Burgess Family Line

Burgess Family Line

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Nana's Great-Grandmother:

My 3x Great Grandmother:

Laila Laemmel-Gordon's 4x Great-Grandmother:

Mariah Burgess (1806 - 1868)

Mariah Burgess Bates

Also known as: "Maria", "Myriah" (on tomb)

Birthdate: October 22, 1806

Birthplace: Scott County, Kentucky

Denomination: (possibly) Baptist

Date of Marriage: October 18, 1827

Place of Marriage: Scott County, Kentucky

Death: April 4, 1868

Parents:

Edward "Ned" Burgess, Sr.

1777-1858

Sarah Fields

1781-1839

Family

Spouse:

George William Bates (1806-1866)

George William Bates of Massachusetts

Also known as: "George W. Bates", "George William Bates, Sr."

Birthdate: July 4, 1806

Birthplace: Berkshire, Massachusetts

Denomination: (probably) Baptist

Death: August 7, 1866, Scott County, Kentucky

Immediate Family:

Son of: William Randall Bates and Polly Lazell

See: Bates Family Line

Children:

1. Sarah A. Bates b. 24 June 1828 - d. 27 June 1828

2. Mary A. Bates b. 23 April 1829 - d. 13 Nov.1830

3. William Edward Bates b. 8 Aug.1830 - d. 3 Jan.1912

4. Richard Henry Bates b. 12 May 1832 - d. 11 Sept.1911

5. George William Bates, Jr. b. 26 April 1834 - d. 7 Aug.1912

6. James Luther Bates b. 15 Feb.1836 - d. 4 Apr.1865

7. Joseph M. Bates (twin) b. 2 May 1838 - d. 13 Feb.1864

8. Horace G. Bates (twin) b. 2 May 1838 - d. 24 Sept.1909

9. Miranda Jane Bates b. 22 Apr.1840 - d. 11 March 1929

10. John Thomas Bates (twin) b. 23 Feb.1842 - d.11 May 1914

11. Allen Genole Bates (twin) b. 23 Feb.1842 - d. 3 Nov.1908

12. Francis Marion Bates b. 3 Feb.1844 - d. 29 Nov.1927

13. Walter Scott Bates b. 18 Jan.1846 - d. 25 March 1848

14. Charles Augustus Bates b. 12 Feb.1850 - d. 23 June 1930

About Mariah Burgess

Descendant of The House of The Burgesses

Source:

The House of the Burgesses - Page 167 - Google Books

excerpt:

References:

https://ancestors.familysearch.org/en/L5N7-8TK/mariah-burgess-1806-1868

http://www.burgessdna.com/index.php/geography/usa-massachusetts/192-william-burgess-of-middlesex-co-massachussetts

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Nana's 2x Great-Grandfather:

My 4x Great Grandfather:

Laila Laemmel-Gordon's 5x Great-Grandfather:

Descendant of The House of The Burgesses

Source:

The House of the Burgesses - Page 167 - Google Books

excerpt:

References:

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/22511877/sarah-sally-burgess

https://www.geni.com/people/Edward-Burgess/6000000026832665356

https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LC34-XJ7

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Burgess-8473

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Nana's 3x Great-Grandfather:

My 5x Great Grandfather:

Laila Laemmel-Gordon's 6x Great-Grandfather:

William Burgess, Sr. (1732 - 1780)

William Burgess

Also known as: "Burges"

Birthdate: ca.1732-1734

Birthplace: King George County, Colony of Virginia

Denomination: (possibly) Quaker / Baptist

Death: ca.1780 in Stafford County, Virginia (George Washington's Boyhood Home)

Parents:

Edward Burgess

1700-1759

Margaret Elizabeth Fewel

1699-1783

Family

Spouse:

Bathsheba Courtney

1734-1823

Bathsheba Burgess

Also known as: "Bathsheba Hughes", "Sheba"

Birthdate: ca.1734

Birthplace: Stafford County, Colony of Virginia

Denomination: (probably) Anglican / Epsicopalian / Quaker

Date of Marriage: January 19, 1755

Place of Marriage: Overwharton Parish Church, Stafford County, Colony of Virginia

Death: September 16, 1823 in Bourbon County, Kentucky

Immediate Family:

Daughter of (unknown - possibly the daughter of William or John Courtney)

Children (William and Bathsheba Burgess undoubtedly had more children than those listed below, but their names and fates remain unrecorded):

1. William Burgess (Revolutionary War Veteran)

2. Margaret "Peggy" Burgess (Hughes)

3. Bathsheba Burgess

4. Henry "Henery" Burgess

5. Edward Burgess, Sr.

About William Burges

Source:

The House of the Burgesses - Page 167 - Google Books

excerpt:

WILLIAM BURGESS

(1732?-1780)

of Stafford County, Virginia

3f. William (II) [son of Edward (I)]. Born about 1732 in King George Co., VA. Married Bathsheba Courtney on 19 Jan. 1755 O.S. (Overwharton Parish Register) in Stafford Co., VA. William Burgess moved to the Accokeek Creek area of Stafford Co. with his brother, Garner Burgess, in the early 1750s. He was named a co-executor of his father’s estate (with Garner) in his father’s will. His signature appeared on the 15 Oct. 1776 petition of the Stafford Co. freeholders to the Virginia House of Burgesses (the Legislature), asking that the boundary line between Stafford and King George Cos. be adjusted (the counties were subsequently realigned along their modern boundaries on 1 Jan. 1777); but he did not sign the Stafford Co. petition of May 1779. William Burgess died about 1780; the inventory of his estate has been lost, but the index record survives (Stafford Co. Liber #N, p. 410), citing a page number lying within a few pages of the Commissioners Poll (legislative election) of 1780 (p. 407). His relationship to the William Burgess mentioned in his father’s will is confirmed by the sale of the original Burgess lands in King George Co. in 1797, in which William’s son Edward acted in his father’s stead, William having been a co-executor of the original Edward’s will.

According to the lawsuits filed over the disposition of William’s father’s estate (see the section on Edward Burgess Sr.), William Burgess purchased the old family farm, consisting of 100 acres located about 2.5 miles southwest of the present-day town of King George. However, there is no record of an actual transfer of the property into William’s name, and after his death, the land apparently reverted back to the Burgess heirs.

Bathsheba Burgess was born about 1734 in Stafford Co., possibly the daughter of William Courtney or John Courtney; after her first husband’s death, she married a widower, Ralph Hughes, about 1781 (a Stafford Co. deed of 12 May 1781 [Liber #S, p. 63] mentions Ralph Hughes and ___ his wife), but in any case no later than 10 Oct. 1785, when, in the first of four deeds recorded in Oct. and Nov., Ralph Hughes and Bathsheba his wife sold their lands in Stafford Co. (see particularly Liber #S, p. 270). Ralph Hughes was born about 1726, son of John Hughes. He is missing from the Stafford Co. voters’ list of Apr. 1786. The Hughes family moved to Bourbon Co., KY by 1787, when Ralph Hughes is listed on that county’s first personal property tax roll; he bought 100 acres of land there on Flat Run on 20 Mar. 1787 from Isaac and Elizabeth Ruddle (Deed Book #A, p. 40). Ralph died by July 1803 (Bourbon Co. Order Book #C, p. 330); in his settlement deed (Deed Book #6, p. 128, dated 15 Nov. 1802, witnessed by Tho. Howard, John Jacobs, and “Henery Burges,” Bathsheba’s son); Bathsheba was given one-fourth of Ralph’s land and two “Negroes” to maintain a home until her own death, after which the remaining property was to be divided among his own children, John, James, William, and George Hughes. Edward Burgess is noted as a debtor to Ralph’s estate in his initial inventory (Bourbon Co. Will Book #B, p. 254, recorded at the Nov. 1804 court). Bathsheba Hughes died on 16 Sept. 1823 in Bourbon Co., KY (the date is recorded in her son Edward Burgess’s family Bible record), aged about 86-88 years; her estate is probated in Will Book #G, p. 130-131. William and Bathsheba Burges undoubtedly had more children than those listed below, but their names and fates remain unrecorded.

Interesting Note:

Both he and George Washington were born the same year, and both lived in Stafford County. There's no record of it but possibly they knew each other or were even friends / classmates. They both were also members of The House of The Burgesses at the same time.

References:

https://www.geni.com/people/William-Burgess-Sr/6000000022176961048

http://www.burgessdna.com/index.php/geography/usa-massachusetts/192-william-burgess-of-middlesex-co-massachussetts

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Nana's 4x Great-Grandfather:

My 6x Great Grandfather:

Laila Laemmel-Gordon's 7x Great-Grandfather:

Edward Burgess (1700 - 1759)

Also known as: "Burges"

Birthdate: ca.1700

Birthplace: St. Maries Parish, Richmond County, Colony of Virginia

Denomination: (probably) Anglican / Quaker

Death: May 8, 1759 in Stafford County, Colony of Virginia

Parents:

William I. Burgess

1660-1712

Rebeccah Glendening

1672-1717

Family

Spouse:

Margaret Elizabeth Fewel

1704-1782

Margaret Elizabeth Burgess

Birthdate: 1704

Birthplace: Hanover Parish, Richmond County, Colony of Virginia

Denomination: (probably) Anglican / Quaker

Date of Marriage: 1721

Place of Marriage: St. Paul's Parish, Stafford County, Colony of Virginia

Death: 1782 in Stafford County, Commonwealth of Virginia

Immediate Family:

Daughter of Henry Fewell and Sarah Whiteman

Children:

1. Lettice Burgess, b. Abt 1722, King George County, Virginia

2. Sarah Burgess, b. Abt 1724, King George County, Virginia d. St. Paul's Parish, Stafford County, Virginia

3. Garner Burgess, b. Abt 1726, King George County, Virginia d. 25 Oct 1790, Fauquier County, Virginia

4. Anne Burgess, b. Abt 1733, St. Paul's Parish, Stafford County, Virginia d. Aft 1787, Stafford County, Virginia

5. Margaret Burgess, b. Abt 1734, St. Paul's Parish, Stafford County, Virginia

6. William Burgess, b. Abt 1732, St. Paul's Parish, Stafford County, Virginia d. 1780, Stafford County, Virginia

7. Mary Burgess, b. 3 Nov 1736, St. Paul's Parish, Stafford County, Virginia d. Bef 21 Jul 1763, Prince William County, Virginia

8. Edward Burgess, b. 27 Nov 1739, St. Paul's Parish, Stafford County, Virginia d. 22 Mar 1819, Fauquier County, Virginia - Probate

9. Moses Burgess, b. 2 Feb 1741/42, St. Paul's Parish, Stafford County, Virginia d. 11 May 1796, Orange County, Virginia

10. Reuben Burgess, b. 12 Feb 1744/45, St. Paul's Parish, Stafford County, Virginia d. 1820, Rowan County, North Carolina

