John Burt

Person 3. f John, born (Sudbury?) I have not the date of his birth or death. He is named in the settlement of his father's estate. He married Rebecca .

Biography

The Burke and Alvord memorial. A genealogical account of the descendants of Richard Burke of Sudbury, Mass. by Boutelle, John Alonzo; Burke, William A. (William Alvord), (1864) Page 17. < Archive.Org >

II. 3. John Burke

Born Sudbury, Mass. ; died . Son of Richard and Mary (Parmenter) Burke. He and his mother, Mary, administered on his father's estate. He was appointed, April 6, 1696, a guardian of his brother, Jonas Burke, and was also guardian of his brother Thomas.

He resided in Sudbury and in Groton. In Sudbury he resided on part of the estate which formerly belonged to his father, Richard Burke, situated in Sudbury, near Stow line, and bounded in part by land of his brothers, John, Jonas, and Thomas's division. He sold, March 23, 1721—2, his estate in Sudbury to Edward Fuller of Salem. In April following, he purchased an estate in Groton, of Samuel Farnsworth, for four hundred pounds, and subsequently moved to Groton, Mass.

He married Rebecca.

Children —

• 15. Rebecca, born Sudbury, April 7, 1690.
• 16. Elizabeth, born Sudbury, March 22, 1701.
• 17. Margaret, born Sudbury, May 17, 1702.
• 18. John, born Sudbury, April 16, 1704.
• 19. Phineas, born Sudbury, Nov. 3, 1706.
• 20. Dinah, born Sudbury, April 15, 1709.
• 21. Azubah, born Sudbury, May 13, 1711 ; bapt. July 12 1713. [Church Records.

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References

1. The Burke and Alvord memorial. A genealogical account of the descendants of Richard Burke of Sudbury, Mass. by Boutelle, John Alonzo; Burke, William A. (William Alvord), (1864) Page 13-15. < Archive.Org >. Page 17. < Archive.Org >
2. https://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:Richard_Burke_%285%29. .
3. https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/family/LHK8-BB4 .
4. https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Burke-1133
5. https://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:John_Burt_%2851%29 cites
   1. Boutelle, J. A. (John Alonzo). The Burke and Alvord Memorial. (Boston, Mass.: Henry W. Dutton and Son, 1864) 17. John Burke, s/o Richard Burke and Mary Parmenter, b. -, d. -, m. Rebecca -. Co-administrator with mother on father's estate and guardian for borthers Jonas and Thomas. Moved to Groton about 1722.
   2. Baldwin, Thomas. Vital Records of Harvard, Massachusetts to the Year 1850. (Boston, Massachusetts: Wright & Potter, 1917) p. 253. BURT, John, [died] Apr. 19, 1756, a. abt. 83 y. CR1 [Note: birth about 1673]
   3. Peach, Joy F. (Hartwell) and Julie Helen Otto. "The Later History and Some Descendents of John Burt/Burke of Sudbury and Groton [Harvard], Massachusetts", in NEHGS Nexus. (Boston, Massachusetts: New England Historic Genealogical Society) Vol. 113, p. 114. “John2 Burt, s/o Richard1 Burk and Mary Parmenter, b. probably Sudbury abt 1673, d. Harvard 19 Apr 1756, m. probably Sudbury abt 1697 Rebecca Grout. Records for this Sudbury line found under Burt, Bart, Burk and Buck.”
   4. Sudbury Records record his children under Burt and Burk (3 with each spelling). Groton records, where his children married, used mostly Burt, though one record of Burck is found. Harvard records (where he died) appear to use Burt exclusively.