Hannah (Gardiner) Burlingame (abt. 1680 - 1756)

Born about 1680 in Providence, Providence, Rhode Island

Ancestors

Wife of Josiah Westcott — married 18 Jan 1701 in Providence, Rhode Island

Wife of Thomas Burlingame — married 29 Aug 1726 in Providence, Providence, Rhode Island

Descendants

Died Apr 1756 at about age 76 in Providence, Rhode Island

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Biography

Hannah (Gardiner) Burlingame aka Westcott was born in about 1680 in Kingstown, Rhode Island and died in April 1756 at about age 76. She married (1) Josiah Westcott on 9 January 1701 in Providence, Rhode Island b Dec 2, 1675 Warwick, Rhode Island d Nov 11, 1721 in Providence, Rhode Island 33 at age 45. (2) Thomas Burlingham / Burlingame III on 29 August 1726 in Providence, Kent Co., RI, b 6 Feb 1667 Mashantatack, Cranston, Providence Co, d 9 July 1758 in Warwick, Kent Co., RI. (He was also married to Martha Lippitt). ^[1]

Children by Josiah Westcott:

1. Nicholas Westcott 33 was born on August 27, 1702 in Providence, Rhode Island.
2. Hannah Westcott 33 was born on August 11, 1704 in Rhode Island.
3. Tabitha Westcott 33 was born on December 7, 1706 in Cranston, Rhode Island.
4. Josiah Westcott Jr. 33 was born on March 6, 1709 in Cranston, Rhode Island 33 and died on February 25, 1791 in Cranston, Rhode Island 33 at age 81.
5. Nathan Westcott 33 was born on March 23, 1711 in Cranston, Rhode Island.
6. Damaris Westcott 33 was born on June 12, 1713 in Warwick, Rhode Island 33 and died on May 9, 1798 33 at age 84.
7. Caleb Westcott 81 was born on December 6, 1716 in Providence, Rhode Island.
8. Hannah Westcott 33 was born on October 10, 1718 33 and died in September 1728 33 at age 9.
9. Oliver Westcott 33 was born on September 5, 1720 in Cranston, Rhode Island.

Hannah next married Thomas Burlingame,9 son of Roger Burlingame and Mary. Thomas was born on February 6, 1667 and died on July 9, 1758 at age 91. ^[2] Her Death: APRIL 1756.

Notes on 2nd husband

Thomas Burlingham/Burlingame : 1 Sep 1687 - Taxed 2 Shillings 6 Dec 1698 - The Council of War upheld Thomas Burlingame for taking four guns from Joseph Williams, John Sayles, and George Potter, they being Indians. They were fined 5 shillings for each gun, 3 shillings to go to Thomas Burlingame and 2 shillings to go to the Council of War and the guns to be returned to their rightful owners. Providence Town Paper #17458 - "You, Thomas Burlingame, are in her Majestie's name, Queen Anne of England, etc., to Require you to take conduct of 5 men besides yourself and with them to go forth upon a scouting order to Range our coast and see if you can make discovery of the approach of our enemies, the French and Indians. And in case you do discover any of the above named enemies and you shall judge yourself able to take or Expel them, then you are to do your best endeavor for the same; and if you shall Judge them to be to strong for you, then you are forwith to alarm our town or the most convenient inhabitants thereof in order that the town may be forwith alarmed. You are to visit Woodstock and Oxford and to set forward upon your March on Wednesday next and to continue upon said service for 7 days." And then follows: "Thomas Burlingame went forth upon the scout upon the 20th of June and came home on the 27th of June." The records show that he made 5 such scouting trips. The above orders were written by Thomas Fenner and were not dated, but said Fenner paid Thomas Burlingame 12 shillings for a deer skin on the last trip, dated Sept 13, and another entry reads: "received of Thomas Burlingame, one deer skin weighing five and a half pounds" and this is dated 1703. Thomas was chosen surveyor of the highway from 1718-1720 and again Sergeant Thomas Burlingame was chosen to care for the highway in 1723. He deeded at sundry times land to his sons, Thomas Jr., Samuel, Peter, Joshua and Stephen. 23 Aug 1726 - Gave bond for his wife's estate from her former husband's estate. 5 Jun 1756 (Will) - Proved 7 Oct 1758. Executors: Sons, Thomas and Peter. To wife Hannah, 6 pounds per year for life; to sons Thomas and Moses, 5 shillings each; to sons Peter and Joshua, 5 shillings each; to grandson Samuel Burlingame, 5 shillings; to daughters Margaret Remington, Sarah Briggs, Freelove Gorton, Alice Westcott and Patience Burlingame, 5 shillings each; to grandson John Warner, 5 shillings; to son Stephen Burlingame, what is left of the estate. The inventory of his estate included two beds, a warming pad, a gun, pewter, a cooper's adz, a cow, a table, chairs, a couch, money, scales, a hatchet, and steelyards (a kind of scale). (Clarence Burlingame)

Sources

1. ↑ Victoria Taylor-True, Gardner Family Archive Publication: https://web.archive.org/web/20090205015529/http://kyusa.addr.com/GardnerFamily/ Note: ("The Gardiners of Narragansett," by Robinson, pp. 3, 206-20B; Austin, pp. 82, 318.)
2. ↑ 33 Edna Jay Lewis, The Westcott Family Tree-Westcott Descendants from Stukely and Juliana (1990, Sharp Offset Printing, Inc., Rutland, Vermont), p. 8.

Other Sources

• Find A Grave https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/134352460/hannah-westcott updated 25 August 2021.
• 1860 US Federal Census Title: 1860 U.S. census, Digital images Publication: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.
• Timothy Nathan Tefft Title: Descendants of John Tefft Abbreviation: Descendants of John Tefft Publication: http://hometown.aol.com/kath36110/Tefft.html : 28. Hannah Gardiner 9 (Tabitha Tefft5, John1) was born about 1680 in Kingstown, Rhode Island 33 and died in April 1756 about age 76.

Acknowledgements

• WikiTree profile Gardiner-427 created through the import of 25a.GED on Jan 8, 2012 by Michael Lechner. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Michael and others.