Jehu Burr

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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.
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1. JEHU1 BURR I died Bef. 1650 in Roxbury, Massachusetts. He married UNKNOWN CABLE ?.
Immigration: 1630, On Winthrop Fleet
Settled: 1630, Roxbury, Massachusetts
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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.
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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]

1. Nathanial Burr was born in 1640 in Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts; died on 22 Feb 1712 in Fairfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut.
2. John Burr was born in 1633 in England; died in 1694.
3. Daniel Burr
4. Jehu Burr was born about 1625 in Lavenham, Suffolk County, England; died on 31 Oct 1692 in Fairfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut.
5. Ann Burr was born in 1631; and died.

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