Samuel Burgess (1703 - 1753)

Born 3 Feb 1703 in Yarmouth, Barnstable, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth Burgess — married about 10 Nov 1726 in Yarmouth, Barnstable, Province of Massachusetts Bay [uncertain]

Husband of Mary (Taylor) Burgess — married May 1733 in Yarmouth, Barnstable County, Province of Mass. Bay

Descendants

Died 26 Sep 1753 at age 50 in Yarmouth, Barnstable, Province of Massachusetts Bay

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Biography

Samuel was born in 1703. He is the son of John Burgess and Sarah Nickerson. He died at Yarmouth 26 Sep 1753.^{[1] [2]}

He married, first, his first cousin, Elizabeth Burgess, daughter of Samuel & Elizabeth (____) Burgess, in Yarmouth on 10 Nov 1726.^[3][4]

Children of Samuel & Elizabeth:^[5]

1. Serviah, b. 30 Sep 1727, d. 29 Apr 1759,
2. Thaddeus, b. 19 Mar 1728/9, d. 1767, m. int. Martha Lewis 08 Sep 1750
3. Benjamin, b. 01 Nov 1732, d. 1806 at Vassalboro, ME, m. 22 Apr 1755 Rebecca Parker

Samuel married, secondly, in May 1733 at Yarmouth, Mary Taylor, probable daughter of Jacob & Rebecca (_____) Taylor, who was born 03 July 1701.^[6]

Child of Samuel & Mary:

1. Jonathan, b. 31 Jan 1734.5, m. 11 Feb 1762 Deborah Rogers

"Samll Burg died September the 26th 1753" in Yarmouth.^[7]

Samuel Burgess of Yarmouth left a will dated on 08 August 1753 in which he named his wife Mary Burgis, daughter Zerviah Burgis, grandchild Timothy Burgis, sons Thaddeus, Benjamin and Jonathan Burgis. His will was presented on 02 October 1753 and approved.^[8]

Sources

1. ↑ Robert M. Sherman and Ruth Wilder Sherman, compilers, Vital Records of Yarmouth, MA to the year 1850 (Camden, ME: Picton Press, 1975, second printing 1993), Vol. 1, p. 165
2. ↑ Entered by Jillaine Smith, Dec 19, 2012
3. ↑ Robert M. Sherman and Ruth Wilder Sherman, compilers, Vital Records of Yarmouth, MA to the year 1850 (Camden, ME: Picton Press, 1975, second printing 1993), Vol. 1, p. 144
4. ↑ Katherine W. Hiam, Burgess Genealogy, Descendants of the Four Sons of Thomas and Dorothy (Waynes) Burgess (Boston, MA: NEHGS, 1997), p. 92. The author explains that she cannot absolutely prove Elizabeth is the daughter of Samuel, but the relationship is likely.
5. ↑ Katherine W. Hiam, Burgess Genealogy, Descendants of the Four Sons of Thomas and Dorothy (Waynes) Burgess (Boston, MA: NEHGS, 1997), p. 92
6. ↑ Katherine W. Hiam, Burgess Genealogy, Descendants of the Four Sons of Thomas and Dorothy (Waynes) Burgess (Boston, MA: NEHGS, 1997), p. 92. Again the author explains that she cannot absolutely prove that Mary is the daughter of Jacob & Rebecca, but the relationship is likely.
7. ↑ Robert M. Sherman and Ruth Wilder Sherman, compilers, Vital Records of Yarmouth, MA to the year 1850 (Camden, ME: Picton Press, 1975, second printing 1993), Vol. 1, p. 165
8. ↑ Barnstable County Probate Records Vol. 9:26-27