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4. Susannah, b. Oct. 22, 1710; he gave 20s. besides what he had given her before.
5. Sarah, he gave £9, besides what he had before given her.
6. Abigail, he gave £10, in country pay, and made his son Thomas sole ex- ecutor. Notices the legacies given his children by his father.
BUNCE, THOMAS, son of Thomas, m. Elizabeth Easton, June 2, 1709, sister of Jonathan Easton. Elizabeth, his widow, offered the inventory of his estate in Court, 1712, £1,185, 10s. 3d. Jona- than Bunce, brother of the deceased, and Elizabeth, if she desired to be, administrators. The court appointed Jonathan sole adminis- trator, Feb. 7, 1711-12. Richard Edwards, attorney for Elizabeth, petitioned to have Elizabeth appointed sole administratrix.
ELIZABETH, widow of Thomas Bunce, had married Caleb Bull, of Hartford, and at a Court of Probate, at Hartford, April 4, 1727, said Bull, in right of his wife Elizabeth, as administratrix on Thomas Bunce's estate, rendered her administration account ; and the prop- erty ordered distributed-£122, 18s. 9d. out of the movable estate, and one-third of the real estate of her deceased husband, Thomas Bunce, for life to said Elizabeth, and the remainder to Susanna, the only child of said Thomas, deceased. Susanna, then about 16 years old, made choice of James Easton for her guardian. Susan was b. Oct. 22, 1710.
BUNCE, JOSEPH, 2d son of Thomas, m. Ann Sanford, April, 1708, and had a son Abijah, b. Feb. 11, 1709-10-perhaps others.
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At a Probate Court held in Hartford, April 1, 1718, the Court ap- pointed said Joseph guardian for his son Abijah, to take care of his estate descended from Abijah's grandfather, Lieut. Zachariah Sand- ford to him. Ann Bunce died Oct. 18, 1710-(supposed wife of Joseph.)
BUNCE, JONATHAN, son of Thomas Bunce, of Hartford, dec'd, administration granted to Sarah, his relict, and Robert Sandford, Dec. 11, 1717. Children, Zachariah, (then) about 15 years old ; chose his mother, Sarah Bunce, for his guardian, Jan. 25, 1717-18, and the mother Sarah was appointed guardian for Jonathan's other children, viz., Susannah, about 13 years old ; Sarah, about 11; Abigail, about 9, and Jonathan, Jun., about 8 years. Inventory, £426, 3s. dated Jan. 6, 1717-18.
(Ensign Thomas Bunce's Inventory, dated April 25, 1712, was £1,683, 12s. 1d.)
BUNCE, ZACHARIAH, son of Jonathan, settled at Wethersfield, and m. Eliz'th, daughter of Ensign Michael Griswold, and had chil- dren, viz., Eliz'th, b. May 29, 1726 ; Zechariah, b. Oct. 5, 1728 ; Ann, b. Aug. 8, 1731.
BUNCE, ZECHARIAH, Jun., m. Sarah Bowin, June 13, 1753, and had children, Sarah, b. 1755; Wm., b. 1757; James, b. 1760 ; Richard, b. May 2, 1766 ; Simeon, b. Jan. 25, 1768.
BUNCE, JONATHAN, youngest son of Jonathan and Sarah, settled at Wethersfield ; m. Elizabeth, and had Jonathan, b. 1766; Elizabeth, b. 1768 ; Dinah, b. March 4, 1770 ; John, b. April 20, 1774 ; Charles, b. Sept. 5, 1779 ; Wm., b. June 24, 1782; Zecha- riah, b. July 20, 1784, and Abigail, b. 1788.
Bunce, (Kent and London, ) 1 coat of arms. One by the name of Bunce, graduated at Yale College, 1850. This has been a wealthy family.
BUNDY, JOHN, of Stafford, d. there, and James Bundy, of Pres- ton, was appointed administrator on his estate in 1746. Not an early name in Connecticut. The name was also in Ashford.
BUNNEL, BUNNIL, BUNEL, W'M, was early in the New Haven Colony, and had a daughter Mary, b. there May 4, 1650 ; Ebenezer, b. August 28, 1653. He may have had children before 1650, and after 1653.
BUNNILL, BENJ'N, of New Haven, had a daughter Rebecca, b. 1667, d .; second Rebecca, b. Feb. 11, 1668 ; probably others.
