Rachel Johnson

Notes:

SLR James Johnson, son of Jean Johnson of Ireland & Margueritte Layens (Lyons) from Pennsylvania in Lancaster
Jeansonne, James (Jean & Marguerite Layens or Lyons) m Rachel Andres (SM Ch.)

James married Rachel N Andrus about 1809 in St. Martinville, St. Martin Parish, Louisiana. Rachel (daughter of Solomon Andrus, Sr and Celeste Sarah "Sally" Clark) was born on 10 Jun 1789 in Opelousas, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana; died in Feb 1831 in Saint Mary Parish, Louisiana. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Birth: 24 May 1795, Opelousas, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana

Notes:

Andrews, Raquel (Soloman & Rachel Garrett) b 10 Jun 1789 (Opel Ch v.1, p 131)
Christened 24 May 1795, godparents Jorge Garrett and Raquel (Melon Clark) Garret (SLR 1)

Andrews, Rachel (Solomon & Rachel Garrett) b 10 Jun 1789, bt Sunday, 24 May 1795. Spons: George Garret & Rachel Garret: "Marginal note by Rev Michel Barriere, again reflecting his concern for accuracy in the name spellings throughout the Church's sacramental registers: "'Raquel' est un homme et 'Rachel' une femme. Je crois que c'est Rachel Clark. Rachel Melon, as mere, avait et marie a un Clark puis a Garet." ('Raquel' is a man's name and 'Rachel' a woman. I believe that it is Rachel Clark. (Spanish text has Raquel Andrews, a girl; should be Rachel according to Fr. Barriere's comments.) *Rachel Melon, her mother, was married to a Clark, then to a Garet.) Fr. Pedro de Zamora (Opel ch: v.1-A, p 131.)

Andrews, Rachel (Solomon & Sara Clarck) m James Jansonne (SM Ch/St.Martin of Tours Church)
Andrews, Rachel (Solomon & Sara Clarck) m James Jansonne)

*This cannot be correct. Rachel Melon was married to Garrett and having children at the time Rachel Andrus was born. Rachel Melon would have been abt 17 years older than Solomon. Ranchel Andrus was named as a legal heir of Sarah Clark Andrus Moore at Sarah's death.

Notes:

Jeansonne, Jean m Marguerite Layens (SM Ch.)
LV Hayes was given the names of Moses' parents and John & Mary Lord.

John married Marguerite (Layens) Lyons about 1774 in Pennsylvania (possibly). Marguerite was born about 1750 in Lancaster Co, Pennsylvania; died after 1783. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Andrews, Solomon m Rachel Garrett (Opel Ch)
Andrews, Solomon m Sara Clarck (SM Ch.)
Andrews, Solomon of North Carolina (Benjamin & Mary Hartgrave of Carolina) m Celeste Sara Clark (SM Ch)
Andrews, Solomon Succ dated 14 Feb 1808 (SM Ct. Hse Succ #17) - this Solomon??

Solomon married Celeste Sarah "Sally" Clark about 1788 in St. Martinville, St. Martin Parish, Louisiana. Celeste (daughter of Patrick* "Francios" Clark, (Immigrant) and Rachel* (Mary) Melon (or Malone)) was born about 1773 in Baltimore, Maryland/Pennsylvania; died on 11 Jun 1824 in Saint Mary Parish, Louisiana. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

