Jeremiah Burroughs I (1651 - abt. 1698)

Born 1651 in Connecticut, British Colonial America [uncertain]

Ancestors

Husband of Hannah (Way) Burroughs — married 1685 in Newtown, Queens, New York

Husband of Martha (Furman) Burroughs — married about 1697 in Newtown, Queens, New York

Descendants

Died about 1698 at about age 47 in Newtown, Queens, New York, British Colonial America

Biography

Jeremiah Burroughs was born circa 1651 in Stamford, CT. His approximate birth year comes from Newtown town records. In a 6 Jun 1677 court deposition he was called "a Good twenty six yeares or ther a bout".^[1] This is corroborated by Jeremiah witnessing a land conveyance dated 16 January 1665 -- he should have been at least fourteen years old, the age of discretion.^[2]

He was the executor for his father's Will. He was also the Town Clerk for several years in Newtown, L.I.^[3]

Jeremiah married twice.

Jeremiah married (first) Hannah Way, daughter of James Way. Their children are:

1. Jeremiah Burroughs b. Newtown; m. 10 Sep 1700 to Cornelia Eckerson; he died bef. 9 Feb 1760
2. Hannah Burroughs b. Newtown; m. 1st John Reeder bef. 20 Nov 1702; m. 2nd John Furman, on 2 Jul 1711 at Presbyterian Church, Newtown. She died 22 Feb 1732/3.
3. James Burroughs b. Newtown; m. Nov 1710 in Newtown to Deborah Salyer . He died bet. 1725-1730 at Newtown.
4. John Burroughs b. Newtown; m.1st Mary Jennings; m. 2nd Elizabeth ___; he died shortly bef. 8 Mar 1774 in Trenton (now Ewing) New Jersey.
5. Joseph Burroughs b. Newtown, Queens, NY; he died shortly bef. 4 Mar 1766 in Newtown, Bucks, PA. He left a will dated 9 Feb 1760 that mentions his brother John & his children, brother Jeremiah's sons Abraham and other children, Mary Headly and her brothers and sisters, Joseph Burroughs (son of his brother James), Elizabeth Doughty ("if she dye to her sister Martha") . The will does not mention any of his own children, if they exist.

Jeremiah married secondly, between 1697-1698, to Martha (Furman) Reeder, daughter of Josias Furman and Alice Angeleche Beers, as her second husband. Martha died shortly before 16 Dec 1700 in Newtown, Queens. In her will dated 12 Dec 1700 she mentions sons Joseph, Jacob, and Josias Reeder (of her first marriage) and also mentions daughter Elizabeth, underage, and names as executors Jacob and Joseph. The date of her death, and the mention of her previous children, is almost certain proof that there were no children of her marriage to Jeremiah.

Jeremiah was comissioned lieutenant of foot at Newtown on 2 January 1689/90.^[4]

On 4 Apr 1691, James WAY, Francis WAY, Jeremiah BURROUGHS, Elizabeth wife of Arthur ALBURTUS deceased, and Martha wife of Thos TAYLOR deceased sell land they inherited from their father James WAY to their brother John WAY.

In 1698, Jeremiah BURROUGHS paid 10s to have his sons John and Joseph schooled. They would likely be between 8 and 16 years of age for this to happen, and they are sons by his first wife Hannah Ray, born before his marriage to Martha Reeder.

Jeremiah Burroughs died in 1698 in Newtown, Queens Co, NY, (he drowned swimming after a canoe). His brother, Joseph Burroughs was granted administration of the estate of Jeremiah Burrough's estate on 25 May 1698 in Newtown. ^[5]

Jeremiah's son, Jeremiah Burroughs II, was an early settler of Hunterdon,New Jersey Colony.^[6]

Research Notes

Land was laid out at Newtown by a juniper swamp for Jeremia Burroughs on 2 September 1674.^[7]

In a tax list from September 1675, Jeremi^h Burrouges appears on the 11th line, shown with a single male, land and meadow valued at 6, with 2 horses, 2 oxen, 3 cows, 1 two-year-old, 2 year-olds, and 1 pig.^[8]

Sources

1. ↑ Minutes of the Town Courts of Newtown, 1656-1690: Page 96
2. ↑ Town Minutes of Newtown, 1656-1688: Vol.1, Page 3
3. ↑ Pg. 1679. Jordan, John W. Colonial Families of Philadelphia. New York, New York: Lewis Pub. Co, 1911. Print.
4. ↑ O'Callaghan: Part 2, Page 191
5. ↑ James Riker.The Annals of Newtown, in Queens County, New York.
6. ↑ Descendants of John Burrough. A Family genealogy with complete sources.
7. ↑ Town Minutes of Newtown, 1656-1688: Vol.1, Page 103
8. ↑ O'Callaghan: Vol. 2, Page 464

• Riker, James. Annals of Newtown, Queens, New York

• Minutes of the Town Courts of Newtown, 1656-1690, (NYC, N.Y.: WPA Historical Records Survey, New York City, August 1940).

• Town Minutes of Newtown, 1656-1688, Volume 1, (NYC, N.Y.: WPA Historical Records Survey, New York City, June 1940).

• O'Callaghan, Edmund. Calendar of Historical Manuscripts in the Office of the Secretary of State, Albany, N.Y. (Weed, Parsons and Company, Printers, Albany, 1865)

• "Descendants of John Burroughs" citing original sources [1]

• O'Callaghan, Edmund. The Documentary History of the State of New-York (Charles Van Benthuysen, Public Printer, 1849-)