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Lucy Moor

Female 1878 - 1906  (27 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Lucy Moor was born on 18 Sep 1878 (daughter of James J Moor and Matilda Carr); died on 11 May 1906.

    Lucy married Ivan Carr on 10 Apr 1901 in Liberty Co, Texas. Ivan (son of Lorenzo Carr and Josephine Smith) was born on 31 Oct 1878 in Texas; died on 05 Feb 1914 in of, Liberty Co, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. Ivan Nash Carr was born on 05 Feb 1902; died on 25 Mar 1902; was buried in Oakdale Cem, Daisetta, Texas.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  James J Moor was born on 10 Jan 1834 in Louisiana (son of James C Moor and Alvina (or Lavina) Abshier); died on 27 Jan 1909.

    James married Matilda Carr on 27 Oct 1857 in Jefferson Co, Texas. Matilda (daughter of William Carr and Nancy Ann Lee) was born in 1840 in Texas; died after 1850. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Matilda Carr was born in 1840 in Texas (daughter of William Carr and Nancy Ann Lee); died after 1850.
    Children:
    1. 1. Lucy Moor was born on 18 Sep 1878; died on 11 May 1906.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  James C Moor was born in 1797 in Chittenden Co, Vermont; died on 11 Jul 1870 in Liberty Co, Texas; was buried in Abshier Cem, Devers, LIberty Co, Texas.

    James married Alvina (or Lavina) Abshier on 30 Dec 1828 in Lafayette Parish, Louisiana. Alvina was born in 1813 in Louisiana; died on 17 Jul 1876 in Liberty Co, Texas; was buried in Abshier Cem, Devers, LIberty Co, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Alvina (or Lavina) Abshier was born in 1813 in Louisiana; died on 17 Jul 1876 in Liberty Co, Texas; was buried in Abshier Cem, Devers, LIberty Co, Texas.
    Children:
    1. Melinda Moor was born about 1829 in Louisiana; died after 1829.
    2. Sarah Moor was born about 1832 in Louisiana; died after 1832.
    3. Benjamin Moor was born on 11 Oct 1831 in St. Landry Parish, Louisiana; died in 1931 in Liberty, Liberty Co, Texas.
    4. 2. James J Moor was born on 10 Jan 1834 in Louisiana; died on 27 Jan 1909.
    5. Minerva Moore was born on 29 Nov 1835 in Louisiana; died on 21 Dec 1922 in Fannett, Jefferson Co, Texas; was buried in Landrum Cem, Fannett, Jefferson Co, Texas.

  3. 6.  William Carr was born on 10 Feb 1795 in Louisiana; was christened on 17 Jul 1800 in St. Martin Catholic Ch, St. Martinville, St. Martin Parish, Louisiana (son of Joseph Carr and Nancy* Ann White); died on 17 Mar 1874; was buried in Burrell Cem, Taylor Bayou, Labelle/Fannett, Jefferson Co, Texas.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Census: 24 Sep 1850, Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas
    • Census: 21 Jul 1860, Beaumont (District 4), Jefferson Co, Texas
    • Census: 07 Jul 1870, Taylor Bayou, Jefferson Co, Texas

    Notes:

    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.

    to LV:
    No sources here, but I show that William m (1) Charlotte Holst abt 1815
    >(2) Nancy Lee 1819 - she died 1849 (3) Charlotte Ender 15 Oct 1851 Jefferson Co, TX. I don't have any of the kids.

    That's curious. I have Nancy as #1, married about 1822 and Charlotte as #2, married after 1823. But I don't recall who sent me this info or if any sources came with it. We need to find out because if Nancy was #2, then she was mother of all of William's known children.

    The marriage of William Carr and Charlotte (?) Ender is dated 30 Oct 1851 in _Jefferson County, Texas Marriage Records, 1837-1899_ compiled and published by Mrs. Frances Terry Ingmire. Charlotte was born in Germany and apparently the second wife of Jacob Ender. One of her step-children married one of William's sons.