SLR Vol 1 Clark, Celeste Sara (Francois of Ireland & Rachel Melon of Maryland)
Sara (Francois & Rachel Melon) m Solomon Andres (SM Ch St.Martin of Tours Ch)
CLARK, Sarah of Penn. ("Her children are the heirs of Solomon ANDREWS") married 10 Jun 1812 Lewis MOORE of VA (SM Ct. Hse.: OA-27-69)
Annotated Abstracts of the Successions of St.Mary Parish, LA by Sanders, p 65 #135:
Sarah Moore, late wife of Louis Moore, Sr., Dec 11 Jun 1824. Decedent has lately died intestate, leaving five children by a former marriage with the late Solomon Andrews, deceased, her legal heirs, all 21 years of age or over:
1. Rachel, wife of James L. Johnson (See Estates #196 & 211, their successions);
2. James
3. Ann, wife of Nicholas Edgar
4. Joseph
5. Lavinia, wife of John C. Clark
Thomas Wilcoxon & Daniel P. Sparks appointed appraisers
The Opelousas Post
Celest married Solomon Andrews, son of Benjamin Andrews and Mary Hargrave abt 1789 in St.Martin. Solomon was b before 1770 in NC. He died before Feb 1808 in St.Martin.
SLA Vol 1: Andrews, Solomon m Sara Clarck (SM ch/St.Martin of Tours Church)
Andrews, Solomon, Succ dated 14 Feb 1808 (St. Mt. Ct. Hse, Succ #17/St.Martin Parish Ct.Hse)
Andrew Solomon of NC (Benjamin & Marie Hartgrave of Carolina) m Celeste Sara Clark (SM Ch/St.Martin of Tours Church)
Andrews, Solomon, Succ dated 14 Feb 1808 (St.Martin Ct.Hse Succ #17/St.Martin Parish CtHse
Andrew, Solomon of North Carolina (Benjamin & Marie Hartgrave of Carolina) m Celeste Sara Clark

Other Events and Attributes:

• Religion: Lutheran

Notes:

Andrus v Andrews - LV: "Surname was Andrews before they came to LA, and those that went to TX and elsewhere also used Andrews. It's only those in LA who use Andrus."

This family can be found in FTW Vol 5, #1179
Linda (lindalyle@aol.com)

Benjamin married Marie Hargraves about 1749 in Virginia. Marie was born about 1730 in Virginia; "of Carolina"; died before 1810 in Opelousas, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Religion: Lutheran

Notes:

Perquimans Precinct, of Old Albermarle County, NC, formerly a part of Virginia, which became "Carolana" in 1663 when King Charles II rewarded 8 Lords Proprietors whose suport had restored him to the throne of England, with this vast grant of land.

Note: possible confusion with Hargroder. Marriage of her dauther Susanne to Jesse Eagleson (Eglesson) states "Andrus, Susanne, a Lutheran (Benjamin & Marie Hargroder, Lutherans).(??)

Other Events and Attributes:

• Emigration: Bef 1767, Ireland

Notes:

Note: LV Hayes only source for parents.

SLR Vol 1, Francois m Rachel Melon of Caroline (SM Ch/St.Martin of Tours Church
Clark, Patrick of Ireland m Rachel Melony (SM Ch./St. Martin of Tours Church)
Patrick married (1) Rachel Melon, daughter of Melon and unk about 1770. Rachel was born abt 1755 in MD/PA.
Melon, Rachel m Franois Clark, m/2 Joachim (Joshua) Garet (Garrett).

There was a possible connection between the Clarks and the Stephens in Maryland. There is a Rachel Clark who married William Stevens and some purport that she is the daughter of Francis; however her birth is 1792.
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Hebert references to Patrick v Francis:
SLR - 1750-1800, p 187
CLARK, Guillaume (William) (Jimi [James] CLARCK - native of Maryland & Ester COMSTOK - of New England) b 15 Dec 1800, bt 5 Feb 1807 higher up- at Prairie du Chicot Noir - at the home of --- LOISEL. Pats: Patrice (Patrick) CLARK - from Ireland & Rachel MELON - of Maryland; Mats: Guillaume COMSTOK (William CUMSTOLK) - from New England & Rachel ALREDGE - from the same (New England); Spons: James ANDRES & Rachel CLARCK. Fr. Michel Bernard BARRIERE (SM Ch.: v.6-A, p 21)

