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Samuel Burroughs Jr. (1804 - 1866)

Samuel Burroughs Jr.
Born in Alstead, Cheshire, New Hampshire, United Statesmap
Ancestors ancestors
Son of and
Brother of , , , , and
Husband of — married before 13 Apr 1836 in Cheshire County, New Hampshire, United Statesmap [uncertain]
Husband of — married about 11 Nov 1843 in Bellows Falls, Rockingham, Windham County, Vermont, United Statesmap
Descendants descendants
Father of , , , , , , , , , and
Died at about age 62 in Alstead, Cheshire, New Hampshire, United Statesmap
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Contents

Biography

Birth

Marriages

Marriage to Susan J. Holt

Samuel Burroughs Jr. married Susan (or Susannah) J. Holt. The 1881 Bliss genealogy says that Mary P. Burroughs, who was born at Alstead, New Hampshire, on 13 Apr 1836, and who married Dr. Frederick Bliss was the daoughter of Samuel and Susan (Holt) Burroughs of Alstead.[1]
Susan (Holt) Burroughs died in 1843.[2]

Marriage to Sarah Ellis

Samuel Burroughs Jr. married Sarah Ellis, at Bellows Falls, Vemont, on 11 Nov 1843.[3] Their first child, Samuel Ellis Burroughs, was born on 19 Oct 1844.[4]
In 1850, Samuel Burroughs Jr., 46, farmer, born in New Hampshire, was living at Alstead, New Hampshire, with Sarah H. Burroughs, 26, born in Maine, and Mary Burroughs, 14, Amanda Burroughs, 12, Susan Burroughs, 7, Samuel E. Burroughs, 5, Edward S. Burroughs, 3, and Stephen Burroughs, 1, all born in New Hampshire, and Patrick McMurphy, 26, laborer, born in Ireland.[5]
In 1860, Samuel Burroughs, 55, farmer, and Sarah Burroughs, 33, were living at Alstead with Susan Burroughs, 17, Walter Burroughs, 11, Flora Burroughs, 8, Harriet Burroughs, 5, and Nellie Burroughs, 3.[6]

Children

Samuel Burroughs Jr. was the father of 11 known children, all born at Alstead, New Hampshire. Some of the birth dates shown below are uncertain; see the children's profiles for sources.

Children with Susan (Holt) Burroughs

  1. Mary Permela Burroughs, born on 13 Apr 1836
  2. Caroline Amanda Burroughs, born on 6 Mar 1838
  3. Susan A. Burroughs, born about 1843

Children with Sarah (Ellis) Burroughs

  1. Samuel Ellis Burroughs, born on 19 Oct 1844
  2. Edward Stacy Burroughs, born on 13 Sep 1846
  3. Stephen Walter Burroughs, born on 18 Jun 1849
  4. Harriet "Hattie" L. Burroughs, probably born on 9 Feb Feb 1851, died before 1857, probably on 8 Nov 1855
  5. Flora R. Burroughs, born on 28 Nov 1853
  6. Harriet "Hattie" L. Burroughs, born on 8 Nov 1857
  7. Nellie E. Burroughs, born on 23 Jan 1860
  8. William P. Burroughs, born on 8 Jun 1862

Will

Samuel Burroughs of Alstead, New Hampshire, made his will on 5 Mar 1862. He names his wife, Sarah H. Burroughs; his brother, Sylvester Burroughs; his daughters Mary P. Bliss, Caroline A. Mack, and Susan A. Wood; his sons Samuel E. Burroughs, Edward S. Burroughs, and Stephen W. Burroughs; his daughters Flora R. Burroughs, Harriet L. Burroughs, and Nellie R. Burroughs; and his son, William E. Burroughs.[7]

Death

The gravestone of Samuel Burroughs Jr. at the Maple Side Cemetery in Alstead, New Hampshire, is inscribed with the dates 1803-1866.[4]

Sources

  1. ↑ John Homer Bliss, Genealogy of the Bliss family in America from about the year 1550 to 1880 (Boston, Mass., 1881), page 293
  2. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #21821507 for Susannah J. Burroughs, with photo of gravestone of Burroughs family gravestone
  3. ↑ James Monroe Crafts and William Francis Crafts, The Crafts family : a genealogical and biographical history of the descendants of Griffin and Alice Craft, of Roxbury, Mass.,1630-1890 (Northampton, Mass., 1893), page 376
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Death certificate of Dr. Samuel Ellis Burroughs, on Find A Grave: Memorial #218959582 for Dr. Samuel Ellis Burroughs
  5. ↑ Samuel Burroughs Jr. family, in United States Census, 1850, database with images, FamilySearch > New Hampshire > Cheshire > Alstead > image 13 of 34; citing NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
  6. ↑ Samuel Burroughs family, in United States Census, 1860, database with images, FamilySearch > New Hampshire > Cheshire > Alstead > household 15 > family 14 > image 3 of 33; citing NARA microfilm publication M653 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
  7. ↑ Transcription of the will of Samuel Burroughs, in New Hampshire, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1643-1982, Wills, 1799-1869 > pages 127-128 > images 395-396 of 591; Author: New Hampshire. Probate Court (Cheshire County), Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 8996 #714557, Samuel E Burroughs probate in 1848-1869.




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