1.
THOMAS1
BURNHAM
was born 1617 in England, and died June 24, 1688 in Hartford, Poduck,
Connecticut. He married ANNA WRIGHT
1639 in Massachusetts, daughter of JOHN
WRIGHT
and MARY
DELL.
She was born Abt. 1620 in Waltham Essex England, and died August 05, 1703
in Hartford, Poduck, Connecticut.
Notes for THOMAS
BURNHAM:
The Burnham Line
Walter Dc Veutre came
to England, at the time of the Norman Conquest in 1066, in the train of his
cousin-german Earl Warren, son-in-law of William the Conqueror. He was made Lord
of the Saxon villages of Burnham and others, and from Burnham where he lived he
was known as De Burnham. He took his surname, as many others of the Norman
conquerors, from an old English town. The. name is cited spelled Durham, Bcrham
and Barn-ham as well as Burnham, and in the old Anglo-Saxon Beornham, Byrbham,
etc. In old Norse the name is Bjorh, which in Anglo-Saxon is Beorn and Burn (a
bear) meaning, according1 to Ferguson, "chief, hero, man." There were
towns of this name in both Somersetshire and Sussex county, before 900, and the
family has been distinguished ever since. The ancient coat-of-arms of the family
is: Sable, a cross between four crescents argent.
(I) Thomas Burnham, the
immigrant ancestor, was born in 1617, it is believed in Hatfield, Herefordshire,
England, which was the home of one branch of the English Burnhams. November 20,
1635, according to an old record, he "imbarqued for the Barbadoes, in the
Expedition, Peter Blacklee, Master, took the oath of Allegiance and Supremacy,
Examined by the Minister of the town of Gravesend." He appears first in
America in 1649, where he is recorded in Hartford as bondsman for his servant
Rushmore, "'that he should carry good behavior." He was an educated
man, and on first coming to this country practiced as a lawyer. In 1659 he
purchased from Tan-tonimo, chief sachem of the Potunke tribe of Indians, a tract
of land now covered by the towns of South Windsor and East Hartford, on which he
afterward lived, and a part of which is still in possession of his descendants.
He held this land under a deed from Tanto-nimo, and later in 1661, by a deed
from six of the latter's successors and allies, by which they renounce "all
our right and title in those lands aforesayd unto Thomas Burnam and his
heirs." The possession of this land led to endless lawsuits, supported by
the government, and it was ordered to be divided. Burnham refused to give it up,
however, and the contest continued for many years. It resulted finally in the
appointment in 1688, at a town meeting of the inhabitants of Hartford, "of
a Committee in behalf of this town, to" treat with Thomas Burnham, Senior,
upon his claim to the lands on the East side of the Great River." He
erected a house on these lands at Potunke, which was one of five, on the east
side of the Connecticut, to be fortified and garrisoned during the Indian war of
1675. In 1649-56-59-60, he appears as plaintiff in court, and usually argued his
own cases. In 1659 he was attorney for Jeremy Adams, Northampton, and in 1662
for Abigail Bctts, accused of blasphemy. For his successful defense of her,
"for saving her neck," the court condemned him to "ye
prison-keep." This sentence was not carried into effect, however, though he
was deprived of his citizenship for a time, and prohibited from acting as
attorney for others, but allowed to argue his own cases. In 1655 he was on the
jury, and in 1662, being complained oŁ for abuse in the case of Abigail Bctts,
gave bonds to keep the peace.
He married in 1639 (
?), Anna Wright ( ?), who was born in England, in 1620 ( ?), and died August 5,
1703. Me died June 28, 1688. Before his death he had divided the greater part of
his estate among his children by deed, with the condition that it should remain
in the family. His wife did not produce his will when it was called for by the
court, and it was subsequently proved by the witnesses, June, 1690. Children:
Elizabeth, born about 1640; Mary, about 1642; Anna, 1644; Thomas, 1646,
mentioned below; John, 1648; Samuel, 1650; William, 1652; Richard, 1654 ;
Rebecca^ 1656.
Addm.
Norfolk: Norwich - 1.
Index to Wills, Consistory Court of Norwich, 1370-1550 2. Wills among the
Norwich Enrolled Deeds, 1286-1508
Marriages
Wills Proved in the Consistory Court of Norwich and now Preserved in the
District Probate Registry at Norwich
1370 to 1550
County: Norfolk
Country: England
1506 Burnham, Burneham,
Thomas, Dersham, Suff., husb. 397 Ryxe
Norfolk: Norwich - 1.