About Edward Burgess

Edward, born ca. 1700, cannot be the son of Elizabeth Turpin, born 1698. Edward appears to have been instead the final child of an earlier unknown first wife of William I. Burgess.

https://www.colonial-settlers-md-va.us/getperson.php?personID=I040457&tree=Tree1

https://www.geni.com/people/Edward-Burgess/6000000000951169079

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Nana's 5x Great-Grandfather:

My 7x Great Grandfather:

Laila Laemmel-Gordon's 8x Great-Grandfather:

William I. Burgess (1660 - 1712)

William Burgess

Also known as: "Burges", "Burge"

Birthdate: ca.1660 (or, June 28, 1668)

Birthplace: Old Rappahannock County, Colony of Virginia (or, All Hallows Parish, Anne Arundel County, Province of Maryland)

Denomination: (probably) Anglican / Quaker

Death: June 4, 1712 in St. Maries Parish, Richmond County, Colony of Virginia

Parents:

William Burgess

1622-1686

Ursula Puddington

1646-1700

Family 2

Spouse:

Rebeccah Glendening

1672-1717

Rebeccah Burgess

Birthdate: ca.1672

Birthplace: St. Marie's Parish, Richmond, Colony of Virginia

Denomination: (probably) Anglican / Quaker

Date of Marriage: ca.1690

Place of Marriage: St. Maries Parish, Richmond County, Colony of Virginia

Death: 1717 in Hanover Parish, Richmond, Colony of Virginia

Immediate Family:

Daughter of James Glendenning and Lamira Burr

Children:

1. Mary Burgess, b. Abt 1692, St. Maries Parish, Richmond County, Virginia

2. Elizabeth Burgess, b. Abt 1696, St. Maries Parish, Richmond County, Virginia

3. Edward Burgess, b. 1700, St. Maries Parish, Richmond County, Virginia d. 8 May 1759, Stafford County, Virginia - Probate

4. Sarah Burgess, b. 1700, St. Maries Parish, Richmond County, Virginia d. Bef 1782, Westmoreland County, Virginia

About William I. Burgess

WILLIAM BURGES (16707-1712)

OF RICHMOND (LATER KING GEORGE) COUNTY, VIRGINIA

House of the Burgesses by Michael Roy Burgess

He was probably bom between 1650-1670 (perhaps closer to the latter date), if he is contemporary with his friend (or employer?), Jeremiah Bronaugh Sr. (1670-1749). William Burges appears in one known legal record: his noncupative (deathbed verbal) will is recorded on page 89 of Richmond Co. Will Book #3, dated 23 Apr. 1712 O.S., proven on 4 June 1712 O.S. In it he identified four surviving children (there may have been others who had already left home): Edward, a son under the age of 21; Elizabeth and Mary, two unmarried daughters over the age of 16; and Sarah, an unmarried daughter under the age of 16. His accounting mentioned no land, only beds, furniture, a mare, an "old sword," unspecified books, and various stock and farm implements. William lived in St. Marie's [sic] Parish, which covered a large part of Richmond County. His two underaged children were left to the care of Bronaugh, who was named administrator of William's estate. The document was witnessed by Richard and Rebekah Copley, husband and wife. One may infer from this brief record that William Burges was a farm laborer or overseer or craftsman (unlikely), that his wife had predeceased him, that he was literate, that he or someone else in his family had been a soldier (possibly a professional), and that no surviving close relatives lived anywhere nearby. From the names mentioned in his will, we may also deduce that he was living somewhere near the Lambs Creek area of present-day King George Co., and may well have been employed by Bronaugh, whose plantation was located near the Rappahannock River at about the point where State Highway 3 (if followed from Fredericksburg) bends inland from the River toward the peninsular ridge. His wife's name is unknown, as are the exact order and dates of birth of his children. This family was located about thirty miles directly south of present-day Washington, D.C. The Northern Neck of Virginia, the long peninsula of land stretching between the Potomac and Rappahannock Rivers, experienced a boom in the tobacco trade during the mid-1680s that resulted in a large influx of farmhands, both white and slave, to work the plantations which had grown up along the fertile river plains. Land ownership was concentrated in the hands of a relatively small number of country gentlemen, who had built up their holdings cheaply through the "headlight" system, by financing the importation of labor into the colonies. For each settler whose passage was paid, the sponsor received fifty free acres of land, plus (usually) a contract binding the immigrant to seven years of indentured service. Settlers who managed to pay their own way to the British colonies, or those who paid off their servitude after seven years, worked as overseers, tradesmen, and fanners, buying small plots of land in less favorable areas, or leasing plots from the larger plantations. William Burges was probably one of the laborers who flooded into the Northem Neck region between 1685-1710. We know nothing of his origins. However, it is conceivable that he is the same person as the William Burges mentioned in The Complete Book of Emigrants, 1661-1699, by Peter Wilson Coldham (Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1990, p. 682) as shipping goods (or himself and his possessions) from Bristol, England to Virginia between 4 Dec. 1697 and 2 Feb. 1697/98 O.S., on the same vessel (the Mountjoy) as goods shipped by William French and George Mason. The later Burgess connection with the French and Mason families is at least suggestive, although it must again be emphasized that there is no hard evidence to link our Burgess family with any other family or specific location in Europe.

https://www.colonial-settlers-md-va.us/getperson.php?personID=I040456&tree=Tree1

http://www.burgessdna.com/Genealogies/getperson.php?personID=I1&tree=Tree4

https://www.geni.com/people/William-Burgess/6000000008824458359

http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~baileyburgess/genealogy/burgessfamily.html

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Burgess-1932

https://www.genealogieonline.nl/en/jess-boatman-family-tree/P1008.php

1st Generation Colonial Burgess

http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=document&guid=91d11f63-833f-49c3-9c59-620c1ed4e329&tid=4883085&pid=1008

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Contributed by: James Hughes

URL: http://gedcom.surnames.com/burgess_jim/np59.htm

URL title: Note for: William Burgess, ABT 1670 - Jun 1712

Note:

[jh note: Margaret said to be the dau. of Edward son of William.]

Richmond County, Virginia Will Book 1 page 88

William BURGES, St. M. Par, nuncupative will published and declared the same before us on Thursday 23 Apr 1712 as follows: Son Edward; daughters, Elizabeth, Sarah, and Mary; son Edward to go with Jeremiah Bronaugh until 21. Witnesses Richard Copely, Rebecca Copely; proved 4 Jun 1712.

Richmond County, Virginia Will Book 1 page 88-89

The Nuncupative will of William Burgess late of the parish of Sains Maries in the County of Richmond deceased who published and declared the same before us on thursday the 2rd day Aprill in the year of our Lord 1712 in manner and form following:

Imp He did give and bequeath unto his son Edward Burges one gray mare.

Item He gave unto his daughter Elizabeth Burgess one catteule? and the

appurtannce.

Item He did give the bed whenon he dyed to his daughter Sarah one half to his daughter Mary one flock bed.

Item He left his son Edward Burgess to Jeremiah Bronaugh until he came of the age of one and twenty years, and also his said daughter Sarah until he

came to be twenty one years of age.

Item The rest of his estate he gave a\to and amongst his children to be

equally divided between them.

Evidence to the above will

Richard R Copley

Rebekah (her mark) Copley

Att a court held for Richmond County the fourth day of June 1712

Presented to the Court by Jeremiah Bronaugh and proved by Richard C Copley and Rebekah his whife who upon oaath ans sare that the words oof the smae in effort in the aforesaid Will or writing expressed wore declared and publiquly spoken by the said William Burgess in their presence hearind the 23 day of April 1712 and that he was at the same time of perfect mind and memory to the part of their judgment whereupon on the motion of the said Jeremiah it is ordered to be recorded and administration with the said will Annge granted him ok the said Estate.

Test Jno Tayloe

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Nana's 6x Great-Grandfather:

My 8x Great Grandfather:

Laila Laemmel-Gordon's 9x Great-Grandfather:

Col. William Burgess, Esq. (1622 - 1686)

William Burges Esq.

Colonel William Burgess

William Burgess

Also known as: "Burges", "Burge", "Burgiss"

Birthdate: ca.1622

Birthplace: Marlborough, Wiltshire, England (or possibly Wales)

Denomination: Anglican

Arrival: bef. 1646, at Lower Norfolk (historic), Colony of Virginia

Death: February 19, 1686/87 in Anne Arundel County, Province of Maryland - Probate

Burial: All Hallows Church Cemetery Birdsville, Anne Arundel County, Province of Maryland

Occupation: Lieutenant-General of Militia (1659); Captain of Militia (1661); Major of Militia (1675); Colonel (1676); Commander in Chief against the Indians (1677); Deputy Governor (1684-1686)

Parents (possible):

Daniel Burges

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Burgess-1100

https://www.geni.com/people/Daniel-Burgess/6000000006444468769

1595-1674

Catherine

1596-

Family 1

Spouse:

Elizabeth Robins, b. 20 May 1635, London, England d. Abt 1658, Anne Arundel County, Colony of Maryland

Married: Abt 1651 Northampton County, Colony of Virginia

Children

1. George Burgess, b. Abt 1653, All Hallows Parish, Anne Arundel County, Maryland d. 2 Dec 1704, All Hallows Parish, Anne Arundel County, Maryland

2. James Burgess, b. Bef 1654, d. 19 Aug 1674, Anne Arundel County, Maryland - Inventory

3. Edward Burgess, b. Abt 1655, All Hallows Parish, Anne Arundel County, Maryland d. 14 Mar 1722/23, All Hallows Parish, Anne Arundel County, Maryland - Probate

Family 2

Spouse:

Sophia Scarborough, b. Bef 1613, England d. Abt 1663, Anne Arundel County, Maryland

Married Between 1658 and 1660 Anne Arundel County, Maryland

Children

1. Susannah Burgess, b. 1660, West River, Anne Arundel, Maryland d. Bef 1736, St. Mary's County, Maryland

Family 3

Spouse:

Ursula Puddington

1646-1700

Ursula Burgess

Also known as: "Ursula Painter", "Ursula Moore"

Birthdate: ca.1646

Birthplace: Northampton County, Colony of Virginia

Denomination: (unknown)

Date of Marriage: 1664

Place of Marriage: Anne Arundel County, Province of Maryland

Death: 12 Dec 1700 (or, 1702), Anne Arundel County, Province of Maryland

Immediate Family:

Daughter of George Puddington and Jane Cornish

Children:

1. William Burgess, b. June 28, 1668, All Hallows Parish, Anne Arundel County, Maryland, d. June 4, 1712 in St. Maries Parish, Richmond County, Virginia - Probate

2. Benjamin Burgess, b. Aft 1670, All Hallows Parish, Anne Arundel County, Maryland d. Aft 1705, Bristol England

3. John Burgess, b. Aft 1672, All Hallows Parish, Anne Arundel County, Maryland d. Between 1685 and 1704, Anne Arundel County, Maryland

4. Joseph Burgess, b. Aft 1674, All Hallows Parish, Anne Arundel County, Maryland d. Between 1685 and 1704, Anne Arundel County, Maryland

5. Elizabeth Burgess, b. Abt 1679, Anne Arundel County, Maryland d. Bef 1695, Anne Arundel County, Maryland

6. Anne Burgess, b. 7 Oct 1680, Anne Arundel County, Maryland d. Jul 1698, Anne Arundel County, Maryland

7. Charles Burgess, b. Abt 1682, All Hallows Parish, Anne Arundel County, Maryland d. 3 May 1740, Prince George's County, Maryland - Probate

8. Susannah Burgess, b. Bef 1684, All Hallows Parish, Anne Arundel County, Maryland d. Aft 1757, Prince George's County, Maryland

About Col. William Burgess, Esq.

