Silas Burnham and Abigail Clement of Dunbarton, New Hampshire - Tombstone Tuesday

These tombstones were photographed at the Center Cemetery in Dunbarton, New Hampshire.

SILAS BURNHAM

died

Oct. 25, 1856.

AEt. 73 yrs 7 m's

17 days. 

ABIGAIL

wife of

SILAS BURNHAM

DIED

July 18, 1844

AE. 58

Silas Burnham, son of Asa Burnham and Elizabeth Cutler, was born March 8, 1783 in Dunbarton, New Hampshire.  He died 27 January 1831 in Dunbarton.  Silas married Abigail Clement about 1808.  Silas was one of the founders of the Universalist Society in 1830 in Dunbarton.  Services were held in the old Congregational Church.

Abigail Clement was born about 1783, daughter of Captain John Clement and Elizabeth Stevens of Atkinson, New Hampshire.  She had five children:

      1.   Asa b. 1806 d. 1891

      2.  Laura b.  6 April 1811 d. 18 April 1898, married Smith D. Buswell

      3. John b. 1816 d. 1865

      4.  Mark b. 1818

      5.  Deacon Silas, b. 1822

Silas’s father, Asa Burnham, son of Nathan Burnham and Hannah Choate, was born 17 March 1751 in the Chebacco Parish, Ipswich, Massachusetts. He married Elizabeth Cutler 18 January 1774 in Goffstown, New Hampshire.  He died 27 January 1831 at Dunbarton, New Hampshire. Asa Burnham served in the Revolutionary War under Capt. William Barrows of Lyndeborough, New Hampshire. Elizabeth filed for a widow’s pension.  Asa is my 1^st cousin 7 generations removed.  His grandparents, Thomas Burnham (1673 – 1748) and Susannah of Chebacco Parish, Ipswich, Massachusetts, are my 7^th great grandparents.

Elizabeth Cutler was born about 1753 and died 20 July 1839 in Dunbarton.

Children of Asa and Elizabeth Burnham: 

      1.       Asa b. 26 October 1774 and died 10 March 1812 in Hamilton Township, Northumberland County, Upper Canada due to drowning. Married Sarah Lovekin

      2.       Zacchaeus b. 10 February 1777, d. 25 February 1857 Hamilton Township, Northumberland County, Upper Canada. Married to Elizabeth Choate 1 February 1801, daughter of Jacob Choate and Hannah Burnham (my 1^st cousin 7 generations removed, daughter of Nathan Burnham and Hannah Choate of Chebacco Parish, Ipswich, Massachusetts). 

       3.       John b. 20 March 1779, d. 24 December 1840 in Hamilton Township, Northumberland County, Upper Canada. Married and had eight children.

      4.       Betty b. 16 February 1781, d. 6 November 1839 in Dunbarton. Married Samuel Saltmarsh.

      5.       Silas b. 8 March 1783 (see above)

      6.       Ruth b. 17 May 1785 d. 8 or 9 February 1787

      7.       Hannah b. 3 September 1787

      8.       Rachael b. 11 February 1789

      9.       Mark b. 15 February 1791, d. 21 February 1864 in Port Hope, Northumberland County, Upper Canada. Married Sophronia Gilchrist of Goffstown.

     10.   Ruth b. 23 June 1793. Married James Shepherd Kimball of Hampstead.

     11.   Azubah b. 25 March 1796

For the Truly Curious:

History of the Town of Dunbarton, New Hampshire by Caleb Stark, page 237.

Genealogy and History of the First Settlers of Dunbarton, page 183

The Burnham Family; Or Genealogical Records of the Descendants of the Emigrants of the Name who were among the Early Settlers in America, by Roderick Henry Burnham, p. 321.

The Choates in America, 1643 – 1896, by Ephraim Orcutt Jameson, p. 50, pages 87 -88, and pages 166 – 167.

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To Cite/Link to this post:  Heather Wilkinson Rojo, "Silas Burnham and Abigail Clement of Dunbarton, New Hampshire - Tombstone Tuesday", Nutfield Genealogy, posted January 26, 2021, ( https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2021/01/silas-burnham-and-abigail-clement-of.html: accessed [access date]). 

Hannah (Choate) Burnham, died 1805, Dunbarton, New Hampshire

It's Tombstone Tuesday!  This tombstone was photographed at the Center Cemetery in Dunbarton, New Hampshire.

Mrs. Hannah Burnham

died March 1805

AEtat. 81

Relict of Lieut. Nathan Burnham

of Ipswich (Massachusetts)

who fell at the defeat of the British Army

at Ticonderoga, A.D. 1758

The name BURNHAM caught my eye as I wandered through this cemetery recently, and then I saw that this family was from Ipswich.  I have eight BURNHAM lineages from the original Burnham brothers who settled in Ipswich during the great migration!  I knew that this was a cousin connection!

From The History of Dunbarton, by Caleb Stark, page 234 to page 237, "From an examination of several papers now in the possession of John Burnham, Esq., of this town, we infer that his great-grandfather, Nathan Burnham, was an independent husbandman, a man of intelligence and capacity, who possessed the confidence of his fellow-citizens, as also that of the provincial government.  By the former he was intrusted with the management of important transactions, and by the latter appointed to a military office, upon equal rank with officers of the same grade in the line of the English army.  His wife was Hannah Choate of Ipswich.

     On the thirteenth day of March 1758 he was commissioned by Governor Pownell first lieutenant of a company of foot, commanded by Captain Stephen Whipple, in the regiment of Col. Stephen Bagley, which constituted a portion of the force furnished by Massachusetts for the expedition against Canada.  Lieutenants Burnham and Low, of the same company, fell in the fatal attack upon Ticonderoga, July 8, 1758, where an army of sixteen thousand British and Provincial troops were shamefully repulsed by one fourth of their number of French and Indians, through the incapacity of their general. Sixteen hundred and eight regulars and three hundred and thirty four provincials, killed and wounded, was a cruel penalty for General Abercrombie's rash attempt to carry by assault a strong position, without bringing up his artillery, of which he had a good supply. 

