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Subject: [GM-L] BURGESS
Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2002 18:17:02 EST

Subject: Burgess
Source: Groton Historical Series by Dr. Samuel A. Green Vol II, 1890
p. 284
William and Mary Burgess of Groton
Children:
William Henry Burgess b. at Groton, Nov 8, 1822
Abigail Lock Burgess b. at Groton Dec 24, 1824
Susanna Bryant Burgess b. at Groton March 21, 1827
Mary Adaline Burgess b. at Groton Oct 11, 1829
Nathan Darius Burgess b. at Groton April 13, 1832
Oliver Baldwin Burgess b. at Groton, July 16, 1834.

Mr. Burgess died at Groton on June 11, 1834 and his widow on Jan. 17, 1840.
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Subject: Burgess Tombstones at Groton, Mass.
Source: Epitaphs from the Old Burying Ground in Groton, Mass., by Dr. Samuel
A. Green
Boston: Little, Brown & Company - 1878
p.165
Tombstone
Willow Tree and Urn
"In Memory of Mrs. Mary Burgess, wife of Mr. John Burgess, who died April 21,
1826 AEt 55.
"Through every scene of life and death,
His promise was my trust;
And may this be my children's song,
Now I am in the dust"
Author's note: Her maiden name was Reed; she was married Aug 31, 1803.

p.189
Tombstone
Willow Tree and Urn
"In memory of Mr. Levi Burgess, who died Feb 24, 1837; AEt. 61."

p.196
Tombstone
Willow Tree and Urn
"George W. Burgess, Son of Levi & Mima Burgess - Died Oct 23, 1842 AEt 20.
"Prepare to meet thy God."

p.171
Tombstone
Willow Tree and Urn
"In Memory of Mr. John Burges who died March 19, 1829, AEt. 77.
"Farewell dear friends, and children too, For Christ has call'd me home;
In a short time he'll call for you, Prepare yourselves to come."

p.177
Tombstone
Willow Tree and Urn
"In Memory of Mrs. Mima Burgess, wife of Mr. Levi Burgess who died Dec 22,
1832,
AEt. 55."

p.182
Tombstone
Willow Tree and Urn
"In Memory of Mr. William Burges, who died June 11, 1834 AEt. 38.
"Farewell my Partner, Children dear;
Weep not for me, dry up your tears;
And when the last loud trump shall sound,
I hope in Christ we shall be found."

p.212

Tombstone
Willow Tree
"Maret Burgess Died Sept 9, 1852, AEt 56 Y'rs & 6 mos."

p.225

Tombstone
Willow Tree and Urn
"Miranda Burgess wife of Maret Burgess Died Jan 26, 1874 AEt 74 yrs. 8 mos."

p.225

Tombstone
"James H. Burgess Died May 10, 1875 AEt 69.
"Stop, stop, young friends as you pass by,
As you are now so once was I;
As I am now so you must be;
Prepare for Death and follow me."
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Subject: Burgess
Source: Farnsworth Memorial
Matthias Farnsworth Jr/Sarah Nutting Line, Groton, Mass.
p.53
Matthias Farnsworth b. July 5, 1797 son of Sampson Farnsworth & his wife
Rachel Shattuck of
Groton, Mass.

Matthias Farnsworth was a twin of Rachel who m. Alexander McIntosh. She d.
1828.

Matthias Farnsworth m. Oct 6, 1818 Martha Burgess b. ca. 1796.

p.71
Matthias Farnsworth & his wife Martha Burgess his issue at Groton, Mass.
1. William Farnsworth b. Oct 23, 1819.
2. Martha Maria Farnsworth b. Sept 20, 1822.
3. Mary Elizabeth Farnsworth b. Aug 27, 1827.
4. Edward Farnsworth b. April 6, 1830.

Benjamin Farnsworth/Mary Prescott Line, Groton, Mass.

p.283-284
William Farnsworth b. July 3, 1856, grad. Harvard College 1877; son of Ezra
Farnsworth
and his wife, Sarah Melville Parker of Boston, Mass.
William Farnsworth m. Lucy Holmes Burgess and had at least two children.

p.417
Jonathan Farnsworth/Ruth Shattuck Line, Groton, Mass.

Rachel Farnsworth b. 1742 dau of Jonathan Farnsworth Jr. & his wife, Mary
Burt of Groton
and Harvard, Mass.

