To Sandra Hatchett Davila,
JAMES HATCHETT, was probably born in Texas, or Georgia.
Wife's name Unknown
Son: - Santiago Juan (James John) Hatchett
JAMES HATCHETT'S father's name -------------------------------------John Beasley Hatchett Sr
Born - October 28, 1794 in Virginia -
Died - August 23, 1847 in Green County, Georgia
John was born in 1794 he was the 4th generation from the 1st or Immigrant from England.
John Beasley Hatchett Sr wife - Eliza Tuggle- born in Georgia
According to the 1850 Census in Georgia in Harris County on Oct. 21, 1850 in the Valley Prairie Dist. Eliza may have married a second time to a Mr. Jarratti.
It listed Eliza Jarratti age 47, Eliza A. Hatchet age 28, Julia A. Hatchet age 16, John M. Hatchet age 13 & Mary Hatchet age 5. Note: The census spelled their name Hatchett with one T at the end. They were all living with her son William Pinckney Hatchett M.D. age 26 and his wife age 21.
Their children's names are------------------------------------------------
William Pickney Hatchett ----Born Dec 1823
Eliza A. Hatchett --------------- Born abt 1822
James Hatchett-------------------Born ?
Henry Hatchett--------------------Born ?
John M. Hatchett --------------- Born abt 1837
Julia A. Hatchett -----------------Born abt 1839
Mary F. C. A. Hatchett --------Born abt 1845
My Grandma Pearl Hatchett (Farmer) Thomas gave me this information about our family.
After the war with Old Mexico James Hatchett went to Chihuahua, Mexico and set up his medical practice. He also had a hardware store.
He married a Castillian lady of Chihuahua. His wife was Spanish. Grandma didn't know her Spanish name or lineage. Her oldest son, Santiago Juan (James John) Hatchett came and lived with his Uncle William Pickney Hatchett, M.D. in the Hatchett settlement which is still on Rt. 3 Stephenville, Texas or as it was then called Hatchettville, near Seldon, TX.
This is information is about Santiago's Uncle William Pickney Hatchett, M.D. who Santiago Juan (James John) Hatchett lived with.
William Pinckney Hatchett was one of the very few really educated Physcians of his time. He was educated in Cinncinnati, Ohio or Philadelphia, PA. one or both. He possibly had his Pre Med education at Mercer University in Georgia. I am sure you can find a record of his schooling or ancestry in one or all of these places. He was also a Baptist Minister. William and his brothers James, Henry & John were young men when General Zachary Taylor lead the U.S. Army in the war with Mexico. They were all soldiers in that war. After the war with Old Mexico the brothers went back to Georgia. John was the youngest boy.
1850 Georgia Census found William as a Doctor age 26 & wife A. age 21. Then it listed Eliza Jarratti age 47, Eliza A. Hatchett age 28, Julia A. Hatchett age 16, John Hatchett age 13 & Mary Hatchett age 5 all living together.
In 1856 William Pinckney Hatchett Sr. moved his family to Southern Texas with which he became acquainted during the war with Old Mexico.
1860 Texas Census - Lavaca County - Town-Halletsville, Line-122 found W. P. Hatchett living with wife Angelina & their children, Ella, Mary, Augusta, William, ------ TWINS -----------John Beasley Hatchett Jr and Hampton Stevens Hatchett, they were farming.
In 1870 when his son Hampton (My Grandma Pearl Hatchett's father) was 16 yrs. old William P. moved the family to Bosque County near Valley Mills, Texas. They stayed there for several years, farming the Bosque River Valley Lands.
In 1873 William Pinckney Hatchett Sr. came up to Erath County and bought up enough of the Duffau Prairie Lands for himself and all of his living children so they could have a good farm home.
William Pinckney Hatchett " Jr." lived near Clyde, Texas. The next oldest son Edward Hatchett lived at Stephenville or near there and had large Banking Interests at Stephenville, Texas.
William "Pinck Jr", Ed, Jesse, Claude & Roy all died at the beginning of World War I.
1900 Texas Census - Soundex Code H-323, Vol 36, E.D. 72, Sheet 3, Line 77 Erath County Precinct #4 found William P. Hatchett M.D. age 76 and his 2nd wife Narcissa age 58 and Grandson Henry A. Wyley Born in Texas in June of 1876 age 23, they were all living together. Several years after William Pinckney Hatchett Sr's wife Angelina died he moved back to Georgia & married his wifes cousin Narcissa Emily Stevens. They had been married 7 years in the 1900 Census record.
This information was taken word for word from my Grandma Pearl Hatchett- Farmer-Thomas's own letter. She was writing to Bessie M. Hatchett who was doing the family tree.
I can go back to 1675 on the Hatchett side.