Thomas BURNHAM

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19 January 1646 , Ipswich, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Died

21 February 1728 , Ipswich, Province of Massachusetts Bay

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Thomas BURNHAM Mary LAWRENCE

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Born: 19 January 1646 in Ipswich, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Father: Thomas BURNHAM

Mother: Mary LAWRENCE

Paternal grandparents: Robert BURNHAM , Mary ANDREWS

Maternal grandparents: Thomas LAWRENCE , Joan ANTROBUS

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Thomas married Lydia PENGRY (PINGREE) 13 February 1665 in Ipswich, Massachusetts Bay Colony . The couple had (at least) 11 children.
Lydia PENGRY (PINGREE) was born abt. 1648 in Ipswich, Massachusetts, USA. Lydia died 14 March 1688 in Ipswich, Massachusetts, USA. Lydia was the child of Moses PENGRY and Lydia Abigail CLEMENTS.

Thomas married (2) Hester (Esther) COGSWELL 16 December 1689 in Ipswich, Massachusetts, Dominion of New England . The couple had (at least) 6 children.
Hester (Esther) COGSWELL was born 24 August 1655 in Ipswich, Massachusetts, USA. Hester (Esther) died 17 January 1704 in Ipswich, Massachusetts, USA. Hester (Esther) was the child of William COGSWELL and Susanna HAWKES.

Thomas BURNHAM died 21 February 1728 in Ipswich, Province of Massachusetts Bay.
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Thomas BURNHAM married

Lydia PENGRY (PINGREE)
Marriage date: 13 February 1665
Marriage place: Ipswich, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Source: Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850 (Online Database: NewEnglandAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2007).

Lydia PENGRY (PINGREE) was the child of Moses PENGRY and Lydia Abigail CLEMENTS

Marriage notes:

Ipswich, MA -- "BURNAM Thomas, and Lidia Pengry, Feb. 13, 1665. CT. R."

Children of Thomas BURNHAM and Lydia PENGRY (PINGREE)

Thomas BURNHAM

Born: 19 January 1666, Ipswich, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Died: abt. 1680, Ipswich, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Phebe BURNHAM

Born: 16 March 1667, Ipswich, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Died: abt. 1750, Ipswich, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Moses BURNHAM

Born: 24 January 1668, Ipswich, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Died: 3 March 1746, Ipswich, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Married: Anne BELCHER 1698 Place: Ipswich, Massachusetts, USA

Job BURNHAM

Born: abt. 1673, Ipswich, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Died: 2 June 1756, Scarborough, Maine, New England

Married: Abigail HARRIS 1697 Place: Ipswich, Massachusetts, USA

Lydia BURNHAM

Born: 6 December 1674, Ipswich, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Died: 21 April 1731, Ipswich, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Aaron BURNHAM

Born: 12 September 1676, Ipswich, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Died: 18 August 1727, Norwich, Crown Colony of Connecticut

Married: Hester BISHOP 4 August 1701 Place: Ipswich, Massachusetts, USA

Eleazer BURNHAM

Born: 5 September 1678, Ipswich, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Died: 25 June 1743, Norwich, Crown Colony of Connecticut

Married: Lydia WATERMAN 20 November 1708 Place: Norwich, Connecticut, USA (Norwichtown) (Yantic) (Greeneville) (Occum) (Taftville)

Abigail BURNHAM

Born: 2 June 1680, Ipswich, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Died: 24 March 1752 , Killingly, Crown Colony of Connecticut

Married: Ephraim WARREN 13 May 1701 Place: Ipswich, Massachusetts, USA

Nathaniel (Daniel) BURNHAM

Born: 4 April 1682, Ipswich, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Died: 16 April 1746, Boxford, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Married: Mary STIMPSON 4 August 1720 Place: Ipswich, Massachusetts, USA

Mary BURNHAM

Born: 18 October 1685, Ipswich, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Died: 28 June 1737, Kingston, New Hampshire, New England

Married: Ephraim SEVERANCE 25 November 1714 Place: Kingston, New Hampshire, USA

James BURNHAM

Born: abt. 1687, Ipswich, Massachusetts, Dominion of New England
Died: 22 May 1757, Norwich, Crown Colony of Connecticut

Married: Elizabeth HOUGH 3 June 1728 Place: Norwich, Connecticut, USA (Norwichtown) (Yantic) (Greeneville) (Occum) (Taftville)

Thomas BURNHAM married

Hester (Esther) COGSWELL
Marriage date: 16 December 1689
Marriage place: Ipswich, Massachusetts, Dominion of New England
Source: Torrey's New England Marriages Prior to 1700.
(Online database. NewEnglandAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008.) Originally published as: New England Marriages Prior to 1700. CD-ROM. Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001.

