Maybe some clues on descendants of Thomas Singletary Cantey.....
William McDonald's will is dated September 8, 1808. He mentions his sons, William
Nelson, Thomas Edwin, and Archibald Couterier; his daughters, Martha Harriette Grenerager
Davis, Mary Esther Charlotte McDonald, Susannah Emily Ann McDonald, Catherine Laura
Singleton McDonald, ELIZA MARIA CANTEY McDONALD, and Louisa Margaret Augusta McDonald.
Executors, son, William Nelson McDonald; son-in-law, John G. Davis. Witnesses, Charles
Lesesne, THOMAS S. CANTEY, and Margaret A. Lesesne. Appraisers, John Keels, JANE CANTEY,
and Charles F. Lesesne.
Source: Williamburg County, S. C. History, 1705-1923; Old Wills and notes on them.
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Source: The Compendium of American Genealogy (note - not always correct !!)
THOMAS SINGLETARY (1772-1862), of Camden Dist., S.C., later of "Myrtle Grove
Plantation," La.; sugar planter; in battle of New Orleans, 1814; vestryman, old
Methodist Ch. of Baton Rouge, La.; m. 1820, Anne Kenner Harbour;
Only child I see is Minerva Anne (1835-1921) m. 1855 Capt. John Jackson Shaffer.
Virkus has the Singletary line originating in Haverhill, Mass.
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1870 Baton Rouge, LA Census:
Cantey, Thomas E. 45, Farmer, b. Louisiana (b. 1825)
Eulalie, 34, b. Louisiana
Thomas, 18, b. Louisiana
Mary H., 16, "
Henrietta 14, "
Mary 12, "
Emily 7, "
Emma 4, "
Joseph 1, "
Canty, Kenner, 67, F, W, Boarding with son, b. Louisiana(?)
James, 14, M, W, ___Home, b. Louisiana
1870 New Orleans Census
Canty, John D., 36, Clerk District Court, b. LA
Mary Jane, 24, b. LA
Theresa, 5, b. LA
Minerva, 3, b. LA
Robert William, 3 months, b. LA
NOTE:
Dr. Ames was incorrect, there are many CANTEY lines and even more CANTY lines. Think
Tiege line is the earliest Cantey immigrant, with many more coming in the 1800's,
especially to the Northeast, although it looks like some came into LA.