BUNNEL, HEZEKIAH, was of Farmington, and died May 25,
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1764. Esther, his wife. Children, Daniel, Nathaniel, (d. in 1760, before his father,) Jesse, Esther and Titus.
BUNNEL, NATH'L, son of Hezekiah, m. Thankful Spencer, Sept. 8, 1755. Issue, Susanna, b. Aug. 4, 1756 ; Nath'], Jun., b. May 9, 1758, d. 1776; Thankful, b. 1760.
BUNNEL, JESSE, son of Hezekiah, m. Mehitabel Royce, April 19, 1757, and had issue, Abel, b. April 29, 1758 ; Rich'd, b. March 9, 1760 ; Jesse, Jun., b. June 19, 1763; Bela, b. Aug. 27, 1767 ; Levi, b. Sept. 14, 1768.
BUNNEL, TITUS, son of Hezekiah and Esther, had issue, Oli- ver, b. Dec. 29, 1768; Titus, Jun., b. June 19, 1769; Sibil, b. June 20, 1771; Asa, b. May 24, 1776 ; Rhoda, b. Aug. 8, 1778.
BUNNEL, JOSEPH, (perhaps a brother of Hezekiah,) m. Han- nah, and had issue, Miriam, b. March 20, 1753 ; Amos, b. May 9, 1761; Hannah Miriam, b. 1765 ; Hull, b. 1768.
Bunnel has one coat of arms.
Bunnel, Nathaniel, of N. Haven, m. Susannah Whitehead, Jan. 3, 1665.
Bunnill has one coat of arms.
Two by the name of Bunnel, and two by the name of Bunnell, have graduated at Yale College.
BUOR, MAJOR PETER, from the Island of St. Christophers, pur- chased the Bentworth farm of the heirs of Edw'd Palmes, in 1723, (Caulkins' N. L., p. 239,) for £24, which became the model farm. In 1737, he leased his farm for sixteen years, at an annual rent of £107, 16s., to Benj'n Ellard, including " ferry, boat, oars, rope and other utensils," &c. The lease was relinquished in 1739, and Buor sold the farm and ferry to Henry Paget, styled of Newport, but " late of Dublin." He was probably one of the first churchmen in Conn., and as early as June 6, 1725, subscribed the sum of £50, to pay to Rev. Mr. James McSparran, or to his substitute, towards building a church for the service of Allmighty God, according to the Liturgie of the Church of England. (See Miss Caulkins' Hist. N. L.) Itis probable Mr. McSparran had preached at N. London several times in private English families, before they took any measures to raise funds to build an Episcopal church at N. London. As they raised £216, by the subscription in 1725, they probably soon after erected the first Episcopal Church in Connecticut. (See Caulk., pp. 440-3.,
Bruer has 1 coat of arms ; Bruers, 2; Bruin or Bruen, 3.
BURBANK, JOHN, was the first of the name at Suffield, and an early settler there, and had allotted to him 50 acres of land located
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in Feather Street, in Suffield, July 17, 1674. He had three wives ; Ist, Susannah, d. Oct. 10, 1690; 2d, Sarah, d. Aug. 19, 1691. He then m. for his 3d wife, Mehetabel, and had issue by the third wife, Susannah, b. Nov. 23, 1695, and perhaps children by his first and second wives. John, the father, d. June 1, 1709, and his widow Me- hitabel d. Feb. 24, 1727-8.
John Burbank made free at Boston, May 13, 1640.
BURBANK, JOHN, (perhaps son of John above, by his first wife,) m. Mary Granger, Dec. 21, 1699, and had John, b. Feb. 18, 1701; Abraham, b. Sept. 8, 1703 ; Joannah, b. Aug. 19, 1705; Mary, b. May 26, 1707 ; Timothy, b. Aug. 1, 1709 ; Caleb, b. Dec. 21, 1712 ; Lois, b. Jan. 15, 1714-15. His son Caleb d. Aug. 16, 1716. The father died March 25, 1729.
BURBANK, CAPT. ABRAHAM, son of John, of Suffield, m. Me- hetebel Dwight, and had Mehetebel, b. July 28, 1729; Abia, b. Jan. 5, 1731-2 ; Ellenor, b. April 4, 1734 ; Shem, b. May 21, 1736; Ab'm, b. Feb. 24, 1738-9 ; Ruth, b. Aug. 26, 1741; Anne, b. Aug. 20, 1744. The father d. Nov. 20, 1767 or 1772. Daughter Anne d. Dec. 27, 1767. His estate in Connecticut and Massachusetts, appraised over £3,970.
