Charles W. Burrell

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 20 Jul 1860, Beaumont (District 4), Jefferson Co, Texas
• Census: 28 Apr 1910, Beaumont (District 4), Jefferson Co, Texas

Notes:

Census:
Beaumont (District 4), Jefferson Co, Texas
20 Jul 1860
Precinct 4 (Taylor's Bayou)

Residence 473/473
Leonard Hayes 41 1809 shoe maker LA
Felisita 39 1811 LA
Polly 18 1832 spinster TX
Aseauh 16 1834 Laborer TX (Oscar)
Joannah 14 1836 TX
Veannah 11 1839 TX
Leonard 5 1845 TX
Ambrous 3 1847 TX
Felisita 4/12 Mar 1850 TX
(only Hayes family in the community this census)


Residence 476/476
George Burrel 37 1813 stock keeper, 300 4300 LA
Nancy 35 1815 New York
Robert 15 1835 Texas
John J 14 1836 Texas
George 11 1839 Texas
William 9 1841 Texas
Sarah 6 1846 Texas
Frances 3 1847 Texas
Charles 6/12 Jan 1850 Texas

(only Hayes family in the community this census)


residence 477/477
Joseph Gallier (sr.) 44 1846 Louisiana
Catherine 39 1811 Louisiana
Elisabeth 19 1821 spinster Louisiana
Jacob 15 1835 laborer Texas
William 10 1840 Texas
Ufema 6 1844 Texas
Martin 3 1847 Texas

residence 478/478
Joseph Gallier (jr.) 21 1829 farmer 320 700 farmer Louisiana
Serina 19 1831 Texas
married within the year


Census:
Burrell, Robert head 64 1845 m 39 yrs TX LA LA truck farm
Martha wife 53 1857 TX LA LA 12 births, 9 living
George son 20 1890 TX
Nancy dau 11 1899 TX
Lucille dau 8 1902 TX

next door:
Burrell, John Jay head 64 m 41 yrs TX LA LA
Alzina 64 TX United States United States
Burrell George 61 single TX LA LA

Other Events and Attributes:

• Military: Civil War
• Residence: 1843, Jefferson Co, Texas; tax list
• Residence: 1846, Jefferson Co, Texas; tax list
• Census: 24 Sep 1850, Taylor Bayou Settlement, Labelle, Jefferson Co, Texas
• Census: 20 Jul 1860, Beaumont (District 4), Jefferson Co, Texas

Notes:

1850 Census: George Burrell age 26 born LA
wife Nancy age 25, NY
David R. 5, TX
John Jay 4 TX
George, Jr. 1, TX
(next door to David Burrell)
George was a farmer, stock raiser, living in Taylor's Bayou, Jefferson Co, Texas in 1870 (census). He apparently died before 1880 because his wife and son George, age 6 and daughter Electra, age 14, moved in with his son David and Martha, at lest during the 1880 census taking time. Also living with David and Martha were David's brother Frank, age 28, sister Sarah C, age 26, and a niece, Mabel, 1 year old. Since Sarah had not yet married, Mabel must have been Frank's child.

http://209.45.151.186/lsj/texians/Land1.idc?seq=1788

Data from Land Records for: George Burrell
First Arrived in Texas:
Class of Grant: 3
(Class3: 1 Oct 1837 thru
1 Jan 1840(3) 640 acres 320 acres Conditional )
(3) In addition to the conditions imposed for classes
2 and 3, the class 4 grantee was required to cultivate
10 acres of the land on which he settled.

Amount of Land: 320 acres
Date Conditional Certificate Issued: 6Jan1840
Conditional Certificate Issued in: Jefferson County
Date Unconditional Certificate Issued: 19Feb1849
Unconditional Certificate Issued in: Jefferson County
Comments: 17 years of age prior to 1 Jany 1840

Military:
Name: George Burrell
Side Served: Confederacy
State Served: Texas
Service Record: Enlisted as a Private.
Enlisted in Company G, 11th Battn Cavalry Regiment Texas.