      Among the papers in Mr. John Burnham's possession are Governor Pownell's proclamation calling for volunteers from the provincial regiments, Lieut. Burnham's commission, beating orders, forms of enlistment, orders to muster, words of command for the musket drill, order for the march, power-of-attorney to Lieut. B.'s wife to manage affairs during his absence on duty, a kind letter to her while on the march, and lastly, the letter of a friendly comrade from the battle-field, narrating the melancholy fate of her dearest friend - a fate which it has been the sad fortune of widows to hear since the time when man became the murderer of his brother man."

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Hadley, June 7, 1758

To My Dearly Beloved Wife:

I hope through Divine goodness, you are in health, as I am at this time, and I pray God be with you, and preserve you and our dear children from all evil.  My duty to mother Choate.  My love to all my friends. We came into town last Sabbath day, about two o'clock, and billeted the company at private houses, and we are very kindly entertained at the widow Porter's.  Her husband was a member of the General Court about thirty years.  Yesterday the Captain, I, and Lieut. Low, went over Connecticut river to Northampton, to see about the affair, and returned at night. We expect to go over to Northampton to-morrow, to make seven days' provisions, to march near to Albany.

I remain your loving husband,

Nathan Burnham

PS - I should be glad to hear from you.  I have had blisters on one foot, but they are better. Col. Bagley came to town yesterday. Col. Dooty's regiment is coming in, and it supposed both regiments are to march together.  We have twelve of our own guns, and had twenty-two at Worcester, and other companies are much so.  It is supposed there is no great danger. The arms are at Albany.

.... Mrs. Burnham:  I send you these lines to let you know the heavy news that you have to hear from the camp, and I pray God give you grace and strength to hold up under such heavy tidings.  The truth is, your husband, our lieutenant, Nathan Burnham, Being in the fight at the narrows of Ticonderoga, July the 8th, 1758, received a ball in the bowels, which proved mortal. He came to me and told me that he was wounded, and that he should soon be in eternity.  I desired him to retreat down the hill.  I followed him,and found some help to carry him off the ground, namely, James Andrews, John Foster, and Jeremiah Burnham.  We carried him that night four miles to our boats.  The doctor did what he could, but vain was the help of man.  Next Day, being the ninth day upon our passage upon the lake, about eleven o'clock, after many heavenly expressions and prayers, he departed this life, and I believe, made a good exchange.  Please tell Mrs. Low the same heavy news.  Stephen Low, being in the same fight, was, without doubt, shot dead on the spot.  We had not the opportunity to bring off our dead.

Nehemiah Burnham" 

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Genealogy information:

Lieutenant Nathan Burnham, who died at Fort Ticonderoga, is my 7th great uncle.  I descend from his brother Stephen Burnham, born about 1715 in Ipswich and died 1790 in Milford, New Hampshire.      Nathan Burnham, Jr. was with his father's unit as a waterboy, and was about 11 years old.  He was with his father when he was killed. According to the published Burnham Genealogy book by Roderick H. Burnham, 1879 "Tradition has it that before leaving for the war he took his sword on his hand to try the metal and it broke.  Turning to his wife he said "I shall never come back".  He went on but returned to pray with is family before taking final leave." 

Hannah was the daughter of Samuel Choate and Mary Brown.  She was born in Ipswich about 1727 and died 1 March 1805 in Dunbarton, where she is buried. Hannah Choate is my first cousin 10 generations removed.  Her great grandfather, John Choate (born about 1624 and died 4 December 1695 in Ipswich) is my 9th great grandfather.  

For the truly curious:

A blog post about Fort Ticonderoga:

   https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2011/12/fort-ticonderoga.html  

My Surname Saturday blog post about the Burnham family:

https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2014/05/surname-saturday-burnham-of-chebacco.html   

My Surname Saturday blog post about the Choate family:

https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2014/05/surname-saturday-choate-of-chebacco.html   

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Cite/Link to this post:  Heather Wilkinson Rojo, "Hannah (Choate) Burnham, died 1805, Dunbarton, New Hampshire", Nutfield Genealogy, posted July 7, 2020, ( https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2020/07/hannah-choate-burnham-died-1805.html: accessed [access date]).

Joseph Cogswell, died 1843, Derry, New Hampshire

This tombstone was photographed at the Forest Hill Cemetery in East Derry, New Hampshire

JOSEPH COGSWELL

Died

Nov. 22, 1848

AGED 86

ABIGAIL COGSWELL

HIS WIFE

Died

April 11, 1825

AGED 62

ALSO

MARY COGSWELL

THEIR DAUGHTER

Died

Feb. 26, 1844

AGED 47

Joseph Cogswell, son of Jonathan Cogswell and Mary Appleton, was born 1 December 1757 in Ipswich, Massachusetts, and died 22 November 1843 in Derry, New Hampshire.  He married Abigail Cleveland, daughter of the Rev. John Cleaveland and Mary Dodge, on 21 May 1788 in Ipswich, Massachusetts.  Both Joseph and I are descendants of the original immigrant Cogswell family, John Cogswell (1592 – 1669) and Elizabeth Thompson, from Westbury Leigh, Wiltshire, England. 

Abigail Cleveland Cogswell, his wife, was born 28 December 1762 in Ipswich, Massachusetts and died 11 April 1824 in Londonderry, New Hampshire.  The town of Londonderry split into the two towns of Londonderry and Derry in the time between the two deaths.  Abigail’s mother was Mary Dodge, who was my first cousin 8 generations removed.  Mary’s mother was Mary Choate, my 8^th great aunt, married to Parker Dodge and sister of Anne (Choate) Varney (1691 – 1739), my 7^th great grandmother.

