Thomas Burgess, of Sandwich

Thomas Burgess, I Findagrave.com: Thomas Burgess, I Birth: Aug. 16, 1601, England Death: Feb. 13, 1685 Sandwich Barnstable County Massachusetts, USA

His parents and His wife Dorothy’s parents are unknown. The notes from Findagrave below about them have been disproved.

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In THE SECOND BOAT Vol.12, No.6, p.18 (January 1992), we find the following:

"Thomas BURGESS and Dorothy WAYNES were married at Tanfield, Yorkshire, England, in 1628, according to a record from 'Paver's Marriage Licenses' as listed in the YORKSHIRE ARCHAEOLOGICAL JOURNAL, Vol.20, p.74, (1909). This reference is cited by Benjamin F. Wilbour as part of a note of his published in 'English Origins of New England Families', NEH&GR (Second Series, Vol.1). In his note, Wilbour says this marriage record 'may pertain' to the Thomas BURGESS who had land granted to him 3 April 1637 at Duxbury, died 23 Feb. 1684/5 at Sandwich, MA and whose wife, Dorothy, died there 27 FEb 1686/7. Wilbour also cites as a source Winifred Lovering Holman's 'Burgess Lineage, 1957-1958', a typescript in the NEH&GR Library." See also: THE SECOND BOAT, Vol.11, No.6, p.10 (Jan 1991) which gives Dorothy PHIPPEN as the wife of this Thomas BURGESS.

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He is my 8th great grandfather. -- courtesy of William L. DeCoursey

Family links:

Parents:

 Thomas Burgess (1580 - 1626)

 Elizabeth Pye Burgess (1584 - 1626)

Spouse:

 Dorothy Waynes Goodman Burgess (1603 - 1687)*

Children:

 Thomas Burgess (1627 - 1717)*

 Joseph Burgess (1628 - 1695)*

 John Burgess (1628 - 1701)*

 Elizabeth Burgess Perry (1629 - 1717)*

 Jacob Burgess (1632 - 1719)*

*Calculated relationship

Inscription: THOMAS BURGESS BORN IN ENGLAND SETTLED IN 1637 IN THAT PART OF SANDWICH NOW CALLED SAGAMORE DYED FEB Ye 13 1685 AGED 82 YEARS

Burial: Old Town Cemetery Sandwich Barnstable County Massachusetts, USA GPS (lat/lon): 41.75522, -70.50069

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Thomas Burge[1, 2]

1603 - 1684  (81 years)

Name Thomas Burge Born 1603 Hawes, , Yorkshire, England [2] Gender Male Name Thomas Burge Died 13 Feb 1684 Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States [2] Person ID I73671 MacomberKin Last Modified 3 Feb 2015

Family

Dorothy Phippen, b. 1603, Hawes, , Yorkshire, England , d. 13 Feb 1686 (Age 83 years)

Children
+ 1. Thomas Burgess, b. Abt 1628, Hawes, , Yorkshire, England , d. Abt 1687 (Age ~ 59 years)

+ 2. Elizabeth Burgess, b. 1631, d. 26 Sep 1717 (Age 86 years)

	3. John Burgess,   b. Abt 1627,   d. 1701  (Age ~ 74 years)

4. Jacob Burgess, b. Abt 1630, d. 17 Mar 1719 (Age ~ 89 years)
5. Joseph Burgess, b. Abt 1630, d. Aug 1695 (Age ~ 65 years)
Last Modified 11 Jun 2015 Family ID F69100 Group Sheet

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===Thomas Burgess===

• Birth: Aug. 16, 1601, England
• Death: Feb. 13, 1685 Sandwich Barnstable County Massachusetts
• parents: unknown
• wife: Dorothy

Children of Thomas BURGESS and Dorothy (---) were as follows:

• i Thomas Burgess , , born abt 1627 in Truro, Cornwall, England; died 1687.
•   ii John Burgess , , born abt 1628 in Truro, Cornwall, England; died 1701 in Yarmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts. BIRTHPLACE:  Although two of the listings in the Ancestral File use Sandwich, MA as   the birthplace of this John Burgess, it appears that he was probably born in England and was part of the "young family" of Thomas Burgess that arrived in Salem, MA about 1630. In 1657 John Burgess was admitted freeman.  In 1661 served as grand juror.  Removed to Yarmouth, MA and was deputy to the court at Plymouth in 1680.
• iii Elizabeth Burgess , , born abt 1631 in Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts; died 26 Sep 1717. BIRTH: Burgess Genealogy, Memorial to the family of Thomas and Dorothy Burgess,  by Ebenezer Burgess gives birth as abt 1631, Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts.  The Burgess History Tree, by Paul F. Burgess gives birth as abt. 1629, Truro, Cornwall, England.
• iv Jacob Burgess , , born abt 1633 in Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts; died 17 Mar 1719. Born Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts in previous research
• v Joseph Burgess , , born abt 1637 in Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts; died Aug 1695. Born Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts in previous research.

notes

In THE SECOND BOAT Vol.12, No.6, p.18 (January 1992), we find the following:

"Thomas BURGESS and Dorothy WAYNES were married at Tanfield, Yorkshire, England, in 1628, according to a record from 'Paver's Marriage Licenses' as listed in the YORKSHIRE ARCHAEOLOGICAL JOURNAL, Vol.20, p.74, (1909). This reference is cited by Benjamin F. Wilbour as part of a note of his published in 'English Origins of New England Families', NEH&GR (Second Series, Vol.1). In his note, Wilbour says this marriage record 'may pertain' to the Thomas BURGESS who had land granted to him 3 April 1637 at Duxbury, died 23 Feb. 1684/5 at Sandwich, MA and whose wife, Dorothy, died there 27 FEb 1686/7. Wilbour also cites as a source Winifred Lovering Holman's 'Burgess Lineage, 1957-1958', a typescript in the NEH&GR Library."

See also: THE SECOND BOAT, Vol.11, No.6, p.10 (Jan 1991) which gives Dorothy PHIPPEN as the wife of this Thomas BURGESS.

origins

From http://pcez.com/~bigshoe/du/Pery/burges.html

Most online genealogies of this family go back to Truro, Cornwall; but they are incorrect:

"...Current wisdom is that (4770) Thomas Burgess was the son of Thomas Burgess Jr. of Truro, Cornwall, and his wife Elizabeth Pye. He was the son of Thomas Burgess and Honour Sydenham (usually spelled Sidnam in America) and the grandson of Ellis Burgess and Catherine Corniche. All of this comes from the Heralds Visitation of Cornwall in 1620 and various Burgess, Sydenham and other wills. If so his father was the mayor of Truro and either his father, or grandfather was a member of Parliament for Truro in the first and last Parliaments of James I (Puritan parliaments). There is a serious, but not necessarily fatal flaw in this. The records of the Church of St. Mary Magdalen in Truro (where George Phippen was rector and the Burgesses worshiped) all survive. They do list the birth of a Thomas Burgess at about the correct time to Thomas Burgess Jr. and Elizabeth Pye. The problem is that they also list the death of a Thomas Burgess as an infant, and in the will of Thomas Burgess Jr. he mentions a son Thomas as a minor (too young to be our Thomas).

"The only hope for this line is that the death notice at St. Mary's does not call the father of the infant "Thomas Burgess Jr." as he is called in all the other parts of the record, families do use a name twice and our Thomas may have already married, or left the country by this time. Joe Burgess argues that the Truro family was literate (the elder Thomas signs his will) and Thomas Burgess of Sandwich signs his name with the letter "T" as his mark, and that makes this connection unlikely....

--Dean Burgess, 29 August 2000 c/o http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=glencoe&i...