Sources: 425


Residence:
Name: George Burrell
State: TX
County: Jefferson County
Township: No Township Listed
Year: 1843
Database: TX Tax List Index, 1840-1849


Residence:
Name: George Burrell
State: TX
County: Jefferson County
Township: No Township Listed
Year: 1846
Record Type: Tax list
Page: NPN
Database: TX Tax List Index, 1840-1849


Census:
George 26
Nancy 25
David R 5
John Jay 4
George J 1

next door to David Burrell 46
Caroline 37
Mary Spinks 11


Census:
Beaumont (District 4), Jefferson Co, Texas
20 Jul 1860
Precinct 4 (Taylor's Bayou)

Residence 473/473
Leonard Hayes 41 1809 shoe maker LA
Felisita 39 1811 LA
Polly 18 1832 spinster TX
Aseauh 16 1834 Laborer TX (Oscar)
Joannah 14 1836 TX
Veannah 11 1839 TX
Leonard 5 1845 TX
Ambrous 3 1847 TX
Felisita 4/12 Mar 1850 TX
(only Hayes family in the community this census)


Residence 476/476
George Burrel 37 1813 stock keeper, 300 4300 LA
Nancy 35 1815 New York
Robert 15 1835 Texas
John J 14 1836 Texas
George 11 1839 Texas
William 9 1841 Texas
Sarah 6 1846 Texas
Frances 3 1847 Texas
Charles 6/12 Jan 1850 Texas

(only Hayes family in the community this census)


residence 477/477
Joseph Gallier (sr.) 44 1846 Louisiana
Catherine 39 1811 Louisiana
Elisabeth 19 1821 spinster Louisiana
Jacob 15 1835 laborer Texas
William 10 1840 Texas
Ufema 6 1844 Texas
Martin 3 1847 Texas

residence 478/478
Joseph Gallier (jr.) 21 1829 farmer 320 700 farmer Louisiana
Serina 19 1831 Texas
married within the year

George married Nancy Elizabeth French on 24 Aug 1843 in Jefferson Co, Texas. Nancy (daughter of John Jay French, Sr and Sarah "Sally" Munson) was born on 05 Feb 1825 in Shavangunk, Orange Co, New York; died on 13 Jan 1893 in Jefferson Co, Texas; was buried in Burrell Cem, Taylor Bayou, Labelle/Fannett, Jefferson Co, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 20 Jul 1860, Beaumont (District 4), Jefferson Co, Texas
• Census: 1880, Taylor Bayou, Labelle, (District 41), Jefferson Co, Texas

Notes:

Daughter of John Jay French of the trading post and Sally Munson.

Census:
Beaumont (District 4), Jefferson Co, Texas
20 Jul 1860
Precinct 4 (Taylor's Bayou)

Residence 473/473
Leonard Hayes 41 1809 shoe maker LA
Felisita 39 1811 LA
Polly 18 1832 spinster TX
Aseauh 16 1834 Laborer TX (Oscar)
Joannah 14 1836 TX
Veannah 11 1839 TX
Leonard 5 1845 TX
Ambrous 3 1847 TX
Felisita 4/12 Mar 1850 TX
(only Hayes family in the community this census)


Residence 476/476
George Burrel 37 1813 stock keeper, 300 4300 LA
Nancy 35 1815 New York
Robert 15 1835 Texas
John J 14 1836 Texas
George 11 1839 Texas
William 9 1841 Texas
Sarah 6 1846 Texas
Frances 3 1847 Texas
Charles 6/12 Jan 1850 Texas

(only Hayes family in the community this census)


residence 477/477
Joseph Gallier (sr.) 44 1846 Louisiana
Catherine 39 1811 Louisiana
Elisabeth 19 1821 spinster Louisiana
Jacob 15 1835 laborer Texas
William 10 1840 Texas
Ufema 6 1844 Texas
Martin 3 1847 Texas

residence 478/478
Joseph Gallier (jr.) 21 1829 farmer 320 700 farmer Louisiana
Serina 19 1831 Texas
married within the year


Census:
age 55, Widow, living with son, David Robert.
lists both her parents as born in Connecticut.