    William's children, all listed on the 1850 Jefferson Co census, were Levi, Rachel, John, Sarah, Mary Elizabeth, Mary Ann, Matilda, Serena, Alzena.
    Alzena married John Jay Burrell, son of George and Nancy Eliza French.

    Listed on 1844 Texas tax records.

    Census:
    Carr William 55 1795 Louisiana (no wife)
    Levi 25 1825 LA
    Rachel 19 1831 TX
    John 18 1832 TX
    Sarah 16 1834 TX
    Elizabeth 15 1835 TX
    Mary Ann 13 1837 TX
    Matilda 10 1840 TX
    Serena 9 1841
    Alzena 4 1846
    Taylor Jerusha 46 1804 female Maryland


    next door to Galliers:
    Gallier, Joseph 34 LA
    Catharine 25 LA
    Joseph 11 LA
    Elizabeth 8 LA
    Mary 7 TX LA
    Macob 5 TX
    Levi 3 TX
    William 7/12 TX


    Census:
    21 Jul 1860 Precinct 4, Jefferson Co, Texas

    James E Taylor 45 1815 10,000 seaman New York
    Elvina Taylor 35 1825 Indiana
    Walter B Taylor 19 1841 Louisiana
    Sarah S Taylor 15 1845 Texas
    Avoline Taylor 13 1847 Texas
    James G Taylor 11 1849 Texas
    Harvey Taylor 8 1852 Texas
    Raymond Taylor 5 1855 Texas
    Charles C Taylor 3 1857 Texas
    Elvira E Taylor 9/12 1859 Texas

    next door:
    Carr, William 64 1795 Louisiana 4499 12380, Louisina farmer
    Catherine Carr 34 Germany
    Alzena Carr 15 student TX
    Amele Holt 24 male merchant Germany

    next door on other side, Elizabeth Holts, age 54 1806 Germany, seamstress living with the Bartons
    Baron William J 37 1823 England farmer 1000
    Barton Luiza 21 1839 Germany
    Barton Rebecca 1 1859 Texas



    Census:
    Gallier jacob 25 1845 farmer 125 TX
    Susan 25LA
    Levi 4 TX
    Mary 1 TX

    next door:
    Joseph Gallier 54 1816 (no wife)farmer 300 710 LA
    Ufema 16 1854 TX
    Marton 14 TX
    Artemisia 25 LA
    Amele 5 1865 TX
    Jenny 4 1866 TX
    Phillip 10/12 1869 TX
    Washington S, 40, 1830 male black LA stock rider
    Ashworth WM 19 1851 white Texas stock rider


    Carr William 75 1795 stock raising, 1,000 10,034 LA
    Charlotte 47 1823 Prussia
    Lucy Ann 5 1865 Texas

    next door to Wm Barton 47 tailor Eng
    Louisa 30 Prussia
    Rebecka 10 TX
    Edward TX
    Asher 6 TX
    Charles 1 TX

    next door:
    Holst Elizabeth 67 Prussia
    Alexander Nancy 16 boarding white TX

    Next door:
    Taylor, Elvira 43 LA
    Walter 30 stock rider LA
    Harvey 17 TX
    Charles 13 TX TX
    Ramond 15 1855 TX
    Elvira 10 1860 TX

    next door:
    Holst A 36 Prussia farmer
    Adalin 21 TX
    Bruse Tilly 3 TX Female
    Hunt Elizabeth 16 TX housekeeper



    William married Nancy Ann Lee in 1819 in St. Landry Parish, Louisiana. Nancy was born in 1797 in Vermillion, Lafayette Parish, Louisiana; died in 1849 in Orange Co, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 7.  Nancy Ann Lee was born in 1797 in Vermillion, Lafayette Parish, Louisiana; died in 1849 in Orange Co, Texas.

    Notes:

    Probably related to George Lee (McLee) who married Rachel Clark.