Rachel Farnsworth m. April 21, 1762, at Harvard, Mass., Ebenezer Burgess
(record ends)
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Subject: William Burgess
Source: Torry - New England Marriages Prior to 1700
p. 120
Burgess, William & Hannah Steevinson/Stimson; m. May 20, 1684;
Cambridge/Ipswich.
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Memembers of the Dorchester Company

JOHN BURGES - Brother-in-law of Rev. John White, son of John Burges of
Petersborough. Married (1) Dorothy_____. (2) Lettice ____. Will dated 12
Sept. 1634, proved 26 Oct. 1635.

His daughter, Priscilla Burges, married (1) Bezaliell Sherman, bu. 9 Oct.
1618, Will dated 7 Oct. 1618, proved 3 Dec. 1618. She married (2) Thomas
Fones, his first wife was Ann Winthrop, sister of John Winthrop. Will dated
14 Apr. 1629. She married (3) Rev. Henry Paynter of Exeter, whose first wife
was Jane Starr.

Another daughter, Abigail Burges, married Cornelius Burges, son of Robert
Burges of Stanton Dew, Somerset. They had a dau. Alice who m. Lt. James Nash
of Weymouth, MA and a son John who m. (1) Rebecca (Ruege) who d. 1661,
Weymouth, MA. He m. (2) Mary Stearnes, (3) Widow Grisell Gurney, 1667, and
(4) Jane Gurney.

WALTER BURGES of Buckland. B.a. 1580. Oriel College, Oxford, Vicar of
Buckland Ripers, installed 1608. "Mr. Walter Burges, an able man as
minister".Afterwards Preacher at Radipole.
Complete file of the Dorchester Company on request

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Subject: Burgess/Burges
Source: Savage Dictionary

Burges, Giles, Dorchester 1682. JACOB, Sandwich, s. of Thomas
the first, m. 1 June 1660, Mary Nye, d. prob. of Benjamin of the same,
had Samuel, b. 8 Mar. 1671; Ebenezer, 2 Oct. 1673; and Jacob, 18
Oct. 1676. JOHN, Chelmsford, m. 9 June 1662, Mary, wid. of Isaac
Larned, eldest d. of Isaac Stearns, as Allen, Hist. of C. 169, tells; and
in June 1676, m. Jane, wid. of John Gornell, wh. d. 4 Apr. 1678; and
he d. 22 Oct. foll. JOHN, Yarmouth, s. of the first Thomas, m. 8 Sept.
1657, Mary Worden, prob. d. of Peter the sec. of the same, had John,
Thomas, Joseph, Samuel, Jacob, Martha and four other ds. JOSEPH,
Sandwich, br. prob. youngest, of the preced. had Rebecca, b. 17 Jan.
1667; Dorothy, 12 Nov. 1670, wh. d. prob. at 16 yrs.; Joseph, 18 Nov.
1673; and Benjamin, 5 May 1681. *THOMAS, Lynn, rem. 1637, to
Sandwich, with fam. there may have add. to the ch. carr. with him only
Joseph, and perhaps Jacob. He was of the chief men, rep. 1646 and
after; d. 27 Feb. 1685, presum. to be 82 yrs. old. His d. Elizabeth m. 12
Feb. 1652, Ezra Perry. THOMAS, Sandwich, s. prob. eldest, of the
preced. perhaps b. in Eng. m. 8 Nov. 1648, Elizabeth Basset, d. of William,
one of the first comers, was divorc. 10 June 1661, and rem. to R. I. and
at Newport was resid. 1671, hav. w. Lydia.