Burrell, J.J. self 35 1846 TX LA NY stock raiser
Alzena wife 35 1845 TX -- LA
Lawrence 10 1870 son TX TX TX
Ch. W. 10 1870 son TX TX TX
Lea Nora 8 1872 dau TX TX TX
Lemora 7 1873 dau TX TX TX
Willie 4 1876 son TX TX TX
Elva 3 1877 dau TX TX TX
Grafton 1 1879 son TX TX TX

next door:
Burrell, D.R. self 35 1845 TX LA NY farmer
Martha wife 23 1857 TX LA LA
Lemander, son 8 1872 TX TX TX
Frederick, son 5 1875 TX TX TX
Cora, dau 3 1877 TX TX TX
Monroe, son 1 1879 TX TX TX
Nancy, Mother 55 1825 wid NY Connecticut Connecticut
George, bro 31 1849 TX LA NY single
S.C. (Sarah) sis 26 1854 TX LA NY
Frank, bro 23 1857 TX LA NY single
Electa, sis age 14 1866 TX LA NY
Mabel niece age 1 1879 TX -- --

Other Events and Attributes:

• Military: Civil War
• Birth: 18 Apr 1802, St. Martinville, St. Martin Parish, Louisiana
• Residence: Abt 1830, Jefferson Co, Texas
• Residence: Between 1836 and 1845, Taylor Bayou, Jefferson Co, Texas
• Census: 08 Oct 1850, Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas
• Death: 08 Feb 1858, Orange, Orange Co, Texas
• Residence: Between 1861 and 1865, Orange, Orange Co, Texas; Confederate States
• Census: 1946, Jefferson Co, Texas; tax list

Notes:

Borel, Robert (George - of England & Anne Waith (White) - of North Carolina)
b 31 October 1801, bt 18 April 1802; pats: Robert Borrel - of Ireland & Elizabeth Tomquins (Thomkins) of England; Mats: John Waith or White & Sarah Gabil of Virginia; Spons: Edouard Almure & Anastasie Broussard. Fr. Michel Bernard Barriere (SM Ch.: v.5, #437)

Burrell, Robert (George & Anne Burrell) m 28 Feb 1822 Suzan Clark
(SM ct hse mar v B p 5)

Taken from Yellowed Pages Vol ?, p 197: Beaumont in the Early Days, Articles by Late Judge Russell Given to Moffett DAR Chapter:
Burrells First 30
It is believe the first settlers (under Mexican government then) in this area were the Burrell brothers, David and Robert, who lived on the tract of land at Taylor's bayou, which the Mexican government titled to David. That was in the third dade of the 1800s. Other families in that section in the early 1800 were W.H. Smiths, Joseph Roberts at a place now known as Hampshire, Tap Ashworth who lived south of the bayou, John Jap French who settled on the north side of the bayou.
Joseph Gallier, James Taylor, Bennett Blackman, William Carr, Lovan Hamshire, Joshuah Harmon, Michael Pevito (a Frenchman from New Orleans) David Garner, David C. Lawhon, Taylor White, are all the settlers of the 1830-1850 era. They settledn the section of the waters known as Bayou Las Flores, Rosebud bayou, Mayhaw bayou, and Turtle bayou. Taylor's bayou was named for Taylor White.

1850 Jefferson Co Census: Farmer, can't read/write
Robert Burrell - 47 LA
Susannah 46 LA
David 15 TX (1835)
Hester 12 TX
Frederick 7 TX


Burrel, Robert (George & Anne Burrel) m 28 Feb 1822 Suzan Clark (SM Cthse Mar. v B, p 5.)


Quite possibly this Robert:
A complete roster of Captain O'Brien's company cannot now be located. There are two men still residents of Beaumont who were members of that company, Jacob Gallier and H. W. Potter. From Mr. Gallier it is learned that Andy McFaddin , a member of Captain O'Brien's company, was killed in a Louisiana battle in a sugar field near Fordoche and that Robert Burrell, another Beaumonter, had a leg shot off
http://mykindred.com/wiess/st-o-b/16-Beaumont-in-the-Wars.html#457176


Military:
Name: Robert Burrell
Side Served: Confederacy
State Served: Texas
Service Record: Enlisted as a Private.
Enlisted in Company C, 11th Battn Cavalry Regiment Texas.

