Major John Burr, of Norwalk

Generation 2b – Major John Burr (1633-1693)

• Was prominent in the colony
• Was made a freeman in 1664
• Received public office of deputy to the CT General Court (Fairfield) in 1666 and several times thereafter
• Appointed commissioner for Fairfield in 1679
• In 1690, he took his seat as senator and magistrate for the colony
• He was a major in the French and Indian war
• Is referred to as colonel in the Fairfield records
• Assistant, i.e. Senator, or member of the upper house, and magistrate of the colony
• Sergeant major to Fairfield county
• Major Burr was one of the magistrates presiding, along with Governor  Robert Treat and several others, over a witchcraft trial. The accused Mercy Desborough was found guilty and sentenced to death; the sentence was never carried out.

Links

• http://www.relivinghistoryinc.org/Burr-Family---Ancestry.html
• http://www.our-genealogy.com/griffin/ancestry-burr/danial-burr.html

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GEDCOM Note

!"The Families of Old Fairfield", testified in 1681 and was age 48. May have married first, bef 1659, Mary Ward who died after 1665 without issue. Will dated 19 Mar 1693/4

!"The Burr Family"; by Charles Burr Todd; FHL 929.273 B94t

?? Line 627: (New PAF RIN=45) 1 BIRT 2 DATE 1633 (48-1681)

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GEDCOM Source

Public Member Trees Ancestry.com Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. Family trees submitted by Ancestry members. Ancestry Family Tree http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=76694367&pid...