Joseph Wallace Berwick

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Berwick, Joseph (Thomas of England & Helena Birgitta Wales of Ireland) m Helena Cumstock of Kenteuki (SM Ch)

Joseph married Helena "Ellen" Comstock in Apr 1807 in St.Martin Parish, or Assmption Parish, Louisiana. Helena (daughter of William* "Guilermo" Comstock and Rachel* Aldrich) was born about 1780 in of, Kentucky; died about 1819. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Married:
The marriage took place in what would be Louisiana after 1803.
Helena Comstock of Kentuki, dau of Guillame of New England & Rachel Redge of New England married Joseph Barwic of La Badia. St. Martinville Church records.

1. David Berwick was born on 18 Apr 1808 in St.Martin Parish, Louisiana; died on 13 Nov 1874 in New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana.
2. Celestine Cambray Berwick was born on 16 Mar 1810 in St.Martin Parish, Louisiana; died after 1811.
3. Nathan Berwick was born in 1812 in Louisiana; died after 1830.
4. Helene Elnore Berwick was born about 1814 in Louisiana; died after 1820.
5. Joseph Berwick, Jr. was born about 1817 in Louisiana; died after 1820.
6. David Berwick was born in 1818 in Louisiana; died after 1835.

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Berwick, Thomas of England m Eleanor Helena Birgitta Wales of Ireland (SM Ch)
Berwick, Thomas, succ. dated 16 Jan 1792 (LSAR: Opel.: 1792)

Berwick (the town) and Berwick's Bay and Bayou Barwick are all named for Thomas Berwick. He came to the area a few years after marrying Helena Wallace in 1768. Gov. Galvez (Louisiana was a Spanish territory at the time) turned down his petition for land near Natchez. Instead, Galvez granted Berwick land in the Attakapas district and hired him as the surveyor for the district. Some sources claim that he was the first Anglo settler west of the Mississippi.

Thomas Berwick and the Berwicks were prolific (he and his wife had 10 or 11 children) in St. Mary, St. Martinville, St. Landry parishes until beginning of the 20th century.
Berwick's Bay and Bayou Teche were strategic during the Civil War and most of the Berwicks homes and land (they were sugar planters) were pretty much demolished by the fighting (land and naval.)

http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/LA-LGHS/2000-04/0955155462

Thomas married Eleanore Helena Brigitta Wallace (or Walles) about 1770. Eleanore was born on 14 Aug 1748 in Dublin, Ireland; died before 17 Jun 1789 in Opelousas, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Berwick, Thomas, widr. of Helene Walles succ. dated 17 Jun 1789 (LSU-Archives; Opel #4)

Name:
last name recorded as Wales in SW LA books

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Thomas Berwick and his wife are identified somewhat differently in various records throughout the Opelousas and Attakapas districts. Thomas is variously identified as a native of England, South Carolina, and Pennsylvania. His wife, who is identified as Eleonore Wales,
Helene Walles, Elenore Helene Birgitta Wales, and even Elena Ouzez, is also somewhat mysterious since it is not clear where and when they married.
https://archive.org/stream/AttakapasGazette/1986_Vol21_djvu.txt