Okay, listers. More mud to sling up... So far I have found more evidence backing that Joseph Hamilton was the husband of Anastasia Coombes.   Does anyone have evidence that Wm's wife Anastatia was last name of "Coombes" besides the will references of the Coombes naming Anastasia Hamilton which everyone says must be William's Anastasia?  I saw somewhere that she may have been Anastasia GREEN.  Was there an Anastasia GREEN b. 29 Sep 1718 d 1763 Chas Co that would fit as Wm's wife?   Now I'm under the impression that both brothers married an Anastatia? Also someone posted that Anastasia died in Charles County, but no one posted a year or source?  Are there any "other" Joseph Hamiltons or Anastasia Coombes' that I need to consider?   Some listers have Joseph's name as "Joseph Ignatius". Lamar Hamilton had these as two separate sons of John Hamilton, as an Ignatius Hamtilton died at age 35 with a Wm Hamilton as bondsman in 1774. (Test Proc Vol 45, f329) I can't vouch for this because I haven't seen this record. "Bond dated 1 March 1774. William Hamilton named administrator of estate of Ignatius Hamilton of Saint Mary's County age 35." ------- Will of Samuel Hamilton Charles Co., MD dated: 8 Mar 1773 probated: 16 June 1773 To wife Elizabeth Hamilton, extx., use of tracts, "Spy Park," 80 acres and "Fox Den, " during her lifetime then to my nephew Samuel Hamilton son of my brother Patrick Hamilton, also to wife Negroes: woman Sue, girl Rachel, boy Nace and boy Dave; and residue of estate during her lifetime then to my brothers Patrick and James Hamilton To brother James Hamilton, use of remaining part of my lands during life, then to my nephew Bennett Hamilton son of my brother James Hamilton. To 2 bros. Patrick and James Hamilton, residue of negroes. To brother John Hamilton's children, £10. To sister Mary Stewert, £10. To Rev. Benjamin Lewis Rules, £10 for the poor To niece Elizabeth Macatee wife of Geo. Macatee, all of moveable estate left to me by my brother William Hamilton. Sworn before Walter Hanson Dy Comr *NB Joseph Hamilton heir at law was at the time of the taking the above probat[e] beyond the Seas Md Perogative Court Wills 39, f290-291 ----- The Disaster of La Bretana [1769] My Very Dear Sir:  From the attached documents Your Excellency will see what happended to an English (Maryland) vessel that entered Espirtu Santo Bay... To the Most Excellent Senor Don Alexandro O'Reilly...governor of Louisianna: We, John Steel, Francis Loundiz, Joseph Mattingly, Philip Ford, Leonard Mattingly, Neal Kerigan, Joseph Hamilton, Charles Steward, and Joseph Mattingly, Jr., seaman of the English (Maryland) schooner La Bretana , representing ourselves most humbly before your Excellency, say the on the 5th of January this year, we left the port of Maryland (Port Tobacco) with one hundred passengers aboard, destined for New Orleans, and that on the 21st of February following, we sighted the coast of Lousianna; but due to easterly winds and continuous fog we were driven some eighty leagues south and then to the west of the Mississippi... ...We were detained by the said Don Francisco Thobar, until the 11th of September, when Don Rafael Martinez Pacheco, commandant of Fort Cokesaw, was sent by the governor of that province to take us to Natchitoches.  There we were embarked in some canoes for New Orleans, where we arrived on the 9th of this month (December). ---------------- St. Gabriel, Iberville Parish record lists children of Joseph and Anastasia Come. (book source?) ------------------------------------------------- Joseph [H]Amelton Louisianna Court Records Source: Transcribed Court Document of Iberville Parish, LA Date: December 18, 1802 Petition - Joseph Amilton accompanied by his son, Bartholome Amilton, and by his son-in-law, Juan Luis Buche who declares that he is widower of Anastacia Come, by which marriage there were five children, all of major age, named: Bartholome, Teresa, widow of Thomas Rills, Elena, wife of Juan Luis Buche, Ana, wife of Juan Lambremon, and Ygnacio Amilton, deceased, represented by his children and his widow, Ana Catalina Buche, the children named: Joseph, Rosalia, Celesta, Eugenia, and Maria Teresa Amilton, all minors, represented by their curator ad lite, their uncle by blood, Bartholome Amilton; desires to proceed to the sale of the property belonging to Anastacia Come, wife of Joseph Amilton Date: December 22, 1802 Notice to Amant Ebert to be appraiser, who accepts. Same date Notice to Joseph Enrry to be appraiser, who accepts. 