William Burges Esq. died 24th day of January 1686 aged about 64, leaving his dear beloved wife Ursula and eleven children viz: seven sons and four daughters and eight grandchildren. In his lifetime he was a member of his Lordship's Coucell of Estate, one of his Lordship's deputy Governors, a justice of ye high provincial court, Coll. of a regiment of the trained bands and sometimes Genorall of all the military forces of the province. His loving wife Ursula has executed this testimony of her true respect and due regard for the worthy deserts of her said dear departed husband hath erected this monument.

Gravesite Details: In 1960, the Prince George chapter of the D.A.R. added the marker.

The Honorable William Burgess is one of the notable South River colonists. He came into Maryland from Virginia in 1649. By 1659 he was a member of the House of Burgesses, and shortly thereafter he appeared in the capacity of High Sheriff of Anne Arundel County. In 1660 William Burgess founded London Town on land he gave for settlement. For a time, London Towne rivaled Annapolis as a commercial center, a port of entry, and the residence of the leading merchants of the colony. When Lord Baltimore sailed for England in 1684, he appointed William Burgess to serve as Deputy Governor and Lieutenant-General of the Province during his Lordship's absence.

Notes

"Colonel William Burgess and Major John Welsh were associates for many years as Justices & Commissioners and members of the Quorum of the Anne Arundel County Court."

--Luther W. Welsh – 1928

(Research): An ancestor of William Burgess II (Abt. 1790- )?

Reference If the Legends Are True... by J. Craig Canada, "Colonel William Burgess" (accessed July 12, 2020) | http://www.palmspringsbum.org/genealogy/getperson.php?personID=I33168&tree=Legends.

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William Burgess was born ca. 1622 in England.Records would indicate he was closely related to the Burgess family of Marlborough, Wiltshire.He was transported to Lower Norfolk Co., VA prior to 1646.In 1650 he moved to Anne Arundel Co., MD.His first wife was Elizabeth Robins who was living in 1657.

Col. Burgess was born Abt. 1622 in Wales, England and died January 24 1685/86 in All Hallow's Parish, Anne Arundel Co., MD.He married (1) Ursula Painter.She was born Unknown and died Abt. 1702.He married (2) Elizabeth Robbins in 1650 in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland, daughter of Edward Robbins and Jane Cornish.She was born in 1624 in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland and died 1658 in Anne Arundel Co.,Maryland.He married (3) Sophia "Ewen" Aft. 1658.She was born Unknown and died Bef. 1660.

THE BURGESS FAMILY OF SOUTH RIVER, MARYLAND

One of the largest landed proprietors on South river where London Town was laid out, though no longer of economic importance, was Colonel William Burgess, Esq. whose ancestory was definitely English with some clues from Maryland record as to his background.The family in pre-colonial days was concentrated in Essex and Sussex, as far North as Lincolnshire and in Western Dorest.The English orthography was always with a single "s", the spelling which was used principally by the first and second generations in Maryland, but the American branches gradually adopted the double "ss".

More definite evidence of the English domicile of Colonel William Burges points to theCounty of Wilts.In 1663 Anthony Goddard of Brigden, Wiltshire, England and the Colony of Virginia died testate and bequeathed his entire estate to William Burges in trust for Hester Burges of Bristol, England.Furthermore, Joesph Burges, a Merchant of Marlborough, Wilts, England, made his will on October 22, 1672 and declared himself late of Province of Maryland and directed that his house and lands in Maryland "lately purchased of Richard Ewens" be sold and the money divided among his brothers and sisters.It therefore placed his property in Anne Arundel County and Richard Ewens was closely associated with Colonel William Burges in the settlement of South River.Besides Colonel Burges married as his second wife the widow of Richard Ewens.

Joesph Burgess bequeathed to his brothers William, Samuel and Jeremiah and sisters Anne and Mary.He appointed his father-in-law, (stepfather) John Keynes of Marlborough,Gent, the executor of his estate and requested him to give "unto my dear mother, his now wife, and to my brothers Issac and Danile and to my sister Elizabeth Parker "each a gold ring priced at 20 Shillings.His will was probated in England as well as Anne Arundel County, Maryland, on November 20, 1672, but it was recorded in the Maryland book as "Burger".

John Keynes of County Wilts, Gent, was granted letters of administration as vouched for by Sir Robert Hanson, Lord Mayor of London.Keynes granted power of attorney to Thomas Taylor of Anne Arundel County, Maryland who on May 22, 1674 filed the will with the court of Anne Arundel County.The destruction of the deeds for that county during that period prevents knowledge of the disposition of the land.

Coats-of arms were issued early to various branches in England, although very few, if any, original records of the family are extant in Maryland to ascertain the armorial seals on their documents.The recorded will of Colonel Burges definitely indicates that he placed a seal beside his signature.By his will of 1685, he bequeathed his seal ring to his daughter, Susann Sewall, instead of his son and heir.The reason cannot be accounted for under the light of present research except that she had contracted politically the best match of his children, her husband Major Nicholas Sewall, being a step-son of Charles, the 3rd Baron of Baltimore.

In politics the emigrant Maryland was definitely aligned with the liberal forces in the Province and for a time he may have favoured the Quakers, as in 1658 he stated that "it was in con case lawful to Swear".If he had Quaker nourishing, he was not disposed to their peaceful weakness of not fighting, as he was actively and aggressively engaged in Indian Warfare ad against the Established Government.His merchandising interests brought him much wealth.Inasmuch as Joesph Burges of Wiltshire and Maryland and William Burges of South River were both interested in importing and exporting, it leans a sympathetic association of the two brothers.

Although he married a maiden from Accoman County Virginia, the courting occured in Anne Arundel, where she had been brought by kinsmen.No record has been found of his being in VA prior to his settlement on South River.The fact that his last will and testament was probated at the Perogative Court of Canterbury indicated that he maintained an estate in England.

In 1742 William Burgess, who styled himself as a traveler, made a deed of gift to Mrs. Margaret Whips of Anne Arundel County, Maryland, of all his European goods "which I last May sent for and Expect into Phila Pa before Xmas nest from my brother-in-law the Rev. Mr John Merriwether".No placement has been made with the clan on South River.

At the Revolutionary War, the scions were vigorously engaged in the conflict with England, a number of them holding commissions in the Maryland Line and Continental Establishments with the results that they became original members of the Society of Cincinnati.

Another branch of the Burgess' which did not engage the spotlight as prominently as the one on South River was seated in Charles County at an early date, and so far no relationship has been proved between the two branches.

William Burgess was about 28 when he emigrated to the Province of Maryland in 1650.It was not until February 9, 1658/59 that he received his land rights for his emigration.He was granted "all the parcel of land called the Burgh lying on the west side of the Chesapeake Bay and on the south side of a river in the bay called South River, next adjoining to land laid out unto George Westill and Thomas Beeson".

About the time of his settlement, the non-conformist were coming up from Virginia to the sereral plantations and immediately became involved with the proprietary authorities over their unorthodox tendencies, eventually involving the you Province in Civil War.During the days of the Commonwealth, William was definitely a member of the Puritan Party and actively participated in the Revolution which overthrew the Government and established the Province under a group of Parliamentary Commissioners.It was he who with Richard Ewens, whose widow he later married, and others sat as a Council of War and condemned to death practically all the Proprietary Councilors and several of the lesser men.Although the life of some was ultimately spared, William Eltonhead and others faced the firing squad.

After the downfall of the Cromwellian in England, Lord Baltimore regained control of this Province, at which time William Burgess aligned himself with the liberal element under Gov. Josia Fendall.At a meeting of the Council held on July 22, 1658, the High Sheriff of Anne Arundel County reported that all Justices of the Peace had taken the oath, "all but William Burgess and Thomas Mears who pretended it was in no case lawful to swear".He held Office of Justice of the Peace during the Commonwealth, for at a court held in and for Anne Arundel County, on March 13, 1656, Capt. Wm. Burges was one of the Commissioners.There is definite proof that he was a Justice of the Peace for Anne Arundel.

At the General Assembly which met at St. Clement's Manor in St. Mayr's County from February to March 1659/60, "Lt. William Burges" presented his credential as being elected by the freeholders of Anne Arundel County.He certainly represented his county in 1664, inasmuch as the Assembly for that year voted "Capt. William Burges" 1050 pounds of tobacco under the heading of "Burgessess Expenses their necessary expenses for meat, drink and lodgings for themselves and charges for boate".He consistently served in the Lower House from 1669 to 1682.

In 1663 as Capt. William Burgess, he was High Sheriff for Anne Arundel County, and in 1683 Col. William Burges and his son Edward Burges, were among those who were comissioned to "Survey and Manage the building of the Court House".

As early as 1660, he was addressed as Lt. and in 1664 as Capt.In 1667 he was ordered to "raise out of several companies of militia in Anne Arundel County, 62 men to proceed against the Indians".The Council in session during 1675 ordered "Col. Samuel Chew and Major William Burges...doe immediately raise the forces under Thier command to follow and pursue the enemies (Indians) who had committed several murders at the head of Anne Arundel County".On July 13, 1676, Col. William Burgess was ordered to attend a Council of War to be held at St. Mary's on 20th of that month.

The Council preceded the declaration of war against the Nanticoke Indians on the Eastern Shore, at which time he was made the Commander-in-Chief.He was ordered to raise a detachent of troops from St. Mary's, Calvert and Charles Counties and to sail for the mouth of the Nanticoke River where he was to assume command as "Commander-in-Chief" of a detachment of troopsfrom Dorchester, Talbot, Kent and Cecil Counties.His commission, rather lengthy, empowered him to negotiate a treaty of peach with the Emperor of the Nanticoke in council with Col. Henry Coursey, Christopher Rousby, Col. William Colebourne, William Stenens and John White.For his services he was voted 6000 lobs of Tobacco.

