H/O DOROTHEA BROWN BURCH - PARENTS EDWARD II & ANN SPINKS BURCH OF PRINCE GEORGES CO MARYLAND - CHILDREN : JAMES, VALENTINE IGNATIUS, ANN, MATELDA, WILLIAM, SAMUEL, CATERINE.. SAMUEL AND HIS WIFE MIGRATED FROM MARYLAND TO KENTUCKY THEN ON THE ADVICE OF A DOCTOR THEY MOVED TO TEXAS IN 1825 FIRST SETTLING IN NACOGDOCHES BUT IN 1836 WITH REPORTS OF A MEXICAN INVASION. THEY MADE A HURRIED EXODUS TOWARD LOUISIANA (THE RUNAWAY SCRAPE) AFTER THE WAR FOR TEXAS INDEPENDENCE THE FAMILY SETTLED AT COLITA TX THEY WERE ONE OF THE ONLY CATHOLIC FAMILIES IN THE AREA SO BURCH BUILT A PRIVATE CHAPEL AND A SCHOOL FOR THE CHILDREN. HIS PLANTATION WAS A POPULAR RESORT FOR EARLY CATHOLIC MISSIONARY PRIESTS.. WHEN THE URSULINE NUNS ARRIVED IN GALVESTON FROM FRANCE OR CANADA THEY COULD NOT SPEAK ENGLISH SO THEY WHERE BROUGHT TO THE BURCH HOME TO STUDY ENGLISH..
H/O DOROTHEA BROWN BURCH - PARENTS EDWARD II & ANN SPINKS BURCH OF PRINCE GEORGES CO MARYLAND - CHILDREN : JAMES, VALENTINE IGNATIUS, ANN, MATELDA, WILLIAM, SAMUEL, CATERINE.. SAMUEL AND HIS WIFE MIGRATED FROM MARYLAND TO KENTUCKY THEN ON THE ADVICE OF A DOCTOR THEY MOVED TO TEXAS IN 1825 FIRST SETTLING IN NACOGDOCHES BUT IN 1836 WITH REPORTS OF A MEXICAN INVASION. THEY MADE A HURRIED EXODUS TOWARD LOUISIANA (THE RUNAWAY SCRAPE) AFTER THE WAR FOR TEXAS INDEPENDENCE THE FAMILY SETTLED AT COLITA TX THEY WERE ONE OF THE ONLY CATHOLIC FAMILIES IN THE AREA SO BURCH BUILT A PRIVATE CHAPEL AND A SCHOOL FOR THE CHILDREN. HIS PLANTATION WAS A POPULAR RESORT FOR EARLY CATHOLIC MISSIONARY PRIESTS.. WHEN THE URSULINE NUNS ARRIVED IN GALVESTON FROM FRANCE OR CANADA THEY COULD NOT SPEAK ENGLISH SO THEY WHERE BROUGHT TO THE BURCH HOME TO STUDY ENGLISH..
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