"...in the will of the latter Thomas [husb. of Eliz. Pye, of Truro], written 22 April 1626, his son Thomas Burgess was listed last of six sons who had not yet "accomplished the age of one and twenty," suggesting that he was the youngest, born probably not much before 1613 and quite likely several years later. This conclusion was supported by the 1620 Visitation of Truro, listing no Thomas among the children of Thomas and Elizabeth (Pye) Burgess."

-- http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~thesays/joan/pafn...

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He is my 8th great grandfather. -- courtesy of William L. DeCoursey

the family origins below are incorrect

Family links:

Parents:

 Thomas Burgess (1580 - 1626)

 Elizabeth Pye Burgess (1584 - 1626)

Spouse:

 Dorothy Waynes Goodman Burgess (1603 - 1687)*

Children:

 Thomas Burgess (1627 - 1717)*

 Joseph Burgess (1628 - 1695)*

 John Burgess (1628 - 1701)*

 Elizabeth Burgess Perry (1629 - 1717)*

 Jacob Burgess (1632 - 1719)*

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• Calculated relationship

Inscription:

• THOMAS BURGESS
• BORN IN ENGLAND
• SETTLED IN 1637 IN THAT
• PART OF SANDWICH NOW
• CALLED SAGAMORE
• DYED FEB Ye 13 1685
• AGED 82 YEARS

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Pilgrim who arrived in 1630. Only first generation pilgrim to have a statue erected for him; was a deputy.

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• Birth: 16 Aug 1601 in Truro, Cornwall, England
• Death: 13 Feb 1685 in Sandwich, Massachusetts
• Burial: 23 Feb 1685 Old Burying Ground, Grove ST, Sandwich, MA 1 2
• Emigration: Abt 1630 arrived at Salem, Massachusetts

"The Immigrant: Thomas Burgess of Sandwich, Massachusetts" Thomas, the immigrant, is sometimes thought to have come to Salem, Massachusetts, with his wife, Dorothy, andhis young family in 1630. A stone set by the grave of John Burgess, Jr. (John, Joseph, John, Thomas) in Center Cem., Rochester, reads 'Descendant of Thomas Burgess the pilgrim who landed at Salem 1630' ... A land record dated July3, 1637, shows that he [Thomas] forfeited acreage assigned him at Duxbury, in order to settle the same year at Sandwich. There, he and his family lived at the western end of town, which later became part of the township of Bourne, in the area now called Sagamore. He became a large landowner in Sandwich and serve the town in many capacities.

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THOMAS BURGESS BORN IN ENGLAND SETTLED IN 1637 IN THAT PART OF SANDWICH NOW CALLED SAGAMORE DYED FEB Ye 13 1685 AGED 82 YEARS

THIS STONE ERECTED IN 1917 BY BURGESS DESCENDANTS FOR BROKEN ORIGINAL

http://www.capecodgravestones.com/sandfalpixweb/burg85sa.html

...The origin of the name of Burgess will not admit of controversy. It is a title , civil or official. The inhabitant or representative of a Burgh or Borough is a Burgess. In England, the orthography of the name is well preserved , both in Church and State, and may easily be traced back for three or four centuries; but in this county(USA) it has been corrupted into Burghess, Burges, Burgis, Borgis, Burge, Burg. The ancestral line of Thomas in Thomas in England and the date of his migration to this country(USA) , cannot yet be ascertained with full confidence. It appears that he arrived in Salem with a young family not far from 1630, and lodged for a time at Lynn. A section of land was assigned to him, in that part of Plymouth called Duxbury, July 3,1637. This section of land, being forfeited by his removal to Sandwich in the same year, was assigned to Nicholas Robbins, November 5, 1638, who made to the former occupant some remuneration for fences and culture. In the settlement of Sandwich, Thomas Burgess became associated with Edmund Freeman, Henry Feake, Richard Chadwell, William Almy, Thomas Tupper, William Wood, Edward Dillingham, John Carman, George Knott, and Thomas Dexter." "He was," says Dr. Savage,"a chief man of them" "In the Church, instituted in 1638, under the pastoral care of William Leverich, he was an original member. In process of time he became a large landholder, and with advancing age he was called Goodman Burgess. He served the town in every office, humble or honorable, from road-surveyor to deputy to the Court at Plymouth, for several successive years. There is a charm in the fact that the patriarchal estate has never been alienated from the family. Benjamin,--the founder of the commercial house of Benjamin Burgess & Sons, Boston, --a lineal descendant of the sixth generation, held it in his possession, and in 1863, could point out the old cellar in which Thomas stored his fruits, and the bubbling fountain from which he drank for forty-eight years,--dying ,February 13, 1685, aged eighty-two years. His grave was honored with a monumental slab, imported from England." " This was the only monument," says Amos Otis,Esq., " set up for any pilgrim of the first generation." " Dorothy, his wife, died Feb. 27, 16

▼References ↑ Savage, James. A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England: Showing Three Generations of Those Who Came Before May, 1692, on the Basis of Farmer's Register. (Boston: Little, Brown, and Co, 1860-1862), 1:302. THOMAS, Lynn, rem. 1637, to Sandwich, with fam. there may have add. to the ch. carr. with him only Joseph, and perhaps Jacob. He was of the chief men, rep. 1646 and after; d. 27 Feb. 1685, presum. to be 82 yrs. old. His d. Elizabeth m. 12 Feb. 1652, Ezra Perry. 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.

 Turner, Hollis. History of Peru in the County of Oxford and State of Maine from 1789 to 1911. (Maine Farmer Publishing Co., Augusta, ME, 1912), page 70.

 Robert Paine Carlson, Writer Role: compiler. 17th, 18th & 19th Century Cape Cod Gravestones, Url: http:/www.capecodgravestones.com/index.html, "THOMAS BURGESS BORN IN ENGLAND SETTLED IN 1637 IN THAT PART OF SANDWICH NOW CALLED SAGAMORE DYED FEB Ye 13 1685 AGED 82 YEARS THIS STONE ERECTED IN 1917 BY BURGESS DESCENDANTS FOR BROKEN ORIGINAL". ↑ Burgess, Barry Hovey. Burgess Genealogy, Kings County, Nova Scotia Branch, Second Publisher: Genealogy.com, Second Address: Fremont, California. (Chas. E. Fitchett, New York, 1941), page 4.

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Thomas Burgess resided at at Sandwich, Barnstable County, Massachusetts; ' It appears that Thomas arrived in Salem with a young family not far from 1630, and lodged for a time at Lynn.' Assigned land in Duxbury (Plymouth) July 3, 1637. He moved to Sandwich in 1637. (Information from Burgess Genealogy - 1865 edition) Thomas Burges was in Sandwich in 1637, Representative to the General Court, (Information fromenealogies of Mayflower Familes Vol.i). In 1642, He fought in the Narragansett War, 1645., Etc. Savage calls him 'One of the Chief Men of the Town.' Through the Agency of Capt. Miles Sytandish he received a Grant of Land 3 March 1652/3 in Manomet, the area later called Monument, Lying to the North of Sandwich Settlement which was named Herring River Village (Within the Township of Sandwich). (Information from Little Compton Families) His grave had a monumental slab which came from England. He was buried at Sandwich, Barnstable County, Massachusetts; (Information from Little Compton Families) His grave had a monumental slab which came from England. DOUBTFUL THOMASES

