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In May, 1664, he was appointed Commissioner for the town of Fayrefeild, and ordered to repair to a magistrate and take the oath.
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John and Nathaniel, his sons, of Fairfield, made freemen in 1664. Little is found of Jehu Burr before he came to Roxbury. The honor of being the ancestor of Reverend Aaron Burr, of Newark, New Jersey, and afterward President of the New Jersey College, and of Hon. Aaron Burr, son of Rev. Aaron, and late Vice President of the U. S .; of Gen. Thaddeus Burr, of Fairfield, one of the Governor's Council of Safety in 1777, and one of the most efficient officers in Conn. during the War of the Revolution, with his valorous wife. Also, Samuel and Hon. Peter Burr,-has been meeded to Rev. Jonathan Burr, of Dorchester, Massachusetts, through his son John Burr. It is now fully settled, that Jehu and not Rev. Jonathan, of Dorchester, was the ancestor of these important personages from Fairfield. The cause of this error arose from the fact that the name of Jehu, on the Fairfield records, has been taken for John.
BURR, JEHU, had sons Jehu, John, Nath'l and Daniel.
BURR, JEHU, JUN., son of Jehu, the carpenter, had sons Daniel, Hon. Peter, Samuel, and daughters.
BURR, HON. PETER, son of Jehu, Jun., graduated at Harvard. College in 1690, (see Catalogue,) and became one of the distinguished men of New England.
BURR, DANIEL, son of Jehu, Jun., had six sons and four daugh- ters, Stephen, Peter, David, Moses, and Rev. Aaron.
BURR, REV. AARON, son of Daniel Burr, was b. at Fairfield, Jan. 4, 1716. (See his tombstone at Princeton, N. J.) He gradua- ted at Yale College, 1735. He settled first in the ministry at New- ark, N. J., and preached there until he was appointed President of Princeton College. Rev. Aaron m. Esther Edwards, daughter of Rev. Jonathan, and had issue, Sarah, who m. Hon. Tapping Reeve, of Litchfield, who had an only child, Aaron Burr Reeve, Esq., who d. at Troy, N. Y., and left no issue now living. Rev. Aaron Burr left an only son, Col. Aaron Burr, late deceased, of New York, for- mer Vice President of the United States. Col. Aaron had an only daughter, who m. Mr. Alston, of South Carolina. She was either murdered or lost at sea, when on her way from Charleston, S. C., to New York, to meet her father, on his return from Europe. Rev. Aaron d. Sept. 24, 1757, aged 42 years. (See Fairfield Probate Record, Town and Ch .; also, Inscription on Tombstone, Col. Rec., His. Gen. Reg., No. 29, p. 472.)
BURR, JOHN, of Fairfield, m. Sarah Fitch, and had children, John, Jun., Samuel, Jonathan, David, Mary, Debrow and Sarah. He gave his son John a part of his home meadow, which had been
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his father's, and entailed his lands to John, Samuel, Jonathan, David ; Mary had £100, Debrow, £100. Sarah m. Charles Chauncey, who was sole executor of his wife's mother Sarah's will. John Burr ap- pointed his son John sole executor of his will, and desired his brother Nathaniel Burr, and his cousin Peter Burr, to be overseers of his will, dated March 19, 1693-4. He m. Sarah Fitch. Her husband made provision for his wife's portion of her father Fitche's estate. Codicil dated Oct. 22, 1694. " The Hon. Major Burr's" will, proved Nov. 6, 1694. His widow Sarah made her will June 8, 1696, in which she noticed her son Samuel's daughter Sarah Chauncey, the wife of Charles ; her daughters Mary and Debrow. Her son Cha's Chauncey, executor of her will, and Hon. Nathan Gold and Hannah Bastard, witnesses.
BURR, PETER, Clerk of Court in Fairfield, 1698 and 1702.
BURR JOHN and NATH'L, of Fairfield, made freemen October 1664. REV. JONATHAN BURR, of Dorchester, Mass., arrived in this country in 1639; graduated at Bennet College in 1627, d. at Dorchester, Aug. 9, 1641; minister at Dorchester, 1639; b. at Redgrave, in Suffolk, Eng., 1604. His wife, Frances, and three sons, Jonathan, John and Simon. After the death of Rev. Jonathan, in 1641, his widow m. Hon. Richard Dummer, of Newbury, and d. Nov. 19, 1682, aged 70. (Farmer.)