After his campaign on the Eastern Shore he assisted Col. George Wells and other military leaders on the frontier in Baltimore County.In 1681 he was referred to as Col. William Burgess, a Protestant, and in command of the Foot in Anne Arundel County.

In or about 1683 he was appointed by Lord Baltimore a member of the Proprietary Council.He took his seat for the first time during the session of October to November 1683.He continued to serve in that capacity until his death.

On July 22, 1674, as Captain William Burgess, he purchased from George Wells, of Baltimore County, John Wells, of Kent County, and Robert Wells of Kent County, all sons of Richard Wells, late of Herring Creek, deceased inasmuch as "Lord Baltimore granted on Sept. 11, 1663 to Richard Wells, Surgeon, Benjamin Choice,Lying westward of Herring Creek in the woods containing 280 acres and adjoining the land of Francis Holland and Whereas Lord Baltimore granted to Joesph Morley "Morleys Lot" of 300 acres...therefore for 30,000 lbs of tobacco Capt. William Burgess was conveyed "Benjamin's Choice", "Morley's Lot", "Bednall Green" and Benjamin's Addition".Blanche Wells, wife of George, and Ann Wells, wife of John waived all dower rights.

Col. William Burgess styled himself of "South River" in his last will and testament dated July 11, 1685, and probated in Anne Arundel County on Feb. 19, 1686/87.It was also probated at the Preogative Court of Canterbury, England.The witness' were Thomas France, Michael Cusick, John Harrison, William Elvridge and John Edwards.

"To son Edward and his two children, William and Elizabeth, personality.

To Daughter Sussanna, wife of Major Nichols Sewell and her children Charles and Jeanne personality.

To Son George personality.

To son William at the age of 21, the plantation on South River of 800 acres and containing the " The Town of London" also "Bettys Choice" of 480 acres in Baltimore County.

To son John at 21 years, "Morley's Lot", "Bednall Green", "Benjamins Choice" and "Benjamins Addition", 800 acres on Herring Creek.

To son Joesph at 21 years "West Puddington", "Beards Habitation" of 1300 acres of South River.

To son Benjamin at 21, "Bessesston" near the Ridge in Anne Arundel County of 300 acres and "Burges Choice" of 400 acres on South River.

To son Charles at 21, 600 acres at the head of the Sassafras River in Baltimore County.

In the event of his death of any of his aforesaid five sons without issue their share was to pass to the eldest surviving brother.

To daughters Elizabeth Burgess, Ann Burgess and Sussanna Burgess personality at the age of 16 or marriage.

To wife Ursula residuary estate real and personal in Maryland and in England and to have the guardianship of the sons and daughters during minority.

His personal estate was appraised on Oct. 11, 1687 by Thomas Knighton, Mareen Duvall and Henry Ridgely, who had made his X mark, and displayed the style in which he lived.The various items were listed according to the rooms and the several plantations. New Room, Closett, Parlour, Chamber, Milk House, Cellar, Side House, Store and Old Kitchen.The store was in London Town, and at the Bessenton Plantation were the New Kitchen, Store and the personalty at Beard Plantation.Among the items in the New Room of the dwelling were " 1 silver basin, 1 silver tankard, 1 dozen spoons, 2 silver cups and 2 silver porringers.

The following is the inscription from the tombstonr of Col. William Burgess, removed from a farm, known as Mt. Steurat, owned at that time by George Steurat, to the churchyard of All Hallows Church where it is now.

"Here lyeth ye body of William Burgess, Esq., who departed this life on ye 24 day of Janu Anno Donimi 1686 aged about 64 years, leaving his beloved wife Ursula and eleven children Viz: seven sons and four daughters and 8 grandchildren.In his lifetime he was a member of His Lordships Councell of Estate, one of his Lordships deputy Governors, a Justice of ye Hight Provincial Court, Collon of a Regiment of the trained guards and sometime Generall of all Military forces of this Province.His loveing wife Ursulah his Execut in testimony of her true respect and due regard to the worthy deserts of her dear departed husband hath erected this Memorial".

More About Ursula Painter

Fact: She is possibly the daughter of Nicholas Painter who left, at his death, in 1684, the bulk of his estate to the Children of William Burgess by her.

More About Elizabeth Robbins:

Fact: She was born in Accomac County, Va

Fact: She had been transported into Maryland by her brother-in-law George Puddington who had also brought his wife Jane and several servants.

The English origin of William Burgess of Anne Arundel Co., MD. would point to Marlborough, Wiltshire. Joseph Burges of Wilts.,England and Anne Arundel Co., MD wrote his will in 1672 and named his mother, then the wife of John Keynes of Marlsborough, and brothers and sisters Isaac, Daniel, Elizabeth, William, Samuel, Jeremia, Anne and Mary. (MD Cal. of Wills 1:81)

Further connection is shown that on 30 Nov. 1672 John Keynes of Marlborough, Wiltshire produced a deed to Benjamin Lawrence of Marlborough, chandler, for the sale of land in Anne Arundel Co., MD, and a letter of attorney to William Burges, Thomas Taylor, Nathaniel Heathwicke and George Puddington so that Keynes could enter the land and give possession to Lawrence. (Peter Wilson Coldham,"Lord Mayor's Court of London Depositions Relating to Americans," 1980).

Harry Wright Newman in "Anne Arundel Gentry, 2nd Ed., Vol.1, went as far to hint, but to not actually state the brother William named in the will of Joseph was the William Burgess of Anne Arundel Co., MD.

Robert W. Barnes in "British Roots of Maryland Families" stated that William of Maryland was the William bap. 2 July 1626 at St. Peter ad Paul, Marlborough, son of William Burgess, and brother to Joseph Burgess bap. 11 Feb. 1611, and Daniel born ca. 1612.He also stated it was this Joseph that wrote the MD will.There are errors in this identification of Joseph, as shown below from the church records, and the will of John Keynes.If William of Maryland were the above son of William Burges, it would be very strange that no mention was made of him in his will written in 1640.

The will of William Burgis of Marlborough, Wiltshire was written 14 June 1640, probated 6 Nov. 1641. (Prerogative Court of Canterbury Wills, (1641), 129 Evelyn, FHL microfilm 092151)He named his wife Alice Burges; daughter Mary the wife of Edward Puttman; daughter Martha wife of Edward Hutchins; daughter Elizabeth Burgis, his youngest daughter, for her marriage portion the bond of 100 pounds due unto him from Mr. Christopher Fowler, and also bequeathed her additional sums of money; son Isacke Burgis; Mary and Elizabeth Burgis daughters of Joseph Burgis, deceased; the lease he bought in Gloucestershire and made over to his son Joseph, deceased, to be held by his daughter-in-law Elizabeth Burgis and her mother during their lives; residue to son Daniel who was made executor.Very good friends brother-in-law William Blissett, Thomas Hunt, and William Barnes were overseers. Wit.: Nicholas Proffitt, William Blissett, Jun.: George Thomas.

Wills exist for his son Joseph Burgess, of "Almonsberie" Gloucestershire, written 22 Mar. 1638, and probated 15 Nov. 1639 (Prerogative Court of Canterbury Wills, (1639), 178 Harvey, FHL microfilm 92145) and this William's brother-in-law William Blisset of Marlborough, Gentleman, written 12 Nov. 1642, probated 29 Dec. 1646 (PCC Wills, (1646) 183 Twisse, FHL microfilm 92162) that have not been abstracted here.

The father of the Joseph Burges of Anne Arundel Co., MD will was Isaac, son of the above William.Isaac was probably born about 1615.The church records show that Isaac married Anne York 13 Aug. 1640.Isaac Burges was buried on 10 Oct. 1668.His widow Anne secondly married John Keynes on 17 Jan. 1669.Mr. John Keyneswas buried 13 Dec. 1675.The will of John Keynes (abstract below) and the church records show Issac Burges and Anne York had children:

1. Isaac bap. 7 Jan. 1641; bur. 15 Apr. 1679

2. Anne 20 Nov. 1642

3. Joseph b. ca. 1644; d. 1672 Anne Arundel Co., MD

4. Daniel b. ca. 1646

5. Elizabeth b. ca. 1648; m. Mr. Parke/Parker

6. William b. ca. 1651

7. Mary bap. 1 Sept. 1654; bur. Dec. 1654

8. Samuel bap. 25 Jan. 1656

9. Jeremiah bap. 17 July 1658

10, Mary bap. 12 Oct. 1660

The will of John Keynes of Marlborough was written 1 Jan. 1674 and probated 20 Mar. 1675.He named his wife Anne Keynes and made numerous bequests to children and grandchildren from a prior marriage, and other relatives.He also made bequests to his wife's son Isaack Burges, his wife's son Daniel Burges, his wife's daughter Parke, his Wife's son Jereny Burges at 22, his wife's daughter Anne, and his wife's daughter Mary at 18.Also mentioned was his "brother-in-law" Mr. Daniel Burgess. (PCC Wills 31 Bench, (1676), FHL microfilm 092316)

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Colonel William Burgess, b. 1662; d. 24th January, 1686; came from Truro, Cornwell County, Wales; settled in Virginia, then South River, Maryland, Anne Arundel County; Member of the Assembly, 1681-1682; Member of the Council, 1682-1686; Colonel of Foot; Justice of the High Provincial Court; General of all Military Forces of the Province of Maryland; his landed estate comprised some 10,000 acres of land; m. (firstly) Elizabeth Robins, dau. of Edward Robins; m. (secondly) Mrs. Richard Ewen; m. (thirdly) Ursula Gordon.

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Col. William Burgess was born in 1662, we believe in Treero, Cornwell County, Wales, and led a large colony to Anne Arundel County, Maryland around 1649

In accordance with a book titled "Family Names and Origins" by Henry Barber.On page 49, the Burgess, Burges, Burgis, Berges, Bruges, surnames are listed.Page 49 states that Colonel William Burgess sailed from England, and that his father was a merchant and vessel owner in England.The references also state that Col. William Burgess owned his ship and arrived in Northampton, Virginia prior to taking one-hundred and fifty settlers from Virginia to South River, Maryland in 1649.

In 1646 when Deborah Glasscock, widow, was granted 1050 acres for transportation of 21 people that included William Burgess.In 1650 he and Richard Owens (whose widow he later married) were witness of a bill binding Peter Hill to pay Edward Lloyd 942 lbs. tobacco.William Burgess also received payment for one Wolf's head in 1650.Also in 1650 he was granted land for himself, and having transported two others into Maryland at the same time.

