William Burgess of Middlesex Co., Massachusetts
[Haplotype R1b1]
Note: This family is affiliated with those of :
Ralph Burges(s) of Cheshire Co., England
John Burgess (I) of Cheshire Co., England
Samuel Burgess of Bucks Co., Pennsylvania
William Burgess Sr. was born about 1650 in Cambridge (or in Charlestown), Middlesex Co., Massachusetts. He married Hannah Stevenson on 20 May 1684 O.S. at Cambridge. He died there after 1695, having had at least two sons:
*1. William Burgess Jr. (1686-1715) of Nantucket Co., MA
2. John Burgess (1687- ) of Nantucket Co., MA
First Branch: William Burgess Jr.
William Burgess Jr. was born on 2 March 1686 at Cambridge, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts. He married Eleanor Monroe (of the Lexington Monroe family) on 21 August 1707 O.S. at Charlestown, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts. He died in a boating accident on 18 May 1715 O.S. at Nantucket, Nantucket Co., Massachusetts, having had two sons:
1. William Burgess III (1708- ) of Middlesex Co., MA
*2. Ebenezer Burgess (1714-1807) of Worcester Co., MA
Second Son of William Jr.
Ebenezer Burgess Sr. was born on 23 September 1714 O.S. at Lexington, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts. He was adopted by his mother?s Monroe family at the age of fifteen. He married Hannah Loughton on 4 October 1739 O.S. at Lexington, and secondly Rachel Farnsworth on 11 May 1762. He served as a minuteman on 19 April 1775, fighting in the Revolutionary War against the British. He is listed in the 1790-1800 censuses for Harvard Town, Worcester Co., Massachusetts. He died there about 20 December 1807, having had nine sons, six by his first wife and three by his second:
1. Ebenezer Burgess Jr. (1743-1829) of Worcester Co., MA
2. William Burgess IV (1745-1748) of Worcester Co., MA, died young
*3. William Burgess V (1751-1785) of Worcester Co., MA
4. John Burgess II (1753-1829) of Middlesex Co., MA
5. Solomon Burgess (1756- ) of Worcester or Middlesex Co., MA
6. Thomas Burgess (1761-1835) of Middlesex Co., MA
7. Marrett Burgess Sr. (1765-1834) of Worcester Co., MA
8. Josiah Burgess (1767- ) of Middlesex Co., MA
9. Loammi Burgess (1770-1825) of Worcester Co., MA
Third Son of Ebenezer Sr.
William Burgess V was born on 5 January 1751 in Worcester Co., Massachusetts. He married Elizabeth Richardson on 24 March 1774 at Bolton, Worcester Co., Massachusetts. He enlisted in the Continental Army in 1776, serving in various units through 1780. He died about 1785 (his daughter Elizabeth was baptized on 13 November 1785, at which point his wife is noted as being a widow), having had one son:
1. William Burgess VI (1777-1820+) of Hartford Co., CT
Only Son of William V
William Burgess VI was born on 7 May 1777 near Dedham, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts. He married Sarah Everett on 3 November 1802. He was a publisher. He died at Hartford, Hartford Co., Connecticut, after 1820, having had four sons:
1. Joseph Burgess (1803?- )
2. James Burgess (1805?- )
*3. Caleb Alonzo Burgess (1817-1896) of San Francisco Co., CA
4. Warren Burgess (1820?- )
Third Branch: Caleb Alonzo Burgess
Caleb Alonzo Burgess was born on 22 October 1817 at Dedham, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts. He married firstly Harriet Louise Proctor about 1841, and secondly Mary Frances Murch in 1878. He is listed in the 1850 census for New York, New York, in the 1865-66 IRS tax assessment lists there, in 1870 in Westchester Co., New York, and in 1880 in San Francisco, San Francisco Co., California; he has not been found in 1860. He also is listed in the 1890 Great Register of Voters for San Francisco. He was a cotton broker and mining broker. He died there on 24 May 1896, having had four sons, three by his first wife, and one by his second:
1. James Burgess (1842- ), died childless
*2. Caleb Augustus Burgess (1845-1923) of New York, NY
3. William E. Burgess (1855-1880+) of Mono Co., CA, died childless
4. Edward Everett Burgess (1882-1931) of San Francisco Co., CA
Second Son of Caleb Alonzo
Caleb Augustus Burgess was born 25 September 1845 at Mobile, Mobile Co., Alabama. He married thirdly Mary Zeller by 1888 (the names of his first two wives are unknown). He is listed in the 1850 census for New York, New York, and in 1870 in Westchester Co., New York, and in 1910 in Brooklyn, Kings Co., New York, but has not been found in 1860, 1900, or 1920. He died on 10 April 1923 in New York City, having had one son by his third wife:
1. Charles Augustus Burgess Sr. (1892-1965)
Marrett Burgess Sr. is the ancestor of D. H. Burgess;
Loammi Burgess is the ancestor of D. S. Burgess;
Charles Augustus Burgess Sr. is the ancestor of C. A. Burgess.
Test results received from three representatives in this line match each other; they have a common Burgess ancestor, Ebenezer Burgess. They also match the numbers of descendants of the family of John Burgess of Canterbury Region, New Zealand, and of Ralph Burges of Cheshire Co., England; they have a common Burgess ancestor, name unknown.
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