BURR, MATTHEW, aged 27, embarked in the Primrose, Capt. Douglass, master, per certificate under the minister's hand of Graves- end, July 27, 1635, and took the oath of allegiance and supremacy. ( Somerby.)
Rev. Jonathan Burr, an assistant to Rev. Richard Mather, at Dor- chester, Ms., d. Aug. 9, 1641.
Mr. Jehu Burr, Nath'l, John and Daniel Burr, were all in the list of freemen at Fairfield, Oct. 10, 1669, and Nath'l, son of Jehu, was one of the constables who made said list.
Jehu Burr, the carpenter, of Fairfield, Rev. Jonathan, of Dorches- ter, Rev. Aaron, of New Jersey, Hon. Aaron Burr, his son, of New York, Peter, and Samuel, and Gen. Thaddeus, of the Revolution, and his valorous wife, Eunice Burr, (see Appendix, p. 618, of Hin- man's War of the Revolution,) have given a character to the name of Burr, that will ever be recorded on the pages of the history of Conn.
Burr, Thaddeus, and Jonathan Sturgis, of Fairfield, were mem- bers of the Convention of Conn., to ratify the Constitution of the U. S. in 1788 ; both voted to ratify it.
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Four of this name have graduated at Harvard College, thirteen at Yale College, and two at Brown University.
BURR, JOHN, of Gloucester, Mass., m. Mary Fowler, Jan. 20, 1673, and had a son Joseph, b. Dec. 7, 1675. (Gen. Reg. p. 361.)
BURR, SYMON, of Hingham, made free 1684. The name was early at Dorchester, and Hingham, Mass. Farmer notices John Burr, of Ipswich, Symon, Jonathan and others, early in Mass. There is no evidence found which proves any family relation be- tween Jehu Burr, the carpenter, of Agawam and Fairfield, and Ben- jamin Burr, the first of the name in Connecticut, who settled and d. in Hartford, who was the ancestor of all the Hartford Burrs.
Burr has three coats of arms; Burrs, 1; Burre, 1; Burie, 1.
Jeremy Burr, aged 20, embarked in the Speedwell, of London, Jo. Chappell, master, for Virginia, May 28, 1635.
BURRIT, BURRET, BURIT, BURET, WILLIAM, was an original settler at Stratford before 1650. The name is not found early in any other town in Connecticut. He had sons Stephen and John. His son Steven became a famous Indian fighter.
WILLIAM, was the ancestor of Elihu Burritt, the learned black- smith ; also of those at Southbury, Roxbury, Poughkeepsie, &c.
BURRITT, W'M, and Mary, his wife, of North Stratford, had a son Eben, b. April, 1762, and this Eben settled at Roxbury, and d. in old age.
BURRIT, ISRAEL, of Killingworth, was elected deacon in 1741, and d. Oct. 30, 1774, aged 88, at Stratford.
Burrit or Burt, has one coat of arms ; Burt has three ; Buret has one.
BURRIT, STEVEN, son of William, of Stratford. The Council at Hartford, Sept. 18, 1675, ordered that " the dragoones from Fayre- field County, being com up (to Hartford,) and Major Robert Treat sending to us to hasten them up to their head quarters at or neer Suckquackheeg, it was ordered that accordingly the dragoones of Fayrefield should forthwith march away up to Norwottog, and so to or army, under the conduct of Ensign Steven Burritt." Lieut. Mun- son had the same command of the New Haven troops, and they were both ordered in their commissions to march their men to Norwottock, and so on up the river to our army, and join them in defense of the Plantations up the river ; and to kill and destroy all such Indian enemies as should assault them or the said plantations, (as would not submit to the mercy of the English, and continued in hostility against them,) &c., under the command of Major Robert Treat.
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Steven Burrett, at a meeting of the Council of the Colony, Nov. 23, 1675, was appointed Commissary of the army, and empowered to grant tickets for the quartering of men and horses, and by his war- rant impress other conveniences necessary for the soldiers, by the appointment of the Major or other commanders.
