Benjamin DURANT
- Marriage (1): Sophia McGILLIVRAY in 1779 in Alabama
 General Notes:
NOTES:
His brother-in-law was Alexander McGillivray who became Chief of the Upper Creek (Muscogee) Indians, one of the most powerful and historically important Native American chiefs among the Creek of the Southeast.
His father-in-law was Lachlan McGillivray (of the Clan MacGillivray Chiefs Lineage, part of the Clan Chattan Confederation of the Scottish Highland) who migrated to the Colonies and became a wealthy fur trader and planter in Georgia.
Research Notes:
Biography of Sehoy lI McGillivray (Marchand) (http://www.geni.com/people/Sehoy-lll-Hatali/6000000006374909418)
Benjamin married Sophia McGILLIVRAY, daughter of Lachlan Liath McGILLIVRAY and Sehoy II MARCHAND, in 1779 in Alabama. (Sophia McGILLIVRAY was born in 1741 in Elmore County, Alabama and died in 1800.)
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