"Thomas and Dorothy Burgess and their young family came from Cornwall, England in (or not far from) 1630 and settled in Lynn (or Salem), Massachusetts Bay Colony." All Burgess researchers have seen similar statements - and some have accepted part or all as fact. Our purpose in this article is to question (and perhaps generate some discussion about) the Cornwall origin, but first let us look briefly at the supposed arrival date of the Burgess family in New England. "I do not know who was the first one responsible for the assertion that Thomas came to these shores about 1630, lived in Lynn or Salem, within Essex County, Mass., thence to Plymouth Colony with the Saugus (then part of Lynn) group. But there seems not an iota of documentary proof for the idea. My careful study shows no evidence that Thomas was ever of the Bay Colony; it is apparently just an example of those myths oft repeated, sans checking, by the copyists." These words are found in Burgess Lineage, a typescript prepared for a client in 1957-1958 by Winifred Lovering Holman, S.B., F.A.S.G., whose manuscript collection is now in the NEHGS Library in Boston. (Miss Holman later married Frank R. Dodge and we will refer to her hereafter as Mrs. Dodge. We consider her discussion of the early Burgess generations in this country to be the most authoritative and best documented we have seen and will cite it several more times in the following paragraphs.) For the first chapter alone, devoted to the progenitor, Thomas Burgess or Burge, she reviewed nearly ninety references and cited many of them. The first official record for Thomas Burgess places him in Duxbury on 3 July 1637 and shortly thereafter, he is found in Sandwich. Until we see an iota or two of documentary proof, we must consider any statement of Thomas' presence in New England much prior to this date as conjecture. For a time we too believed it very likely that Thomas was from Cornwall; we now consider it only a possibility. We began our genealogical pursuits in 1985 while living in Saudi Arabia where there are no genealogical libraries and our alternative was to create our own. One of our early acquisitions was the three volume Genealogies of Mayflower Families from the New England Historical and Genealogical Register, selected and introduced by Gary Boyd Roberts and published in 1985 by the Genealogical Publishing Company., Inc. A check of the indices quickly led us to Volume III and the article, "Ezra Perry of Sandwich, Mass." by Lydia B. (Phinney) Brownson and Maclean W. McLean. On page 4, first published in The Register, Vol. 115 (Apr. 1961), we found "Elizabeth (Burges) Perry, born probably in or near Truro, Cornwall, England, about 1629, was the only daughter of Thomas and Dorothy Burges of Sandwich." The compilers did not disclose the basis for this probability, but we were elated; we had a clue Not long after, we received a letter from a newly discovered cousin telling us that another cousin had told her that our Thomas was believed to have been the son of Thomas Jr. and Elizabeth (Pye) Burges of Truro, Cornwall and the grandson of Thomas and Honner (Sidman) Burges, also of Truro. Because of the Perry/Cornwall link, we had already planned to visit Truro on our next trip to England and we immediately wrote to this cousin, asking for more information about the Truro Thomas and the possibility that he could be identical to the Thomas who married Dorothy Waynes in Tanfield, co. York, in 1628. Our letter was forwarded to R. A. Lovell, Jr., then the Archivist/Historian at the Sandwich (Mass.) Archives & Historical Center. He replied, "We have resource material on many Cape Cod families, and try to establish what is proven and detailed, as against what is claimed or hopeful. Unfortunately much that is in print and has been used by many researchers is not in the proven category." Mr. Lovell included in his reply a copy of a 15 April 1964 letter found in the Burgess material in Mrs. Dodge's papers in the NEHGS. The author, Benjamin F. Wilbour (also a descendant of Thomas and Dorothy Burgess), told Mrs. Dodge of his discovery of the Thomas Burgess and Dorothy Waynes marriage record and added, "In the Hartford Times someone tied him up to the Burgess family of Truro in Cornwall who had a Thos. bapt. 1601... I think this very wrong, as people did not marry out of their class then, and "Goodman" Burgess who could not sign his name would hardly come from the gentry." Mr. Lovell, referring to Mr. Wilbour, stated "He therefore feels, as we do, that it is much more likely that our Thomas was the one who married Dorothy Waynes in York in 1628. However, there is no proof either way." Other cousins, in more recent correspondence, have observed that certainly our Thomas, who "served the town in every office, humble or honorable, from road-surveyor to deputy to the Court at Plymouth" and who was called a chief man of the town, must have been literate. They point out that because of age and other infirmities, many literate persons have signed their wills with a mark and that others, especially those with strong religious convictions, signed their wills with a mark closely resembling a cross. Others, citing such works as Rev. Dr. Ebenezer Burgess' Burgess Genealogy, Memorial of the Family of Thomas and Dorothy Burgess, who were Settled at Sandwich, in the Plymouth Colony, in 1637 (Boston: Press of T. R. Marvin & Son, 1865) and Dr. Barry Hovey Burgess' Burgess Genealogy, Kings County, Nova Scotia Branch of the Descendants of Thomas and Dorothy Burgess who came from England in 1630 and settled in Sandwich, Massachusetts (New York: Chas. E. Fitchett, 1941), claim that Thomas actually signed his will with his signature. True, the wills as printed in these volumes contain no indication that they were signed with a mark and the witnesses to the will made oath "that they saw Thomas Burgess sign, seal and declare this to be his last Will and Testament." Dr. Ebenezer Burgess included the notation, "Orthography slightly amended." Dr. Barry Hovey Burgess copied from Dr. Ebenezer Burgess and added, "The compiler has searched in vain for the original document, in the hope of here presenting a photostatic copy. He fails to see any advantage in altering its orthography, for which, in those days, there were no established rules; in fact, a variety of spelling was considered by some a mark of literary skill. The purpose of any document is to convey its intent in unmistakable terms, and in this respect the will of Thomas Burgess compares most favorably with present-day documents, many of which are so encumbered with complicated legal phrases that their interpretation would defy the wisdom of Socrates." Mrs. Dodge, in Burgess Lineage, gives us a copy of the will with unaltered orthography, with this caveat: "This seems to be an imperfect copy; it is from the official copies of the Plymouth Colony Wills, Mass. Archives, made from the volumes on file at Plymouth, Mass. The Rev. Ebenezer Burgess in his book on the family may have used the copy in the volumes at Plymouth." In addition to the unaltered orthography, the version given by Mrs. Dodge contains a significant difference: "Thomas Burg his T mark (seal)." We thus establish that not only did Thomas sign his will with his mark, but that his mark was not an "X" or a cross, but a "T." At the time he "signed" his will, Thomas was over 80 years of age and his inability to then write his full name is not proof of illiteracy. To establish that fact, we must look at earlier documents bearing his mark. Mrs. Dodge states, "It is entirely clear that neither Thomas or his son, Jacob Burgess, were able to write; few could sign their names in that epoch." In her chapter on Thomas, she cites documents spanning a full thirty years before the date of Thomas' will. It will be noted that in each instance where his mark is described, it is a "T":

o 5 April 1654 - Thomas Burgis of Sandwidge sold land to ffrancis Allen of Sandwidge, acknowledged by Thomas Burgess senir and Dorothy his wife before Myles Standish: "The marke of Tho T Burgis."

27 Dec 1654 - Thomas Burgis of Sandwidge sold land to John Jenkens of Sandwidge: "Thomas Burgis mark."

11 Jul 1667 - Thomas Burge witnessed, by mark, an Indian deed.

28 May 1668 - An indenture between Thomas Burg and Edmond ffreeman senr: "The mark of Thomas T Burg senior." Mrs. Dodge included a photocopy of a reduced photograph of this indenture, clearly showing Thomas' mark as a "T."

4 Oct 1682 - Inventory of the estate of Mr. Edmond Freeman, late of Sandwich deceased: witnessed by the "Mark of Thomas Burge senir.

