Person:Joseph Burgess (25)

Name^[1]	Joseph Burgess
Gender	Male
Birth^[1]^[2]	30 Jul 1765	Yarmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States
Marriage	Aft 2 Jun 1787	Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, United StatesIntentions to Lois Kellogg (add)
Death^[1]^[3]	Bef 8 Jan 1809	Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Randall, Eunice Kelley Gidley. David O'Killia the immigrant of Old Yarmouth, Massachusetts with his descendants and allied families, 1652-1962. (Dartmouth, Massachusetts: E.K.G. Randall, 1962)
p. 51.

"Joseph [child of Deliverance Baker and Joseph Burgess] born July 30, 1765; died 1827."
[Note: on p. 51 it says Joseph "d. 1827", clearly wrong. On page 102, he is said to have "d. Jan. 15, 1809", which is closer, though still not correct.]
↑ Sherman, Robert M. (Robert Moody), and Ruth Wilder Sherman. Vital Records of Yarmouth, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850. (Warwick, Rhode Island: Society of Mayflower Descendants in the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, 1975)
p. 119.

The birth and record of the children of Joseph Burges and his wife Delieverance are as followeth:
...
Joseph Burgis was born July 30th 1765.
↑ Stott, Clifford L. Vital Records of Springfield, Massachusetts to 1850. (Boston, Massachusetts: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2002)
several entries.

Vol. 1, p. 548: Mr Joseph Burgess was found dead (frozen) January 8th 1809.
Vol. 3, p. 1846: 1809 Jan 9th Joseph Burgess casualty, aged 44
Vol. 3, p. 2387: from Hampshire Federalist of 12 Jan 1809: "Found in a neighboring wood, on Sunday last [i.e., found on 8 Jan 1809], the body of Joseph Burgess; verdict of the Jury, 'Accidental death by freezing'. He was in the 46th year of his age."