1st cry, 2nd cry, 3rd cry - three cries of sale Date: January 20, 1803 Inventory - The present plantation situated in the said District on the right bank of the Mississippi river, bounded on the upper part by the lands of the Widow of Pablo Maria Landry, and below by those of Bautista Ducet, composed of six arpents and three toises of front on forty of depth, according to the figurative plan and title of concession which belongs to the succession for having been purchased of Otuberto Jany alias Langrais by deed executed before the Commandant who was we understand, Dn Luis Dutisne, with the edifices and fences which on the same are found, which consist *** without including the mill, of forty arpents of fence, more or less, well understood that the two boundary fences are of the partnership with the neighbors, all in the condition in which it is found, including six beehives or cases **, well understood that remaining aggregate to the said plantation five arpents of land of front of the point fronting the Church in order to intain the levee and road and by consequence, the right on the said land, estimated the referred plantation with all its dependencies, at the sum **. A tract, rough, without felled wood, situated on the right bank of the Mississippi river, bounded on the upper part by the lands of the succession of Pablo Maria Landry and below by those of Mr. Goudbe, composed of eight arpents of land of front with the ordinary depth, according to the figurative plan, which belongs to the succession for having been obtained by concession as is confirmed by the title on date of the eighteenth of July of one thousand seven hundred ninety- six, which land appraised at the sum ** Date: January 25, 1803 4th cry - movables Date: January 26, 1803 Sale - The present plantation situated in the said District on the right bank of the Mississippi river, bounded on one side, above by the lands of the Widow of Pablo Maria Landry and below by those of Bautista Ducet, composed of six arpents of front on forty of depth, according to the figurative plan and title of concession, which belongs to the succession for having been purchased of Huparte Jany Chiar Lanpruar by deed executed before the Commandant who was we understand, Dn Luis Dutisne, with the edifices and fences which on the same are found, which consist of *** without including the mill; as forty arpents of fences, more or less; well understood that the both boundary fences are of partnership with the neighbors, in the same condition in which it is found, including six beehives or cases **, well understood that remaining aggregate to the said plantation five arpents of land of front on the Point fronting the Church, in order to maintain the levee and road, and by consequence, the right on the said land; Adjudicated to Juan Luis Buche, with Surety Santiago Gurve Date: January 26, 1803 Continuation of sale - A land, rough, without felled wood, situated on the right bank of the Mississippi river, bounded on the upper part by the lands of the succession of Pablo Maria Landry, and below by those of Mr. Goudbe, composed of eight arpents of land of front with the ordinary depth according to the figurative plan, which belongs to the succession for having been obtained by concession, as confirmed by the title of date eighteenth of July of one thousand seven hundred ninety-six. Adjudicated to Santiago Goudve, Surety Juan Luis Buche Additional Comments: Transcribed from original Spanish in 1978 by Delma Abadie ----------- Date: January 5, 1795 Declaration of Obligation - Mrs. Marie Eleine Amelton, widow of Firmain Landry to Theodor Duga Received sum for the sale of the property of the decd. Firmain Landry by virtue of the Art. 5, of the contract of Marriage, dated 4th of February 1792. In conformity therewith, Mrs. Marie Eleine Amelton, widow of Firmain Landry obligated herself to remit to Theodor Duga or Anselme Landry, tutor in case she would remarry and if they died, that the said sum should be preferred over others; and for more ample Surety she mortgages her property, and presents as Surety her father, Joseph Amelton, for the complete payment of the sum. Additional Comments: Transcribed from original French in 1978 by Delma Abadie ------------------- Date: June 9, 1796 Sale - Joseph Amelton to Jean Louis Buche and Mrs. Marie Eleine Amelton, his wife...A negro. Additional Comments: Transcribed from original French in 1978 by Delma Abadie -------- < , |/ < ' /|   Kat Woodring