This tombstone also lists their daughter, Mary, who died in 1844.  Joseph and Abigail had seventeen children!  Elisabeth, Jonathan, David, Joseph II, John Cleveland, Abigail, Abigail again, Mary C., a third Abigail, Thomas, Elisabeth again, Moses, Aaron, Thomas again, Ebenezer, William, and Edward Parker. 

This was originally a standing stone, but it now lies flat on the ground in the Forest Hill Cemetery in East Derry, New Hampshire.  It is broken in at least three places.

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Heather Wilkinson Rojo, "Joseph Cogswell, died 1843, Derry, New Hampshire", Nutfield Genealogy, posted February 18, 2020, ( https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2020/02/joseph-cogswell-died-1843-derry-new.html: accessed [access date]).

Tombstone Tuesday ~ Elder William Choate, died 1835 in Londonderry, New Hampshire

This tombstone was photographed at Forest Hill Cemetery in Derry, New Hampshire.  At the time William Choate was living, this was the town of Londonderry, New Hampshire.

In memory of

ELDER WM. CHOATE

Who died Jan 4, 1835

AEt. 75

Mrs.  SUSANNA

Wife of Elder Wm. Choate

Died April 23, 1829

AEt. 64

CAPT. JOHN CHOATE

Master of Brig Caesar of Bos-

ton, Lost at sea Oct. 21, 1817

AEt. 26

Also

DAVID CHOATE

His 2^nd officer, AEt. 22

They were driven from

Their mooring during a

Hurricane in the W.

Indies

I was surprised to find one of my ancestral names CHOATE here in landlocked Derry, New Hampshire.  The name originated in Essex, Massachusetts, the former Chebacco Parish of Ipswich.  Many members of this family were mariners, fishermen and ship builders.  They lived on Hog Island, off the coast of Chebacco.  

The first CHOATE in New England was John Choate (about 1624 – 1695) and his wife Ann.  He is my 9^th great grandfather, and I descend from two of his eight children.   William Choate (1759 - 1835) was the great, great, great grandson of John Choate, the immigrant, through his son Thomas Choate (1671 - 1745), my 8th great grandfather.

William Choate, son of William Choate and Mary Giddings, was born 10 August 1759 in the Chebacco Parish of Ipswich, Massachusetts and died 4 January 1835 in Londonderry, New Hampshire; married on 19 August 1784 to his third cousin, Susannah Choate, daughter of Humphrey Choate and Ruth Lufkin.  She was born 12 June 1765 in the Chebacco Parish, and died 11 April 1829 in Londonderry.   They had the following children:

1. William, 18 April 1785, born in the Chebacco parish

2. Susanna, August 21, 1786, born in Londonderry, as well as the rest of her siblings

3. John,  May 13, 1788  (see above)

4. Sally, April 11, 1790

5. Lydia, April 1, 1792

6. Nabby, March 21, 1793

7. David, March 30, 1795  (see above)

8. George, June 23, 1797

9. Mary, Ocober 6, 1798

10. Nathan, June 30, 1801

11. Hannah, May 27, 1804

12. George Washington, December 12, 1806

William Choate sold half his farm on Hog Island off the coast of the Chebacco Parish to George Choate, and he removed to Londonderry, New Hampshire on August 30, 1785.  Members of the Choate family lived on Hog Island since immigrant John Choate came to Massachusetts, and still lived there for many years after William left for New Hampshire.  He was a selectman in Londonderry for six years, and a representative to the New Hampshire legislature from 1796 to 1797. 

For the truly curious:

The Choates in America: 1643 – 1896, by E . O. Jameson,  1896

The Heroes of the American Revolution and Their Descendants, by Henry Whittemore, page 164 

My two Choate lineages can be seen at this link:

https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2014/05/surname-saturday-choate-of-chebacco.html   

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Heather Wilkinson Rojo, "Tombstone Tuesday ~ Elder William Choate, died 1835 in Londonderry, New Hampshire", Nutfield Genealogy, posted January 17, 2017, ( http://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2017/01/tombstone-tuesday-elder-william-choate.html: accessed [access date]). 

Surname Saturday ~ VARNEY of Ipswich, Massachusetts

VARNEY

William Varney married "within the Castle of Windsor" on 7 April 1629 to Bridget Deverell.  She was the daughter of Robert Deverell and Grisell Button, baptized at Hurley, Berkshire, England on 7 April 1629.  History does not say why this marriage took place in such a famous location!

By 1649 the Varney family was settled at Ipswich, Massachusetts.  William Varney, my 10^th great grandfather died intestate in 1654 and the inventory of his estate mentions his wife, Bridget, three sons and one daughter.   His widow sold her land in 1669 and removed to Gloucester.  She died in 1672 and left a will:

I Bridget Verney |of Glocester in ye County of Essex in New England| being by Gods Providence Cast upon my Bed of Sickness & weaknesse & not knowing how neare the time of my death & departure out of this world may be at hand yet knowing that all men are borne to dye & depart out of this world doe therefore declare & make knowne this my last will & Testmanet in manner & forme following. And first I commit & commend my Soule into the hands of God the Father of Spirits & my Body to the Grave to be decently buryed by my Suruining Freinds. And for my Goods and Estate I give & bequeath in the first place unto my Sonne Humfrey Verney the Summe of twenty Pounds to be payd by my sonne Jeffrey Parsons of this Towne in foure yeares. five pounds per Annum during the space of foure yeares after my decease.

Item I give & bequeath unto my Daughter Rachel Vinson (the wife of William Vinson) twenty Pounds to be payd out of my estate according as hee the sayd william vinson my sonne in Law Can best order it for Her And this to be for my sayd Daughter after my decease

Item I give and bequeath unto my sonne Thomas Verney Seaven Sheepe after my decease. And for the rest of my goodes or estate besides what is above mentioned & bequeathed I leave in the hands of my Sonne in Law william vinson as he shall see meet And to the end this my Last will & Testament may be duely & truely performed in manner and forme abovesayd I doe hereby

appoynt constitute & ordayne my sayd Sonne in Law william vinson to be sole Executor. In wittnesse whereof I the sayd Bridget have hereunto Set my Hand

& Seale the tenth day of this instant November Anno Dom. one thousand Six

hundred & Seaventy one.

