Thomas Burgis (abt. 1680 - 1736)

Born about 1680 in Bradfield, Yorkshire, England

Husband of Mercy (Wright) Burgis — married before 19 Aug 1707 in Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut

Descendants

Died 23 Oct 1736 at about age 56 in Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut Colony

Biography

Footnote in DJB p 9: "Thomas Burgis, a shoemaker, native of Yorkshire, Eng., was pressed on board a British man-of-war, where he was detained several years. After some time the vessel was cruising in the neighborhood of New York, when Mr. Burgis escaped with one or two others and fled into the country. He was captured near Newtown, Conn., and received a grievous sabre cut on his face which left a scar ever after; subsequently he escaped again when in the neighborhood of Boston; coming along the shore he stopped at Guilford about 1707, m. Mercy Wright and d. there Oct. 23, 1736." History of Guilford, p. 135.

In RC p 2229: Abigail, mar Enos Bishop, both of Guilford, 15 Dec 1742, by Rev. Thomas Ruggles - Guilford VR

p 2234: Mercy, wid. of Thomas, d. 26 Jun 1747 - Guilford Deaths

p 2235: Thomas, son of Thomas & Mersy, b. 29 May 1709 - Guilford Births & Deaths

Thomas Sr., d. 23 Oct 1736 - Guilford VR & Guilford Deaths

m. Mersy/Mercy ____

Burial

Village Green Cemetery

Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

Sources

• The Ricker Compilation (RC)
• Descendants of John Bishop of Guilford, CT, by William Cone and George Root, published 1951 by John Guy Bishop, Nyack, NY, 277 pp. Referred to as DJB.
• Guilford Deaths, 1735-1783 (Connecticut State Library) Page 3
• Olding, Jr., Herbert H., Old Guilford Births and Deaths, Connecticut Nutmegger (Connecticut Society of Genealogists, Glastonbury, Connecticut, 1977) Vol. 10, Page 163
• Find A Grave: Memorial #167762758
• Smyth, Hon. Ralph D., Thomas Wright and Benjamin Wright of Guilford, Conn., and Some Descendants, The New England Historical & Genealogical Register (New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Mass., 1904) Vol. 58, Page 38.