Eleazer  BURNHAM

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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)

Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Eleazer  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 (North) (Bliss Corner) (Smith Mills) (Padanaram).  Caroline Matilda died 27 June 1832 in Ledyard, New York, USA (Aurora).  Caroline Matilda was the child of Walter WOOD and Paulina MOSHER.

Eleazer  married  (2) Urania SMITH 23 February 1843 in Ledyard, New York, USA .  Urania SMITH  was born 4 July 1788 in Groton, Connecticut, USA.  Urania died 26 October 1865 in Ledyard, New York, USA (Aurora).  Urania was the child of Moses SMITH and Mabel SEYMOUR.

Eleazer BURNHAM died 3 May 1867 in Ledyard, New York, USA .

NOTES from www.wesleyhardenzone.com -- 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.


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