Priscilla (Major) Burbank (1704 - 1735)

Born 8 Nov 1704 in Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts

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Died 2 Nov 1735 at age 30 in Arundel or Kennebunk Port, York, Maine

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Biography

Priscilla was born in 1704. She passed away in 1735. ^[1]

Married John Burbank. Children:

1. Benjamin. b. about 1725
2. Hannah. m., first, Mathew Lessel; m., second, Gideon Walker (he may be the one mentioned in her father's deed as the "tanner of Arundel.")
3. Asa. b. about 1730
4. Priscilla. m. Charles Huff; lived in Kennebunkport, ME; had a family. Mr. Huff's great-grandfather, Atherton Huff, was mayor of Boston, England, in 1628). The name of only one of their children is found:
   1. Sarah Huff; m. her cousin, Samuel Fairfield.
5. Mary. m., Oct 17 1751, John Fairfield, gentleman, of Arundel (Kennebunkport), ME. Lived in Kennebunk, ME. Children:
   1. Samuel Fairfield. b. Nov. 24, 1752; d. 1828; m. his cousin, Sarah Huff; lived in Kennebunk, ME; had children
   2. William Fairfield. b. June 26, 1754; d. March 16, 1827. He was a sea captain; lived in Kennebunk, ME; had 16 children
   3. Sarah Fairfield. m., Dec 2, 1779, Israel Whitten, a brother of widow Ann (Whitten) English who married John Burbank, an uncle to Sarah.
   4. John Fairfield, b. Jan 3, 1759; d. 1834; m. Hannah Burnham.
   5. Stephen Fairfield. b. Nov. 24, 1762; d. at sea
   6. Mary Fairfield. b. June 28, 1765; d. Sept 2, 1827; m. Oct 22, 1784, Robert Towne.
   7. Benjamin Fairfield. b. Jan 18, 1768; d. at sea
   8. Asa Fairfield. b. March 10, 1771; d at sea
   9. Elizabeth Fairfield. b. Sept 22, 1776; d July 22, 1798; m. Sept. 14, 1796, Alexander Gold
   10. Moses Fairfield. b. June 18, 1778; m. Betsey Stevens.

From 1928 Burbank Genealogy:

She was the first wife of Lieut. John Burbank (1699-1752). Priscilla was the daughter of Benjamin and Hannah (Bailey) Major, of Arundel. Bradbury states that Priscilla died Nov. 2, 1730, aged 31 years, which must be a mistake as to year or age, as Newbury, MA, vital records show she was born Nov. 8, 1704. The error appears to be in date of her death -- she would have been 31 in 1735. (The ancestry of her father, Benjamin Major, is unknown, but he may have been one of the two Benjamins shown by the Salem records, either the son of M___ Mazury, baptized Aug ??, 1676, or the son of Benjamin and Margaret (Row) Mazure, baptized July 6, 1679).

From Bradbury's history (see below):

Her father was a blacksmith, had a grant of land in 1719, "near the little river that runs into Kennebunk." He built a garrison at Cape Porpoise. He died July 11, 1747. His only son, Benjamin, died in 1725. His only daughter, Priscilla, married John Burbank.

Sources

1. ↑ Unsourced family tree handed down to John Martin.

GENERAL:

• Burbank Sedgley, George. Genealogy of the Burbank Family and the Families of Bray, Wellcome, Sedgley (Sedgeley), and Welch. Farmington, ME: The Knowlton & McLeary Company, 1928. Page 25. Entry 17. Lieut. John (4) Burbank. [1]
• Bradbury, Charles. History of Kennebunk Port, from its First Discovery by Bartholomew Gosnold, May 14, 1602 to AD 1837. Kennebunk: Durrell Publications, 1837. Page 230 and 261. [2]

GRAVE:

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 12 November 2020), memorial page for Priscilla Major Burbank (8 Nov 1704–7 Nov 1735), Find a Grave Memorial no. 56887421, citing Arundel Cemetery, Kennebunkport, York County, Maine, USA ; Maintained by Farmgirl (contributor 48511495) [3]