Edwin Bridger Burgess

James Burgess of Sussex Co., England

[Haplotype R1b1]

Note: This family is affiliated with that of Joseph Burgess of Bergen Co., New Jersey, and John Burgess of New Haven Co., Connecticut.

James Burgess was born about 1785 (or 1788) at Tillington, Sussex Co., England. He may be the son of James Burgess and Jane Brown, who married on 10 June 1785 at Tillington, Sussex Co. He married Sarah Muggeridge about 1826. He was an innkeeper at Petworth, Sussex, England, in 1837 (according to the Tithe Award map), managing an establishment there called ?The Fox.? He is listed in the 1841 census for Petworth, Sussex Co., but his children are enumerated separately with Alfred and Emma Bridger, Sarah?s children by a previous marriage; he is listed in the 1851 census for Wesboro Green, Sussex Co., and in 1861 at Horsham, Sussex Co. He died at Horsham, Sussex Co., on 21 February 1868, having had six sons:

1. John Bridger Burgess (1827-1861+) of Lambeth, Surrey Co., England
2. James Bridger Burgess (1829-1875) of Lambeth, Surrey Co., England
3. Edwin Bridger Burgess (1832-1875) of Lambeth, Surrey Co., England
4. Clement Bridger Burgess (1833-1901+) of London, England
5. Richard Bridger Burgess (1834-1894) of Hackney, Middlesex Co., England
6. Edmund Bridger Burgess (1838-1916) of Tottenham, Middlesex Co., England

Edmund Bridger Burgess is the ancestor of A. R. Burgess.

Test results received from one representative of this family match the markers of descendants of Joseph Burgess of Bergen Co., New Jersey, and of John Burgess of New Haven Co., Connecticut; they have a common Burgess ancestor, name unknown.