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The Hamberlin Family of Mississippi<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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By Richard L. Tolman, Ph. D.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0The question has arisen as to the origins of the Hamberlin family of Mississippi, particularly the origin of Moses Clarence Hamberlin of Jefferson County, Mississippi (1807-1886)<\/b>. There are various speculated national origins by family members over the decades including Ireland,1<\/a><\/sup>Autobiographical hand-written history by \u2018Lucious\u2019 Lamar Hamberlin (1893-1975), youngest of 10 children of James David and Julia Helen (Irwin) Hamberlin (James David is a son of Moses Clarence by his second wife, 2 pp, written probably 1967-1968 in Gilmer, Texas; copy in the possession of Michael A. Hamberlin, Alamogordo, NM.<\/span> Germany,2<\/a><\/sup>Letter of November 10, 1961 from Ralph E. Hamberlin of Greensburg, Louisiana to Mrs. W. D. Ethridge of Brandon, Mississippi, purports Anthony Hamberlin (b.1797, d. 1850 Jefferson County) was married to Serena and came to Mississippi from Jamestown, VA, further that \u2018William Anthony\u2019 Hamberlin was married to Rachel and came from Hamburg, Germany\u2014no source provided for any of this. He also declares his lineage from 3ggfather William Hamberlin; copy in the possession of Michael A. Hamberlin, Alamogordo, NM; hereafter Ethridge letter<\/b>.<\/span> and France, but with no definitive proof or archival sources.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0The Irish origin speculation can be eliminated as very unlikely as a survey of Irish sources at FamilySearch and Ancestry have shown that Hamberlin is not an Irish name. Add to this the fact that the Irish immigrated by and large exclusively to New England and most of them after the birth of Moses Clarence Hamberlin in Jefferson County, Mississippi in 1807. Jefferson County is a little northeast of Natchez (see Figure 1).<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Similarly, emigration from Germany to Mississippi around or before 1800 is also unlikely; Mississippi became a U. S. territory in 1798, but before that it had been settled by the French although Spain also claimed the southern Mississippi area as \u2018West Florida. The French established the first real settlement in Mississippi at Natchez (as Fort Rosalie) on the Mississippi River in 1716 and then were forced to cede the French colony (called \u2018New France\u2019, which included modern-day Mississippi) to Britain under the terms of the Treaty of Paris<\/i> in 1763 at the close of the French and Indian War. Settlement of Louisiana\/Mississippi by other nations (including the American colonies) before 1800 was difficult. The only easy way was by ship to New Orleans as access by river (Ohio and Mississippi) only began after the 1780\u2019s and then mostly to the Western Reserve (Ohio and Indiana).3<\/a><\/sup>Wikipedia, online (search: Ohio River).<\/span> So at the time of Moses Clarence\u2019s birth (1807), Jefferson County was settled by mostly French colonists although the territory officially belonged to the British. The Battle of New Orleans would be fought in early 1815, when the British forces were defeated by Andrew Jackson and his American forces including French-speaking militia to end the War of 1812. Communication with the American coastal colonies was so poor at this time that the Battle of New Orleans was actually fought two weeks after the British had already surrendered, but word of this had not reached General Andrew Jackson\u2019s ears. Settlement of Mississippi in the 18th century was restricted to larger settlements as the Indians (Chickasaw and Choctaw) were among the most vicious and aggressive in depredations of white colonists.4<\/a><\/sup>Wikipedia, online (search: Mississippi, Treaty of Paris, Battle of New Orleans).<\/span>,5<\/a><\/sup>Jones, E. R. \u2018Jefferson County\u2019 (S. I.: s. n., 19–) pp 1-5; interesting history of 18th century Jefferson Co.; FHL US\/CAN 976.1 A1; online at FHL only (accessed 24 Nov 2016).<\/span> Hamberlins were members of the Natchez militia6<\/a><\/sup>Feldman, Lawrence H. Anglo-Americans in Spanish Archives: Lists of Anglo-American Settlers in the Spanish Colonies of America; a finding aid<\/i> (Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publ. Co., 1991) pp 110, 125, 137, 153, 179 (FHL US\/CAN 973 X2fe) ; William and Jesse Hamberlin are mentioned in the 1780\u2019s and William and Juan (John) are mentioned in the 1790\u2019s.<\/span> as early as 1782, strengthening the premise that they were French colonists of New France in the 1700\u2019s.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0The first Mississippi State Census of Jefferson County7<\/a><\/sup>1816 Mississippi State and Territorial Census of Jefferson County 1792-1886, Film V229, Heritage Quest; online at Ancestry.com (accessed 4 Dec 2016).<\/span> of 1816 shows three Hamberlin heads of families: \u2018A.\u2019 Hamberlin, John Hamberlin, Wm Hamberlin and an additional family (individual) in Amite County (south of Jefferson County) Stephen D. Hamberlin. In 1816 John and A. (Anthony?) each had one male in the household over 21 years. The Wm Hamberlin household had 2 males over 21, no other males or females. The John and A. households each had 2 males under 21 and 3 and 4 females, respectively (one each over 21). Wm Hamberlin may be older than John and A. and could be a father or uncle of the other two; this contention is supported by the fact that Wm Hamberlin was in the Natchez militia in the 1780\u2019s and the others were not. This Wm Hamberlin (b. 1756) is likely the witness to Anthony William\u2019s marriage in Natchez in 1795. There are numerous mentions of William, John, and Anthony Hamberlin in the Natchez Court Records in the period 1794-1805.8<\/a><\/sup>The Natchez Court Records, 1767-1805, no genealogical information; online at Ancestry.com (accessed 7 Jan 2017).<\/span> Also there is an account9<\/a><\/sup>Wilkinson, Marcellus McEwin \u2018History of Mississippi Baptists\u2019 in Genealogy of Wilkinson and Kindred Families (Shelby, MS: Shelby Book Store, 1949) pp. 457-462.<\/span> of the persecution of William Hamberlin in the 1790\u2019s for attending Baptist meetings in Jefferson County (only Catholic meetings were permitted in New France); more about this later.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 William, Anthony, and John Hamberlin all took10<\/a><\/sup>Hamberlin naturalization: \u2018Index to Naturalization Records, Mississippi Courts, 1798-1906\u2019, Old Law Naturalization Records Project, Jackson, Mississippi, Mar 1942; Wm (northern district of Mississippi Territory) and John\/Anthony (lower district of Mississippi Territory), oath taken 2 Dec 1798; FHL US\/CAN Film 1704,224 (accessed 27 Nov 2016).<\/span> the \u2018oath of allegiance\u2019 to the United States of America in 1798 (naturalization). This is NOT an immigration record as some have interpreted it, but a necessary naturalization of \u2018New France\u2019 (French) colonists to become Americans. John and William are listed11<\/a><\/sup>First Settlers of the Mississippi Territory: grants taken from the American State Papers, class VIII, Public lands<\/i>, Volume 1, pp. 89, 91; online at Ancestry.com (accessed 10 Dec 2016).<\/span> among the first settlers of Mississippi in 1798 both at Cole\u2019s Creek (Jefferson County, a few miles up the \u2018Trace\u2019 from Natchez). To this point everything seems consistent for Hamberlins to be of French origin, emigrating perhaps from Normandy (Calvados province) in the early 18th century (see Antoine Hamelain, Generation 1<\/b><\/i> below).<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Now add to the mix the report that Hamberlins moved down the Natchez Trace to Jefferson County from Williamsburg, Virginia in 1793 (other accounts say 1819 or 1818).12<\/a><\/sup>This report exists in many forms; it is hard to say where this information originated. The only real \u2018source\u2019 (unfortunately fictional) is the one posted on FamilySearch (\u2018Hamberlin move from VA to MS: Jeff. co., History Vol 32 part 1 page 11<\/u>: In 1776 a small group of Virginia pioneers landed on Coles Creek in Jeff. co., Mississippi, Hamberlin`s was one of the families\u2019 {sic}) and it is not a real source as it does not exist. Expert librarians\/researchers at the FHL all agreed it is not findable, therefore mythical. The page is typewritten and the Hamberlin-relevant paragraph is on a page titled \u2018History of Phoenix Community\u2019, sub-heading: \u2018Other Settlers<\/u>\u2019. The paragraph: \u2018Adams (Ben Adams, first settler of the area) came to Miss. and sold his land grant to Moses Hamberlin who in 1818 had moved into this territory from Jamestown, Va. by wagon train with his family and slaves to raise cotton. The Hilderbrand family came in the same wagon train drawn by oxen with slaves riding in wagons. The Hamberlin and Hilderbrand families were in two carriages drawn by horses. The two families camped on the creeks until they could buy land. Hamberlins camped on the creek that flows through L. M. Coody\u2019s pasture. Hilderbrands located on Beaver Creek and entered the Philip Hilderbrand tract of land by a land grant. They built a two story home on the hills near the creek. Philip Hilderbrand\u2014a great grandson still lives in the house.\u2019<\/i>
