Henry Burt

Abt 1595 - 1662  (~ 67 years)

• Name	Henry Burt  [1]
  Born	Abt 1595	Harberton, Devonshire, England   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Immigration	Abt 1639	Massachusetts
  	from England
  Died	30 Apr 1662	Springfield, Massachusetts   [1]
  Person ID	I23335	Jerry Milo Johnson
  Last Modified	29 Mar 2015

  
  

  Family	Ulalia March,   d. 29 Aug 1690, Springfield, Massachusetts
  Married	28 Dec 1619	Dean Prior, Devonshire, England   [1]
  Children	1. Dorcas Burt,   b. 1643,   d. 03 Sep 1674, Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut  (Age 31 years)  [Natural]
  Family ID	F8329	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - Abt 1595 - Harberton, Devonshire, England Married - 28 Dec 1619 - Dean Prior, Devonshire, England Immigration - from England - Abt 1639 - Massachusetts Died - 30 Apr 1662 - Springfield, Massachusetts  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  http://www.bankert.org/genreport/p49.htm#i1203 kids and parents and wife Immigration: circa 1639, of England. Military Service: circa 1660 Member of the first Military Co., Springfield. Henry probably emigrated to New England in the winter of 1638/9 or the spring or summer of 1639, and probably also with his wife and his seven surviving children, two children having died in England. He is found first at Roxbury, MA., where his house was burned and the General Court made a grant of £8 to the town in November 1639 because of his loss. Being interested in the efforts of his fellow-townsman, Mr. William Pynchon, to establish a settlement at Agawam (now Springfield), Henry moved there in 1640 with his family, shortly after he lost his home in Roxbury, and is one of the original proprietors of that settlement. He immediately took an active part in all the affairs, religious and secular. He was chosen one of the first selectmen, an office he held for several years; he was a member of the divers committees to lay out and allot the lands and "for the ordering of the prudential affairs of the Plantation;" he was elected "the Clarke of the Writs," an office analogous in its duties to those of our town and county clerks. In 1650, and at other times during a vacancy in the position of minister, he conducted the religious services of the town, receiving therefore a monthly stipend of thirty shillings. It is said that his residence was on what is now Main street (1893), between Union and Wilcox. The several offices he held in town and church indicate his ability as well as the respect and esteem his fellow-townsmen entertained for him in entrusting to his management such important public affairs.

  
  

• Sources

  [S419] Our Bankert Ancestors, Norb Bankert, (Name: http://www.bankert.org/;), http://www.bankert.org/genreport/p26.htm#i634 (Reliability: 3).