Thomas Burgess (abt. 1666 - abt. 1721)

Born about 1666 in Yarmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts

Ancestors

Husband of Sarah (Storrs) Burgess — married 26 Feb 1696 in Barnstable, MA

Descendants

Died about 1721 at about age 55 in Connecticut [uncertain]

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Biography

Thomas Burgess was the second son of John Burgess and Mary Worden of Yarmouth, Massachusetts.^[1]

"Thomas Burge of Yarmouth and Sarah Stoors of Barnstabell were joined in marriage upon the 26th day of February 1695/6 attest by John Thacher Justice of Peace...." at Yarmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts.^[2][3] Thomas and Sarah had at least nine children:^[4]

• Mary
• Thomas
• Hannah
• Martha
• Sarah
• Thankful
• Ebenezer
• Matthias
• David

Death

The Burgess Genealogy shows no death date for Thomas^[5] but under the entry for his brother Jacob, it says that Jacob was exec for his brother Thomas in 1721 (p.16-17).

The death date of this Thomas Burgess is in question. There were many men by that name.

Torrey shows the date of death for Thomas as "1720?" and that he was of Yarmouth and Windham County, Connecticut.^[6]

A Thomas Burgess, son of Thomas and Hannah, died on 24 Feb 1737/38 at Guilford, Connecticut.^[7] The fact that his parents are mentioned appears to indicate that he was young and still living with them.Watt-266 16:19, 24 June 2015 (EDT)

Another Thomas, Thomas Burgess, Sr., died at Guilford on 23 Oct 1736.^[8] There is no indication of his age.

A Lt. Thomas Burgess died on 1 Jul 1743 in Little Compton, Rhode Island, at the age of seventy-five. This would put his birth date at about 1668.^[9] This Thomas Burgess was born in Little Compton in 1668,^[10] the son of Thomas Burgess and Lydia Gaunt. His wife was Esther.^[11]

Sources

1. ↑ #S16 Page 16
2. ↑ #S13 Page 133, citing Book Three of records, page 27
3. ↑ #S14 Page 27
4. ↑ #S16 Page 16
5. ↑ #S16 Page 16
6. ↑ U.S., New England Marriages Prior to 1700 [Ancestry.com. database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2012. Original data: Torry, Clarence A. New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2004. Page 120
7. ↑ #S15 Page 45; citing Vol. 2, page 33
8. ↑ #S15 Page 45; citing Vol. 2, page 150
9. ↑ "Cemetery Inscriptions in Little Compton, R.I."; The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1847-. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2013.) NEHGR 115(Oct 1961):260
10. ↑ Rhode Island Vital Records, 1636–1850 - Town and Church Records (V.1-V.12). (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014), Originally Published as: Vital record of Rhode Island 1636-1850: First Series: births, marriages and deaths: a family register for the people, by James N. Arnold. Providence, RI: Narragansett Historical Publishing Company. Vol. IV, page 6-97
11. ↑ #S16 Pages 12 and 16

• Burgess, Ebenezer, 1790-1870. Burgess Genealogy: Memorial of the Family of Thomas And Dorothy Burgess, Who Were Settled At Sandwich, In the Plymouth Colony, In 1637. Boston: Press of T. R. Marvin & son, 1865; p23 (entry 57) p23 Hathi Trust digital copy; p23 on WikiTree

• "Matinicus Isle - Its Story and Its People", by Charles A. E. Long, printed by the Lewiston Journal Printshop in 1926.

• "Burgess Genealogy: Memorial of Thomas and Dorothy Burgess, who were settled at Sandwich in the Plymouth Colony in 1637", by E. Burgess (Ebenezer Burgess). Printed by Press of T. R. Marvin & Son 1865

• Vital records of Yarmouth, Massachusetts to the year 1850", Vol 1, compiled by Robert M. Sherman and Ruth Wilder Sherman. Published by Society of Mayflower Descendants in the State of Rhode Island, in 1975, in Warwick, Rhode Island

• Source: S14 Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 [Ancestry.com. database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. Original data: Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Vital and Town Records. Provo, UT: Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook). Yarmouth Town Records, 1670-1773; Vol 3,

• Source: S15 Connecticut Town Death Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection) [Ancestry.com. database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006. Original data: White, Lorraine Cook, ed. The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records. Vol. 1-55. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1994-2002. Guilford Vital Records 1639-1850

• Source: S16Ebenezer Burgess. Burgess genealogy. Boston: Press of T. R. Marvin & son, 1865. Open Library
• Ancestors of Alice Clare Engel

Acknowledgments

• Thank you to Caroline Bristol for creating WikiTree profile Burgess-3177 through the import of thomasburgess.ged on Jul 30, 2013.

• This person was created on 13 September 2010 through the import of 124-DeCoursey.ged.