Bridget (her B mark) Verney (SEAL)

Witness: John Emerson, William Ellery, William (his + mark) Winson, Joh

(his mark) Row.

Proved in Salem court 27:9:1672 by William Ellery and John Row.

The inventory was her estate was taken on November 21, 1672 by Thomas Millett Sr., and John Collins Sr.

"Tow Cowes and two hefer Calves, £8; nine sheepe, £3 10s; Twp swine, 16s; Three akers of marsh in Chebacco, £4; beding, £1 5s; Paire of sheets, 15s; wearing Clothes, £3 14s; Linen Clothes, £2; box and two Loks, 6s; woole and yearne, £1; old timber vesels, 3s; debts oweing her, £4 2s; total £66 11s."

Attested in Salem court 27:9:1672 by William Vinson, executor.

For more information:

A Genealogy of Some of the Descendants of William Varney of Ipswich, Mass 1649 and more Particularly of his son Humphrey Varney of Dover, NH, 1659 by Herbert Clarkson Varney, 1949

Thomas Varney of Boston and his Descendants, by George W. Varney, 1995 manuscript at the New England Historic Genealogical Society library in Boston. [Mss A 528]

"William Varney of Ipswich and Gloucester, Massachusetts" by Kathleen Canney Barber and Janet Ireland Delorey, The American Genealogist, Volume 81, No. 3, July 2006

My VARNEY genealogy:

Generation 1: William Varney, born about 1599 in England, died 1 March 1654 in Ipswich, Massachusetts; married to Bridget Deverell.  She died 25 October 1672 in Gloucester, Massachusetts.

Generation 2: Thomas Varney, born about 1630, died 4 December 1692 in Ipswich; married Abigail Proctor, daughter of John Proctor (hung as a witch in 1692) and Martha Harper.  She was born about 1639 and died 1 March 1732 in the Chebacco Parish of Ipswich. Thomas married second to Mary Lovering before 1679 in Boston, Massachusetts.

Generation 3: Mary Varney, born 1699 in Ipswich, died 19 November 1733 in Ipswich; married in 1690 in Ipswich to Thomas Choate, son of John Choate and Ann Unknown.  He was born about 1671 in Ipswich and died 31 March 1745 in Ipswich.

Generation 4: Anne Choate m. John Burnham

Generation 5: Jeremiah Burnham m. Abigail Andrews

Generation 6: Abigail Burnham m. Isaac Allen

Generation 7: Joseph Allen m. Judith Burnham

Generation 8: Joseph Allen m. Orpha Andrews

Generation 9: Joseph Gilman Allen m. Sarah Burnham Mears

Generation 10: Joseph Elmer Allen m. Carrie Maude Batchelder

Generation 11: Stanley Elmer Allen m. Gertrude Matilda Hitchings (my grandparents)

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Copyright © 2014, Heather Wilkinson Rojo

Surname Saturday ~ CHOATE of Chebacco Parish (now Essex, Massachusetts)

CHOATE

My 9^th great grandfather, John Choate, came to Massachusetts as an apprentice of Thomas Low at age 19 years old.  He settled at the Chebacco Parish of Ipswich about 1643.  He bought land from John Andrews on 27 September 1660 paid for “in cattle not over eight years old, in grain English and Indian, and partly in West India goods.”  After this transaction there were many land transactions in the Essex County deeds mentioning John Choate as a buyer, witness or seller.  It was all this land that caused his will to be contested by his heirs after his death. 

Estate of John Choate of Ipswich

Essex Probate Docket # 5348

Know all ye Christian people that I, Sargeant John Choat, of Ipswich in ye County of Essex in New England, being sick in body but of sound mind, do now make my last Will and Testament.

IMPRIMIS. I bequeath my soul to God by the merits of Christ and my body unto decent burial, and then dispose of my worldly estate, which God of his bounty hath given unto me in manner following, viz:

First. I give unto John Choate my eldest son. Half of my pasture where his new dwelling-house stands being about fifteen acres, viz. The said half with all the houses upon it with all stock I formerly possessed him of. Also give him the ploughing field commonly called "White's Field" containing about ten acres. Also I give him one half of my salt marsh at a place called "Thompson's Island" in Ipswich to him and his heirs forever.

Item . I give unto my son Samuel Choate, all that housing and land I bought of Mr. Bishop, where he the said Samuel Choate now lives, reserving only three acres of land within the field of said land for my son Benjamin, and the said Benjamin dying before he comes of age, the said three acres shall revert to Samuel or his heirs.

Item. I give and bequeath unto my son Joseph all my own living lands and ploughing grounds, and half of the salt marsh I have at "Thompson's Island" only reserving four acres of said half for my son Benjamin and said Benjamin dying before he is of age, said four acres shall revert unto Joseph to him and his heirs. And if the said Benjamin and Joseph shall die before they are of age, then said land and meadow shall be equally divided between the male heirs of my family then surviving.

Item. I have given my daughter Margaret Fitts upwards of three score pounds in current pay of merchants, which I have given her and I do now give and ratify unto her and her heirs as her portion.

Item. I do give and bequeath unto my daughter, Sarah Choate three score pounds in current pay of the merchants and I constitute my dear and beloved wife, Ann Choate, and she shall be my sole executrix and I do give and bequeath unto her all the rest of my estate of money chattels, debts and demands.

In witness whereof I have set my hand set my hand and seal this seventh day of December 1691.

John Choate, Sen.

Signed and sealed before us,

John Wise

Andrew Browne

Objection to the Will

1696-7, March 15, John Chote enters cossion to ye Honoured Judg of probate of wills that whereas I having matter of waight to offer that my fathers Will may not be approbated while I have opportunity to alleadg against it as witness my hand.