Sources: 425


Residence:
Burrells First 30
It is believe the first settlers (under Mexican government then) in this area were the Burrell brothers, David and Robert, who lived on the tract of land at Taylor's bayou, which the Mexican government titled to David. That was in the third decade of the 1800s.

Census:
8 oct 1850 Sabine Pass
(census pages does not say "Sabine Pass" but the census taker was Worth Patridge, who was a prominent citizen of Sabine Pass)

residence 99
Anna Court 40 1810 Louisiana
Lucretia 10 1840 Texas
Paul P. 6 1846 Texas

residence 100
Francis Gallier (Sr) 50 farmer 1800 Louisiana
Mary 52 1798 Louisiana
Eliza Myers 14 1836 Louisiana
Melissa Ann 6 1844 Louisiana

(Eliza and Melissa Myers, Mary's orphaned granddaughters, children of her daughter Amelia Hayes and Benjamin Myers.)

residence 101
Francis Gallier, Jr. 30 1820 farmer Louisiana
Mary (Peveto) 35 1815 Louisiana
Amelia 9 1841 Louisiana
Adelia 7 1843 Louisiana
Mary E 2 1848 Louisiana
Quinton 1/12 1850 Texas
John Acres 19 1831 Louisiana

residence 102
Robert Burrell 47 1803 farmer Louisiana
Susannah 46 1804 Louisiana
David 15 1835 Texas
Hester 12 1838 Texas
Frederick 7 1843 Texas



Census:
Name: Robert Burrell
State: TX
County: Jefferson County
Township: No Township Listed
Year: 1846
Record Type: Tax list
Page: NPN
Database: TX Tax List Index, 1840-1849

Robert* married Susanne* Clark on 28 Feb 1822 in Attakapas Dist, St. Martinville, St. Martin Parish, Louisiana. Susanne* (daughter of James* (Jacques) William Clark and Esther* "Hester" Comstock) was born before 20 Mar 1803 in St. Martinville, St. Martin Parish, Louisiana; died in Jan 1860 in Adams Bayou, Orange Co, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Birth: 25 Apr 1805, St. Martinville, St. Martin Parish, Louisiana
• Residence: Abt 1830, Jefferson Co, Texas
• Census: 8 Oct 1850, Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas

Notes:

Clark, Susanne (William & Esther Comestock) of lower Bayou Teyh) b 20 Mar 1803, bt 25 April 1805; pats not listed; mats not listed; Spons Alexandre Verdun & Felicite Robinet. Fr. Gabriel Isabey (SM Ch. v. 6 # 257)

Clark, Suzan ( James & Esther Clark) m 28 Feb 1822 Robert Burrel (SM cthse mar v B, p 5)

Census:
8 oct 1850 Sabine Pass
(census pages does not say "Sabine Pass" but the census taker was Worth Patridge, who was a prominent citizen of Sabine Pass)

residence 99
Anna Court 40 1810 Louisiana
Lucretia 10 1840 Texas
Paul P. 6 1846 Texas

residence 100
Francis Gallier (Sr) 50 farmer 1800 Louisiana
Mary 52 1798 Louisiana
Eliza Myers 14 1836 Louisiana
Melissa Ann 6 1844 Louisiana

(Eliza and Melissa Myers, Mary's orphaned granddaughters, children of her daughter Amelia Hayes and Benjamin Myers.)

residence 101
Francis Gallier, Jr. 30 1820 farmer Louisiana
Mary (Peveto) 35 1815 Louisiana
Amelia 9 1841 Louisiana
Adelia 7 1843 Louisiana
Mary E 2 1848 Louisiana
Quinton 1/12 1850 Texas
John Acres 19 1831 Louisiana

residence 102
Robert Burrell 47 1803 farmer Louisiana
Susannah 46 1804 Louisiana
David 15 1835 Texas
Hester 12 1838 Texas
Frederick 7 1843 Texas