Hester (Esther) COGSWELL was the child of William COGSWELL and Susanna HAWKES

Marriage notes:

"Thomas (-1694) & 2-wf Esther-?Hester (COGSWELL) BISHOP, w Samuel; 16 Dec 1689 (1685 is wrong); Ipswich {Hammatt: Ipswich 42; Burnham (1869) 311; Bishop 9; Converse (1905) 828; Cogswell 9, 21; Essex Ant. 8:125; Andrews (1890) 182; Cushing (ms) 93; Putnam's Mag. 4:239; Tuttle xxxv; Granberry 200}"

Children of Thomas BURNHAM and Hester (Esther) COGSWELL

Joseph BURNHAM

Born: abt. 1690, Ipswich, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Died: ,

Elizabeth BURNHAM

Born: 24 March 1692, Ipswich, Province of Massachusetts Bay
Died: 22 March 1752, Ipswich, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Susanna BURNHAM

Born: 29 January 1693, Ipswich, Province of Massachusetts Bay
Died: ,

Married: Daniel CORNING 12 February 1716 Place: Beverly, Massachusetts, USA

Thomas BURNHAM

Born: 9 February 1694, Ipswich, Province of Massachusetts Bay
Died: 4 April 1730, Ipswich, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Married: Priscilla APPLETON 13 October 1718 Place: Ipswich, Massachusetts, USA

Benjamin BURNHAM

Born: 21 December 1696, Ipswich, Province of Massachusetts Bay
Died: 15 October 1737, Norwich, Crown Colony of Connecticut

Married: Mary KINSMAN 20 April 1727 Place: Lisbon, Connecticut, USA

Phebe BURNHAM

Born: 13 April 1700, Ipswich, Province of Massachusetts Bay
Died: 12 August 1778, Ipswich, Crown Colony of Massachusetts Bay

Married: John ADAMS 1 May 1725 Place: Ipswich, Massachusetts, USA

Married: Nathaniel CROSS 12 May 1732 Place: Ipswich, Massachusetts, USA

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Birth — 1646
19 January 1646
Ipswich, Massachusetts Bay Colony

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IPSWICH, ESSEX, Massachusetts -- 1646 - 1728

THOMAS BURNHAM (THOMAS, ROBERT) was born 1646 in Ipswich, Massachusetts, and died February 21, 1728 in Ipswich, Massachusetts. He married (1) SUSANNAH. According to Vital Records of Ipswich, Massachusetts www.rootsweb.com/ ~maessex/ VitalRecords/ EssexCounty/ Ipswich/ Marriages_AtoB.html#B (page 73), he married (2) LIDIA PENGRY February 13, 1665 in Ipswich, Massachusetts, daughter of MOSES PENGRY and LYDIA CLEMENTS. He married (3) HESTER COGSWELL BISHOP December 16, 1689 in Ipswich, Massachusetts, daughter of WILLIAM COGSWELL and SUSANNA HAWKES.

Notes for THOMAS BURNHAM:

Occupation was listed as miller.
'1678 Thomas Burnham, Jr., of Ipswich, has right of commonage according to law.' 1702 'Thomas Burnham, Gent.,' received his appointment as Lieutenant from 'Joseph Dudley, Esq., Captain General and Governour in Chief in and over Her majesties Provinces of the Massachusetts Bay in New England in America.' Matthew and Phebe...Read full story

Thomas BURNHAM - Title A genealogical record of the descendants of Moses Pengry, of Ipswich, Mass: so far as ascertained Author William Morrill Pingry Publisher Warn

Title A genealogical record of the descendants of Moses Pengry, of Ipswich, Mass: so far as ascertained
Author William Morrill Pingry
Publisher Warner & Hyde, printers, 1881
Original from the University of Wisconsin - Madison
Digitized Sep 6, 2007
Length 186 pages
Page 12

1656 - The pendulum clock is invented (Christiaan Huygens, Netherlands)

1665 Marriage / Partner
Thomas BURNHAM and Lydia PENGRY (PINGREE) 13 February 1665, Ipswich, Massachusetts, USA

He was 19 years old.

1666 - Isaac Newton discovers gravity

1666 Birth of Child
Thomas BURNHAM was born 19 January 1666, Ipswich, Massachusetts, USA

Thomas was 20 years old.