Index to Wills, Consistory Court of Norwich, 1370-1550 2. Wills among the
Norwich Enrolled Deeds, 1286-1508
Marriages
Wills Proved in the Consistory Court of Norwich and now Preserved in the
District Probate Registry at Norwich
1370 to 1550
County: Norfolk
Country: England
1438 Burnham, Brunham,
Thomas, Schotesham, All Sts. 56 Doke
More About THOMAS
BURNHAM:
Burial: June 28, 1688,
Hartford, Poduck, Connecticut
More About ANNA
WRIGHT:
Burial: Hartford,
Poduck, Connecticut
Christening: August 29,
1633
Children of THOMAS
BURNHAM
and ANNA
WRIGHT
are:
2.
i. THOMAS2
BURNHAM, JR.,
b. April 16, 1646, Hartford, Poduck, Connecticut; d. March 19, 1725/26,
Hartford, Poduck, Connecticut.
3.
ii. WILLIAM
BURNHAM,
b. 1652, Hartford, Poduck, Connecticut; d. December 12, 1730, Windsor, Hartford,
Connecticut.
4.
iii. LIEUT.
RICHARD
BURNHAM,
b. 1654, Hartford, Poduck, Connecticut; d. April 28, 1731, Hartford, Poduck,
Connecticut.
iv. ELIZABETH
BURNHAM,
b. 1640, Hartford, Poduck, Connecticut; d. 1720, Hartford, Poduck, Connecticut;
m. UNK
MOORCOCKE.
5.
v. MARY
BURNHAM,
b. 1642, Hartford, Poduck, Connecticut; d. January 25, 1719/20, Windsor,
Connecticut.
6.
vi. ANNE
(HANNAH)
BURNHAM,
b. 1644, Hartford, Poduck, Connecticut; d. November 29, 1722, Hartford, Poduck,
Connecticut.
7.
vii. JOHN
BURNHAM,
b. 1648, Hartford, Poduck, Connecticut; d. April 20, 1721, Windsor, Connecticut.
8.
viii. SAMUEL
BURNHAM,
d. 1728.
ix. REBECCA
BURNHAM,
m. WILLIAM
MAN.
Generation
No. 2
2.
THOMAS2
BURNHAM, JR.
(THOMAS1)
was born April 16, 1646 in Hartford, Poduck, Connecticut, and died March 19,
1725/26 in Hartford, Poduck, Connecticut. He
married NAOMI HULL
January 04, 1675/76 in Connecticut, daughter of JOSIAH
HULL
and ELIZABETH
LOOMIS.
She was born February 17, 1656/57 in Connecticut, and died March 15,
1726/27 in Connecticut.
Notes for THOMAS
BURNHAM, JR.:
(II)
Thomas (2),
son of
Thomas (i)Burnham, was
born in 1646, and married, January 4, 1676, Naomi, daughter of Josiah Hull
of Killingworth.
She was born February 17,1657-58, in Windsor,
Connecticut, and died March 15, 1727-28.
Her father was deputy to
the general court from
Windsor 1659-60-62, and from
Killingworth, 1667-74.
Thomas Burnham died March 19, 1726-27.
His will
was dated March
15, 1726, and offered for probate April 5, by his son Charles, his
executor. It was
allowed to stand good, November, 1726.
Children: Thomas,
mentioned below; John, May 22, 1681; Elizabeth. June 4,
1684; Sarah,
March 7, 1687-88; Naomi,
June 3, 168S; Charles,
May 16, 1690; Mary, July 12, 1692; Abigail, March 25, 1694; Josiah. September 6,
1696.
Notes for NAOMI
HULL:
NAOMI HULL, 1656-1726,
daughter of (3) Lieut. Josiah and Elizabeth Loomis Hull, was married Jan. 4,
1676, to Thomas Burnham, Jr., son of Thomas Burnham whose house at Windsor,
Conn., was the garrison post during the King Philip War.
CHILDREN
39a. Thomas Burnham, b. Apr.
16, 1678; d. Apr. 18, 1721; m. 1711,
Elizabeth Strong.
39b. John Burnham, b. May
22, 1681.
39c. Elizabeth Burnham, b.
1684; m. 1702, Richard Gilman.
39d. Sarah Burnham, b. Mar.
7, 1686; m. (???) Mulford.
39e. Naomi Burnham, b. Jan.
