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m. Est 1700 - Thomas BurnhamAbt 1700 - Bef 1762
- Nathan BurnhamAbt 1721 - 1758
- H. Nathan BurnhamAbt 1721 - 1758
- W. Hannah Choate (add)
m. 22 Nov 1744
Facts and Events
References
- ↑ Stark, Caleb. History of the town of Dunbarton, Merrimack County, New Hampshire, from the grant by Mason's assigns in 1751, to the year 1860. (Concord, New Hampshire: G.P. Lyon, 1860)
p. 236 [1].
From the letter written by Nehemiah Burnham (probably this man):
"Mrs. Burnham: I send you these lines to let you know the heavy news that you have to hear from camp, and I pray God give you grace and strength to hold up under such heavy tidings. The truth is, your husband, our lieutenant, Nathan Burnham, being in the fight at the narrows of Ticonderoga, July the 8th, 1758, received a ball in the bowels, which proved mortal.... We carried him that night four miles to our boats. The doctor did what he could, but vain was the help of man. Next day, being the ninth day upon our passage up the lake, about eleven o'clock, after many heavenly expressions and prayers, he departed this life, and, I believe, made a good exchange."
- ↑ Burnham, Roderick Henry. The Burnham family: or, Genealogical records of the descendant of the four emigrants of the name, who were among the early settlers in America. (Hartford: Press of Case, Lockwood & Brainard, 1869)
p. 314, 321.
Children of Thomas3 Burnham (John2, Thomas1) and Susannah ---: Nathan [#22], m. 22 Nov 1744 Hannah Burnham. "His son, Nathan, was first lieutenant, fourth company, Third Provincial Regiment of Foot, and was killed in Braddock's defeat."
- ↑ Stark, Caleb. History of the town of Dunbarton, Merrimack County, New Hampshire, from the grant by Mason's assigns in 1751, to the year 1860. (Concord, New Hampshire: G.P. Lyon, 1860)
p. 234.
Stone in central cemetery of Dunbartion:
"Mrs. Hannah Burnham
Died March 1, 1805;
Relict of Lieut. Nathan Burnham, of Ipswich, Massachusetts,
who fell at the defeat of the British army
at Ticonderoga, A.D. 1758"
- ↑ Burnham, Roderick Henry. The Burnham family: or, Genealogical records of the descendant of the four emigrants of the name, who were among the early settlers in America. (Hartford: Press of Case, Lockwood & Brainard, 1869)
p. 483.
p. 321: Lieutenant Nathan Burham, s/o Thomas, m. 22 Nov 1744 Hannah Burnham.
p. 483: Nathan Burnham, s/o ---, b. 1721, d. 9 Jul 1758 ae.37, m. 22 Nov 1744 Hannah ----.
- ↑ Nathan did not die in Braddock's defeat, which occurred in 1755 as the one cited source (and others) says. The death occurred at a different instance of incompetence by British generals, Ticonderoga in 1758. While the battle was 8 Jul, the description clearly indicates he died the next date, 9 Jul 1758.
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