BURBANK, TIMOTHY, son of John, m. Esther Hanchett, of Suffield, May 14, 1733, and had Sibbil, b. Feb. 18, 1734-5 ; Ash- bel, b. Nov. 11, 1737; Esther, b. Oct. 31, 1739, d. 1741; Sibbil, d. June 30, 1741 ; Ashbel, d. July 1, 1741 ; second Sibbil, b. Oct. 20, 1741; second Ashbel, b. Feb. 8, 1743-4, and d. Nov. 15, 1744 ; third Ashbel, b. Sept. 8, 1745.
BURBANK, JOHN, son of John, m. Rachel Austin, Jan. 3, 1732-3, and had Theode, b. Oct. 2, 1733 ; John, b. Jan. 6, 1734-5 ; Ebenezer, b. May 5, 1741 ; son John d. 1741; Rachel, b. Jan. 22, 1737; Mary, b. April, 1739; Theode d. 1741; Rachel d. 1741; second John, b. July 5, 1743 ; Daniel, b. March 27, 1744.
BURBANK, EBENEZER, of Suffield, m. widow Rebecka Prit- chard, Oct. 9, 1698 or 9, and had Ebenezer, b. Aug. 15, 1700; Samuel, b. Sept. 15, 1702; Thankful, b. Sept. 3, 1704; Anna, b. Oct. 5, 1707 ; Lidia, b. Oct. 5, 1710, d .; Anna d. 1710; Caleb, b. May 30, 1712, d. 1712; Noah, b. Sept. 6, 1713; Dinah, b. June 16, 1719 ; Samuel d. Feb. 23, 1721 ; son Ebenezer d. at Hanover, Dec. 26, 1722.
Burbank, Marie, aged 17, was passenger for Virginia, Aug. 1, 1635, in the Elizabeth de Lo[ndon.]
BURBANK, SHEM, graduated at Yale College in 1758, and
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Abraham in 1759. Two more graduated at Harvard College. There was a John Burbank, of Rowley, freeman there in 1640, probably the father of John, who settled at Suffield in 1674 .*
+ BURDEN, JOHN, of Saybrook, in 1664.
ABRAHAM, a first settler at Stafford, Ct. Stafford was settled in 1718 or 19, and Priest Graham, the first minister.
One of this name graduated at Yale College, 1830.
John Borden, 28 years ; Joan, his wife, aged 23 years ; Nath'l, 5, and Elizabeth Borden, 37 years old, embarked in the Elizabeth and Ann, for N. E., Roger Cooper, master, about 1635.
BURDICK, ROBERT, of Westerly, took the oath of fidelity in Rhode Island in 1679, as did Thomas Burdick. Ruth, a daughter of Samuel Hubbard, an Englishman, who resided at Newport, R. I. Some of Hubbard's family settled at Westerly. Naomi Burdick,
* The following are the names of the voters of the town of Suffield, on the 29th day of March, 1681-2, by the Country law, (" to vote in all town affairs,") all of whom probably were at the time inhabitants, and resided there, viz.,
Major John Pynchon, Rev. John Younglove, Lieut. Anthony Austin, Ensign Geo. Norton, John Mighill, Sen., Timothy Palmer, James Barker, Tho. Parsons, Judah Trumble, Joseph Trumble, Serg't Samuel Kent, Tho. Remington, Sen., John Bur- bank, Isack Cakebread, Edward Allen, Sen., Serg't John Pengilley, Wm. Brook, Vic- tory Sikes, Tho. Cooper, Luke Hitchcock, John Barber, Sen., Obadia Miller, James King, Tho. Hanchet, Sen., John Hanchett, Tho. Hucksley, Launcelot Granger, Sarg't Jos. Harman, Hugh Roe, Corporal Thomas Spencer, Corp. Zerubbabel Ffyler, Timo- thy Hale, James Rising, Tho. Copley, David Winchell, Edmond Marshall, Timothy Eastman, son of Roger, of Salisbury, Mass., Abraham Dibble and Jonathan Winchell,
The first general Town meeting in Suffield was held by order of the General Court, March 9, 1681-2. First selectmen were Lieut. Anthony Austin, Serg't Samuel Kent, Tho. Remington, Sen., John Barber, Sen., and Joseph Harman; first Town Clerk, Lt. Anthony Austin; Surveyors of Highways, Serg't John Pengilly and Tho. Copley. Samuel Marshfield, of Springfield, (by consent,) was chosen measurer, for the lands to be laid out, aided by Joseph Harman. Luke Hitchcock was elected for sealer of leather. Also voted to continue the Constable. In 1682-3, the Constables were Tim- othy Hale and Judah Trumble. Serg't Samuel Kent was one of the Selectmen in 1682-3. Anthony Austin was chosen Recorder many years.