4 Apr 1684 - Will of Thomas Burg Senr: "Thomas Burg his T mark."

On our final departure from Saudi Arabia in 1987 we spent a week in the library of the Society of Genealogists in London and then enjoyed a one-on-one tutorial with Gary Boyd Roberts at NEHGS, followed a few weeks later by a week long Come Home to New England Seminar, also at NEHGS. Thomas Burgess was no stranger to any of the professional genealogists who assisted us during those weeks; all advised us that given their knowledge of the resources available in their respective libraries, our limited time would be better spent researching other families where we would be far more likely to be successful. A genealogist at the Society of Genealogists pointed out the improbability of our Thomas being the son of Thomas and Elizabeth (Pye) Burgess, noting that in the will of the latter Thomas, written 22 April 1626, his son Thomas was listed last of six sons who had not yet "accomplished the age of one and twenty," suggesting that he was the youngest, born probably not much before 1613 and quite likely several years later. This conclusion was supported by the 1620 Visitation of Truro, listing no Thomas among the children of Thomas and Elizabeth (Pye) Burgess.

Thanks to the advice to look elsewhere, we gathered so much data on other ancestral families during our week and a day at NEHGS that over five years later we are still entering that data into our computer files. In late 1991 we discovered or were discovered by several new Burgess cousins, causing us to look anew at our Burgess data. Edith Spencer, one of our new cousins, reminded us of the Truro Visitation and Cornwall wills - which we had almost forgotten until dusting off our notes - and inspiring us to a renewed effort in talking to our computer. Some of our new cousins are convinced of the Cornwall origin, some share our doubts, and some "just don't know what to believe." Our advice: don't believe anything until it is proven"

FURTHER:

In April 1964 Benjamin F. Wilbour wrote to Mrs. Frank R. Dodge (Winifred Lovering Holman): "I think I have discovered the marriage of Thomas Burgess, Goodman Burgess. From Paver's Marriage licenses in Yorkshire Archaelogical Journal #20 Page 74 [1909]. 'Thomas Burges and Dorothy Waynes at Tanfield - There 1628.'" (His finding was published later that year in the "Register" (Oct. 1964)). "In the Hartford Times someone tied him up to the Burgess family of Truro in Cornwall who had a Thos. bapt. 1601. See Visitation of the Gentry in Vivian's Cornwall. I think this is very wrong, as people did not marry out of their class then, and 'Goodman' Burgess who could not sign his name would hardly come from the gentry." "There is however one fly in our ointment. Thomas Burgess' eldest son bore arms in 1643 and if at the right age would be 16 and therefore born 1627 but many times wanting to bear arms, they lied about their age." A copy of Mr. Wilbour's letter was provided to us by the Sandwich Archives, who added the following note: "[The day after ones' fifteenth birthday, he was automatically in his 16th year, and thus able to bear arms - Sand. Archives.]" Based only on the Tanfield marriage record, with no further proof, we tentatively place the Thomas Burgess and Dorothy Waynes who married in 1628 as identical to our immigrant Thomas and Dorothy and based on the Sandwich Archives note, we place eldest son Thomas' birthdate as circa 1628."

Others comment:

The ancestry of Thomas Burgess is not certain. Research indicates several possible roots. On January 12, 1995, Paul F. Burgess, author of "The Burgess History Tree", wrote a letter to "The Burgess Bulletin" and stated that he had hired a researcher in England. The researcher indicated several possible connections but did state that he was not the Thomas born in 1601 in Truro, which is the one with the Pye/Phippen connections. Other possible connections include: Thomas Burgess baptized 2 Oct 1603, son of Thomas Burgess and Elizabeth Seddon of Lancashire; Another Thomas Burgess was baptized 4 Nov 1603 and his wife, Dorothy Goodman, baptized in 1613 at Coffinswell, Devonshire, England. This leads to speculation since Thomas was known as "The Goodman Burgess" in early New England records. Thomas Burgess was born on 16 August 1601 at Turo, Cornwall, England. He was the son of Disproven Thomas Burgess and Disproven Elizabeth Pye. Thomas Burgess was born circa 1603. He was baptized in 1603 at Turo, England. He married Dorothy (Unknown) in 1628 at Truro, Cornwall, England. Thomas Burgess immigrated in 1630 to Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts; believed to have arrived on the ship "The Blessing of the Bay." He immigrated in 1630 to Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts; It appears that Thomas arrived in Salem with a young family not far from 1630, and lodged for a time at Lynn. He resided at at Sandwich, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, in 1637; 'With them [original 10 grantees in 1637] came also a large number of persons chiefly from Lynn, Duxbury, and Plymouth, viz: Thomas Burge, Henry Ewer, John & Jonathan & Nathaniel Fish.' He was granted on 3 April 1637 at Duxbury, Plymonth Colony, Massachusetts. He resided at at Duxbury, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, on 3 July 1637; ' It appears that Thomas arrived in Salem with a young family not far from 1630, and lodged for a time at Lynn.' Assigned land in Duxbury (Plymouth) July 3, 1637. He moved to Sandwich in 1637. (Information from Burgess Genealogy - 1865 edition) Thomas Burges was in Sandwich in 1637, Representative to the General Court, (Information fromenealogies of Mayflower Familes Vol.i). In 1642, He fought in the Narragansett War, 1645., Etc. Savage calls him 'One of the Chief Men of the Town.' Through the Agency of Capt. Miles Sytandish he received a Grant of Land 3 March 1652/3 in Manomet, the area later called Monument, Lying to the North of Sandwich Settlement which was named Herring River Village (Within the Township of Sandwich). (Information from Little Compton Families) His grave had a monumental slab which came from England. He resided at at Sandwich, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, in 1638. He was he received 7 1/2 acres in the division of land at Sandwich Barnstable County, MA in 1640 at Sandwich, Barnstable County, Massachusetts. He fought in the Narragansett War in 1642. He was to help with the surveying, 'to lay out and order the true bounds of every inhabitant's lands' in 1658 at Sandwich, Barnstable County, Massachusetts. He left a will on 4 April 1684

named his four sons Thomas the eldest, John, Jacob, and Joseph.

