Samuel Burrough
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Samuel Burrough (abt. 1675 - abt. 1732)

Samuel Burrough aka Burroughs,Burrows
Born about in Wilton, Cheshire, Englandmap
Husband of — married 7 Dec 1699 in Gloucester, New Jerseymap
Descendants descendants
Died about at about age 57 in Waterford, Camden, New Jerseymap
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Contents

Biography

Samuel Burroughs was born ca 1675 and died 1732. Another set of dates says that he was born between 1650 and 1680 in "Wilton Co., Chester, England"; he drowned in the Delaware River, Gloucester County, New Jersey on 25 January 1732.

Samuel was a Friend (Quaker)
Samuel Burroughs was a Quaker and member of the Haddonfield Monthly Meeting.[1] Samuel Burrough was a constable in Chester County in 1692.

Marriage

"Samuel Burrough (frequently spelled Burrows)... is first noticed at the little town of Penisaukin, with William Matlack, Timothy Hancock and John Roberts, where he married the daughter Hannah of the last named person. This marriage occurred in 1699, at the house of Sarah Roberts, widow of John."[1][2][3]After Samuel's death, Hannah married Richard Bidgood. [4]

His Lands

Samuel purchased and held extensive lands in New Jersey.

Samuel of Burlington County, New Jersey, purchased 300 acres of land on Nov 16, 1698 from Joseph Heritage. This tract of land lay on the south side of the south branch of Penisaukin Creek, in Waterford (now Delaware Twp.), Gloucester County, NJ. In 1699, Samuel purchased more land from Joseph Heritage. In 1703 he purchased 200 acres of land from Richard Bromley. Samuel and his wife moved to this farm which "Richard Bromley did lately dwell". Samuel continued to purchase land and by the year 1730 he owned 2,500 acres, which in this day contains some of the best farmland in Camden County.[4][5]

Abstract of will

Samuel Burroughs of Waterford, yeoman, wrote his will 19 June 1720, which was proved 31 Mar 1732. He named his wife Hannah, who was expecting a child, his executrix. Witnesses were Thomas Eves, Jr., John Roberts, and John Kay.[6]

Children named in the will abstract

  • Samuel, (grandson of Jon Taylor from whom he inherited £3), under 23 in 1720
  • Hannah, under 21 in 1720
  • Esther, under 21 in 1720
  • John
  • Joseph
  • Benjamin
  • Sarah, under 21 in 1720
  • expected child

Death and Legacy

In January 1732, Samuel and his son Benjamin took a hogshead of cider to Philadelphia. While crossing the ice of the Delaware River on their return home, the ice broke, they fell through, and were drowned.[4]

Samuel Burroughs wrote a will June 19, 1720. It was proven after his death in 1732. The homestead property (the farm he bought from Richard Bromely?) he gave to his son Samuel. The rest of the land was divided among his children. His daughters received a fair proportion, "in opposition to the notion entertained at that day regarding the rights of females, much to his credit, however, and far in advance of his generation."[4]

The children of Samuel and Hannah Burrough were

  1. Samuel b 1701; d 1779; married 1723 Ann Gray[7][4]
  2. John, who married Phoebe Haines, daughter of John Haines; moved to Goshen in 1726[7][4]
  3. Isaac, m 1) 1742 Deborah Jennings, daughter of Isaac Jennings and Judith, settled at Hickory Hill 2) Abigail Hewlings[7][4]
  4. Jacob, who married 1751 Sarah Thorne and 1754 Cassandra Ellis; [7][4]
  5. Esther, who married William Bidgood;
  6. Kesiah, who married Samuel Parr;
  7. Sarah, who married Samuel Nicholson.[4]
  8. Benjamin Burroughs b ____[7]
  9. Joseph Burroughs b ____[7]
  10. Hannah Burroughs

His wife, Hannah, survived him, and appears in a deed of this date with Samuel Nicholson and Sarah his wife, a daughter of Hannah and Samuel Burroughs. (Later, in 1747, this property was sold by Samuel Nicholson and Rebecca his "now wife.")[4]

There was property that Samuel purchased after writing his will. Esther, his daughter, who married 5 Feb 1733, William Bidgood or Ridgewood, with her husband received on 30 June 1737 as her share this extra property.[4]

A son, Joseph Burroughs is mentioned in the will but must have died prior to his father.[4]



The Burrough House is located on Burrough Dove Lane off Haddonfield Road near Pennsauken Creek. It is a two story sandstone house, built in two sections. The story of the property begins in 1680. It was one quarter part of the province of West Jersey. It was first owned by Edward Byllynge, a proprietor of West Jersey. It was used as a home when Richard Heritage built "Hatten New Garden", probably a log cabin. From Richard it was passed to his son, Joseph and in May 1682 Samuel Burrough purchased 100 acres.

The second Samuel Burrough purchased an additional 1700 acres between 1699 and 1732. Samuel Burrough had deeded 87 acres to his son John, on November 25, 1728. John married Phebe Haines at a Haddonfield meeting in 1726. They had 10 children and it was Enoch, their 9th child, who was deeded the property in 1754. This deed is presently in the possession of the Camden County Historical Society.

