Alexander Hamilton - Dataw Historic Foundation https://www.datawhistory.org Fostering the rich history of Dataw Island, South Carolina Sun, 11 Jan 2026 16:49:19 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.datawhistory.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/cropped-Dataw-Historic-Foundation-logo-512x406-1-32x32.png Alexander Hamilton - Dataw Historic Foundation https://www.datawhistory.org 32 32 Alexander Hamilton’s Unexpected Beaufort Connection https://www.datawhistory.org/52-sams-in-52-weeks/small-world/ Sun, 11 Jan 2026 16:49:49 +0000 https://www.datawhistory.org/?p=4531 The theme this week is a SMALL WORLD. In the years leading up to our Declaration of Independence from Great Britain, Beaufort was a thriving shipping port. One of the prominent merchants operating along the bay in Beaufort was Peter Lavien (1746 - 1781). He moved to the town in 1765 from Sankt Croix, then under Danish rule. (Today St. Croix is part of the US Virgin Islands.) The small world connection I discovered involves his younger half-brother. The brother eventually also moved to the Colonies from Sankt Croix but landed in Boston in 1772. Today, I'm going to tell you a bit more about the families of both brothers.

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