............. +Ann Margaret Edwards b: Bef. 1802 m: April 28, 1818 ......... 5 James Gadsden b: 1788 S.C. d: 1858 ............. +Susan Hort ......... 5 Mary Edwards Gadsden b: June 25, 1791 S.C. d: October 19, 1819 ............. +[2] James Fisher Edwards b: 1787 m: May 30, 1816 d: 1844 ......... 5 Elizabeth Gadsden b: 1792 S.C. ......... 5 Catherine Edwards Gadsden b: 1793 S.C. ......... 5 Rebecca Harriet Gadsden b: 1795 S.C. d: 1833 ............. +[2] James Fisher Edwards b: 1787 m: 1819 d: 1844 ......... 5 Thomas Fisher Gadsden b: 1796 S.C. ......... 5 Philip (Rev.) Gadsden b: 1798 S.C. ............. +Susan Branford Hamilton b: February 26, 1801 m: 1831 d: April 18, 1867 ......... 5 Margaret Gadsden b: 1800 S.C. ......... 5 Anna Gadsden b: 1801 S.C. ......... 5 Elizabeth Esther Gadsden b: 1804 S.C. .**** 5 Fisher Gadsden b: 1805 S.C. ............. +Laura Washington Michau - Axson b: Bet. 1806 - 1807 ......... 5 Alexander Edwards (Dr.) Gadsden b: April 29, 1807 Charleston, S.C. d: August 20, 1864 ............. +Mary Gibbes b: Abt. 1810 ......... *2nd Wife of Alexander Edwards (Dr.) Gadsden: ............. +Mary Wakefield Edwards b: Bef. 1816 m: November 08, 1831 May beJan. 8. ......... *3rd Wife of Alexander Edwards (Dr.) Gadsden: ............. +Mary Ann Girardeau Axson b: March 06, 1798 Charleston, S.C. m: January 07, 1842 Charleston, S.C. d: April 1821 ......... 5 Octavius Holmes Gadsden b: 1809 S.C. ............. +Marianne Porcher Prioleau b: Abt. 1811 ...... 4 Mary Hasell Gadsden b: Abt. 1762 .......... +Joseph Hansbrough b: Abt. 1760 ......... 5 Mary Hansbrough b: 1795 ............. +Mordecai Roles b: Abt. 1793 m: Monroe Co. (Va.) W.Va. ...... *2nd Husband of Mary Hasell Gadsden: .......... +Thomas Morris b: Bef. 1770 m: July 26, 1787 ... *3rd Wife of Christopher O. (Gen.) Gadsden: ....... +Ann Wragg b: 1731 m: April 09, 1776 May be Apr. 14,1776 d: 1806 *2nd Wife of Thomas Gadsden: .... +Collins Hall b: Bef. 1713 m: April 11, 1728 ... 3 Philip Gadsden b: 1728 S.C. *3rd Wife of Thomas Gadsden: .... +Alice Mighells b: Abt. 1700 m: July 25, 1732 d: July 03, 1741