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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

 


Leonard Tarrant Sr   1682 - 1718  

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


 

Leonard Douthitt Tarrant 1714 - 1791 

 
married
  

Mary Rose Hargrove 1734 - 1791 

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

 

 

Children

 

Eleanor Nelly Tarrant  Daughter 1730Henry, Franklin, Virginia, United States 1819South Carolina,  

Benjamin Tarrant  Son 1735 South Carolina, United States  6 Aug 1819 Greenville, Greenville, South Carolina,

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

 

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

 

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

 

 

1718Essex County Records

The Valentine Papers, Vol 1-4, 1864-1908 Winston Family  Essex County Records

 

William Winston, Gent. of the Parish of St. Ann in the County of Essex deed from Leonard Tarrant Gent. of same Co. & parish. Consideration £80 sterling. 360 acres adjoining Elias Blackburn , and being part of a patent of land granted to Thos. Tinsley and by the said Tinsley conveyed to the said Tarent . May 20, 1718 . Vol. 15, p. 166


 
James M Tarrant   1753 - 1840 
 
Married

1776   (Age: 23) Henry, Virginia, United States to Jane Burch(Age: 20) 

&

Keziah Terry   1763 - 1854   

Children  

 

James Tarrant  Son  1792 South Carolina, United States

  

Letter from Gov. Thomas Jefferson of Virgina appointing James M Tarrant Captian of the Company in the Virginia Militia


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

 


 

 

James Tarrant Hewitt B: 13Nov1831  Alabama   D:
married 
Hannah Elizabeth Morrison 
B: 29 Jun 1846  Tennessee   D:  Nov 1922  Logansport, De Soto, Louisiana  

Children
 
 

Robert Hewitt  Son     Died as Infant

 

*James Walton Hewitt  Son         abt 1868Alabama 28 DEC 1945Jefferson

 

Allie Hewitt  Daughter         abt 1870 AL 

 

Minnie S. Hewitt  Daughter     abt 1872 Alabama

 

Eleonora Hewitt  Daughter       abt 1874 Alabama

Lillie L. Hewitt  Daughter     abt 1876    AL
 
Iola Hewitt  Daughter         abt 1878 Alabama



Tarrant's of Intrest
 

James M Tarrant   1753 - 1840  Revolutionary War Veteran