Thomas  BURNHAM

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Thomas BURNHAM was born June 1623 in Norwich, Norfolk, England

Thomas BURNHAM was the child of Robert BURNHAM   and   Mary ANDREWS and the grandchild of: (maternal)  Richard? ANDREWS and Elizabeth? UNKNOWN

Thomas was an immigrant to the United States, arriving by 1635.

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

Thomas  married  Mary LAWRENCE June 1645 in Ipswich, Massachusetts Bay Colony .  The couple had (at least) 15 children.
Mary LAWRENCE  was born 10 April 1625 in Saint Albans, Hertfordshire, England.  Mary died 27 March 1715 in Ipswich, Massachusetts, USA.  Mary was the child of Thomas LAWRENCE and Joan ANTROBUS.

Thomas BURNHAM died 19 May 1694 in Ipswich, Province of Massachusetts Bay.

Lieutenant Thomas Burnham, one of the three brothers who came in 1635 from England in the ship Angel Gabriel, after being wrecked on the coast of Maine, settled at Chebacco (Ipswich), Mass. He joined the Pequot Expedition, 1636 or 7; was selectman in 1647, and on town committees; 1664 made sargeant of Ipswich company; 1665 made ensign; 1683 appointed Lieutenant; Deputy to the General Court in 1683, 1684 and 1685. In 1667, "Thomas Burnham is granted the privilege of erecting saw-mill on the Chebacco river near the falls;" 1657 "a road or way to be laid out through Thomas Burnham's land, across the swamp;" 1678 "Ensign Thomas Burnham, of Ipswich, has right of commonage according to law." He owned much real estate in Ipswich and also in Chebacco. His houses and farms were divided between his sons Thomas and James.--Burnham Genealogy

IMMIGRANT, 1635
PEQUOT WAR VETERAN
DEPUTY TO THE GENERAL COURT
SELECTMAN

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