Born
26 May 1736 in
Fairfield, Connecticut
Ancestors
Brother of
Ann (Burr) Sturges ,
David Burr ,
Andrew Burr ,
Elizabeth (Burr) Osborn ,
Lucretia Burr ,
Mary (Burr) Bradley ,
John Burr ,
Susannah Burr ,
Josiah Burr ,
Walter Burr ,
Sarah Burr ,
Oliver Burr and
Jerusha (Burr) Porter [half]
Descendants
Died 1813
at about age 76
[location unknown]
Profile last modified 10 Aug 2022
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Biography
He lived at Greenfield Hill, was Justice of the Peace and Deputy for Fairfield at several sessions of the legislature.
At the time of the burning of Fairfield, his house on Greenfield Hill was entered and plundered by the British soldiers.
Probate
His will is dated 9 March 1812 and proved on 26 July 1813 in Fairfield. He left everything to his wife Mabel.[1]
Sources
↑ “Probate Records, v. 28-29, 1798-1829”, database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G92K-TG7S : 10 August 2022), FHL microfilm 007627297, image 301-302, Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, Vol 29, 1803-1818, Pages 3-4.
Talcott, Mary Kingsbury. Records of The Greenfield Hill Church, Fairfield, Conn. , NEHGR (NEHGS, Boston, 1916) Vol. 70, Page 34
Todd, Charles Burr, (1902). A General History of the Burr Family in America with a Genealogical Record from 1193 to 1902. 4th ed. The Knickerbocker Press, New York. pages 146, 159 (#151)
Wakeman, Robert Peel. Wakeman Genealogy, 1630-1899 (Journal Publishing Co., Meriden, Conn., 1900) Page 174
Jacobus, Donald Lines. History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield (Genealogical Publishing Company, 1930)
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