Brewster Helme Jayne was the son of William Jayne, Esq. and Mary Helme.
Brewster H. Jayne was among the first probate judges, and county represenatives in Mississippi in 1838 and 1839.
On September 15, 1828. Brewster married a widow, Juliet TIMS Browne, with an infant son, William Love Browne, Jr. She was the daughter of *Amos and Mary CABEEN TIMS, originally of South Carolina.
Brewster Helm JAYNE came to Texas in 1840. He was a lawyer, judge and state senator in Mississippi, but was so taken by Austin, Texas, that he wrote to his wife about the splendors of life there. However, Brewster Jayne's plan to make a life in Texas was short-lived. On July 10, 1842, he was killed by a party of hostile Indians, perhaps Comanche, near Austin. Family tradition says that a large white man dressed as an Indian rode with the hostiles that day. Judge Jayne was mortally wounded, and an arrow was shot into the arm of his three year old son, Amos. They also snatched Juliet's son, fourteen year old William.
Juliet helped her husband into the house where he died on the veranda with his two month old daughter in his arms and an Episcopal Book of Common Prayers pressed against his wound. (see photo) After her husband's murder, she remained in Austin hoping to learn about the fate of her son, but in 1849, she returned to Mississippi to rear her children on the property she owned.
Every year afterward, she and a slave George, returned to Austin to consult with Indian traders and others hoping for information about her kidnapped son. Their son, Amos moved back to Texas. In about 1874, Amos, by then about 35 yeas of age, purchased a farm in Limestone County and settled in Groesbeck where his mother, Juliet (Tims) Jayne, died in 1886 at 77 years. She was buried in the Faulkenberry Cemetery.
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Family tradition states that Brewster's political rival, Sam Houston, (who was very close to the Indians and even rode with them) was who brought about Brewster Helme's death.
Brewster Jayne & Juliet had 5 children:
*Mary Narcissa Jayne
*Brewster Helme Jayne, Jr.
*Juliet Tims Jayne
*Amos Alexander Jayne
*Caroline Paulene Jayne
Brewster H. Jayne was among the first probate judges, and county represenatives in Mississippi in 1838 and 1839.
On September 15, 1828. Brewster married a widow, Juliet TIMS Browne, with an infant son, William Love Browne, Jr. She was the daughter of *Amos and Mary CABEEN TIMS, originally of South Carolina.
Brewster Helm JAYNE came to Texas in 1840. He was a lawyer, judge and state senator in Mississippi, but was so taken by Austin, Texas, that he wrote to his wife about the splendors of life there. However, Brewster Jayne's plan to make a life in Texas was short-lived. On July 10, 1842, he was killed by a party of hostile Indians, perhaps Comanche, near Austin. Family tradition says that a large white man dressed as an Indian rode with the hostiles that day. Judge Jayne was mortally wounded, and an arrow was shot into the arm of his three year old son, Amos. They also snatched Juliet's son, fourteen year old William.
Juliet helped her husband into the house where he died on the veranda with his two month old daughter in his arms and an Episcopal Book of Common Prayers pressed against his wound. (see photo) After her husband's murder, she remained in Austin hoping to learn about the fate of her son, but in 1849, she returned to Mississippi to rear her children on the property she owned.
Every year afterward, she and a slave George, returned to Austin to consult with Indian traders and others hoping for information about her kidnapped son. Their son, Amos moved back to Texas. In about 1874, Amos, by then about 35 yeas of age, purchased a farm in Limestone County and settled in Groesbeck where his mother, Juliet (Tims) Jayne, died in 1886 at 77 years. She was buried in the Faulkenberry Cemetery.
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Family tradition states that Brewster's political rival, Sam Houston, (who was very close to the Indians and even rode with them) was who brought about Brewster Helme's death.
Brewster Jayne & Juliet had 5 children:
*Mary Narcissa Jayne
*Brewster Helme Jayne, Jr.
*Juliet Tims Jayne
*Amos Alexander Jayne
*Caroline Paulene Jayne
Brewster Helme Jayne was the son of William Jayne, Esq. and Mary Helme.