Voted, to invite Mr. Trowbridge, to teach school in Suffield, five years, at £10 per annum.
It was voted the time of beginning meetings on the Sabbath, and that the Select- men should procure a ladder, at the expense of the town, and a red flag to hang out for a signal to notify persons of the time of meeting.
Two of this name have graduated at Harvard College, two at Yale, and one at Brown University.
+ The following persons were the Committee to agree upon the terms upon which Lyme should be set off, and become a plantation, Feb. 13, 1665.
Those for Saybrook, west of the river, were John Wastall, Wm. Pratt, Robert Lay, Wm. Parker and Zechariah Sandford. Those of the Committee for Lyme on the east side of the Conn. River, were, Mathew Griswold, Wm. Wallar, Renold Marvin, John Lay, Sen., Richard Smith and John Comstock.
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daughter of Mr. Hubbard, m. Jonathan Rogers, March 2, 1678 ; she was baptized at Westerly, with James Babcocke and others. Ruth, the wife of R. Burdick, joined Mr. Clark's Church in 1652, aged about 13 years. (See Ruth's Letter to her father and mother, Coll. of the R. I. His. Soc., vol. 3, p. 117.) Though this name is now in the eastern part of Connecticut, and at Hartford, it is strictly a Rhode Island name.
Byrdett, Mr. Geo., freeman, Mass., Sept., 1635.
BURGES, BURGIS, RICHARD, came from Mass. to Fairfield, Conn., probably about 1650. He m. the widow of James Clark ; she was a daughter of John Peacock, of Stratford. After the death of Burgis, she m. Benjamin Beach ; from this connexion are the Burgisses of Fairfield County.
BURGIS, BENJ'N, of Windham, and Sarah, his wife, had issue, Wm., b. March 7, 1734.
Benjamin Burges and Susannah, of Windham, had a son Wm., b. March 7, 1739. Susannah, his wife, d. Feb. 9, 1769, and he m. Hannah Holt, March 16, 1769.
BURGIS, WM., of Windham, m. Eunice Putnam, Dec. 23, 1756, and had issue, b. at Windham, viz., Rebeckah, Aug. 11, 1758 ; Eunis, Oct. 1, 1760 ; Freelove, July 14, 1763 ; Euphal, a daugh- ter, b. July 24, 1767. Wm., the father, d. at Windham.
Burges has 11 coats of arms ; Burghes, 1; Burgis, 1.
Burge, Joseph, and Thankful, of Windham, from Cape Cod, had a son Seth, b. at Windham, May 31, 1744.
James Burgis, aged 14, came to New England in the Hopewell, in 1635. Ellen Burgis, aged 45, and Katherine Bowes, aged 20, embarked for Virginia in the Phillip, Richard Morgan, master, about 1635.
Dyer Burgess graduated at Brown University in 1820. Four of this name graduated at Yale College before 1847 ; also one Burges at Yale.
BURLES, or BURLESON, Edward, had an allotment of forty acres of land in Suffield, 1678. He also had laid out to him, eight- een acres for a home-lot in Suffield, in 1687; also, in 1695, four acres.
Burlson, Edward, 1664.
BURLESON, EDWARD, Sen., m. Sarah, and had John, b. Oct. 9, 1677 ; Fearnot, (a son, ) b. Dec. 18, 1679; Mary, b. June 22, 1683 ; Edward, b. March 1, 1686 ; Return, b. April 5, 1682, and 35
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died at sea October 4, 1709. Sarah, the mother, d. May 9, 1707. The father d. June, 1698.
