Yes we are, it appears we would be 4th cousins. Nimrod Burnell was my Great Great Grandfather and he and Isham (Isom) Burnell were brothers. Nimrod’s daughter Harriet was my Great Grandmother who married Haril Kendrick. They migrated to the Paris, Texas area after the 1900 census. By the 1960’s my grandfather Benjamin Harrison Kendrick (son of Haril and Harriet) and his children migrated to Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, where my father Ezell Kendrick currently resides. Would like to find out more about Isham's side of the family...please feel free to contact me.

In my records I have Godfrey's parents as Isham/Isom and Eugend - Godfrey is one of 11 children, do I have the information correct?

Let's compare notes, email address is ellgee_2000@yahoo.com

Thanks for your response regarding Isom. After speaking with another line of the Burnell family, we have decided that Isom/Isphan was a brother of Nimrod, my great great grandfather. I had the opportunity to meet Odessie Burnell Zackery of Stephen, Arkansas. Her father John Lilly Burnell was a grand or great grandson of Isom Burnell. I have been given a copy of that line (John Lilly Burnell) genealogy.

I visited the Mt. Vernon Cemetery in Stephens Arkansas where Nimrod, Ed and Ispham are buried. The spelling on the tombstone for Isom is Ispham.

If I didn't include the info in a previous email. My grandmother was Cora Burnell Hughes, daugher of Ed Burnell and her father Ed was a son of Nimrod. The relative who help me to reach this relationship decision great great grandmother was Harriet Burnell a daughter of Nimrod. Harrriet Burnell married Haril Kendrick.

I would be more than please to share my information about the Nimrod side of the family. However I have not quite figured out how to do the email of the data correctly.

I hope to keep in touch. You can emai me directly at fohaywood@sbcglobal.net.

I am Delores to the family because I was named after my mother also a Frances.

Take Care,
Delores Owens Haywood

Thanks for your response. I was unable to attend the Burnell reunion in Michigan this past summer. Queen Esther Zackery Yarbourough and Mrs. Odessa Burnell Zackey gave me a copy of the family history for Isom's family.

One of things I have had done is to have a DNA test done to determine where in Africa the male (Isam and Nimrod) Burnell family may have come from. Ernest Burnell who lives in Saginaw, Michigan, did the test for me. From the test completed by African Ancestry, the male Burnells share an ancestry with the Akan people of Ghana.

I will keep in touch. You can email me directly at fohaywood@sbcglobal.net.

Lets keep in touch and share that info on the family.
My first name is Frances but I am called Delores by the family.

Delores

It is good to hear that you have an Aunt that may still hold some information that could prove very useful. Please see if she has any information regarding the family origins. I believe that the Burnell's were from Alabama. There is some question as thier ethnic origins African, Caucasian and possibly Native American. In addition, to Ispham's brother Nimrod who is my Great Great Grandfather. They lived on farms next to one another in Leake Township, Nevada County, Arkansas in the 1870 census. Please feel free to contact me directly at ezellmail@aol.com

Just information from Frances Heywood about our African origin. DNA testing was completed by a descendent of Nimrod and Isom. Our family are of the Akan People of Ghana.

I am very excited to know that!

Yes, I have a sister in Austell and a brother in GA, as well. My sister has been there for about thirty years but my brother just moved a few years ago from Michigan.

Regarding our origin, I received information that our family is Akan People of Ghana. This was determined through DNA testing on one of our male Burnell relatives. If you know anyone who went to the Family Reunion this past Summer in Michigan, they should have a copy of our Tree.

Hope that helps cuz!

Yes, I believe you have it correct. However, Isom's wife's name I think was Eugenia.