Lieut
John
Burrill
Sr
Born before in Boston, Lincolnshire, England
[uncertain]
Ancestors [uncertain]
Son of George (Burrell) Burrill
and Mary (Cooper) Burrill
Husband of
Lois (Ivory) Burrill
— married
10 May 1656 in Lynn, Essex County, Massachusetts
Descendants 
Father of
John Burrill Esq, Sarah (Burrill) Pickering, Thomas Burrill, Anna Burrill, Abraham Burrill, Theophilus Burrill, Lois Burrill, Samuel Burrill, Mary Burrill, Ebenezer Burrill Sr and Ruth (Burrill) Potter
Died
after age 70
in Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Profile last modified
| Created 5 May 2016
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Biography
John Burrill Sr immigrated to New England as a child during the Puritan Great Migration (1621-1640).
John Burrill was baptized on August 16, 1632 in Boston, Lincolnshire, England. His parents were George Burrill and Mary Cooper.[1] He married Lois Ivory on May 10, 1656. Together they had 10 children:
- John 1658-d ?
- Sarah 1661-1714 m John Pickering 1658-1722
- Capt John Jr. 1663-1721 m Mary Stowers 1654-1736
- Thomas 1663-
- Anna 1666-1694
- Col Theophilus 1669-1737 m 1694 Lydia Gathercolef 1666-1726 (no children) m 1727 Hannah Charnock 1671- (no children)
- Lois 1671-1714
- Samuel 1674-1713 m Margaret Ruck 1671-1769
- Mary 1676-1694
- Hon Ebenezer 1679-1761 m Martha Farrington 1679-1760
- Ruth 1682-1771 m Capt Benjamin Potter 1680-1745
He died on April 24, 1703 in Lynn.
Research Notes
Find a Grave site gives Massachusetts as birthplace.
Sources
- ↑ George Walter Chamberlain, M.S., "The England Home and Family Connections of George Burrill of Lynn, Mass.", The New England Historical & Genealogical Register (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1926), vol. 83, pp. 117-121.
- Ellen Mudge Burrill, The Burrill Family of Lynn, (Lynn: Frank S. Whitten, Printer, 1907), pp. 7-12
- John A. Schultz, comp., Legislators of the Massachusetts General Court, 1691-1780, (Boston: Northeastern University Press, 1997), p. 181 (birth, marriage, death)
- Torrey's New England Marriages Prior to 1700, image from Ancestry.com
- Vital Records of Lynn Massachusetts to the end of the year 1849, two volumes, (Salem: The Essex Institute, 1905) vol. 2, p. 447 (death and cemetery)
- Massachusetts Wills and Probate Records, 1635-1991, Will, April 13, 1703, image from Ancestry.com
- Massachusetts Wills and Probate Records, 1635-1991, images from Ancestry.com
- Find A Grave, Memorial #40481067
- Ellery, Harrison. The Pickering Genealogy, Being an Account of the First Three Generations of the Pickering Family of Salem, Mass. (University Press, J. Wilson and Son, Cambridge, 1897) Vol 1, Pg 43. Internet Archive.
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