Eleazer
BURNHAM
(b.
15 July 1780
,
Preston, Crown Colony of Connecticut
d.
3 May 1867
,
Ledyard, New York, USA
)
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BURNHAM Family Genealogy

Eleazer BURNHAM was born 15 July 1780 in Preston, Crown Colony of Connecticut. Eleazer BURNHAM was the child of Asa W BURNHAM and Lucy HUNTINGTON and the grandchild of: (paternal) Eleazer (Eleazar) BURNHAM and Mary NORMAN (maternal) Nathan HUNTINGTON and Amie BROWN (BROWNE)
Marriage(s) and Child(ren):
He married Caroline Matilda WOOD abt. 1807 in Cayuga County, New York, USA . The couple had (at least) 2 children. Caroline Matilda WOOD was born 3 July 1789 in Dartmouth, Massachusetts, USA (Bliss Corner) (Smith Mills). She died 27 June 1832 in Ledyard, New York, USA (Aurora). She was the daughter of Walter WOOD and Paulina MOSHER.
He married (2) Urania SMITH 23 February 1843 in Ledyard, New York, USA . Urania SMITH was born 4 July 1788 in Groton, Connecticut, USA. She died 26 October 1865 in Ledyard, New York, USA (Aurora). She was the daughter of Moses SMITH and Mabel SEYMOUR.
Eleazer BURNHAM died 3 May 1867 in Ledyard, New York, USA .
NOTES from www.wesleyhardenzone.com/ aurora.htm -- When Walter Wood left Aurora for Montville, his son-in-law Eleazer Burnham became Postmaster. Burnham (1780-1867) was also Surrogate of Cayuga County, Collector of U. S. Internal Revenue, Member of the New York Assembly, and Presidential Elector in 1824 and 1856. In 1822 Postmaster Burnham was succeeded by Seneca Wood, who held office until 1828. For the first thirty-three years, therefore, the three Aurora Postmasters Were Walter Wood, his son-in-law, and his son.
Walter Wood died in 1827 leaving an estate valued at $500,000 and a will so involved that generations of lawyers worked for ninety-three years to complete its provisions. Of his six sons, Seneca, Isaac, and Thomas were lawyers. All three began the practice of law in Aurora and Isaac remained here all of his life. Walter Wood, his wife Paulina Mosher Wood, and all but one (who died in infancy in 1797) of their eleven children are buried in Oak Glen Cemetery, Aurora.
Eleazer and Urania had a son, James N. Burnham (also a lawyer), who died in Aurora in 1840 at the age of 25 and is buried in Oak Glen Cemetery.
Misc Notes: Judge Walter Wood b 17 Aug 1765, m. Paulina Mosher.
Details of the family tree of Eleazer appear below.

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Prior to 1638 - Connecticut, New England
1638 - 1662 - New Haven Colony
1662 - 1687 - Connecticut Colony
1688 - 1689 - Dominion of New England
1690 - 1787 - Crown Colony of Connecticut
January 5, 1788 - Connecticut becomes 5th U.S. state
Added: 12/16/1999 12:00:00 AM
- Updated: 8/9/2019 1:49:59 PM
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