Family:Jehu Burr and Esther Ward (1)

Parents: Jehu Burr and Unknown Lieutenant Jehu Burr b. Bef 1625 d. Bef 31 Oct 1692 Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States	Parents: Andrew Ward and Hester Sherman Hester Ward b. Est 1634 d. Bet 1663 and 1664 Fairfield, Connecticut, United States

m. Bef 1660

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Marriage^[1]

Bef 1660

Based on estimated date of birth of eldest known child (Daniel).

Children

		Birth	Death
1.	Daniel Burr	Abt 1660
2.	Esther Burr	Est 1663

References

↑ Jehu Burr, in Jacobus, Donald Lines. History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield. (New Haven, Conn.: The Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor Company, 1930-1932)
1:102.
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)
1:306.

JEHU, Fairfield, s. prob. eldest, of the preced. perhaps b. in Eng. m. Mary, d. of Andrew Ward, had sev. ch. certain. Daniel and Esther, in the will 1665 of their gr. mo. Ward. But other childr. he had, prob. some by this w. and some by ano. w. Esther, wid. of Joseph Boosy. He was a promin. man, rep. 1659, 60, and after junct. of Conn. with N. H. sev. yrs. In Philip's war he was capt. vol. 1, p. 307 trust. as one in a commissn. with gr. powers; and d. prob. in 1692, as the inv. of his est. was made 31 Oct. of that yr. The will of 11 Jan. 1690 names ch. Daniel; Peter, H. C. 1690; Samuel; Esther; Elizabeth; Sarah; Joanna; and Abigail (of wh. some were minors); beside Mary, wh. had m. Samuel Wakeman, and was d. leav. a d.