Samuel Burr

Samuel married Dorothy Thompson on 16 Dec 1700. Dorothy (daughter of H. Thompson and E. Stedman) was born on 26 Oct 1671 in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts; died on 20 Feb 1702. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Sarah Burr was born on 17 Oct 1701 in Fairfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut; and died.

Samuel married Elizabeth Jenner on 19 Jun 1707. Elizabeth (daughter of T. Jenner and R. Trerice) was born on 11 Feb 1671; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Rebecca Burr was born on 14 Mar 1711 in Fairfield County, Connecticut; and died.
2. John Burr was born on 14 Apr 1708 in Fairfield County, Connecticut; and died.
3. Samuel Burr was born on 28 May 1709 in Fairfield County, Connecticut; and died.

Other Events:

• Freeman: Oct 1664, Connecticut
• Will: 19 Mar 1694

Notes:

John Bcrr s of Jehue I probably born in England was made a freeman of Conn Oct 1664 & became a prominent man & died in 1694 He lived on the sw side of the street opposite Henry Rowland's house f on the Frost Square His will is dated 19 March 1694 in which he mentions w Sarah d of his father in law Fitch but gives no clue to said Fitche's christian name or residence whom he left a suitable & honorable maintenance & the use of his silver bowl during her life or while she remained his widow To his son John Burr he left his house & bam formerly Stricklands & Pinckney's & 3 & J ijcres next adjoining near the Old field gate 10 acres in the home meadow swamp & reeds at the beach Paul's neck div front of Mill hill div lot near Applegate's 12 acres on Sascoe hill long lot after David had received So acres on the front of said long lot he allowing a suitable highway of 2 rods through said land & his Perpetual Common To s Samuel Burr the farm in the woods granted him by the General Court & 40 lor his education to be taken out of the whole estate for a college course of four years To s Jonathan a minor land in the new field meadow in Sascoe neck the middle div of land on Mill hill J of his long lot & 1 of his Perpetual Common To David a minor home lot pur of John Cable the swamp & rear div of land at Mill hill land in Sascoe field the remainder of his long lot 2nd div at Compo & of all commons To his ds Mary & Deborah minors 100 at the age of 18 or marrhge Mentions d Sarah having received her portion The date of his children's births were John b 2 May 1673 Sarah 25 July 1675 David Joseph b 21 June 1677 Samuel 2 April 1679 Jonathan Ebenezer 7 Feb 1681 Mary 19 Aug 1683 Deborah Sarah m 29 June 1692 Rev Charles Chauncey of Fairfield Village Samuel graduated at Harvard College in 1697 & was master of the Grammar School in Charlestown Mass about twelve years He died 7 Aug 1719 & his tomb stone is in the old Fairfield Burial Hill Cemetery

Birth:
England

roxbury, suffolk, mass

John married S. Fitch. [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

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