Stephen Burgess (1752 - 1839)

Born 17 Jun 1752 in Kingston, Plymouth, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Husband of Temperance (Wing) Burgess — married 18 Feb 1778 (to 11 May 1834) in Harwich, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, USA

Descendants

Died 14 Apr 1839 at age 86 in Bristol, Bristol County, Rhode Island, USA

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Biography

Birth

"BURGIS Stephen, laborer, h. Temperance, June 17 [1752]."^[1]

Date: 17 JUN 1752

Place: Kingston, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA

Marriage

Intentions at Harwich:

"Intention of marriage between Mr Stephen Burgess & Mrs Temperance Wing both of Harwich Dated October the 18, 1777". [pg 165] "February the 18 Stephen Burge & Temperance Wing [married]".^[2]

Marriage record at Harwich:

"February the 18 Stephen Burge & Temperance Wing [married]"^[3]

Children born Kingston:

1. Lancelot, b. ca. 1779, d. 1821 age 42
2. Phebe, b. 12 Mar 1780, m. James Burgess
3. Thomas, b. 20 Mar 1783
4. Charles, b. 14 May 1785
5. Stephen, b. 17 Feb 1788, m. Sarah White
6. a male child, b. ca. 31 May 1790, d. 06 Jun 1790
7. Temperance, b. 8 Aug 1791
8. John, b. 07 Mar 1794
9. James, b. ca. 1799, d. 1849 age 50

Death

"1839 BURGESS Stephen (a Revolutionary pensioner), 86y." (Interred at Middleboro, Mass.), April 14, 1839.^[4]

Date: 14 APR 1839

Place: Bristol, Bristol County, Rhode Island, USA

Burial

"BURGESS: Stephen, died Apr. 13th, 1839, in his 83rd year."^[5]

Place: the North Middleboro Cemetery, Middleborough, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA

"1839 BURGESS Stephen (a Revolutionary pensioner), 86y. (Interred at Middleboro, Mass.), April 14, 1839."^[6]

A photograph of his gravestone can be viewed at Findagrave.com Memorial #142745866.

Sources

1. ↑ Source: #S1855 p. 37, citing private record, Census of Kingston families for 1796 by Rev. Z. Willis, now [1911] in the possession of Edward T. Barker of Boston
2. ↑ Source: #S205 p. 159
3. ↑ Source: #S205 p. 165
4. ↑ Source: #S824 Vol. 6. Bristol. Part I. citing original Vol. 4:53
5. ↑ Source: #S2519 p. 166
6. ↑ Source: #S824 Vol. 6. Bristol. Part I. citing original Vol. 4:53

• Source: S1855 NEHGS, Vital Records of Kingston, MA, to the Year 1850 (Boston, MA: NEHGS,1911)

• Source: S2519 Charles Thatcher, Old cemeteries of southeastern Massachusetts : a compilation of records by Charles M. Thatcher in the late 1880s (Middleborough, MA: Middleborough Public Library, 1995)
• Source: S824 James N. Arnold, Vital Records of Rhode, Island, 1636-1850, (Online database: NewEnglandAncestors.org Boston, MA: NEHGS, 2002) (Orig. Pub. Narragansett Historical Publishing Company Providence, RI. James N. Arnold, Vital records of Rhode Island 1636-1850: First Series: births, marriages and deaths: a family register for the people, 21 vols., 1891) Repository: #R62
• Repository: R62 NEHGS - online database: NewEnglandAncestors.org