Eliphalet Burbank (1760 - 1816)

Born 22 Jun 1760 in Bradford, Essex County, Massachusetts

Ancestors

Husband of Susannah Foster (Barker) Burbank — married Jan 1781 in Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts, United States

Descendants

Died 4 Jul 1816 at age 56 in Gilead, Oxford, Maine, United States

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Biography

From the 1928 Burbank Genealogy:

Son of Abraham Burbank & Abigail Savory. Born in Bradford, MA, June 22, 1760; died July 4, 1816; Married 1781 at Bradford, Susannah Barker (she died July 24, 1847). He lived in Bradford until 1802 when he moved to Gilead, ME. He was the third generation to live in Bradford - his father (Abraham) and grandfather (Eleazer) having lived there. He had no brother, and only one sister.

Served in the Revolutionary War. Served in the company of Capt. John Peabody in Col. Ebenezer Francis Regt. 3 mos. from Aug. 1776. Enlisted spring or summer 1780 in Capt. Jonathan Ayer's Co, Col. Nathaniel Wade's Regt. 6 months.

The Burbank Genealogy notes that his neighbor, Joseph Larry (Lary) of Gilead testified that he knew them well. Little's Family History of Maine (see below) shows that Rowena Ingalls Burbank, the daughter of Eliphalet's son, James, married Joseph Lary's son, Jonas Lary.

Children:

1. Sarah. b. Jan 2, 1780
2. Abraham. b. Nov 12 1781
3. Jedediah. b. July 8, 1784
4. Abigail. b. Sep 8, 1786
5. Susanna. b. Dec 12, 1788; d. 1790
6. Eliphalet. b. Jan 16, 1791
7. John. b. Jan 27, 1793
8. Barker. b. Sep 8, 1795
9. James. b. Jan 13, 1798
10. Abigail. b. Feb 6, 1800; m. 1827, Eleazer Rowe, b. July 21, 1799, son of Ephraim Rowe and Martha Twitchell (The History of Bethel, p. 603-604, lists their children; see below).
11. Myra. b. Aug 18, 1803; m. Thomas Larry (Lary)
12. Elizabeth. b. Mar 18, 1806; m. Ephraim Rowe

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 79 Entry 69. Eliphalet (5) Burbank.
• Little, George Thomas (ed.). Genealogical and Family History of the State of Maine. Vol. IV. New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 2134.
• Lapham, William Berry. History of Bethel, formerly Sudbury, Canada, Oxford County, Maine, 1768-1890. Augusta, ME; Press of the Maine Farmer, 1891. Pages 497-498; 603-604.

MARRIAGE:

• "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G979-W7TB?cc=2061550&wc=Q4DH-MNT%3A353349401%2C353664501%2C1006149502 : 13 July 2016), Essex > County wide > County court births, marriages, deaths 1654-1795 > image 602 of 610; citing Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston.

VETERANS CEMETERY (INCLUDING WAR RECORD):

• "Maine, Veterans Cemetery Records, 1676-1918," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-91WF-WH1?cc=1985567&wc=M6G9-3MS%3A264117301%2C264117302 : 20 May 2014), Revolutionary War > A-Cushman, J > image 531 of 942; State Archives, Augusta.

GRAVE:

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 26 December 2020), memorial page for Capt Eliphalet Burbank (22 Jun 1760–4 Jul 1816), Find a Grave Memorial no. 117736620, citing Tallyrand G. Lary Cemetery, Gilead, Oxford County, Maine, USA ; Maintained by ABeaudoin (contributor 47135897) .