0 HEAD
1 SOUR AncestQuest
2 NAME Ancestral Quest
2 VERS 2002
2 CORP Incline Software, LC
3 ADDR PO Box 95543
4 CONT South Jordan, UT 84095
1 DEST Ancestral Quest
1 DATE 4 APR 2008
2 TIME 09:55:06
1 FILE burroughs_edited.ged
1 GEDC
2 VERS 5.5
2 FORM LINEAGE-LINKED
1 CHAR ANSEL
0 @I1@ INDI
1 NAME Holmes Bay /Burroughs/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 2 NOV 1905
2 PLAC New Point, Mathews County, Virginia USA
1 DEAT
2 DATE 2 SEP 1990
2 PLAC Mathews, Mathews County, Virginia USA
1 _IFLAGS 0
1 FAMS @F1@
1 FAMC @F2@
1 NOTE BIOGRAPHY: Was a waterman (fish, crabs and oysters). Family source has 
2 CONC death on September 4, 1990.
2 CONT 
2 CONT BIOGRAPHY: Was a warm, quiet man. Became a Christian after marrying a 
2 CONC preacher's daughter (Ethelyn Virginia Diggs). Had a pound net fishing 
2 CONC business with brother Glenwood for some years, but disagreements ended 
2 CONC that. In later life was an independent crabber and oysterman. Worked the 
2 CONC Chesapeake and Mobjack Bays all of his life. Had a very appropriate 
2 CONC middle name. Died of prostate cancer at Riverside Convelescent Center in 
2 CONC Mathews, Virginia USA. A tumor formed at the base of his spine, causing 
2 CONC him to lose the use of his legs. At that point, he gave up and withered 
2 CONC away, dying shortly thereafter.
1 CHAN
2 DATE 17 JUN 2003
3 TIME 13:02:56
0 @I2@ INDI
1 NAME Ethelyn Virginia /Diggs/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 29 DEC 1909
2 PLAC Laban, Mathews Country, Virginia USA
1 DEAT
2 DATE APR 2002
2 PLAC Mathews, Mathews County, Virginia USA
1 _IFLAGS 0
1 FAMS @F1@
1 FAMC @F3@
1 CHAN
2 DATE 11 JAN 2004
3 TIME 18:04:24
0 @I3@ INDI
1 NAME Living /Burroughs/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 1932
2 PLAC Mathews County, Virginia USA
1 _IFLAGS 0
1 FAMS @F4@
1 FAMC @F1@
1 CHAN
2 DATE 7 JAN 2002
3 TIME 10:41:19
0 @I4@ INDI
1 NAME MISTUI II /Of Obotrites/
2 NPFX Prince
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE Est 919
1 _IFLAGS 0
1 FAMS @F5@
1 FAMC @F6@
1 CHAN
2 DATE 25 DEC 2001
3 TIME 17:12:45
0 @I5@ INDI
1 NAME Susie Belle /Armistead/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 12 MAR 1880
2 PLAC New Point, Mathews County, Virginia USA
1 DEAT
2 DATE 3 JUL 1954
2 PLAC New Point, Mathews County, Virginia USA
1 _IFLAGS 0
1 FAMS @F2@
1 FAMC @F7@
1 NOTE BIOGRAPHY: Known as "Big Mama" by the family. Was a nice lady.
2 CONT 
2 CONT BIOGRAPHY: Used to visit relatives in the summer who lived in Yorktown, 
2 CONC up on the hill. Was a short lady, not much over five feet. Per Wilbur C. 
2 CONC Burroughs May 12, 2002.
1 CHAN
2 DATE 25 MAY 2002
3 TIME 20:25:31
1 OBJE
2 FORM JPG
2 FILE C:\Documents and Settings\Bill Burroughs\My Documents\Personal\Family History\Burroughs Family\lemburroughs.JPG
2 TITL Susie Belle Armistead with Husband Lemuel and Children
2 NOTE 
2 _SCBK Y
2 _PRIM Y
2 _TYPE PHOTO
2 _SSHOW Y
3 _STIME 0.0
0 @I6@ INDI
1 NAME Wilbur Coles /Diggs/
2 NPFX Rev.
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 8 SEP 1883
2 PLAC Laban, Mathews County, Virginia USA
1 DEAT
2 DATE 30 JUN 1970
2 PLAC Laban, Mathews County, Virginia USA
1 BURI
2 DATE JUL 1970
2 PLAC Pear Tree Cemetary, Mathews County, Virginia USA
1 _IFLAGS 0
1 FAMS @F3@
1 FAMC @F8@
1 NOTE BIOGRAPHY: Died at home at Onemo, Va. of heart failure.
1 CHAN
2 DATE 23 MAR 2002
3 TIME 19:46:07
0 @I7@ INDI
1 NAME Elizabeth Johnson /Morgan/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 7 JUL 1884
2 PLAC Mathews County, Virginia USA
1 DEAT
2 DATE 30 MAR 1966
2 PLAC Laban, Mathews County, Virginia USA
1 BURI
2 DATE APR 1966
2 PLAC Pear Tree Cemetary, Mathews County, Virginia USA
1 _IFLAGS 0
1 FAMS @F3@
1 FAMC @F9@
1 NOTE BIOGRAPHY: Died at home at Onemo, Va. of heart failure after a long 
2 CONC illness.
1 CHAN
2 DATE 23 MAR 2002
3 TIME 19:52:37
0 @I8@ INDI
1 NAME George Washington /Burroughs/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 2(2) May 1842 or 44
