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Daniel was born about 1660, in Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, and married first about 1869 Hannah BANKS the daughter of John BANKS and Maria TAINTOR. She was born about 1653 in Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut and died 1684 in Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut.
He married second about 1685 in , Fairfield, Connecticut, Mary SHERWOOD the daughter of Stephen SHERWOOD and Rebecca TURNEY. She was born 1667 in Fairfield, Fairfiel, Connecticut, and died before 1695 in Fairfield, Fairfield, Connnecticut..
He married about 1695, in Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, Elizabeth PINKNEY, the daughter of Philip PINKNEY and Jane. She was born 1673 in , Eastchester, New York. and died 1727 in Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut. Daniel died 1 August 1727.
Note: Daniel Lived between Fairfield & Greenfield, Connecticut from1660-1727
Submitter: Barbara Dempsey
Subject: Re: BRADLEY, Captain Daniel
Message: Esther BRADLEY - dau of Capt. Daniel BRADLEY & Esther BURR (Jacobus* II:130).
Capt. Daniel BRADLEY - son of Daniel BRADLEY & Abigail JACKSON (Jacobus* I:99).
Esther BURR - dau of Daniel BURR & Elizabeth PINKNEY (Jacobus* 1:124).
*Families are well documented in Donald Lines Jacobus' "History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield"
Pedigree 2
Jehu BURR Esther WARD prob dau of Abraham
b: c 1626 m
d: Fairfield, Conn. abt. 1638 b: c 1633
W,P, 31 Oct 1692 d: abt 1663/1664
Daniel BURR Elizabeth PINKNEY dau of Philip
b: abt. 1660 m
d: 1727
Esther BURR Daniel BRADLEY son of Daniel & Abigail
b: Fairfield Conn. m JACKSON
31 Jan 1702/03 bap: Fairfield Conn.
d: 29 Dec 1741 11 Jun 1704
d: Ridgefield Conn.
23 Apr 1765
Daniel BRADLEY Mary BANKS dau of Joseph
b: Fairfield Conn. m b: Greenfield Conn.
20 May 1729 8 Aug 1751 19 Jul 1731
d: Greenfield Conn. d: Greenfield Conn.
8 Jan 1780 28 Jul 1815
Amelia BRADLEY Gershom BUCKELEY
b: Greenfield Conn. m b: Fairfield Conn.
abt 1754 16 Mar 1774 19 Sep 1751
d: Fairfield Conn. d: Fairfield Conn.
1 Nov 1848 25 May 1791
The rest of the Pedigree does not apply to Me
Burr, DANIEL, Fairfield, s. of Jehu the sec. left wid. Eliz. and ten ch. to div. his est. (which [p.306] was quite large), acc. inv. of 14 July 1727. Of six s. we may judge the order of success. in age to concur with the arrangem. at pro. office, Jehu; Stephen; Peter; David; Moses, Y. C. 1734; and Aaron, Y. C. 1735; and more confid. can we presume, that sev. of the ds. Hannah, Mary Wheeler, Eliz. Hull and Jane Sherwood were b. bef. sev. of the s. I wish the hs. of the m. ds. could be respectiv. assign. Moses and Aaron were minors; and their brs. Stephen and Peter were several. made guardns. Nine of these ch. had ea. £545. and double that sum was sh. of the eldest s. The youngest s. Aaron, b. 4 Jan. 1717, was the disting. good man, presid. of N. J. coll. f. of the more disting. (but not as a good man), Aaron of N. Y. the great manager of the polit. change for our country in 1800, wherein he was made third Vice-Presid. of the U. S.
JEHU BURR
ORIGIN: Unknown
MIGRATION: 1630
FIRST RESIDENCE: Roxbury
REMOVES: Springfield 1636, Fairfield 1641
CHURCH MEMBERSHIP: "Jehu Bur" admitted to Roxbury church as member #12, which would be at or soon after the organization of the church in 1632 [RChR 74].