He left a will on 4 April 1684

THOMAS BURGESS of Sandwich, Massachusetts Will dated 4 April 1684, proved 5 March 1684/85 Copied from Winifred Lovering Holman, S.B., FASG manuscript prepared for Mrs. Farnsworth Loomis, 1957-58, in the library of the New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Mass. The will, differing slightly, may also be found in Rev. Ebenezer Burgess' 'Burgess Genealogy: Memorial of the family of Thomas and Dorothy Burgess, who were settled at Sandwich, in the Plymouth Colony, in 1637' (Boston: Press of T. R. Marvin & Son, 1865), p. 12. Dr. Ebenezer Burgess included the notation, 'Orthography slightly amended.' Dr. Barey Hovey, in his book, copied from Dr. Ebenezer Burgess and added, 'The compiler has searched in vain for the original document, in the hope of here presenting a photostatic copy. He fails to see any advantage in altering its orthography, for which, in those days, there were no established rules; in fact, a variety of spelling was considered by some a mark of literary skill. The purpose of any document is to convey its intent in unmistakable terms, and in this respect the will of Thomas Burgess compares most favorably with present-day documents, many of which are so encumbered with complicated legal phrases that their interpretation would defy the wisdom of Socrates.' Mrs. Holman, who preserved the original orthography, noted that the original will is no longer extant and added 'This seems to be an imperfect copy; it is from the official copies of the Plymouth Colony Wills, Mass. Archives, made from the volumes on file at Plymouth, Mass. The Rev. Ebenezer Burgess in his book on the family may have used the copy in the volumes at Plymouth.' Superscript characters are enclosed in square brackets ([text]). 'I Thomas Burg Sen an unknown person of Sandwich being through gods goodness full of years & waiting for my Chang, & yet haveing my understanding remaining with me blessed be god, and also through gods great goodness as possessed of a competent outward estate & doe now upon serious Consideration make this my last will & testament touching y[e] disposall of my estate & after my dear wife & selfe be decently buried & all necessary charges defraid & debts paid y[e] remaining part I give as followeth It I give unto my Eldest son Thomas Burg of Rhode Iland five pounds out of my moveable estate to be paid by my execuktors after our decease. It I give unto my son Jacob Burg upon good Considerations all my house lott dwelling house barn & out housing all my upland on both sides y[e] cart way all that belongs to my home dwelling. I also give him all my meadow that I have lying below Michaell Blackwell his dwelling house on both sides scussitt River for him my s son Jacob Burg to enjoy use & posses during his natural life & after his decease I give y[e] said housing my dwelling house Barne & all y[e] fore mentioned lands both upland and meadow to his son Thomas Burg my grandson to him & his heirs for ever but if my s grandson dye without heirs then my will is y[t] y[e] s house & lands above mentioned shall return to y[e] next heir of my son Jacob Burg his body: I also give my s son Jacob Burg all that my land lying neer & adiacent to Thomas Tupper his lands below y[e] Cart way: haveing M an unknown person freeman his land upon y[e] wester side, I give to him upon this condition that he my sd son Jacob Burg pay or cause to be paid unto my grand son Thomas Burg son of John Burg my son ten pounds in good pay to be made to him my Grand son at twenty & three years of age. It I give unto my son Joseph Burg y[e] first & second lott that lyes adioyning to his other lands near his house if my sd son accepts of it so as to pay unto my son John Burg five pounds but if my son Joseph refuse sd land upon such termes: as to pay sd five pounds as aforesd, then my will is that sd land returne to my son Ezra perry and he to performe ye Condition: I onely meane by two lotts those lotts that were once [ blank ] then I give them I give my sd son Ezra Perry all my other lands that lyes above y[e] sd two lotts for him to inioy for ever y[e] which land I bought of M an unknown person Edward ffreeman Juni an unknown person : Item I give my dear wife all my moveable estate to be at her owne disposing at her decease & I meane Cattle of all sorts that I have And I doe appoint & ordaine my son Ezra Perry & my son Jacob Burg to be my Executors to see this my last will performed as I witnes my hand & seal this fourth day of Aprill 1684. Thomas Burg his T mark (seal) Witness Thomas Tupper Martha Tupper Martha Tupper made his(?) oath to this will this 2[th] day of March 1684-5 before y[e] Governo an unknown person and M an unknown person John Thatcher Assist.'

He was buried on 13 February 1685; Cemetery stone reads: THOMAS BURGESS BORN IN ENGLAND SETTLED IN 1637 IN THAT PART OF SANDWICH NOW CALLED SAGAMORE DYED FEB Ye 13 1685 AGED 82 YEARS THIS STONE ERECTED IN 1917 BY BURGESS DESCENDANTS FOR BROKEN ORIGINAL. He died on 13 February 1684/85 at Sandwich, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, at age 83. He was buried on 13 February 1684/85 at Sandwich, Barnstable County, Massachusetts. He died on 23 February 1685 at Sandwich, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, at age 83; Thomas Burge deceased the 23 february annodom 1685. He died on 23 February 1684/85 at Duxbury, Plymonth Colony, Massachusetts, at age 83. Was on the list of those 'age 16-60, liable to bear arms.' Plymouth Colony Deeds. 29, [37] 1652 BRADFORD GOVNR Witnesseth these prsents that wheras Miles Standish by order was appointed to satisfy an Indian whose name is called Josiah Dwelling at Nawsett for a smale Tract of Land lying att Manomett and graunted to Thomas Burgis senior of Sandwidge the which said tract of land the aforsaid Josiah the Indian hath barganed and sold unto the aforsaid Miles Standish in the behalfe of the said Thomas Burgis to him and his heires forever; . . . Witnesse his hand this third of March 1652 This sale was acknowlidged before Mr Bradford Govr by both pties the Day and yeare above written; Witnesseth These prsents That Thomas Burgis of Sandwidge hath absolutly barganed and sold to ffrancis Allen of Sandwidge to him and heires for ever a pcell or tract of land being within a ffence which said upland I the said Thomas Burgis senr bought of Thomas Boardman. as also a pcell of meadow bought of the said Thomas Boardman as aforsaid this meadow bounded with 2 Creekes lying before or Joyning to the aforsaid upland to the said ffrancis Allen to have and to hold to him and his heires forever; This Bargane and sale acknowlidged by Thomas Burgis senir and Dorathy his wife this 5t of Aprill 1654 before mee Myles Standish The Marke of Tho T Burgis. LAND: NEHGR9:313; NOTE: [THOMAS BURGE, SR., TO EZRA PERRY] [p. 122] 1663 Prence Govr: The 10th of July 1663 Memorand: That Thomas Burge senr of the Towne of Sandwich in in the jurisdiction of Plymouth in New England plantor Doth acknowlidg that for and in Consideration of a valluable sume; to him already payed by his son in law Named Esra Perrey of the Towne aforsaid in the Jurisdiction aforsaid plantor; hee hath bargained and sold enfeofed and Confeilmed and by these prsents Doth bargaine allianate sell enfeof and Confeirme unto the said Esra Perrey the one halfe of a Certaine tract of land lying and being att a place Called Mannomett in the Jurisdiction aforsaid; which said Tract of land was purchased by Captaine Standish by the appointment of the Court of Josias of Nausett an Indian Sachem; in the behalfe of the said Thomas Burge as appeers by a Deed bearing Date the third Day of march Anno Dom 1652. LAND: NEHGR9:313 ; NOTE: That Thomas Burgis of Sandwidge hath absolutly barganed and sold to ffrancis Allen of Sandwidge to him and heires for ever a pcell or tract of land being within a ffence which said upland I the said Thomas Burgis senr bought of Thomas Boardman. as also a pcell of meadow bought of the said Thomas Boardman as aforsaid this meadow bounded with 2 Creekes lying before or Joyning to the aforsaid upland to the said ffrancis Allen to have and to hold to him and his heires forever; This Bargane and sale acknowlidged by Thomas Burgis senir and Dorathy his wife this 5t of Aprill 1654 before mee Myles Standish The Marke of Tho T Burgis. Subject: [BURGESS] Thomas BURGESS father of Elizabeth b.c. 1631 MA; 29 Aug 2000, from: Dean Burgess ; to: BURGESS-L@rootsweb.com Here is where the Thomas Burgess debate now stands. A Thomas Burgess did marry Dorothy Waynes, but Paul Burgess, who will probably also reply to you, hired a British genealogist to trace this marriage record and the couple had no children. We know Dorothy Burgess was not a Waynes. While I was in Cornwall I traced all of the children of the Rev. George Phippen (all of the records still exist) and found he had no daughter named Dorothy. The origin of this name as her maiden name comes from the fact that Thomas Burgess of Truro (widely believed to be Thomas of Sandwich MA's father) calls George Phippen his 'brother-in-law' in his will. Records show he was his brother-in-law, but that was because George Phippen married, as his second wife, Thomas Burgess's wife's sister. Thomas's wife was Elizabeth Pye. We know Dorothy Burgess was not a Phippen. While in Cornwall I discovered the will of John Pye of St. Stephens in Brannel which says his granddaughter was named Dorothy. I think, since the Pyes and Burgesses intermarried frequently, no record exists of her marrying someone else, no record exists of her dying young, they were both Puritan families, Dorothy Pye was about the right age and they lived in the same county that the most likely wife for Thomas Burgess of Sandwich is this Dorothy Pye. That is not proven, but I think she is one of the most likely candidates. Current wisdom is that Thomas Burgess was the son of Thomas Burgess Jr. of Truro, Cornwall, and his wife Elizabeth Pye. He was the son of Thomas Burgess and Honour Sydenham (usually spelled Sidnam in America) and the grandson of Ellis Burgess and Catherine Corniche. All of this comes from the Heralds Visitation of Cornwall in 1620 and various Burgess, Sydenham and other wills. If so his father was the mayor of Truro and either his father, or grandfather was a member of Parliament for Truro in the first and last Parliaments of James I (Puritan parliaments). There is a serious, but not necessarily fatal flaw in this. The records of the Church of St. Mary Magdalen in Truro (where George Phippen was rector and the Burgesses worshiped) all survive. They do list the birth of a Thomas Burgess at about the correct time to Thomas Burgess Jr. and Elizabeth Pye. The problem is that they also list the death of a Thomas Burgess as an infant, and in the will of Thomas Burgess Jr. he mentions a son Thomas as a minor (too young to be our Thomas). The only hope for this line is that the death notice at St. Mary's does not call the father of the infant 'Thomas Burgess Jr.' as he is called in all the other parts of the record, families do use a name twice and our Thomas may have already married, or left the country by this time. Joe Burgess argues that the Truro family was literate (the elder Thomas signs his will) and Thomas Burgess of Sandwich signs his name with the letter 'T' as his mark, and that makes this connection unlikely. My personal opinion is that Dorothy Pye married another Thomas Burgess in Cornwall and they were the Sandwich, MA, Burgesses. The Burgess family in Cornwall was very large and date back in the duchy to at least the 14th century, often associated in the records with the Pyes. Several Burgesses by the name Thomas also existed in the duchy records, other than the one in Truro. I should point out, however, that there is another possible claim for a Thomas Burgess in Northamptonshire. Joe Burgess may want to tell you about some of these other possibilities. I have several other Pye wills I copied in the record office in Truro and I hope that some day research in this very interesting family will unearth the truth of the Dorothy Pye claim. The Pyes were sequesterers (that is during the reign of Oliver Cromwell they appropriated the land of the nobility and the clergy) and the following litany was current in Cornwall churches at the time: 'From the Sprys and the Pyes Good Lord deliver us.' Elizabeth Pye's brother Otwell Pye (who would be a cousin of Dorothy Pye) is listed in the records of Oxford University from the time as a student and noted as 'from Cornwall.' A later Pye became poet laureate of England in the time of George III and it was his sycophantic verse which was the origin of the Mother Goose rhyme: 'Four and twenty blackbirds baked in a Pye - When the Pye was opened the birds began to sing. Wasn't that a dainty dish to set before the king.' I like this Puritan family and hope research on them will continue and be fruitful, but I do not claim this as a fact certain yet. Subject: [BURGESS] Thomas BURGESS father of Elizabeth b.c. 1631 MA; 29 Aug 2000; from: 'Paul F. Burgess' , to: BURGESS-L@rootsweb.com Hi,some of your info is correct ,our Thomas Burgess and Dorothy (?) maiden name not proven (but several names are 'floating' around out there),did have 5 children ,Elizabeth being the only daughter,the parents of Thomas are not known/proven. the Thomas Burgess and Elizabeth Pye are a different line ,their son Thomas died prior to age 3,(according to a genealogist in England) this is to the best of my knowledge and belief. You are taking a cautious approach to this as we all should ,no matter where the info comes from if it is not documented/proven ,much info that is published has errors (my own book included) although the compiler/author 'believes' it to be correct at the time,if one were to try and document each bit of info it would be next to impossible ,so caution all the way around is a good policy.My line is of Jacob son of Thomas and Dorothy(?). http://www.conovergenealogy.com/famous-p/p842.htm#i42054

