Samuel
Burgess
Born in Wilmslow, Cheshire, England
Son of Edward Burgess
and [mother unknown]
Husband of
Eleanor Ellen (Peers) Burgess
— married
1 Feb 1672 in Wilmslow, Cheshire, England
Descendants 
Father of
Samuel Burgess, Joseph Burgess, John Burgess, Daniel Burgess, Priscilla (Burgess) Bunting and Sarah (Burgess) Hutchinson
Died about
at about age 69
in Falls Township, Bucks, Pennsylvania
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Biography
Samuel was a Friend (Quaker)
Samuel and Eleanor Burgess came from England in 1685 and settled in Falls township, Pennsylvania.[1]
Birth and Marriage Records. Parish records from Wilmslow in Cheshire, England, indexed by familysearch in 2018, show the marriage of Samuell Burgess to Ellen Peeirs 1 Feb 1671/2, “both of this parish”[2] The birth records for Samuel and his wife Eleanor (as Samuel referred to her in his Will) or Ellen (as in the Falls Meeting records for the birth of their daughters) are also in the Wilmslow records. Samuell Burges was christened 22 Oct 1645. His father was Edward Burges.[3] Ellen Peeirs was christened 11 Nov 1655. Her father was Humfrey Peeires.[4]
Children[1]
Samuel passed away in 1714. His Will, made in Oct 1713, mentions wife Eleanor, sons Joseph, Samuel, John and Daniel, and daughters Priscilla and Sarah. Proven 21 Aug 1714.[1][7]
1685 Deed, Bucks County
Deed: John Rowland and Thos Rowland to Samuel Burgess, 1685: Bucks County- File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Robert Derber. bob@@derber.com USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be freely used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on a ll copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any form at for profit or presentation by other organizations.
SAMUEL & ELEANOR _____ BURGESS BUCKS CO., PA, DEED BOOK A-1, PP. 10-11.
Deed: John Rowland and Thos Rowland to Samuel Burgess, 1685. This Indenture Made the first day o f the Tenth Month 1685 being the first year of King James the Second his reign over England etc and the fifth year of the Proprietarys Government Between John Rowland and Thomas Rowland his brother both of the County of Bucks in th e Province of Pennsylvania of the one party and Samuel Burgess of the said C ounty and Province on the other part Witnesseth that the said John and Thomas Rowland for and in consideration of Ten pounds fifteen shillings the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged where with the said John and Thomas Rowlan d acknowledgeth themselves fully satisfied and contented and thereof clearly acquiteteth and dischargeth the said Samuel Burges his heirs executors and ad ministrators they the said Jon and Thomas Rowland hath granted bargained and sold and by these presents doth grant bargain and sell unto the said Samuel Burges his heirs and assigns A certain tract of land lying in the County of Bucks as aforesaid now in the occupancy of the said Samuel Burgess being bounded on the Northerly side with land of James Hill on the Easterly side with the great Timber Swamp on the Southerly side with piece of vacant land and the l and of Randle Blackshaw being two hundred acres or there abouts Which said tract of land was part of a parcel of land granted and confirmed by James Claypoole and Robert Turner Commissioners for granting of lands within the Province aforesaid by William Penn Proprietary and Governor of the said Province u nto the said John and Thomas Rowland and their heirs by these Letters Patents dated the thirteenth day of the Seventh Month one thousand six hundred and eighty five and all the estate right title interest and property of them the said John and Thomas Rowland of in and to the said tract of land To Have and T o Hold the said two hundred acres or there abouts with their appurtenances un to the said Samuel Burgess his heirs and assigns forever to the only use and behoof of the said Samuel Burges his heirs and assigns forever Yielding and paying to the said John and Thomas Rowland their heirs or assigns at or upon t he first day of the first Month in every year two English Silver shillings or the value thereof in corn current.
In Witness whereof the said John and Thomas Rowland have hereunto put their hands and seals the day and year first above written.
- John Rowland Tho Rowland
- Sealed and Delivered in the presence of
- Jonathan Scaife Richard Ridgway Phinehas Pemberton
The above Conveyance was by the within named John and Thomas Rowland delivered and acknowledged in open Court in the County of Bucks unto the within named Samuel Burges the 6th of 10th Month 1685. Certified under the Clerks hand and County seal.