Made second largest contributions (after WILLIAM PYNCHON) to building a house for Rev. George Moxon and for his maintenance, 13 January 1638 [SpTR 1:15].
FREEMAN: Requested 19 October 1630 and admitted 18 May 1631 [MBCR 1:80, 366].
EDUCATION: Signed by mark articles of agreement founding Springfield, 14 May 1636 [NEHGR 13:297].
OFFICES: One of three Roxbury appointees to committee to oversee construction of cartbridges over Muddy River and Stony River, to connect Boston and Roxbury, 6 August 1633 [MBCR 1:107].
Appointed tax collector for Agawam [Springfield] by Connecticut General Court, 9 February 1637/8 [CCCR 1:12].
Springfield deputy to Connecticut General Court, 5 April 1638, 9 September 1641 [CCCR 1:17, 67].
Committee to set out the bounds of the plantation [Springfield], 3 January 1638/9 [SpTR 1:19].
Commissioner for "Uncowaue" [Fairfield] to gather contributions for "the maintenance of scholars at Cambridge," 25 October 1644 [CCCR 1:112].
Deputy for Fairfield to Connecticut General Court, 11 September 1645, 9 April 1646 [CCCR 1:130, 138].
ESTATE: On 12 January 1673 a record was made of the land held in Fairfield by John Burr and Jehu Burr "per virtue of the last will of his deceased father." John Burr had three and three-quarters acres in the Old Field, four acres in the New Field or Mill Plain, eight acres on Sascoe Hill, ten and a half acres and 20 rods in Great meadow, and two and a half acres and thirty-four rods of meadow in Sascoe Neck [Fairfield PR 4(reversed):27; Fairfield LR A:1:229].
Jehu Burr had a four acre homelot, eight and a quarter acres in the Old Field, eight acres on the Mill Plain, and sixteen acres on Sasqua Hill [Fairfield PR 4(reversed):55; Fairfield LR A:1:229].
BIRTH: By about 1605 based on estimated date of marriage (but possi~bly earlier if the eldest son was born some years prior to 1631).
DEATH: Fairfield by 1654 and perhaps earlier [FOOF 1:116].
MARRIAGE: By 1631 _____ _____. "_____ Bur the wife of Jehu Bur" admitted to Roxbury church as member #26, probably at or not long after the organization of the church in 1632 [RChR 75].
CHILDREN:
i JEHU, b. say 1631; "m. (1) after 1655, Esther, widow of
Joseph Boosey of Westchester, and perhaps dau. of Andrew
Ward; m. (2) by 1666, Elizabeth Prudden, dau. of Rev. Peter,
bapt. at Milford, 11 Mar. 1642/3" [FOOF 1:118-20].
(The details on these two marriages are quoted directly from
this source because Jacobus undertook an extended discussion
of these complicated problems, and his work has not been
superseded in this matter.)
ii JOHN, b. about 1633 (according to Jacobus deposed 1681 aged 48
[FOOF 121]); m. (poss.) (1) Mary Ward, daughter of ANDREW WARD
[FOOF 1:119-21]; m. (2) by 1673 Sarah Fitch (she was not named
in the will of her father, Thomas Fitch of Norwalk, but her
brother John Fitch, executor of his father's estate, "engaged
to give to the children of his deceased sister Burr the same
amount which his other sisters had by will" [FOOF 1:205]).
iii NATHANIEL, b. say 1635; m. (1) by about 1662 Sarah Ward,
daughter of ANDREW WARD [NYGBR 51:164]; m. (2) between 1692 and
1721 Hannah (Goodyear) Wakeman, daughter of Stephen Goodyear
and widow of Samuel Wakeman [FOOF 1:632].
