Thomas Berwick

1797 - Aft 1816  (> 20 years)

• Name	Thomas Berwick  [1]
  Birth	14 Jan 1797	St.Martin Parish, Louisiana   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	Aft 1816
  Notes	Berwick, Thomas (Thomas of the colony & Rachel Comstock of Machasuset) b 14 Jan 1797 (SM Ch v. 4, #872) Wit: marriage of Jacob Hayes (William & Foreman) and Marie Zilphey Berwick (his sister) 23 Apr 1816 Atakapas, St.Martin
  Person ID	I7995	Roots
  Last Modified	7 Dec 2014

  
  

  Father	Thomas Berwick, III,   b. 8 Jan 1771, Lake Ponchartrain, Louisiana d. 12 Oct 1846, Louisiana (Age 75 years)
  Mother	Rachel Comstock,   b. 1777, Boston, Nelson Co, Kentucky d. Aft 1810 (Age > 34 years)
  Marriage	16 Feb 1795	St. Martinville, St. Martin Parish, Louisiana   [1]
  	The marriage took place in what would eventually be Lousiana after 1803. St. Landry Catholic Church, Opelousas, LA Marriages vol. 1-A 201; vol. 1-A page 55 [Church source] February 16, 1795 groom: Thomas Berwick (a Presbyterian) bride: Rachel Comstock (a Quaker from Boston) groom's parents: Thomas Berwick & Helen Bols bride's parents: William Crumstuk & Rachel Edward witnesses: John Merriman, Joseph Matthee, Joseph Berwick Fr. Pedro de Zamora Southwest Louisiana records: church and civil records (1750-1900), Complete Revision, Rev. Donald J Hébert, 1974 <http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~larsonmorgan/Morgan/records/church%20records%20-%20southwest%20Louisiana.html> In another place, the marriage is recorded as Raquel of Boston [William & Raquel Edward de secto quienisto] married 16 Feb 1795 to Thomas Barwick, Presbyterian.
  Family ID	F803	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Josephine LeJeune,   b. Abt 1797   d. Aft 1816, St. Martinville, St. Martin Parish, Louisiana (Age ~ 20 years)
  Marriage	8 Feb 1816	St. Landry Catholic Church, Opelousas, Louisiana
  	Typed Copy of Certificate of Marriage, dated 9 Feb 2004, from St. Landry Catholic Church, Opelousas, LA Thomas Barwik, Jr. native of St. Martin of Atakapas, son of Thomas Barwick and Rachel Cumstok, natives & inhabitants of the parish, and Josephine LeJeune, native of the parish, daughter of Joseph LeJeune and Genevieve Jeanis natives & inhabitants of this parish, were lawfully married on 8 Febuary 1816. Fr. Migl. Berndo. Barriere officiating in the presence of Thomas Berwick Sr, Joseph LeJeune, William Berwick, John Hance McCleland, Blaise LeJeune, all of this parish. from Vol. 1A, p.279, No. 9
  Children	+ 1. Hilaire Eli Berwick,   b. 5 Feb 1823, Opelousas, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana d. 18 Oct 1895, Orange, Orange Co, Texas (Age 72 years) + 2. Gilbert Berwick,   b. 13 Apr 1827, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana d. 31 Dec 1902, Orange, Orange Co, Texas (Age 75 years)
  Family ID	F22422	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	17 Aug 2015

  
  

• Event Map

  Marriage - 8 Feb 1816 - St. Landry Catholic Church, Opelousas, Louisiana  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  Southwest Louisiana Records.