    Children:
    1. Nancy Carr was born on 04 Feb 1822 in St. Martinville, St. Martin Parish, Louisiana; died on 23 Jul 1896 in Lee Co, Texas; was buried in Gardner-Lawhon Cem, Lee Co, Texas.
    2. Levi Carr was born on 13 Aug 1823 in St. Martin Parish, Louisiana; died on 06 Oct 1884 in Caplan, Galveston Co, Texas; was buried in Landrum Cem, Fannett, Jefferson Co, Texas.
    3. Maria Carr was born on 06 Feb 1826 in Taylor Bayou Settlement, Labelle, Jefferson Co, Texas; died in 1906 in Uvalde, Uvalde Co, Texas.
    4. Melissa Carr was born on 07 Apr 1827 in Jefferson Co, Texas; died on 29 Aug 1848 in Jefferson Co, Texas.
    5. Rachel Carr was born in 1831 in Texas; died on 07 Nov 1850 in Jefferson Co, Texas.
    6. John Carr was born in 1832 in Texas; died between 1880 and 1900 in of, Port Bolivar, Galveston Co, Texas.
    7. Sarah Carr was born on 02 Feb 1833 in Jefferson Co, Texas; died on 10 Oct 1910 in Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas.
    8. Elizabeth Carr was born in 1835 in Texas; died after 1850.
    9. Mary Ann Carr was born on 22 Jul 1835 in Jefferson Co, Texas; died on 14 Sep 1904 in Devers, Liberty Co, Texas.
    10. 3. Matilda Carr was born in 1840 in Texas; died after 1850.
    11. Serena Carr was born on 17 Oct 1838 in Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas; died on 08 Oct 1919 in Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas; was buried in Landrum Cem, Fannett, Jefferson Co, Texas.
    12. Alzena Carr was born on 05 Jan 1845 in Texas; died on 04 Jan 1917 in Jefferson Co, Texas; was buried in Burrell Cem, Taylor Bayou, Labelle/Fannett, Jefferson Co, Texas.


Generation: 4

  1. 12.  Joseph Carr was born on 6 Aug 1752 in Kingston, Jamaica (son of Hugh (Hugo) Carr and Marguerite Halfan); died before 16 Aug 1816 in St. Martinville, St. Martin Parish, Louisiana.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Residence: Bef 1793, Virginia

    Notes:

    Car, Guillaume (Joseph of Jamaca (Hugo & Marguerite Halfan) m24 Feb 1794 Ane Wit, a widow.

    SWLA Father Hebert books
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    Notes taken from a Rootsweb tree:

    Subj: Fwd: Roberds, Myra L.
    Date: 3/20/99 10:02:40 PM Eastern Standard Time
    From: LoisFaye2@aol.com
    To: Pat Noble

    Pat,

    I got this in reply to my posting about Myra Roberds that married a Carr. I have corresponded again with Jan and she asked if I would forward this email to you. If you are intrested in more of her line, she said feel free to write.

    Also, about the Carr book I mentioned, well the author is in her 80's and even tho I am in her line, I had tp beg and plead to even get a copy for myself. She even knew me years ago when I was a child and my picture is in the book, so I do not think at this time she would let them go. I did offer to buy all she had left for sale, but that scared her, so only one could I get. I will be posting information from the book to the Carr maillist, from time to time.

    Lois Kennedy
    -----------------
    Forwarded Message:
    Subj: Re: Roberds, Myra L.
    Date: 3/20/99 2:00:28 PM Eastern Standard Time
    From: erlabri@home.com (Jan Garland)
    To: LoisFaye2@aol.com
    Hi

    I'm researching the Carr family, but I'm not sure if it's the same one.
    I'll give you my data, and you can take it from there. Who knows, when you get one generation further back you might find a connection.

    Hugo Carr b. @1722 in England, moved to Jamaica, where he married Marguaerite Halfan on 11/4/1747 in Kingston Jamaica. I don't know if he was an adult when he arrived in Jamaica or if he arrived with his parents. I have no death date for either.