- Phinehas Pemberton Cleric Comit
- Recorded in the office of Rolls the tenth day of the 12th Mo. 1685 per
- David David Deputy
Colonial Society, BUCKS CO. COURTS, pp. 30-1 documents the minutes of the Court concerning the delivery of this deed on "the 9th day of the 10th month, 1685," as follows :
This day was deld & acknowledged in open Court by Jon & Thomas Rowland unto Samuel Burges one deede of a Certaine tract of Land being about 200 ackers lying betwixt Randulph Blackshaw & the great timb
Research Notes
Quality research regarding the Burgess family of Maryland (NOT this Samuel Burgess, but Burgess family from Wiltshire) may be found here: http://fzsaunders.com/burgesseng.html (additional notes regarding the probable errors in WikiTree from Fred Saunders are available from T Stanton on request.
Sources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Davis, William H. "http://pagenweb.org/~bucks/BIOS_DAVIS/burgesfamily.html." History of Bucks County, Pa Volume 3: Bucks County PA Gen Web. Accessed 16 September 2018 [[Baty-260|SJ Baty].
- ↑ "England, Cheshire Bishop's Transcripts, 1598-1900," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NHN6-W4L : 12 February 2018), Samuell Burges Marriage Date 01 Feb 1671 Marriage Place Wilmslow, Cheshire, England Spouse's Name Ellen Peeirs (with Feb the 11th month of 1671), "both of this parish". Note: The image shows the date in sequence with other baptisms, burials and marriages in the hand written transcript, 1671 is not a typo.
- ↑ "England, Cheshire Parish Registers, 1538-2000," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7G5-NXT : 7 December 2017), Samuell Burges, 22 Oct 1645, Christening; citing p 311, , Wilmslow, Cheshire, England. Name of father: Edward Burges.
- ↑ "England, Cheshire Parish Registers, 1538-2000," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7GK-H54 : 7 December 2017), Elen Peeirs, 11 Nov 1655, Christening; Wilmslow, Cheshire, England Father's Name Humfrey Peeires.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Swarthmore College; Swarthmore, Pennsylvania; Falls Copy Births, Deaths and Marriages; Collection: Quaker Meeting Records; Call Number: RG2/Ph/F35 3.1 https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=2189&h=156031.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Hinshaw, Wm Wade, et al, Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy, II:956
- ↑ "Pennsylvania Probate Records, 1683-1994", FamilySearch (Online: Intellectual Reserve, Inc., 2014), [Original source: Bucks County Register of Wills, "Wills v. 1-2 1713-1759", DGS 5534503, (Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1958, 1973), pp. 9-11]
See also:
- "The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography", Google Books (Online: Google, Inc., 2005), [Originally published: White, Jr., Miles, "Thomas Janney, Provincial Councillor", The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, (Philadelphia: Historical Society of Pennsylvania, 1903), p. 225]
Acknowledgements
- This person was created through the import of Tribal Pages 0004.ged on 25 March 2011.
- This person was created through the import of Holmes.ged on 20 May 2011.
- WikiTree profile Burgess-1720 created through the import of WILLIAMS 2011.GED on Jun 22, 2011 by Ted Williams.
- WikiTree profile Burgess-1773 created through the import of Rhodes 2011_2011-07-09_01_01.ged on Jul 9, 2011 by Tom Rhodes.
- Thank you to Caroline Cohoe for creating WikiTree profile Burgess-2840 through the import of cohoe only_2013-04-15.ged on Apr 15, 2013.
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(Reconciliation of his 'wives' can be done later too)
Therefore I have removed from this profile Uncertain father Daniel Burgess-1100 and Uncertain mother Catherine Unknown-335237.
This disconnects Samuel as the brother of Daniel Burgess-33687 born in Staines, son of Daniel and Catherine Burgess
edited by Joan (Gardner) Moore
Found the wife of son Samuel on Wikitree Ann (Snowden) Burgis Barracliff born 1682 ! If Samuel was older ...
edited by Joan (Gardner) Moore
My records from those days were stored on floppy disks. (!!!) In the intervening years I became busy with life and am only now trying to exhume the data I amassed. Here are a few tidbits that may be of interest.