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Burial: Old Town Cemetery Sandwich Barnstable County Massachusetts, USA

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His grave was honored by a monumental slab imported from England. "This was the only monument set up for any Pilgrim of the first generation." (Otis) The stones of Thomas and Dorothy were restored by descendants in 1917 and in 1994 were called "marvelously legible." The cemetery is situated almost directly across the mill pond from the Thornton W. Burgess (Jr.) Museum

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from The Burgess History Tree,  by Paul F. Burgess (a few of the words in these notes are mine [Joan Say], but the bulk of this information is from the book, The Burgess History Tree,  by Paul F. Burgess)

Thomas Burgess

1. Thomas1 BURGESS , , , born  16 Aug 1601; christened 1603 in Truro, Cornwall, England; died 13 Feb 1685 in Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts; buried  in Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts,

son of 2. Thomas Burgess and 3. Elizabeth Pye ((---)) Burgess.

He married in 1628 in Chester-le-Stree, Tanfield, York, England Dorothy ((---)) Burgess , born  abt 1608 in Earls Barton, Northants, England; died 27 Feb 1687 in Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts.

Notes for Thomas Burgess

Marriage:  Parish of Chester-le-Street, Tanfield, England 1628 to Dorothy  (Waynes? - this is a question) according to "The Burgess History Tree" by Paul F. Burgess, she is Dorothy Waynes or Pippen.

INFORMATION: The source of Thomas Burgess born 16 Aug 1601 Truro, Cornwall, England is the book "The Burgess History Tree" by Paul F. Burgess. The research then offered in this book is the source of his parentage.

Notes for Dorothy (---)

 POSSIBLE SURNAME OF DOROTHY, WIFE OF THOMAS BURGESS:

• A Thomas Burgess and a Dorothy Waynes were married in Tanfield, York, England, in 1628, according to a record from "Paver's Marriage Licenses" as listed in the Yorkshire Archaeological Journal, Vol. 20, Pg. 74, 1909.
• Winifred Lovering Holman's "Burgess Lineage, 1957-1958," a typescript in the New England Historic-Genealogical Society library, gives Dorothy Phippen as being the wife of this Thomas Burgess.

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• http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=38446827

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Generation No. 1

1.THOMAS1 BURGESS was born August 16, 1601 in of Tanfield, York, England or Cornwall, England, and died February 13, 1684/85 in Sandwich, Massachusetts.He married DOROTHY WAYNES 1628 in Tanfield, York, England.She was born ca. 1607 in England, and died February 27, 1686/87 in Sandwich, Massachusetts. Notes for THOMAS BURGESS: Burgess Genealogy, by K. W. Hiam, 1997, pub by the NEHGS pg 1: "The Immigrant: Thomas Burgess of Sandwich, Massachusetts" Thomas, the immigrant, is sometimes thought to have come to Salem, Massachusetts, with his wife, Dorothy, and his young family in 1630. A stone set by the grave of John Burgess, Jr. (John, Joseph, John, Thomas) in Center Cem., Rochester, reads 'Descendant of Thomas Burgess the pilgrim who landed at Salem 1630' ... A land record dated July 3, 1637, shows that he [Thomas] forfeited acreage assigned him at Duxbury, in order to settle the same year at Sandwich. There, he and his family lived at the western end of town, which later became part of the township of Bourne, in the area now called Sagamore. He became a large landowner in Sandwich and serve the town in many capacities. Thomas, his wife Dorothy, their only daughter, Elizabeth (Burgess) Perry, and her husband, Ezra Perry, are buried quite close together near the brow of the hill in the Old Burying Ground on Grove Street in Sandwich. Ancestors of American Presidents, by Gary Boyd Roberts, Published by Carl Boyer III, 1995, Santa Clara CA.: Page 44, line 220: 8th generation grandparents and ancestor with wife Dorothy Waynes of Rutherford Birchard Hayes, 19th President of the United States. Through son John Burgess. page 275: 11th generation grandparents and ancestor with wife Dorothy Waynes of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, 32nd President of the United States. Through daughter Elizabeth Burgess. THE BURGESS HISTORY TREE by Paul F. Burgess. Genealogy Publishing Service, Franklin, North Carolina. 1993: Thomas Burgess arrived with his wife in Salem, Massachusetts, in 1630, at the age of 27, and remained for a time in the adjoining community of Lynn, about ten miles northeast of Boston. (They are believed to have arrived on the ship 'The Blessing of the Bay'.) A section of land was assigned to him, 3 July 1637, in Duxbury, 30 miles south of Boston; but in the same year there appeared on the map, 64 miles south of Boston, the township of Sandwich, in the colony of Plymouth, to which he moved the following year, making his permanent abode in that section of the township which has come to be known as Sagamore... He was one of the original eleven male members of the first Congregational Church in Sandwich and was known among his contemporaries as "Goodman Burgess." Abridged Compendium by Frederick Virkus, pg 970: BURGESS, Thomas (1603-85), from Eng. to Salem, Mass., ca. 1630; settled at Sandwich, 1637; was an original mem. of the church there, and dep. Gen. Ct., 1646, et seq.; m Dorothy