    They had at least one child, and I assume more: Joseph Carr, b. 8/6/1752 (I figure he was the second or third child). When he was a young adult, he moved to VA, again I don't know if he was with his parents or not.
    Still later, he moved to Louisiana Territory, where he d. <1801. He married Nancy White b. <1768 in NC (I have this line also, if you ever need it) 2/24/1794 in St. Martin's Parish LA. They had at least two kids: William 2/22/1795, and Maria Lucinda (Lucy) b. 4/16/1797 (my line).

    William Carr m. Nancy Lee 8/16/1816, for some reason I don't have the location... Anyway, they had Nancy, Levi, Mariah, Melissa, Rachel, John, Sarah, Mary Elizabeth, Mary Ann, Matilda, Serena, Alzena, Lucy Ann, and Sophia. And still they found time for farming!! It appears that all but Sophia lived long enough to marry and I have all their spouses names, if you ever need them. (Sorry, no Roberds, several Moors and Clubbs though)

    Nancy d. abt 1849, and William lived til 3/17/1874.

    Since my line didn't carry the Carr name, I won't bore you with it,unless you think it will help.

    Jefferson Co., where William died, is real close to Liberty Co. and Lucy Carr m. James McLaughlin and they lived in the Galveston area, or Chambers Co.,(moved to Bastrop Co. a few years before he died, James and Lucy had divorced yrs earlier) also nearby, so maybe there were other siblings in the area.

    Good luck, hope this helps!
    Jan Garland

    LoisFaye2@aol.com wrote:
    >
    >
    > I am looking for the sister of my greatgrandmother, (Rosalea Roberds Carr).
    > This lady was Myra L. Roberds Carr, having married the brother, James Daniel (Jim) Carr, of her sister's husband, Jolly J. Carr.
    >
    > Myra L. Roberds
    > b February 9 1885
    > m James Daniel Carr Jan 13 1901 in Madisonville, Tx
    > d Aug 30 1966
    >
    > To the best of my memories she also had 2 brothers or maybe more, Alonzo
    > 'Uncle Lon' and the other I only knew as 'Uncle Jim'. The brothers lived in
    > Liberty Co., Tx in or near Cleveland. Uncle Lon lived on the Trinity River
    > near Romayor Texas.
    >
    > If there is anyone out there researching this family Please Please contact
    > me, as I really need help with this family.
    >
    > Lois in Alvin, Brazoria Co., Tx
    _______________
    Subj: [CARR-L] Carrs of VA
    Date: 11/17/1999 1:51:04 AM Eastern Standard Time
    From: erlabri@home.com (Jan Garland)
    To: CARR-L@rootsweb.com

    Hi

    Looking for info about the Joseph Carr family. Joseph b. 8/6/1752 in
    Jamaica to parents Hugo Carr of England (d. Jamaica) and Marguerite
    Halfan (also b. England d. Jamaica).

    Joseph Carr moved from Jamaica to VA, year unknown, and then to LA bef.
    1794 when he married Nancy White of NC at St. Martin Parish. They had at
    least two children, William and Marie Lucinda in LA.

    Would like to know more about Joseph and Nancy as well as Hugo and
    Marguerite and their parents in England and their other children.

    Thanks
    Jan Garland
    _________________________
    From: Nancy Royce
    To: nroyce@verizon.net
    Sent: Wed, 14 May 2008 11:55 am
    Subject: Carr Family

    I am a descendant of Hugh Carr who left a will in Kingston Jamaica in the 1750's. In this will he names his brother Joseph Carr, nephew William Carr, and neice Rachel Carr all of Bucks Co. Pennsylvania. I am looking for other interested researchers willing to pool our research to see if we can find these Pennsylvania relatives. With this information I think it might be possible for us to continue tracing this line back into England/Ireland or whereever they were from. I have a lot of information on the family ties of Joseph Carr who married Nancy White in La. including Lees, Hanks, Hargraves, Gwaltney, White, Davenport, Moore, etc. that I am willing to share.

    I look forward to hearing from you.

    Sincerely,

    Nancy Carr Royce
    Dickinson, Texas

    REPLY: You can see all of my resources on this line in my Rootsweb WorldConnect database.