The Council met Jan. 17, 1675, and appointed Mr. Jonathan Sil- lick, Captain of Fairfield Company, and Steven Burrett, his Lieut. (See Rec. of Council.)
Steven Buret was in the list of freemen, at Stratford, 8th m. 7th day, 1669, and was confirmed an Ensign in the Train-band at Strat- ford, in 1672.
BURTON, JOSEPH and REBECCA, of N. Stratford, had issue, Benjamin, b. June, 1748 ; Bethia, b. Aug., 1750; Rebecca, b. Mar. 12, 1752 ; Joseph, b. Jan. 7, 1754 ; Mehitabel, b. Nov. 12, 1755 ; Phebe, b. 1757, d .; second Phebe, b. Aug., 1758 ; Charity, b. April 12, 1760 ; Buler, b. 1768.
BURTON, SOLOMON, m. Hannah Sherman, of Stratfield, Dec. 12, 1749 ; had Sarah, b. Sept. 1, 1750 ; David, b. May 14, 1752. NATH'L BURTON m. Loel Hawley, of North Stratford, Dec. 14, 1749. JOHN BURTON m. Abigail -, of N. Stratford, and had a son Lewis, b. there March, 1753.
BURTON, NATHAN, and wife Loice, of N. Stratford, had a daughter Hulde, b. there Aug. 11, 1751 ; Anne, b. April, 1753.
BURTON, JAMES, and wife Naomy, of N. S., had a son Silas, b. Dec., 1771. This name was at Stratford, as early as 1700.
BURTON, SAMUEL, Middletown, east of the river, d. April 23, 1733. Estate, £80. Left a widow Sarah, and children. One of the name has graduated at Harvard, and one at Yale Coll.
BURTON, THO'S, Mass., 1653. ELIZ'TH, 1644.
BURTON, BONIFACE, was a freeman in Mass., in 1635.
BURTON, JACOB, was slain by Indians, May 19, 1676. (North- ampton Record.)
BURTON, W'M, Richard Bates, Wm. Barnes, Abraham Bent- ley, Richard Adams, Humphry Buckley, Wm. Andrews, Richard Abbott, Matthew Bateman, Lucie Bucklie, Wm. Barloe, Nicholas Bate, Wm. Bite, Jacob and George Auerie, Debora Barrie, &c., embarked in the Globe, of London, for Virginia, Jeremy Blackman, master, Aug. 7, 1635 or 3.
BURTON, HENRY, Clerk of the Closet to Prince Henry and Charles I. He preached against Episcopacy, for which he was tried , 37*
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imprisoned, fined and cropped, with Bostwick, &c. He d. in 1648, aged 69 years.
One of this name graduated at Harvard College, one at Yale, and three at Brown.
Farmer notices Boniface Burton, of Lynn, freeman 1635, d. June 13, 1669, aged 113 years. Also, John, of Salem, 1637, d. 1684.
Burton has fifty-nine coats of arms ; Burton-upon-Trent has one ; Burton Abbey, one; Burton-Lazer Hospital, (Leicestershire,) one ; Byrton has three ; Birton has two; Berton has three.
BURT, BIRT, JOHN and JOSEPH, were early at Windsor. Henry, of Springfield, had a daughter Patience, b. the 18th day of the 6th mo., 1645 ; Mercy, b. the 27th day of the 7th mo., 1647.
JONATHAN, b. there the 12th day of 7th mo., 1655, and Sarah, b. 1656.
Burt, Hugh, aged 25; Ann Burt, 32; Hugh, 15, and Edward Burt, 8, embarked in the Abigall, for N. England, June 17, Robert Hackwell, master. Deliverance Burt, former wife of Tho's Han- chett, of Suffield, d. June 10.
BURT, HUGH, the elder, of Lynn, presented by the grand-juror, " for a common sleeper in time of exercise," fined 2s. 6d., 1644 ; (see His. Gen. Reg.) Also, Hugh, Jun., of Lynn, 1650. Hugh d. 1661, son-in-law of Wm. Bassett ; sons Hugh and Edward.
Farmer names George, of Lynn, in 1635, d. Nov. 2, 1661, and left sons, George, Hugh and Edward. Also, Henry, of Northamp- ton, freeman, 1648, one of the early settlers. Also, David, an early settler there ; had fifteen children, &c.
