John Burgess

John Burgess of Aberdeenshire Co., Scotland

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Note: This family is affiliated with that of John Burgess of Kincardineshire Co., Scotland.

John Burgess Sr. was born about 1675 in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. He worked as a flax weaver. He died in 1741 in Kincardineshire Co., Scotland. The ancestor of this family is given in other sources as William Burgess, christened on 7 August 1692 at Nigg, Kincardineshire Co., Scotland, and married Helen Alexander on 16 November 1727. William?s parents were supposed to have been James Burgess and Elspeth Mackie. John or William had one known son:

*1. John Burgess Jr. (1734-1800) of Kincardineshire, Scotland.

First Branch: John Burgess II

John Burgess Jr. was born 11 July 1734 (christened 25 June 1736) at Fordoun, Kincardineshire Co., Scotland, recorded as a son of John Burgess. He married Christian Burness on 1 December 1770 in Kincardineshire Co., Scotland. He worked as a flax dresser. He died on 27 May 1800 in Kincardineshire Co., Scotland, having had three sons:

1. John Burgess III (1773- ) of Kincardineshire Co., Scotland; died young
*2. David Burgess (1779-1864) of Kincardineshire Co., Scotland
3. John Burgess IV (1784-) of Kincardineshire Co., Scotland

Second Son of John II

David Burgess I was born 22 November 1779 (christened on 26 November) at Fordoun, Kincardineshire Co., Scotland. He married firstly Elizabeth Adam (she died about 1812), and secondly Mary Burness, a niece of Christian Burness, on 21 June 1813 at Fordoun. Listed in the 1841 census for Fordoun, Kincardineshire Co., Scotland, and in 1851-61 with his son, John, at Laurencekirk, Kincardineshire Co., Scotland. He worked as a flax dresser and thatcher. He died on 16 February 1864 at Laurencekirk, Kincardineshire Co., Scotland, having had two sons:

*1. John Burgess V (1813-1899) of Kincardineshire Co., Scotland
2. Robert Barclay Burgess (1825-1917) of Ripley, Ontario, Canada; living with his brother in 1841

First Son of David I

John Burgess V was born 11 November 1813 (christened on 4 January 1814) at Muir of Auchcarnie, Kincardineshire Co., Scotland. He married Isabella ?Bell? Edwards on 9 December 1836. Listed in the 1841 census for Benholm, Kincardineshire Co., Scotland, and in 1851-91 at Laurencekirk, Kincardineshire Co., Scotland. He worked as a linen weaver. He died on 17 August 1899 at Laurencekirk, Kincardineshire Co., Scotland, having had six sons:

1. David Burgess II (1837-1837)
2. Barclay Burgess (1840-1925) of Stanningly, Pudsey, Yorkshire, England
3. George Walker Burgess (1842-1865) of Aberdeenshire Co., Scotland
4. James Burgess (1847-1911) of Richmond, Yorkshire, England
5. Edward Burgess (1850-1920) of Glasgow, Scotland
*6. John Burgess VI (1855-1929) of New South Wales, Australia

Sixth Son of John V

John Burgess VI was born on 1 June 1855 at Laurencekirk, Kincardineshire Co., Scotland. He married Jane ?Jeannie? Milne about 1880 in Scotland. He emigrated from Scotland to New South Wales, Australia, on 23 August 1881, along with other members of his family. He earned M.A. and D.D. degrees. He died on 29 August 1929 at Darlinghurst, New South Wales, Australia, having had seven sons:

*1. John Edwards Burgess (1883-1962) of New South Wales, Australia
2. William Milne Burgess (1886- ) of New South Wales, Australia
3. James Henry Burgess (1888- ) of New South Wales, Australia
4. Steward Salmond Burgess (1889-1918) of New South Wales, Australia; killed in action at Hangard Wood, near Villiers, Bretonneux, France
5. Leslie Gordon Burgess (1891- ) of New South Wales, Australia
6. Douglas Theodore Burgess (1892- ) of New South Wales, Australia
7. Robert Laurence Burgess (1900- ) of New South Wales, Australia

First Son of John VI

John Edwards Burgess was born on 4 May 1883 at Maclean, New South Wales, Australia. He married Teresa Margaret ?Tessie? Morris. He died on 20 February 1962 at Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, having had one son:

1. John Reginald Burgess (1913-1994) of Mudgee, New South Wales, Australia

John Reginald Burgess is the ancestor of L. J. Burgess.

Test results received from one representative in this family match the descendants of John Burgess of Kincardineshire Co., Scotland; they have a common male ancestor, name unknown.