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(The sketch on the right is from South Carolina, A History, p243, caption: Rebecca Motte and Francis Marion, May 1781. Cecil Hartley, The Life of Francis Marion (1866). Courtesy, South Caroliniana Library, USC, Columbia.)
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Rebecca Brewton was born on the 28th June, 1738. She married Jacob Motte in 1758, and was the mother of six children, only three of whom lived to maturity. General Thomas Pinckney married in succession the two elder daughters.
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Charleston, South Carolina, was only about thirty years old when the Englishman, Robert Brewton, and the Huguenot exile, John de la Motte, took up their residence there. In 1758 Robert Brewton's daughter Rebecca married Jacob Motte, grandson of the Huguenot.
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Following Jacob Motte's death, and the occupation of Charlestown by the British, this home was chosen as headquarters by the English officers. Here, Rebecca was called upon to fill a role that demanded unbounded poise.
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In this painting, Mrs. Motte Directing Generals Marion and Lee to Burn Her Mansion to Dislodge the British, Rebecca Motte, in the center, offers arrows to Marion, Lee, and another soldier between them so they might shoot them at the roof of her house.
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Although Rebecca Motte didn't start the fire she provided the one thing needed..... SHE HELP SET FIRE TO HER OWN HOUSE! Why would anyone set fire to their own house? Well, her house was located high above Charleston, South Carolina, it was the perfect place to build a fort.
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Rebecca Motte, Ardent Patriot ... Rebecca Motte not only said she would be "gratified" for her house to be burned for such a reason, but she offered the bow and arrows for the job! The story goes that her brother, Miles Brrewton, had received this beautiful bow and arrows as a gift from a friend who had spent some time in...
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Rebecca Brewton Motte ... , Rebecca Motte returned to her home in Charles Town. As a result of the war, her estate became heavily encumbered with debt, but she showed her strong character, and her wonderful administrative ability, by retrieving the family fortune.
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Rebecca Brewton was born on the 28th June, 1738.* She married Jacob Motte + in 1758, and was the ... The Women of the American Revolution; by Elizabeth F. Ellet; Rebecca Motte, Mrs. Brewton...
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