Person:Abraham Burbank (4)

1850 Census: Boscawen, NH, as Nathan, age 65, farmer, born NH.

BURBANK, CAPT. ABRAHAM ** One of the prominent business men of Boscawen was Abraham Burbank, eldest son of David Burbank, and grandson of Capt. Moses Burbank, one of the early settlers of the town. He was born November 16, 1781, learned the trade of blacksmith of his father, and carried on blacksmithing on Little Hill with Jesse Little. He was an adept in making axes, giving them a shape much liked by the woodchoppers at the beginning of the century, and of such keen temper that "Abe Burbank's axes" were widely known and had a ready sale. He married Mary Call, and, second, Polly M. Jackman, settled in Bashan on the farm now owned by his son, Mr. Azro Sheridan Burbank, and engaged in lumbering. With his son, Friend L. Burbank, he became proprietor of the mills on Blackwater river; also, a mill on Knights Meadow brook; also, one on Pond brook. At one time, nearly every mill in Boscawen was employed in sawing his lumber, which was sent down the Merrimack river to Lowell and Boston. He was greatly respected by his fellow-citizens, and was repeatedly elected to represent them in the legislature. He was a cheerful supporter of religions and charitable organizations, and alive to all interests affecting the pulic welfare. He died in 1856, aged 75--an active, energetic, honored citizen to the last year of his life.

1. ↑ Coffin, Charles Carleton. History of Boscawen and Webster from 1733 to 1878, M171. (Charles Carleton COFFIN, Concord NH Republican Press Association 1878.).
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} DAR Lineage Book. (Copy in Tuck Library, Concord, NH.)
   Vol 73, page 292, # 72818, Cora Elizabeth Burbank Plummer, 21 Aug 2006.
3. ↑ FamilySearch: Unidentified database - please replace source when identified.

   Name: Abraham Capt. Burbank, Male
   Death Date: 14 Jan 1856
   Death Place: Boscawen, Merrimack, New Hampshire
   Age: 74, Birth Date: 1782
   Indexing Project (Batch) Number: I00486-0, System Origin: New Hampshire-EASy, Source Film Number: 2259646, Reference Number: Item 1, p472
   Collection: New Hampshire Deaths and Burials, 1784-1949