Died:
U.S. Federal Census Mortality Schedule
Surname: Susan Burrel
Year: 1860
County: Orange CO.
State: TX
Age: 65
Gender: F (Female)
Month of Death: Jan
State of Birth: LA
ID#: MRT197_44774
Occupation: NONE LISTED
Cause Of Death: MEASLES

Notes:

Married:
US and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900
Name: Robert Burrell
Gender: male
Birth Year: 1801
Spouse Name: Susan Clark
Marriage
Year: 1822


US and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900
Name: Robert Burrell
Gender: male
Birth Year: 1801
Spouse Name: Susan Clark
Marriage
Year: 1822

Notes:

West of Hilledebrandt Bayou, there lived perhaps 6 or 7 families, including Christian Hilledebrandt, William Carr, John J. French, and George Burrell.
John Jap French settled on the north side of Taylor's Bayou, area of the Burrells, in early 1800s.
He and his wife were born in CT and died in Taylor Co, TX. 2 of their 3 known children were born in NY, including the Nancy Eliza who married George Burrell in 1843.

John married Sarah "Sally" Munson about 1824. Sarah was born in 1799 in Connecticut; died after 1850. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Religion: Church of England/Anglican
• Emigration: Bef 1782, Hartfordshire, England

Notes:

also spelled Burrel; Borrel.
Came to Louisiana in abt 1783
1810 LA census shows a George Borrells, Attapapas - age 45+, wife 26-45;
two boys < 10: Robert & David
boy and girl 10-16: William & Marie Carr

SLR Borrel, George - ~~Church of England, of Hartfordshire, England, and in this parish for 18 years (Robert and Elizabeth Tomkins - native of Ireland and England) "Informacion de Solteria Producida" - {Marriage Investigation regarding the freedom to marry): 1 April 1801 Anne White - of North Carolina, widow of Joseph Carr (John & Sara Gambil - natives of North Carolina) singed: Frederic Tenholt, Louis Chemin, Peter O'Reilly, James Dunman. Fr. Michel Bernard Barriere (SM Ch.: Marriage Investigation: Folio D. # 33)

Borrel, Georges - English, born in Hardfordshire; Anglican (Robert & Elizabeth Tompkins from Ireland) m 1 April 1801 Anna White - widow of Joseph Car; from North Carolina; a Catholic (John & Sara Gambil) *not entered in the SM registers (NI Ch.: OA-#8)

Burrel, George m Nancy White, widow of Joseph Carr. In succ of Joseph Carr dated 16 August 1816 (SM Cthse, succ #242)
parents of Robert Burrel (Southwest Louisiana Records, V2)

Nov 1801, spons bt. of Sarah White (John & Sarah Gambil), Nancy's sister.
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(Sapphire on the Neches by Block) "By 1840, three, perhaps four, families were living on Grigsby property and perhaps eight families were living at Sabine. West of Hillebrrande Bayou, there lived perhaps 6 or 7 families, including Christian Hilledebrandt, William Carr, John J. French, and George Burrell."

George* married Nancy* Ann White on 1 Apr 1801 in St. Martinville, St. Martin 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]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Religion: Catholic

Notes:

White Ana of N. Carolina (Jean & Sara Gambie of Virginia) m David Armand of SM (SM Ch)

Car, Guillaume (Joseph of Jamaca (Hugo & Marguerite Halfan) m 24 Feb 1794 Ane Wit, a widow. Fr. Carolina (SM ct hse OA - 15-75)
White, Ana, wid of Carolina (Jean & Sara Gambel) m 24 Feb 1794 Joseph Car of Jamaica (SM Ct.Hse.: OA-15-75)
White, Ane a widow; from Carolina (Jean & Sara Gambel) m 24 Feb 1794 Joseph Car of Jamaica (SM Ct. Hse: OA-15-75)

(NOTE: Widow of David Harmon? He was in TX in 1829)

