Benjamin Burt (1680 - 1759)

Born 17 Nov 1680 in Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Sarah (Belden) Burt — married 2 Oct 1702 in Deerfield, Franklin, Massachusetts

Descendants

Died 20 May 1759 at age 78 in Ridgefield, Fairfield, Connecticut Colony

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Biography

Birth

Benjamin Burt was the twelfth child of thirteen born to David Burt and Mary Holten; he was born at Northampton, Mass., on November 17, 1680.

Siblings

All children born in Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts.

1. David Burt, 1st of this name in the family, born 30 July 1656. He was run over by his father's cart and killed on 30 August 1660 in Northampton.
2. Jonathan Burt born 1 May 1658. He died on 15 April 1662.
3. Henry Burt born 20 August 1660. He married 1) Elizabeth Alvord on 12 December 1684 and 2) Hannah Denslow on 9 December 1687 and 3) Mary Unknown in 1690. He died on 26 September 1735 in Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts.
4. Mary Burt, first of this name in the family, born 18 March 1663. She died on 3 November 1666 in Northampton.
5. Sarah Burt born 2 May 1665. She married Robert Porter on 21 May 1688 in Northampton, Massachusetts. Sarah died on 14 May 1689 in Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts.
6. Hannah Burt born 2 September 1667. She died 3 May 1689, unmarried.
7. David Burt Jr. born 25 August 1669. He was captured by Indians on 8 February 1690. Death date and place unknown.
8. Jonathan Burt born 5 September 1671. He married Mindwell Taylor on 2 June 1696. He died on 15 October 1745 in the paternal homestead at Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts.
9. Joseph Burt born 26 September 1673. He married Sarah Cowles on 16 April 1702. Joseph died on 13 January 1759 in Northfield, Franklin, Massachusetts.
10. Mary Burt born before her baptism date of 3 May 1676. She married 1) Dr. Thomas Hastings on 14 February 1706 and 2) Samuel Belden on 7 May 1713.
11. Ruth Burt born April 1677. She married Nehemiah Allen on 16 December 1710. Ruth died in March 1746.
12. John Burt born 29 April 1682. He died while on a war party with Capt. Benjamin Wright in May 1709.

Residence

Benjamin moved in 1701 to the much troubled Deerfield, Franklin, Massachusetts. It was an outpost settlement of Massachusetts that the Indian raids repeatedly attacked. On 29 February 1704, he and his wife Sarah were captured by the Indians and, in 1706, both were ransomed.^[1]

Marriage

Here, in Deerfield, Franklin, Massachusetts, on October 9, 1702, he married Sarah (1681-1749), daughter of Daniel Belden, who had greatly suffered in his family by Indian outrages.^[2]

Children of the Burt-Belden Marriage

1. Christopher Burt about 1704.
2. Seaborn Burt born 4 July 1706 in Ridgefield, Fairfield, Connecticut. Death unknown.
3. Benjamin Burt Jr. born 5 February 1707 in Fairfield County, Connecticut. He died in 1796.
4. John Burt born 9 November 1711. He died on 14 September 1794 in Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, USA.
5. Abigail Burt born in 1712 Ridgefield, Fairfield, Connecticut. She married Capt. James Wallace (1713-1782) on 12 February 1735 in North Salem, New York. Abigail died on 12 July 1797 in North Salem, Westchester, New York, USA.
6. Sarah Burt
7. Daniel Burt born 8 July 1716 in Ridgefield, Fairfield, Connecticut. He married Hannah Benedict (1716-1810). Daniel died on 18 March 1805 in Warwick, Orange, New York, USA.
8. Thankful Burt, first of this name.
9. Thankful Burt, second of this name, born 7 October 1721 in Connecticut. She married Daniel Whitney (1720-1810).
10. Mary Burt

Occupation

He was a blacksmith.

Death

Mr. Burt died at Ridgefield, Fairfield, Connecticut on May 20, 1759, leaving five sons and three daughters. One of the former, Daniel, who made a permanent settlement at Warwick, N. Y. the next year (1760), was the founder of the large family of Burts at that place." ^[3]

Buried at Titicus Cemetery, Ridgefield, Fairfield, Connecticut.

Find A Grave Memorial # 9080232^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ http://www.vosoriginesyourroots.org/t20408-descendants-des-captifs-de-deerfield-suite-du-29-fevrier-1704
2. ↑ It could be 19 October or the banns could have been on 9 October and the marriage on the 19th.
3. ↑ Burt, Henry Martyn & Burt, Silas Wright. Early Days in New England: Life and Times of Henry Burt of Springfield (C. W. Bryan Company, printers, 1893)
4. ↑ His plot is in the Old Settlers part of the cemetery off Main Street on Route 116.

• Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Vital and Town Records. Provo, UT: Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook). Birth of Benjamin.
• "Connecticut Deaths and Burials, 1772–1934." Index. FamilySearch, Salt Lake City, Utah, 2009, 2010. Index entries derived from digital copies of original and compiled records.
• Massachusetts Marriages. Marriage of Benjamin and Sarah Belden.
• The Charles R. Hale Collection. Hale Collection of Connecticut Cemetery Inscriptions. Hartford, Connecticut: Connecticut State Library.
• US Find A Grave.

Acknowledgements

1. Richard Stewart created Burt-1437 on 5 January 2014.
2. Darlene Scott Kerr added more bio and sources on 1 February 2016.