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. More About THOMAS BURGESS: Anc. of President: Hayes & FDR Burial: February 23, 1684/85, Old Burying Ground, Grove ST, Sandwich, MA Emigration: ca. 1630, arrived at Salem, Massachusetts Issue: 5 children Misc: 1643, List of Men able to bear arms, Sandwich Source 1: Burg., by K.W.Hiam, 1997, NEHGS pg1-3 Source 2: Burg. By Eben. Burgess, 1865 pgs 9-12 Source 3: Rchrdson&Elsworth by R.E.Richardson Source 4: FTM CD113, Virkus, pg 970 Source 5: 1961, Ezra Perry, NEHGR 115:86 Source 6: Anc.of American Pres. by Roberts, pg275 Source 7: April 27, 2003, rootsweb.com-Burgess-Bill Burgess Will: April 4, 1684, signed Notes for DOROTHY WAYNES: Burgess Gen., by K. W. Hiam,1997, NEHGS pg 2: I am not certain that 'Waynes' was actually Dorothy Burgess's maiden name.A submission by Benjamin F. Wilbour of Little Compton, Rhode Island, to 'Notes' in the NEHGR (118 [1964]:323%29 reads thus:'The following record from 'Paver's Marriage Licences (in Yorkshire Archaeological Journal, Vol. 20 p. 74, 1909) may pertain to him and suggest the place of his birth 'Thomas Burgess and Dorothy Waynes [married at] Tanfield [co. York, England] in 1628 .'(See also The American Genealogist 61[1985]:69.) More About DOROTHY WAYNES: Anc. of President: R.B.Hayes,FDR Burial: March 1686/87, Old Burying Ground, Grove ST, Sandwich, MA Misc: also called Dorothy Waynes/Phippen Source 1: Burg., by K.W.Hiam, 1997, NEHGS pg 1-3 Source 2: Burg, By E. Burgess, 1865, pg 9-12 Source 3: Anc.of American Pres. by Roberts, pg275 Source 4: April 27, 2003, rootsweb.com-Burgess-Bill Burgess

Children of THOMAS BURGESS and DOROTHY WAYNES are: 2. i. ELIZABETH2 BURGESS, b. ca. 1629, prob near Truro, Cornwall, England; d. September 26, 1717, Sandwich, Massachusetts. 3. ii. JOHN BURGESS, b. ca. 1631, prob. Sandwich, Massachusetts; d. 1701, Yarmouth, Massachusetts. 4. iii. JACOB BURGESS, b. ca. 1633; d. March 17, 1718/19, Sandwich, Massachusetts.

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Disputed Origins

A christening of 16 Aug 1601[1] in Truro, Cornwall, England has been assigned to Thomas Burgess, the emigrant, but this infant seems to have died the following month.

   Supposedly a will of Thomas Burgess, merchant of Cornwall, dated 20 Sep 1619, probated 12 Dec 1622 (PCC 127 Swann = Waters, Gleanings 992) mentions a son Thomas.[2] 

But if the emigrant was he who married Dorothy Wayne way across England in York, it's not likely these were the same men.

Bottom line: The origins of Thomas Burgess remain unknown. Distinguishing him from another Thomas Burgess

An examination of early New England colonists at sea identifies one Thomas Burgess who may have been a contemporary of Thomas of Sandwich:

   "Borges R[iver] shows up for Thomas Burges (d. 1683) of Charlestown and later Concord. About 1645, Burges had been back to Northamptonshire as attorney in land matters for Thomas James (d. 1666) of Salem, whose own estate was finally settled in Salem although he had died in Albermarle, Carolina. Thomas Burges made a will on 9 August 1662 'being Now Bound A voiage to Sae," and five days later the exploratory expedition sailed southward. Just before the migratory expedition, on 20 January 1662/3, Buges sold 20 acres in Woburn, a git from Mr. George Bunker."[3] 

Disputed Wives

That his wife's name was Dorothy is supported by a 1654 land deed:

   This Bargane and sale acknowlidged by Thomas Burgis senir and Dorathy his wife this 5t of Aprill 1654 before mee Myles Standish The Marke of Tho T Burgis.[4] 

Winifred Lovering Holman's "Burgess Lineage, 1957-1958," a typescript in the New England Historic-Genealogical Society library, gives Dorothy Phippen as being the wife of this Thomas Burgess.

It has been suggested that he was the Thomas Burgess who married a Dorothy Wayne in Tanfield, York, England, in 1628.[5]

   A marriage license was found for Thomas Burgess and Dorothy Waynes for 1628 at Tanfield, England, parish of Chester-Le-Street, Durham County. The ancestry of Thomas Burgess is not certain. Research indicates several possible roots. On January 12, 1995, Paul F. Burgess, author of "The Burgess History Tree", wrote a letter to "The Burgess Bulletin" and stated that he had hired a researcher in England. The researcher indicated several possible connections but did state that he was not the Thomas born in 1601 in Truro, which is the one with the Pye/Phippen connections. Other possible connections include: Thomas Burgess baptized 2 Oct 1603, son of Thomas Burgess and Elizabeth Seddon of Lancashire; Another Thomas Burgess was baptized 4 Nov 1603 and his wife, Dorothy Goodman, baptized in 1613 at Coffinswell, Devonshire, England. This leads to speculation since Thomas was known as "The Goodman Burgess" in early New England records. 

An additional name, Goodman, has also been suggested, evidence unknown. Note that "goodman" was a title frequently used in colonial times. Disputed Children

   Ruth (who supposedly married Richard Taylor, of the Rock, of Yarmouth): "Various records exist about these family members, yet none refer to an additional daughter named Ruth nor a son-in-law Richard Taylor. No other Burgess of appropriate age to be father of a Ruth is found in the records. Further working against [the theory that Ruth (______) Taylor was daughter of Thomas Burgess] is that none of [her] children... had Burgess family given names."[6]

   Deborah (who supposedly married Nathan Fish), but subsequent research has associated her as likely daughter of this Thomas' son Jacob by the latter's wife Mary Nye.[7] 

The will of Thomas Burgess named four sons -- Thomas, Jacob, John and Joseph -- and one son-in-law, Ezra Perry (who is also named in the above land deed).[8],[9] Ezra Perry married Elizabeth Burgess 12 Feb 1651/2.[10] Biography

Thomas Burgess and his family immigrated to Salem, MA, about 1630 and settled in Lynn.[8]

   That he is not included in Robert C. Anderson's Great Migration series (which covers immigrants from 1620-1635) suggests he did not emigrate this early (1630). 