    Just to be clear since there are so many common names here: I have a Hugo Carr born in England circa 1722 who married Marguaerite Halfan, lived in Jamaica, and had a son Joseph who married Nancy White. Are you suggesting that this is the Hugh who wrote a will in Jamaica, the one with a brother Joseph in Bucks Co PA? Any idea why he wrote a will so young?

    You might want to look at Joseph Kerr m Elizabeth McKane. They married in Philadelphia but ended up in Mecklenburg, NC. Seems to me the Kerrs of Mecklenburg were linked to the Caribbean and pirates, etc. Right time frame, etc.

    There's a Jonathan Carr b abt 1725 who married Deborah Robinson and had an extensive Carr line in Bucks Co. Note that Bucks Co was the home of the Fallsington Monthly Meeting of Friends. I've done some digging in that area and don't have a Joseph Carr who meshes with your info.

    Pat Noble
    ____________________
    From: NANCY ROYCE
    To: patnoble@aol.com
    Cc: Jackie Pace
    Sent: Wed, 14 May 2008 5:33 pm
    Subject: RE: Carr Family

    Hi Pat,

    Thank you for your response.

    Yes, Hugh Carr who married Marguerite Halfar is the one who left the will in Jamaica, along with christening records for Joseph. My line is Joseph and Nancy White Carr, William and Nancy Lee Carr, Levi and Manerva Moor Carr, Frank and Mary Elizabeth Ladd Carr, Cornelius and Anna Lutherer Carr.

    Hugh Carr was in Spanish Town, Kingston Jamaica prior to 1747. On 4 Nov 1747 he married Margaret Siddons Foster, widow of Edward Foster, mariner. Hugh and Margaret had one son Joseph Carr born 6 August 1752. Hugh Carr made his will on 13 June 1758 naming son Joseph Carr to have two negro boy slaves for benefit until he is 21, Ambrose Turner who lives with me to have 5 pounds current money and opportunity to purchase the business within 12 months time, and remainder of estate to be equally divided between Joseph and Margaret Carr and in case of their deaths to go to ?my loving niece Rachel Carr and my loving nephew William Carr, daughter and son of my loving brother Joseph Carr of the county of Bucks in the province of Penn.? Margaret married again on 10 Tune 1759 to Ambrose Turner.

    Margaret Siddons Foster Carr Turner died 1 June 1777 and Ambrose Turner died 23 June 1770.

    From my reading on families in the Bucks Co. area, there seems to have been a great deal of shipping carried on between this area and Jamaica. If memory serves Joseph Richardson of Philadelphia was involved in shipping to and from the islands. Hugh Carr names Joseph Richardson and Thomas Bond, friends, to be guardian for his son.

    I?ve done some looking in Bucks Co. and can?t find Joseph, William and Rachel to fit the time frame.

    The following 1998 query on Rootsweb is interesting since this person connects Joseph Richardson with Samuel?? ?In 1682 Samuel Richardson, a Quaker of Philadelphia Co, PA, transferred into the Merion Friends meeting from Spanish Town Friends Meeting Port Royale, Jamaica. He was a friend of PENN. As a bricklayer and contractor, he helped build Philadelphia which made him quite wealthy. He was in Philadelphia during the earthquake that sunk the city into the port.?

    Any clues are appreciated.

    Nancy

    REPLY: I found a genealogy at Ancestry showing a Joseph Kerr, Sr, of Chester Co PA, with wife Elizabeth, with children Elizabeth, Joseph, Jr, Rachel, and William. It's indeed the Joseph Kerr who died in Mecklenburg NC.

    If you have Ancestry, this is the link.
    http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/person.aspx?pid=-1923686880&tid=1545525&s src=








    http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=pnoble66&id=I18573


    Residence:
    said to have left Jamaica as a young man and lived for a while in Virginia before moving south to Louisiana. Dates unknown.

    Joseph married Nancy* Ann White on 24 Feb 1794 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]


  2. 13.  Nancy* Ann White was born about 1770 in North Carolina (daughter of John* White and Sarah Davenport "Sally"* Gambill); died about 1834 in Duncan Woods, Orange Co, Texas (maybe).