\nIt is widely mentioned\/cited in trees at Ancestry, but the only comment relative to origin comes from Marilyn Smith (msmith8730) in her tree \u2018Yazoo MS Allied Families\u2019, owner Marilyn Smith, trees.ancestry.com\/tree\/1504114 (accessed 9 Dec 2016). Her citation reads \u2018Phoenix_130, (source) unknown, but about 1940-1980, Phoenix, Yazoo, MS; an old manuscript page\u2026\u2019, hereafter Phoenix ms<\/b>.<\/span>,13<\/a><\/sup>Unfortunately, this misleading initial note (see preceding reference) was picked up by the \u2018Family Roots\u2019 columnist Lamar Roberts in 1987 (he wrote a genealogy column published widely in Louisiana and Mississippi newspapers) and the gist of the report was republished enlarging the number of people familiar with it; see Roberts, Lamar and Bridges, Joyce Shannon \u2018The Family Roots Column\u2019 (Shreveport, Louisiana: J.& R. Publ. Co., 199-) US\/CAN 976.3 D2r at FHL (accessed 24 Nov 2016); hereafter Lamar Roberts column<\/b>.<\/span> The \u2018Natchez Trace\u2019 is a 440 mile long historic forest trail from Natchez, MS to Nashville, TN linking the Cumberland, Tennessee and Mississippi Rivers and used anciently by Native Americans of the area. It was not fully navigable by wagons until 1809<\/u>14<\/a><\/sup>Wikipedia, online (search: Natchez Trace).<\/span>. So forget the Phoenix ms<\/b> (Note 12) report that Hamberlins emigrated by wagon<\/i> from Virginia in 1793. Changing the date to 1818 or 1819 does not help as the Hamberlins (and Hilderbrands) were already present in the first state census of Mississippi in 1816 (Mississippi Territory became a state in 1816 and a special state census was conducted). So this whole report may be spurious\u2014or perhaps the Hamberlins and Hilderbrands did<\/u> make the journey bringing goods down the \u2018Trace\u2019 in 1818\/1819, but you can be sure they travelled to Virginia from Mississippi first<\/b>. Marilyn Smith (see Notes 12 and 13) has transcribed two articles (abt 1987) on Ancestry.com from the Vicksburg Post<\/i> commenting on \u2018Family Roots\u2019<\/i> (a genealogical column in Mississippi\/Louisiana), see Lamar Roberts column<\/b>.15<\/a><\/sup>These articles are findable at ancestry.com by searching \u2018Moses Hamberlin\u2019 and choosing \u2018Public Member Stories\u2019; the articles describe genealogical details including the ones described above (accessed 10 Dec 2016).<\/span> She is generally in agreement with conclusions of this essay, except that she still has the Hamberlins as Virginia immigrants to Mississippi, although as has been shown, this position is indefensible.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u2026or so we thought. There is ANOTHER report,16<\/a><\/sup>Attached to a letter dated 26 Feb 1997 from T. R. Allsbrook to \u2018Cesar\u2019 M. Johnston; Mr. Allsbrook asks a bunch of really good questions for which we have no answers. The attachment (appears to be copied from a book): John B. Hamberlin, A. M., was born in Franklin county, Mississippi, November 21, 1830. He is a descendant of the Hamberlin family which came with Rev. Richard Curtis and his company of Baptists from Virginia, via the Tennessee and Mississippi rivers to Natchez, about 1780. He labored on the farm until nineteen years old, having attended country schools a little, when his father, William Hamberlin, died, leaving to his guardianship a young half-brother and sister. He was converted at the age of seventeen, and was baptized into Percy\u2019s Creek Baptist church, Wilkinson county, by the venerable Thomas M. Bond. He taught school in Yazoo county\u2026(end of excerpt; handwritten on the page is the phrase \u2018JBH gdn of half-brother = William Ewell Hamberlin of Greensburg, LA; half-sister = ?\u2019); hereafter Allsbrook letter<\/b>.<\/span> also unsourced, about a John B. Hamberlin, son of William and born in Franklin County, Mississippi in 1830; it contends that the Hamberlins came to Mississippi with a Rev. Richard Curtis from Virginia. Looking at this report a little more closely, it has some problems. Firstly, Rev. Richard Curtis is not from Virginia, but is from the Pedee River region of northeastern South Carolina (members of the migrating party are named in this source and do not include any Hamberlins).17<\/a><\/sup>\u2018Mississippi Baptists\u2019 Missionary Identity and Relation to William Carey\u2019 online at www.wmcarey.edu.carey\/legacy (accessed 10 Jan 2017). <\/span> The Tennessee River wanders through Alabama and then western Tennessee before joining the Mississippi River\u2014this is pretty convenient if you are travelling west from South Carolina, but not at all if you start in Virginia. Next, John Burgess Hamberlin was a serious Baptist, becoming a minister and founding the Meridian Female College in Meridian, Mississippi in 1865.18<\/a><\/sup>Mississippi Baptist Convention; online at www.revolvy.com\/main\/index\/index (accessed 10 Jan 2017).<\/span> The \u2018Mississippi-emigrant\u2019<\/i> William was also a Baptist, but did not join the Baptists in South Carolina, but was converted in Mississippi (hence he was already in Mississippi when he encountered the Rev. Curtis). His conversion in 1790 in Natchez is described in a history of Protestantism in Mississippi; William Hamberlin the convert is described as a \u2018prominent citizen\u2019 (of Natchez).19<\/a><\/sup>Jones, John Griffing \u2018A Concise History of the Introduction of Protestantism into Mississippi and the Southwest\u2019; a very interesting account of the Baptist persecution in Mississippi by the \u2018Papal hierarchy\u2019; online at www.old-new-orleans.com\/History_Protestantism_Mississippi.html (accessed 10 Jan 2017); hereafter Jones<\/b>. <\/span> And so it appears that once we have separated truth from fiction, Hamberlin migration from the American colonies is indeed indefensible.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Now a word about the Williams. John Burgess Hamberlin\u2019s father was William (d. 1849)\u2014but this can\u2019t be the William (5<\/b>) who was converted to the Baptist faith; he would be too old. Similarly, it can\u2019t be the William (12<\/b>), son of Anthony William, as this William had a large family (see 1840 census, 8 children under 20 years). Help comes from a letter20<\/a><\/sup>Ethridge letter<\/b>; the author Ralph E. Hamberlin is a grandson of Wm Ewell Hamberlin (half-brother of John Burgess Hamberlin); he declares his lineage to be: Wm Gill Hamberlin5 Wm Ewell Hamberlin4 William Hamberlin3 (b. 6\/15\/1804) John Hamberlin2 (buried below Fayette on John Folkes premises) William Hamberlin1.<\/span> from Ralph A. Hamberlin (Ethridge letter<\/b>) which clarifies things greatly. Our William Hamberlin (5<\/b>) is John Burgess Hamberlin\u2019s great grandfather through William\u2019s son John (6<\/b>).<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Moses Clarence Hamberlin, son of Anthony William and Esther (Clare) Hamberlin, had a large family with children from each of his two wives. Esther Nevils Hamberlin (wife 1) had six children and Frances Lillian Isonhood Hamberlin (wife 2) had eight according to FamilySearch (accessed 7 Jan 2017). There is comparatively little agreement among their posterity about these children and details about their lives, but sorting all this out will have to wait until there can be a genealogical resolution with sources.<\/span><\/p>\n

