John Burt (1682 - abt. 1709)

Born 29 Apr 1682 in Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts

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Biography

Birth

John Burt was born on 29 April 1682 in Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts to David Burt (before 1629-1690) and Mary Holten (1639-1718) as the last of their thirteen children.

Siblings

All children born in Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts.

1. David Burt, 1st of this name in the family, born 30 July 1656. He was run over by his father's cart and killed on 30 August 1660 in Northampton.
2. Jonathan Burt born 1 May 1658. He died on 15 April 1662.
3. Henry Burt born 20 August 1660. He married 1) Elizabeth Alvord on 12 December 1684 and 2) Hannah Denslow on 9 December 1687 and 3) Mary Unknown in 1690. He died on 26 September 1735 in Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts.
4. Mary Burt, first of this name in the family, born 18 March 1663. She died on 3 November 1666 in Northampton.
5. Sarah Burt born 2 May 1665. She married Robert Porter on 21 May 1688 in Northampton, Massachusetts. Sarah died on 14 May 1689 in Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts.
6. Hannah Burt born 2 September 1667. She died 3 May 1689, unmarried.
7. David Burt Jr. born 25 August 1669. He was captured by Indians on 8 February 1690. Death date and place unknown.
8. Jonathan Burt born 5 September 1671. He married Mindwell Taylor on 2 June 1696. He died on 15 October 1745 in the paternal homestead at Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts.
9. Joseph Burt born 26 September 1673. He married Sarah Cowles on 16 April 1702. Joseph died on 13 January 1759 in Northfield, Franklin, Massachusetts.
10. Mary Burt born before her baptism date of 3 May 1676. She married 1) Dr. Thomas Hastings on 14 February 1706 and 2) Samuel Belden on 7 May 1713.
11. Ruth Burt born April 1677. She married Nehemiah Allen on 16 December 1710. Ruth died in March 1746.
12. Benjamin Burt born 17 November 1680. He married Sarah Belden on 9 October 1702 in Deerfield, Franklin, Massachusetts. Benjamin died on 20 May 1759 in Ridgefield, Fairfield, Connecticut.

Death

He died in late May 1709. In April 1709 he had accompanied the famous Indian fighter, Capt. Benjamin Wright on a war party up the Connecticut river. On the return trip there was a skirmish with the Indians on the Onion River (sometimes called the French River) and he was killed when he was 27 years old. The remaining men returned to Hatfield on 28 May 1709.

Sources

• Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Vital and Town Records. Provo, UT: Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook). Birth of John.
• Burt, Henry Martyn & Burt, Silas Wright. Early Days in New England: Life and Times of Henry Burt of Springfield (C. W. Bryan Company, printers, 1893). Page 183 for death of John Burt, page 280 more on the Wright expedition and John Burt's part in it. Capt. Wright (1660-1843) was a first cousin of John Burt.
• Trumbull, James. History of Northampton, Massachusetts, From its Settlement in 1654 (Northampton, Mass., 1898). Page 497.