BURROWS, Edward

1637 - Bef 1705  (< 68 years)  Submit Photo / Document

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• Name	BURROWS, Edward
  Birth	1637	Stepney, London, England
  Christening	30 Jul 1637	St. Mary Whitechapel, Stepney, London, England
  Gender	Male
  Burial	Mar 1705
  Death	Bef 27 Mar 1705	Jamaica, Queens, Long Island, New York, United States
  WAC	6 Feb 1929	SGEOR
  _TAG	Reviewed on FS
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  Person ID	I42984	Joseph Smith Sr and Lucy Mack Smith
  Last Modified	19 Aug 2021

  
  

  Father	BURROUGHS, John ,   b. Abt 1611, Barnstable, Devonshire, England Barnstable, Devonshire, Englandd. Aug 1678, Newton, Queens, New York, United States (Age 67 years)
  Mother	JESSUP, Joanna Elizabeth ,   b. 1625, Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, United Statesd. 20 Nov 1679, Long Island City, Queens, New York, United States (Age 54 years)
  Marriage	1650	Wetherfield, Hartford, Connecticut
  Family ID	F18656	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	HIGBEE, Mary ,   b. 1648, Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, United Statesd. Abt Apr 1712, Monmouth, New Jersey, United States (Age 64 years)
  Marriage	1676
  Family ID	F21911	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	24 Jan 2022

  
  

• Notes

  This record is preserved in Stillwell's Historical and Genealogical Miscellany, Vol 3, page 600: "1667, July 11. Edward Burrus, Richd Fletcher and others were present at the purchase of lands, from the Indians, in New Jersey (Monmouth Co.) , by O. Bruen, Samuel Kitchell and Robert Denison , from New London, and Michael Tompkins and John Brown , Sr., of Milford, the deed for which was signed this date, and which lands were bounded Eastward by the Bay; Northward by the River Pesayak and Westward to the foot of the great mountain, Watchung." Historical and Genealogical Miscellany,: New York and New Jersey, Vol. 3 In 1683, Edward Burroughs , of Jamaica, Long Island , was assessed for five acres of land and one cow, in that village. Daughter, Mary , wife of Edward Burroughs , received 5 shillings. 1705, Sept. 21. Thomas Okely , of Jamaica , Gentleman, bound to Thomas Burroughs , of Jamaica , of this date, for £1400. A marriage is intended shortly to be consummated between Thomas Okely and Mary , widow of the late Edward Burroughs , of Jamaica 1705-6, Mch. 2. The inventory of the personal estate of Edward Burroughs was sworn to on this date, and exhibited by Mary Okely , widow of Edward Burrows , deceased, and Thomas Burroughs , the executors of the will, and amounted to £700-14-10 1/2. Will Date 1 Mar 1705 Location Jamaica Long Island, New York Description Mentions Wife Mary, sons John, Edward, Eden, Thomas, Steven, daus Rachel, Hannah, Unis; signs it Edward Burrus Transcription of text Page 236 EDWARD BURRUS. In the name of God, Amen. this lst day of March 1704/5, I, Edward Burrus of Jamaica, in Queens County, being very sick in body, do make this my last will. I leave to my son John Burrus all the tract of land which lyeth near Pilgrim's Harbor in the County of Hartford in Connecticutt. I leave to my sons Edward and Eden all that tract of land lying at a place called Maidenhead near Jacobus creek to be equally divided. I leave to my son Thomas all that tract of land that lyeth over against his house in Jamaica, and he is to pay to his three sisters Hannah Newman Rachel Hengins and Unis Linus, £8 each. I leave to my wife Mary, for her life, my now dwelling house and lot and the meadow belonging to it, and after her death, to my son Steven. All the land that I have made a purchase of that is not yet fully completed I give to all my children. I make my wife and my son Thomas executors. Witnesses Joseph Smith Jr, ____ Ruscoe, Robert Read. Proved before Lord Cornbury, March 27, 1704. Detail 1665-1707, page 403 Source Title (view source details) Abstracts of wills on file in the Surrogate's office, city of New York