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About Thomas Burgess, Jr., of Sandwich
Thomas Burgess[1]
- Abt 1628 - Abt 1687 (~ 59 years)
Name Thomas Burgess Born Abt 1628 Hawes, , Yorkshire, England [1] Gender Male Died Abt 1687 [1] Person ID I41595 MacomberKin Last Modified 3 Feb 2015
Father Thomas Burge, b. 1603, Hawes, , Yorkshire, England , d. 13 Feb 1684, Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States (Age 81 years)
Mother Dorothy Phippen, b. 1603, Hawes, , Yorkshire, England , d. 13 Feb 1686 (Age 83 years) Family ID F69100 Group Sheet
Family 1 Lydia Gaunt, b. Abt 1636, Hawes, , Yorkshire, England , d. 1684 (Age ~ 48 years)
Children + 1. Thomas Burgess, b. 1668, Little Compton, Newport, Rhode Island, United States , d. 1 Jul 1743 (Age 75 years) Last Modified 11 Jun 2015
Family ID F22304 Group Sheet
Family 2 Elizabeth Bassett, b. Abt 1630, d. Yes, date unknown Married 8 Nov 1648 Last Modified 11 Jun 2015 Family ID F92669 Group Sheet
Married 1) Elizabeth Bassett, divorced : 2) Lydia Gaunt
Parents:
THOMAS4 BURGESS (THOMAS3, THOMAS2, ELLICE1) was born Aug 16, 1601 in Truro, Cornwall, England1, and died Bet. Feb 13, 1683/84 - 1685 in Sandwich, MA.
He married DORATHY WAYNES Abt. 1627 in Truro, Cornwall, England1. She was born 1603 in Earls, Barton, Norhantes, England1, and died Bet. Feb 27, 1685/86 -1687 in Sandwich, MA
Notes
Elizabeth divorced Thomas Burgess after he was brought to court for an act of uncleanness with Lydia Gaunt. This was the first divorce in Plymouth Colony.
From Savage
THOMAS, Sandwich, s. prob. eldest, of the preced. perhaps b. in Eng. m. 8 Nov. 1648, Elizabeth Basset, d. of William, one of the first comers, was divorc. 10 June 1661, and rem. to R. I. and at Newport was resid. 1671, hav. w. Lydia.
Notes from Bill Burgess for THOMAS BURGESS:
Thomas was enrolled to bear arms in 1643. He served the town of Sandwich as constable in 1654. He subscribed to repair the meeting house, and to support the minister in 1657. In 1661, he left the Plymouth Colony, and removed to Newport, Rhode Island, U.S.A. He was admitted a freeman in the Rhode Island and Providence Plantations and served as grand juror in 1667. Rev. Dr. Ebenezer Burgess, in Burgess Genealogy in 1865, states on page 12 the following: "His second wife was Lydia, daughter of Peter Gaunt, by whom he had one son and probably other children. More About LYDIA GAUNT: Baptism: April 2, 1636 in St. Peters, Gowts, Lincolnshire, England
More notes:
Elizabeth Bassett married Thomas Burgess, Jr. of Sandwich, MA., USA in 1648. They were divorced June 10, 1661. - He moved to Rhode Island and married Lydia Gaunt. Thomas Jr., and Elizabeth Bassett had no children though they were married 12 1/2 years. Then on June 10, 1661, Elizabeth was granted what is reputedly the first divorce in Plymouth Colony. Adultery was the only grounds for divorce at the time, and Thomas was found guilty of the act with a woman named Lydia Gaunt. He was punished by being whipped and forced to give up one-third of his net worth. He then married Lydia, and the couple moved to Newport, Rhode Island, where their only known child, a son, Thomas III was born in 1668.
Robert Barlett of Plymouth, sold, for 50 pounds silver, to Thomas Burges Jr of Newport, Rhode Island 17 or 27 Feb 1670/1, a share of land in Dartmouth, MA.
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Burgess, Thomas (~1627 - 1717) b. ABT 1627 in England d. 26 FEB 1717 in Newport, Rhode Island father: Burgess, Thomas(~1603 - 1685) mother: ?, Dorothy(~1605 - 1687)
LAND EVIDENCE NEWPORT,R.I. P.30
LAND RECORDED OF THOMAS BURGIS
THOMAS BURGIS....OF NEWPORT....TWO TRACTS....ONE CONTAININGE...FORTY-FOWER ACRES...BOUNDED ON THE EAST AND SOUTH BY LAND OF ROBERT TAYLOR, ON THE WEST BY THE COMMON, ON THE NORTH THE LAND OF JOHN WOOD THE OTHER BEINGE A PERCELL OF MEDDOW IS LYINGE IN THE IN THESE MEDDOWES COMMONLY CALLED SACHUEST MEDDOWES AND IS...BOUNDED ON THE EAST OR SOUTHEAST BY ROBERT TAYLORS ON THE SOUTH AND WESTERLY BY A CREEKE WHERE THE SALT WATER FLOES... WITH ALL...DWELLING OR MANSION HOUSIS... ACCORDING TO A LAW OF THE COLLONY MADE 22TH OF MAY 1662...RATIFIED 5TH DASY OF MAY 1673.
He was enrolled to bear arms in 1643, when probably 16 years old. He served the town as constable in 1654. He subscribed to repair the meetinghouse, and to support the minister, in 1657. In 1661 he left the Plymouth Colony, and removed to Newport. He was admitted a freeman in the Rhode Island and Providence Platations, and served as grand juror, in 1667.
Thomas Burgess may have been married a third time.
spouse: Bassett, Elizabeth (1626 - ) - m. 08 NOV 1648 in Barnstable, Sandwich, Massachusetts spouse: Gaunt, Lydia (1638 - 1684) - m. ABT 1662 in prob.Sandwich, Barnstable County, Massachusetts
-child: Burgess, Thomas (1668 - 1743)
- Suggested edit: There is no evidence to support this record, and the only credible source for any information about his death (Clarence Torrey's "US & New England Marriages before 1700") says only that he died after 1687 when his father's will was proved. Furthermore, whatever records do exist imply he lived his entire adult life in Newport, Rhode Island and it is most likelly he died there, not in Sandwich.
Contributor: Michael Hogan
- Reference: Find A Grave Memorial - SmartCopy: Jun 7 2022, 10:39:12 UTC
- https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/38451573/thomas-burgess
- http://massandmoregenealogy.blogspot.com/2013/01/thomas-burgess-and...
- http://www.techstardirect.com/burgess/treerpt80817.pdf
- http://www.cyberancestors.com/cummins/ps54/ps54_257.htm (dead link)
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Thomas Burgess, Jr., of Sandwich's Timeline
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1628
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England
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| 1669 |
June 9, 1669
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Little Compton, Newport, Rhode Island, British Colonial America
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November 12, 1670
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Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay Colony
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1684
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February 26, 1717
Age 89
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Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts
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May 17, 1932
Age 89
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August 26, 1932
Age 89
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