White, Ana of N Carolina (Jean & Sara Gambie of Virginia) m Joseph Car of Jamaica (SM Ch)
White, Nancy, wid of Joseph Carr m George Burrell, In Succ. of Joseph Carr dated 16 Aug 1816 (SM Ct. Hse.: Succ #242)

White, Ana of N.Carolina (Jean & Sara Gambil of Virginia) m George Borel of England (SM Ch)
White, Anna, widow of Joseph Car; from North Carolina; a Catholic (John & Sarah Gambil) m 1 Apr 1801 Georges Borrel, English, born in Hardfordshire; an Anglican (Robert & Elizabeth Tompkins from Ireland) * not entered in SM registers (NI Ch.: OA-#8)

White, Anne of North Carolina, widow of Joseph Carr (John & Sara Gambil, natives of North Carolina) "Informacione de Solteria Producida" - (Marriage Investigation regarding the freedom to marry) dated 1 Apr 1801 George Borrel, Church of England, of Harfondchire, England and in this parish for 18 years (Robert & Elizabeth Tomkins native of Ireland and England) Signed: Frederic Tenholt, Louis Chemin, Peter O'Reilly, James Dunman. Fr. Michel Bernard Barriere (SM Ch: Marriage Investigation: Folio D, #33)
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NANCY WHITE'S LEGACY LIVES by Gwendolyn Wingate, staff correspondent. (Top of page is cut off but believe it appeared in an Orange, TX newspaper. (Sent by Barbara Vernon)

