Person:John Burleigh (1)

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John Burleigh
b.1710 Northern Ireland
d.1748 Upper Makefield Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania
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  1. John Burleigh1710 - 1748
Spouse and Children
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  • H.  John Burleigh1710 - 1748
  • W.  Alice Gray1715 - 1748
  1. Hannah Burleigh1734 - 1799
  2. Joshua BurleyAbt 1737 - 1811
  3. Elizabeth Burley1737 -
  4. Sarah BurleyAbt 1738 - 1819
  5. John BurleyAbt 1739 - 1800
  6. Mary BurleyAbt 1739 -
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Facts and Events
Name John Burleigh
Gender Male
Birth[1] 1710 Northern Ireland
Other? 24 Mar 1711 East Grinstead, Sussex, EnglandAlt. Birth
Marriage to Alice Gray
Other[2] 1733 Paid taxes Bucks County, Pennsylvania Tax records 1
Other[2] 1741 Samuel Bunding released 274 acres of land in Upper Makefield Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania Property 1
Other[2] 1742 Paid taxes Bucks County, Pennsylvania Tax records 2
Will[2] 12 Jun 1748 Will is dated
Death[1] 1748 Upper Makefield Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania
Burial[1] Presbyterian Cemetary, Newtown, Bucks County, Pennsylvania
Probate[2] 5 Apr 1749 Will is registered at Doylestown, Pennsylvania in Will book#2 page 145
Other[2] 1749 Alt. Death
Reference Number? 219

Samuel Bunding released 274 acres of land in Upper Makefield Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania. The land was 2 miles west of Baker's Ferry, later McConkey's Ferry where General George Washington and his army crossed the Delaware river on Christmas night 1775 to attack the Hessians at Trenton.

His will provides that his wife, Alice, enjoy his whole estate and even after her marriage "if she marry an honest, frugal man who will raise my children". His two boys were to be bound to trades when 14 years of age and at the final distribution of his estate were to be given twice as much as each of his three daughters.

Alice advertised the plantation for sale in 1775, but it was not sold.

In his will he states in case his widow shall marry "a carefully, frugal man" she and her husband may enjoy the income from his estate until the youngest Burley child reach the age of fourteen.

References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 tdpr@hotmail.com. Online at worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi question op=AHN&db=tdprince&id=I127.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 Virginia Minnich. John Burley and Descendents and Related Family.
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