Aaron English, an early settler of Wimberley, came to that Hays county community from Lee county, as did several other Wimberley settlers, between 1874 and 1880. He was born on October 28, 1828, place unknown (the death certificates of two of his children say it was Arkansas, in the 1880 census it's shown as Alabama) and died April 15, 1890 at Wimberley, TX (bur. Jacob's Well Cem., near Wimberley). He married (date and place unknown) Sarah Ann Garland, who was born in Illinois, November 18, 1833, and died Hays cty. June 25, 1917, (bur. Jacob's Well). Sarah Garland English was the daughter of Joseph and Matilda (?Lane) Garland, who moved to St. Francis county, AR, before Sarah's sister, Mary Ann Garland, was born in 1837.

Aaron & Sarah (Garland) English, photo courtesy of Gene English

The earliest "solid" documentation of Aaron English in Texas is his purchase of 37.5 acres of land in Austin county from A. J. Barnhill on 02Jan1854, but he is believed to have been in Texas earlier than that. His oldest known child, Mary Ann English, is consistently reported in various family and official records (including her death certificate) to have been born in Texas on January 5, 1851. According to the Confederate pension application of Sarah's brother, Samuel Jasper Garland, he came to Texas from Arkansas about 1850. Sarah's mother and step-father, Lewis G. and Matilda (Lane Garland) Bailey are first found on the Austin cty., TX tax rolls in the mid-1850's.

So far no connection to the few other English families that were in Texas during the early 1850's has been established, although circumstantial evidence indicates Aaron *may* have been a grandson of Elizabeth English (widow of James) who along with ten of her eleven children settled in the San Augustine District of what is now east Texas during the late 1820's.

Pertinent Records:
Land Transactions
Probate File
Census Records
Widow's CSA Pension Application File of Sarah Garland English

Mary Ann English
b. 05Jan1851 TX
m. Edward Harvey DEMENT, 12Jul1869 Washington cty., TX
(He was the uncle of Ann Elizabeth Mason, who m. Willis Russell English. See below).
d. 23Nov1927, Dripping Springs, Hays cty., TX
bur. Driftwood Cem., Driftwood, Hays cty., TX
For more information about Mary Ann English, contact Pat Searight

William Aaron English
b. 1853, TX
d. 20Sep1868, (?)Washington cty., TX

Jennie English
b. 1855, TX
died young

Nancy Matilda English
b. 22Jun1857, Austin cty., TX
m. James Hardy SPILLAR, 19Nov1874, Lee cty., TX
(He was first cousin of W.L. Bundrick, who m. Eliz. A. English.)
d. 02Nov1932, Dripping Springs, Hays cty., TX
bur. Phillips Cem., Dripping Springs, TX
For more information about Nancy Matilda English, contact Judy Baugh

Samuel Newton English
b. 22Aug1859 Washington cty., TX
m. Josie I. N. MATTHEWS 19Nov1885, Hays cty., TX
d. 05Jun1921, San Antonio, TX

John Anderson English
b. 24Oct1861, Burleson cty., TX
m. 22Feb1893, Nancy Leona HAYES, Hays cty., TX
d. 26Jan1948, Gonzales, TX

Elizabeth Aaron English
b. 21Jan1863, TX
m. (1)05May1881, William Lee BUNDRICK, Hays cty., TX
(He was 1st cousin of J.H. Spillar, husband of Nancy M. English.)
m. (2)John Elliott WOODS
d. July, 1941, Rockdale, Milam cty., TX

Georgia Ann English
b. 18Mar1867, Washington cty., TX
m. 20Jan1887, John E. BARDER, Hays cty., TX
d. 16Nov1853, Hays cty., TX

Ida Amelia English
b. 01Feb1869, Washington cty., TX
m. 19Nov1886, Napoleon Bonaparte GREATHOUSE, Hays cty., TX
d. 22Aug1904, near Rockdale, Milam cty., TX
For more information about Ida Amelia English, contact Barbara Tabor
See also: Ancestors of Barbara Ann Tabor

Lidy L. English
b. 22Sep1872, Washington cty., TX
d. 18Jul1876, Dime Box, Lee cty., TX

Willis Russell English
b. 08Jul1876, Dime Box, Lee cty., TX
m. 25Mar1903, Ann Elizabeth MASON, Rockdale, Milam cty., TX
(She was the niece of E.H. Dement, who m. Mary Ann English. See above).
d. 04Oct1944, Rockdale, Milam cty., TX
For more information about Willis Russell English, contact Gene English, or Elizabeth A. Brown

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