Enoch married Deborah Middleton. Two years later Enoch died and bequeathed the property to his wife until their son Thomas was 21. Thomas married Rebecca Fish in 1777.

The older section of the house was built around 1710. Thomas and Rebecca lived on this 209 acre plantation, which covered the area from Maple Ave. to River Road and from Pennsauken Creek to Union Ave.

About 8 years after the first constrution an addition was built to the stone house. The carved date on the stone of 1793 is proof of the age of the newer section of the house. The Burroughs lived there until they died ( Thomas in 1824 and Rebecca 1831 ). In accordance with his father's will, their son ( also named Thomas ) sold the property.

The land was purchased by Daniel Brook in 1834 and later sold to Dr. William Dover of Frankfort in 1838. Dr. Dover along with his brother-in-law Dr. Veale, developed a cancer salve.

The property is now owned by the Pennsauken Historical Society.

Event: Land Purchase. Civil.16 NOV 1698.Gloucester, New Jersey

See also:
http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM4Z6Z_Burrough_Dover_House_Pennsauken_NJ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burrough-Dover_House


Samuel was born about 1661. He passed away in 1695.

Sources

  1. 1.0 1.1 Ancestry.com. U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935 Haddonfield Monthly Meeting. [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014.
  2. Craig, Stanley. Haddenfield Friends Meeting Records, Gloucester County Marriages.
  3. "Marriages of Friends who were members of Chester Meeting, (Moorestown) Burlington County New Jersey"...page 402
  4. 4.00 4.01 4.02 4.03 4.04 4.05 4.06 4.07 4.08 4.09 4.10 4.11 Clements list of children neglects sons Benjamin and Joseph and daughter Hannah.Clement, John. "The Burroughs". Sketches of the First Emigrant Settlers in Newton Twp., Old Gloucester County, West New Jersey. (Camden: Sinnickson Chew, 1877), p. 315-324; records of children's marriages on p. 395. https://archive.org/stream/sketchesoffirst00clem#page/n9/mode/2up
  5. "Gloucester County, NJ Deeds"
  6. Honeyman, A. Van Doren (ed.), Calendar of Wills, Administrations, Etc. Volume II, 1730-1750. Documents Relating to the Colonial History of the State of New Jersey. Trenton, NJ: Archives of the State of New Jersey, 1918, volume 30, page 77
  7. 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5 Lists Esther as the wife of Samuel Parr of England. Kesiah and Hannah are not contained in this list of children. Family Search Books. Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Genealogies of the families of Chattin, Nicholson, Burroughs and Borden, p 44 of 63.
  • Lee, Francis Bazley. Genealogical and Memorial History of the State of New Jersey. (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1910), pp. 856-857
  • Clement, John. "The Burroughs". Sketches of the First Emigrant Settlers in Newton Twp., Old Gloucester County, West New Jersey. (Camden: Sinnickson Chew, 1877), p. 315-324; records of children's marriages on p. 395. https://archive.org/stream/sketchesoffirst00clem#page/n9/mode/2up
  • MacRae, Mrs. Cameron. Register of Baptisms, 1823-1848, First Reformed Dutch Church, Ovid, New York. (Detroit: Detroit Society for Genealogical Research, Fall, 1965).
  • Clement, John. "The Burroughs". Genealogical and Memorial History of the State of New Jersey (Camden, N.J, Sinnickson Chew, 1877)

Acknowledgements

Researchers who have contributed to the Burroughs family research: Jeri Vinnedge and Treva Banks They have both done extensive research on this family.

  • English Origins of New England Families, Second Series, Vol. I [database on-line].
  • Marriage Records. New Jersey Marriages. New Jersey State Archives, Trenton, New Jersey.
  • Ancestry.com. U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014.
  • Ancestry.com. Genealogy of the Stokes Family : Descended From Thomas and Mary Stokes Who Settled in Burlington County, N.J. (Indexed) [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.
  • England, Cheshire Bishop's Transcripts, 1576-1933. Salt Lake City, Utah: FamilySearch, 2013.
  • Clement, John,. Sketches of the first emigrant settlers in Newton Township, Old Gloucester County, West New Jersey. Camden, N.J.: Sinnickson Chew, 1877.
  • "New Jersey Marriages, 1678-1985", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZJV-25T : 20 January 2020), Samuell Burrows in entry for Samuell Burroughs, 1699.




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Burroughs-2849 and Burrough-10 appear to represent the same person because: Same wife, death location - appears the older profile has more citations.
posted by Andrew Mason
"Genealogies of the families of Chattin, Nicholson, Burroughs and Borden" is a typewritten manuscript that has no guarantee of accuracy and outright errors.
posted by H Husted
It looks like this profile conflated Samuel and his father Samuel?
posted by H Husted
"21 Mar 1683 in Wilton Co., Chester, England"

This cannot be the birth date of this man; he was not a constable aged 9, married at 17 and a sheriff at 19. Men were not legal adults until age 21 at this time.

posted by H Husted