Person:Eleazer Burnham (1)

Watchers
m. 13 Feb 1665/66
  1. Thomas Burnham1666/67 - Bef 1695
  2. Moses Burnham1668/69 -
  3. Lydia Burnham1674 -
  4. Aaron Burnham1676 -
  5. Eleazer Burnham1678 - 1744
  6. Abigail Burnham1680 -
  7. Daniel Burnham1682 -
  8. Mary Burnham1685 -
  9. James BurnhamAbt 1687 - 1757
m. 25 Nov 1708
  1. Lydia Burnham1709 -
  2. Elizabeth Burnham1711 - 1730
  3. Mary Burnham1714 -
  4. Daniel Burnham1717/18 -
  5. Sarah Burnham1720 -
  6. Eleazer Burnham1722/23 -
Facts and Events
Name Eleazer Burnham
Gender Male
Birth[1] 5 Sep 1678 Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts, United States
Marriage 25 Nov 1708 Norwich, New London, Connecticut, United Statesto Lydia Waterman
Will[2] 13 Oct 1743
Death[2][3] 25 Jun 1744 Norwich, New London, Connecticut, United States
Probate[2] 17 Jul 1744 Will proved.
References
  1. Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts, United States. Vital Records of Ipswich, Massachusetts to End of the Year 1849. (Salem, Massachusetts: Essex Institute, 1910, 1919)
    Vol. 1, p. 59.

    BURNAM, Eleazzer, s. Thomas, jr., [born] Sept. 5, 1678. CT.R.

  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 16. Lydia3 Waterman, in Jacobus, Donald Lines, and Edward Francis Waterman. The Waterman Family. (New Haven, Conn. (I and II); Hartford, Conn. (III): E.F. Waterman (I and II); The Connecticut Historical Society (III), 1939, 1942, 1954)
    1:.

    "… Eleazer Burn ham, born at Ipswich, Mass., 5 Sept. 1678, died at Norwich, in 1744, son of Thomas and Lydia (Pingree) Burnham of Ipswich.

    'In 1704, Eleazer Burnham applied for liberty to set up a fulling-mill upon the stream that runs into Shetucket River by the Chemical Spring.' [Caulkins' 'History of Norwich' (1874), p. 98.]

    The will of Eleazer Burnham, made 13 Oct. 1743, proved 17 July 1744, gave his real estate to his two sons, Daniel and Eleazer; to his daughter Lydia, £100, and the privilege of living in the west room of the house while she is unmarried; to daughter Mary, wife of Joshua Pryor, £100; to the child of Elizabeth Lothrop dec'd, £80; to Sarah, wife of Stephen Roth, £100; sons Daniel and Eleazer to be Executors. The daughters gave receipts for their portions, and Elizabeth Lothrop gave her receipt, 4 Dec. 1748, for her legacy from her grandfather's estate. [Probate Rec. New London, Conn., E-196.]"

  3. Connecticut. Probate Court (New London District). Probate records, 1675-1916. (Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1982)
    Vol. E, p. 197.

    [Note: immediately following the will cited by Jacobus.]
    17 Aug 1744: "Inventory of the Real and Person Estate of Mr Eleazer Burnum Late of Norwich Who Died the Twenty fifth Day of June Anno Domini 1744", by Daniel Tracy, Jacob Hazzen.