↑ "Records of the Society of Friends of the City of New York and Vicinity, from 1640 to 1800", in The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record. (New York, New York: New York Genealogical and Biographical Society) vol. 4, p. 39.
The children of Edward and Phebe Burling of New York: ... Edward Burling was born at New York the 3d day of the 12th month, 1713/4. [Note: In old-styles dates, the twelfth month is February. For comparison to the modern calendar, it corresponds to the following year. More info may be found here.]