2 PLAC New Point, Mathews County Virginia USA
1 DEAT
2 DATE 12 JUN 1906
2 PLAC New Point, Mathews County Virginia USA
1 BURI
2 PLAC Friendship Cemetery, St. Pauls United Methodist Church, Susan, Mathews County, Virginia USA
1 _IFLAGS 0
1 FAMS @F10@
1 FAMS @F11@
1 FAMC @F12@
1 NOTE Grave says born May 2, 1842. Has inscription "Gone but not forgotten"
2 CONT Buried at Friendship Cemetery, St. Pauls United Methodist Church, Susan, 
2 CONC Mathews County, Virginia.
2 CONT 
2 CONT BIOGRAPHY: Was a bricklayer and farmer.
2 CONT Statement by William Christopher Burroughs made November 1993:
2 CONT "Papa's (Lemuel Grafton Burroughs) father (George Washington Burroughs) 
2 CONC died when he (Lemuel) was five years old. Left Papa part of old 
2 CONC homeplace. Bought rest of it from others.
2 CONT 
2 CONT BIOGRAPHY: Per Sadie B. Hacker 3-13-93 - George was a storekeeper. Was 
2 CONC not a fisherman. Sadie also said that George was in the Civil War. Also 
2 CONC said that George raised everything that the family ate.
2 CONT 
2 CONT BIOGRAPHY: Civil War Record:
2 CONT Burroughs, George W., Private, Capt. Armistead's Company Virginia Light 
2 CONC Artillery. (Matthews' Light Artillery.) (Confederate)
2 CONT Burroughs, George W., Private, Company D, 61 Virginia Militia. (Matthews 
2 CONC Battalion.) (Confederate) (same company and unit as father, William K. 
2 CONC Burroughs Jr.
2 CONT 
2 CONT BIOGRAPHY: From Book on Civil War units, Mathews Light Artillery and 
2 CONC others, page 22:
2 CONT BURROUGHS, GEORGE W.: Enl. on 7/20/61 at Mathews C.H. Listed on a variety 
2 CONC of clothing receipts. Pres. on 4/30/64. Deserted on 10/13/64 [probably 
2 CONC crossed Federal lines at Yorktown, Virginia as did many others from 
2 CONC Mathews County on that day, and probably took oath at Fort Monroe]. 
2 CONC Released at Fort Monroe on 10/21/64, described as 5'9", grey eyes, light 
2 CONC hair. B. 5/2/1842. D. 6/12/1906. Buried in the St. Paul's Church Cem., 
2 CONC Mathews Co., VA.
2 CONT 
2 CONT BIOGRAPHY: Is the below George Washington Burroughs? Birthday is off by 
2 CONC 20 days. Confused Chesapeake District of Mathews with Chesapeake, Va???
2 CONT Individual Record	FamilySearch™ International Genealogical Index v4.02
2 CONT 	North America
2 CONT Select record to download - (50 maximum)
2 CONT  
2 CONT    	George W. BURROUGHS 	
2 CONT  	Sex: 	M 	
2 CONT Event(s):
2 CONT  	Birth: 	02 May 1842 
2 CONT 		Chesapeake, Norfolk, Virginia 
2 CONT Parents:
2 CONT 	Source Information:
2 CONT 		Film Number:	6142835 	
2 CONT 	Page Number:		
2 CONT 	Reference Number: 	
2 CONT 
2 CONT BIOGRAPHY: George L. Burroughs, (white) Feb. 16, 1874. Son of George L. 
2 CONC and Louisa Burroughs, bricklayer. Father gave info.	
2 CONT 
2 CONT BIOGRAPHY: Marion C. Burroughs, (white) Apr. 14, 1868. Son of George W. 
2 CONC and L.B. Burroughs, bricklayer. Father gave info.
2 CONT 
2 CONT BIOGRAPHY: From BIRTHS (1865-1874), Mathews County, Virginia:
2 CONT Nettie V. Burroughs, (white) Nov. 15, 1874. Daughter of George W. and 
2 CONC Louisa Burroughs, brick mason. Father gave info.
2 CONT 
2 CONT 
2 CONT From Website  The Mathews Light Virginia Artillery Submitted by Marie 
2 CONC Hodges, Mathews Light Artillery (Armistead's) Co. F3, 5th VA Cav. Mathews 
2 CONC Light Dragoons
2 CONT Co. D, 26th VA Inf., Capt. Alexander James' Co., © 1996, Jeffrey C. 
2 CONC Weaver, Arlington, Virginia and George L. Sherwood, Frederick, Maryland, 
2 CONC found at http://www.rootsweb.com/~vaggsv/mathews_light_va_artillery.htm:
2 CONT  
2 CONT BURROUGHS, GEORGE W.: Enl. on 7/20/61 at Mathews C.H. Listed on a variety 
2 CONC of clothing receipts. Pres. on 4/30/64. Deserted on 10/13/64. Released at 
2 CONC Fort Monroe on 10/21/64, described as 5'9", grey eyes, light hair. B. 
2 CONC 5/2/1842. D. 6/12/1906. Buried in the St. Paul's Church Cem., Mathews 
2 CONC Co., VA.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Others who deserted on October 13, 1864 from this unit were as follows:
2 CONT 
2 CONT BURROUGHS, JOHN L.: Enl. on 3/31/64 in Henrico Co. Pres. on 4/30/64. 
2 CONC Deserted on 10/13/64. Released at Fort Monroe, VA on 10/21/64, described 
2 CONC as 5'6", hazel eyes, light hair.
2 CONT 
2 CONT DIGGS, THOMAS J. (#1): Corp., Enl. on 7/18/61 at Mathews C.H., VA. Listed 
2 CONC on a variety of clothing receipts. Given 19 day furlough on 2/8/63, then 
2 CONC age 23. Pres. Corp. until 3/5/64 per 4/30/64 roll. Deserted on 10/13/64 
2 CONC per 10/31/64 roll, described as having black hair and eyes, 6'¬", occ. 
2 CONC boat builder. Res. of Matthew Co. B. 7/4/1838 D. 8/4/1913, buried in the 
2 CONC Hudgins Cem., Mathews Co., VA.
2 CONT 
2 CONT FORREST (FOREST), CORNELIUS: Enl. on 7/18/61 at Mathews C.H. Pres. on 
2 CONC 4/30/64. Deserted to the enemy on 10/13/64 per 10/31/64 roll. Entered 
2 CONC Federal lines at Yorktown. Took oath at Fort Monroe, on 10/21/64, 
2 CONC described as 5'10«", blue eyes, black hair, res. of Mathews Co. Sent to 
2 CONC Baltimore, MD.
2 CONT 
2 CONT HUDGINS, CHARLES D.: Enl. on 7/18/61 at Mathews C.H. Pres. on 4/30/64 
2 CONC roll. Deserted on 10/13/64 per 10/31/64 roll. Took oath at Fort Monroe on 
2 CONC 11/13/64, described as 5'11", hazel eyes, light hair, res. of Mathews Co. 
2 CONC Released after taking the oath, sent to Baltimore, MD. B. 1844 D. 1930. 
2 CONC Buried in the St. Paul's Church Cem., Mathews Co., VA.
2 CONT 
2 CONT HUDGINS, CHARLES E.: Enl. on 12/16/63 in Henrico Co. Pres. on 4/30/64 
2 CONC roll. Deserted on 10/13/64 per 10/31/64 roll. Took oath at Fort Monroe on 
2 CONC 11/13/64, described as 5'10 1/8", grey eyes, brown hair, res. of Mathews 
2 CONC Co. 
2 CONT 
2 CONT HUDGINS, JOHN R.: Corp., Enl. on 7/18/61 at Mathews C.H. Pres. on 
2 CONC 4/30/64. Deserted on 10/13/64 per 10/31/64 roll. Took oath at Fort Monroe 
2 CONC on 11/13/64, described as 5'7 3/4", light hair, grey eyes. Res. of 
2 CONC Mathews Co. B. 12/27/1841. D. 10/30/1920. Buried in the St. Paul's Chruch 
2 CONC Cem., Mathews Co., VA.
2 CONT 
2 CONT HUDGINS, MILTON J.: Enl. on 7/20/61 at Mathews C.H. Pres. on 4/30/64. 
2 CONC Deserted on 10/13/64 per 10/31/64 roll. Took oath at Fort Monroe on 
2 CONC 11/13/64, described as 5'6", black hair, hazel eyes, res. of Mathews Co.
2 CONT 
2 CONT HUDGINS, THOMAS J.: Enl. on 7/18/61 at Mathews C.H. Absent on 30 day 
2 CONC furlough since 4/8/64 per 4/30/64. Deserted on 10/13/64 per 10/31/64 
2 CONC roll. Took oath at Fort Monroe on 10/22/64, described as 5'11", brown 
2 CONC hair, grey eyes. Res. of Mathews Co. B. 10/5/1835 D. 3/5/1901, buried in 
2 CONC the Atheron-Lewis Cem., Mathews Co., VA.