    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)
    ____________________
    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:

    Married:
    Car, Guillaume (Joseph of Jamaca (Hugo & Marguerite Halfan) m24 Feb 1794 Ane Wit, a widow.


    When Nancy White married Joseph Carr, she brought three children from her first marriage.

    The following was translated from French and must be one of the earliest pre-nuptial agreements ever written. It is dated February 24, 1794 and concerns the marriage of Joseph Carr and Nancy White.

    At the army post of Atakupas, on the twenty-fourth day of the month of February of the year one thousand seven hundred and ninety-four, before us Don Francisco Cajo y Luogo, lieutenant in the permanent regiment of Louisiana and civil and military commander of the said place, in the presence of two witnesses to help us in the absence of a notary public, there being none in this territory, have appeared on the one hand Mr. Joseph Carr, native of Jamaica, of age and legitimate son of Hugo Carr and Marguerite Halfas, and the widow Ann (Nancy) Wit (White), or age and legitimate daughter of Jean (John) Wit (White) and Sara (Sarah) Cambel, native of Carolina, thus authorized by consent of the said father, on the other hand. And the said parties, of their own free will and choice, and in the best possible form, also in presence of their witnesses, that in on the side of the bridegroom, Mr. Louis Dantilly Bertin and Antoine Martinez, and on the side of the bride, Mr. Guillaume White and Mr. Jesse White, her brothers, - also present and residing at this place; being intent on taking each other by law, by name and by the sacrament of marriage according to the Protestant rite, both contracting parties make the following solemn agreements and covenants.

    The community property of the said husband and wife will be drawn up according to the law and customs of Spain ; even though this territory would change dominion or that the parties would go and reside in other lands with their customs.

    The said husband and wife are not responsible for each other?s debts incurred before the marriage. If there are any, they will be settled by the one who will have contracted them and from his or her property.

    In case of legal separation each party will take back that which he or she will have brought into the marriage. If there has been an increase it will be divided by common consent.

    The said husband and wife take each other and their estate duties, real estate and personal estate, which are to befall them or to be forfeited by them. The husband with the property of one thousand (illegible) in bank notes which belong to him, according to the knowledge of his friends. As to the property of the said bride it consist in an amount of two hundred and seventy-five pintos and two great reals as her half of her community property with Mr. David Herman (Harman), her first husband, which is indicated in the deeds of apportionment dated the second day of the month of November of the year one thousand seven hundred ninety-two. And because of the good and sincere affection that said husband and wife have for each other, they decide and consent this day that incase of death without legitimate child of this marriage, the surviving one of the two and his heirs will possess in perpetuity the estate of the deceased, with the clause and condition that if the survivor marries again that agreement will be cancelled and that the estate of the deceased will go to the blood line after an inventory made by the authority of this army post who, without any opposition from anyone, will have the right to bring the estate of the first deceased back to the blood line, for the profit of his heirs, renouncing anything contrary to this disposition.

    Written and agreed in the commander?s residence, in good faith, with the consent of said parties, parents and friends, which parties and parents, having signed after us, here above mentioned commander, as also Mr. Ramon de Cordoval and Charles Potier, legal witnesses to this matrimonial contract.

    Francisco Cajo y Luongo Joseph Carr
    Nancy White William White
    John White Ramon de Cordoval
    Louis Dantilly Bertin Antonio Martinez

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    Children:
    1. 6. William Carr was born on 10 Feb 1795 in Louisiana; was christened on 17 Jul 1800 in St. Martin Catholic Ch, St. Martinville, St. Martin Parish, Louisiana; died on 17 Mar 1874; was buried in Burrell Cem, Taylor Bayou, Labelle/Fannett, Jefferson Co, Texas.
    2. Marie Lucinda Carr was born on 16 Apr 1797 in St. Martinville, St. Martin Parish, Louisiana; died after 1850 in Liberty Co (probably), Texas.