Thomas Burnham, of Ipswich

Dea. John Burnham, of Ipswich arrived 1737. His brothers Thomas Burnham, of Ipswich and Robert Burnham arrived after 1640. Parents unknown. They were not passengers of the Angel Gabriel in 1635. They were not the children of Mary Burnham & Robert Burnham.

John married Mary Burnham. Thomas married Marie ‘Mary’ Burnham. Robert married Frances Burnham.

Thomas Burnham was a Pequot War veteran; deputy to the General Court; and town selectman.

Disputed origins

Modern researchers have found no reliable evidence for the proposition that immigrants John, Thomas and Robert Burnham were the sons of a Robert and Mary (Andrews) Burnham or that they came from Norwich in Norfolk County. Elizabeth Puckett Martin stated in her 1987 book on Deacon John Burnham of Ispwich that she had examined the Norwich parish registers and city rolls and the Norfolk wills and could find no clues whatsoever as to the family.[15] Anderson, in the profile of Robert Andrews in Great Migration: Volume I A-B stated that "People have invented parents for the Burnham boys, making their father one Robert Burnham, and their mother one 'Mary Andrews,' an alleged sister of Robert Andrews, thereby making the boys nephews of Robert Andrews, all without any evidence whatsoever."[16]

Removed birthplace of 06/28/1623 Norwich, Norfolk, England (United Kingdom)

Biography

https://mhollick.typepad.com/slovakyankee/burnham-family/

1. Thomas Burnham born ca. 1618 (he consistently deposed his age for 1618 or 1619 in five depositions) and died at Ipswich, Massachusetts 19 May 1694. He married say 1643 at Ipswich, Mary Lawrence, baptized 10 April 1625 at St. Alban's, England and died at Ipswich 27 March 1715, daughter of Thomas and Joan (Antrobus) Lawrence. Mary arrived in New England in 1635 on the ship Planter with her mother and siblings. Thomas's will at Essex County Probate 304:436, #4174. They had twelve children: Thomas, John, James, Mary, Johanna, Abigail, Ruth, Ruth, Joseph, Nathaniel, Sarah and Esther.

http://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Burnham-34

Lieutenant Thomas Burnham, one of the three brothers who came in 1635 from England in the ship Angel Gabriel, [NO] after being wrecked on the coast of Maine, settled at Chebacco (Ipswich), Mass. He joined the Pequot Expedition, 1636 or 7; was selectman in 1647, and on town committees; 1664 made sargeant of Ipswich company; 1665 made ensign; 1683 appointed Lieutenant; Deputy to the General Court in 1683, 1684 and 1685. In 1667, "Thomas Burnham is granted the privilege of erecting saw-mill on the Chebacco river near the falls;" 1657 "a road or way to be laid out through Thomas Burnham's land, across the swamp;" 1678 "Ensign Thomas Burnham, of Ipswich, has right of commonage according to law." He owned much real estate in Ipswich and also in Chebacco. His houses and farms were divided between his sons Thomas and James.--Burnham Genealogy

Thomas Burnham and Marie Lawrence were married in June 1645 in Ipswich, Mass.

"The 3 Burnham brothers, John, Thomas, and Robert, sons of Robert and Mary [Andrews] Burnham, arrived in May, 1635 on the ship "Angel Gabriel" in the charge of their maternal uncle, Capt. Andrews, master of the ship. Capt. Robert Andrews, was the brother of Mary [Andrews] Burnham. The ship "Angel Gabriel" pulled into Pemaquid Bay (Pemaquid, Maine) on August 13, 1635 and laid at anchor. The next day there was a terrible rain storm which ravaged the whole coast from Nova Scotia to New York starting at morning. The Angel was torn to pieces by the savage storm and cast away. Most of the cattle, 1 seaman and 3 or 4 passengers died. The others escaped to shore. Among the few personal belongings saved was a chest belonging to the Burnham boys. The tides had been as high as 20 feet. Some passengers set up tents along the shore and John Cogswell [Coggswell] went to Boston and sought the help of a Capt. Gallop who commanded a smallbark, or barque as it was called then. He took some passengers to Ipswich and made another trip the end of October. The 3 Burnham brothers went to Chebacco, in the colony of Massachusetts Bay, probably with their uncle, Capt. Andrews, and John Cogswell and his family in Capt. Gallop's barque." --B.B. Burnham

1637John Burnham served in the Pequot Indian war.

