Submitted By:  Alexis Spiritas                   Date: 17 July 2003
E-mail Address:  spiritas@sbcglobal.net
 

FATHER
Name:  Burrell Brown Hutchinson
Birth Date/Place: 24 April 1800/Richland County, SC1
Marriage Date/Place: ca 1825/Butler County, AL2
Other Marriages:
Military Service:
Death Date/Place: 25 May 1875/Brenham, Washington County, TX 3
Father's Father(Name and Birthdate): Thomas Hutchinson/ca 17604
Father's Mother(Name and Birthdate):  Mary Cook/ ca 17625

MOTHER
Name:  Amanda M. F. Herbert6
Birth Date/Place: bet. 2 June and 12 July 1807/prob. Hancock County, GA7
Other Marriages:
Death Date/Place: 15 August 1888/Brenham, Washington County, Texas7
Mother's Father (Name and Birthdate):  Delitha Stanton? Tyson7
Mother's Mother (Name and Birthdate):  John Herbert7

CHILD 1.
Name:  Charlotte Hutchinson8,9
Birth Date/Place: March 1831/Butler County, AL
Spouse's Name: William H.Vinson
Marriage Date/Place: 24 October 1849/Washington County, TX
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Death Date/Place:  23 July 1905/Henderson, TX

CHILD 2.
Name:  John Herbert Hutchinson
Birth Date/Place: 2 March 1836/Butler County, AL

Spouse's Name: Leila Lockett
Marriage Date/Place: 21 April 1858/Washington Co., TX
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Death Date/Place: 22 June 1927/Houston, Harris County, TX

CHILD 3.
Name: James Hutchinson
Birth Date/Place: ca 1839/Butler County, AL
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CHILD 4.
Name: Malvina Hutchinson
Birth Date/Place: ca 1841/Washington County, TX
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CHILD 5.
Name: Julius Hutchinson
Birth Date/Place:  ca 1843/Washington County, TX
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CHILD 6.
Name: George R. Hutchinson
Birth Date/Place: ca 1849
Spouse's Name:  Never Married
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Death Date/Place: 8 March 1920/Washington County, TX
 

CHILD 7.
Name: Hillary P. Hutchinson
Birth Date/Place: 1 January 1852/Washington County, TX
Spouse's Name: Never Married
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Death Date/Place: 10 December 1928/Washington County, TX

CHILD 8.
Name: Elizabeth P.
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Spouse's Name:  Wright
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CHILD 9.
Name:  Mary D.  [Note:  it is possible that Malvina and Mary D. are the same child.  To date, I have found no evidence to sort these two people out.  I have Malvina on a census record, and Mary D. on a marriage record.]
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Spouse's Name:  Cook
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Notes:
Information Sources:

1Wade Family Bible located at the Alabama Department of Archives and History.

2Although no marriage records survive for Butler County, AL during this period, Burrell B. Hutchinson moved to Butler County with his mother and sisters in 1818 or 1819, and lived there until he moved his own family to Washington County, TX in 1840 – 1841.  His wife’s family lived next door to him in Butler County.  Wills and death certificates prove that Burrell Brown Hutchinson and Amanda M. F. Herbert married.

3Will of Burrell Brown Hutchinson filed in Washington County, Texas; Tombstone records of Prairie Lea Cemetery in Washington County Texas, hand copied.

4Will of Thomas Hutchinson filed in Record Book G, page 86 ff. and probate record in Box 16, Pkg. 389 of the Richland County, SC Probate Court.

5Mary Hutchinson’s maiden name has been inferred based on the close contact of Thomas Hutchinson with the Cook family, even though they lived counties apart.  John Cook, assumed father of Mary Hutchinson, married Betty Brown, daughter of Burrell Brown of Brunswick County, VA.  The couple had a known son, Burrell Cook, who moved to Fairfield County, SC with his father.  John Cook moved to GA in about 1794 – 96, but Burrell Cook remained in Fairfield County, SC and died there ca 1801.  Thomas Hutchinson not only administered Burrell Cook’s estate, but also got into litigation with Burrell’s daughter over the guardianship of Burrell’s minor children.  These facts, along with additional evidence too lengthy to outline here, provide strong circumstantial evidence with regard to Mary Hutchinson being Mary Cook, as well as the approximate time of her birth.  Anyone interested may contact me for more details.