iv ELIZABETH, b. say 1637; m. (1) by about 1655 Nehemiah Olmstead;
m. (2) about 1660 Obadiah Gilbert; m. (3) 1674 Nathaniel Seeley
(on 21 June 1688 there were recorded "several parcels of land
made over by Elizabeth Seely unto her two sons Obadiah and
Beniamin Gilbert as she is executor of her husband Gilbert"
[Fairfield LR 1:615]; see also FOOF 1:221, 452, 525-26).
v DANIEL, b. about 1642 (according to Jacobus deposed 1682 aged 40
[FOOF 123]); m. (1) Stamford [blank] February 1668/9 (or perhaps
1669/70) Abigail Brewster, daughter of Rev. Nathaniel Brewster
[TAG 11:33, 13:116, 155]; m. (2) New Haven 11 December 1678 Abigail
Glover [NHVR 1:47].
ASSOCIATIONS: Jacobus, in preparing his study of Fairfield families, noted
the following: "He may have married more than once. The mother of Jehu, Jr., was quite likely sister of John Cable, Sr. There was prob. some relationship between the Burrs and the family of Nathaniel Perry" [FOOF 1:116]. See JOHN CABLE for further discussion on this relationship.WILL: dated 5 Feb 1719/20; not approved; named wife Elizabeth; two sons Stephen and Peter executors; two youngest sons Moses and Aaron; grandson Daniel under 21, apparently son of Jehu; son David; five daughters Hannah Burr, Mary Meeker, Elizabeth Hull, Jean Burr, Esther Burr; eldest son Jehu to whom he had already give land at Newtown; witnesses, Peter Burr, Samuel Hubbell, Abigail Burr
.Proved 1 Aug 1727, Distribution 1 Aug 1727 widow; elder sons Jehu; Stephen; Peter; Moses; Aaron; Hannah Burr; Mary Meeker; Elizabeth Hull; Jane Sherwood; Esther Bradley
RESIDENCE: Upper Meadow, later called Greenfield Hill section of Fairfield
CHILDREN of Daniel BURR and Hannay BANKS:
1. ABIGAIL b: 14 Mar 1670; Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut.
md: ; , , Connecticut.
Daniel LOCKWOOD.
md: ; , , Connecticut.
Nathaniel SHERMAN.
d: 2 Mar 1730; Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut.
3. HANNAH b: 16 Jun 1681; Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut.
d: 11 Nov 1784; Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut.
CHILDREN of Daniel BURR and Mary SHERWOOD:
1. NATHANIEL b: Abt 1683; Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut.
2. DANIEL b: Abt 1685; Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut.
d: 1708; Greenfield Hills, Fairfield, Connecticut.
+ 4. JEHU III b: Abt 1687; Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut.
md: Abt 1709; Newtown, Fairfield, Connecticut.
Hannah _______.
md: Abt 1721; , Fairfield, Connecticut.
Sarah _______
d: 1757; Fairfield, Farifield, Connecticut.
5. MARY b: 1689; , Fairfield, Connecticut.
CHILDREN of Daniel BURR and ELlizabeth PINKNEY:
1. ELIZABETH b: 12 Apr 1696; Fairfield,Fairfield, Connecticut.
d: 11 Nov 1760; Redding, Fairfield, Connecticut.
2. STEPHEN b: 3 Oct 1697; Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut.
3. PETER b: 23 Jul 1699; Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut.
d: 4 Mar 1777; Redding, Fairfield, Connecticut.
4. JANE b: 22 Apr 1701; Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut.
+ 5. ESTHER chr: 31 Jan 1703; Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut.
md: Jun 1724; Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut.
Daniel BRADLEY.
d: 29 Dec 1741, , , Connecticut.
6. PHILIP b: 28 Jan 1704; Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut.
7. DAVID b: 14 Mar 1707; Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut.
d: died young ; Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut.
8. DAVID b: 1 Jan 1709; Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut.
9. MOSES b: 28 Mar 1714; Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut.
10. AARON b: 4 Jan 1715; Greenfield, Fairfield, Connecticut.
d: 24 Sep 1757; Princeton, Mercer, New Jersey.
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