Cornet
Joseph
Burnham
Born in Connecticut
Ancestors 
Son of Samuel Burnham
and Mary (Cadwell) Diggins
Brother of
Mary Diggins [half], Jeremiah Diggins Jr. [half], Elizabeth (Diggins) Strickland [half], Thomas Diggins [half], Hannah (Burnham) Drake, Rebecca Burnham, Hannah (Diggins) Judd [half], Anna (Burnham) Trumbull, Mary (Burnham) Church, Abigail (Diggins) Stearns [half], Samuel Burnham, William Burnham, David Daniel Burnham, Timothy Burnham and Amy (Burnham) Filer
[spouse(s) unknown]
Descendants 
Died
at age 76
[location unknown]
Profile last modified
| Created 22 Apr 2012
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Biography
- m1. Hannah Williams, dau. of Gabriel Williams
- m2. wid. Eunice Shaylor of Bolton
Oct. 1764. This Assembly do establish Mr. Joseph Burnham to be Cornet of the troop of horse in the 5th regiment in this Colony.
Sources
- Burnham, Roderick Henry. Genealogical Records of Thomas Burnham, The Emigrant (Case, Lockwood & Brainard, Hartford, Conn., 1884) Page 132.
- Burnham, Roderick Henry. The Burnham Family (Case, Lockwood & Brainard, Hartford, 1869) Page 67.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Joseph by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Joseph:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Joseph by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Joseph:
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~0.78%
Lyn (Driver) Gulbransen
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23andMe, GEDmatch A132306 [compare]
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A132306 [compare], yourDNAportal LYN1946b892, Ancestry member Lynn_Driver
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