Charles Wesley Burgess (1817 - 1870)

Born 11 Jan 1817 in Harvard, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Caroline (Chase) Burgess — married 6 Feb 1841 (to 26 Aug 1870) in Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts

Descendants

Died 26 Aug 1870 at age 53 in Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

Charles Wesley Burgess was born on 11 January 1817 in Harvard, Worcester County, Massachusetts, the son of Loammi and Sarah (Whitney) Burgess.^[1]

He married Caroline Burgess on 06 February 1841 in Plymouth, Massachusetts.^[2]

Charles died in Sandwich, Massachusetts on 26 August 1870, aged 52 of consumption.^[3]

Children: (there may be others)

1. Charles B., b. 1841; m. Mary E. Stoddard 1860 Westborough, MA; d. 30 Dec 1899 Boston in accident when thrown from wagon
2. A child (Miranda?) b. 28 April 1847 Plymouth
3. Hellen L., b. 1857
4. Hattie E., b. 26 Feb 1859, Abington; m. Jonathan K. Wright 1880 Sandwich; d. 02 Aug 1918 New Bedford.

Sources

1. ↑ Thomas W. Baldwin, compiler, Vital Records of Harvard, Massachusetts to the Year 1850 (Boston, MA: Wright & Potter Printing Company, 1917), p. 21.

   "Burges, Charles Wesley, s. of Loammi and Sarah, Jan. 11, 1817."

2. ↑ Lee D. van Antwerp, compiler, VRs of Plymouth, Massachusetts to the Year 1850 (Camden, ME: Picton Press, 1993), p. 486.

   "1841: Feb. 6 Charles W. BURGESS & Caroline CHASE of Plymo."

3. ↑ Massachusetts Vital Records, Sandwich Deaths, (1870) Vol. 229:16.

   "1870, Aug 26, Charles W. Burgess, married, age 52y 7m 11d, d. Sandwich of consumption, occupation Hostler, b. Concord NH to (unnamed parents) born Concord NH."

Acknowledgments

Contributors: Bobbie Hall, Peter Creedon.