Thomas Burnham, Sr.

Seen as husband of Anna Gaines?

Date of birth might be 1617. Date and place of birth have also been erroneously reported to be circa 1610 in Connecticut.

Place of marriage has also been (erroneously?) reported to be England.

Date and place of death have also been (erroneously?) reported to be the following:

• June 24, 1688 at Ipswich, Essex County, Massachusetts
• June 28, 1688 at Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut
• July 24, 1688 at an unidentified location

Place of burial has also been (erroneously?) reported to be Ipswich, Essex County, Massachusetts.

THIS THOMAS BURNHAM IS NOT THE SON OF ROBERT BURNHAM AND MARY ANDREWS, THEIR SON THOMAS CAME OVER WITH HIS BROTHERS ON THE 'ANGEL GABRIEL' IN 1635, AND MARRIED MARY TUTTLE. I HAVE FOUND NO INFORMATION ON THE PARENTS NAMES OF THIS THOMAS, BUT THERE ARE SEVERAL SOURCES THAT LIST THOMAS WHO MARRIED MARY TUTTLE AS THE SON OF ROBERT BURNHAM AND MARY ANDREWS.

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• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Burnham
• Thomas Burnham (1617 – June 24, 1688) was born in Hatfield, Hertfordshire, England. A lawyer and landowner, he arrived in the American Colonies in 1637, and lived most of his adult live in Connecticut. He was among the earliest puritan settlers in Connecticut, living in Podunk and finally settling in Hartford, Connecticut. He purchased most of the land covered by the current towns of South Windsor, Connecticut and East Hartford, Connecticut. He was the first American ancestor of a large number of Burnhams. He died in Hartford at age 71.
• Immigration to America
• Burnham sailed from Gravesend, England on November 20, 1635. According to records, he "imbarqued for the Barbadoes, in the Expedition, Peter Blacklee, Master, took the oath of Allegiance and Supremacy, Examined by the Minister of the town of Gravesend." He arrived near Hartford, Connecticut in 1637 and started practice as a lawyer.
• He successfully defended Abigail Betts who had been accused of witchcraft, but by "saving her neck" the Puritan authorities prohibited Burnham from further practice of the court.[1]
• In 1659 he purchased from Tan-tonimo, Chief sachem of the Potunke Native Americans, a tract of land now covered by the towns of South Windsor and East Hartford, on which he afterward lived, and a part of which is still in possession of his descendants. He held this land under a deed from Tanto-nimo, and later in 1661, by a deed from six of the latter's successors and allies, by which they renounce "all our right and title in those lands aforesayd unto Thomas Burnam and his heirs."[1]
• The possession of this land led to endless lawsuits, supported by the government, and it was ordered to be divided. Burnham refused to give it up, however, and the contest continued for many years. It resulted finally in the appointment in 1688, at a town meeting of the inhabitants of Hartford, "of a Committee in behalf of this town, to" treat with Thomas Burnham, Senior, upon his claim to the lands on the East side of the Great River." He erected a house on these lands at Potunke, which was one of five, on the east side of the Connecticut, to be fortified and garrisoned during the Indian war of 1675. In 1649-56-59-60, he appears as plaintiff in court, and usually argued his own cases.
• Before his death he had divided the greater part of his estate among his children by deed, with the condition that it should remain in the family.
• Family
• He married Anna Wright Burnham (1620 - August 4, 1703) in Hartford in 1639. The daughter of Captain Richard Wright, she was born in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut and died in Hartford at the age of 83. Their children were all born in Hartford:
• Elizabeth Burnham (1640 - December 2, 1720)
• Mary Burnham (1642 - January 25, 1720)
• Anna (Hannah) Burnham (1644 - March 1716/17)
• Thomas Burnham (April 16, 1646 - March 19, 1726)
• John Burnham (1648 - April 20, 1721)
• Samuel Burnham (1650 - April 12, 1728)
• William Burnham (1652 - December 12, 1730)
• Richard Burnham (1654 - April 28, 1731) - A blacksmith, he got into trouble mending guns for the native Americans.[2] Frederick Russell Burnham is one of his descendents.
• Rebecca Burnham (1656 - ???)
• The descendents of Thomas Burnham have been noted in every American war, including the French and Indian war.[3]
• References
• 1.^ a b William Richard Cutter, ed (1919). American biography: a new cyclopedia. 6. New York: The American Historical Society.
• 2.^ Hinman, Royal Ralph (1852). Catalogue of the first Puritan settlers of the colony of Connecticut. Hartford: Case, Tiffany and Co.
• 3.^ Press Reference Library: Notables of the West. New York: International News Service. 1915. OCLC 5532411.
• The Burnham family; or Genealogical records of the descendants of the four emigrants of the name, who were among the early settlers in America, by Roderick Henry Burnham (1816)
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• Genealogical records of Thomas Burnham, the emigrant : who was among the early settlers at Hartford, Connecticut, U.S. America, and his descendants (1884)
• http://www.archive.org/details/genealogicalreco00inburn
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Name Thomas Burnham177, M