This name was early at Westfield.
Burt has three coats of arms ; Burtt, or Birt, one; Byrt or Byrtt, one.
One of this name graduated at Harvard Coll. ; one at Yale Coll., and four at Brown Univ.
BURWELL, JOHN. This name is first found in Mass., at an early period. John Burwell is also found early at Milford, and a free planter there in 1639. He was from Hertfordshire, in Eng- land. He m. Alice before he came to N. England, and d. at Mil- ford in 1649, many years before John Burwell, of the Parish of Bov- ingdon, of Hertfordshire, England, came over and died at Green- wich. John, of Milford, may have been the uncle of John Burewell, who m. Miss Lockwood, and d. at Greenwich ; and his first visit at Milford in 1685, perhaps was to visit the family of John Burwell, then deceased, of Milford, as they were both from the same County
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in England. The children of John, of Milford, were probably some of them born in England. His children were, viz.,
1. John, who appears to have remained in England.
2. Zechariah, settled at Newark, N. J., under Rev. Ab'm Pierson. Hc m. Elizabeth Baldwin, Nov. 18, 1663. (See Deed, Milford Rec. Lib. 4, p. 258.)
3. Samuel, bap. Oct. 11, 1640 ; m. Deborah, and had a family of children.
4. Ephraim, bap. May 19, 1644, and had children, Ephraim, Sarah, and Samuel. Those who settled at Newtown, were of this Samuel.
5. Nathan, bap. Feb. 2, 1646, settled in Norwalk.
6. Elizabeth, d. unmarried.
This family have descendants at Waterbury, Albany, N. Y., N. Jersey, and in the West Indies. Ephraim and Zechariah, both re- moved from Milford, and settled at Newark, N. J., and signed the articles of government as early as 1667. ( Milford Rec.)
There was a John Burwell, at Roxbury, Mass., where his daugh- ter Sarah was b. in 1634 ; perhaps this was the same John, who set- tled at Milford, Conn., in 1639, and d. in 1649.
Burwell has four coats of arms, and Berwell has one.
BURWELL, SAMUEL, with Josiah and Samuel Baldwen, were Commissioners at Milford, in May, 1669. Ensign Samuel Burwell d. at N. Haven, Dec. 30, 1719 ; his daughter Ann d. 1685.
There was also another JOHN BURWELL, from the Parish of Bovingdon, near Hemel Hempstead, in Hertfordshire, in England, who came to this country about 1685, and stopped for a time at Mil- ford, Conn. He was the son of John Burwell, of Hertfordshire, in England, who died there previous to May, 1670. His son John, when he came to America, left a large and valuable landed estate in England, in the possession of his sister, Maria Burwell, at Boving- don, near Hemel Hempstead, in Hertfordshire. He is first found at Milford, Conn., in this country, and in Feb., 1687-8, he is next found purchasing a house-lot at Greenwich, where he about this time married Hannah "Lockward," (now spelt Lockwood,) a d'r of Gershom Lockwood, of Norwalk. In 1689, he returned to Eng- land, to see to his estate at Hemel Hempstead, and other property there, and returned to Greenwich in the spring of 1690, and imme- diately after, while on a visit of business to N. York, he took the small pox, and returned to Greenwich and d. May 1, 1690. His wife survived him, and afterward married a Mr. Hanford. Mr. Burwell left an only child, Hannah, as sole heir to his estate in this country, and his large estate in England. The death of Mr. Bur- well, while his daughter was an infant, left no person to look after his estate in England, and therefore it has never been recovered
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from the wrongful possessors, by the legal heirs of John Burwell. His daughter, Hannah, m. John Betts, Esq., of Norwalk, April 15, 1708. John Betts, Esq., d. in 1745, and their children, by the name of Betts, will be found in the note below .*
* NOTE .- Betts, John, Esq. m. Hannah Burwell, daughter of John Burwell, (his wife was b. March 30, 1687,) and had children, viz.,