BURLESON, JOHN, son of Edward, m. Sarah Holladay, Nov. 16, 1698, and had Sarah, b. Nov. 20, 1699 ; John, b. Dec. 28, 1701 ; Jonathan, b. June 11, 1704; Mercy, b. Jan. 12, 1706 ; Joseph, b. Nov. 26, 1708 ; Abigail, b. Nov. 11, 1710 ; Mary, b. Feb. 6, 1712- 13; Eliz'th, b. March 28, 1715 ; Rachel, b. Nov. 29, 1716.
BURLESAN, FEARNOT, son of Edward, of Suffield, m. Eliza- beth Bucklin, Feb. 8, 1704-5, and had Job, b. Aug. 7, 1714; Dan- iel, b. March 7, 1717-18 ; Mary, b. March 3, 1720-1. The father d. Nov. 13, 1732. Widow Eliz'th d. Dec. 7, 1733.
Son Job m. Thankful Gaines, May 3, 1744, and had Joel, b. Feb. 1, 1745.
BURLESON, JOHN, son of John, of Suffield, m. Hepzibah, and had Abigail, b. April 17, 1732; Hannah, b. March 15, 1734-5; Edward, b. Nov. 11, 1737.
BURLESON, EBENEZER, of Hartford, m. Sarah, and had Sarah, b. Aug. 2, 1739 ; Fearnot and Ruth, twins, b. Oct. 19, 1742; Hope, b. Oct., 1745 ; Ebenezer, b. Nov. 20, 1748.
BURLESON, DANIEL, of Hartford, m. Mary Burleson, Sept., 1744, and had Mary, b. Sept. 25, 1745, d. 1748 ; second Mary, b. April 6, 1749.
The name of Burley was early at Ashford.
Jo. Burles, aged 27, embarked in the Defence, de London, 1635, for New England. John Burles, aged 26, embarked in the Bless- ing, for N. England, John Lester, master.
BURLISON, JOB, and Thankful Gaines, were m. May 3, 1744, and had Joel, b. Feb. 1, 1745, at Hartford.
BERLEY, (Ireland,) one coat of arms, and two others. BUR. LEIGH has one. BURLEY, 12. BURLY, one coat of arms.
BURLEIGH was not an early name in Connecticut, though the name has been many years in the town of Plainfield, and perhaps other towns in the eastern part of Conn. Jo. Burles embarked in the Defence, for N. England, in 1635. Grace Berlie, 30, passenger in · the Susan and Ellyn, to N. England, 1635. One by the name of Burley, graduated at Harvard Coll. One by the name of Burleigh, graduated at Yale Coll. in 1803.
BURLANT, THOMAS, 1647; perhaps of Springfield.
BURNAP, MARY, the mother of Mr. Jacob Burnap, d. at Wind- ham, Dec., 1741, aged 80 years. Her son, JACOB BURNAP, of Windham, m. Abigail Clark, of Windham, Feb. 3, 1735-6, and had
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issue, Mary, b. April 13, 1737; Abigail Betty, d. 1741 ; Eliz'th, b. 1742; Lydia, b. 1745. Abigail, widow of Jacob Burnap, d. Oct. 3, 1796. Mr. Jacob, her husband, d. at Windham, Aug. 31, 1771, aged 68 years.
BURNAP, ABRAHAM, of Windham, m. Hannah Adams, April 12, 1722 ; this name is first found in Conn., at Windham. Robert was of Roxbury, Mass., in 1642. These were perhaps his descend- ants.
BURNAP, JONATHAN, from Hopkinton, Mass., united with the church at Hampton, Conn., Feb. 14, 1748 ; he lived and died in the Goshen District. His descendants have been some of the best citi- zens of Hampton. While he lived, the name was spelled Burnap, but is now as universally spelt Burnett. He m. Elizabeth Averill, April 21, 1747, and had issue, b. at Hampton, viz., Ruth, b. Feb. 3, 1748 ; Jonathan, b. June 8, 1749; Wm., b. April 27, 1751, d. 1769 ; Benjamin, b. Feb. 21, 1753; James, b. April 5, 1756 ; Martha, b. March 6, 1758 ; Calvin, b. May 18, 1760; Catherine, b. March 31, 1762 ; Luther, b. Feb. 14, 1764; John, b. June 7, 1766, d. 1768; Esther, b. Aug. 13, 1767 ; Wm., b. Sept. 17, 1769.