John Chote

The heirs of John Choate, Sr., in setting aside his last will, state themselves as follows:

Whereas by the Will of John Choate deceased there are several parcels of lands & estate settled upon John his eldest son & Samuel & Joseph & Benjamin, yet, Thomas notwithstanding what has been given him in a deed of gift is not mentioned, nor confirmed in said will. John accounting his part short of a double portion, the rest not being well satisfied especially Anne, the relict of John Choate. Therefore it is mutually agreed by all said parties, namely Anne the said mother of said children & John, Thomas & Samuel for themselves and said Anne in behalf of herself & Benjamin & Thomas in behalf of himself and as guardian to said Joseph with the said Anne & Joseph & Benjamin consenting for themselves, that the estate given to any of them per deed of said children shall be as follows viz:

The Agreement

Imprimis. That said Anne during her natural life shall have and enjoy all the moveables & estate given her by Will, also the half of all housing her late husband died seized and possessed of, and half the orchard & one third of all tillage land and pasture and meadow ground her said husband died seized and possessed of, and until her son Benjamin come to commence Bachelor of Arts said Anne shall receive of Joseph, after he comes of age, one half of the income or produce of the other two thirds for to help bring up said Benjamin to and at the said College to the time prefixed, but if he die before then the said widow to have only the use of her half of the house and half of the barn and half the orchard and one third part of said tillage land, pasture and meadow ground & the said widow shall have the use of the whole, that is to say, the other two thirds till Joseph comes of age, that said estate shall be paid to Benjamin's guardian, that he shall choose for bringing him up as aforesaid, and if Anne die before Benjamin comes of age, the said Joseph shall pay six pounds current money yearly, until said Benjamin commence Bachelor of Arts or might have done, if he had remained at the University as before to his guardian.

Item. It is agreed that what said Anne hath in her hands undisposed of: her son John shall have a double part and all the rest of her sons equal parts, and it is agreed if any land be sold for the bringing up of Benjamin, it shall be the ten acres, or part of it, that is the pasture land lying betwixt Capt. Goodhues land and John Choate's land said John Choate shall have it giving as much as another will give, and if the said land be sold as aforesaid then Joseph shall have Benjamin's land given him by will except the three acres reserved for Samuel as his deed mentions.

Further it is mutually agreed that the said John Choate, the eldest son of John Choate, deceased, shall have all the housing and lands and stock given by deed of gift and confirmed by will without any right of dowry.

Further, it is mutually agreed that Samuel Choate shall have all the housing and lands & stock given him by deed of gift & (note) without any right of dowry.

Further, it is mutually agreed that Thomas Choate shall have all the housing and lands given him by deed of gift and not confirmed by Will without any right of dowry.

Further is mutually agreed that Joseph during his brother's life, and his brother Benjamin's education, as before mentioned, when he comes of age and after he comes of age during his mother's life & during his brother's education, as before inserted, shall have and enjoy all the housing lands and meadows as by his father's Will and afterwards forever.

Further - it is mutually agreed that Benjamin shall receive the yearly income of his brother Joseph's land till he comes of age, and other payments as before inserted until he Commences Bachelor of Arts or might have done it, if he remained at his learning, and the land given him by his father's will may be sold for the bringing to and at the College if need be, and if Joseph or Benjamin or both decease before they come of age of twenty one years, and land that shall then remain unsold shall be divided to the brothers viz: To John a double, and to each other male heir of said Choate's children a single share and if sold to have it forever.

It is further agreed and each doth for themselves and in behalf forever a quit claim make each other, and their respective heirs and assigns of all the estate real and personal of said John Choate, deceased estate, giving and granting to each the respective share inserted to have and to hold to them as it is prefixed to them without let or hindrance, molestation or interruption, suit or demand of us ourselves, our heirs, executors, administrators or assigns.

In Testimony hereof we have affixed our hands and seals this 14th day of May Anno Domino 1697.

(Signed)

Anne Choate (seal)

John Choate (seal)

Samuel Choate (seal)

Thomas Choate (seal)

Anne Choate (seal)

as guardian for Joseph & Benjamin Choate

For more information:

The Choates in America: John Choate and His Descendants, 1643-1896, by E.O. Jameson, Boston, 1896.

My Choate genealogy:

Generation 1:  John Choate, born about 1624 in Groton, Boxford, Colchester, England, died 4 December 1695 in Ipswich, Massachusetts; married about 1660 to Ann Unknown.  She died 16 February 1727 in Ipswich.  Eight children.

Lineage A:

Generation 2: Thomas Choate, born about 1671, died 31 March 1745 in Ipswich; married about 1690 in Ipswich to Mary Varney, daughter of Thomas Varney and Abigail Proctor.  She was born in 1669 and died 19 November 1733 in Ipswich.  Thomas Choate married second to Mary Ayer and third to Hannah Burnham. 

Generation 3:  Anne Choate, born 22 May 1691 in Ipswich, died 15 August 1739 in Ipswich; married on 21 October 1710 in Ipswich to John Burnham, son of John Burnham and Sarah Graves.  He was born about 1685 and died 24 November 1749 in Ipswich.  He was also married to Elizabeth Porter.

Generation 4: Jeremiah Burnham m. Abigail Andrews.

Generation 5: Abigail Burnham m.  Isaac Allen

Generation 6: Joseph Allen m. Judith Burnham

Generation 7: Joseph Allen m. Orpha Andrews

Generation 8: Joseph Gilman Allen m. Sarah Burnham Mears

Generation 9: Joseph Elmer Allen m. Carrie Maude Batchelder

Generation 10: Stanley Elmer Allen m. Gertrude Matilda Hitchings (my grandparents)

Linage B:

Generation 1: Sarah Choate, born about 1672, died June 1746; married on 13 April 1693 in Ipswich to John Burnham, son of John Burnham and Elizabeth Wells.  He was born 8 April 1671 in Ipswich and died in October 1706 in Ipswich.  Eleven children.