6Will of Burrell Brown Hutchinson filed in Washington County, Texas; death certificate of John Herbert Hutchinson filed in the State of Texas.

7See attached bio of Amanda M. F. Herbert for documentation of birth, death and parentage.

8Variously, names and dates and spouses for children of Amanda and Burrell Hutchinson were obtained from Washington County Census records  1860 – 1880, tombstone records of Prairie Lea Cemetery in Brenham, Washington County, Texas; Death certificates filed with the State of Texas; wills of Burrell Brown and Amanda M. F. Hutchinson.  Anyone interested in the specifics may contact me for details.

9Charlotte Hutchinson and William H. Vinson are my ancestors, and I have more information about them and their children.

 BIOGRAPHY OF  AMANDA HERBERT

Amanda Herbert was born between 2 June and 12 July 1807 in Georgia.   She died 15 August 1888 in Brenham, Washington County, Texas, and was buried in Prairie Lea Cemetery.    Between those dates, she led a most interesting life, leaving Georgia with her family at a young age to settle the newly opened territory of Alabama, and then moving, as a young bride with small children, to the Republic of Texas.

I believe that Amanda M. F. Herbert was the daughter of John Herbert and Delitha (Stanton?) Tyson Herbert.  Circumstantial evidence suggest this to be true.  By about 1794, John Herbert and his wife, Sarah (Cook?) Herbert were living in Hancock County, GA, as were Delitha Tyson and her husband Job.   Delitha and Job had probably moved from Pitt County, NC, while John and Sarah Cook Herbert came from Fairfield County, SC, with Sarah?s father and brothers.    By 1803, Job had died, and it appears that Sarah died sometime between 1799 and 1806 when John had married the widow, Delitha Tyson.

As described above, Amanda M. F. Herbert was born in June or July of 1807 in Georgia.  Certainly that set of facts alone does not convincingly place her in the family of John and Delitha.  However, as early as October, 1821, John Herbert (possibly representing Delitha) and the children of Job and Delitha Tyson were sued by Green and William Williamson, administrators on the estate of Zerobable Williamson, decd.   Although the exact nature of the case is unclear from existing records, the case continued for a number of years.  It was finally dismissed in 1828, but by the October Term 1826, Malvina Fluellen Herbert had been made a party to the case.   If Amanda M. F. Herbert is actually Malvina Fluellen Herbert, as I believe, she would only be about 19 years old when this occurs.  It suggests that perhaps Delitha has died and that Malvina has some amount of money coming from Delitha?s estate (as would John Herbert), which came in part from the estate of Job Tyson, thus making her relevant to the lawsuit.

 
There is additional circumstantial evidence to support this hypothesis.  By January 1818, John Herbert has bought land in Butler County, AL, and is soon living there.   Living next door to John Herbert is the widow of Thomas Hutchinson, Mary (Cook?) Hutchinson, the sister of Sarah (Cook?) Herbert.   Mary and Thomas Hutchinson?s youngest son, Burrell Brown Hutchinson, who was living with his mother Mary in Butler County, AL, becomes the husband of Amanda M. F. Herbert.     Burrell and Amanda named their first son John Herbert Hutchinson.  They also named a daughter Malvina.

Further research can always be done, but based on the facts found to date, a reasonable case can be made that Amanda M. F. Herbert Hutchinson was the child of John Herbert and Delitha (Stanton?) Tyson Herbert.

Prepared by:
Alexis A. Spiritas
September, 2000
 
 

Note:  Since the preparation of this bio I have discovered evidence that by October 1821, Mary Hutchinson had married a man named Herbert.  Further evidence, too complex to outline here, suggests that her husband was John Herbert.  John Herbert died by 8 November 1826, so it is possible that John Herbert was named in the suit, not as spouse of Delitha, but as heir to her portion of Job Tyson’s estate, and then Malvina Fluellen was joined to the suit at John Herbert’s death, as heir to his estate.  Under either interpretation, it suggests that Malvina Fluellen (who I believe to be my Amanda M. F. Herbert) is the daughter of John Herbert and Delitha Stanton? Tyson Herbert.