Elizabeth (Barclay) Robinson (abt. 1780)

Wife of Isaac Brumfield — married 1807 (to about 1811) in Baton Rouge, LA

Wife of Seaborn Jones Robinson — married 1818 in St. Tammany, LA

Descendants

Died [date unknown] in Kaufman, TX

Biography

Elizabeth was born about 1780. Elizabeth Barclay ... ^[1]

John Barclay, second Assistant Surveyors General to survey and expedite granting of Land Grants from the Spanish Crown. Vicente Sebastian Pintado, originally of the Canary Islands but now the powerful Surveyor General of Spain, operating out of Pensacola. Between 1799 and 1817, he also served as an alcade and commandant of the militia

Isaac Brumfield and Elizabeth Barclay, dau. of John Barclay, married 4-23-1807, marriage recorded in St. Josephs Cathedral in Baton Rouge, seat of the Spanish Govt., and also recorded in Wilkinson Co., Ms., the nearest American Courthouse. They had twin dau. born 12-3-1807. Dau. Caroline was named in the will of her grandfather, Charles Brumfield, written in S.C. in 1815. The other twin drowned at an early age, and her name has been lost.

Elizabeth Barclay Brumfield m. (2) 9-20-1818 Seaborn Robinson in the home of Aaron Robinson, in St. Tammany Parish, La. They lived in St. Tammany or Washington Parish, where Seaborn was said to have operated a ferry across the Bogue Chitto River. They had 6 children, all born in La. After 1831 and before 1834, they moved to the Nacogdoches Dist. of Mexico. This was before the Texas War for Independence. They apparently traveled overland via Sabine Parish, La. and corresponding Sabine Co., Texas. Their decendents remained in Texas.^[2]

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Sources

1. ↑ First-hand information as remembered by Allan Thomas, Saturday, December 13, 2014. Replace this citation if there is another source.
2. ↑ Albert R. Brumfield, BRUMFIELD HISTORIES of La. & Ms., 10108 St. Paul Ave. River Ridge, La. 70123-1423 e-mail albrumf@juno.com

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