Generation 2: John Burnham m. Rachel Smith

Generation 3: Dorothy Burnham m. Abner Poland

Generation 4: Abner Poland m. Sarah Burnham

Generation 5: Sally Poland m. Henry Burnham

Generation 6: Sarah Ann Burnham m. Samuel Mears

Generation 7: Sarah Burnham Mears m. Joseph Gilman Allen

Generation 8: Joseph Elmer Allen m. Carrie Maude Batchelder

Generation 9: Stanley Elmer Allen m. Gertrude Matilda Hitchings (my grandparents)

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Surname Saturday ~ BURNHAM of Chebacco Parish, Ipswich (now Essex), Massachusetts

BURNHAM

I have a plethora of BURNHAM ancestors.  In order to write this Surname Saturday post I had to review my BURNHAM lineages and count them up.  I had estimated that I had half dozen lines from the BURNHAM brothers who immigrated to America in the 1630s.  I was wrong.  After combing through the family tree I counted up eight Burnham lineages from just two of the three brothers (supposedly brothers - see the note below)!

If you are interested in tangled colonial lines then this post is for you.  The tiny town of Essex, Massachusetts (formerly known as the Chebacco Parish of Ipswich) has very few surnames in its lists of vital records.  In the 1820 census, there were 43 different surnames in Essex, but the six most common were BURNHAM, ANDREWS, LOW, STORY, CHOATE and COGSWELL, which account for half of the 1820 census.  You will see all six of these surnames often in my family tree.   This lineage starts in the 1630s and stays in Ipswich and Essex right down to my mother, who was born in Ipswich.

Last Christmas I met David H. Burnham, a trustee of the New England Historic Genealogical society, and also a descendant of the Chebacco Parish (Essex) BURNHAMs.  He told me that he was one of a half dozen BURNHAMs in his Essex kindergarten class, and that there was a saying in Essex “If you aren’t a BURNHAM or an ANDREWS, there must be a STORY!”     

         

My Burnham genealogy:

Hold onto your hat!  There are eight lineages of BURNHAMS here, all ancestors of my maternal grandfather, Stanley Elmer Allen (1904 - 1982):

According to the book The Burnham Family: Or Genealogical Records of the Descendants of the Four Emigrants of the Name, Three Burnham brothers arrived on the ship Angel Gabriel with the other passengers, and made their way to Ipswich (Chebacco Parish) in Massachusetts.  Their kinship is not clear.

Generation 1:   Speculation:  Robert Burnham, born about 1581 in Norwich, England; married Mary Andrews.  She was born about 1585 and died about 1635 in Norwich.   The three sons who came on the ship Angel Gabriel are John, Thomas and Robert.  The captain of the ship was supposed to be their maternal uncle, Captain Robert Andrews.  The kinship of the three Burnham men has not been proven to be brothers, but it is clear they were close kin.

Lineage A:

Generation 2:  Deacon John Burnham, born about 1616 in England, died 5 November 1694 in the Chebacco Parish, Ipswich, Massachusetts; married Mary Unknown.

Generation 3: John Burnham, born about 1650 in Ipswich, died 11 January 1708 in Ipswich; married about 1677 to Sarah (Graves?). 

Generation 4: John Burnham, born about 1685, died 24 November 1749 in Ipswich; married as his third wife to Anne Choate on 21 October 1710 in Ipswich.  She was the daughter of Thomas Choate and Mary Varney, born 22 May 1691 in Ipswich, died 15 August 1739 in Ipswich.

Generation 5: Jeremiah Burnham, born about 1716 in Ipswich, died 1760; married on 2 December 1736 to Abigail Andrews, daughter of John Andrews and Elizabeth Story.

Generation 6:  Abigail Burnham, born 12 April 1741 in Ipswich; married 24 November 1763 in Ipswich to Isaac Allen, son of William Allen and Mary Ingalls. He was baptized 3 August 1740 in Ipswich.

Generation 7: Joseph Allen m. Judith Burnham

Generation 8: Joseph Allen m. Orpha Andrews

Generation 9: Joseph Gilman Allen m. Sarah Burnham Mears

Generation 10: Joseph Elmer Allen m. Carrie Maude Batchelder

Generation 11: Stanley Elmer Allen m. Gertrude Matilda Hitchings (my grandparents)

Lineage B:

Generation 2:  Lieutenant Thomas Burnham, born 1623 in Norwich, England, died 19 June 1694 in the Chebacco Parish of Ipswich; married about 1643 to Mary Lawrence, daughter of Thomas Lawrence and Joan Antrobus.  She was baptized on 10 April 1625 at St. Albans, Hertfordshire, England, and died 27 March 1715 in Ipswich.

Generation 3: John Burnham, born 1648 and died 12 January 1704 in the Chebacco Parish; married on 6 June 1668 to  Elizabeth Wells, daughter of Thomas Wells and Abigail Warner.  She was born 31 July 1646 in Ipswich and died 9 June 1731. I descend from three of John’s children: John, Thomas and David.

Lineage B1:

Generation 4: John Burnham, born 8 April 1671 in Ipswich, died October 1706 in Ipswich; married on 13 April 1693 in Ipswich to Sarah Choate, daughter of John Choate and Ann Unknown.

Generation 5: John Burnham, born 8 April 1693, his father’s birthday, in Ipswich; married on 20 October 1722 in Ipswich to Rachel Smith.

Generation 6: Dorothy Burnham, born about 1737 in the Chebacco Parish, died 7 April 1789 in Ipswich; married on 3 April 1761 to Abner Poland.