3, 1688; m. 1713, Josiah Gaylord.
39f. Charles Burnham, b.
1690; m. Lydia Williams.
39g. Mary Burnham, b. 1692;
m. Lt. John Anderson.
39h. Abigail Burnham, b.
Mar. 26, 1694; m. Jonah Williams.
39i. Josiah Burnham, b.
Sept. 6, 1696; m. (???)
Children of THOMAS
BURNHAM
and NAOMI
HULL
are:
9.
i. THOMAS3
BURNHAM,
b. April 16, 1678; d. April 18, 1721.
ii. JOHN
BURNHAM,
b. May 22, 1681.
iii. ELIZABETH
BURNHAM,
b. 1684; m. RICHARD
GILMAN,
1702, Connecticut.
iv. SARAH
BURNHAM,
b. March 07, 1685/86; m. UNKNOWN
MULFORD.
v. NAOMI
BURNHAM,
b. January 03, 1687/88; m. JOSIAH
GAYLORD,
1713, Connecticut.
10.
vi. CHARLES
BURNHAM,
b. 1690; d. 1753.
vii. MARY
BURNHAM,
b. 1692; m. JOHN
ANDERSON, LT..
viii. ABIGAIL
BURNHAM,
b. March 26, 1694; m. JONAH WILLIAMS.
11.
ix. JOSIAH
BURNHAM,
b. September 06, 1696, Connecticut; d. June 11, 1763, Massachusetts.
3.
WILLIAM2
BURNHAM
(THOMAS1)
was born 1652 in Hartford, Poduck, Connecticut, and died December 12, 1730 in
Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut. He
married (1) MARTHA
THOMPSOM
GAYLORD.
He married (2) ELIZABETH
LOOMIS
June 28, 1671 in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, daughter of NATHANIEL
LOOMIS
and ELIZABETH
MOORE.
She was born August 07, 1655 in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, and died
November 19, 1717 in Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut.
More About WILLIAM
BURNHAM:
Burial: Wethersfield,
Hartford, Connecticut
More About ELIZABETH
LOOMIS:
Burial: Wethersfield,
Hartford, Connecticut
Children of WILLIAM
BURNHAM
and ELIZABETH
LOOMIS
are:
12.
i. ELIZABETH3
BURNHAM,
b. March 18, 1673/74, Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut; d. September 09,
1741, Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut.
ii. WILLIAM
BURNHAM,
b. July 17, 1684, Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut; d. September 23, 1750,
Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut; m. HANNAH
WOLCOTT.
4.
LIEUT.
RICHARD2
BURNHAM
(THOMAS1)
was born 1654 in Hartford, Poduck, Connecticut, and died April 28, 1731 in
Hartford, Poduck, Connecticut. He married SARAH
HUMPHREY
June 11, 1680 in Hartford, Connecticut, daughter of MICHAEL
HUMPHREY
and PRISCILLA
GRANT.
She was born March 06, 1657/58 in Windsor, Connecticut, and died November
28, 1726 in Windsor, Connecticut.
Children of LIEUT.
BURNHAM
and SARAH
HUMPHREY
are:
i. HANNAH3
BURNHAM.
ii. MARY
BURNHAM.
iii. REBECCA
BURNHAM,
b. September 20, 1685.
iv. MERCY
BURNHAM,
b. April 14, 1688.
13.
v. RICHARD
BURNHAM,
b. July 06, 1692, Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut; d. February 11, 1754.
14.
vi. ESTHER
BURNHAM,
b. March 22, 1696/97, Windsor, Connecticut; d. November 06, 1784, Windsor,
Connecticut.
vii. MARTHA
ESTHER
BURNHAM,
b. March 22, 1696/97.
viii. CHARLES
BURNHAM,
b. July 23, 1699.
ix. SUSANNAH
BURNHAM,
b. February 1700/01.
x. MICHAEL
BURNHAM,
b. May 30, 1705.
5.
MARY2
BURNHAM
(THOMAS1)
was born 1642 in Hartford, Poduck, Connecticut, and died January 25, 1719/20 in
Windsor, Connecticut. She married WILLIAM
MORTON.
He died Bet. 1711 - 1712 in Windsor, Connecticut.
More About WILLIAM
MORTON:
Burial: Windsor,
Connecticut
Residence: 1647,
Windsor, Connecticut
Children of MARY
BURNHAM
and WILLIAM
MORTON
are:
i. JOHN3
MORTON.
ii. ANN
MORTON.
iii. MARY
MORTON.
iv. THOMAS
MORTON.
v. SAMUEL
MORTON.
vi. SARAH
MORTON.