1. John, b. July 27, 1711, m. Sarah Gregory.
2. Burwell, b. April 17, 1715.
3. Joseph, b. March 29, 1717, m. Sarah Platt.
4. Silas, b. Dec, 6, 1718, m. Abigail Smith, daughter of Ezek'l, of Stamford.
5. Sarah, b. Aug. 10, 1720.
6. Ab'm, b. July 2, 1.23.
7. Hannah, b. March 21, 1725-6.
8. Timothy, b. May 1, 1728.
9. Gideon, b. June 8, 1732.
BETTS, JOHN, son of John and Hannah Betts, m. Sarah Gregory, and had children, viz.,
1. Nehemiah, m. Hannah Bouton, and left children.
2. Timothy.
3. John, m. Martha Smith, and had children, son Nehemiah, of Ballston.
4. Jesse, m. Ruth Belden. Children, Ester, m. Aaron Hyat ; Sarah, m. Samuel Loder, who had Hannah, m. Cranston.
5. Sarah, m. Samuel Seymour, of Horse Neck, and left children at Newburgh.
6. Susannah, m. Zuriah Fitch, of Huntington, L. I.
7. Elizabeth, b. June 4, 1742, and d. Jan., 1786-7 ; m. Ab'm Gregory, b. Sept. 17, 1736.
8. Mary, m. Sylvanus Hoyt, of New Canaan; afterward lived in N. Y., with Jesse, her son.
9. Hannah, d.
ELIZABETH, who m. Ab'm Gregory, had children, viz.,
1. Hannah, b. April 5, 1761, m. Seth Marvin and had Betsey, Ebenezer, Henry, Lucretia, Charles, and Charlotte.
2. Ebenezer, b. Jan. 11, 1763, d. Dec. 10, 1793.
3. Abraham, b. Sept. 7, 1767, m. Polly Allen ; removed to N. York.
4. Sarah, b. Jan. 2, 1772, m. Mr. Hanford.
5. Nancy, b. Sept. 17, 1776, d. July, 1838 ; m. Francis Galpin, and had Charles, Francis and George.
6. Sabra, b. Dec. 8, 1779, m, Asahel Crossman, Oct. 24, 1822.
7. John, b. April 3, 1783, m. Olive Raymond. Children, Eliza Ann, m. Wm. Gay ; Mary, m. Mr. Hoyt; Harriet.
8. Wm. S., b. Jan. 1, 1786 ; resided in Sullivan, N. Y.
BETTS, BURWELL, son of John and Hannah, m. Thankful Raymond, Nov. 1, 1740, and bad children, Joseph, b. and d. 1741 ; Hannah, b. May 8, 1743 ; James, b. March 10, 1745 ; Ben'n, b. Oct. 20, 1747. Thankful, his wife, d. Dec. 3, 1747, and on the 7th day of Nov., 1754, he m. for his second wife, Sarah, daughter of Nathan Burwell, of Norwalk, and by her had Nathan, b. Aug. 14, 1755 ; Molley, b. April 4, 1757; Peter, b. Nov. 6, 1758; Sarah, b. March 7, 1761; Joseph, b. Aug. 8, 1763; Nancy, b. May 9, 1767; Esther, b. July 1, 1769 ; Betsey, b. July 3, 1772 ; Hannah, b. March 7, 1775.
BETTS, HANNAH, daughter of Burwell, m. Seth Abbott, and had children, Hannah, (who m. Wm. Scofield, and moved to Stamford, from thence to Saratoga, N. Y .; ) Seth, (who m. a lady in Stockbridge ;) Polly, m. Thomas Whelpley, of Wilton, (and moved to Ohio- and had children, Samuel and Thomas, perhaps others ;) Anne, m. Asahel Foot, of Stockbridge, Mass. ,
JAMES, son of Burwell and Thankful, m. Nancy Williams. of Huntington, L. Island, and had children,
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Coats of Arms .- Burwell (Wrigley, Co. Essex,) one; Burwell (Woodbridge, Co. Suffolk,) 1; and 2 others.
BUSARRE, PEETER, had several pieces of land in Hartford be- fore 1646, probably a Dutchman.
BUSH, JAMES, was in Conn., 1646.