That Harry Wright Newman in Anne Arundel Gentry, 2nd Ed. Vol.1, felt that William Burgess was closely related to Joseph Burgess of Marlborough, Wiltshire who wrote his will 22 Oct. 1671 and declared he was late of Maryland, and ordered his house and lands there purchased of Richard Ewens be sold and divided among his brothers and sisters.He named his brothers William, Samuel, Jeremiah, sisters Anne, Mary, Brothers Issac and Daniel, sister Elizabeth Parker, and Father-in-law John Keynes of Marlborough.

In 1672, John Keynes of Marlborough produced a deed of Benjamin Lawrence of Marlborough for the sale of land in Anne Arundel Co., MD and a letter of attorney to William Burges, Thomas Taylor, Nathaniel Heatwicke and George Puddington, so that Keynes might give possession to Lawrence (George Puddington was the step-father of William Burgess' first wife Jane Robbins.

There two alternate possible times and places for his birth:

ABT 1622 Marlborough, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom. William Burgess was born 15 April 1622 in Wiltshire, England. He was baptized 2 Jul 1626 at the Church of St. Peter and St. Paul, Marlborough, Wiltshire, England. [1]

ABT 1622 Truro, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom

1622 Cornwall, England[2] (Yates gives the location as Wales, Cornwall, England, which is obviously incorrect).

Cornwall County, England, USA Immigrant, Londontowne home, Counties of Maryland Anne Arandel, annapolis, quaker burying ground, stjames marker, Burgess, acts of tolerance, england-counties Cornwell[3]

Sources

1. Title: http://home.netcom.com/~fzsaund/burgess.html

A Biographical Dictionary of the Maryland Legislature, 1635-1789

Author: Fredric Z. Saunders, Salt Lake City, UT

Edward C. Papenfuse, Alan F. Day, David W. Jordan, and Gregory A. Stiverson

Publication: The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore and London, 1985

Text: HOPPER, WILLIAM (by 1747-1806). BORN: between 1741 and 1747 in Queen Anne's County; only son. NATIVE: third generation. RESIDED: in Queen Anne's County (later became part of Caroline County) until 1785; Queen Anne's County, 1785 until death. FAMILY BACKGROUND. FATHER: William Hopper (1707-1772). MOTHER: Mary Anne (?-1747), daughter of Thomas Hynson Wright (1688-1747) and wife Mary Turbutt; granddaughter of Solomon Wright (ca. 1655-1717). STEPMOTHER: Sarah Dockery (?-ca. 1775). UNCLE: Thomas Wright (?-ca. 1784). AUNT: Ann Wright (?-by 1754), who married Edward Oldham (1709 - 1773). SISTER: Mary Anne (1742-by 1792), who married second, James Bordley (? - a. 1793). HALF SISTERS: Mary; Elizabeth (1739 - 1806), who married Joseph Nicholson, Jr. (?-1786); Henrietta; Sally (?-1761); and Dorothy. FIRST COUSINS: Samuel Turbutt Wright(1749-1810); Ann Oldham (?-by 1794), who married Joshua Clarke (?-1781); Hannah Oldham (?-1828), who married Nicholas Martin (1743-ca.1808). MARRIED first, by 1769 his first cousin Elizabeth (?-by 1776), daughter of Edward Oldham (1709-1773) and wife Ann Wright (?-by 1754); stepdaughter of Ann Goldsborough (1732-?); granddaughter of John Oldham (?-1729); stepgranddaughter of Nicholas Goldsborough (ca. 1689-1766); niece of Hannah Oldham (1702-1759), who married James Edge (ca. 1710-1757), Mary Anne Wright (?-1747), who married William Hopper(1707-1772), and Thomas Wright (?-ca. 1784); stepniece of Thomas Goldsborough (ca. 1728-1793). Her sisters were Anne (?-by 1794), who married Joshua Clarke(?-1781); Hannah (?-1828), who married Nicholas Martin (1743-ca. 1808); and Mary (7-by 1772). Her first cousins were Samuel Turbutt Wright(1749-1810); Mary Ann Hopper (1742-by 1792), who married second, James Bordley (?-ca. 1793). ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: by 1759 Elizabeth and her sister Anne were living with their aunt Hannah Oldham Edge from whom they inherited the lands of their uncle James Edge(ca. 1710-1757). MARRIED second, on April 17, 1776, Ann, daughter of Daniel Cox. CHILDREN: SONS William (?-1793); Daniel Cox (1777-?), a lawyer by 1807; Thomas Wright (1783-?), a surgeon's mate in the Thirty-eighth Regiment, Maryland Militia in 1808, who married on August 9, 1808, Ann Emory (ca. 1789-1821) Philemon Blake (1791-?), a lawyer, who married first, Rebecca (ca. 1794-1822), and second, on September 2, 1822, Margaret Anne Thomas, and William (a minor in 1807). DAUGHTERS: Sarah (1779-?); Mary (1787-?); and Anna Maria. PRIVATE CAREER EDUCATION: entered the University of Pennsylvania on May 3, 1762, attended until 1765, but did not graduate. RELIGIOUS AFFILIATION: Anglican; Methodist by 1794. SOCIAL STATUS AND ACTIVITIES: Gent., 1767, subscriber to Washington College, Chestertown, Kent County. OCCUPATIONAL PROFILE: merchant, 1774, in partnership with James Kent (ca. 1738-1805); farmer, 1795. PUBLIC CAREER LEGISLATIVE SERVICE: Convention, Caroline County, 5th, 1775; Lower House, Caroline County, 1780 (elected, but did not attend; resigned on November 1, 1780), 1781-1782, 1782 - 1783, 1783. LOCAL OFFICES: St. Paul's Parish Vestry, Queen Anne's County, in office 1771-1774; justice, Queen Anne's County, commissioned 1773 and 1794; Committee of Correspondence, Caroline County, elected 1774; sheriff, Caroline County, commissioned 1774, 1775, 1777, and 1778; trustee for the poor, Queen Anne's County, 1801 - 1805. MILITARY SERVICE: captain Caroline County Militia, by 1777, colonel, by 1806. Criticized by Col. Mordecai Gist in a letter to Gov. Thomas Johnson after the Battle of Germantown in 1777 in which Hopper was said to have been attacked "with qualms of sickness" that forced him to leave his regiment when under attack. WEALTH DURING LIFE TIME. PERSONAL PROPERTY: assessed value £1,015.0.0 current money, including 20 slaves 1783; at least 21 slaves, 1803. Declared insolvent in 1788, at which time his personal property included 59 slaves and 86 oz. plate; he was able to repurchase 21 of these slaves in 1803. LAND AT FIRST ELECTION: at least 3,167 acres in Queen Anne's, Talbot, and Caroline counties (at least 1,028 acres inherited from his father; 1,877 acres through his first marriage, at least 1,297 acres of which was given to his wife in 1759 by her aunt Hannah Edge, widow of James Edge; and one-third share of 786 acres held in partnership with John Markland and John Brown). SIGNIFICANT CHANGES IN LAND BETWEEN FIRST ELECTION AND DEATH: obtained 1,713 acres through his second marriage, 1776; charged with 4,246 acres in Queen Anne's, Talbot, and Caroline counties, 1783; turned at least 4,753 acres over to trustees when he declared insolvency 1788; repurchased ca. 3,400 acres, 1803. WEALTH AT DEATH: Died: in late November 1806 in Queen Anne’s County; size of estate unknown.

Notes

a. Note: 1. Transported to Lower Norfolk County, Virginia, prior to 1646. A. Virginia Land Records, Abstracts of Virginia Land Patents, Page 696 - William Mills was granted 350 acres in the county of James City on the south side of the river for transporting seven persons including a William Burgess.

B. Lower Norfolk Co., VA deeds, wills and orders 2:16, FHL microfilm 0,032,823

2.Immigrated to Maryland in 1650 as a free adult with his wife and children from Virginia.

Transported Anthony Holland and Thomas Hilliard at the same time - Maryland Land Patents, Liber Q, folio 403, GS film 0013 064.

Maryland Land Patents, Liber ABH, folio 40, GS film 0013064.

Granted "all that Parcell of Land called Burgh lying on the west side of Chesapeake Bay and on the south side of a River in the Bay called South River next adjoining to land lately laid out unto George Westill and Thomas Besson".

Religion: Puritan, perhaps a Quaker. He refused to take an oath in 1658.

3. Colonel William Burgess originally came to Jamestown, Virginia. However, as a result of differences in opinion about the strict Puritan religious practices in Jamestown, in 1650 he led a group of 150 settlers to Anne Arundel County, Maryland, where they were given land (South River Hundred) by Lord Baltimore. William Burgess married Elizabeth Robins. He became a very successful merchant, public servant and one of the largest land owners in the Maryland Colony. In 1663, he became head of the Commissioners of Anne Arundel County. In 1664, he was High Sheriff but resigned to lead the fight against the Indians. In 1665, having already reached the rank of Captain, he was appointed by Charles Calvert to be Commander in Chief of the militias of Anne Arundel, Kent and other counties. He was one of the Council of War in 1655 and in 1657 was appointed by Governor Josias Fendell to Commissioner and Associate Justice of the new county of Anne Arundel. He also was a Justice in 1674, 1676, and 1678; a delegate to the Lower House in 1668-69, in 1671, in 1676 and in 1678-79. He was a member of the Upper House of the colonial legislature from 1682 until his death in 1687. His tombstone relates that: “He was a member of his Lordship’s Council of States, one of the Lordship‘s Deputy Governors; a Justice of ye High Provincial Court; Colonel of a regiment of ye trained bands and some time General of all ye military forces of this province”. His will of July 11, 1685 names seven sons and three daughters. His sons were Edward, George, William, John, Joseph, Benjamin and Charles. John and Joseph died early. George and Benjamin Burgess went to England to live. His daughters were Susanna, Elizabeth and Anne.

William’s son Edward Burgess married Sarah Chew and their daughter Elizabeth Burgess married William Nicholson. Like his father, Edward Burgess became prominent in public affairs. He was a Justice of Anne Arundel County in 1680, 1685, and 1689 and was a member of the House of Burgesses in 1704. During the lifetime of his father, he was one of the Commissioners who had charge of the opening of the port of London Town, a place that had been founded by his father. He was the executor and heir of Capt. George Puddington, a wealthy and prominent citizen of Anne Arundel County and a relative of the Robins family into which Colonel William Burgess married. For a time, Edward Burgess was a Captain of Foot. The sons named in his will were: Samuel and John. He also had two daughters, Sarah and Elizabeth.

From: Maryland Historical Magazine vol. 19, 1924:

Article" LONDONTOWN ON SOUTH RIVER, ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY, MD.