Generation One<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

{National Genealogical Society numbering convention: All persons in the genealogy are numbered consecutively as they appear. For those children for whom there is additional information\/descendants (marked with a \u2018+\u2019), there are no sources cited in the first mention, but all sources are cited in the full description which appears in the next generation}<\/span><\/p>\n

1. Antoine Hamelain<\/b><\/span> was born abt 1700 and immigrated21<\/a><\/sup>Toups, Neil J. Mississippi Valley Pioneers \u2018La Gironde passenger list\u2019<\/i> (Lafayette, Louisiana: Neilson Publishing Co., 1970) pp. 83-90.<\/span> to New Orleans 1 Aug 1720 on the La Gironde (Capitaine: M de Basmaison) from Lisieux, Calvados (Normandy), France. He was a candlemaker. The passengers\u2019 objective was to form \u2018le Colonie de M. De Chaumont pour la Louisianne\u2019, apparently on the Pascaugoula River in southeastern Mississippi. No known wife or children, but he may be an ancestor (father or grandfather?) of William and Antonio Hamberlin of Natchez.<\/span><\/p>\n

Generation Two<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

2. Antonio Hamberlin<\/b><\/span> was born abt 1755 of Natchez and died before 1795. He married Rachel Madre<\/strong><\/span>.22<\/a><\/sup>Mentioned in the Hamberland\/Clare marriage document: Diocese of Baton Rouge, Catholic Church Records, Vol 2 1770-1803 (Baton Rouge, Louisiana: Diocese of Baton Rouge, Dep. Of Archives, 1978), p. 350; parents: Antonio and Rachel Hamberland, witness William Hamberland (uncle?), \u2018age 39 of this Providence\u2019.<\/span>,23<\/a><\/sup>\u2018Sammy Leaper-Woodruff Genealogy 2012\u2019, owner Sammye Woodruff, trees.ancestry.com\/tree\/48410931, has Anthony Hamberlin\u2019s wife as \u2018Rachel Madre, 1755-1815\u2019 but no source except Pedigree Resource File DVD 139\u2014this needs to be checked out further (accessed 7 Jan 2017).<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Antonio and Rachel (Madre) Hamberlin had at least two children.<\/span><\/p>\n

+ 3 ii. ANTHONY WILLIAM HAMBERLIN<\/span> was born abt 1775 of Natchez. He married 29 Aug 1795 at Natchez Esther Clair<\/strong><\/span>, dau of George and Margarita Clair\/Clare.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0 \u00a04 iv. RACHEL HAMBERLIN<\/span> was born 1775 of Natchez and died Jan 1837 (age 62). She married abt 1796 Abner Persis Rice Marble<\/strong><\/span> son of Abner and Zerviah (Rice) Marble. He was born 1770 at Hardwick, Worcester, Massachusetts and died 5 Jul 1836 at Jefferson, County, Mississippi.24<\/a><\/sup>\u2018Sherry Jean Hunt Family Tree\u2019, owner davidgregory1954, trees.ancestry.com\/tree\/6816150, nice references; online at Ancestry.com and the Abel Family Web Site http:\/\/abel2015.com (accessed 7 Jan 2017).<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

5. William Hamberlin<\/b><\/span> was born 1756 of Natchez and was presumably a brother25<\/a><\/sup>William was a witness to Antonio\u2019s son\u2019s Catholic wedding in 1795 (Note 30), although he was a Baptist. Antonio therefore had likely passed. <\/span> to Antonio. His wife is unknown. He lived most of his adult life in Jefferson County Mississippi twelve miles up the \u2018Trace\u2019 from Natchez at Cole\u2019s Creek (Fayette)26<\/a><\/sup>Lowrie, Walter Early Settlers of Mississippi as taken from Land Claims in the Mississippi Territory<\/i> (Easley, South Carolina: Southern Historical Press, 1986) pp 808, 811; records land registration (1807), Wm had lived on the land in Cole\u2019s Creek since 1798. <\/span> or perhaps a few miles further up the \u2018Trace\u2019 at Port Gibson.27<\/a><\/sup>Ethridge letter<\/b>. <\/span> An ardent Baptist (converted 1790 in Natchez), he and his longtime associate Stephen DeAlmo were persecuted by Natchez Catholics.28<\/a><\/sup>Jones<\/b>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

+ 6 i. JOHN HAMBERLIN<\/span> was born abt 1775 of Natchez. He also appears in the land records at Cole\u2019s Creek. At least four children (from 1816 Mississippi census).<\/span><\/p>\n

Generation Three<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

3. Anthony William Hamberlin<\/b><\/span> was born 1767 of Natchez, Adams, Mississippi and died abt 1827 (some say in Normandy).29<\/a><\/sup>Anthony William Hamberlin is reported to have died 1823 in Barou-en-Auge, Calvados (Normandy) on FamilySearch and also in many Ancestry trees\u2014all without any source disclosed. A search of civil (FHL Film 658,255 item 4) and church records (FHL Film 660,361) in Barou-en-Auge failed to produce any result; the author therefore concludes this to be another fable.<\/span> He married30<\/a><\/sup>Hamberland\/Clare marriage: Diocese of Baton Rouge, Catholic Church Records, Vol 2 1770-1803 (Baton Rouge, Louisiana: Diocese of Baton Rouge, Dep. Of Archives, 1978), p. 350; parents: Antonio and Rachel \u2018Hamberland\u2019, witness William \u2018Hamberland\u2019 (uncle of Anthony William?), \u2018age 39 of this Providence\u2019. <\/span> Esther Clare\/Claire<\/strong><\/span> dau of George and Margaret (Cooper) Claire.<\/span><\/p>\n

Anthony William and Esther (Clare) Hamberlin had seven or more children.31<\/a><\/sup>Meier, Oveda The Bowers Book, A Genealogy<\/i> (Salt Lake City, UT: Privately published, 1990) pp 144-146; the genealogy includes Anthony William Hamberlin and some descendants (no sources), has five children for Anthony William but different birthdates and a son Stephen Hamberlin, b. 1798. There is a problem here as there are 4 children reported to be born between 1796 and 1799\u2014the author does not believe this is physically possible (these children are also reported in FamilySearch Tree).<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

7 i. JACOB HAMBERLIN<\/span> was born 1796 at Cole\u2019s Creek (Fayette), Jefferson, Mississippi. He fought in the War of 1812, Mississippi Militia, Capt. Greene\u2019s Company.32<\/a><\/sup>United States War of 1812, Index to Service Records, NARA film M602, FHL Film 882,607; online at FamilySearch (also Fold 3, accessed 14 Dec 2016).<\/span> He married33<\/a><\/sup>\u2018Hamberlin\/Curtis marriage: Mississippi Marriages 1776-1935, database online at Ancestry from FHL Films of Yazoo and Jefferson court records also Jefferson County Court Records 1805-1900, p. 28, FHL book US\/CAN 976.2283 V2j (accessed 13 Dec 2016).<\/span> 14 Dec 1820 at Jefferson County Martha Curtis<\/strong><\/span>. Five children in 1840.34<\/a><\/sup>1840 U. S. Census of Jefferson County, Mississippi, Roll 214, Page 289, Image 589, FHL Film 0014840; Household size 7; online at Ancestry.com (accessed 7 Jan 2017).<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

