Person:Jeremiah Burnett (4)

Notes

Jeremiah Burnett was born on Piscataway Creek in South Farnham Parish. Jeremiah's mother, Amy, evidently was pregnant with Jeremiah when her husband John died. Jeremiah was not mentioned in his father's will which was written 17 September in Essex Co. naming his five children. John died eight months later at age 47, shortly before 21 May 1718, when his will was proved in court. In 1771, Jeremiah's brother, Joseph, died intestate in Essex Co. where he had been a wealthy man with land in Essex, his home plantation, and also in Dinwiddie and Caroline Counties. Joseph's son, Richard, filed his Administrator Account with the Court in Essex on 22 October 1773 and listed on his account was the following words, "By articles inventoried and not sold which his brother Jeremiah Claims, totaling 15 pounds, 17 shillings and 6 pence. Joseph had sons Jeremiah, Joseph, Leonard ... but when these names were listed by Richard, he said only their names and did not give relationship to his father, meaning Richard had to define who the above "Jeremiah" was. This statement proves without doubt that Richard was referring to two Jeremiahs, one the brother and one the son of Joseph.

When Jeremiah was 12 his mother and his step-father, David Scott, moved to Spotsylvania County and this is probably where he was raised.

There is a marriage record dated 16 October 1738 in Talbot Co., Maryland to Mary McDaniel of St. Peter's Parish and another dated 27 January 1746 in New Jersey to Rebecca Brown of Burlington. According to Bork in The Burnetts and Their Connections neither of these have been researched and either or both could belong to this Jeremiah. This will need to be researched further.

Source: http://www.lawrencefamhis.com/burnett-o/p11.htm#i268