(240TH ANNIVERSARY OF ITS FOUNDING. 1683-1923.)

by HENRY J. BERKLEY

"In 1650, a Captain William Burgess, a sea-faring man who had evidently been some time in the Palatinate, settled with his brother-in-law, Richard Beard, on the south bank of South River, about three miles from the mouth. He established a fleet of small ships trading between Maryland and Bristol. In the same year a company of one hundred and fifty immigrants were brought over seas by him, and settled in his neighborhood.

Captain Burgess built a wharf on his property, which, after the Act of 1683 became Londontown. Annapolis was too far off for easy communication, while the new site was accessible to the rich country lying to the southwards, between South River and Herring Creek. Burgess in the same year laid off a portion of his plantation into town lots, and associated with him, in the enterprise, Richard Beard, Thomas Besson and Nicholas Gassaway. Thomas Lynthecombe, a neighbor, became the first purchaser of a plot in the new town.1

The proprietary determined to locate a Court House on the South River as soon as a suitable building could be constructed. This Court House was immediately built on a twenty five foot lot, and appears to have been the forum for many legal contentions.

1No plan of the town site can be found, nor can the actual number of lots be determined. No. 62 is the highest number ascertainable. The town land covered 50 to 60 acres.

Furthermore, a Commission of neighboring land owners of the neighborhood was appointed, under William Burgess, who mainly conducted the affairs of the infant town. After the death of Commissioner Burgess (whose body lies buried under a tomb stone on the Steuart farm, about half a mile from the river) his son, Edward, was appointed by the Council, Justice and Commissioner

4. See biography in Papenfuse.

Caution: Papenfuse et al.lists William Burgess as the brother of Joseph Burgess of Wiltshire, England and Anne Arundel County. and Robert Barnes in "British Roots of Maryland Families" stated that William of Maryland was the William bap. 2 July 1626 at St. Peter and Paul, Marlborough, son of William BURGESS, and brother to Joseph BURGESS bap. 11 Feb. 1611, and Daniel born ca. 1612. He also stated it was this Joseph that wrote the MD will. As F. Z. Saunders points out (http://pweb.netcom.com/~fzsaund/burgesseng.html), "There are errors in this identification of Joseph, as shown below from the church records, and the will of John KEYNES. If William of Maryland were the above son of William BURGES, it would be very strange that no mention was made of him in his will written in 1640".

Following taken from Saunders web page for a detailed discussion of this topic (http://pweb.netcom.com/~fzsaund/burgesseng.html):

The English origin of William BURGESS of Anne Arundel Co., MD would point to Marlborough, Wiltshire. Joseph BURGER [BURGES] of Wilts., England and Anne Arundel Co., MD wrote his will in 1672 and named his mother, then the wife of John KEYNES of Marlborough, and brothers and sisters Isaac, Daniel, Elizabeth PARKER, William, Samuel, Jeremia, Anne, and Mary.1

Further connection is shown that on 30 Nov. 1672 John KEYNES of Marlborough, Wiltshire produced a deed to Benjamin LAWRENCE of Marlborough, chandler, for the sale of land in Anne Arundel Co., MD, and a letter of attorney to William BURGES, Thomas TAYLOR, Nathaniel HEATHWICKE, and George PUDDINGTON so that KEYNES could enter the land and give possession to LAWRENCE.2

Harry Wright NEWMAN went as far to hint, but not actually state the brother William named in the will of Joseph was the William BURGESS of Anne Arundel Co., MD.3 Robert W. BARNES stated that William of Maryland was the William bap. 2 July 1626 at St. Peter and Paul, Marlborough, son of William BURGESS, and brother to Joseph BURGESS bap. 11 Feb. 1611, and Daniel born ca. 1612. He also stated it was this Joseph that wrote the MD will.4 There are errors in this identification of Joseph, as shown below from the church records, and the will of John KEYNES. If William of Maryland were the above son of William BURGES, it would be very strange that no mention was made of him in his will written in 1640.

The will of William BURGIS of Marlborough, Wiltshire was written 14 June 1640, probated 6 Nov. 1641.5 He named his wife Alice BURGES; daughter Mary the wife of Edward PUTTMAN; daughter Martha wife of Edward HUTCHINS; daughter Elizabeth BURGIS, his youngest daughter, for her marriage portion the bond of 100 pounds due unto him from Mr. Christopher FOWLER, and also bequeathed her additional sums of money; son Isacke BURGIS; Mary and Elizbeth BURGIS daughters of Joseph BURGIS, deceased; the lease he bought in Gloucestershire and made over to his son Joseph, deceased, to be held by his daughter-in-law Elizabeth BURGIS and her mother during their lives; residue to son Daniel who was made executor. Very good friends brother-in-law William BLISSETT, Thomas HUNT, and William BARNES were overseers. Wit.: Nicholas PROFFITT, William BLISSETT, Jun., George THOMAS.

CASE AND OPINION OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL Recorded in Liber T. L. No. 2, Fol. 763, 764. Construction of a devise.

551. William Burgess, of Maryland, makes his last will and testament, and in a clause thereof, makes the following devise, and dies.

"Item. I give, grant and bequeath unto my son, William Burgess, and to his heirs, for ever, all that messuage, land and plantation, with the apurtenances whereon I now dwell, situate, lying and being near South River, in Anne Arundel County, with 800 acres adjoining, which I purchased of one George Wastall, on a part whereof is a town apointed, called London; provided always, and my will is, that my dear and loving wife, Ursula, shall, and may have, possess and enjoy to her own proper use and benefit, all and singular, the premises before mentioned to be given, for and during the term, and until my son, William Burgess, accomplishes the age of twenty-one years, and also afterwards, for and during the term of her natural life, excepting all rights, profits, benefits, commodities, advantages and privileges of London, or port of London; and likewise of the full quantity of 200 acres, of the said 800 acres of land, lying and being next to the said land, surveyed and laid out for the said town or port."

The said William, the son, of the age of twenty-five years, and issueless, died before Ursula, and so was never possessed of the premises. Then Ursula dies.

Quaere. Whether the heir at law of the said William, the father, (for he had sons by a former venter,) or the heirs at law of William, the son, (for he had brothers by the same venter), shall inherit the said land?

It is most plain that the inheritance of the plantation vested in William Burgess, the son, by the will of the father, as by purchase, and from him will descend to his next brother of the whole blood; and it is not material that he died in the lifetime of his mother, he taking by purchase, and not by descent. Therefore there is no pretence for the brother of the half blood, who is heir to the father, to claim his plantation, since whoever is entitled, must be so, as heir to William the son, which none but the whole blood can be.

EDWARD NOTLEY, March 9th, 1702-3.

Wills exist for his son Joseph BURGESS, of "Almonsberie" Gloucestershire, written 22 Mar. 1638, and probated 15 Nov. 16396 and this William's brother-in-law William BLISSETT of Marlborough, Gentleman, written 12 Nov. 1642, probated 29 Dec. 16467 that have not been abstracted here.

The father of the Joseph BURGES of the Anne Arundel Co., MD will was Isaac, son of the above William. Isaac was probably born about 1615.8 The church records9 show that Isaac married Anne YORK 13 Aug. 1640. Isaac BURGES was buried on 10 Oct. 1668. His widow Anne secondly married John KEYNES on 17 Jan. 1669. Mr. John KEYNES was buried 13 Dec. 1675.

The will of John KEYNES (abstract below) and the church records show Isaac BURGES and Anne YORK had children: 1. Isaac bap. 7 Jan. 1641; bur. 15 Apr. 1679 2. Anne 20 Nov. 1642 3. Joseph b. ca. 1644; d. 1672 Anne Arundel Co., MD 4. Daniel b. ca. 1646 5. Elizabeth b. ca. 1648; m. Mr. PARKE/PARKER 6. William b. ca. 1651 7. Mary bap. 1 Sep. 1654; bur. Dec. 1654 8. Samuel bap. 25 Jan. 1656 9. Jeremiah bap. 17 July 1658 10.Mary bap. 12 Oct. 1660

The will of John KEYNES of Marlborough was written 1 Jan. 1674 and probated 20 Mar. 1675.10 He named his wife Anne KEYNES and made numerous bequests to children and grandchildren from a prior marriage, and other relatives. He also made bequests to his wife's son Isaack BURGES, his wife's son Daniel BURGES, his wife's daughter PARKE, his wife's son William BURGES, his wife's son Samuell BURGES at 21, his wife's son Jeremy BURGES at 22, his wife's daughter Anne, and his wife's daughter Mary at 18. Also mentioned was his "brother-in-law" Mr. Daniel BURGES.

The LDS Ancestral File contains a listing that a Daniel BURGESS born about 1599 at Stains, Sutton Magna, Wiltshire marrried Catherine and had children Elizabeth (Parker), Joseph, Samuel, William, Jeremiah, Anne, Mary, Isaac, Daniel, BURGESS. Note these are the same 9 siblings that come from the the will of Joseph BURGES of Anne Arundel County, including the distinctive Elizabeth PARKE[R]. The source of William being called the son of Daniel is unknown, but if he indeed was, then someone has erroneously attached the children of Isaac to Daniel.

1. Joseph Burger [Burges] will, Maryland wills 1:615-618, FHL microfilm 0,012,841. 2. Peter Wilson Coldham, Lord Mayor's Court of London Depositions Relating to Americans, (Washington, D.C.: National Genealogical Society, 1980), 41. 3. Harry Wright Newman, Anne Arundel Gentry, (Annapolis, Maryland: by author, 1970), 2nd Ed., I: 1. 4. Robert W. Barnes, British Roots of Maryland Families, (Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1999), 90-91. 5. William Burgis will, Prerogative Court of Canterbury Wills, (1641),129 Evelyn, FHL microfilm 0,092,151. 6. Joseph Burges will, Prerogative Court of Canterbury Wills, (1639), 178 Harvey, FHL microfilm 0,092,145. 7. William Blissett will, Prerogative Court of Canterbury Wills, (1646) 183 Twisse, FHL microfilm 0,092,162. 8. Estimate from marriage date. 9. Parish Register, St. Peter and St. Paul's Church, Marlborough, Wiltshire, England, FHL microfilm 0,097,839. 10. John Keynes will, Prerogative Court of Canterbury Wills, 31 Bench, (1676), FHL microfilm 0,092,316.

5. Will - Maryland Calendar of Wills, Vol 2, 1685-1702, Calendar of Wills 1685-1702, Page 146

Maryland wills 4:242-245, FHL microfilm 0,012,843

Burgess, William, South R., Anne Arundel Co.,

11th July, 1685

19th Feb., 1686-7

To son Edward, porsonalty conditionally; and to William and Elisa:, child. of sd. Edward, to dau. Susanna, wife of Maj. Nicholas Sewell, and to grandchild., Charles and Jeanne Sewell, personalty.

" son George, personalty.

