John Burgess, Jr.

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John Burgess (abt. 1659 - aft. 1730)

John Burgess aka Burge
Born about 1659 in Yarmouth, Barnstable County, Plymouth Colonymap [uncertain]
ANCESTORS ancestors
Son of John Burgess Sr. and Mary (Worden) Burgess
Brother of Mary (Burgess) Ellis, Patience (Burgess) Nye, Thomas Burgess, Joseph Burgess Sr., Martha (Burgess) Storrs, Samuel Burgess, Jacob Burgess, Sarah Burgess and Mercy (Burgess) Elles
Husband of Sarah (Nickerson) Burgess — married about 1694 [location unknown]
DESCENDANTS descendants
Father of Mary (Burgess) Ellis, Joseph Burgess, Benjman Burges, Samuel Burgess, Ezekial Burgess, Thankful (Burgess) Blossom and John Burgess
Died after 2 Mar 1730 after about age 71 in Yarmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts Baymap
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Biography

John was the eldest son of John Burgess and his wife Mary Worden.[1] He was probably born Yarmouth about 1659, shortly after his parents' marriage in Dec 1657.

John Burgess married Sarah Nickerson, the daughter of Nicholas Nickerson, by 1695.[2] His date of death is unknown.

They had 8 children born in Yarmouth:[3]

Mary, b. 25 Dec 1695, m. Elnathan Ellis
Elizabeth, b. 12 Oct 1697, m. Prence Wixon
Joseph, b. 09 July 1699, m. Desire Luce
Benjamin, b. 03 May 1701, m. Thankful Nickerson
Samuel, b. 03 Feb 1703, m. Elizabeth Burgess
Ezekiel, b. 19 Aug 1705, m1. Catharine Baker, m2. Sarah Baker
Thankful, b. 07 Jun 1708, m. John Blossom
John III, b. mid-Oct 1710; m1. Elsey Baker (sister of Ezekiel's 2nd wife), m2. Hannah (Severance) Hinckley
Will

John Burges of Yarmouth wrote his will on 2 Mar 1729/30.[4]
In it he mentions:
Youngest son John
Son Joseph
Daughter Mary Ellis
Daughter Elizabeth Wixon
Daughter Thankful Blossom
Son Benjamin
Son Samuel
Son Ezekial
Sources

↑ Long, Charles A. E., Matinicus Isle, Its Story and Its People. [Lewiston, Me] : Lewiston Journal Printshop, 1926. Page 144.
↑ Torrey’s New England Marriages Prior to 1700. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008.) Originally published as: New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015. Page 247
↑ Robert M. Sherman and Ruth Wilder Sherman, compilers, Vital Records of Yarmouth, MA to the year 1850 (Camden, ME: Picton Press, 1975, second printing 1993), Vol. 1, p. 16.
A Regester of names and bearthes of ye Children of John and Sarah Burge as followeth
marey : Burge the daughtur of John and Sarah Burge was Born upon ye : 25th : day of desember : 1695 :
Elezabeth : Burge the daughtur of said John and Sarah : Burge was Borne upon ye : 12th : day of octr : 1697
Joseph : Burge ye Son of ye said John and Sarah Burge was borne upon ye : 9th : of July : 1699
Benjaman burges Son of the abve sd John & Sary : he was borne the third day of may in the yeare : 1701
Samuel Burges he was borne the 3rd day of febuaray in the year of our lord : 1703 :
Ezecakel burges the Son of John & Sarah burges above sd : he was borne one the nineteenth day of aguest in the yeare of our lord : 1705
Thankfull Burges daughtuer of John & Sarah Burges : She was born the Seventh day of June in the yeare : 1708 :
John Burgs the Son of John and Sarah Burgs : he was born in the middle of october in the year of our lord : 1710.
↑ Barnstable, MA Probate Records, 1686-1894. Vol 5, p. 229, image 475 of 660, available at FamilySearch.org.
See also:

Katherine W. Hiam, Burgess Genealogy, Descendants of the Four Sons of Thomas and Dorothy (Waynes) Burgess (Boston, MA: NEHGS, 1997)
"Matinicus Isle - Its Story and Its People", by Charles A. E. Long, printed by the Lewiston Journal Printshop in 1926.
Burgess Genealogy: Memorial of Thomas and Dorothy Burgess, who were settled at Sandwich in the Plymouth Colony in 1637, by E. Burgess (Ebenezer Burgess). Printed by Press of T. R. Marvin & Son 1865
Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/132262061/john-burgess : accessed 06 September 2021), memorial page for John Burgess (1659–1723), Find A Grave: Memorial #132262061; Maintained by Ruby Davenport Scholl (contributor 48159920) Non-Cemetery Burial, who reports a Burial Unknown. (No gravestone extant, no photos or transcriptions).