Please do not REPLY to this message. Also, the person submitting this query is probably NOT subscribed to the mail list (yet). ==== PLEASE DIRECT ANY RESPONSE TO THE ADDRESS BELOW: Katherine Kirchhaine Sutherland, MD <[email protected]> ANDREWS / BURRIS / KIRCHHAIN / MYERS / SIMMONS I wish to correspond with anyone researching the descendants of Samuel Burris (1755 - 1811) and Mary Myers (abt 1767 - 1827), my 4th great grandparents. They moved from Darlington, SC to Smithdale, Amite, MS in 1808. They had 11 children including : William Burris B: 1791, Harriet Almina Burris B: 1793, John Burris B: 1794, Elizabeth Betsy M Burris B: 1797, Samuel Burris B: 1800, Anna Burris B: 1803, George Nelson Burris B: 1805, Enos Burris B: 1807, James Burris B: 1807, Hampton Burris,B: 1809, Addison Burris B: 1811. The last 2 were born in Amite. William Burris (1791 SC - 1838 Amite, MS), my 3rd GGF, married Maria Theresa Andrews (b 8 May 1802, Amite MS) in Amite in 1817 and they had possibly 8 children (Mary b 1818, Louisa b 1821, Lucy b 1823, James Madison, b 1826, Sarah Ann b 1828, Elizabeth Maria 1830, Martha Lucretia b 1833, and William Addison b 1835). Lucy A. Burris (1823 - 1872), my 2nd GGM, was born in Amite on 8 Jan 1823. She married Ferdinand Justus von Kirchhain (1806 - 1888) in March 1842 in AL. They were living in Amite in 1845 but had moved to TX by 1847. Samuel B Simmons (1790 - 1880) also moved from Darlington SC to Amite, MS and married Harriet Burris (1793-1837), my 4th great aunt. They had 9 children, all born in Amite, MS. I am directly related to Samuel Burris and Mary Myers as follows - Samuel Burris (1755 - 1811)is my 4th great grandfather; William Burris (1791 - 1838) son of Samuel Burris; Lucy A Burris (1823 - 1872)daughter of William Burris; Phillip Ferdinand Kirchhaine (1847 - 1912)son of Lucy A Burris; Yulee Hodges Kirchhaine (1888 - 1918) son of Phillip Ferdinand Kirchhaine; William Ferdinand Kirchhaine Sr. (1912 - 1988) son of Yulee Hodges Kirchhaine; Katherine Anne Kirchhaine I am the daughter of William Ferdinand Kirchhaine Sr.;; Katherine Kirchhaine Sutherland, MD, Winter Haven, FL (650-305-01391). -- John E Cain; 1211 Maritime Ln; Wylie, TX 75098 http://amite.msgenweb.org/ -----Amite County MS http://www.theusgenweb.org/ms/amite/ ----Cain/Ware list and My Website.