2 CONT 
2 CONT HUDGINS, WARNER L.: Enl. on 7/18/61 at Mathews C.H. Absent on 30 day 
2 CONC furlough since 4/8/64 per 4/30/64. Deserted on 10/13/64 per 10/31/64 
2 CONC roll. Took oath at Fort Monroe on 11/13/64, described as 5'10 3/4", black 
2 CONC hair, brown eyes. Res. of Mathews Co. B. 1838 D. 1895. Buried in the St. 
2 CONC Paul's Cem., Mathews Co., VA. 
2 CONT 
2 CONT JARVIS, WILLIAM S.: Enl. on 7/20/61 at Mathews C.H. In Farmville Gen. 
2 CONC Hosp. on 5/28/62. Deserted on 10/13/64 per 10/31/64 roll. Took oath at 
2 CONC Fort Monroe on 11/13/64, described as 5'8 1/8", brown hair, grey eyes, 
2 CONC res. of Mathews Co. Member of the Confederate Army and Navy Society of 
2 CONC Maryland postwar.
2 CONT 
2 CONT MORGAN, HENRY F.: Enl. on 10/9/62 in Henrico Co. Pres. on 4/30/64 roll. 
2 CONC Deserted on 10/13/64, described as 6'1 3/4", black hair, grey eyes, res. 
2 CONC of Mathews Co. At Fort Monroe on 10/21/64, took oath of allegiance to the 
2 CONC U.S., sent to Baltimore, released.
2 CONT 
2 CONT MORGAN, WILLIAM THOMAS: 8th Corp., Enl. on 7/18/61 at Mathews C.H. Pres. 
2 CONC on 4/30/64. Deserted o n 10/13/64 per 10/31/64 roll. Took oath at Fort 
2 CONC Monroe on 11/13/64, described as 5'10 3/4", red hair, hazel eyes. Res. of 
2 CONC Mathews Co. Member of Franklin Buchanan Camp UCV, Baltimore, postwar. 
2 CONC Member of the Society of the Army and Navy of the Confederate State in 
2 CONC the State of Maryland. MLCSH. Buried in the Loudon Park Cem., Baltimore, 
2 CONC MD.
2 CONT 
2 CONT OWENS, JOHN B.: Enl. on 7/18/61 at Mathews C.H. Pres. on 4/30/64 roll. 
2 CONC Deserted on 10/13/64 per 10/31/64 roll. Took oath at Fort Monroe on 
2 CONC 11/13/64, described as 5'9", brown hair, hazel eyes. "Came into Federal 
2 CONC lines at Yorktown."
1 CHAN
2 DATE 20 JUN 2007
3 TIME 21:15:01
0 @I9@ INDI
1 NAME Louisa B. /Thomas/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 5 APR 1849
2 PLAC Mathews County, Virginia USA
1 DEAT
2 DATE 1 OCT 1877
2 PLAC New Point, Mathews County, Virginia USA
1 BURI
2 PLAC Friendship Cemetery, St. Pauls United Methodist Church, Susan, Mathews County, Virginia USA
1 _IFLAGS 0
1 FAMS @F10@
1 FAMC @F13@
1 NOTE BIOGRAPHY: Died of "walking consumption" (Tuberculosis). Called "Molly."
2 CONT 
2 CONT BIOGRAPHY: From BIRTHS (1865-1874), Mathews County, Virginia:
2 CONT Nettie V. Burroughs, (white) Nov. 15, 1874. Daughter of George W. and 
2 CONC Louisa Burroughs, brick mason. Father gave info.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Buried next to George W. Burroughs in Friendship Cemetery, St. Pauls 
