Martha (Burr) Redfield (abt. 1744)

Born about 24 Feb 1744 in Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut

Ancestors

Wife of Ebenezer Redfield — married 26 Mar 1767 in Connecticut

Descendants

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Biography

Martha was the daughter of Nathaniel & Martha (Silliman) Burr

She married Ebenezer Redfield, son of James & Sarah (Thorp) Redfield, on 26 Mary 1767 in CT - their children were Aaron, Burr, Elizabeth & Sarah

Research Needed

{Perhaps another Martha Burr married Ebenezer Redfield} Martha Burr's will is dated 13 August 1806 and proved on 24 November 1806 in Fairfield. She mentions her brother Nathan Burr, her niece Martha Seeley (daughter of her sister Mary Hubbell), the wife of David Seeley, her nephew Hezekiah Burr.^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ “Probate Records, v. 28-29, 1798-1829”, database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G92K-TLBX  : 15 August 2022), FHL microfilm 007627297, image 403-404, Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, Vol 29, 1803-1818, Pages 201-202.

• Jacobus, Donald Lines. History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield (Genealogical Publishing Company, 1930) Vol. 2, Page 783.
• 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. page 142 (#123)
• 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. page 150 (#189)