6.
ANNE
(HANNAH)2
BURNHAM
(THOMAS1)
was born 1644 in Hartford, Poduck, Connecticut, and died November 29, 1722 in
Hartford, Poduck, Connecticut. She
married SAMUEL GAINES.
He was born 1638 in Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts, and died January 05,
1699/00 in Glastonbury, Hartford, CT.
Notes for ANNE
(HANNAH)
BURNHAM:
Recieved from her
father at his death, all the lands, that had bought from Richard Risley . then
after her death the lands were to go to her sons.
Children of ANNE
BURNHAM
and SAMUEL
GAINES
are:
i. SAMUEL3
GAINES.
ii. ANNA
GAINES.
iii. JOHN
GAINES.
iv. DANIEL
GAINES.
v. SARAH
GAINES.
vi. REBECCA
GAINES.
vii. NATHANIEL
GAINES.
viii. THOMAS
GAINES.
Notes for THOMAS
GAINES:
Received from his
grandfather, Thomas Burnham, all the rights in the land he had in partnership
with Mr. Lord at the saw mill
7.
JOHN2
BURNHAM
(THOMAS1)
was born 1648 in Hartford, Poduck, Connecticut, and died April 20, 1721 in
Windsor, Connecticut. He married MARY.
Children of JOHN
BURNHAM
and MARY
are:
i. JOHN3
BURNHAM, JR..
ii. JONATHAN
BURNHAM.
iii. JEBEZ
BURNHAM.
15.
iv. CALEB
BURNHAM,
d. 1750.
16.
v. MARY
BURNHAM,
b. December 19, 1690, Hartford, Poduck, Connecticut; d. 1724, Hartford, Poduck,
Connecticut.
vi. WEBSTER
BURNHAM.
vii. RACHEL
BURNHAM.
viii. AMY
BURNHAM.
ix. SARAH
BURNHAM,
m. ELISHA
PRATT.
x. SILIAS
BURNHAM.
8.
SAMUEL2
BURNHAM
(THOMAS1)
died 1728. He married MARY.
Children of SAMUEL
BURNHAM
and MARY
are:
i. SAMUEL3
BURNHAM, JR..
ii. JOSEPH
BURNHAM.
17.
iii. WILLIAM
BURNHAM, CAPT.,
d. 1749, Farmington, (Kensington) Connecticut.
iv. DANIEL
BURNHAM.
v. TIMOTHY
BURNHAM.
vi. HANNAH
BURNHAM,
m. UNKNOWN
DRAKE.
vii. AMY
BURNHAM,
m. TRUMBLE.
viii. MARY
BURNHAM,
m. CHURCH.
ix. REBECCA
BURNHAM.
Generation
No. 3
9.
THOMAS3
BURNHAM
(THOMAS2,
THOMAS1)
was born April 16, 1678, and died April 18, 1721.
He married ELIZABETH
STRONG
1711 in Connecticut, daughter of JOHN
STRONG.
She was born in Windsor, Connecticut.
Children of THOMAS
BURNHAM
and ELIZABETH
STRONG
are:
i. THOMAS4
BURNHAM.
ii. ELIZABETH
BURNHAM.
iii. ESTHER
BURNHAM.
10.
CHARLES3
BURNHAM
(THOMAS2,
THOMAS1)
was born 1690, and died 1753. He
married LYDIA
WILLIAMS.
Children of CHARLES
BURNHAM
and LYDIA
WILLIAMS
are:
i. CHARLES4
BURNHAM, JR..
ii. ANNA
BURNHAM,
m. JOHN
RISLEY.
11.
JOSIAH3
BURNHAM
(THOMAS2,
THOMAS1)
was born September 06, 1696 in Connecticut, and died June 11, 1763 in
Massachusetts. He married MARGARET
WOOD
February 12, 1729/30 in Massachusetts, daughter of OBADIAH
WOOD
and MARTHA
BIGELOW.
She was born July 01, 1705 in Connecticut, and died WFT Est. 1747-1800 in
Massachusetts.