8 ii. ANTHONY HAMBERLIN<\/span> was born 5 Apr 1797 at Cole\u2019s Creek (Fayette), Jefferson, Mississippi and died 30 Jun 1850 (age 53y 2m, 25d); buried at Hamberlin Cemetery, Jefferson, Mississippi. He served in the Mississippi Militia (Lieut. Col. Nixon\u2019s Regiment35<\/a><\/sup>United States War of 1812, Index to Service Records, NARA film M602, FHL Film 882,607; online at FamilySearch (also Fold3, accessed 14 Dec 2016).<\/span>) and fought in the War of 1812 like his brother Jacob (presumably the Battle of New Orleans in Jan 1815). He married36<\/a><\/sup>Hamberlin\/Marble marriage: Mississippi Marriages 1800-1911, online at FamilySearch FHL Film 875,441 Claiborne court records (accessed 13 Dec 2016).<\/span> (1) 14 Mar 1822 at Claiborne County, Mississippi Frances Marble<\/strong><\/span> and (2)37<\/a><\/sup>\u2018Hamberlin\/Pane marriage: Mississippi Marriages 1776-1935, database online at Ancestry from FHL Films of Yazoo and Jefferson court records also Jefferson County Court Records 1805-1900, p. 28, FHL book US\/CAN 976.2283 V2j (accessed 13 Dec 2016).<\/span>,38<\/a><\/sup>The Ethridge letter<\/b> contends Anthony\u2019s wife was named Serene.<\/span> 10 Dec 1825 at Jefferson County Malinda\/Belinda Pane<\/strong><\/span> (some say Pickens); she was born 1806 and died 1867 and is also buried in Hamberlin Cemetery, Jefferson, Mississippi.39<\/a><\/sup>Findagrave; Anthony #122580408 and Malinda #122580482; Malinda \u2018Pickens\u2019 Hamberlin, cited Mississippi Cemetery and Bible records, Vol 3, p 71 (accessed 13 Dec 2016).<\/span> In 184040<\/a><\/sup>1840 U. S. Census of Jefferson County, Mississippi, Roll 214, Page 288, Image 587, FHL Film 0014840; Household size 7; online at Ancestry.com (accessed 7 Jan 2017).<\/span> he had a household of 7 (4 under 20 yrs.) and 21 slaves. Anthony died intestate; an administrator, his wife Belinda, was assigned 5 May 1854.41<\/a><\/sup>Mississippi, Wills and Probate Records, Jefferson County (1800-1930), Chancery Clerk, online at Ancestry.com (accessed 13 Dec 2016).<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

9 iii. JOHN HAMBERLIN<\/span> was born abt 1798 at Cole\u2019s Creek (Fayette), Jefferson, Mississippi and died before 1837.42<\/a><\/sup>\u2018Hamberlin Family Tree\u2019, owner BevHamberlin77, trees.ancestry.com\/tree\/18096114, no sources; online at Ancestry.com (accessed 7 Jan 2017). <\/span> He married43<\/a><\/sup>\u2018Hamberlin\/Roberts marriage: Mississippi Marriages 1776-1935, database online at Ancestry from FHL Films of Yazoo and Jefferson court records also Jefferson County Court Records 1805-1900, p. 28, FHL book US\/CAN 976.2283 V2j (accessed 13 Dec 2016).<\/span> at Jefferson County 22 Dec 1818 Jane Roberts<\/strong><\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n

10 iv. RACHEL HAMBERLIN<\/span> was born 1802 at Cole\u2019s Creek (Fayette), Jefferson, Mississippi. She married44<\/a><\/sup>\u2018Childerbrand\u2019\/Hamberlin marriage: Mississippi Marriages 1776-1935, database online at Ancestry from FHL Films of Yazoo court records (accessed 13 Dec 2016).<\/span> 3 Jan 1824 at Jefferson County, Mississippi Philip Hilderbrand<\/strong><\/span> son of David and Ann Hilderbrand.<\/span><\/p>\n

11 v. (Dr.) ISAAC HAMBERLIN<\/span> was born 1805 at Cole\u2019s Creek (Fayette), Jefferson, Mississippi and died from injuries from a horrific bear attack (definitely worth reading45<\/a><\/sup>Detailed report from the Yazoo Whig, January 21, 1848, copy posted on \u2018Public Member Stories\u2019 by Marilyn Smith in 2013; search \u2018Isaac Hamberlin\u2019 (accessed 10 Dec 2016).<\/span>) in Jan 1848. He married46<\/a><\/sup>\u2018Hamberlin\/Usher marriage: Mississippi Marriages 1776-1935, database online at Ancestry from FHL Films of Yazoo and Jefferson court records also Jefferson County Court Records 1805-1900, p. 28, FHL book US\/CAN 976.2283 V2j (accessed 13 Dec 2016).<\/span> 22 Dec 1823 at Jefferson County, Mississippi Catherine S. Usher<\/strong><\/span>. In 184047<\/a><\/sup>1840 U. S. Census of Yazoo County, Mississippi, Roll 217, Page 323, Image 1112, FHL Film 0014841; Household size 9, six under 20 yrs.; online at Ancestry.com (accessed 7 Jan 2017).<\/span> they had six children (no slaves). See Figure 2. His widow Catherine appears in the 1850 census with five children.48<\/a><\/sup>1850 U. S. Census of Yazoo County, Mississippi, Roll M432_382, Page 482B, Image 977; children: Sarah 25, Monroe 21, Thomas 16, Elvira 13, and Isaac 8; online at Ancestry.com (accessed 7 Jan 2017).<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Figure 2. Isaac Hamberlin (abt 1845)49<\/a><\/sup>Familysearch Gallery, search \u2018Isaac Hamberlin\u2019, contributed by CesearJohnston1; misidentified as Isaac Hamberlin (1856-1885), the bear attack victim\u2014but the bear attack occurred in 1848 (see Note 45).<\/span> and Moses Clarence Hamberlin (abt 1880)50<\/a><\/sup>Familysearch Gallery, search \u2018Moses Hamberlin\u2019, contributed by BeverlyHamberlin1.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

12 vi. MOSES CLARENCE HAMBERLIN<\/span> was born 1807 at Cole\u2019s Creek (Fayette), Jefferson, Mississippi and died 21 Jan 1886 at Phoenix, Yazoo, Mississippi. He is buried at the Hilderbrand Cemetery, in Yazoo County. He married51<\/a><\/sup>Hamberlin\/Nevils marriage: Mississippi Marriages 1776-1935, database online at Ancestry from FHL Films of Yazoo court records (accessed 13 Dec 2016). <\/span>,52<\/a><\/sup>Wiltshire, Betty Couch Yazoo County, Mississippi Pioneers<\/i> (Bowie, Maryland: Heritage Books, Inc.,1992) 209; has Moses Clarence born 1807 married to (1) Susannah Yarborough, she died 1843 and (2) 10 Feb 1848 Frances Marion \u2018Isanhood\u2019, names 9 children.<\/span> (1) 5 Feb 1831 at Hinds County, Mississippi Esther Nevils<\/strong><\/span> dau of Martin and Polly (Roberts) Nevels53<\/a><\/sup>Smith, Marilyn (as msmith8730) \u2018Clarifying Birth Order and relationships on Hamberlin and Hilderbrand trees\u2018 on Public Member Trees at Ancestry.com (accessed 13 Dec 2016).<\/span> and (2)54<\/a><\/sup>Hamberlin\/Isonhood marriage: Mississippi Marriages 1776-1935, database online at Ancestry from FHL Films of Yazoo court records (accessed 13 Dec 2016).<\/span> 7 Feb 1848 at Yazoo County, Mississippi Frances Lillian Isonhood<\/strong><\/span>. In 184055<\/a><\/sup>1840 U. S. Census of Yazoo County, Mississippi, Roll 217, Page 322, Image 1110, FHL Film 0014841; Household size 5; online at Ancestry.com (accessed 7 Jan 2017).<\/span> Moses and Frances had a household of 5 (3 under 20 yrs) and 4 slaves. See Figure 2.<\/span><\/p>\n