p 190
CLARK, William (James - of Mariland & Ester CUMSTOCK - of New England) b 15 Dec 1800, bt. 5 Feb 1807 at Chicot Noir - residence of a Mr. LOYSEL. Pats: Patrick CLARK of Ireland & Rachel MELON; Mats: William CUMSTOCK - of New England & Rachel ALREDGE - of New England; Spons: James ANDRUS & Rachel CLARK. Fr. Michel Bernard BARRIERE (SM Ch.: Folio E, #53)

p 189
CLARK, Marie Louise (James - of Maryland, diocese of Baltimore & Esther COMSTOCK - of New England) b 10 Dec 1798, bt 21 Dec 1799. Pats: Patrick CLARK & Mary MELON - of America; Mats: Mr. COMSTOCK & Rachel HOLERIGE (ALDREDGE) - all Americans; Spons: Alexis CARLIN & Marguerite SENETIERE - wife of Pierre BONVILAIN. During a mission on Bayou Teych where I baptized at the place of JOHNSTON. End of the mission. Fr. Michel Bernard BARRIERE (SM Ch.: v.5, #215)

p 176
CLARK, George (James - of Maryland & Ester CUMSTOCK - of New England) b 23 Aug 1805, bt 5 Feb 1807 at Chicot Noir - residence of Mr. LOYSEL Pats: Patrick CLARK - of Ireland & Rachel MELON; Mats: William CUMSTOCK - of New England & Rachel ALREDGE - of New England; Spons: Joseph ANDRUS & Rachel ANDRUS. Fr. Michel Bernard BARRIERE (SM Ch.: Folio E, p 53)

CLARK, George (Jimi [James] CLARCK - native of Maryland & Ester COMSTOK - of New England) b 23 Aug 1805, bt 5 Feb 1807 higher up at Prairie du Chicot Noir - at the home of --- LOISEL. Pats: Patrice (Patrick) CLARK - from Ireland & Rachel MELON - of Maryland; Mats: Guillaume COMSTOK (William CUMSTOLK) - from New England & Rachel ALREDGE - from the same (New England); Spons: Joseph ANDRES & Rachel ANDRES. Fr. Michel Bernard BARRIERE (SM Ch.: v.6-A, p 21)

Vol 2 (?) p 131
CLARK, James of Maryland (Patrick of Ireland & Rachel MELONY) m Ester CUMSTOK of New England (SM Ch.)

p 132
CLARK, Patrick of Ireland m Rachel MELONY (SM Ch.)

CLARK, Jean (James CLARK & Ester COMSTOCK) Pats: Francois CLARK of Ireland & Rachel MELON) - Fr. Gabriel ISABEY

CLARK, Ann (John - of Baltimore & Sara ROBERT) Pats: Francis CLARK & Rachel MELONE - Fr. Louis BUHOT

CLARK, Anne - a single adult about age 20 yrs (Francois & Rachel MELLON) Fr. Pedro de ZAMORA
CLARK, Anne - of Virginia, (Francis CLARK & Rachel MELON) m John HAYES, Fr. Pedro de ZAMORA

CLARK, John (Francis & Rachel MELLON), Fr. Pedro de ZAMORA

CLARK, Rachel (John of Baltimore & Sara ROBERT) - Pats: Francis CLARK & Rachel MELONE - Fr. Louis BUHOT

CLARK, Susan (John of Baltimore & Sara ROBERT) Pats: Francis CLARK & Rachel MELONE - Fr. Louis BUHOT

COMSTOCK, Esther (William COMSTOK & Rachel AULDBRIDGE) m Jacques CHARG (CLARK) (Francois of Maryland & Rachuel MILONE) Fr. de DEVA

Vol ?
CLARK, Ana (Francois & Rachel MELLONI)
CLARK, Celeste Sara (Francois of Ireland & Rachel MELON)
CLARK, Elizabeth (Francois & Rachel MELON)
CLARK, Francois m Rachel MELON
CLARK, Jean (Francois & Rachel MELONE) m Sarah ROBERTS
CLARK, John (Francois & Raquel MELHON)

Patrick* married Rachel* (Mary) Melon (or Malone) about 1767 in Maryland. Rachel* (daughter of John* Melon and (..) Melon, Mrs) was born in 1750 in Baltimore, Maryland; of Carolina; died on 15 Oct 1811 in St. Martinville, St. Martin Parish, Louisiana. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Listed as "of Pennsylvania" in Catherine Garrett's marriage record.