Lusty, lovely Nancy White was four times married, and her offspring were among Texas' first settlers. Today's descendants may number in the thousands.
There is no known picture of the enigmatic Nancy, but even from the dry, precise legal documents that record her actions, she emerges full-bodied and alluring. Desiring and desirable, strong-willed and physically hardy, she steps out faded pages and takes possession of the imagination.
Nancy, or Ann, as her name is often recorded, was born to John White and Sarah Gambel a few years before the Am. Revolution. White is said to have descended from emigrants from the Isle of Wight on the southern coast of England. The ear in early records as householders in Virginia, but in the 1770's they were involved in the Regulator troubles in Burke Co., NC that preceded the revolution. Planters in the Carolina uplands rebelled against extortionate tax collectors of Gov. William Tyron, and two of the White brothers were beaten nearly to death during a riot. One was shot in the arm during the foray and lost the use of that arm, says an old court record. Six Regulators were hung and others killed by the governor's militia.
Nancy could barely have remembered these bloody troubles, but it may have been because of them that the Whites moved on for a brief stay in Mississippi and then in the 1780's to the Attakapas dist. of Louisiana. That district, then undh rule, was made up of scattered settlements of Arcadians who had been expelled from Nova Scotia; Spanish from the Canary Islands who settled near present day New Iberia; a few Indians, some of the Attakapas tribe from which the district took its name; and trappers, traders and ranchers, some from the United States.
Life was not easy in that pioneer land, Nancy's mother was a midwife assisting at the birthing of children. She bore nine of her own. John White was probably a farmer and cattleman, perhaps branding his own wild cattle of the coastal p, remnants of stock introduced by the Avoyelles Indians trading with the Spanish in Mexico. John White registered brands for himself and his son William in 1790.
It was here in 1787 that the young Nancy fell in love with David Harmon and was married. The 1792 Spanish militia census for that post shows that Harmon, then 35, was a fusilier or infantryman. He was one of the few Americans listed amoles, Acadians and Europeans.
Nancy and David Harmon had three children, Ann, John and Sarah. Their youngest daughter was born in 1792, the same year St. Martin's Parish records list an inventory of David Harmon's estate after his death. Those precisely written documents voice neither joy nor pain, but Nancy must have remembered her first love throughout her long life. She named a later son David.
The young widow may have returned to her father's home with her children. She must have had some education, uncommon in that day for a woman, and she must have given her children some schooling, for both she and they signed their name on nts rather than making a mark. In 1804 she or her father registered brands for her children at St. Martinville.
But by that time Nancy was no longer the widow Harmon. A marriage contract penned carefully in Spanish proclaims the union on Feb 24 1794, at the Attakapas Post of "the Widow Ane Wit, elder and ligitimate daughter of Jean Wit and Sara Gamative of Carolina…and, Joseph Carr of Jamaica, elder and legitimate son of Hugo Carr and Mrs. Marguerite Halfair of Jamaica." Officiating officer was the post commandant, Francisco Cago y Luongo, and the bride's brothers, William and Jesse White were witnesses.
According to the contract the groom, who was probably of Scottish descent, brought to his marriage 1000 piastres (worth about $1 each) in notes, belongings consisting of 275 piastres, and other property commensurate with Nancy's half of thunity division from her marriage to Harmon.
Nancy bore a son, William, and a daughter, Lucy, to Joseph Carr. But perhaps it was too soon after the loss of her first love, or maybe Carr had an insatiable wanderlust. He disappeared from the scene, and subsequent documents never ro Nancy as the widow Carr. Stories passed down through the generation's hint that Carr was a freebooter and adventurer. A man by that name took part in the 1812 Gutierrez expedition that attempted to wrest Texas from Spain. The expedition failed and if indeed Carr was with them, there is no clue to what happened to him.
A few years later Nancy married George Burrell, or Borel as he sometimes appears. He and his family had been in the district as early as 1782 and were probably neighbors of the Whites. He and Maria Dunman were baptismal sponsors of Nancnger sister Sarah in 1801.
Nancy's life with George Burrell may have lacked the ecstasy she knew with David Harman, but in maturity they must have brought warmth and understanding to the marriage that lasted nearly 20 years. She named her oldest son Robert, and the younger, David.
The children of Nancy White's three marriages would play an important part of the history of Jefferson, Orange and Chambers counties. In 1830 John Harmon veteran of the War of 1812 and son of her first love David, settled near Adams Bayouat is now Orange. John's son David had come to Texas a year earlier, and Nancy's daughter Sarah, who married Absalom Gray came in 1833.
One of John Harmon's son Joshua, was the ancestor of the Harmon saddlemakers of Hankamer. His other children married Pevitos, Patillos, Blands, Coles and Means most of who were also early settlers.
William Carr was a part of Stephen F. Austin's third colony, claiming the William Carr League along Taylor's Bayou near LaBelle. He may have gotten additional land for furnishing horses to the TX. Revolutionists.
David Burrell settled near Taylors Bayou in 1828, claiming the league of land that bears his name. His nephew, George, his brother Robert's son, married Nancy French, daughter of John J. French of the trading post. Their son, J.J. Burrelrried a cousin, Alzena Carr, daughter of Nancy White's son, William Carr.
Probably all of Nancy's brothers and sisters except Jesse also settled in Texas. Her brother, James Taylor White, was in Chambers Co. before the TX Revolution and it was at his ranch that the Turtle Bayou resolutions were drawn up, an earlyfrontation of Texans and Mexicans. Nancy White Burrell herself claimed land in McLennan Co. which was later lost by her heirs in a lawsuit.
By 1824 when Nancy made a settlement with her dau. Sarah Harmon for her share of her father's estate, Nancy was again a widow. But her love life was not over. Opelousas marriage records reveal that on June 8 1828, she married Jacob Hamshire
Nancy was now past childbearing age, but Hamshire's descendants from an earlier marriage would also leave their mark on area history. His son John was one of High Island's early settlers and the town of Hamshire would take its name from the surname of his grandson, Lovan. An early Jefferson co. sheriff, David Garner married a Matilda Hamshire in 1839, who was a granddaughter of Jacob's.
Other descendants of Nancy's, to name a few, are Clubbs, Moors, Dugars (Dugats), Jetts, Abshiers, Walles, Norwoods, Harrises, Pruetts, Wilcoxes, Gatlins, Hayes, Aubeys, Hargraves, Wingates, Alexanders, Van Wormers, Hoffpauirs, Heimans, Boused many others.
When did Nancy die? And where is she buried? Some say in a half-forgotten cemetry near Duncan Woods in Orange Co. No one knows for sure.