13 vii. WILLIAM HAMBERLIN<\/span> was born around\/before 1811 at Cole\u2019s Creek (Fayette), Jefferson, Mississippi. He was captured56<\/a><\/sup>DeCell, Harriet and Pritchard, JoAnne YAZOO It\u2019s Legends and Legacies<\/i> (Yazoo, Mississippi: Yazoo Delta Press, 1976) p. 28, \u2018On December 1, 1819 Anthony Hamberlin with his wife and two sons, Isaac and Moses with their wives and son William, who was eight years old, arrived from Williamsburg, Virginia, at a point two miles southeast of the present site of Phoenix and built a camp on the edge of a creek now known as Hamberlin\u2019s Creek. Sometime during the winter of 1819, William was stolen by Choctaw Indians and carried to the west. He remained in their custody until he was a grown man, always watched over by an Indian. After he was grown and their vigilance relaxed, he escaped, walking for three months and finally reaching the old camp site of this parents\u2019 first settlement from which he was stolen. The family reported that \u2018there was rejoicing over his unexpected return, following which Mr. Hamberlin bought the site of an old Indian camp and built his home thereon.\u2019; FHL US\/CAN Book 976.249 H29d. There are a number of problems with this account, cf Phoenix ms; also commented upon by Lamar Roberts (cf Lamar Roberts column<\/b>), who did note there were problems with the account, i. e. Moses and Isaac were not married in 1819 and other problems.<\/span> \u2018in 1819\u2019? and spent some years with the Choctaw; he escaped as an adult and returned home to his family. He married57<\/a><\/sup>Hamberlin\/\u2019Ursher\u2019 marriage: Mississippi, Compiled Marriages, 1826-1850; online at Ancestry.com (accessed 7 Jan 2017).<\/span>,58<\/a><\/sup>Smith, Marilyn (as msmith8730) \u2018Clarifying Birth Order and relationships on Hamberlin and Hilderbrand trees\u2018 on Public Member Trees at Ancestry.com (accessed 13 Dec 2016).<\/span> 14 Dec 1828 at Hinds County, Mississippi Mary D. (Polly) Usher<\/strong><\/span>. In 184059<\/a><\/sup>1840 U. S. Census of Yazoo County, Mississippi, Roll 217, Page 323, Image 1112, FHL Film 0014841; Household size 11; online at Ancestry.com (accessed 7 Jan 2017).<\/span> they had a household of 11 (8 under 20 yrs.) and 3 slaves.<\/span><\/p>\n

6. John Hamberlin<\/b><\/span> was born abt 1775 of Natchez.60<\/a><\/sup>1808 and 1810 Mississippi State and Territorial Censuses of Jefferson County 1792-1886, Film V229, Heritage Quest, 1808: John Hamberlin, 2 adults over 21 and 2 under 21, 1 female over 21; and 1810: 1 male over 21, 3 under 21, 2 females; online at Ancestry.com (accessed 14 Dec 2016).<\/span> He married abt 1802 Judy Curtis<\/strong><\/span>. She was born 1773 and died 1810.61<\/a><\/sup>\u2018Hamberlin Family Tree\u2019, owner BevHamberlin77, trees.ancestry.com\/tree\/18096114, no sources; online at Ancestry.com (accessed 7 Jan 2017).<\/span> He also appears in the land records at Cole\u2019s Creek.62<\/a><\/sup>Lowrie, Walter Early Settlers of Mississippi as taken from Land Claims in the Mississippi Territory<\/i> (Easley, South Carolina: Southern Historical Press, 1986) pp 808, 811; records land registration, John had lived on the land in Cole\u2019s Creek since 1798, but had sold it to Newel Vick by 1807.<\/span> At least four children (from 1816 Mississippi Census).<\/span><\/p>\n

14 i. STEPHEN D HAMBERLIN<\/span>63<\/a><\/sup>Stephen could also be William\u2019s son but is unlikely to be Anthony\u2019s son (see Note 31 ), but was placed here as John\u2019s son because the dates and census records are a better fit and as his possible namesake, Stephen DeAlmo. He was his father William\u2019s friend and companion through the years of Catholic persecution.<\/span> was born abt 1796 of Amite County, Mississippi.64<\/a><\/sup>1816 Mississippi State and Territorial Census of Amite County 1792-1886, under 21, alone; Film V229, Heritage Quest; online at Ancestry.com (accessed 4 Dec 2016).<\/span> He may have married Catherine King<\/strong><\/span>.65<\/a><\/sup>\u2018Hamberlin Family Tree\u2019, owner BevHamberlin77, trees.ancestry.com\/tree\/18096114, no sources; online at Ancestry.com (accessed 7 Jan 2017).<\/span> He was in Yazoo County in 1841.66<\/a><\/sup>1841 Mississippi State Census, Yazoo County, Film V229_3, Heritage Quest, mentioned heads of families: Stephen Hamberlind, Moses Hamberlind, Phillip Hildebrand, William Hamberlind, Moses Hamberland (different one), Isaac Hamberlin; online at Ancestry.com (accessed 10 Jan 2017).<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

15 ii. WILLIAM HAMBERLIN<\/span> was born67<\/a><\/sup>Ethridge letter<\/b>.<\/span> 15 June 1804 of Natchez and died68<\/a><\/sup>International Genealogical Index; cited in \u2018Cesear Caldwell\u2019, owner cesearjtx, trees.ancestry.com\/tree\/72837997; online at Ancestry.com (accessed 7 Jan 2017).<\/span> 3 Nov 1850 at Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana.69<\/a><\/sup>Allsbrook letter.<\/span> He married (1) abt 1829 at Franklin County, Mississippi Susannah Yarbrough<\/strong><\/span>. Susannah was born abt 1810 and died 1838.70<\/a><\/sup>International Genealogical Index; cited in \u2018Cesear Caldwell\u2019, owner cesearjtx, trees.ancestry.com\/tree\/72837997; online at Ancestry.com (accessed 7 Jan 2017).<\/span> He married (2) Margarite Ellen Cole<\/strong><\/span>; she was born 1810 and died 1850. He had issue from both marriages. William and Susannah are the parents of John Burgess Hamberlin, a Baptist minister.71<\/a><\/sup>Allsbrook letter<\/b>.<\/span> William Ewell Hamberlin72<\/a><\/sup>Ethridge letter.<\/b><\/span> (who married73<\/a><\/sup>Hamberlin\/Cotton marriage: Mississippi Marriages, 1776-1935; online at Ancestry.com (accessed 11 Jan 2017).<\/span> Charity Angeline Cotton 30 Mar 1870 at Yazoo County, Mississippi) and his sister are children from the second marriage and are half-sibs of John.74<\/a><\/sup>John Burgess Hamberlin household: 1860 U. S. Census of Clinton, Hinds, Mississippi, Roll M653_582, Page 562, Image 94, Family 559, FHL Film 803,582, household of 4, unfortunately identified only by initials; online at Ancestry.com (accessed 10 Jan 2017).<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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NOTES<\/span><\/p>\n

