Seneca Burr Sr. (1803 - 1841)

Born 21 Dec 1803 in Bellingham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Eliza (Brown) Burr — married after 1 Jun 1828 in Bellingham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States

Husband of Lucy (Chickering) Burr — married 30 Apr 1839 in Bellingham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States

Descendants

Died 6 Nov 1841 at age 37 in Bellingham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

Seneca Sr. was born in 1803. He is the eldest of nine children born to Elisha Burr and Electa Foristall. ^[1]

He married Eliza Brown on June 22, 1828 in Bellingham. ^{[2] [3]} They had two children: Seneca Burr Jr. and Charlotte Elizabeth (or Eliza) Burr. They lived on Mendon Street near Bellingham Center. ^[4]

Eliza Burr died on 15 May 1835, the same year that Charlotte died. Eliza was in her 38th year according to her grave stone inscription. Eliza and Charlotte are buried in Center Cemetery, Bellingham, Massachusetts. ^{[5] [6]}

Seneca Sr married a 2nd time on 30 April 1839. This time he married Lucy Chickering, the daughter of John Chickering and Abigail Wilson of Dover, Mass. ^[7] They had a son, Calvin Chickering Burr, born on 30 June 1840.

Seneca Sr passed away in 1841. Seneca Sr, Eliza, Charlotte, Lucy, & Calvin are all buried in Center Cemetery, Bellingham. Seneca Jr is buried in Union Cemetery, Bellingham, with members of his immediate family. ^{[8] [9]}

Sources

1. ↑ "Vital Records of Bellingham Massachusetts to the Year 1850," New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Mass., 1904. (image available on Ancestry.com)
2. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG1K-X33Q : 29 November 2018), Seneca Burr and Eliza Brown, 22 Jun 1828; citing Marriage, Bellingham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm.
3. ↑ "Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCQJ-F8H : 9 February 2018), Seneca Burr and Eliza Brown, 01 Jun 1828; citing reference ; FHL microfilm 0873755 IT 1.
4. ↑ Son's death record names parents: "Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NWSS-NNT : 22 May 2019), Seneca Burr in entry for Seneca Burr, 16 Oct 1897; citing Bellingham, Massachusetts, v 473 p 477, State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 961,522.
5. ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/45691345/eliza-burr
6. ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/45691234/charlotte-eliza-burr
7. ↑ "Massachusetts, U.S., Town Marriage Records, 1620-1850," [database-online], Ancestry.com. Original data: Vital Records of Bellingham, Full text: Seneca and Lucy Chickering, Apr. 30, 1839. (image available on Ancestry.com)
8. ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/45691770/seneca-burr
9. ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/115819173/lucy-grant