Brewster H. Jayne was among the first probate judges, and county represenatives in Mississippi in 1838 and 1839.
On September 15, 1828. Brewster married a widow, Juliet TIMS Browne, with an infant son, William Love Browne, Jr. She was the daughter of *Amos and Mary CABEEN TIMS, originally of South Carolina.
Brewster Helm JAYNE came to Texas in 1840. He was a lawyer, judge and state senator in Mississippi, but was so taken by Austin, Texas, that he wrote to his wife about the splendors of life there. However, Brewster Jayne's plan to make a life in Texas was short-lived. On July 10, 1842, he was killed by a party of hostile Indians, perhaps Comanche, near Austin. Family tradition says that a large white man dressed as an Indian rode with the hostiles that day. Judge Jayne was mortally wounded, and an arrow was shot into the arm of his three year old son, Amos. They also snatched Juliet's son, fourteen year old William.
Juliet helped her husband into the house where he died on the veranda with his two month old daughter in his arms and an Episcopal Book of Common Prayers pressed against his wound. (see photo) After her husband's murder, she remained in Austin hoping to learn about the fate of her son, but in 1849, she returned to Mississippi to rear her children on the property she owned.
Every year afterward, she and a slave George, returned to Austin to consult with Indian traders and others hoping for information about her kidnapped son. Their son, Amos moved back to Texas. In about 1874, Amos, by then about 35 yeas of age, purchased a farm in Limestone County and settled in Groesbeck where his mother, Juliet (Tims) Jayne, died in 1886 at 77 years. She was buried in the Faulkenberry Cemetery.
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Family tradition states that Brewster's political rival, Sam Houston, (who was very close to the Indians and even rode with them) was who brought about Brewster Helme's death.
Brewster Jayne & Juliet had 5 children:
*Mary Narcissa Jayne
*Brewster Helme Jayne, Jr.
*Juliet Tims Jayne
*Amos Alexander Jayne
*Caroline Paulene Jayne
Brewster H. Jayne was among the first probate judges, and county represenatives in Mississippi in 1838 and 1839.
On September 15, 1828. Brewster married a widow, Juliet TIMS Browne, with an infant son, William Love Browne, Jr. She was the daughter of *Amos and Mary CABEEN TIMS, originally of South Carolina.
Brewster Helm JAYNE came to Texas in 1840. He was a lawyer, judge and state senator in Mississippi, but was so taken by Austin, Texas, that he wrote to his wife about the splendors of life there. However, Brewster Jayne's plan to make a life in Texas was short-lived. On July 10, 1842, he was killed by a party of hostile Indians, perhaps Comanche, near Austin. Family tradition says that a large white man dressed as an Indian rode with the hostiles that day. Judge Jayne was mortally wounded, and an arrow was shot into the arm of his three year old son, Amos. They also snatched Juliet's son, fourteen year old William.
Juliet helped her husband into the house where he died on the veranda with his two month old daughter in his arms and an Episcopal Book of Common Prayers pressed against his wound. (see photo) After her husband's murder, she remained in Austin hoping to learn about the fate of her son, but in 1849, she returned to Mississippi to rear her children on the property she owned.
Every year afterward, she and a slave George, returned to Austin to consult with Indian traders and others hoping for information about her kidnapped son. Their son, Amos moved back to Texas. In about 1874, Amos, by then about 35 yeas of age, purchased a farm in Limestone County and settled in Groesbeck where his mother, Juliet (Tims) Jayne, died in 1886 at 77 years. She was buried in the Faulkenberry Cemetery.
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Family tradition states that Brewster's political rival, Sam Houston, (who was very close to the Indians and even rode with them) was who brought about Brewster Helme's death.
Brewster Jayne & Juliet had 5 children:
*Mary Narcissa Jayne
*Brewster Helme Jayne, Jr.
*Juliet Tims Jayne
*Amos Alexander Jayne
*Caroline Paulene Jayne
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