1. Autobiographical hand-written history by \u2018Lucious\u2019 Lamar Hamberlin (1893-1975), youngest of 10 children of James David and Julia Helen (Irwin) Hamberlin (James David is a son of Moses Clarence by his second wife, 2 pp, written probably 1967-1968 in Gilmer, Texas; copy in the possession of Michael A. Hamberlin, Alamogordo, NM.<\/span><\/p>\n

2. Letter of November 10, 1961 from Ralph E. Hamberlin of Greensburg, Louisiana to Mrs. W. D. Ethridge of Brandon, Mississippi, purports Anthony Hamberlin (b.1797, d. 1850 Jefferson County) was married to Serena and came to Mississippi from Jamestown, VA, further that \u2018William Anthony\u2019 Hamberlin was married to Rachel and came from Hamburg, Germany\u2014no source provided for any of this. He also declares his lineage from 3ggfather William Hamberlin; copy in the possession of Michael A. Hamberlin, Alamogordo, NM; hereafter Ethridge letter<\/b>.<\/span><\/p>\n

3. Wikipedia, online (search: Ohio River).<\/span><\/p>\n

4. Wikipedia, online (search: Mississippi, Treaty of Paris, Battle of New Orleans).<\/span><\/p>\n

5. Jones, E. R. \u2018Jefferson County\u2019 (S. I.: s. n., 19–) pp 1-5; interesting history of 18th century Jefferson Co.; FHL US\/CAN 976.1 A1; online at FHL only (accessed 24 Nov 2016).<\/span><\/p>\n

6. Feldman, Lawrence H. Anglo-Americans in Spanish Archives: Lists of Anglo-American Settlers in the Spanish Colonies of America; a finding aid<\/i> (Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publ. Co., 1991) pp 110, 125, 137, 153, 179 (FHL US\/CAN 973 X2fe) ; William and Jesse Hamberlin are mentioned in the 1780\u2019s and William and Juan (John) are mentioned in the 1790\u2019s.<\/span><\/p>\n

7. 1816 Mississippi State and Territorial Census of Jefferson County 1792-1886, Film V229, Heritage Quest; online at Ancestry.com (accessed 4 Dec 2016).<\/span><\/p>\n

8. The Natchez Court Records, 1767-1805, no genealogical information; online at Ancestry.com (accessed 7 Jan 2017).<\/span><\/p>\n

9. Wilkinson, Marcellus McEwin \u2018History of Mississippi Baptists\u2019 in Genealogy of Wilkinson and Kindred Families (Shelby, MS: Shelby Book Store, 1949) pp. 457-462.<\/span><\/p>\n

10. Hamberlin naturalization: \u2018Index to Naturalization Records, Mississippi Courts, 1798-1906\u2019, Old Law Naturalization Records Project, Jackson, Mississippi, Mar 1942; Wm (northern district of Mississippi Territory) and John\/Anthony (lower district of Mississippi Territory), oath taken 2 Dec 1798; FHL US\/CAN Film 1704,224 (accessed 27 Nov 2016).<\/span><\/p>\n

The record at FHL has a note typed on it (a new typeface) purporting that the Hamberlins arrived in 1798, but this is WRONG\u2014the actual record is one of naturalization only.<\/span><\/p>\n

11. First Settlers of the Mississippi Territory: grants taken from the American State Papers, class VIII, Public lands<\/i>, Volume 1, pp. 89, 91; online at Ancestry.com (accessed 10 Dec 2016).<\/span><\/p>\n

12. This report exists in many forms; it is hard to say where this information originated. The only real \u2018source\u2019 (unfortunately fictional) is the one posted on FamilySearch (\u2018Hamberlin move from VA to MS: Jeff. co., History Vol 32 part 1 page 11<\/u>: In 1776 a small group of Virginia pioneers landed on Coles Creek in Jeff. co., Mississippi, Hamberlin’s was one of the families\u2019 {sic}) and it is not a real source as it does not exist. Expert librarians\/researchers at the FHL all agreed it is not findable, therefore mythical.<\/span><\/p>\n

The page is typewritten and the Hamberlin-relevant paragraph is on a page titled \u2018History of Phoenix Community\u2019, sub-heading: \u2018Other Settlers<\/u>\u2019. The paragraph: \u2018Adams (Ben Adams, first settler of the area) came to Miss. and sold his land grant to Moses Hamberlin who in 1818 had moved into this territory from Jamestown, Va. by wagon train with his family and slaves to raise cotton. The Hilderbrand family came in the same wagon train drawn by oxen with slaves riding in wagons. The Hamberlin and Hilderbrand families were in two carriages drawn by horses. The two families camped on the creeks until they could buy land. Hamberlins camped on the creek that flows through L. M. Coody\u2019s pasture. Hilderbrands located on Beaver Creek and entered the Philip Hilderbrand tract of land by a land grant. They built a two story home on the hills near the creek. Philip Hilderbrand\u2014a great grandson still lives in the house.\u2019<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

It is widely mentioned\/cited in trees at Ancestry, but the only comment relative to origin comes from Marilyn Smith (msmith8730) in her tree \u2018Yazoo MS Allied Families\u2019, owner Marilyn Smith, trees.ancestry.com\/tree\/1504114 (accessed 9 Dec 2016). Her citation reads \u2018Phoenix_130, (source) unknown, but about 1940-1980, Phoenix, Yazoo, MS; an old manuscript page\u2026\u2019, hereafter Phoenix ms<\/b>.<\/span><\/p>\n

13. Unfortunately, this misleading initial note (see preceding reference) was picked up by the \u2018Family Roots\u2019 columnist Lamar Roberts in 1987 (he wrote a genealogy column published widely in Louisiana and Mississippi newspapers) and the gist of the report was republished enlarging the number of people familiar with it; see Roberts, Lamar and Bridges, Joyce Shannon \u2018The Family Roots Column\u2019 (Shreveport, Louisiana: J.& R. Publ. Co., 199-) US\/CAN 976.3 D2r at FHL (accessed 24 Nov 2016); hereafter Lamar Roberts column<\/b>.<\/span><\/p>\n

14. Wikipedia, online (search: Natchez Trace).<\/span><\/p>\n

15. These articles are findable at ancestry.com by searching \u2018Moses Hamberlin\u2019 and choosing \u2018Public Member Stories\u2019; the articles describe genealogical details including the ones described above (accessed 10 Dec 2016).<\/span><\/p>\n

16. Attached to a letter dated 26 Feb 1997 from T. R. Allsbrook to \u2018Cesar\u2019 M. Johnston; Mr. Allsbrook asks a bunch of really good questions for which we have no answers. The attachment (appears to be copied from a book): John B. Hamberlin, A. M., was born in Franklin county, Mississippi, November 21, 1830. He is a descendant of the Hamberlin family which came with Rev. Richard Curtis and his company of Baptists from Virginia, via the Tennessee and Mississippi rivers to Natchez, about 1780. He labored on the farm until nineteen years old, having attended country schools a little, when his father, William Hamberlin, died, leaving to his guardianship a young half-brother and sister. He was converted at the age of seventeen, and was baptized into Percy\u2019s Creek Baptist church, Wilkinson county, by the venerable Thomas M. Bond. He taught school in Yazoo county\u2026(end of excerpt; handwritten on the page is the phrase \u2018JBH gdn of half-brother = William Ewell Hamberlin of Greensburg, LA; half-sister = ?\u2019); hereafter Allsbrook letter<\/b>.<\/span><\/p>\n

17. \u2018Mississippi Baptists\u2019 Missionary Identity and Relation to William Carey\u2019 online at www.wmcarey.edu.carey\/legacy (accessed 10 Jan 2017). <\/span><\/p>\n

