Thomas Burroughs, Sr.

Biography

• Name: Thomas Burrows
• Birth Date: 1676
• Birth Place: Southold, Suffolk County, New York
• Death Date: 15 Dec 1764
• Death Place: Furmans Corner, Hunterdon County, New Jersey
• Spouse: Mercy Moore
• Marriage Date 9 Aug 1733
• Marriage Place New Jersey, USA
• Children: Charity Burrows

Biography

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Burrowes-208

Thomas Burroughs (Burrowes) Sr, son of Edward and Mary Higby Burrus (Burrowes), born 1676 in Newtown, New York and died in Hopewell, Hunterdon County, New Jersey before December 15 1764. He received land from his father which in part had been given to him by Edward Higby, his father-in-law on November 16 1700. [1]

He married (1) Charity Unknown about 1701 and (2) Mercy Furman, daughter of Josiah and Sarah Strickland(daughter of Edmund and Hannah Strickland, the widow of Thomas Roberts, Furman, in Maidenhead, New Jersey. Mercy was the widow of Gershom Moore who died before August 9 1723 [2] in Maidenhead, New Jersey. [3]

Thomas Sr and Charity Burroughs were the parents and grandparents of as named in his will: [4] [5] [6]

1. Thomas Jr 1702, m Mary Foster
2. Charity b after 1704, d 1771, m Zebulon Stout, son of Jonathan and Ann Bollen Stout
3. Edward b 1706, m Jane Muirhead
4. Eden b 1708, d Oct 25 1773, m Margaret Sadler
5. Hannah b 1710, m Benjamin Disborough
6. Stephen Sr b Jan 21 1711/2, d before Dec 1 1792 date will proved, [7] m (1) Mary Moore, (2) Sarah Hart, widow of Timothy Temple, daughter of Edward and Martha Furman Hart.
7. John b 1716, d Jun 15 1807, settled in Amwell, N. J.

Gershom Moore, wife's son, a bond to be paid by Stephen, his son and these Grandchildren named were: Hannah (Brinsley) Brinson, daughter of Charity and Zebulon Stout Sr and a codicil to the will made November 26 1761 regarding Granddaughter Mercy Burrowes then married to Henry Mershon in 1761 and his daughter Hannah's (Husband ?Joseph Disbrow 1739 page 57) daughters Charity, Rachel and Mercy Disborrough, Foster, Rachel, Rebekah and Charity, children of Thomas Jr, his eldest son.

A Two points of interest: The list of those who gave an offering for the stipend of Rev. John Guild of the Presbyterian Church in 1769. Stephen Burrows and son Stephen Jr, Henry Mershon, husband of Mercy, his granddaughter, Foster Burrowes, his grandson, and Gershom Moore, his stepson, are listed. In addition Job and Joseph Burrowes are also listed. [8] 2. Sarah Hart, wife of Stephen Burroughs, was the sister of John Hart, signer of the Declaration of Independence.

Long Island Source Documents on ancestry.com

Burrows family members mentioned: Believe this names Thomas 1676-1764, Stephen 1683-1713, Eden, Joel. Sister Eunice Burrows 1685-1744 who married Nathaniel Lyon(s) 1680. Sister Rachel Burrows 1678-1713 who married Wm Stroud aka Strand 1675.

Sources

1. Frost, Josephine C. Records of the town of Jamaica, Long Island, New York, 1656-1751. Vol 2. New York, N. Y. Long Island Historical Society:1914. Pages 8-9 https://archive.org/details/recordsoftownofj02jama/page/9/mode/1up?...
2. Nelson, William Calendar of Wills, Administrations, etc., Vol 1 (1670-1730). Paterson, N. J. The Press Printing and Publishing Co:1901. Page 324. https://archive.org/details/calendarofnewjer00newj/page/324/mode/1up
3. Seversmith, Herbert Furman, 1904-. Colonial Families of Long Island, New York And Connecticut: Being the Ancestry & Kindred of Herbert Furman Seversmith. Washington, D.C., 1939. Page Furman 1062. #46. https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=wu.89063148571&view=1up&seq=...
4. Honeyman, A. Van Doren. Calendar of New Jersey wills, administrations, etc. Vol IV 1761-1770. New Jersey Historical Society. Newark, N. J. Unionist-Gazette Association, Printers:1901. Pages 68-69. https://archive.org/details/calendarofnewjer03newj/page/68/mode/1up
5. Hale, Rev. George, D. D. "A History of Old Presbyterian Congregation of 'The People of Maidenhead and Hopewell'." Philadelphia. Press of Henry B Ashmead:1876. Page 25. https://data.hopewell-history.org/hvhist/Hopewell-History/Hw-Books-...
6. Descendants of Edward BURROWES of Jamaica NY to about 1850 Generation Two, #3 http://swarling.x10host.com/edwardburrowes0001.htm#id14400
7. Hutchinson, Elmer T. Calendar of Wills, Administrations, Etc. Vol 8. 1791-1795. Jersey City, N. N. Scott Printing Co, Printers:1942. Page 62. https://archive.org/details/documentsrelatin37newj/page/62 /mode/1up
8. Hale, Rev. George, D. D. 1876. Page 25. https://data.hopewell-history.org/hvhist/Hopewell-History/Hw-Books-...
9. Nelson, William. Calendar of New Jersey wills, administrations, etc. Newark, N. J. New Jersey Historical Society; 1901. Page 68. https://archive.org/details/calendarofnewjer03newj/page/68/mode/1up
10. Jennifer Burrows from another family tree site