BURNETT, LUTHER, b. 1764, son of Jonathan Burnap; he m. Cynthia Durkee, daughter of Andrew, of Hampton, April 2, 1794 ; he settled at Worcester, Mass., where he d. Issue, Luther, Jun., Harvey, Warren, Dolly, Calvin, Sally and Mary.
BURNET, JAMES, EsQ., son of Jonathan Burnap, b. 1755, in Goshen District, m. Chloe Martin, daughter of David, (S. Bigelow,) Feb. 28, 1783. Issue, Clarissa, (m. Griffin ;) James, Jun .; Chloe, m. Martin Flint ; Eliz'th, m. Spencer ; Phebe, m. Buckley; Ase- neth, m. Abbott ; John, b. July 1, 1793, d. in N. York, Oct. 1, 1834 ; Lora, David, Jonathan, Harriet, and Elsworth ; the last was killed by Indians in 1835. James, the father, d. Jan. 27, 1840, nearly 84 years old. Chloe, his widow, d. Feb. 8, 1847, about 82 years old. JOHN, son of Jonathan Burnap, m. Sarah Avery, March 30, 1786 ; daughter Anne, b. Sept. 19, 1789. BENJAMIN, b. 1753, son of Jonathan Burnap, m. Eliz'th Coburn, Feb. 16, 1775. Issue, Chloe, b. Nov. 3, 1775; Benj'n, Jun., b. March 28, 1777; Bishop, b. Dec. 22, 1779. Jonathan's children were all baptized at Hampton, the first Feb. 14, 1748, and the last, Sept. 24, 1769-twelve in all, four daughters and eight sons. James, Sen., was a justice of the peace, and held other places of trust, and did a large share of public business.
Burnet, (Northumberland,) has one coat of arms; Burnet, one,
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same arms. Burnet, (Aberdeen, Scotland,) two. Burnet, (Craig- myle, Scotland, ) one. Burnet, (Dalleladies, Scotland,) one. Burnet, (Innerleith ; a cadet of Leys,) one. Burnet, ( Waristoun ; a scion of Leys,) one. One other for Burnet, and four for Burnett.
Three by the name of Burnap graduated at Harvard Coll. ; one Burnett, at Brown Univ .; also one Burnet and one Burnett at Har. vard College ; three Burnets at Ya'e College.
BURNE, JOHN, held land in Hartford in 1652.
*BURNHAM, THOMAS, Sen., and his wife Ann, had children, viz.,
* Burnham, Thomas, came to Hartford about 1647 or 8, perhaps from Ipswich, Ms., (others of the name went from Ipswich to Windham.) He was a large land specula- tor and holder in the colony. He was bondsman for his man Rushmore, in court, in the sum of £10, that Rushmore should appear at the next P. Court, &c. Particular Court held in Hartford, Sept. 6. 1649. (This was Burnham's first appearance on Co- lonial or Court Rec.) In Dec., 1649, he was a plaintiff in court; made a freeman at the General Court in May, 1657. In 1659 he was required by the Gen. Court to ap- pear at ye court in Octobr to answer for his former carriage, complained of to the court, &c. At the General Court of Connecticut, April, 1660, it appears that T. Burn- ham had made a contract with Tantonomo for lands at Podunk, upon which a com- . mittee had been appointed, and made a return to the court; upon which the court concluded as to the contract of Burnam with Tantonomo, Sachem of the Podunk In- dians; that a part of the lands laid out to Burnham and his co-partners, belonged to Foxen's successors, by a gift from Foxen to his allies. Therefore the court ordered that the Podunk Indians should enjoy and possess their lands according to a former order; and that those Englishmen who contracted with Tantonomo, should enjoy and possess only the property of Tantonomo that the Indians should consent to or that Tantonomo could prove to be his property. And the court appointed Mr. John Allyn and Jonathan Gilbert, "to bound out ye said Tanto: part to Tho's Burnam and his partn's," &c. Thomas Burnham was re-admitted to his freedom by the Gen. Court at Hartford, May 11, 1665. A long controversy followed as to these lands, between Wm. Pitkin and B. Barnard against Burnam, for a division of these lands, by their purchase of Jacob Migat, who purchased the land in company with Migat of the Sa- chem, and Migat sold his share to Pitkin and Barnard, in May, 1666. (See Col. Rec. and Court Files.)
