John Burroughs (abt. 1753 - 1823)

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Died 1 Jun 1823 at about age 70 in Upper Pittsgrove, Salem, NJ

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Biography

His death date is of record^[1][2] His birth year is calculated from death date and age at death.

His parents are identified through circumstantial evidence^[3] Benjamin Burroughs left a will in which son John is listed first and is bequeathed land adjoining that of his cousin David (son of Benjamin's brother Isaac). The land is described with some specificity, so it may be possible to confirm John's descent from Benjamin through a land record concerning this property.

John married first Leah DuBois , daughter of David DuBois and Elizabeth Newkirk, on April 1, 1781^[4][5]. He married second Leah's sister Rebecca on January 23, 1783. The marriage to record is of record from the death record of their daughter Mary (Van Meter)^[1], but no confirmation of this marriage date has been found.

John served in the Revolutionary War in Captain Jacob DuBois's company and also under Colonel Elias Dayton, 3rd New Jersey Regiment^[6].

Sources

Future researchers may try to find John mentioned in a will, or in a church record.

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} FamilySearch database: New Jersey Deaths, 1670-1980.
2. ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/11512237/john-burroughs
3. ↑ This identification was first provided by Steve Warling, who has done careful research of the Burroughs family from the first immigrant, John Burroughs of Newtown, down through numerous generations.
4. ↑ "New Jersey, Marriages, 1670-1980," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZJ2-FLC : 4 November 2017), John Burroughs and Lea Duboice, 01 Apr 1781; citing Swedesboro, Gloucester, New Jersey, United States, Division of Archives and Record Management, New Jersey Department of State, Trenton.; FHL microfilm 1,001,854.
5. ↑ It is reported that John and Leah had a son James Burroughs b. 1782 in Pittsgrove, Twp., NJ, but no record has yet been found of this birth
6. ↑ Steve Warling's site for Burroughs family history: [1]