Other entries to investigate:
Stout, Joseph, a convert-born and educated by Quakers bt 23 Sep 1792 (Opel Ch.: v.1 p 107)
Stout, Joseph, (Pierre & Marie Mollon) m 30 Sept 1792 Charlotte Bonvillain (Opel Ch.: v.1, p 41)
Rachel Melon's sister - est age of Marie Mollon - 1752

Listed in 1810 LA census:
Mellone, Patrick, Hartford
Melon, Lewis Attakapas Par 51010-00010-09
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Rose Meuillon, b: Abt. 1780, m: Abt. 1800 (if related to Rachel, have to be a bro's child)
m William Wells: (Wells, William m Rose Meuillon (Opel Ch))
Children:
1. Benjamin Wells; b: 13 Jun, 1802
Wells, Benjamin (Willing & Rose Meuillon) b 13 Jun 1802, bt 18 Dec 1806 at Bayou Bouf (Boeuf) Spons: Jacques Lamotte & Luce Meuillon. Fr. Louis Buhot (Opel Ch. v.1-B, p 397)
2. Emelie Wells; b: 3 Apr, 1804 of Bayou Rouge
Wells, Emilie (Wiling & Rose Meuillon) b 3 Apr 1804, bt 18 Dec 1806 at Bayou Bouf (Boeuf) Spons: William Miller & Jeanne Meuillon. Fr. Louis Buhot (Opel Ch: v 1-B, p 397)
3. Desiree Wells; b: 11 Oct, 1805
Wells, Desiree (Willing & Rose Meuillon) b 11 Oct 1806, bt 18 Dec 1806 at Bayou Bouf (Boeuf) Spons: Valentine Laissard; Eulalie Wells. Fr. Louis Buhot (Opel Ch: v1-B, p 397)
4. William Wells; b: 19 Aug, 1810
Wells, William (William & Rose Meuillon) b 19 Aug 1810, bt 17 Jul 1811 at Bayou Bouef Spons: Benjamin Wells & Eugenie Lamotte. Fr. Louis Buhot (Opel Ch v. 1-B, p 533)
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(Also spelled Rachuel, Mary, Melony, Meloni, Melloni, Milone, Melhon)
Also Pennsylvania, Maryland, Caroline.
If the birth dates are correct, she was only 13 when she had her first child.
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... was at the Vermilion Parish GenWeb site tonight and found the cemetery where Rachel Clark and second husband Joshua Garret are buried. Thought you might like the information. Sounds as though it was the family cemetery on Garret land. I keep wanting to spell Garret with two t's. I live on Garrett Ave. Would never have found this information if I hadn't gotten the name of Rachel's second husband from you.
Thanks
Terry

GARRET-BERWICK CEMETERY, Garret Plantation, Bayou Sale, St. Mary Parish, Louisiana

Made available to The USGenWeb Archives by R. Paul Adams (adams@mail.lded.state.la.us)

This family cemetery is located at lat. 29.7027 North, Long. 91.4688 W, in Section 60, Township-15-South, Range-10-East, on the West side of Bayou Sale Road, (State Route 317), between the Southern Pacific Rail Road and the Intracoastal Waterway.

The following tombstone inscriptions and miscellaneous information was compiled by Mrs. Clyde Alpha, Mrs. Southwell Fisher, and Mary Elizabeth Sanders.