1. Nath'l Wm., had a daughter Eliz'th, that m. Ralph Pecock.
2. James, m. Sylva Ross, of Rahway, N. J., and had a son and two daughters.
3. Jesse Lockwood ; left no heirs.
4. Horatio Gates ; d. without heirs.
5. George W., left no heirs.
6. Nancy W., m. David Hanford, N. Canaan ; no heirs.
7. Edward, d. without issue.
BENJAMIN, (son of Burwell and Thankful,) m. Jane Cameron, of Norwalk ; his children were,
1. Burwell, m. at Horse Neck, and had children.
2. Susan, In. Joseph Bugbee, of Albany.
3. Lodowick Riley, a.
4. Anne, mn. Joseph Laughson, of Stamford. Second husband, Bailey, of Albany.
NATHAN, son of Burwell, by his second wife, m. Azubah Abbott, and had Thomas, Nathan and Burwell.
MOLLY, or MARY, (daughter of Burwell by his second wife,) m. Ilezekiah Whitlock, 1780, and had children, viz.,
1. Thaddeus, b. March 15, 1784 ; he left a daughter Mary, who m. James E. Holmes, who had children, Ann Eliza, John, Benj'n, Edward, Susan Jane, Caroline and Joseph.
2. Nancy, b. March 17, 1787.
3. Charles, b. Dec. 29, 1790.
4. Nancy, b. Feb. 27, 1793.
5. Lewis, b. Oct. 24, 1795 ; settled at Bridgeport.
6. Burwell, b. Aug. 4, 1797.
7. Fanny, b. Aug. 4, 1799, m. James Stevens, in 1821.
PETER, (son of Burwell, by second wife,) m. Bathsheba Wright, and moved to Greenbush, N. Y. Had no heirs.
SARAH, daughter of Burwell by second wife, m. Samuel Lockwood, and for her second hus- band, Daniel Westcott. She had children,
1. Thomas Lockward, who left children in Fallsburg.
2. James, settled at Ellensville, N. Y.
3. Uriah, settled at Newburg, N. Y.
4. Samuel Westcott, removed to Indiana.
5. Sally, supposed settled at Wilton.
6. Geo. Betts, “
JOSEPH, son of Burwell, by second marriage, left no issue.
NANCY, daughter of Burwell, by second marriage,) m. Zebulon Dickinson, of N. York, and had children, viz., James, Mary and Betsey ; (Betsey m. John Lockwood, and had Nancy, Ange- line, George, Frances, John, Elizabeth and Harriet.)
BETSEY, (daughter of Burwell by second wife,) m. John Gregory, and had children, viz., George, Delia, Antoinette and Angeline, (twins,) and Burwell Denton.
HANNAH, (youngest daughter of Burwell, by his second wife,) m, Jolin Raymond, of Troy, N. Y., and had children,
1. Harriet.
2. Delia.
3. Sally Watson, m. David Hubbel.
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BUSH, SAMUEL, had an allotment of fifty acres of land in Suf- field, in 1678, and an addition of ten acres by his meadows in 1681, and six acres at Muddy Brook. He was tything-man in Suffield in 1686.
BUSH, JOHN, of Enfield, had children recorded there, viz., Jon- athan, b. Nov. 22, 1685; Daniel, b. Nov. 13, 1689; Ebenezer, b. April 19, 1692, perhaps others. Daniel d. at Enfield, Oct. 31, 1691. It was an early name at Westfield.
Samuel Bush, Samuel Kent, Jr., John Allen, Mr. Pritchard, Na- than Harmon and John Scott, Sen., tything-men for Southfield, in 1685.
BUSH, JONATHAN, a first settler of Enfield, 1680, d. 1739, aged 89, had two sons; Jonathan, m. Rachel Kibbe, daughter of Elisha Kibbe, d. 1746, aged 65, left four sons ; Joshua, b. 1712, m. Experience French, 1737, settled in " Terry Lane," d. 1793, had three sons ; Joshua, b. 1737, d. in Enfield ; Eli, b. 1741, moved to
SILAS, son of John and Hannah Betts, of Norwalk, m. Abigail Smith, of Stamford, and had children,