" son William at 21 yrs.of age, and hrs., plantation on South R., 800 A., and containing the “Town of London;” also 480 A., “Betty's Choice,” in Baltimore Co.

" son John at 21 yrs. of age, and hrs., “Morley's Lot,” “Bednall Green,” “Benjamin's Choice,” and “Benjamin's Addition,” 800 A., on Herring Ck.

" son Joseph at 21 yrs. of age, and hrs., “West Puddington,” “Beard's Habitation,” 1, 300 A., on South R.

" son Benjamin at 21 yrs of age, and hrs., “Bessesston,” nr. the Ridge, 300 A., and “Burgess' Choice,” 400 A., on South R.

" son Charles at 21 yrs. of age, and hrs., 1, 600 A. at hd. of Sassafras R., Cecil Co., and 500 A. on Susquehannock R., Baltimore Co.

In event of death of any of afsd. 5 sons without issue, their share to pass to eld. survivor and hrs.

To daus. Eliza:, Ann and Susanna Burgess, personalty at 16 yrs. of age or marriage.

Wife Ursula, extx. and residuary legatee of estate, real and personal, in Md. and England, and to have care of sons and daus. afsd. during minority.

Overseers: Maj. Nich. Sewell, Maj. Nich. Gassaway, Capt. Henry Hanslap.

Test: Thos. Frances, Michael Cusack, Jno. Harison, Wm. Elvidge, Jno. Edwards.

4. 242.

William Burgess' Will also was probated at the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, England, further indcating as stated in his Will, that he had maintained an estate in England.

Will of William Burges of South River in the County of Anne Arundel in the Province of Maryland, North America Date 05 July 1689

Catalogue reference PROB 11/396

Dept Records of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury

Series Prerogative Court of Canterbury and related Probate Jurisdictions: Will Registers

Piece Name of Register: Ent Quire Numbers: 91 - 138

6. Tombstone of Colonel William Burgess removed from orginal burial site on farm named Mt. Steuart and owned at the time by George Steuart to the churchyard of All Hallow's Church:

"Here lyeth the body of william Burgess, Esq., who departed this life on ye 24 day of Janu Anno Domini 1686 Aged 64 years. Leaving his dear beloved wife Ursula & Eleven children viz.: seven sons and four daughters and 8 grandchildren. In his life time he was a member of His Lordship's Council of Estate, One of his Lordship's deputy Governors a Justice of ye High Provincial Court Collon of a Regiment of the trained Guards and sometime Generall of all the Military forces of this Province. His loving wife Ursula his Execut in testimony of her true respect and due regard to the worthy deserts of her dear departed husband hath erected this Memorial."

7.. "Anne Arundel Gentry, A Genealogical History of Some Early Families of Anne Arundel County, Maryland" by Harry Wright Newman, vol. 1, Family Line Publications.

8. http://home.netcom.com/~fzsaund/burgess.html Page created by: fzsaund@ix.netcom.com <mailto:fzsaund@ix.netcom.com> .Fredric Z. Saunders .1234 Waterside Cove #21 .Midvale, UT 84047-4293 .Last revised: 25 Oct. 2001

9. Anne Arundel County Land Records

Anne Arundel Co. 1666 William Burgess

Burgeses Choice, 400 Acres; Certificate .Developer/Owner: Burgess, William 1666 Patent Record 9, p. 95 0 0 MSA S 1581-810 .Burgeses Choice, 400 Acres; Patent .Developer/Owner: Burgess, William 1666 Patent Record 9, p.471 0 0 MSA S 1581-811 .Burgeses Choice, 400 Acres; Patent .Developer/Owner: Burgess, William 1666 Patent Record 10, p. 421 0 0 MSA S 1581-812 .Burgeses Choice, 400 Acres; Patent .Developer/Owner: Burgess, William 1666 Patent Record 19, p.

10. Maryland Wills Bk 2, folio 6, GS film 0012841

George Puddington of South River, Anne Arundel County

Will

16 August 1674

24 September 1674

Mentions:

Georges Burgess, Wm. Burgess & Susannah Burgess, children of Capt. Wm. Burgess...

wife Jane. Edward Burgess, son of Capt. Wm. Burgess was the residuary heir and executor.

11. From: "Anne Arundel Gentry, A Genealogical History of Some Early Families of Anne Arundel County, Maryland" by Harry Wright Newman, vol. 1, Family Line Publications.

"William Burgess was born in or about 1622, according to deposition and was consequently about 28 years old when he emigrated to the Proince of Maryland in 1650. It was not until February 9, 1658/59, that he received his land-rights for his own emigration 'in anno 1650' and transporting Anthony Holland and Thomas Hilliard at the same time. He was granted 'all that Parcell of Land Called the Burgh lying on the west side of Chesapeake Bay and on the south side of a River in the Bay called South River next adjoining to land lately laid out unto George Westhill and Thomas Besson.

About the time of his settlement, the non-conformists were coming up from Virginia to the Severn plantations and immediately became involved with proprietary autjorities over their unorthodox tendencies, eventually involving the young Province in Civil War. During the days of the Commonwealth, William Burgess was definitely a member of the Puritan Party and actively participated in the Province under a group of Parliamentary COmmissioners. It was he, who with Richard Ewens, whose widow he later married, and others sat as a Council of War and condemned to death practically all the Proprietary Councilors and several lesser men. Although the life of some was ultimately spared, William Eltonhead and other faced the firing squad.

After the downfall of the Cromwellians in England, Lord Baltimore regained control of his Province, at which time William Burgess aligned himself with the liberal element under Governor Josias Fendall. At a meeting of the Council held on July 22, 1658, the High Sheriff of Anne Arundel County reported that all Justices of the Peace had taken the oath 'all but William Burges and Thomas Meares who pretended it was in no case lawful to sweare'. He held the office of Justice of Peace during the Commonwealth, for a court held in and for Anne Arundel County on March 13, 1556/7, Captain Wm Burges was one of the Commissioners. Thereis definite proof that he was a Justice of the Peace for Anne Arundel, other than the years already cited, in 1665, 1674-1676 and 1679-1680.

At the General Assembly which met at St. Clement's Manor in St. Mary's County from February-March 1659/60, 'Lieutenant William Burges' presented his credentials as being elected by the freeholders of Anne Arundel County. He certainly represented his county in 1664, inasmuch as the Assembly for that year voted 'Capt William Burges' 1050 lbs tob. under the heading of 'Burgesses Expenses thier necessary expenses for meat drink and lodginge for themselves and charges for boate'. He consistently served in the Lower House from 1669 to 1682.

In 1663 as Captain William Burges, he was High Sheriff for Anne Arundel, and in 1683 Colonel William Burges and his son, Edward Burges, were among those who were commissioned to 'Survey and Manage the Building the Court House'.

As early as 1660 he was addressed as 'Lieutenant' and in 1664 as 'Captain'. In 1667 he was ordered 'to raise out several companies of militia in Anne Arundel County 62 men to proceed against the Indians'. The Council in session 1675 ordered 'Colonel Samuel Chew and Major William Burgess...doe imediately raise the forces under their command to follow and pursue the enemyes (Indians)' who had committed several murders 'at the head of Anne Arundel County'. On July 13, 1676, Colonel William Burges was ordered to attend a Council of War to be held at St. Mary's on 20th of that month.

The council preceded the declaration of was against the Nanticoke Indians on the Eastern Shore, at which time he was made the Commander-in-Chief. He was ordered to raise a detachment of troops from St. Mary's, Calvert and Charles Counties and to sail for the mouth of the Nanticoke River where he was to assume command as 'Command in Chiefe'. His commssion, rather lengthy, empowered him to negotiate a traty of peace with the Emperor of the Nanticoke in council with colonel Henry Coursey, Chritopher Rousby, Colonel William Colebourne, William Stevens and John White. For his services he was voted 6000 lbs tob.

After this campaign on the Eastern Shore he assisted Colonel George Wells and other military leaders on the frontier in Baltimore County. In 1681 he was referred to as a Colonel William Burges,a Protestant, and in command of the Foote in Anne Arundel County.

In or about 1683 he was appointed by Lord Baltimore a member of the Proprietary Council. He took his seat for the first time during the session October-November 1683. He continued to serve in that capacity until his death.

After his settlement on South River, William Burgess married Elizabeth Robbins, the daughter of Edward Robins, late of Accomac County, Virginia. She was the sister to Madam Jane Puddington and had been transported into Maryland on or about March 17, 1649/50, by her brother-in-law, George Puddington, who also brought in Jane,his wife, and their daughters Mary and Comfort, and several servants. Rachel Robbins, another sister, had married Richard Beard, Quaker, who settled also in South River Hundres. Richard Beard by his will of 1673, but not approved in Anne Arundel County until 1681, appointed his'brother-in-law William Burgess', one of the overseers of his estate...

On July 22, 1674, as Captain William Burgess, he purchases from George Wells of Baltimore County, Gent., John Wells of Kent County, Getn., and Robert Wells of Kent County, Gent., all sons of Richard Wells, late of Herring Creek, Gent., deceased, inasmuch as 'Lord Baltimore granted on September 11, 1663, to Richard Wells, CHirurgeon, Benjamin Choice, lying westward of Herring Creek in the woods containing 280 acres, and adjoining the land of Francis Holland and whereas Lord Baltimore granted to Joseph Morley Morley's Lot of 300 acres...' therefore for 30,000 lbs tob. Captain William Burgess was conveyed 'Benjamin's Choice', Morley's Lot', 'Bednall Green' and 'Benjamin's Addition'. Blance Wells, wife of George, and Ann Wells, wife of John, waived all dower rights.

Colonel William Burgess styled himself of "South River" in hislast will and testament dated July 11, 1685, and probated in Anne Arundel County on February 19, 1686/87. It was also probated at the Prerogative Court of Canterbury. The witnesses were Thmas Frances, Micharl Cusick, John Harrison, William Elvidge and Jon Edwards...

His personal estate was appraised on October 11, 1687, by Thomas Knighton, Mareen Duvall and Henry Ridgely, who made his X mark and displayed the style in which he lived. The various items were listed according to the rooms and the several plantations; New Roome, Closett, parlour, Chamber, Milk House, Seller, Side HOuse, Store and Old Kitchen. The store was in London Town, and at the Bessington Pantation were the New Kitchen, Store, and the personalty at Beard Plantation. Among the items in the New Room of the dwelling were: 1 silver bason, 1 silver tankard, 1 dozen spoons, 2 silver cups and 2 silver porringers."