1639 John Burnham was a soldier in the war against the Pequot Indians, for which service he received a grant from the town of eight acres of land.

1643/4, 1 Mar: Robert Andrewes of Ipswich wrote his will, proved 26 Mar 1644. Concerning the fourscore pounds which is to be paid to son-in-law Francklin's daughter Elizabeth Francklin my grandchild, my will is that if she die before the debt is due it shall be thus disposed: ten pounds of it shall go to my son Daniell Hovie's child Daniell Hovey my grandchild and the other seventy pounds shall be divided between my two sons John & Thomas Andrews and if those my two sons should die then thirty pounds should be divided between my kinsmen John, Thomas, & Robert Burnhum by equal portions & twenty more should go to Humphjry Gryffin's two other sons & the other twenty shall go to Daniell Hovey. Received a bequest from his kinsman Robert Andrews.

1648 He subscribed to the compensation of Major Denison. He sold to Anthony Potter June 1, 1648, a house lot, late of Humphrey Griffin, situated near the water mill; also a house lot containing three acres, lying next the house of Sergeant Jacob Burnham.

1674 He came into full communion with the Church August 12. 1674.

He was appointed deacon of the church at Chebacco and became a freeman of Chebacco

Thomas, a carpenter, came on the Ship Gabriel to Pemaquid, ME in 1635; soon r. at Ipswich (Freeman, 1653; Selectman). His brothers John and Robert came to America as well. See "Genealogical Records of Thomas Burnham - The Emigrant and His Descendants" (2nd Edition), Roderick B.H.Burnham (Hartford: 1884).

He married Mary (Marie) Lawrence circa 1645. Mary was born before 10 April 1625 (chr. date) in St. Albans, county Hertfordshire, England. Mary was the daughter of Thomas Lawrence and Joan Antrobuss. Mary died 27 March 1715/1716 in Ipswich, Essex County, Massachusetts, at 89 years of age. She was christened 10 April 1625 in St. Albans, county Hertfordshire, England. Mary immigrated to destination unknown 2 April 1635. At 20 years of age Mary became the mother of Thomas Burnham 19 January 1646/1647 in Ipswich, Essex County, Massachusetts. At 28 years of age Thomas became the father of Thomas Burnham 19 January 1646/1647 in Ipswich, Essex County, Massachusetts.

Thomas, probably brother to John, was with him a soldier in an expedition to the Indians in 1643. Had privilege of commonage granted to him, February 1667. Granted liberty to set a saw mill upon Chebacco river, May, 1667. Corp'll Thomas, surveyor of highways, 1662, selectman, 1663, serg't 1669.

His will dated 10 January 1694, being aged and infirmed; probated 29 September 1694; had formerly fiven to sons Thomas, John and James; gives to his six daughters, Mary, Johannah, Abigail, Ruth, Sarah and Hester what his wife had desired; residue to wife Mary.

Map of Ipswich in 1640

Source: Waters, Thomas F. Candlewood an Ancient Neighborhood in Ipswich with Genealogies of John Brown, William Fellows, and Robert Kinsman. Massachusetts: Salem Press, 1909.

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References

1. https://mhollick.typepad.com/slovakyankee/burnham-family/ cites
   1. Mary Walton Ferris, Dawes-Gates Ancestral Lines vol. 1 (1943) and vol. 2 (1931).
   2. The Great Migration Immigrants to New England 1634-5 by Robert Charles Anderson, (Boston, MA, NEHGS, 2005) Volume IV:258-259.
   3. “A Doleful Slaughter Near Black Point: The Battle of Moore’s Brook, Scarborough, Maine, June 29, 1677” by Sumner Hunnewell, Maine Genealogist Vol. 25 (2003):51-72, 99-120.
   4. Boston Evening Transcript, 12 Dec 1927 (#6418).
   5. Pratt, Robert L. The Descendants of William Story Who Came to Ipswich, Massachusetts in 1637, The First Eight Generations (Gateway Press, Baltimore, 2000).
2. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=124080857
3. https://greenerpasture.com/Places/ShowNews/8154 cites
   1. "The Ancestry of Major John Burnham & Abigail Collins" by Eva B. Jenson (has errors)
4. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/192901119/thomas-burnham (Has errors)