Generation 7:  Abner Poland, jr. m. Sarah Burnham

Generation 8: Sally Poland m. Henry Burnham

Generation 9: Sarah Ann Burnham m. Samuel Mears

Generation 10: Sarah Burnham Mears m. Joseph Gilman Allen (see above)

Lineage B2:

Generation 4: Thomas Burnham born 30 September 1673 in Ipswich, died 16 December 1748; married on 30 September 1700 in Ipswich to Susannah Boardman.  She was born 5 April 1681 and died 1748.

Generation 5: Stephen Burnham, born about 1715 in the Chebacco Parish, and died 1790 probably in Milford, New Hampshire; married on 16 August 1735 in Ipswich to Mary Andrews, daughter of Thomas Andrews and Mary Smith.

Generation 6: Colonel Joshua Burnham, born 26 January 1754 in Gloucester, Massachusetts, died 7 June 1835 in Milford, New Hampshire; married on 21 January 1779 to Jemima Wyman, daughter of Increase Wyman and Catherine Unknown.

Generation 7: Jemima Burnham, born 9 May 1793 (twin to Thomas Burnham) in Milford, New Hampshire, died 5 August 1868 in South Boston, Massachusetts; married on 22 November 1810 in Boston to Romanus Emerson, son of John Emerson and Katherine Eaton.  He was born 1 September 1782 in Townsend, Massachusetts, died 10 October 1852 in South Boston.

Generation 8: George Emerson m. Mary Esther Younger

Generation 9: Mary Katharine Emerson m. George E. Batchelder

Generation 10: Carrie Maude Batchelder m. Joseph Elmer Allen (see above)

Lineage B3:

Generation 4: David Burnham, born 20 October 1688, died 2 February 1770; married on 2 July 1711 to Elizabeth Perkins, daughter of Jacob Perkins and Elizabeth Sparks. She was born 18 March 1691 in Ipswich.  I descend from two of their sons, David and Westley.

Lineage B3a:

Generation 5: David Burnham, born 17 June 1714 in Ipswich, died 27 December 1802 in Ipswich; married on 25 September 1734 in Ipswich to Elizabeth Marshall, daughter of Benjamin Marshall and Bethiah Goodhue.  She was born in 1715 and died 15 November 1801 in Ipswich.

Generation 6: Amos Burnham, born 13 July 1735 in Ipswich, died 28 November 1788 when he drowned in Chebacco Pond; married on 27 January 1757 in Ipswich to Sarah Giddings, daughter of Thomas Giddings and Martha Smith.

Generation 7: Judith Burnham, born 14 January 1782 in Essex, died 26 October 1848 in Essex; married on 5 April 1799 in Ipswich to Joseph Allen, son of Isaac Allen and Abigail Burnham (see above)

Lineage B3b:

Generation 5: Westley Burnham, born October 1719, died 28 June 1797; married on 10 November 1743 to Deborah Story, daughter of Zachariah Story and Rachel Andrews.  She was born in 1723 and died 24 November 1821.  I descend from two of their children: Westley and Sarah Burnham.

Generation 6: Westley Burnham, born 27 August 1747 in Chebacco Parish, died 1 September 1835; married Molly Woodbury, daughter of Robert Woodbury and Hannah Preston/Presson.  She was born 29 July 1749 in Beverly, Massachusetts, died 27 April 1830 in Essex.  I descend from two of their sons, Asa and Henry.

Lineage B3bi:

Generation 7:  Asa Burnham, born 9 September 1778, died 23 May 1850; married on 24 December 1801 in Ipswich to Polly Bray, daughter of Humphrey Bray and Molly Herrick.  She was born about October 1779 in Gloucester, Massachusetts. 

Generation 8: Lydia W. Burnham, born 19 September 1802 in Essex, died 5 September 1864 in Essex; married on 29 March 1823 in Essex to Samuel Mears, son of Alexander Mears and Martha Poland.  He was born about 1798 in Essex and died 28 August 1879 in Essex.

Generation 9: Samuel Mears m. Sarah Ann Burnham, daughter of Henry Burnham and Sally Poland (see below)

Generation 10: Sarah Burnham Mears m. Joseph Gilman Allen (see above)

Lineage B3bii:

Generation 8:  Henry Burnham born 23 June 1783 in Essex, died 1 July 1867 in Essex; married on 2 May 1805 in Essex to Sally Poland, daughter of Abner Poland and Sarah Burnham (1^st cousins) (see above)

Generation 9: Sarah Ann Burnham, born 23 October 1821, died 23 January 1848 in Hamilton, Massachusetts; married on 20 April 1844 in Essex to Samuel Mears (see above)

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For more information on the BURNHAM family:

The Burnham Family: Or the Genealogical Records of the Descendants of the Four Emigrants of the Name, who were among the early settlers in America , by Roderick Henry Burnham, Hartford, Connecticut, Press of Case, Lockwood & Brainard, 1869. (available to read online at Google books)

There are many articles on the Connecticut BURNHAM family (no known relation) in The American Genealogist and The Connecticut Nutmegger, but no one has written about the Essex County BURNHAMs.  There are many articles and books on some of the allied families (CHOATE, WALLIS, MARSHALL, COGSWELL, etc.which mention BURNHAM marriages and list the BURNHAM children of these marriages, which is very helpful.  The vital records of Ipswich, Essex, Gloucester and Hamilton are very good, but the tendency of the BURNHAMS to recycle first names such as John, Thomas and David make it very confusing. 

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To cite/link to this blog post:  Heather Wilkinson Rojo, Nutfield Genealogy, posted 17 May 2014, ( http://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2014/04/surname-saturday-burnham-of-chebacco.html, accessed: [access date]).  

Surname Saturday ~ Proctor of Salem, Massachusetts

PROCTOR

John Proctor, of unknown origin and unknown birth date, died on 28 November 1672 in Salem, Massachusetts.  His son, John Proctor, died when he was hung as a witch in 1692, but lives on in most people’s memory as the main character in Arthur Miller’s play “The Crucible”.   In the play there is a fictional love affair between a young John and his teenaged servant, but in reality there was no affair since John Proctor was more than sixty years old, and Abigail Williams, his maid, was only eleven years old at the time of the trial.

