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Lang of Camden District

John Lang d. at Wakefield, England in 1716. Obadiah Lang, his son, d. 1741.

Obadiah Lang, son of the above Obadiah Lane, b. 1711 m. 1738 Elizabeth Wilson, daughter of Joseph Wilson of Barnsley, England.

William Lang, the son of William Lang Sr., was born near Wakefield in Yorkshire, England on 2/16/1746 and was married in 1775 to Sarah Wyly, the daughter of Samuel and Dinah (nee Millhouse) Wyly. William Lang died 1/30/1820.Issue:

  • James Wilson Lang b. 3/10/1776
  • Elizabeth Lang b. 6/11/1779
  • Samuel Wyly Lang 11/4/1782-10/11/1817.
  • John Lang b. 6/3/1785
  • Hannah Lang b. 5/8/1785
  • William Wyly Lang b. 9/7/1790, died 8/14/1824.
  • Thomas Lang b. 6/24/1793 married Mary McRae on 3/29/1815, a daughter of Duncan McRae and Mary McRae. Mary McRae, wife of Thomas Lang, was born 10/20/1793 and died 2/22/1848. Thomas Lang died 5/13/1861. Issue:
    1. Duncan McRae Lang 4/21/1817-9/29/1856, born Camden, died Camden. He was married to Mary Honoria Logan on 5/30/1853 of St. Charles Parish, Louisiana. Mary Honoria Logan 2/1/1833-4/30/1855. They had issue: Samuel White Logan Lang, born 3/7/1854 in Camden, died 5/4/1905 in Baltimore, Maryland, married 10/19/1879 Mary Chestnut Frierson.
    2. Sally Wyly Lang 6/10/1815-5/17/1889. She was married to Burrell Boykin on 4/9/1834. Issue:
      1. Thomas Lang Boykin b. 2/22/1835
      2. William Hamilton Boykin b. 8/27/1837
      3. Burwell Boykin b. 4/12/1839
      4. John Boykin b. 4/6/1841
      5. Samuel Logan Lang 3/7/1854-5/4/1905 married Mary Chestnut Frierson (3/23/1857-8/25/1901, Camden, South Carolina).
    3. William Lang, b. 8/23/1818
    4. Mary Chestnut Lang, b. 2/6/1820-8/25/1901.
    5. Thomas Lang b. 3/22/1821
    6. William Lang b. 7/17/1822
    7. Harriet McRae Lang 12/1/1823-5/18/1892.
    8. John Chestnut Lang b. 6/8/1825
    9. Edward Brevard Lang b. 11/11/1826
    10. Flora McRae Lang 8/17/1828-4/1/1832
    11. Septimus Lang 6/8/1830-6/14/1831.
    12. Theodore Lang 9/29/1832-4/18/1896.
Wakefield Cathedral
Wakefield Cathedral

St. John's Church
St. John's Church in Wakefield, England.

Camden Map
Map of Camden, South Carolina

Lang Bible

Sources: Chart 402, Lineage Charts, Vol. 1, S. C. Genealogical Society Chapters.