BURGESS, or BURGISS, sometimes BURGES, ABRAHAM, took pass.
11 Apr. 1679 in the William and John, from London for N. E. but whether
he ever reach. our shore, or what bec. of him, is unkn. FRANCIS, Boston,
by w. Joyce and Benjamin, b. 11 Oct. 1654. One FRANCIS, possib.
his s. was of Moselye's comp. in the campaign of Dec. 1675. James
Boston, came prob. in the Hopewell, capt. Bundocke, from London
1635, aged 14, m. 19 Oct. 1652, Lydia Mead, d. of Gabriel, had John, b.
1654; Benjamin, 1655; John again, 21 Feb. 1657; and d. 27 Nov.
1690. JOHN, Yarmouth 1678, is prob. mistak. for Burge. JOSEPH,
Rochester, possib. misspel. for Burge, was first rep. for that town in one
of the last Gen. Cts. of Plymouth, i. e. 1689. RICHARD, Sandwich
1643, as Coffin thinks, rem. to York 1660. RICHARD, Stratford, m.
Phebe, d. of John Peacock, bef. 1679. ROBERT, Lynn 1655, m. 12
Apr. 1671, Sarah Hall. ROGER, Boston, had w. Sarah, wid. of
William King, d. of George Griggs, wh. d. 24 Nov. 1664; but bore him James,
b. 4 Apr. 1659. ROGER, Haverhill, old eno. 28 Nov. 1677, to take o. of
alleg. on enrolm. in the milit. THOMAS, Duxbury 1637, next yr. rem. to
Sandwich, was rep. 1646, and one or two yrs. more,was f. of Thomas,
&c. as under Burge is told. THOMAS, Concord, 1660, had liv. at
Charlestown. His will, of 9 Aug. 1662, was not brot. to pro. by his
w. for near twenty yrs. Of this name, in 1834, gr. at Brown and Yale
have been five, and none at Harv. or Dart. yet two at H. and one at D.
as monosyl. Burge, and no such at Yale. Hon. Tristram, Brown Univ 1796,
may desc. from Joseph, at least, was b. at Rochester. Very num. are
the cases of modern turn. of one syl. to two.
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Maine State Archives
Revolutionary War Land Grants
and Pension Applications

Burgess, David - Fairfield - Maine

http://www.state.me.us/sos/arc/archives/military/revlist.htm#b
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1920 Saxton's River VT Census

Burgess, Archie W
Burgess, Lawrence
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Sterling, MA Marriages

BURGESS, John, of Groton, and Sally Churchill, of Sterling, Jan. 1. 1833, by
Peter Osgood, Min.
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Marriages Recorded at Concord, Mass.

Levi Burgess, Jun. of Concord & Lucy Lewis of Groton Nov 5, 1825 [p.391
Concord Records]
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Vermont's Gunsmiths & Gunmakers to 1900

The Burgess Company
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History of Waltham, Mass.

Casualties of Company H. 16th Mass. of Waltham

Henry F. Burgess; died at Andersonville (prison). . . . . . . .July 21,1864
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The Yankee Gale of 1851.
Full report on request

American schooner Harriet Newell, Thomas Burgess, master, of Hardwick, Mass.,
cast away at Tracadie - two hands lost.
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Merriam Family of Concord, Mass.

William Merriam(2710) was born on 11 May 1564 in (of), Tudeley, Kent,
England.(2706) He signed a will on 8 Sep 1635.(1055) He died on 23 Sep 1635
in Hadlow, Kent, England. (2706) He had an estate probated on 27 Nov 1635.
(1055) He resided in Kent, England. (1055) He was a clothier.(1055) Parents:
William Meriam and Alice Hablett (Habler?).
He was married to Sarah Burgess (Burges) about 1579 in Kent, England. (2706)
Children were: George Merriam .

Merriam
George, Concord, frm. June 2, 1641. Wife Susanna; ch. Elizabeth b. 8 (9)
1641, Sarah b. 17 (5) 1649, Samuel b. 21 (5) 16--, Hannah b. 14 (5) 16--,
Abigail b. 15 (5) 16--, Mary d. 10 (6) 1646. He d. Dec. 29, 1675. Inv. filed
by Samuel M. exec. 4 (2) 1676.
Parents: William Merriam and Sarah Burgess (Burges).
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Gloucester MA deaths at sea 1750 to 1790

1754 Dec
Supposed lost: John Burgess, servant to Ship's Master, Thomas Wharfe, Ship
Brittania
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Mass. Governors
Col. Elizeus Burgess (commissioned 1715)
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Subj: Scots Prisoners sent to New England [1997 post to Essex List] S Canney


"Massachusetts Historical Society Proceedings Oct. 1927 p. 5-28".

This article doesn't have a great deal about the individuals dealing
mostly
with the aftermath of the battle of Dunbar and the treatment of the
prisoners.

Until the time of the sailing of the "Unity" about 30 Scotch died each day
or
a total of 1600 before the sailing. Note that the ship only carried about
150
men. Unfortunately no list of these men exists but some can be identified
from the end of their servitude.
A few of these were:

Alexander Burgess

From: "Susan Canney" <>
Subject: Scots POW in Essex Co.
Date: Sat, 24 May 1997 22:34:38
http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/read/ESSEX-ROOTS/1997-05/0864514514
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Materials gathered and transcribed by Janice Farnsworth

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