18. Mississippi Baptist Convention; online at www.revolvy.com\/main\/index\/index (accessed 10 Jan 2017).<\/span><\/p>\n

19. Jones, John Griffing \u2018A Concise History of the Introduction of Protestantism into Mississippi and the Southwest\u2019; a very interesting account of the Baptist persecution in Mississippi by the \u2018Papal hierarchy\u2019; online at www.old-new-orleans.com\/History_Protestantism_Mississippi.html (accessed 10 Jan 2017); hereafter Jones<\/b>. <\/span><\/p>\n

20. Ethridge letter<\/b>; the author Ralph E. Hamberlin is a grandson of Wm Ewell Hamberlin (half-brother of John Burgess Hamberlin); he declares his lineage to be: Wm Gill Hamberlin5 Wm Ewell Hamberlin4 William Hamberlin3 (b. 6\/15\/1804) John Hamberlin2 (buried below Fayette on John Folkes premises) William Hamberlin1.<\/span><\/p>\n

21. Toups, Neil J. Mississippi Valley Pioneers \u2018La Gironde passenger list\u2019<\/i> (Lafayette, Louisiana: Neilson Publishing Co., 1970) pp. 83-90.<\/span><\/p>\n

22. Mentioned in the Hamberland\/Clare marriage document: Diocese of Baton Rouge, Catholic Church Records, Vol 2 1770-1803 (Baton Rouge, Louisiana: Diocese of Baton Rouge, Dep. Of Archives, 1978), p. 350; parents: Antonio and Rachel Hamberland, witness William Hamberland (uncle?), \u2018age 39 of this Providence\u2019.<\/span><\/p>\n

23. \u2018Sammy Leaper-Woodruff Genealogy 2012\u2019, owner Sammye Woodruff, trees.ancestry.com\/tree\/48410931, has Anthony Hamberlin\u2019s wife as \u2018Rachel Madre, 1755-1815\u2019 but no source except Pedigree Resource File DVD 139\u2014this needs to be checked out further (accessed 7 Jan 2017).<\/span><\/p>\n

24. \u2018Sherry Jean Hunt Family Tree\u2019, owner davidgregory1954, trees.ancestry.com\/tree\/6816150, nice references; online at Ancestry.com and the Abel Family Web Site http:\/\/abel2015.com (accessed 7 Jan 2017).<\/span><\/p>\n

25. William was a witness to Antonio\u2019s son\u2019s Catholic wedding in 1795 (Note 30), although he was a Baptist. Antonio therefore had likely passed. <\/span><\/p>\n

26. Lowrie, Walter Early Settlers of Mississippi as taken from Land Claims in the Mississippi Territory<\/i> (Easley, South Carolina: Southern Historical Press, 1986) pp 808, 811; records land registration (1807), Wm had lived on the land in Cole\u2019s Creek since 1798. <\/span><\/p>\n

27. Ethridge letter<\/b>. <\/span><\/p>\n

28. Jones<\/b>.<\/span><\/p>\n

29. Anthony William Hamberlin is reported to have died 1823 in Barou-en-Auge, Calvados (Normandy) on FamilySearch and also in many Ancestry trees\u2014all without any source disclosed. A search of civil (FHL Film 658,255 item 4) and church records (FHL Film 660,361) in Barou-en-Auge failed to produce any result; the author therefore concludes this to be another fable.<\/span><\/p>\n

30. Hamberland\/Clare marriage: Diocese of Baton Rouge, Catholic Church Records, Vol 2 1770-1803 (Baton Rouge, Louisiana: Diocese of Baton Rouge, Dep. Of Archives, 1978), p. 350; parents: Antonio and Rachel \u2018Hamberland\u2019, witness William \u2018Hamberland\u2019 (uncle of Anthony William?), \u2018age 39 of this Providence\u2019. <\/span><\/p>\n

31. Meier, Oveda The Bowers Book, A Genealogy<\/i> (Salt Lake City, UT: Privately published, 1990) pp 144-146; the genealogy includes Anthony William Hamberlin and some descendants (no sources), has five children for Anthony William but different birthdates and a son Stephen Hamberlin, b. 1798. There is a problem here as there are 4 children reported to be born between 1796 and 1799\u2014the author does not believe this is physically possible (these children are also reported in FamilySearch Tree).<\/span><\/p>\n

32. United States War of 1812, Index to Service Records, NARA film M602, FHL Film 882,607; online at FamilySearch (also Fold 3, accessed 14 Dec 2016).<\/span><\/p>\n

33. \u2018Hamberlin\/Curtis marriage: Mississippi Marriages 1776-1935, database online at Ancestry from FHL Films of Yazoo and Jefferson court records also Jefferson County Court Records 1805-1900, p. 28, FHL book US\/CAN 976.2283 V2j (accessed 13 Dec 2016).<\/span><\/p>\n

34. 1840 U. S. Census of Jefferson County, Mississippi, Roll 214, Page 289, Image 589, FHL Film 0014840; Household size 7; online at Ancestry.com (accessed 7 Jan 2017).<\/span><\/p>\n

35. United States War of 1812, Index to Service Records, NARA film M602, FHL Film 882,607; online at FamilySearch (also Fold3, accessed 14 Dec 2016).<\/span><\/p>\n

36. Hamberlin\/Marble marriage: Mississippi Marriages 1800-1911, online at FamilySearch FHL Film 875,441 Claiborne court records (accessed 13 Dec 2016).<\/span><\/p>\n

37. \u2018Hamberlin\/Pane marriage: Mississippi Marriages 1776-1935, database online at Ancestry from FHL Films of Yazoo and Jefferson court records also Jefferson County Court Records 1805-1900, p. 28, FHL book US\/CAN 976.2283 V2j (accessed 13 Dec 2016).<\/span><\/p>\n

38. The Ethridge letter<\/b> contends Anthony\u2019s wife was named Serene.<\/span><\/p>\n

39. Findagrave; Anthony #122580408 and Malinda #122580482; Malinda \u2018Pickens\u2019 Hamberlin, cited Mississippi Cemetery and Bible records, Vol 3, p 71 (accessed 13 Dec 2016).<\/span><\/p>\n

40. 1840 U. S. Census of Jefferson County, Mississippi, Roll 214, Page 288, Image 587, FHL Film 0014840; Household size 7; online at Ancestry.com (accessed 7 Jan 2017).<\/span><\/p>\n

41. Mississippi, Wills and Probate Records, Jefferson County (1800-1930), Chancery Clerk, online at Ancestry.com (accessed 13 Dec 2016).<\/span><\/p>\n

42. \u2018Hamberlin Family Tree\u2019, owner BevHamberlin77, trees.ancestry.com\/tree\/18096114, no sources; online at Ancestry.com (accessed 7 Jan 2017). <\/span><\/p>\n

43. \u2018Hamberlin\/Roberts marriage: Mississippi Marriages 1776-1935, database online at Ancestry from FHL Films of Yazoo and Jefferson court records also Jefferson County Court Records 1805-1900, p. 28, FHL book US\/CAN 976.2283 V2j (accessed 13 Dec 2016).<\/span><\/p>\n

44. \u2018Childerbrand\u2019\/Hamberlin marriage: Mississippi Marriages 1776-1935, database online at Ancestry from FHL Films of Yazoo court records (accessed 13 Dec 2016).<\/span><\/p>\n

45. Detailed report from the Yazoo Whig, January 21, 1848, copy posted on \u2018Public Member Stories\u2019 by Marilyn Smith in 2013; search \u2018Isaac Hamberlin\u2019 (accessed 10 Dec 2016).<\/span><\/p>\n