2 CONC United Methodist Church, Susan, Mathews County, Virginia. Close to her 
2 CONC grave are the graves of Lucy C. Thomas (1875-1917) and John B. Thomas 
2 CONC (1866-1946)
1 CHAN
2 DATE 11 AUG 2004
3 TIME 15:29:42
0 @I10@ INDI
1 NAME Adalbert /Paule/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 12 APR 1754
2 PLAC Ernstberg, Austria
1 _IFLAGS 0
1 FAMS @F14@
1 FAMS @F15@
1 FAMC @F14@
1 CHAN
2 DATE 10 DEC 2001
3 TIME 19:50:53
0 @I11@ INDI
1 NAME Susan Elizabeth /Jarvis/
2 NICK Sookie
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 22 DEC 1851
2 PLAC Mathews Co, VA
1 DEAT
2 DATE 19 FEB 1943
2 PLAC Baltimore, MD
1 _IFLAGS 0
1 FAMS @F7@
1 FAMC @F16@
1 NOTE BIOGRAPHY: Married to Josephus Armistead on December 28, 1869 by Reverend 
2 CONC Thomas.
2 CONT Family source has birth in 1849 and death on February 15, 1942.
2 CONT Her sister lived in Baltimore, Maryland USA per Sadie Hacker.
2 CONT 
2 CONT BIOGRAPHY: Wilbur C. Burroughs said that Sookie was tall.
2 CONT Known as "Sookie."
1 CHAN
2 DATE 25 MAY 2002
3 TIME 20:24:51
0 @I12@ INDI
1 NAME William K. /Burroughs/
2 NSFX Jr.
1 TITL Jr.
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 1815
2 PLAC Mathews County Or Heathsville, Northumberland County, Virginia USA
1 DEAT
2 DATE 11 OCT 1876
2 PLAC New Point, Mathews County, Virginia USA
1 _IFLAGS 0
1 FAMS @F12@
1 FAMC @F17@
1 NOTE BIOGRAPHY: Sadie Burroughs Hacker, my fathers paternal aunt, orally told 
2 CONC me that George Washington Burroughs' father was named William or Bill 
2 CONC Burroughs.  I knew from an independent written source that his father was 
2 CONC purported to be William K. Burroughs, Jr. but I did not tell Sadie that 
2 CONC until after she made this ID.  (Notes by Bill Burroughs 3/5/00). Sadie 
2 CONC said on 3-13-93 that William was known as Bill or Will, and that he was a 
2 CONC carpenter by trade, and that he died of blood poisoning after being 
2 CONC pricked by barbed wire.
2 CONT 
2 CONT BIOGRAPHY: Middle name might have been Christopher, or the initial M or 
2 CONC R.
2 CONT 
2 CONT BIOGRAPHY: From Mathews County Death Register, 1853-1896, page 61:
2 CONT Burroughs, William R., (wh), age 61 years, died October 1, 1876; cause: 
2 CONC unknown. Parents: unknown. Spouse: J. Burroughs. Occupation: carpenter. 
2 CONC Source of info: George Burroughs, son.
2 CONT 
2 CONT BIOGRAPHY: 1850 census says he was a house carpenter, with 600 in real 
2 CONC estate, with Rosey, a 40 year old femail in the household, and the 
2 CONC following children: George, 6, John, 4, Geneva, 2. This census shows his 
2 CONC age as 25, though our records indicate that he would have been 35 years 
2 CONC old.
2 CONT 
2 CONT BIOGRAPHY: 1810 Northumberland Census shows William K. Sr. and his young 
2 CONC family (census lists him as "William H. Burris.": (William K Sr. was 
2 CONC keeper at Smith Point lighthouse in Northumberland County):
2 CONT Census image shows William H. Burris, Males 0 0 0 1 0, Females 1 0 1 0 0
2 CONT One male, 26 to 45 (William K age 28), one female under 10 (Susan born 
2 CONC March 20, 1809, age 1), and one female 16 to 26 (Lucretia "Lukey" 
2 CONC Armistead, age @20, probably the same age).
2 CONT 
2 CONT BIOGRAPHY: William BURROUGHS 	
2 CONT  	Sex: 	M 	
2 CONT Event(s):
2 CONT  	Birth: 	1827 
2 CONT 		Heathsville, Northumberland, Virginia 
2 CONT Parents:
2 CONT         Source Information:
2 CONT 	Film Number:	2034490 	
2 CONT 	Page Number:		
2 CONT 	Reference Number: 		
2 CONT 
2 CONT BIOGRAPHY: Is the above birth William K Burroughs Jr.?
2 CONT 
2 CONT BIOGRAPHY: See also the following birth record:
2 CONT 
2 CONT BIOGRAPHY: William BURROUGHS 	
2 CONT  	Sex: 	M 	
2 CONT Event(s):
2 CONT  	Birth: 	1825 
2 CONT 		Mathws, Virginia 