Birth Date abt 1617

Birth Place Hatfield, Herefordshire, England

Death Date 24 Jun 1688 Age: 71

Death Place Hartford, CT

Misc. Notes

THOMAS1 BURNHAM was born 1617 in England, and died June 24, 1688 in Hartford, Poduck, Connecticut. He married ANNA WRIGHT 1639 in Massachusetts, daughter of JOHN WRIGHT and MARY DELL. She was born Abt. 1620 in Waltham Essex England, and died August 05, 1703 in Hartford, Poduck, Connecticut.

Notes for THOMAS BURNHAM:

The Burnham Line

Walter Dc Veutre came to England, at the time of the Norman Conquest in 1066, in the train of his cousin-german Earl Warren, son-in-law of William the Conqueror. He was made Lord of the Saxon villages of Burnham and others, and from Burnham where he lived he was known as De Burnham. He took his surname, as many others of the Norman conquerors, from an old English town. The. name is cited spelled Durham, Bcrham and Barn-ham as well as Burnham, and in the old Anglo-Saxon Beornham, Byrbham, etc. In old Norse the name is Bjorh, which in Anglo-Saxon is Beorn and Burn (a bear) meaning, according1 to Ferguson, "chief, hero, man." There were towns of this name in both Somersetshire and Sussex county, before 900, and the family has been distinguished ever since. The ancient coat-of-arms of the family is: Sable, a cross between four crescents argent.

(I) Thomas Burnham, the immigrant ancestor, was born in 1617, it is believed in Hatfield, Herefordshire, England, which was the home of one branch of the English Burnhams. November 20, 1635, according to an old record, he "imbarqued for the Barbadoes, in the Expedition, Peter Blacklee, Master, took the oath of Allegiance and Supremacy, Examined by the Minister of the town of Gravesend." He appears first in America in 1649, where he is recorded in Hartford as bondsman for his servant Rushmore, "'that he should carry good behavior." He was an educated man, and on first coming to this country practiced as a lawyer. In 1659 he purchased from Tan-tonimo, chief sachem of the Potunke tribe of Indians, a tract of land now covered by the towns of South Windsor and East Hartford, on which he afterward lived, and a part of which is still in possession of his descendants. He held this land under a deed from Tanto-nimo, and later in 1661, by a deed from six of the latter's successors and allies, by which they renounce "all our right and title in those lands aforesayd unto Thomas Burnam and his heirs." The possession of this land led to endless lawsuits, supported by the government, and it was ordered to be divided. Burnham refused to give it up, however, and the contest continued for many years. It resulted finally in the appointment in 1688, at a town meeting of the inhabitants of Hartford, "of a Committee in behalf of this town, to" treat with Thomas Burnham, Senior, upon his claim to the lands on the East side of the Great River." He erected a house on these lands at Potunke, which was one of five, on the east side of the Connecticut, to be fortified and garrisoned during the Indian war of 1675. In 1649-56-59-60, he appears as plaintiff in court, and usually argued his own cases. In 1659 he was attorney for Jeremy Adams, Northampton, and in 1662 for Abigail Bctts, accused of blasphemy. For his successful defense of her, "for saving her neck," the court condemned him to "ye prison-keep." This sentence was not carried into effect, however, though he was deprived of his citizenship for a time, and prohibited from acting as attorney for others, but allowed to argue his own cases. In 1655 he was on the jury, and in 1662, being complained o£ for abuse in the case of Abigail Bctts, gave bonds to keep the peace.