The first John Proctor arrived on the “Susan and Ellen” in 1635.  He had land in Ipswich and also in Salem.  His son John was an innkeeper in Ipswich, and farmed his father’s land.  His first wife, Martha, is my 8x great grandmother through son Benjamin.  He had a total of 17 children with three wives.  His third wife was pregnant when they were arrested and she “plead the belly”.  She was not hung along with John on 19 August 1692, and she later gave birth to a child after the trials and hangings were suspended.  She was deeply in debt and impoverished when set free, and her home had been looted.  She had many children and stepchildren to care for.  She went back to Lynn, where she had been born and there is a record of intention to marry Daniel Richards on 22 September 1699.   In her father’s will she is named “Elizabeth Bassett, alias Richards”.  [The Bassett Family, by Catherine Soleman Chandler, Salem Historical Society Publications, Volume 3, No. I, page 11]

John Proctor was accused of witchcraft by Abigail Williams and Mary Walcott, young maids in the household.  He had been outspoken against earlier arrests.  Several people in the community spoke against him, and he was found guilty.  There is a surviving petition signed by other members of the neighborhood requesting leniency in his case.  This was a very brave act, for it put them in grave danger, just like when John Proctor spoke out against earlier arrests.  There are several members of my family tree on that petition: John Andrews, William Cogswell, Thomas Choate, Thomas Varney, William Andrews, John Burnham, John Andrews, John Choate, John Cogswell, Samuel Giddings, and Thomas Andrews.

From Robert Calef's More Wonders of the Invisible World written in 1700 after the trials and executions, one of the few contemporary accounts of the witch hysteria:

"John Proctor and his wife being in prison, the sheriff came to his house and seized all the goods, provisions and cattle that he could come at, and sold some of the cattle at half price, and killed the others, and put them up for the West Indies; threw out the Beer out of a barrel,  and carried away the barrel; emptied a pot of broath, and took away the pot, and left nothing in the house for the support of the children; No part of the said Goods are known to be returned.  Mr. Proctor earnestly implored Mr. Noyes to pray with and for him, but it was wholly denied, because he would not own himself to be a witch." 

After his arrest and trial, his sons Benjamin (my 7x great grandfather) and William were also arrested.  He was hung along with Reverend George Burroughs, John Willard, George Jacobs (also my 8x great grandfather), Rebecca Nurse (a distant relation to the Proctors) and Martha Corey.  Later in 1711 the descendants of John and Elizabeth Proctor were given 150 pounds compensation for their suffering.   It took seven years for Elizabeth to reverse her legal rights since she was considered guilty by the court.  At the time John wrote his will, he thought Elizabeth would be hung, too, so he had left her nothing in the will.

As you see, the truth is much sadder than Arthur Miller's play...

I have two Proctor lineages:

A.

Generation 1:  John Proctor, born about 1595 in England, died between 28 August and 28 November 1672 in Salem, Massachusetts; married on 1 June 1630 to Martha Harper.

Generation 2:  John Proctor, born 9 October 1631 in Assington, England, hung as an accused witch in Salem on 19 August 1692; married first about 1651 to Martha Unknown.  She died 13 June 1659; married second in December 1662 in Ipswich to Elizabeth Thorndike, daughter of John Thorndike and Elizabeth Stratton; married third about 1674 to Elizabeth Bassett.  He had four children with Martha, seven with the first Elizabeth, and six with the last Elizabeth.

Generation 3: Benjamin Proctor, born 10 June 1659 in Ipswich, died 1717; married on 10 December 1694 in Lynn to Mary Buckley. Four children.

Generation 4: John Proctor, born 27 January 1693 in Salem, died 3 September 1773 in Danvers; married first to Lydia Waters on 14 December 1727 in Salem, married second to Eunice Unknown. Ten children with Lydia.

Generation 5: Lydia Proctor, born 31 March 1730 in Salem; married 1 August 1751 in Salem to Jonathan Flint.

Generation 6: John Flint married Phebe Flint

Generation 7: Olive Flint married Luther Simonds Munroe

Generation 8: Phebe Cross Munroe married Robert Wilson Wilkinson

Generation 9: Albert Munroe Wilkinson married Isabella Lyons Bill

Generation 10: Donald Munroe Wilkinson married Bertha Louise Roberts (my grandparents)

B.

Generation 2: Abigail Proctor, born about 1639, died 1 March 1732 in the Chebacco Parish of Ipswich, Massachusetts; married Thomas Varney as his first wife. 

Generation 3:  Mary Varney married Thomas Choate as his first wife

Generation 4: Anne Choate married John Burnham

Generation 5: Jeremiah Burnham married Abigail Andrews

Generation 6: Abigail Burnham married Isaac Allen

Generation 7: Joseph Allen married Judith Burnham

Generation 8: Joseph Allen married Orpha Andrews

Generation 9: Joseph Gilman Allen married Sarah Burnham Mears

Generation 10: Joseph Elmer Allen married Carrie Maude Batchelder

Generation 11: Stanley Elmer Allen married Gertrude Matilda Hitchings (my grandparents)

For more information on the Proctor family:

The American Genealogist, volume 81, page 218

The Great Migration, Immigrants to New England 1634 – 1625, by Robert Charles Anderson, Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1999, volume 5, pages 540 – 542

John Proctor of Ipswich and Some of his Descendants, by Leland H. Proctor, Springfield, MA: Research Associates, 1985

The Proctor Genealogy, by Albert Carlton Proctor, 1979,

Planters of the Commonwealth, by Charles Edward Banks, Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1979

This website has the John Proctor genealogy and other Proctor families http://www.houseofproctor.org/genealogy/

See my blog post about my ancestor George Jacobs, who was also hanged the same day as John Proctor:  http://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2012/04/surname-saturday-jacobs-of-salem.html 

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Copyright 2012, Heather Wilkinson Rojo