2 CONT Parents:
2 CONT 	Source Information:
2 CONT 	Film Number:	2034490 	
2 CONT 	Page Number:		
2 CONT 	Reference Number: 		
2 CONT 
2 CONT BIOGRAPHY: Civil War Record: 
2 CONT Burroughs, William K. Company, D 61 Virginia Militia. (Matthews 
2 CONC Battalion.) Private (Confederate)
2 CONT 
2 CONT BIOGRAPHY: 1860 Census
2 CONT BURROUGHS, WILLIAM K.
2 CONT  	State:	VA	Year:	1860
2 CONT  	County:	Mathews County	Record Type:	Federal Population Schedule
2 CONT  	Township:	Mathews C. H. P.O.	Page:	003
2 CONT  	Database:	VA 1860 Federal Census Index		
2 CONT 
2 CONT BIOGRAPHY: The above is proof that this William's middle initial was "K". 
2 CONC Also, see Civil War service record which also uses the "K" initial.
2 CONT 
2 CONT BIOGRAPHY: Armistead J. Burroughs stabbed and killed his first cousin 
2 CONC Robert Hudgins.  The story goes that they were drinking and target 
2 CONC shooting when an argument erupted.  I wonder how this affected the family 
2 CONC of William K. Burroughs, Jr. and wife Rosanna?  (William's brother killed 
2 CONC Rosanna's brother!)
1 CHAN
2 DATE 12 JAN 2004
3 TIME 00:02:03
0 @I13@ INDI
1 NAME Rosanna A. /Hudgins/
2 NICK Rosey
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 1809
2 PLAC Virginia USA
1 DEAT
2 DATE 9 JUL 1882
2 PLAC Mathews County, Virginia USA
1 _IFLAGS 0
1 FAMS @F12@
1 FAMC @F18@
1 NOTE BIOGRAPHY: Known as "Rosey." Illiterate. Nickname source may be Edna 
2 CONC Burroughs Hopkins through Aubrey Lee Hudgins.
2 CONT 
2 CONT BIOGRAPHY: Appears in 1880 census as 60 years old, living in household of 
2 CONC son George W. Burroughs. Name listed as Rosanna.
2 CONT 
2 CONT BIOGRAPHY: BIOGRAPHY: Armistead J. Burroughs stabbed and killed his first 
2 CONC cousin Robert Hudgins.  The story goes that they were drinking and target 
2 CONC shooting when an argument erupted.  I wonder how this affected the family 
2 CONC of William K. Burroughs, Jr. and wife Rosanna?  (William's brother killed 
2 CONC Rosanna's brother!)
2 CONT 
2 CONT BIOGRAPHY: From Mathews County, Virginia Death Register, 1853-1896, pahe 
2 CONC 73:
2 CONT Burroughs, Rosa A., (wh), age 73 years, died July 9, 1882; cause: 
2 CONC pleurisy. Parents: unknown. Spouse: William B. Burroughs. Spouse: William 
2 CONC B. Burroughs. Source of info: George W. Burroughs, son.
1 CHAN
2 DATE 11 JAN 2004
3 TIME 23:57:22
0 @I14@ INDI
1 NAME John B. /Thomas/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE Est 1837
2 PLAC Mathews County, Virginia USA
1 _IFLAGS 0
1 FAMS @F13@
1 FAMC @F19@
1 CHAN
2 DATE 25 MAR 2002
3 TIME 14:11:07
0 @I15@ INDI
1 NAME S.B. /UNKNOWN/
1 SEX F
1 _IFLAGS 0
1 FAMS @F13@
1 CHAN
2 DATE 8 DEC 2001
3 TIME 14:33:39
0 @I16@ INDI
1 NAME William K. /Burroughs/
2 NSFX Sr.
1 TITL Sr.
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE Est 1782
2 PLAC Probably Stafford County, Virginia USA
1 DEAT
2 DATE 3 JUN 1836
2 PLAC New Point, Mathews County, Virginia USA
1 _IFLAGS 0
1 FAMS @F17@
1 FAMC @F20@
1 NOTE BIOGRAPHY: The birth place info is totally speculative on my part. (Bill 
2 CONC Burroughs 3/5/00)
2 CONT Death Notice:
2 CONT Died on Friday, June 3, 1836, in Mathews C., Mr. William K. Burroughs, 
2 CONC age 54, leaving a large family. American Beacon. Pub: Friday, June 
2 CONC 10,1836.
2 CONT Issue: 1840 US Census shows a William Burroughs household in Mathews with 
2 CONC 4 slaves, and 1 male 10-15 and 1 male 15-20, either of which could be 
2 CONC William K. Jr. There is also a female 50-60, probably his wife, Lukey. 
2 CONC William K. Sr. had died a few years earlier. William K. Jr. must have 
2 CONC been considered "head of household" by the census taker.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Ancestry.com, War of 1812 Service Records:
2 CONT Name:    WILLIAM BURROUGHS 
2 CONT Company:    61 REG'T (GAYLE'S) VIRGINIA MILITIA.  
2 CONT Rank - Induction:    PRIVATE  
2 CONT Rank - Discharge:    SERGEANT  
2 CONT Roll Box:    30  
2 CONT Roll Exct:    602  
2 CONT  
2 CONT BIOGRAPHY: War of 1812 Military info: BURROUGHS, WILLIAM, 61 REG'T 
2 CONC (GAYLE'S) VIRGINIA MILITIA. Entered as PRIVATE, left as SERGEANT Roll Box 
2 CONC 30 Roll Exct. 602. Is this William K's military record? A John Burroughs 
2 CONC was in the same regiment. I believe that Gayle's regiment was a Mathews 
2 CONC County regiment as I have seen other County names listed therein.
2 CONT 
2 CONT BIOGRAPHY: BURROUGHS, WILLIAM, 61 REG'T (GAYLE'S) VIRGINIA MILITIA. 
2 CONC Entered as PRIVATE, left as SERGEANT 	30	602
2 CONT 
2 CONT BIOGRAPHY: Is the above William K. Sr.'s service record in War of 1812?
2 CONT 
2 CONT BIOGRAPHY: BURROUGHS, JOHN, 61 REG'T (GAYLE'S) VIRGINIA MILITIA. Entered 
2 CONC as PRIVATE, left as PRIVATE   30	602
2 CONT 
2 CONT BIOGRAPHY: Is the above brother John H. Burroughs' service record in War 
2 CONC of 1812?
2 CONT 
2 CONT BIOGRAPHY: In 1830 census, there are 5 boys and 1 girl under 20 in the 
2 CONC family.
2 CONT 
2 CONT BIOGRAPHY: From Guardian's Bonds, Book B, 1806-1822
2 CONT Armistead Miller, chosen Guardian, with James Thomas and William 
2 CONC Burroughs, of Avelina Miller, orphan of Francis Miller, dec'd. Jan 9, 
2 CONC 1815. Bond: $700. Justices: Thomas Tabb, Richard Billups, Sands Smith and 
2 CONC William Fitchett. [Note: Miller and Thomas are old New Point, Mathews 
2 CONC County names. This effectively places William Burroughs in New Point in 
2 CONC January, 1815, as opposed to Northumberland.]
2 CONT 
2 CONT BIOGRAPHY: Norfolk marriage   9-20-1816
2 CONT John B. Hudgins & Harriett Miller
2 CONT Elzy Burroughs made oath Harriett was of lawful age. [Note: Both Hudgins 
2 CONC and Miller were popular names in the New Point area of Mathews County. We 
2 CONC have seen association of William K Sr. with the Miller family as well, 
2 CONC and William married a Hudgins woman. Apparently these were Mathews folks 
2 CONC who were married in Norfolk and looked up their friend/acquaintance Elzy 
2 CONC Burroughs to be a witness.]
2 CONT 
2 CONT BIOGRAPHY: ----- Original Message ----- 
2 CONT From: Ft Monroe Casemate Museum 
2 CONT To: 'billb@mathewsva.net' 
2 CONT Sent: Tuesday, March 26, 2002 10:08 AM
2 CONT Subject: RE: Museum Comments and Questions
2 CONT 
2 CONT BIOGRAPHY: Unfortunately, we know almost nothing about Elzy Burroughs 
2 CONC except that he lived in Gloucester (known then as Gloucester Court House) 
2 CONC and that he also built the lighthouse at Smith's Point.  In October 1805 
2 CONC William K. Burroughs (a relative of his?) was appointed lighthouse keeper 
2 CONC at Smith's Point.  We suggest that you examine the Gloucester County 
2 CONC records, if they go back that far.   --David J. Johnson, Museum 
2 CONC Technician, Casemate Museum
2 CONT 
2 CONT BIOGRAPHY: From The Lighthouses of the Chesapeake, by Robert de Gast, 
2 CONC 1973, Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, Maryland:
2 CONT Smith Point lighthouse was built in 1802. Thomas Jefferson appointed 
2 CONC William Helms as keeper at an annual salary of $250. Smith Point light 
2 CONC was rebuilt farther inland in 1807 for $6,000.
2 CONT 