On July 3, 1637 a section of land was assigned to him in Duxbury. In 1638 he forfeited his land in Duxbury and moved to Sandwich in the section called Sagamore. In 1640 he served as Grand Juryman. In 1642, 1645, 1648, 1654, 1660, 1662, and 1668 he served as Deputy to Plymouth General Court. In August 1643 he was on the list of men "able to bear arms". In 1645, 1662, 1663, and 1678 he served as Surveyor of Highways. In 1667 and 1672 he served as Selectman. On August 18, 1645 Thomas and 4 other men from Sandwich began 13 days of service in hostilities with the Narrangansett Indians. On March 3, 1654 Thomas received a grant of land in Manomot as reward for his service.[citation needed]

He is mentioned in many of the early records of Sandwich.

Thomas Burgess died 13 February 1685 and is buried at Old Town Cemetery in Sandwich, Massachusetts.[11] Property

He was granted a tract of land purchased for him by Miles Standish of Indian Josiah Dwelling.[12]

   THOMAS BURGE, SR., TO EZRA PERRY 1663 Prence Govr: The 10th of July 1663 Memorand: That Thomas Burge senr of the Towne of Sandwich in in the Jurisdiction of Plymouth in New England plantor Doth acknowlidg that for and in Consideration of a valluable sume; to him already payed by his son in law Named Esra Perrey of the Towne aforsaid in the Jurisdiction aforsaid plantor; hee hath bargained and sold enfeofed and Confeilmed and by these prsents Doth bargaine allianate sell enfeof and Confeirme unto the said Esra Perrey the one halfe of a Certaine tract of land lying and being att a place Called Mannomett in the Jurisdiction aforsaid; which said Tract of land was purchased by Captaine Standish by the appointment of the Court of Josias of Nausett an Indian Sachem; in the behalfe of the said Thomas Burge as appeers by a Deed bearing Date the third Day of march Anno Dom 1652 and is That Thomas Burgis of Sandwidge hath absolutly barganed and sold to ffrancis Allen of Sandwidge to him and heires for ever a pcell or tract of land being within a ffence which said upland I the said Thomas Burgis senr bought of Thomas Boardman. as also a pcell of meadow bought of the said Thomas Boardman as aforsaid this meadow bounded with 2 Creekes lying before or Joyning to the aforsaid upland to the said ffrancis Allen to have and to hold to him and his heires forever;

This Bargane and sale acknowlidged by Thomas Burgis senir and Dorathy his wife this 5t of Aprill 1654 before mee Myles Standish The Marke of Tho T Burgis.[13]
Children

   Thomas Burgess Jr., the eldest, of Rhode Island

   John

   Jacob

   Joseph[14]

   Daughter who married Ezra Perry 

NO DAUGHTER RUTH. Last Will & Testament

Will of Thomas Burgess "of Sandwich", dated 4 Apr 1684.[8] In his Will, he names:

   Wife 

   Sons: 

Thomas the eldest, of Rhode Island

   John

   Jacob

   Joseph

   "my son" Ezra Perry 

Grandsons:
Thomas, son of Jacob

   Thomas, son of John 

The Executors were Ezra Perry and Jacob Burgess, and the witnesses were Thomas Tupper and Martha Tupper. Sources

   ↑ LDS International Genealogical Index

   ↑ "Ancestry of President Ruther B. Hayes," in The American Genealogist, 56(1980):234

   ↑ "New Englanders at Sea," in NEHGR, 124(1970):93

   ↑ "Plymouth Colony Deeds," in The Mayflower Descendant, 8(1906):73, citing page 122

   ↑ "Paver's Marriage Licenses," in Yorkshire Archaeological Journal, 20 (1909):74

   ↑ Jillaine S. Smith, "Two Richard Taylor Families of Yarmouth," in Register, 165(2011):191

   ↑ "The Wife of Nathan Fish of Falmouth," in NEHGR 138(1984):132

   ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 Ebenezer Burgess. Burgess genealogy. Boston: Press of T. R. Marvin & son, 1865. Open Library Page 9-12

   ↑ Lydia B. (Phinney) Brownson and Maclean W. McLean, "Ezra Perry of Sandwich, Mass. (c. 1625-1689)," Register, 115(1961):86-99

   ↑ Kardell and Lovell, Vital Records of Sandwich, 1:12

   ↑ Thomas Burgess's memorial page at findagrave.com, with photos of his gravestone.

   ↑ "Plymouth Colony Deeds," in Mayflower Descendant, 2(1900):29, citing 37 (1652)

   ↑ "Plymouth Colony Deeds," in The Mayflower Descendant, 8(1906):73, citing page 122

   ↑ "Plymouth Colony Deeds," in The Mayflower Descendant, 18(1916):89, citing p. 125: a 1663 land deed made by Thomas Burgess Sr. to his son Joseph Burge.

See also:

   Immigrant England Pilgrims (accessed 17 Nov 2013)

   Vital Records of Bellingham Massachusetts to the Year 1850, Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1904. 

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Burgess, Thomas (~1603 - 1685) b. ABT 1603 in England d. 13 FEB 1685 in Sandwich, Barnstable County, Massachusetts

   Possibly another child Ruth who married Richard Taylor of the Rock (He built his house near a large rock near the boundary between Hockanom and Nobscussetin the northeastern part of town, and called that to distinguish him from the Richard Taylor who was a tailor) This possible child of Thomas and Dorothy is not mentioned in his will or codicil.

It is generally believed that Thomas migrated from England not far from 1630, and lodged for a time at Lynn, MA. A section of land was ssigned to him, in that part of Plymouth called Duxbury, July 3, 1637. This section of land, being forfeited by his removal to Sandwich, MA in the same year, was assigned to Nicholas Bobbins, November 5, 1638, who made to the former occupant some remuneration for fences and culture. In the settlement of Sandwich, Thomas Burgess, became associated with Edmund Freeman, Henry Feake, Richard Chadwell, William Almy, Thomas Tupper, William Wood, Edward Dillingham, John Carman, George Knot and Thomas Dexter. Savage says of him, "He was a chief man among them." In the church, instituted in 1638, under the paastoral care of William Leverich, he was an original member. In process of time he became a large landholder, and with advancing age hewas called Goodman Burgess. He served the town in every office, humble or honorable, from road-surveyor to deputy to the Court at Plymouth, for several successive years.
The ancestry of Thomas Burgess is not certain. Research indicates several possible roots. On January 12, 1995, Paul F. Burgess, author of 'The Burgess History Tree', wrote a letter to 'The Burgess Bulletin' and stated that he had hired a researcher in England. The researcher indicated several possible connections but did state that he was not the Thomas born in 1601 in Truro, which is the one with the Pye/Phippen connections. Other possible connections include: Thomas Burgess baptized 2 Oct 1603, son of Thomas Burgess and Elizabeth Seddon of Lancashire; Another Thomas Burgess was baptized 4 Nov 1603 and his wife, Dorothy Goodman, baptized in 1613 at Coffinswell, Devonshire, England. This leads to speculation since Thomas was known as 'The Goodman Burgess' in early New England records.
spouse: ?, Dorothy (~1605 - 1687) - m. 1628 in Chester-le-Stree, Tanfield, England

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child: Burgess, Thomas (~1627 - 1717)

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child: Burgess, John (~1629 - 1701)

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child: Burgess, Elizabeth (~1629 - 1717)

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child: Burgess, Jacob (1631 - 1719)

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child: Burgess, Joseph (~1637 - 1695)

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child: Burgess, Ruth (~1645 - 1693) http://www.lchr.org/a/38/ag/wga13.html#I1264