Children of JOSIAH
BURNHAM
and MARGARET
WOOD
are:
i. HANNAH4
BURNHAM,
b. WFT Est. 1719-1746; d. WFT Est. 1725-1829.
ii. IRENE
BURNHAM,
b. WFT Est. 1719-1746; d. WFT Est. 1725-1829.
iii. CHARLES
K. BURNHAM,
b. WFT Est. 1719-1746; d. WFT Est. 1725-1826.
iv. OBEDIAH
BURNHAM,
b. WFT Est. 1719-1746; d. WFT Est. 1725-1826.
v. ERASTUS
BURNHAM,
b. WFT Est. 1719-1746; d. WFT Est. 1725-1826.
vi. SYLVESTER
BURNHAM,
b. WFT Est. 1719-1746; d. WFT Est. 1725-1826.
vii. LT.
JOSIAH
BURNHAM,
b. 1731; d. WFT Est. 1732-1825.
viii. THOMAS
BURNHAM,
b. May 04, 1732; d. WFT Est. 1733-1822.
ix. SIBYL
BURNHAM,
b. September 26, 1736; d. WFT Est. 1737-1830.
x. MARTHA
BURNHAM,
b. June 05, 1737; d. WFT Est. 1738-1831.
18.
xi. JAMES
BURNHAM,
b. 1740, Montague, Massachusetts; d. January 26, 1787, Montague, Massachusetts.
xii. THOMAS
BURNHAM,
b. 1743; d. WFT Est. 1744-1833.
xiii. DANIEL
BURNHAM,
b. 1745; d. WFT Est. 1746-1835.
12.
ELIZABETH3
BURNHAM
(WILLIAM2,
THOMAS1)
was born March 18, 1673/74 in Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, and died
September 09, 1741 in Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut. She married MICHAEL
GRISWOLD
in Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, son of MICHAEL
GRISWOLD
and ANN.
He was born February 07, 1665/66 in Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut,
and died July 24, 1724 in Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut.
Children of ELIZABETH
BURNHAM
and MICHAEL
GRISWOLD
are:
i. DAVID4
GRISWOLD,
b. March 25, 1693, Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut; d. Farmington, Hartford,
Connecticut.
ii. JONATHAN
GRISWOLD,
b. October 06, 1695, Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut; d. Farmington,
Hartford, Connecticut.
iii. JOSEPH
GRISWOLD,
b. December 28, 1697, Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut; d. Farmington,
Hartford, Connecticut.
iv. STEPHEN
GRISWOLD,
b. August 14, 1700, Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut; d. Connecticut.
v. ELIZABETH
GRISWOLD,
b. April 21, 1703, Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut; d. May 16, 1782,
Hartford, Connecticut.
vi. CALEB
GRISWOLD,
b. May 08, 1706, Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut; d. December 20, 1754,
Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut.
19.
vii. ELISHA
GRISWOLD,
b. February 07, 1708/09, Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut; d. April 15, 1780,
Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut.
viii. NATHANIEL
GRISWOLD,
b. February 23, 1711/12, Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut; d. July 31, 1759,
Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut.
ix. ANNE
GRISWOLD,
b. January 04, 1714/15, Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut; d. Hartford,
Connecticut.
13.
RICHARD3
BURNHAM
(LIEUT.
RICHARD2,
THOMAS1)
was born July 06, 1692 in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, and died February 11,
1754. He married ABIGAIL
EASTON
May 05, 1715 in Wethersfield, Connecticut, daughter of JOHN EASTON
and ELIZABETH.
She was born March 16, 1686/87 in Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut.
Children of RICHARD
BURNHAM
and ABIGAIL
EASTON
are:
i. AARON4
BURNHAM.
20.
ii. ELISHA
BURNHAM,
b. June 22, 1717, Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut; d. July 18, 1770, Hartford,
Hartford, Connecticut.
iii. EZRA
BURNHAM.
iv. AARON
BURNHAM.
v. MOSES
BURNHAM.
vi. ABIGAIL
BURNHAM.
14.
ESTHER3
BURNHAM
(LIEUT.
RICHARD2,
THOMAS1)
was born March 22, 1696/97 in Windsor, Connecticut, and died November 06, 1784
in Windsor, Connecticut. She
married MATTHEW
CADWELL
August 31, 1721 in First Church Hartford Hartford CT, son of MATTHEW
CADWELL
and ABIGAIL
BECKLEY.
He was born June 11, 1696 in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut.
Children of ESTHER
BURNHAM
and MATTHEW
CADWELL
are:
i. ESTER4
CADWELL.
ii. MARTHA
CADWELL.