1. Frederick, m. Polly Sacket, of Horse Neck, (Greenwich.)
2. Hannah, m. Mr. Hitchcock, of Greenwich.
3. Sally, m. Ab'm Quick.
4. Polly, m. John Spady.
5. Anne, m. Silas Davies, of Horse Neck.
BETTS, JOSEPH, (son of John and Hannah, (m. Sarah Platt, and had children,
1. Justus, settled at Chatham, N. Y.
2. Silas.
3. Moses, m. Mary Gregory, of Greenfield.
4. Amy, m. Mr. Starr.
5. Susan, m. a son of Wm. Weeks, of Norwalk.
BETTS, ABRAHAM, son of John and Hannah, married and resided at Ridgefield, and had children,
1. Eunice, m. Mr. Northrop, and had one child.
2. Amy, m. Mr. Williams, and had four children. 1
3. George, m. and had children, one in Wilton.
GIDEON, (b. June 8, 1730, son of John and Hannah,) m. Rachel St. John, b. 1731, d. 1801, and had children, viz.,
1. Nathan, b. Aug. 13, 1753, m. Anne Gilbert, of Lysander, N. Y .; had Hannah, who m. Ch's Lemons.
2. Sarah, b. June 2, 1760, m. Edward Tylee, and had Sarah, Rosanna, James, &c.
3. Hannah, b. May 10, 1755, m. Jared Olmsted, had Hiram, Hannah, three daughters.
4. Gideon, b. June 24, 1757, m. Jane Rockwell, of Galloway, N. Y .; had Mary, Nancy, Wm., Anne.
5. Anne, b. March 20, 1769, m. Mr. Fountaine. Children, Silas F., Ann Eliza.
6. Mary, b. March 4, 1772, m. Benj. Gilbert ; son Rufus in Troy, N. Y.
SARAH, daugliter of John and Hannah, m. John Lockwood, or ward, and had children, viz., John, Matthew, Seth and Betty, perhaps others.
Hannah m. Elijah Hawley.
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New York and died; Jonathan, b. 1747, died also in New York State ; Moses, second son of Jonathan Bush, Jun., b. 1714; Aaron, third son, b. 1717, m. Alice French, d. 1805, had five sons ; Caleb, fourth son, b. 1725, left town ; John, second son of Jonathan Bush, Sen., b. 1685, d. young, left one son, Joseph, b. 1718.
BUSH, THOMAS, of Southold, L. I., made free with many oth- ers of Southold, by the Gen. Court of Conn., in 1662. This is an old name at Greenwich, Conn., and was probably from L. Island to Greenwich. Ralph, of N. York, and Mrs. Col. Wm. Mosely, of N. Haven, are of the Bush family of Greenwich. DAVID, of Greenwich, early.
Jo. Bush, 17, embarked in the Transport, of London, Edward Walker, master, July 4, 1635, by certificate from Gravesend for Virginia. In the same ship came Alexander Burlie, aged 18, Ann Bristo, 22 ; Robert Bateman, 20; Henry Burket, &c.
BUSH, RANDOLPH, in 1642, and JOHN, at Cambridge, in 1654.
Four of the name had graduated at Yale College, in 1844. John, of Welles, in 1753.
BUSHE has three coats of arms ; Bushe or Busse, has one coat of arms. Busche or Bush. Ar. out of a mount in base, a forest of trees vert. Bush ; Ar. on a fesse betw. three boars pass. sa. a fleur-de-lis betw. two eagles displ. or.
Bushe, ( Wiltshire.) Also, Bushe, (Wiltshire ;) Bushe or Busse, (Heather, Co. Lincoln.) Ar. three bars sa.
Four by this name have graduated at Yale College.
Busche, a German name, is the same as the American name Bush.
BUSHMORE, THOMAS; (this name was Rushmore, though on the Conn. Records the R is formed more like a B, than an R, and has been so printed.) He was in Connecticut in 1649, and in 1663 he became a troublesome settler at Hempstead, L. I., by opposing the government of Connecticut there. Being a man of energy and talents, the magistrates of Connecticut advised the inhabitants of Hempstead, that in case Rushmore continued to oppose them, to elect an able and judicious man in Hempstead to the office of Constable, firstly displacing Rushmore, and directed Mr. Hicks to administer the oath of office to the person so elected Constable. Also advised that the inhabitants of the English towns on L. Island, should sub- mit to the officers elected by the towns.
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