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THE BURGESSES IN COLONIAL AMERICA

The Northern Neck slides determinedly into the cold waters of Chesapeake Bay, flanked on one side by the huge snake of the Potomac River and on the southern bank by the smaller, more placid Rappahannock River. To the early settlers it must have seemed a green oasis floating amidst the waters. This long peninsula was settled in the 1640s and '50s by predominantly English farmers, who within a generation had driven away, conquered, or overwhelmed the indigenous native populations with superior firepower and disease. The flanks of this fertile strip of land were quickly cleared of brush and trees, and a variety of crops planted. By the 1680s tobacco was king, being the one product that could be grown and exported to Europe for hard cash, or traded for the metals, goods, and other implements so badly needed by the first pioneers.

At the time William Burges arrived, in the late 1600s or early 1700s, the Indians were only a memory, the best lands long since settled and cleared, the tobacco boom somewhat waning, and the opportunities for a bright young man somewhat less than they would have been a generation before. Yet, for whatever reason—poverty, religious persecution, politics—William and family felt compelled to make the difficult trek across the Atlantic and start over again in a new land. The world that he found was a microcosm of English country life, complete with counties, country squires, an established Anglican Church system that was supported by and in turn supported the government, and a colonial parliament (the House of the Burgesses). There were significant differences, too, including the absence of nobility, the fact that the large plantation owners were mostly self-made men, and the vast expanse of the land itself, promising, if the Indians could be pushed back, endless opportunities for those willing to work. William and his wife never lived to see those possibilities, but his son Edward did.

For the Burgess family, the one key event of these early years was Edward Burgess's pur­chase of a 100-acre farm in King George Co. in 1731. He must have scrimped for years to make the payments on the land, which was located in the "back woods" on the ridge between the rivers. But the fact that he owned land made him self-sufficient, and it also gave him the right to vote. Suddenly his sons could advance themselves, and each made the most of their opportunities. At a time when only a third of the adult males of Virginia could vote, when even less of the population found it necessary to make wills disposing of their property, four of Edward's five sons bought farms larger than their father's, and all four left wills; only the second son, William (who died relatively young), did not leave an estate.

The portrait of the Burgess clan prior to the Revolutionary War is one of a close family group clustered around two centers: the old family farm in King George Co., and the somewhat more bustling world of Stafford Co. ten miles to the northwest, where the port of New Marlborough provided an eye to the outside world and its attractions. And it was to the Accokeek Creek area of Stafford (not far from the port, courthouse, and church) that the two older sons, Garner and William Burgess, were attracted in the 1750s. King George Co. provided a comfortable haven from the world, a backwater little touched over the centuries by outside events (even the Civil War scarcely caused a rumble). But Stafford and its port were a center of activity during the seventeenth and eigh­teenth centuries, with a constant stream of travelers and goods and activities flowing through its borders. They must have beckoned to the Burgess boys like glittering lights attracting moths. They married local girls and worked as farmhands for the established landowners of the region. By the 1760s Garner Burges had pushed on into the frontier, leasing 200 acres on the Manor of Leeds, a huge tract personally owned by the Proprietor of the Northern Neck, Lord Fairfax, in the back woods of Fauquier County, Virginia.

When the Revolutionary War broke out in 1776, Garner was in Fauquier Co., William and Reuben in Stafford, Edward Jr. either in Stafford or Prince William Co., and Moses with his mother on the family farm in King George. There is no evidence of any of these men serving in the Revolutionary War, although such service may well have not been recorded. Most were too old and too well established; even the youngest, Reuben, was thirty-one, and all had families to support. Only William Burgess may have had a son old enough to join the army, and family traditions state that William Burgess Jr. and Reuben Burgess did both serve. William Sr. was the first of the brothers to die in 1780, leaving a widow and several married or underaged children. It was left to his and his brother's descendants to begin the long trek West.

THE FIRST GENERATION WILLIAM BURGES (1670?-1712)

of Richmond (later King George) County, Virginia

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This family was located about thirty miles directly south of present-day Washington, DC. The Northern Neck of Virginia, the long peninsula of land stretching between the Potomac and Rappahannock Rivers, experienced a boom in the tobacco trade during the mid-1680s that resulted in a large influx of farmhands, both white and slave, to work the plantations which had grown up along the fertile river plains. Land ownership was concentrated in the hands of a relatively small number of country gentlemen, who had built up their holdings cheaply through the "headright" system, by financing the importation of labor into the colonies. For each settler whose passage was paid, the sponsor received fifty free acres of land, plus (usually) a contract binding the immigrant to seven years of indentured service. Settlers who managed to pay their own way to the British colonies, or those who paid off their servitude after seven years, worked as overseers, tradesmen, and farmers, buying small plots of land in less favorable areas, or leasing plots from the larger plantations. William was probably one of the laborers who flooded into the Northern Neck region between 1685-1710. We know nothing of his origins.

However, it is conceivable that he is the same person as the William Burges mentioned in The Complete Book of Emigrants, 1661-1699, by Peter Wilson Coldham (Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1990, p. 682) as shipping goods (or himself and his possessions) from Bristol, England to Virginia between 4 Dec. 1697 and 2 Feb. 1697/98 O.S., on the same vessel (the Mountjoy) as goods being shipped by William French and George Mason. The later Burgess connection with the French and Mason families is at least suggestive, although it must again be emphasized that there is no hard evidence to link our Burgess family with any other family or specific location in Europe.

The Children of William Burgess:

2a. Elizabeth (I). Born about 1693. No further record. 2b. Mary (I). Born about 1695. No further record. 2c. Sarah (I). Born about 1697. She or a sister may have married (Darby?) Swillivan(t) or Sullivan(t), and had children: Burgess (born about 1725, married Anne Carver on 3 Feb. 1747/48 O.S. [St. Paul's Parish Regis­ter], listed in the King George Co. tax lists in the 1780s, and had at least the following children: Sallie [born 24 Oct. 1748 O.S.]; William [born 8 Oct. 1750 O.S.]; Harry [born 6 July 1758]); Burgess Jr. (married Lynn [Linney] Wilkerson). 2d. Edward (I). Born about 1699. See below for full entry.

THE WILL OF WILLIAM BURGES

The noncupative will of William Burges late of the parish of Saint Maries in the County of Richmond deced. who published and declared the same before us on Thursday the 23th [sic] day of Aprill in the yeare of our Lord 1712, in manner and forme ffollowing Sart. (?)

Imp he did give and bequeath unto his son Edward Burges one gray mare

Item he gave unto his Daughter Elizabeth Burges one catt teule [i.e., cattail] bed* wh the appurtenances

Item he did give the bed whereon he dyed to his Daughter Sarah and also to his Daughter Mary one fflock bed*.

Item he left his son Edward Burges to Jeremiah Bronaugh untill he came of the age of one and twenty yeares, and also his daughter Sarah untill she came to be sixteene yeares of age.

Item the rest of his Estate he gave to and amongst his children to be equally divided betweene them.

Evidence to the above Will

Richard Copeley Rebekah Copley

A cattail bed was stuffed with the fluffed heads of cattail plants; a flock bed was stuffed with bits and pieces of rags and scrap cloth.

Att a Court held for Richmond County ye fourth day of June 1712 presented to the Court by Jeremiah Bronaugh and proved by Richard Copley and Rebekah his wife, who upon oath declare that the words or the same in effect in the aforesaid will or writing expressed were declared and publiquely spoken by the said William Burges in their presence and hearing the 23d day of Aprill 1712, and that he was att the same time of perfect mind and memory, to the best of their judgments whereupon on the motion of the said Jeremiah Bronaugh it is ordered to be recorded and administra­tion with ye said will annexed granted him on the said estate

Test. Jn° Tayloe Dll (?)

THE INVENTORY OF WILLIAM BURGES (Richmond Co. Will Book #3, p. 105-106)

To cow and calfe 500

To a cow and calfe and one brown cow To 2 steers and a heefer. To 1 steer To a parcell of hoggs To a parcell of old iron To a small gun and a old sword To a parcell of old lumber To 2 old woolen wheeles and & 3 pr wool-cards To a parcell of old pewter To an old looking-glass To a parcell of books and other things To 2 iron potts, an earthen pott & fflesh ffork* & ffrying pan To old chest To 9 hundred nailes [or "a" hundred] To a parcell of cotton 079 050 100 130 110 020 112 220 100 100 200 550 350 750 1100 James Grant, Henry Golley, William Proctor

Darby Sullivant wh delivered the above & had the estate in possession sworne before me as also the above appraisers sworne before me. Allexr Doniphan

Recorded amongst the records of Richmond County the third day of Septt. 1712 and ordered to be recorded—Test. M. Beckwith CCur

A flesh fork was a large prong used to lift meat from a pot.

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Burgess History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

The name Burgess was carried to England in the enormous movement of people that followed the Norman Conquest of 1066. The Burgess family lived in Sussex. The name is derived from the Middle English word burge(i)s, or the Old French word burgeis which both mean "inhabitant and freeman of a fortified town."

This line are believed to be descended from the Barons Burghersh, which later became Burwash, a parish in that county. A line of the family also remained in Normandy, as Simon de Borgeis was noted there in 1195.

But originally the family was from Bourgeois in Picardy, France. This line of barons became extinct in 1369.

Early Origins of the Burgess Family

The surname Burgess was first found in Sussex where one of the first records of the name was Ralph de Burgeis, who was listed in the Pipe Rolls of Sussex in 1195. Philip Burgis was listed in Leicestershire in 1199 and Philip Burges, Burgeis was listed in Oxfordshire in 1220, 1234. The Subsidy Rolls of Sussex listed Walter le Borgeys in 1296.

The Hundredorum Rolls of 1273 list: Hawise Burgeys in Bedfordshire; Philip Burgeis on Oxfordshire; John le Burges in Southampton; and Thomas Burgeys in Norfolk. The Yorkshire Poll Tax Rolls of 179 list: Adam Burgeys and Johannes Burges.

Further to the south in Cornwall, "the barton of Cuskease [in the parish of St. Erth] belonged formerly to the family of Burgess of Trethingey. From these it passed by an heiress to the Hoblyns of Nanswhyden, in whom it is still vested."

Burgess Spelling Variations

Multitudes of spelling variations are a hallmark of Anglo Norman names. Most of these names evolved in the 11th and 12th century, in the time after the Normans introduced their own Norman French language into a country where Old and Middle English had no spelling rules and the languages of the court were French and Latin. To make matters worse, medieval scribes spelled words according to sound, so names frequently appeared differently in the various documents in which they were recorded. The name was spelled Burgess, Burgeis, Burghersh, Burges, Burgesse, Burgar, Bergiss, Bergess, Bargess, Bargeis, Bergeus, Burgeus, Burgeuss and many more.

Burgess Settlers in United States in the 17th Century

Joane Burgess, who landed in Maryland in 1638

Alexander Burgess, who arrived in New England in 1651-1652

Joseph Burgess, who landed in Virginia in 1652

Robert Burgess, who landed in Virginia in 1652