He married in 1639 ( ?), Anna Wright ( ?), who was born in England, in 1620 ( ?), and died August 5, 1703. Me died June 28, 1688. Before his death he had divided the greater part of his estate among his children by deed, with the condition that it should remain in the family. His wife did not produce his will when it was called for by the court, and it was subsequently proved by the witnesses, June, 1690. Children: Elizabeth, born about 1640; Mary, about 1642; Anna, 1644; Thomas, 1646, mentioned below; John, 1648; Samuel, 1650; William, 1652; Richard, 1654 ; Rebecca^ 1656.

Addm.

Norfolk: Norwich - 1. Index to Wills, Consistory Court of Norwich, 1370-1550 2. Wills among the Norwich Enrolled Deeds, 1286-1508

Marriages 

Wills Proved in the Consistory Court of Norwich and now Preserved in the District Probate Registry at Norwich
1370 to 1550
County: Norfolk

Country: England

1506 Burnham, Burneham, Thomas, Dersham, Suff., husb. 397 Ryxe

Norfolk: Norwich - 1. Index to Wills, Consistory Court of Norwich, 1370-1550 2. Wills among the Norwich Enrolled Deeds, 1286-1508

Marriages 

Wills Proved in the Consistory Court of Norwich and now Preserved in the District Probate Registry at Norwich
1370 to 1550
County: Norfolk

Country: England

1438 Burnham, Brunham, Thomas, Schotesham, All Sts. 56 Doke

More About THOMAS BURNHAM:

Burial: June 28, 1688, Hartford, Poduck, Connecticut

More About ANNA WRIGHT:

Burial: Hartford, Poduck, Connecticut

Christening: August 29, 1633

Children of THOMAS BURNHAM and ANNA WRIGHT are:

2. i. THOMAS2 BURNHAM, JR., b. April 16, 1646, Hartford, Poduck, Connecticut; d. March 19, 1725/26, Hartford, Poduck, Connecticut.

3. ii. WILLIAM BURNHAM, b. 1652, Hartford, Poduck, Connecticut; d. December 12, 1730, Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut.

4. iii. LIEUT. RICHARD BURNHAM, b. 1654, Hartford, Poduck, Connecticut; d. April 28, 1731, Hartford, Poduck, Connecticut.

                iv.       ELIZABETH BURNHAM, b. 1640, Hartford, Poduck, Connecticut; d. 1720, Hartford, Poduck, Connecticut; m. UNK MOORCOCKE. 

5. v. MARY BURNHAM, b. 1642, Hartford, Poduck, Connecticut; d. January 25, 1719/20, Windsor, Connecticut.

6. vi. ANNE (HANNAH) BURNHAM, b. 1644, Hartford, Poduck, Connecticut; d. November 29, 1722, Hartford, Poduck, Connecticut.

7. vii. JOHN BURNHAM, b. 1648, Hartford, Poduck, Connecticut; d. April 20, 1721, Windsor, Connecticut.

8. viii. SAMUEL BURNHAM, d. 1728.

                 ix.       REBECCA BURNHAM, m. WILLIAM MAN. 

Source:

www.silcom.com

Spouses

1 Anna Wright177, F

Birth Date abt 1620

Birth Place England

Death Date 5 Aug 1703 Age: 83

Death Place Hartford, CT

Marriage Date 1639

Marriage Place MA

Children Elizabeth, F (1640-1720)

Mary, F (1642-1720) 

Anna, F (1644-1722)
Thomas, M (1646-~1725)
John, M (1648-1721)
Samuel, M (1650-1728)
William, M (1652-1730)
Richard, M (1654-1731)
Rebecca, F (1656-)
==links==

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Burnham
• FamilySearch AFNs: G76F-9W, 13KG-GDS
• http://www.cyberancestors.com/cummins/PS54_353.HTML
• Reference: Find A Grave Memorial - SmartCopy: Oct 6 2019, 19:10:05 UTC

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Probable daughter in 1620. prob Ann Wright was born circa 1622. She was the daughter of Richard Wright and Margaret, his first wife. Prob Ann Wright married Thomas Burnham? before 1645.

notes

if this is correct, this Ann Wright did not emigrate to America; she lived and died in England.

http://www.conovergenealogy.com/famous-p/p1964.htm#i98200