1667
'The first saw-mill in Ipswich was erected on Chebacco River, in 1656…Nine years after, Jonathan Wade is allowed to have one on the same river. 1667: May 23, Lieutenant Thomas Burnham is permitted to erect one near the falls; but not so as to injure Mr. Wade's.'
History of the town of Essex : from 1634 to 1868

1667 Birth of Child
Phebe BURNHAM was born 16 March 1667, Ipswich, Massachusetts, USA

Thomas was 21 years old.

1668 Birth of Child
Moses BURNHAM was born 24 January 1668, Ipswich, Massachusetts, USA

Thomas was 22 years old.

1674 Birth of Child
Lydia BURNHAM was born 6 December 1674, Ipswich, Massachusetts, USA

Thomas was 28 years old.

1676 Birth of Child
Aaron BURNHAM was born 12 September 1676, Ipswich, Massachusetts, USA

Thomas was 30 years old.

1678 Birth of Child
Eleazer BURNHAM was born 5 September 1678, Ipswich, Massachusetts, USA

Thomas was 32 years old.

1680 Birth of Child
Abigail BURNHAM was born 2 June 1680, Ipswich, Massachusetts, USA

Thomas was 34 years old.

1682 Birth of Child
Nathaniel (Daniel) BURNHAM was born 4 April 1682, Ipswich, Massachusetts, USA

Thomas was 36 years old.

1685 Birth of Child
Mary BURNHAM was born 18 October 1685, Ipswich, Massachusetts, USA

Thomas was 39 years old.

1688 Death of Spouse/Partner
Lydia PENGRY (PINGREE) died 14 March 1688, Ipswich, Massachusetts, USA

1689 Marriage / Partner
Thomas BURNHAM and Hester (Esther) COGSWELL 16 December 1689, Ipswich, Massachusetts, USA

He was 43 years old.

1692 Birth of Child
Elizabeth BURNHAM was born 24 March 1692, Ipswich, Massachusetts, USA

Thomas was 46 years old.

1693 Birth of Child
Susanna BURNHAM was born 29 January 1693, Ipswich, Massachusetts, USA

Thomas was 47 years old.

1694 Birth of Child
Thomas BURNHAM was born 9 February 1694, Ipswich, Massachusetts, USA

Thomas was 48 years old.

1696 Birth of Child
Benjamin BURNHAM was born 21 December 1696, Ipswich, Massachusetts, USA

Thomas was 50 years old.

1698 - The steam engine is invented (Thomas Savery, England)

1700 Birth of Child
Phebe BURNHAM was born 13 April 1700, Ipswich, Massachusetts, USA

Thomas was 54 years old.

1701 Marriage of Child
Abigail BURNHAM married 13 May 1701, Ipswich, Massachusetts, USA to Ephraim WARREN

1701 Marriage of Child
Aaron BURNHAM married 4 August 1701, Ipswich, Massachusetts, USA to Hester BISHOP

1704 Death of Spouse/Partner
Hester (Esther) COGSWELL died 17 January 1704, Ipswich, Massachusetts, USA

1708 Marriage of Child
Eleazer BURNHAM married 20 November 1708, Norwich, Connecticut, USA (Norwichtown) (Yantic) (Greeneville) (Occum) (Taftville) to Lydia WATERMAN

1714 Marriage of Child
Mary BURNHAM married 25 November 1714, Kingston, New Hampshire, USA to Ephraim SEVERANCE

1716 Marriage of Child
Susanna BURNHAM married 12 February 1716, Beverly, Massachusetts, USA to Daniel CORNING

1718 Marriage of Child
Thomas BURNHAM married 13 October 1718, Ipswich, Massachusetts, USA to Priscilla APPLETON

1720 - June 10 - Mrs Clements of England markets first paste-style mustard

1720 Marriage of Child
Nathaniel (Daniel) BURNHAM married 4 August 1720, Ipswich, Massachusetts, USA to Mary STIMPSON

1725 Marriage of Child
Phebe BURNHAM married 1 May 1725, Ipswich, Massachusetts, USA to John ADAMS

1727 Marriage of Child
Benjamin BURNHAM married 20 April 1727, Lisbon, Connecticut, USA to Mary KINSMAN

1727 Death of Child
Aaron BURNHAM died 18 August 1727, Norwich, Connecticut, USA (Norwichtown) (Yantic) (Greeneville) (Occum) (Taftville)

Thomas was 81 years old.

1728
Ipswich, Massachusetts - 'Thomas, Lt., Feb. 21, 1728, a. 88 y.'
Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850 (Online Database: NewEnglandAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2007).

Death — 1728
21 February 1728
Ipswich, Province of Massachusetts Bay
He died at the age of 82.

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Old Burying Hill

Ispwich, Massachusetts
Ipswich, Massachusetts, USA

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