Died:
The date of her death, or the place seems to be only conjecture, no actual records of her death appear to have been found. However, if her husband died in 1850 in St. Landry it doesn't seem likely she would be in Orange, unless his date/place of death is not accurate. Her son James Harmon settled in Orange, but have not been able to find her in his household.

Notes:

SLR Clark, Jacques (Francois Clarg of Maryland in American & Rachuel Milone) m 8 July 1790 Esther Constaq of Hosac in Province of Neuva Yorca (in the State of New York) (William & Rachel Auldbridge). Wits: Joseph Nickson, Loisel, David Harmon, William White. Fr. de Deva (SM Ch.: v.4 # 42)

Clark, Jacques ( Francois & Raquel Milone of Maryland) m 8 Jul 1790 Ester Comstaq or Comstock (SM ch v 4, #42/StMartin of Tours Church)
Clark, James of Maryland (Patrick of Ireland & Rachel Melony) m Ester Cumstok of New England (SM Ch/St.Martin of Tours Church, St.Martinville, LA)
Attakapas Gazette
James married (1) Esther Comstock on 8 Jul 1790 in St. Martinville, St.Martin, LA. Esther was b about 1768 in RI/MA.

Residences:
Prairie James, the English Coast - 1790, 1797
of Lower Bayou Teych - 1805
Living on Bayou Vermillion, 1810
Vermillion, 1813

Died:
some places give a death date of 15 NOV 1804 in Opelousas. Others give no date but say he died in St. Martinville, St. Martin Parish. Children born to him later than that date are documented by SWLA Father Hebert's books. He clearly died later.

James* married Esther* "Hester" Comstock on 8 Jul 1790 in St. Martinville, St. Martin Parish, Louisiana. Esther* (daughter of William* "Guilermo" Comstock and Rachel* Aldrich) was born in 1772 in Smithfield, Providence Co, Rhode Island; was christened on 11 Jun 1786 in Opelousas, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana; died in Jan 1850 in Jefferson Co, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

(Last name also Constaq, Comstok, Cumstok)
Possibly born in (Hosac?) New York, (Norfolk Co) Massachusetts, Rhode Island or Maryland.

SWR 1: Esther Comstock (Guilermo & Rachel AULD BRIDGE) m 8 July 1790 Jacques Clark SM Ch.: v. 4 # 42)
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From: algravois@mobiletel.com (Albert Gravois)
Reply-to: algravois@mobiletel.com
To: Lumoto@aol.com

Hi Sherry,
I am not good at all on the internet, so you can be assured that the reason you couldn't find the JOHNLYONS-L group was because I did something wrong in sending you the address. Sorry! Try USGenWeb.com then go to their archives, select Louina, and type in "Merriman" or
"Lyons." They'll have things about the Lyons group in there.
I found a "Grandinego" (I think is how it's spelled), which is the name of a witness on one of your group's documents, who was given an English land grant in a DeVille book about English land grants in Louisiana. I also found an "Aldridge Plation" mentioned in an
abstract of newspaper articles from Assumption Parish. That may be why the Comstocks came to Louisiana, through Rachel and whoever this Aldridge Plantation belonged to. I'm going to have to do some searching to find out who owned it.
I also found a William Comstock who served in the Confederate Navy and who was buried in Donaldsonville. He listed his next of kin as a daughter named "Gussie." Have you ever run across a "Gussie" or anyone whose name would transpose itself o the nickname "Gussie"?
By the way, the wife of one of the guys in our local genealogy group in Terrebonne Parish is a descendant of Hester (Ester) Comstock in your group. He says he has a folder on the Comstocks and we are trying to get copies of everything he . I'll let you know if anything pops up.
Sorry about the wrong address! I'll get the hang of this one day.
Patty.


Died:
Surname: Hester Clark (This Hester?)
Year: 1850
County: Jefferson CO.
State: TX
Age: 80
Gender: F (Female)
Month of Death: Jan
State of Birth: CT
ID#: MRT197_58280
Occupation: NONE LISTED
Cause of Death: DROPSY