Daniel Huger was an American

United States

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 planter and statesman from Berkeley County, South Carolina

Berkeley County, South Carolina

Berkeley County is a county in the U.S. state of South Carolina. In 2000, its population was 142,651. The 2005 Census Bureau estimate placed the population at 151,673. Its county seat is Moncks Corner....

. His grandfather was Daniel Huger Sr http://www.familysearch.org/eng/default.asp (1651–1711), a French

French people

The French are a nation that share a common French culture and speak the French language as a mother tongue. Historically, the French population are descended from peoples of Celtic, Latin and Germanic origin, and are today a mixture of several ethnic groups...

 Huguenot

Huguenot

The Huguenots were members of the Protestant Reformed Church of France during the 16th and 17th centuries. Since the 17th century, people who formerly would have been called Huguenots have instead simply been called French Protestants, a title suggested by their German co-religionists, the...

 who was born in Loudun

Loudun

Loudun is a commune in the Vienne department in the Poitou-Charentes region in western France.It is located south of the town of Chinon and 25 km to the east of the town Thouars...

, France

France

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 and settled in Charleston, South Carolina

Charleston, South Carolina

Charleston is the second largest city in the U.S. state of South Carolina. It was made the county seat of Charleston County in 1901 when Charleston County was founded. The city's original name was Charles Towne in 1670, and it moved to its present location from a location on the west bank of the...

. Daniel Huger was a delegate for South Carolina

South Carolina

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 to the Continental Congress

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 from 1786 to 1788 and a United States Representative from 1789 to 1793. His son, Daniel Elliott Huger

Daniel Elliott Huger

Daniel Elliott Huger was a United States Senator from South Carolina. Born on Limerick plantation, Berkeley County , his father was Daniel Huger, a Continental Congressman and U.S. Representative from South Carolina...

, would later serve in the United States Senate

United States Senate

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 for South Carolina and marry a daughter of Arthur Middleton

Arthur Middleton

Arthur Middleton , of Charleston, South Carolina, was a signer of the United States Declaration of Independence....

. A granddaughter of Daniel Elliot Huger (Mary Procter Huger) was the wife of Confederate General Arthur Middleton Manigault

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, who was of Huguenot descent himself; likewise a nephew of Daniel Elliot Huger was Confederate General Benjamin Huger.

Daniel Huger's wife was the sister of the wife of Lewis Morris, Jr., the son of New York Congressman Lewis Morris

Lewis Morris

Lewis Morris was an American landowner and developer from Morrisania, New York. He signed the U.S. Declaration of Independence as a delegate to the Continental Congress for New York....

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