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Tarrant

My Tarrant Family were some of the first settlers in what is now Birmingham, Alabama.  The City of Tarrant, within Birmingham is named for James M Tarrant   1753 - 1840, Revolutionary War Veteran & Alabama Pioneer.

William Jersey Tarrant
1660-1700 Birth 1660 in Marleboro, , , England Death 1700 in Virginia, United States

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Leonard Tarrant Sr 
B: 1682  Essex, Virginia, United States  
D: 4 Jun 1718  Essex, Virginia, United States    

married 1712 Essex, Virginia, United States 

 Mary Katherine Brooke 
B: 1675  Essex, Virginia, United States  
D: 1749  Virginia, United States  

Children
Leonard Douthitt Tarrant  
4 Apr 1714 Essex, Virginia, United States 20 Feb 1791Greenville, Greenville, South Carolina

Mary Brooke Tarrant 
  B1716 Prince George, Prince George, Virginia,  D28 Feb 1739 Prince George,  Virginia,

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Leonard Douthitt Tarrant
 B: 4 Apr 1714  Essex, Virginia, United States  
D: 20 Feb 1791  Greenville, South Carolina,  

married   

Mary Rose Hargrove
B: 1734  Surry, Surry, Virginia, United States   D: 1791  Greenville, South Carolina, United States  

Children

Eleanor Nelly Tarrant  Daughter
B1730 Henry, Franklin, Virginia,
D1819South Carolina,  

Benjamin Tarrant  Son
B1735 South Carolina, United States 
D 6 Aug 1819 Greenville, South Carolina,

John Tarrant  Son 
1741 Virginia, United States   May 1799 Greenville, South Carolina, 

  Elizabeth Tarrant  Daughter 1742
 
Henry, Franklin
B, Virginia, United States 
D 26 Apr 1811 Warren, Kentucky,


*James M Tarrant  Son
  B 30 Nov 1753 Halifax, Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA
 5 Jul 1840 Birmingham, Jefferson, AL 

James M Tarrant   1753 - 1840 
B: 30 Nov 1753  Halifax, Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA   D: 5 Jul 1840  Birmingham, Jefferson, Alabama, 

  Married 
#1    (Age: 23) Henry, Virginia,  Jane Burch(Age: 20) 


Jane Burch 
B: 1756  Halifax, Halifax, Virginia, United States  
D: 1853  Elyton, Jefferson, Alabama, 1776  &

married #2 Keziah Terry   1763 - 1854   
22 February 1810   (Age: 56, James) South Carolina, United States to Keziah Terry (Age: 47)


Due to death dates, there must have been a divorce against Jane Burch Tarrant, Elanor (my ancestor) was born before James married Keziah Terry, meaning that all of James' childrenwere born to Jane Burch.  


Children  
Polly Garner Tarrant  Daughter 1782

Sally Tarrant Tarrant  Daughter
24 Apr 1784 Virginia, United States 1850

Lidia Sitton Tarrant  Daughter
6 May 1787 Greenville, South Carolina, 
2 Aug 1837 Habersham, White, Georgia,  

Benjamin Tarrant  Son
8 Oct 1792 Amherst, Amherst, Virginia,
 15 Feb 1874 Elyton, Jefferson, Alabama, 

James Tarrant  Son 
1792 South Carolina, United States


John Birch Tarrant  Son
1800 South Carolina,  1873 Alcorn, Mississippi,

*Eleanor Tarrant  Daughter 
1804 South Carolina, United States 
22 Jun 1854 Elyton, Jefferson, Alabama

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 James H Hewitt 
 B: 30 Jun 1801 Virginia, USA  
D: 25 May 1858  Elyton, Jefferson, Alabama  

Marriage 10 Apr 1827 Elyton, Jefferson, Alabama, USA


  Eleanor Tarrant  
B: 1804  S. C.  
D: 1854-06-22  Elyton,Jefferson,Alabama



Children

Francis A Hewitt  Son
9 Jul 1828 Elyton, Jefferson, Alabama, USA
D18 Feb 1907 Warrior, Jefferson, Alabama, USA 


  Jack Shakelford Hewitt  Son
2 Feb 1830 Elyton, Jefferson, Alabama, USA 
D 10 Jan 1904 Indian, Penobscot, Maine, USA

*James Tarrant Hewitt  Son
13Nov1831 Alabama

Goldsmith W Hewitt   Son
 14 Feb 1834 Elyton, Jefferso Co, Alabama 27 May 1895 Birmingham, Jefferson, Alabama, USA

Elizabeth Ann Hewitt   Daughter
14 Aug 1836 Alabama, Jefferson, Alabama D 18 Aug 1852 Elyton, Jefferson, Alabama, USA

Nancy Jane Hewitt  Daughter
14 Jun 1841 Elyton, Jefferson, Alabama, D 7 Feb 1847 Elyton, Jefferson, Alabama, USA

Mary Almira Hewitt   Daughter
14 May 1844 Elyton, , Alabama, USA , , Texas

Robert Greene Hewitt  Son
25 May 1846 Elyton, , Alabama D - 16 Aug 1934 Birmingham, Jefferson, Alabama

Picture
DAR Memorial in Birmingham, AL with James Tarrant's name (also includes another relative, G W. Hewitt)
Picture
Letter from Gov. Thomas Jefferson (later President Jefferson) of Virgina appointing James M Tarrant Captian of the Company in the Virginia Militia
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