Jacob Hamshire

Notes:

He had children by a marriage prior to Nancy. An early Jefferson co. sheriff, David Garner married a Matilda Hamshire in 1839, who was a granddaughter of Jacob's.

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Destiny in Texas: Descendants of Jacob Hampshire and Hannah Lee of St. Martin Parish, Louisiana Compiled by James Pylant. 2000. Softcover, 340 pp., illustrated, indexed. ISBN: 0-9622746-7-4; LC: 99-072756

Among the many emigrants coming into the Latin South's colony of Louisiana at the dawn of the 19th century was Jacob Hampshire (c. 1765-1850) of York County, Pennsylvania, the son of German parents. His wife, Hannah Lee (c. 1784-1827), a native of Hampshire County, Virginia, had arrived with her family from Mississippi Territory. These families settled in Louisiana's St. Martin and St. Landry's parishes. But the destiny of the Hampshire family was reshaped when Jacob and Hannah's children, John, Martha, and Matilda, moved west--to the Republic of Texas. The siblings settled near Beaumont, where many of John Hampshire's descendants still reside. Martha Hampshire and her Prussian-born husband, Joseph Rubarth, moved to Milam and Williamson counties. Matilda Hampshire married David Garner and moved to Calhoun County. Descendants of the Rubarths and Garners spread north, south, and west in the state, including the counties of Bell, Coryell, Eastland, Comanche, Bexar, Crockett, Sutton, and Lubbock. Opportunity was ripe for an ambitious family who amassed thousands of acres, founded towns, and produced judges, newspaper publishers, and ranchers.

Jacob married Hannah Lee about 1804 in Louisiana. Hannah (daughter of Peter Lee and Rebecca Taylor) was born about 1780 in Hamshire Co, virginia; died in 1820 in Opelousas, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. John Hamshire was born on 15 Jul 1805 in St. Martin Parish, Louisiana; died on 10 Jul 1872 in Bolivar Point, Galveston Co, Texas.
2. Hannah Hamshire was born about 1806 in Louisiana; died before 1909.
3. Dorothy Hamshire was born on 16 Jan 1807 in Attakapas Parish, Louisiana; died after 1810.
4. Martha D. "Patsy" Hamshire was born in Jul 1808 in St. Martin Parish, Louisiana; died on 20 Jul 1880 in Davilla, Milam Co, Texas; was buried in Davilla Cem, Davilla, Milam Co, Texas.
5. Charles Hamshire was born on 26 May 1809 in Attakapas Parish, Louisiana; died after 1820.
6. Matilda Hamshire was born on 29 Jul 1811 in Bayou Teche, Attakapas Parish, Louisiana; was christened on 29 Jul 1912 in Louisiana; died on 30 Mar 1890 in Proctor, Comanche Co, Texas; was buried in Proctor Cem, Proctor, Comanche Co, Texa.

Jacob married Nancy* Ann White on 8 Jun 1828 in Opelousas, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana. Nancy* (daughter of John* White and Sarah Davenport "Sally"* Gambill) was born about 1770 in North Carolina; died about 1834 in Duncan Woods, Orange Co, Texas (maybe). [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]