Martha (Burgess) Storrs (1671 - 1728)

Born 1671 in Yarmouth, Massachusetts

Ancestors

Wife of Samuel Storrs Jr — married 31 Oct 1700 in Windham, Windham County, Connecticut

Descendants

Died 3 Sep 1728 at about age 57 in Mansfield, Tolland, Connecticut

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Biography

• Martha Burgess was born about 1671 at Yarmouth, Mass. and died aged 57 on 03 Sep 1728. On 31 Oct 1700 she married Samuel Storrs, Jr., of Windham, CT. Samuel Storrs was the brother of Sarah Storrs, wife to Martha's brother Thomas. Martha and Samuel had seven children.^[1]

• 31 October 1700
• Martha Burgess and Samuel Storrs Jr married in Mansfield, Tolland, Connecticut, USA,^[2]

• 10 December 1700
• Martha Storrs owned the covenant in the Windham Congregational Church, Windham, Connecticut.^[3]

• 3 September 1728
• Martha Burgess Storrs died in Mansfield, Tolland, Connecticut, USA ^[4]

Sources

• American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI)
• Ancestry Family Trees
• Massachusetts, Marriages, 1633-1850
• Millennium File
• U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current

• "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
• Roberts, Gary Boyd; Ancestors of American Presidents; New England Historic Genealogical Society; Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts; 2009; Footnote Abbreviation: Presidents
• Clemens, William Montgomery, American Marriages Before 1699; Ancestry.com;Provo, UT, USA: Pompton Lakes, NJ, USA: Biblio Co., 1926; Footnote Abbreviation: Clemens
• U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900; Yates Publishing; Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004; Footnote Abbreviation: Yates
• West, Edmund; Family Data Collection - Individual Records Author: Edmund West, comp. Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000; Footnote Abbreviation: West
• Symons Genealogy; Footnote Abbreviation: Symons Genealogy (more details needed on publication, etc)

Acknowledgments

• WikiTree profile Burgess-1450 created through the import of fitzmaster032511.ged on 27 March 2011 by Sue Fitzpatrick.

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

• This person was created through the import of Beaman Family Tree.ged on 31 March 2011.

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1. ↑ Katherine W. Hiam, Burgess Genealogy, Descendants of the Four Sons of Thomas and Dorothy (Waynes) Burgess (Boston, MA: NEHGS, 1997), p. 78
2. ↑ Symons Genealogy
3. ↑ Index, Windham Congregational Church, 1700-1852, Windham, Connecticut, page 110, Ancestry.com database "Connecticut, Church Record Abstracts, 1630-1920." Storrs, Martha, o.c. Dec. 10, 1700.
4. ↑ Symons Genealogy