46. \u2018Hamberlin\/Usher marriage: Mississippi Marriages 1776-1935, database online at Ancestry from FHL Films of Yazoo and Jefferson court records also Jefferson County Court Records 1805-1900, p. 28, FHL book US\/CAN 976.2283 V2j (accessed 13 Dec 2016).<\/span><\/p>\n

47. 1840 U. S. Census of Yazoo County, Mississippi, Roll 217, Page 323, Image 1112, FHL Film 0014841; Household size 9, six under 20 yrs.; online at Ancestry.com (accessed 7 Jan 2017).<\/span><\/p>\n

48. 1850 U. S. Census of Yazoo County, Mississippi, Roll M432_382, Page 482B, Image 977; children: Sarah 25, Monroe 21, Thomas 16, Elvira 13, and Isaac 8; online at Ancestry.com (accessed 7 Jan 2017).<\/span><\/p>\n

49. Familysearch Gallery, search \u2018Isaac Hamberlin\u2019, contributed by CesearJohnston1; misidentified as Isaac Hamberlin (1856-1885), the bear attack victim\u2014but the bear attack occurred in 1848 (see Note 45).<\/span><\/p>\n

50. Familysearch Gallery, search \u2018Moses Hamberlin\u2019, contributed by BeverlyHamberlin1.<\/span><\/p>\n

51. Hamberlin\/Nevils marriage: Mississippi Marriages 1776-1935, database online at Ancestry from FHL Films of Yazoo court records (accessed 13 Dec 2016). <\/span><\/p>\n

52. Wiltshire, Betty Couch Yazoo County, Mississippi Pioneers<\/i> (Bowie, Maryland: Heritage Books, Inc.,1992) 209; has Moses Clarence born 1807 married to (1) Susannah Yarborough, she died 1843 and (2) 10 Feb 1848 Frances Marion \u2018Isanhood\u2019, names 9 children.<\/span><\/p>\n

53. Smith, Marilyn (as msmith8730) \u2018Clarifying Birth Order and relationships on Hamberlin and Hilderbrand trees\u2018 on Public Member Trees at Ancestry.com (accessed 13 Dec 2016).<\/span><\/p>\n

54. Hamberlin\/Isonhood marriage: Mississippi Marriages 1776-1935, database online at Ancestry from FHL Films of Yazoo court records (accessed 13 Dec 2016).<\/span><\/p>\n

55. 1840 U. S. Census of Yazoo County, Mississippi, Roll 217, Page 322, Image 1110, FHL Film 0014841; Household size 5; online at Ancestry.com (accessed 7 Jan 2017).<\/span><\/p>\n

56. DeCell, Harriet and Pritchard, JoAnne YAZOO It\u2019s Legends and Legacies<\/i> (Yazoo, Mississippi: Yazoo Delta Press, 1976) p. 28, \u2018On December 1, 1819 Anthony Hamberlin with his wife and two sons, Isaac and Moses with their wives and son William, who was eight years old, arrived from Williamsburg, Virginia, at a point two miles southeast of the present site of Phoenix and built a camp on the edge of a creek now known as Hamberlin\u2019s Creek. Sometime during the winter of 1819, William was stolen by Choctaw Indians and carried to the west. He remained in their custody until he was a grown man, always watched over by an Indian. After he was grown and their vigilance relaxed, he escaped, walking for three months and finally reaching the old camp site of this parents\u2019 first settlement from which he was stolen. The family reported that \u2018there was rejoicing over his unexpected return, following which Mr. Hamberlin bought the site of an old Indian camp and built his home thereon.\u2019; FHL US\/CAN Book 976.249 H29d. There are a number of problems with this account, cf Phoenix ms; also commented upon by Lamar Roberts (cf Lamar Roberts column<\/b>), who did note there were problems with the account, i. e. Moses and Isaac were not married in 1819 and other problems.<\/span><\/p>\n

57. Hamberlin\/\u2019Ursher\u2019 marriage: Mississippi, Compiled Marriages, 1826-1850; online at Ancestry.com (accessed 7 Jan 2017).<\/span><\/p>\n

58. Smith, Marilyn (as msmith8730) \u2018Clarifying Birth Order and relationships on Hamberlin and Hilderbrand trees\u2018 on Public Member Trees at Ancestry.com (accessed 13 Dec 2016).<\/span><\/p>\n

59. 1840 U. S. Census of Yazoo County, Mississippi, Roll 217, Page 323, Image 1112, FHL Film 0014841; Household size 11; online at Ancestry.com (accessed 7 Jan 2017).<\/span><\/p>\n

60. 1808 and 1810 Mississippi State and Territorial Censuses of Jefferson County 1792-1886, Film V229, Heritage Quest, 1808: John Hamberlin, 2 adults over 21 and 2 under 21, 1 female over 21; and 1810: 1 male over 21, 3 under 21, 2 females; online at Ancestry.com (accessed 14 Dec 2016).<\/span><\/p>\n

61. \u2018Hamberlin Family Tree\u2019, owner BevHamberlin77, trees.ancestry.com\/tree\/18096114, no sources; online at Ancestry.com (accessed 7 Jan 2017).<\/span><\/p>\n

62. Lowrie, Walter Early Settlers of Mississippi as taken from Land Claims in the Mississippi Territory<\/i> (Easley, South Carolina: Southern Historical Press, 1986) pp 808, 811; records land registration, John had lived on the land in Cole\u2019s Creek since 1798, but had sold it to Newel Vick by 1807.<\/span><\/p>\n

63. Stephen could also be William\u2019s son but is unlikely to be Anthony\u2019s son (see Note 31 ), but was placed here as John\u2019s son because the dates and census records are a better fit and as his possible namesake, Stephen DeAlmo. He was his father William\u2019s friend and companion through the years of Catholic persecution.<\/span><\/p>\n

64. 1816 Mississippi State and Territorial Census of Amite County 1792-1886, under 21, alone; Film V229, Heritage Quest; online at Ancestry.com (accessed 4 Dec 2016).<\/span><\/p>\n

65. \u2018Hamberlin Family Tree\u2019, owner BevHamberlin77, trees.ancestry.com\/tree\/18096114, no sources; online at Ancestry.com (accessed 7 Jan 2017).<\/span><\/p>\n

66. 1841 Mississippi State Census, Yazoo County, Film V229_3, Heritage Quest, mentioned heads of families: Stephen Hamberlind, Moses Hamberlind, Phillip Hildebrand, William Hamberlind, Moses Hamberland (different one), Isaac Hamberlin; online at Ancestry.com (accessed 10 Jan 2017).<\/span><\/p>\n

67. Ethridge letter<\/b>.<\/span><\/p>\n

68. International Genealogical Index; cited in \u2018Cesear Caldwell\u2019, owner cesearjtx, trees.ancestry.com\/tree\/72837997; online at Ancestry.com (accessed 7 Jan 2017).<\/span><\/p>\n

69. Allsbrook letter.<\/span><\/p>\n

70. International Genealogical Index; cited in \u2018Cesear Caldwell\u2019, owner cesearjtx, trees.ancestry.com\/tree\/72837997; online at Ancestry.com (accessed 7 Jan 2017).<\/span><\/p>\n

71. Allsbrook letter<\/b>.<\/span><\/p>\n

72. Ethridge letter.<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

73. Hamberlin\/Cotton marriage: Mississippi Marriages, 1776-1935; online at Ancestry.com (accessed 11 Jan 2017).<\/span><\/p>\n

74. John Burgess Hamberlin household: 1860 U. S. Census of Clinton, Hinds, Mississippi, Roll M653_582, Page 562, Image 94, Family 559, FHL Film 803,582, household of 4, unfortunately identified only by initials; online at Ancestry.com (accessed 10 Jan 2017).<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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