Benjamin Moody Burbank (1787 - 1876)

Born 29 Nov 1787 in Freeport, ME

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Biography

There is a lengthy description of Benjamin Moody in the 1928 Burbank Genealogy. Short summary:

He married Betsey S. Bray, daughter of Israel and Polly (Wellcome) Bray of Freeman, Maine. This family is also listed separately in the same 1928 Genealogy. He went by his middle name, Moody. The name Moody comes from William Moody of Newbury, MA who married his father's sister Abigail. Benjamin Moody was the oldest of his father's second family. He married at age 37 after his younger brothers and sisters could care for themselves. Appears he never attended school and could not read or write, although his siblings were well educated. He served in the war of 1812. After his marriage, he lived on a farm near the Bray place in Freeman, ME until 1850 when he bought a farm in Phillips, ME. Among his descendants were several superior scholars. He had seven children:

1. Lydia C. b. Feb. 21, 1825; d. Aug. 17, 1852. Married Nov. 2, 1843, Alvin H. Pullen of Kingfield ME. Died at age 27. Had four children.
2. Phebe B. b. March 1, 1827; d. Oct. 10, 1855. Died at age 28. She was a scholar, poet, writer, debater, and teacher.
3. Benjamin Bray. b. March 30, 1829.
4. Abigail B. b. May 11, 1831; d. Sept. 19, 1850 at age 19
5. Israel Bray. b. Nov. 5, 1833
6. Mary Jane. b. Oct. 30, 1836. d. Jan. 20, 1908. Married March 29, 1871 Daniel Sedgley.
7. Henry. b. 1841; d. 1883. Unmarried

Sources

GENERAL:

• Burbank Sedgley, George. Genealogy of the Burbank Family and the Families of Bray, Wellcome, Sedgley (Sedgeley), and Welch. Farmington, ME: The Knowlton & McLeary Company, 1928. Page 129 Entry 142. Benjamin Moody (6) Burbank.

BIRTH:

• "Maine, Church Records, 1734-1907," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSSP-S97D-S?cc=2787824 : 3 October 2019), > image 1 of 1; Daughters of the American Revolution, Washington D.C.

CENSUS:

• 1850 (with spouse and children in Freeman, ME). "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-DZKQ-5CC?cc=1401638&wc=95R8-J4H%3A1031308201%2C1031447601%2C1031858901 : 9 April 2016), Maine > Franklin > Freeman > image 3 of 19; citing NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

GRAVE:

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 07 December 2020), memorial page for Benjamin Moody Burbank (unknown–12 Feb 1876), Find a Grave Memorial no. 49962966, citing Freeman Ridge Cemetery, Kingfield, Franklin County, Maine, USA ; Maintained by Angiul (contributor 46797866) .