Person:John Burr (22)

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Captain John Burr
b.Cal 1633
d.Bet 19 Mar 1693/94 and 5 Nov 1694
Parents and Siblings
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m. Bef 1631
  1. Lieutenant Jehu BurrBef 1625 - Bef 1692
  2. Captain John BurrCal 1633 - Bet 1693/94 & 1694
  3. Nathaniel BurrEst 1635 - 1712
  4. Elizabeth BurrEst 1637 - Aft 1675/76
  5. Daniel BurrCal 1642 - Bef 1695
Spouse and Children
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  • H.  Captain John BurrCal 1633 - Bet 1693/94 & 1694
  • W.  Mary WardEst 1636 - Aft 1665
m. Bef 1659
Spouse and Children
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  • H.  Captain John BurrCal 1633 - Bet 1693/94 & 1694
  • W.  Sarah FitchEst 1652 -
m. Bef 1673
  1. John Burr1673 - Bef 1705
  2. Sarah Burr1675 - 1697/98
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Facts and Events
Name[1][2][3] Captain John Burr
Gender Male
Birth[2][3] Cal 1633
Marriage Bef 1659 to Mary Ward
Marriage Bef 1673 to Sarah Fitch
Will[2] 19 Mar 1693/94
Death[2] Bet 19 Mar 1693/94 and 5 Nov 1694 Between date of will and date of inventory.
Estate Inventory[2] 5 Nov 1694
References
  1. ↑ Savage, James. A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England: Showing Three Generations of Those Who Came Before May, 1692, on the Basis of Farmer's Register. (Boston: Little, Brown, and Co, 1860-1862)
    1:307.

    JOHN, Fairfield, br. of the preced. perhaps b. after his f. came to Roxbury, was adm. freem. of Conn. 1664, rep. 1666, and with his br. Jehu, 1670, and more yrs. was major, and d. 1694. His w. was, it is said, Sarah Fitch, but whose d. she was is not told, and for the ch. in partial default of rec. we must accept his will, nam. John, b. 2 May 1673; David; Samuel, 2 Apr. 1679, H. C. 1697; Jonathan; Sarah, 25 July 1675; Mary, 19 Aug. 1683; and Deborah; the last two unm. Joseph, b 21 June 1677, and Ebenezer, 7 Feb. 1682, d. bef. their f. The wid. Sarah, in her will, of 8 June 1696, names only the ds. Sarah Chauncy, wh. m. 29 June 1692, Rev. Charles of F., Mary, Deborah, and s. Samuel.

  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 John Burr, in Jacobus, Donald Lines. History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield. (New Haven, Conn.: The Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor Company, 1930-1932)
    1:121-22.

    Burr, John, s. of Jehu. Deputy for Fairfield, May 1666, Oct. 1667, Oct. 1668, May 1670 to Oct. 1671 inclusive, May 1674, Oct. 1685, May, July and Oct. 1686, Jan., Mar. and Oct. 1687, May, June and Oct. 1689, Apr. 1690. Assistant, 1690 to 1694 inclusive. Commissioner for Fairfield, 1679-87, 1689. Capt., Fairfield Trainband, Apr. 1690; Commissary, Fairfield County, Feb. 1693; Sergeant-Major, Fairfield County, Oct. 1694. Born abt. 1633; testified 1681 ae. 48. Married Sarah Fitch, dau. of Thomas of Norwalk, who was mother of his children. As he was nearly forty when the first of his ten children was born, and possessed a homelot and lands, a prior marriage is likely, and he may have m. (1) before 1659, Mary Ward, who d. after 1665 without issue [see discussion under his bro. Jehu]. He bought lands of Charles and Michael Taintor, prior to 14 June 1656.

    Will of John, Sr., 19 Mar. 1693/4; wife Sarah; son John (Exec'r), homelot I dwell upon, formerly Strickland's and Pinkney's; son Samuel, farm in the woods, and four years in College; son Jonathan, land in the new field, formerly Westcott's and Joseph Bishop's; son David, homelot I bought of John Cable; dau. Mary, £100 at 18 or marriage; dau. Deborah, the same; dau. Sarah already portioned; bro. Nathaniel Burr and cousin Peter Burr, overseers; I have not rec'd from my father Fitch my wife's portion. Witnesses: John Edwards, Eliphalet Hill. Inv. 5 Nov. 1694.

  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Jehu Burr, in Anderson, Robert Charles. The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620-1633. (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1995)
    I:279.

    John Burr, b. about 1633 (according to Jacobus deposed 1681 aged 48 [FOOF 121].

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