A General History of the Burr Family: With a Genealogical Record from 1193 to 1902author, 1902 - 600 pages Also includes descendants of the following: Benjamin Burr (d. 1681) was one of the original settlers of Hartford, Connecticut, in 1635. Descendants of his two sons lived in Connecticut, New York, New Hampshire, Illinois, and elsewhere -- Rev. Johnathan Burr (1604- 1641) was born at Redgrave, Suffolk County, England. He immigrated to America with his family in 1639 and settled at Charlestown, Massachusetts. Descendants lived in Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New York, Maine, Illinois, Iowa, and elsewhere -- Henry Burr (d. 1734), a Quaker, was living near Mount Holly, New Jersey, by 1691. Descendants lived in New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, and elsewhere. |
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... Wakeman , Winthrop Perry , and Tunis Burr for corrections and additions in the early history of the Fairfield and Hart- ford Branches , and to Messrs . William O. Burr , Edwin Gould , Oliver G. Jennings , Theodore T. Jackson , and Miss ...
... Wakeman , Winthrop Perry , and Tunis Burr for corrections and additions in the early history of the Fairfield and Hart- ford Branches , and to Messrs . William O. Burr , Edwin Gould , Oliver G. Jennings , Theodore T. Jackson , and Miss ...
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... Wakeman , according to his promise , will engage to pay to his daughter , my grandchild , the estate he received from me , with my daughter Mary : being twenty pounds : when with said twenty pounds I will give to my grandchild , when ...
... Wakeman , according to his promise , will engage to pay to his daughter , my grandchild , the estate he received from me , with my daughter Mary : being twenty pounds : when with said twenty pounds I will give to my grandchild , when ...
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... Wakeman was appointed Judge of Probate for Fairfield , vice Hon . Peter Burr , deceased . The records of some of the above meetings of the Council in which he participated are of great public interest . That of Dec. 3 , 1718 , was ...
... Wakeman was appointed Judge of Probate for Fairfield , vice Hon . Peter Burr , deceased . The records of some of the above meetings of the Council in which he participated are of great public interest . That of Dec. 3 , 1718 , was ...
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... Wakeman , to lay out to the town of Fairfield sixe hundred acres of land , granted to them May 9 , 1672 , for the benefitt of a gramar school there . " Same court , appointed with Mr. John Wakeman " to lay out to the heirs of Major Gold ...
... Wakeman , to lay out to the town of Fairfield sixe hundred acres of land , granted to them May 9 , 1672 , for the benefitt of a gramar school there . " Same court , appointed with Mr. John Wakeman " to lay out to the heirs of Major Gold ...
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... Wakeman and Lieut . Hubbell , " to set off a new parish from the northern part of the town of Stratford . " May 8 , 1718 , to count votes of freemen . Same court on committee to receive the dead stock in the hands of the administrators ...
... Wakeman and Lieut . Hubbell , " to set off a new parish from the northern part of the town of Stratford . " May 8 , 1718 , to count votes of freemen . Same court on committee to receive the dead stock in the hands of the administrators ...
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Page 85 - You must perceive, sir, the necessity of a prompt and unqualified acknowledgment or denial of the use of any expressions which would warrant the assertions of Mr. Cooper.
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Page 85 - Having considered it attentively, I regret to find in it nothing of that sincerity and delicacy which you profess to value. Political opposition can never absolve gentlemen from the necessity of a rigid adherence to the laws of honour and the rules of decorum. I neither claim such privilege nor indulge it in others.
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