Individual Details
Samuel English
(Abt 1772 - Abt 1832)
Samuel English b. abt 1780 probably VA d. 1832 married abt 1802 Mary/Polly Mullins b. TN and had the following children: Robert, William, Samuel, Wiley, Charles, Elizabeth, Jane b. 1813 Claiborne Co., TN, Polly, John, Nancy and Roseanna.
Family story says Samuel was the son of Samuel who fought in the 15th VA Regt during Rev. War.
(From Leona (Hopper) Newbill's manuscript -)
Samuel English was probably born about 1780, as he was said to be about 50 years of age at the time of his death in 1832. (According to father (I believe this to be Leona's father), "Samuel English was born in England about 1730 and came over about 1750, and settled in Tennessee. This was probably his father or grandfather). He married Mary/Polly Mullins in Tennessee, where she was born. She was the sister of Nancy Mullins, wife of Jasper Hopper. Her mother is said to have been born in Tennessee.
They lived in a large log cabin in Claiborne Co., Tenn. Grandmother spoke of the beautiful white floors and the beds with lace drapes.
Samuel had gone to Missouri and secured land for a new home, as Polly's sister, Nancy Hopper, was already living in Missouri. Before they could get started, the great cholera epidemic was on and thousands were dying. Samuel and Polly started to flee to their new home, but Samuel and four of the younger children, Polly, John, Nancy and Rosanna were stricken on the way and were buried near where they died. The others rushing on to their destination. Mary/Polly Mullins English died in Buchanan Co., MO. in 1849.
There were eleven children, six boys and five girls:
William, Samuel, Charles, Elizabeth and Jane, all crossed the plains to California in the Gold Rush, or soon after.
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from the reference "Death Records of Missouri Men, 1808-1854" sent by lookup volunteer Jackie
"ENGLISH, John died 29 August, age 68, one of the first settlers;
Representative many years. Emigrated from TN about 1816, served in the
legislature from St. Charles." Published in the Republican in Jefferson City
on 5 Sep 1844; and the Jefferson City Inquirer on 26 Sep 1844
Possible relation?
Events
Families
Spouse | Mary "Polly" Mullins (1780 - 1849) |
Child | Robert C. English (1804 - 1860) |
Child | Rev. Charles English (1805 - 1848) |
Child | Samuel English (1810 - ) |
Child | Elizabeth English (1811 - ) |
Child | Jane English (1813 - 1900) |
Child | John English (1813 - 1832) |
Child | Nancy English (1813 - 1832) |
Child | Polly English (1813 - 1832) |
Child | William English (1813 - ) |
Child | Rosanna English (1813 - 1832) |
Child | Wylie\Wiley M. English (1818 - 1881) |
Father | Robert English ( - 1796) |
Mother | Sara Jane Crooks ( - ) |
Sibling | Roseanna "Rose" English (1766 - 1830) |
Sibling | Henry Milton English (1773 - 1857) |
Notes
Census (family)
Charles English1 male under 5
1 male 20-30
1 female under 5
1 female 20-30
Samuel English
1 male under 5 William or John?
1 male 5-9 Wylie (9)
2 males 10-14 William or John?
1 male 20-29 Samuel (~21)
1 male 50-60 Samuel (~58)
1 female 5-9 Polly, Nancy or Rosanna
1 female 10-14 Polly, Nancy or Rosanna
2 females 15-19 Jane (16) Elizabeth (19)
1 female 40-50 Mary (~50)
Robert & Charles are married. One girl is missing, one boy is added?
Research by Debbie Pirie
... searched the census index books looking for Samuel, the father. I only found him on the 1830 Claiborne County Tennessee census along with his sons, Robert and Charles who were married and listed as head of households. The number children listed for Samuel on the census matches the number of children listed in the manuscript I have from Leona Hopper Newbill if you include Robert and Charles. I also searched surrounding states and found no Samuel English's in North Carolina, Kentucky and one in Virginia.
ENGLISH 117-150
pg 117 Robert English
pg 150 Charles English & Samuel English
Death
died on the way to Missouri of cholera.Endnotes
1. Newbill, Leona Hopper., English family genealogy. (Leona Hopper Newbill, granddaughter of Jane English and her husband, Zachariah
Hopper. Leona also wrote a book entitled, "The Hopper Family" which was privately
published in 1966.
Genealogy shared here courtesy of Deborah Pirie
2. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints., Transcription of the United States Federal Population Census - 1880 (http://www.familysearch.org/ Oct. 2002), of his son Wylie.
3. Newbill, Leona Hopper., English family genealogy. (Leona Hopper Newbill, granddaughter of Jane English and her husband, Zachariah
Hopper. Leona also wrote a book entitled, "The Hopper Family" which was privately
published in 1966.
Genealogy shared here courtesy of Deborah Pirie
4. Pirie, Deborah., English family research. (Bozrah, CT: Deborah Pirie,
5. U.S. Census images. Heritage Quest Online. Subscription database through the Sonoma County Public Library. (ProQuest LLC, 2009.), 1830 > TENNESSEE > CLAIBORNE > NO TWP LISTED Series: M19 Roll: 180 Page: 150.