Genealogy Wylie » David Pressly Sr. # (> 1700-????)

Personal data David Pressly Sr. # 

• He was born after 1700 in Glasgow, Scotland.Source 1
• Emigrated in the year 1734, Ireland to America.Source 1
• A child of Patriarch of our South Carolina Pressly and Unknown Matriarch MrsPatriarch
• This information was last updated on July 3, 2023.

Household of David Pressly Sr. #

He has/had a relationship with Esther Brown.

Child(ren):

1. David Pressly  1764-1834 
2. Samuel Pressly  1756-???? 
3. William Pressly  1778-1820 
4. Agnes Pressly  1763-????
5. Esther specspouse Pressly  > 1775-1848
6. John Pressly  > 1755-???? 
7. Mary Anne Pressly  > 1755-????

Notes about David Pressly Sr. #

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South Carolina Council Journal No. 33, Pages 41-50Meeting of February 27, 1767His Excellency informed the Board that a vessel with poor Irish protestants had lately arrived here on the encouragement of the Bounty given by the Act of the General Assembly passed the 265th July 1761 and that he had now directed them to attend and they being called into the Council Chamber they presented the following Petitions for Warrants of Survey for Land on the Bounty VIZT
David PRESSLEY 350 AcresIn Boonesborough or Belfast TownshipOrdered that the Secretary do prepare Warrants of Survey on the Bounty agreeable to the prayers of their petitions and that the public Treasurer do pay the Bounties given by the said Act to Messrs. Torrans and Pouag and Mr. Robert Bath for the owners of the ship Hillsborough in consideration of their passages to the said province agreeable to the directions of the said Act.
South Carolina Council Journal No. 33, Pages 41-50Meeting of February 27, 1767
The following persons also presented petitions setting forth that they were protestants and had come into this Province in the said ship Hillsborough on the encouragement of the said Act and therefore prayed to be allowed the Bounty given by the same.
Ester PLESSLEY Age 36
Samuel PLESSLEY Age 11
David PRESSLEY Age 6
Agnes PRESSLEY Age 4It was ordered that the public Treasurer do pay the several Bounties to Messrs. Torrans and Pouag and Bath in Consideration for their passages in the said Ship.

South Carolina Council Journal No. 36, Pages 242-245Meeting of December 1, 1772:
Petitions from the undermentioned persons verified by their affidavits, setting forth that they were severally Protestants, and had arrived in this Province from Germany on the encouragement but that they had never received any Warrants for Lands & therefore Humbly Prayed for Warrants of Survey free of charge were presented and read VIZT
David PREESLY 100 AcresOrdered that the Secretary do prepared Warrants of Survey as prayed for by the Petitioners.

South Carolina Council Journal No. 37, Pages 15-25Meeting of January 6, 1773
A list of the passengers who arrived in this Province from Ireland in the Brigantine Free Mason, & this day petitioned for land, viz.
John PRESSLEY 300 AcresIn South Carolina. Able to pay.
The undermentioned persons are not able to pay for their Warrants.
Mary PRESLEY 100 Acres

Source: A Compilation of the Original Lists of Protestant Immigrants to South Carolina 1763-1773Compiled by Janie RevillPublished by Genealogical Publishing Company, Inc, 1999
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"The /Emigrant"/

REFN: 1754
{Scenario #1 on the life of two "David Pressly's"}
*From The Pressly Family by William L. Pressly
"David Presslywas born in Scotland and sailed from Ireland to America in
1734 and lived inKingstree, South Carolina until 1751, when he with his
brother, John, moved northwestward into the Abbeville of 96 District.
There he "gained a competence" and returned to Charleston. Presumably,
he died and is buried in Charleston. His wife was Esther, whose last
name is unknown, but who was aged 40 years in 1767. The date of birth of
David is not known to the writer. They hadthe following children;
Samuel, David, John, William, Agnes, Maryanne, and Esther. Samuel was
the father of Rev. John S. Pressly, John was an ancestor of Rev. Leon
Pressly, and William was the father of Judge Ben C. Pressly, of the South
Carolina Supreme Court."
An email from Tom and Emily Pressly, dated10/4/2000 shows a completely
different scenario for the life of David Pressly.
It reads as follows:
"We were fortunate enough to visit with W.L. Pressly in Due West in 1982,
and discussed his findings. He acknowledged some errors along our line
of Presslys: however, no one seems quite sure the three brothers, David,
John and William, who immigrated to America in 1734 are kin to David who
arrived on the Earl of Hillsborough with his family in February 1767{I
will call this David for clarity "David Sr."}

We know that David, Sr., was born in Glasgow, Scotland in 1731 and died
January 15th 1785, in Charleston, S.C. He brought with him these
children: Samuel, David, and Agnes who were all born in Scotland. The
son, David, we will call David, Jr. There were other children as well
who we supposed were born in the USA: Ester, John, William and
Maryanne. Samuel married Elizabeth Thompson and was the father of Rev.
John S. Pressly; David, Jr. married Anne Edmiston, November 16, 1784 in
Abbeville; Agnes married Henry Wylie; Ester remained single and died
November 28, 1848 at 80 years of age; John whose wife is unknown is the
father o fRichard Pressly; William married Eliza Adams, daughter of
David Adams, on December 15, 1804; and Maryanne married Stephen Thomas.
David, Jr. is our ancestor. We found his grave in the abandoned
Generosetee cemetery outside of Ira, SC, which is right outside of Due
West, SC. His wife Anne and sister Ester are also buried there, and both
died in November 1848. David, Jr. died May 11, 1834.
As far as the immigrant David, and his brothers, who arrived in 1734, we
know no more."
Sincerely,
Tom and Emily Pressly (XXXXX@XXXX.XXX)

So regarding the two scenario's above, It seems that both David Presslys
could be the same person? or kin to each other?

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