Hannah Burroughs

• Per Victor BURROUGHS-Longtime BURROUGHS Researcher-

"The first BURROUGHS to arrive in America from our line is JOHN BURROUGHS. The last name has been spelled like this through 13 generations here in America. John was born in 1651 or 1652 in England, From what I can find his most likely origin would be the South West part of England, the Counties of Gloustershire, Sommerstshire, Wiltshire and Hampshire. There is a record of the BURROUGHS family in the researchy book "ENGLISH SURNAMES IN 1601", in the Winchester Cathederal, Also another text suggests that Laverstock, Witshire was a popular BURROUGHS home.

John was a Puritan. The first record of him in America was dated 1680 in the town of Enfield, MA. He is listed as one of the three men that built the Congregational church in Enfield. The records still exist today with the church. Being in Enfield suggests that he most likely sailed to Salem, MA from England as Enfield is an out colony of Salem through Springfield, MA. He worked as a farmer in Enfield having received a lot in the second distribution in 1681. I have not found any evidence of any brothers or sisters of John in America. This suggests to me that he came along or possibly with a young bride. His wife's name was Hannah and she was born in 1658. I don't know where she was born nor if they came together from England. My best guess would be that he left England between 1667 and 1679. If you figure that he had to work off his indentures to the shipping concern, the dates would tighten to 1667-1673 allowing six years to pay for his passage before arriving in Enfield. John had four children, their names by birth order were Hannah, Rebecca, John and Sarah. If we apply English naming traditions this would imply that John's father was JOHN BURROUGHS and his mothers name would be REBECCA.

From http://www.genealogy.com/users/b/u/b/Betty-Jean-Bubrig/FILE/0002pag...

• Updated from MyHeritage Family Trees via husband John Burroughs by SmartCopy: Feb 2 2015, 4:16:07 UTC