Samuel was christened in the Wilmslow parish Church of St Bartholomew's on 22 October 1645. He was the seventh child of Edward Burges, of Styal, a hamlet of Pownall Fee in Cheshire. I have not been able to find the name of his mother. Not all of his family joined the Society of Friends. Some remained with the Church of England, were very active in the parish and are buried in the churchyard at Wilmslow.
Samuel was one of several siblings who came to America with the Quakers. His brother Isaac also came. The Pennsylvania archives has records of a lawsuit between Samuel and Isaac. Samuel's brother Peter remained in England. Peter's daughter married Randal Blackshaw who also settled in the Falls Meeting. There are many references of Samuel and Randal in the early Quaker records of Bucks County.
I was surprised to find the kinship between Samuel and Randal. I read a letter from Mary, (Peter Burges’s widow), in the files of a Cheshire lawyer authorizing Samuel "my brother-in-law" to collect money from Randal "my son-in-law." That was a true “light bulb” moment. Randal was much older than his wife, and finding he was kin answered questions about how and why Peter Burges was involved with the Blackshaw estate in England.
When it comes to Samuel's grandparents I hit a brick wall. I cannot find the actual birth or marriage information for Edward Burges, although I have not given up yet. I extracted every existing will available in the Cheshire Records office for the years 1500 - 1680 -- it took me weeks. It provided me with many leads, but no solid links
It is sobering to read the original "Sufferings of the Quakers" documents in the archives at the Cheshire Records Office in Chester. (This material is not included in the extant "Sufferings of the Quakers" that are published.) The Quaker meetings kept detailed records of every action taken against them in the early years. The earliest records contain stories of arrests with long (many, many miles) forced walks to prison.
Samuel's uncles were imprisoned. The Quaker record keeper describes how the families had to take food to the prison to pass to the prisoners inside, and describes how the jail had no heating and no proper facilities. Many, especially the elderly, died. Some friends and family members who made the trip to bring provisions were themselves thrown in prison. Harsh times. I will add more facts as I am able.
edited by Margery Wilson
1. Mary Burges, bap. 3 Oct 1630
2. Jeffrey Burges bap. 1 Nov 1635
3. Allis Burges, bap. 1 Jan 1638/9 Allis is sometimes hypothesized to be the wife of Randal Blackshaw, but my research has proven otherwise. Peter’s (Samuel’s brother) wife, Mary, in a legal correspondance, refers to Randal Blackshaw her "son in law" (not her niece’s husband) and names Samuel Burges as "my brother in law"
So Blackshaw’s wife is Samuel Burges’s niece, the daughter of his brother Peter, and not his sister. At this point in time I do not have a list of Peter’s offspring at hand.
4. Isaac Burges, bap. 26 Sep 1641
5. Joseph Burges, of Styall in Pownall Fee, bap. 26 Sep 1641,
6. Jonn. Burges, bap. 15 Oct 1643
7. Samuel Burges, bap. 22 Oct 1645
8. Peter Burges bap. 4 July 1647,
9. Sarah Burges, bap. 9 June 1650
10. Daniel Burges, bap. 28 Sep 1651
I spent weeks in the Cheshire Records Office. Their holdings of primary materials is vast. One begins to feel the 1600’s are recent when immersed in parish registers, court proceedings, wills, personal correspondance, etc. The accumulation of primary source material leaves me no uncertainty that this is “our” Samuel Burges.
(Once this Covid pandemic abates to allow international travel, I encourage anyone with interest in Samuel Burges or other Cheshire families to make a visit to the Cheshire Records Office. Spend a week, at least. )
As for the debate over Samuel’s wife I have no information. He mentions “Eleanor” in his will. But, I found no indication in the data I collected to find “Ellin,” prove Eleanor’s genealogy or for a previous marriage.
I have no information on children born to Samuel in England.
I have no information at this time to add regarding Joan Moon. I think the subject would be one of interest to take up in archives in England.
And appears to be same Samuel christened in 1645: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7G5-NXT
See: http://lauraf46.tripod.com/Burgess.html
and http://www.burgessdna.com/index.php/geography/usa-pennsylvania/249-samuel-burgess-bucks-co-pennsylvania