The court in May, 1668, made a final close of the controversy between Pitkin and Barnard vs. Burnam. Tho's Burnam was in the list of freemen of Windsor, Oct. 11, 1669. At a meeting of the General Court at Hartford, Feb. 21, 1675, the enemy draw- ing down into these parts to do mischief, the Council ordered that what corn and pro- visions there were on the east side of the river, on the farms there, not in garrisons, should be immediately transported to the plantations and secured from the enemy, and the constables in the several plantations ordered to assist the people, by impress- ing men, boats and teams, to transport them. The people were also ordered to draw themselves into garrisons for safety ; to bring their cattle and hay to be under the command of their garrisons, that they might be preserved-except they should bring them over to the towns-not to go forthi upon their business without arms and in com- panies, so as to defend themselves. Also ordered that garrisons should be kept at Nath'l Bissell's, Thomas Burnam's, (at Podunk,) Mr. John Crow's, and at Nabuck, (in Glastenbury,) and at Mr. Willys's farm, and that each garrison should be manned
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1. Thomas.
2. John.
3. Samuel.
4. Mary; m. Morton.
5. Anna; m. for second husband, Samuel Cainez.
6. Another daughter m. Nicholas Moorecook, and Thomas, Pen., speaks_of her son as his grandson.
7. William ; went to Wethersfield.
8. Richard ; was a blacksmith, and mended guns for the Indians.
9. Rebecca; m. Win. Mann, who lived and d. at Wethersfield.
BURNHAM, THOMAS, SER. and Jos., and his son John, all re- sided at Podunk. There was a Thomas Burnham, Jun., a freeman at Ipswich, Mass., in 167 -.
BURNHAM, THOMAS, Jon., son of Thomas, of Podunk, m. Marcy Hull, of Killingworth, Jan. 4, 1676, and had issue,
1. Thomas, bom April 16, 1679.
2. John, born May 22, 1691. ( Windsor Records. )
3. Josiah.
1. Charles; had the shop voila.
6. Elizabeth Gilman.
6. Sarah Molford, (Mulford.)
7. Naomy Gaylor.
8. Mary.
9. Abigail Williams.
His will dated March 15, 1726. Naomy, his relict. His son Charles, executor. Thomas, Jun., d. May 12, 1726. Inventory dated March 31, 1726.
BURNHAM, JOHN, son of Thomas, Ben., of Podunk, appears to have died in Hartford in 1721. Mary, his relict. His son John executor. Will dated April 12, 1721. Estate, £487, 188. 71. Children named,
1. John.
2. Jonathan
8. Jabez.
4. Caleb.
5. Mary Webster.
6. Pachel
7. Amy
9. imih.
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by at least six mon, and the extreme to well fortified, and no other places to be in habiter! nym the east side of the free (Connecticut Elver, and the constations of deres to give meties forthwith to the people in their limits, and requires their attend. ance to the orders, On The Council further ordered, that for the next expedition, there should go from Hartford, 2 mon, Winden, 22, Wethersfield, 19; Farmington, 10; Middleton, 3; Hadam, 1, anh betare a horas and a bushel of work, to.
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GENEALOGY OF THE PURITANS.
* BURNHAM, SAMUEL, SEN., son of Thomas, Sen., resided in Hartford. Wife Mary. Children named,
* In May, 1766, during the session of the General Assembly of Connecticut, the news of the repeal of the Stamp Act reached Hartford. The joy expressed by the people was overwhelming. The General Assembly appointed the Friday after as a day of jubilee and rejoicing. Friday came, the bells rang, the colors of the vessels in the river were displayed; 21 cannon procured and discharged at 12 o'clock. All was hilarity, and in preparation for a great illumination. The Legislature had granted a quantity of powder for the festivities of the occasion, which was deposited in a large brick school-house in Hartford. Many of the young men of the place had assembled in the school-house, to prepare the fireworks for the evening. Two companies of the militia were in attendance; each soldier received a pound of powder, which was de- livered at the school-house; by the delivery of which the powder was scattered, and a trail formed from the powder casks out of the doors. The boys, alive on the occa- sion, seeing the powder upon the ground, without design of injury, set fire to the . wasted powder, which at once reached the powder in the building, and instantly de- stroyed the house, and with it the following young men of Hartford, as published in the Hartford Courant of that day. The blowing up of the school-house is often men- tioned by the old men of Hartford. The grave-stones of some of these unfortunate young men, notice the cause of their decease, viz.
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