Sacred to the Memory of Sacred to the Memory of
LOUISA BERWICK DAVID BERWICK
Born Jan. 1815- Died Jan. 13, 1965 Born Apr. 18, 1808- Died Nov. 13, 1874

Sacred to the Memory of Sacred to the Memory of
LEILA and PHOEBE BERWICK EDWARD BERWICK
Born May 10, 1852 and June 26, 1855 Born the 2nd March 184_
Died Nov. 29, 1863 Died the_________(Broken)

DALLAS BERWICK IRA BERWICK
Born 11 Oct. (Broken) Born 21 June (Broken)
Died 1 Apr. 1849 Died 13 May 1849

To the Memory of My Beloved Husband JOSEPH STANWOOD BERWICK
JOSEPH J. BERWICK Born Nov. 3, 1872- Died Nov. 16, 1896
Born Sept. 15, 1838-Died Nov. 16, 1879

JOSEPH OSCAR ALLEN (2 graves with stones could not be
Born Dec. 4, 1863(?) Be approached due to undergrowth)
Died July 24, 1867

A large brick square, unmarked, contains: Sacred to the Memory of
some four graves, probably those of MARIA LOUISA ALLEN
JOSHUA GARRET, RACHEL GARRET Born at Keeserville, N.Y. Dec. 8, 1826
CATHERINE GARRET NICKELSON Died Dec. 14, 1881
and RUFUS NICKELSON.

Sacred to the Memory of Sacred to the Memory of
FRANCIS BENNETT(?) RUTH DENNETT
Born Aug. 30, 1815 Born Nov. 12, 1854
Died May 30, 1863 Died May 21, 1863

Sacred to the Memory of Sacred to the Memory of
SHAKESPEARE ALLEN, M. D. LOUISA BERWICK
Born at Keeserville, N.Y. July 15, 1829 Beloved Wife of Dr. Shakespeare Allen
Died at Centerville, La. Sept. 2, 1875 Born May 24, 1836
Died June 17, 1902

Our LITTLE LEO
Born March 14, 1858
Died Dec. 17, 1862

COMMENTS: I am a decedent of Joshua GARRETT, and as such wanted to mention the mis-spelling of the family name. Joshua GARRETT, with two Ts came to S. Louisiana in the 1770s and settled on Bayou Nezpique in the County of Opelousas, in what is now Evangeline Parish. Later he moved his family to the County of Attakapas, in what is now St. Mary Parish. Under the governance of the Spanish his name was misspelled in many ways, which was not unusual. In the marriage records of St. Martin de Tours Roman Catholic church in St. Martinville, LA, he is listed as Josue Garrot, and in Spanish Military records, he served in a Spanish milita unit, de la Compagnie de milite des Oppeloussas(sic) and is listed as Josua Garote. During this period of transition, from France to Spain to France, then to the United States there was probably some confusion between the clerics and civil officials as to which language to use to record official events. To compound this continuing error, the name of this cemetery on the N. BEND
USGS 7.5 min. Quadrangle is listed as Gratt Cem. I have tried to have this corrected, but as yet have only met with stiff resistance from Washington bureaucrats.

Made available to The USGenWeb Archives by R. Paul Adams (adams@mail.lded.state.la.us)
(c) Copyright 1997, R. Paul Adams

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American Genealogical Biographical Index:

Name:
Rachel Meloan

Birth Date:
1750

Volume:
116

Page Number:
132

Reference:
Maryland Rev. recds; pension clain\ms, bounty land applications, marriages of soldiers. By Harry Wright Newman. Washington, DC. 1938. (155p.):119

Notes:

St. Martin of Tours Church

St. Martin of Tours Church

Married:
U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900
Name: Rachel Melon
Gender: Female
Birth Place: MD
Birth Year: 1750
Spouse Name: Patrick Francis Clark
Spouse Birth Place: Ir
Spouse Birth Year: 1745
Marriage State: of LA
Number Pages: 1