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Thomas "Burdges" Burgess

Thomas "Burdges" Burgess[1]

Male 1668 - 1743  (75 years)

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  • Name Thomas "Burdges" Burgess 
    Born 1668  Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 01 Jul 1743  Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Old Common Burial Ground, Meeting House Lane, Little Compton, Newport, Rhode Island Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • "BURGESS GENEALOGY"

      The origin of the name of Burgess will not admit of controversy. It is a title , civil or official. The inhabitant or representative of a Burgh or Borough is a Burgess. In England, the orthography of the name is well preserved , both in Church and State, and may easily be traced back for three or four centuries; but in this county (USA) it has been corrupted into Burghess, Burges, Burgis, Borgis, Burge, Burg. The ancestral line of Thomas in England and the date of his migration to this country (USA) , cannot yet be ascertained with full confidence. It appears that he arrived in Salem with a young family not far from 1630, and lodged for a time at Lynn. A section of land was assigned to him, in that part of Plymouth called Duxbury, July 3, 1637. This section of land, being forfeited by his removal to Sandwich in the same year, was assigned to Nicholas Robbins, November 5, 1638, who made to the former occupant some remuneration for fences and culture. In the settlement of Sandwich, Thomas Burgess became associated with Edmund Freeman, Henry Feake, Richard Chadwell, William Almy, Thomas Tupper, William Wood, Edward Dillingham, John Carman, George Knott, and Thomas Dexter." "He was," says Dr. Savage,"a chief man of them" "In the Church, instituted in 1638, under the pastoral care of William Leverich, he was an original member. In process of time he became a large landholder, and with advancing age he was called Goodman Burgess. He served the town in every office, humble or honorable, from road-surveyor to deputy to the Court at Plymouth, forseveral successive years. There is a charm in the fact that the patriarchal estate has never been alienated from the family. Benjamin,--the founder of the commercial house of Benjamin Burgess & Sons, Boston, --a lineal descendant of the sixth generation, held it in his possession, and in 1863, could point out the old cellar in which Thomas stored his fruits, and the bubbling fountain from which he drank for forty-eight years,--dying, February 13, 1685, aged eighty-two years. His grave was honored with a monumental slab, imported from England." "This was the only monument," says Amos Otis, Esq., " set up for any pilgrim of the first generation." " Dorothy, his wife, died Feb.27,1687

      This note was extracted from http://www.FamHist.us and is the work of Lee R. Drew 2004-2008
    • Thomas Burgess Will

      To wife Patience all household goods, except great and irons and one desk called Father Richmond's desk. Use all of my house except great chamber, use of one half orchard and the garden at eastward of my dwelling house as long as she remains my widow. To son Edward one fourth homestead farm with house he now lives in, that is to say to begin at Bailey's land by the seaside and extend northerly to stone wall on south side of Seaside meadow, so called and from same will north west to sea. To extend to the northwest corner of Little orchard, to highway with buildings. To son Joseph part of my 50 acre lot east of highway called Peckham's lots from ye new wall to creek with buildings except lot already enclosed in northwest corner of said lot, called pasture meadow. To son John the 20 acre lot adjoining Thomas Wilbor's. To son Thomas all part of homestead from not given to son Edward with all buildings, house and part of orchard in 30 acre lot called paretree meadow; if no heirs to be divided between sons Jacob and Nathaniel. To son Jacob 200 pounds; to son Nathaniel my little gun and 200 pounds; to daughters Deborah, Lydian, Abigail, Hester, Mary, Rebecca, Martha, 10 pounds earch; to grandson Thomas Burgess 5 pounds; to other grandchildren 10 shillings each..."

      This information was extracted from http://FamHist.us and is the work of Lee R. Drew
    Person ID I27129  Complete
    Last Modified 24 Feb 2009 

    Father Thomas Burgess,   b. Abt 1628, Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Abt 1687, Newport, Rhode Island Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 59 years) 
    Mother Lydia Gaunt,   c. 02 Apr 1636, St Peters Parish, Gowts, Lincolnshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft Feb 1697, Newport, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 60 years) 
    Married 1662  Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F11557  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Esther Richmond,   b. 1669, Little Compton, Newport County, Rhode Island Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 Nov 1706, Little Compton, Newport County, Rhode Island Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 37 years) 
    Married 1691  Little Compton, Newport County, Rhode Island Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Edward Burgess,   b. 1692, Little Compton, Newport County, Rhode Island Find all individuals with events at this location
     2. Deborah Burgess,   b. 1694, Little Compton, Newport County, Rhode Island Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Jul 1779  (Age 85 years)
     3. Esther Burgess,   b. 1696, Little Compton, Newport County, Rhode Island Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1764  (Age 68 years)
     4. Lydia Burgess,   b. 1700, Little Compton, Newport County, Rhode Island Find all individuals with events at this location
     5. Abigail Burgess,   b. 1702, Little Compton, Newport County, Rhode Island Find all individuals with events at this location
    Last Modified 24 Feb 2009 
    Family ID F11559  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Marth Wilbore,   b. 20 Aug 1684, Little Compton, Newport County, Rhode Island Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Married 24 Oct 1707  Little Compton, Newport County, Rhode Island Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Joseph Burgess,   b. 06 Aug 1708, Little Compton, Newport County, Rhode Island Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1789, Cranston, Providence, Rhode Island Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 80 years)
     2. John Burgess,   b. 10 Jan 1711, Little Compton, Newport County, Rhode Island Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 04 Apr 1796, Sterling City, New London, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 85 years)
     3. Mary Burgess,   b. 18 Sep 1712, Little Compton, Newport County, Rhode Island Find all individuals with events at this location
     4. Thomas Burgess,   b. 25 May 1714, Little Compton, Newport County, Rhode Island Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 19 May 1792, Little Compton, Newport County, Rhode Island Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 77 years)
     5. Martha Burgess,   b. 28 Mar 1716, Little Compton, Newport County, Rhode Island Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef 1724  (Age 7 years)
     6. Jacob Burgess,   b. 11 Nov 1717, Little Compton, Newport County, Rhode Island Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 Sep 1768, Little Compton, Newport County, Rhode Island Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 50 years)
    Last Modified 24 Feb 2009 
    Family ID F11560  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 3 Patience,   b. Abt 1685, Little Compton, Newport County, Rhode Island Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 01 Jan 1793, Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 108 years) 
    Married 1721  Little Compton, Newport County, Rhode Island Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Mercy Burgess,   b. 22 Feb 1722, Little Compton, Newport County, Rhode Island Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 Jan
     2. Rebecca Burgess,   b. Jun 1725, Little Compton, Newport County, Rhode Island Find all individuals with events at this location
     3. Martha Burgess,   b. Apr 1727, Little Compton, Newport County, Rhode Island Find all individuals with events at this location
    +4. Nathaniel Burgess,   b. 17 May 1729, Little Compton, Newport County, Rhode Island Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 01 Jan 1793, Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 63 years)
    Last Modified 24 Feb 2009 
    Family ID F11558  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 1668 - Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 1691 - Little Compton, Newport County, Rhode Island Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 24 Oct 1707 - Little Compton, Newport County, Rhode Island Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 1721 - Little Compton, Newport County, Rhode Island Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 01 Jul 1743 - Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Old Common Burial Ground, Meeting House Lane, Little Compton, Newport, Rhode Island Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S242] FAMHIST.US.


  

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