Abigail Burr

Abigail married John Wheeler on 22 Mar 1692 in Fairfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut. John (son of John Wheeler and Judith Turney) was born about 1664 in Fairfield County, Connecticut; died on 19 Mar 1754 in Fairfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Elizabeth Wheeler was born on 02 Apr 1704 in Fairfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut; died on 08 Feb 1786 in Fairfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut.
2. Judith Ann Wheeler was born on 16 Jan 1706 in Fairfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut; and died.
3. John Wheeler was born on 20 Jun 1694 in Fairfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut; and died.
4. Sarah Wheeler was born on 11 Feb 1697 in Fairfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut; and died.
5. Abigail Wheeler was born on 16 Aug 1698 in Fairfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut; and died.
6. Mary Wheeler was born on 04 Nov 1701 in Fairfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut; died on 11 Dec 1713 in Fairfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut.

Other Events:

• Freeman: 1664
• Will: 22 Nov 1711

Notes:

Nathaniel Burr s of Jehue 1 was made a freeman in 1664 & first m Sarah d of Andrew Ward by whom he had Sarah & Nathaniel He pur 12 Feb 1659 the home lot house &c on the Ludlow Square of Richard Lyon bounded ne by his brother Daniel Burr who on the 15 March i668 pur Andrew Ward's house & home lot bounded ne by Major Nathan Gold s homestead This place on the Ludlow Square remained in the Burr family until after the Revolution His second wife was Ann d of Dr James Laborie He died 22 Feb 1712 His will is dated 22 Nov 171 1 in which he mentions wife Ann ss John & Daniel ds Abigail wife of John Wheeler m 22 March 1693 Esther w of John Sloss a merchant Ann w of Gideon Allen m 20 Jan 1696 Rebecca w of Capt Samuel Sherwood m 30 Nov 1704 d Mary w of Dr James Laborie & the four grandchildren of his dec s Nathaniel His son Col John Burr settled in Pequannock & owned a farm on the turnpike nw of the New York Hartford & New Haven RR inclosing the grand old oak tree which is said to have been the council canopy of the English & Indians in the sale of Indian lands Alas this tree fell in a severe storm in 1884 all its boughs having died long before but each spring until it fell it put forth around its trunk twigs & green leaves

Birth:
1635

Died:
26 feb 1712

Nathanial married Sarah Ward in Jun 1659 in Fairfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut. Sarah (daughter of Andrew Ward and Hesther Sherman) was born in 1640 in Wethersfield, Hartford County, Connecticut; died in in Fairfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Jehu, a carpenter, came to Massachusetts Bay in 1630 on a ship in Winthrop's fleet. Before some five generations in England, the Burr's had origins in Ireland. In America, Jehu and his family moved from Roxbury inland to Agawam (later Springfield) and then to Unuowa (later Fairfield) in Connecticut.
- http://www.thehermitage.org/prevost_extra.html

1. JEHU1 BURR I died Bef. 1650 in Roxbury, Massachusetts. He married UNKNOWN CABLE ?.
Immigration: 1630, On Winthrop Fleet
Settled: 1630, Roxbury, Massachusetts
- http://www.annebabin.com/JehuBurrI.htm

Jehu Burr was born around 1600 in England. He emigrated in 1630 in the Winthrop Fleet. On his arrival in America he settled in Roxbury, Massachusetts where he was made a freeman on 18 May 1631. In 1633 he served on a committee with William Pynchon, the Colony Treasurer. In 1636 he went with Pynchon to Springfield. He was appointed Collector for the Connecticut Colony. He was Deputy for Springfield to the Connecticut Legislature in April 1638 and September 1641. Soon after 1641 he removed to Fairfield. He was a Deputy to the Connecticut Legislature for Fairfield in September 1645 and April 1646. He was a carpenter.

Jehu married Miss Cable and they had six children. All of these children married and had families. Among the descendants one finds many individuals who were leaders in military, political, and human affairs. Their monuments can be found in the Old Burying Ground of Fairfield and other cemeteries in surrounding towns.
- http://www.genealogycentral.net/index_files/Page440.html

Thomas Wheeler sr according to the Wheeler journal had joined the plantation in 1640 and was as has already been stated the first settler at Black Rock f Ephraim Wheeler Thomas Wheeler sr Thomas Wheeler jr William Odell John Evarts Joseph Middlebrook James Bennet Peter Johnson and Benjamin Turney afterwards settled at Pequonnock There is ground for believing that some of this company first settled at Black rock and very soon after went to Pequonnock The others remained at Fairfield Several joined the settlement this year from other towns among whom were William Hill sr his son William Hill jr Richard Westcoat John Green Charles Taintor Samuel Gregory James Beers´bª Jehu and John Burr with their kinsman John Cable´/bª Besides these there are others of which mention will be made hereafter The Rev John Jones was granted about seven acres of land in the rear of the Meetinghouse green six acres of which was afterwards called his orchard His dwelling house which probably had been built before his coming stood back of Edward's pond with mere stones between it and the green running from the north west corner of his land´bª straight to Jehu Burr's home lot´/bª Thomas and Daniel Bulkley were granted home lots in the Newton square on the north east side of the green adjoining the parsonage land
The history of Fairfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut, from the ..., Volume 1

Ancient Society An important step toward the maintainance of ministers and poor young men at Harvard College was at this time taken by the commissioners of the united colonies It was proposed that every person of intelligence and means in all the plantations in the New England colony should voluntarily agree to give annually a certain fixed sum for these purposes This order was confirmed by the General Court of Connecticut on the 25th of Octobe´bªr Mr Jehu Burr´/bª and Ephraim Wheeler were appointed to this trust for Fairfield by herdsmen
The history of Fairfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut, from the ..., Volume 1

of their sincerity to this treaty Again joy reigned in the homes of the English and on the day the troops were disbanded a general thanksgiving was celebrated by all the towns in the colonies The names´bª of Jehu Burr a´/bªnd Thomas Sherwood appear on the list of deputies from Fairfield sent to attend the meeting of the General Court on the nth of September at which time Ludlow accompanied them as one of the magistrates of the court

sale to the soldiers engaged in the undertaking In December a tax of four hundred pounds was laid upon all the plantations of Connecticut towards paying the expenses of the late expedition against the Narragansetts out of which Stratford and Fairfield were taxed to the amount of forty five pounds This year Ludlow was again elected one of the assistant judges of the General Court an´bªd Jehu Burr a´/bªnd Anthony Wilson were chosen deputies from Fairfield An important act was passed on the 1 ith of April in regard to juries viz that whatever alterations

Perry's home lot granted by the town to William Hill sr February 13 1670´bª Jehu Burr jr´/bª s land is not recorded until 1670 After his father's death he purchased of his brother John Burr the home lot on the west next to Obediah Gilbert's and John Burr purchased the Pinkney lot

Birth:
1600

Jehu married Elizabeth Cable in 1630 in Fairfield, Connecticut Colony. Elizabeth (daughter of . Cable) was born in 1600 in Suffolk, England; died in in Fairfield County, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Springfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts

Andrew married Hesther Sherman. Hesther (daughter of J. Sherman and G. McKim) was born on 01 Apr 1606 in Dedham, Essex, England; died on 28 Feb 1665 in Fairfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Name: Hester Sherman

Notes:

Died:
28 FEB 1665/66

J. married E. Stedman. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

R. married A. Guiville. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

J. married G. McKim. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]