2 CONT BIOGRAPHY: From Lighting the Bay, Tales of Chesapeake Lighthouses, by Pat 
2 CONC Vojtech, Tidewater Publishers, Centerville, Maryland, pg. 7:
2 CONT On August 10, 1805, Smith Point lighthouse keeper William Nelms wrote 
2 CONC [the federal government] that the lighthouse was in danger of being 
2 CONC undermined by the sea. On January 4, 1807, the new keeper Elsey Burroughs 
2 CONC reported the lighthouse was unsafe. In May, 1807, the government began 
2 CONC taking proposals for rebuilding Smith Point lighthouse farther inland.
2 CONT 
2 CONT BIOGRAPHY: September 21, 2001 - From my memory reading this week from a 
2 CONC coffee table-type book on Lighthouses of the Chesapeake by a female 
2 CONC author at Barnes and Noble Bookstore:
2 CONT In January, 1807, Elsay [sic] Borrough[s] was reported to be the new 
2 CONC keeper of Smith Point Lighthouse. He reported that it was in bad 
2 CONC condition and in need of work due to erosion. He was given the contract 
2 CONC to rebuild the lighthouse. Within 10 (or 20) years, it needed to be 
2 CONC rebuilt again due to erosion. [NOTE: Was William K. Burroughs the keeper 
2 CONC of Smith Point lighthouse for just over one year or is this just more 
2 CONC proof of how close William and Elzy Burroughs were - they thought of 
2 CONC their positions as interchangable.]
2 CONT 
2 CONT BIOGRAPHY: 1810 Northumberland Census shows William K. and his young 
2 CONC family (census lists him as "William H. Burris.":
2 CONT Census image shows William H. Burris, Males 0 0 0 1 0, Females 1 0 1 0 0
2 CONT One male, 26 to 45 (William K age 28), one female under 10 (Susan born 
2 CONC March 20, 1809, age 1), and one female 16 to 26 (Lucretia "Luky" 
2 CONC Armistead, age @20).
2 CONT 
2 CONT BIOGRAPHY: William BURROUGHS 	
2 CONT  	Sex: 	M 	
2 CONT  
2 CONT Event(s):
2 CONT  	Birth: 	1827 
2 CONT 		Heathsville, Northumberland, Virginia 
2 CONT  
2 CONT Parents:
2 CONT 
2 CONT BIOGRAPHY:  
2 CONT Source Information:
2 CONT  
2 CONT 	Film Number:	2034490 	
2 CONT 	Page Number:		
2 CONT 	Reference Number: 		
2 CONT 
2 CONT BIOGRAPHY: Is the above birth William K Burroughs Jr.? Conflicts with 
2 CONC other evidence that he was in Mathews County. Could he have been in both?
2 CONT 
2 CONT 
2 CONT BIOGRAPHY: From Mathews County Land Records
2 CONT PB1-126 53 ac. belongs to Thomas Lewis, Jno. Armstead
2 CONT and heirs of Wm. Hudgins purch of him of John Burroghs
2 CONT  4ac to Jno. Armstead purchased of him of W.B.
2 CONT Burroghs Rem 3.50 ac to Wm. Hudgins desc. of John
2 CONT Burroghs   1832  adj. Horn Horbor / dyers Creek
2 CONT 
2 CONT BIOGRAPHY: W.B. Burroghs is probably William K Burroughs Sr. (K often 
2 CONC reads like B in old script)
2 CONT 
2 CONT 
2 CONT William K. Burroughs, Sr.'s occupation was likely brick/stonemason. I 
2 CONC speculate on this based on the following facts: 1) His older brother Elzy 
2 CONC was a brick/stone mason, 2) William Sr. probably helped build New Point 
2 CONC Comfort lighthouse (why else would William Sr. come to Mathews County but 
2 CONC to help his older brother build the lighthouse?), 3) William Jr., his 
2 CONC son, lists his occupation as "Brickmason" and most-likely learned the 
2 CONC trade from his father.
1 CHAN
2 DATE 10 JAN 2004
3 TIME 23:39:02
0 @I17@ INDI
1 NAME Lucretia /Armistead/
2 NICK Lukey
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 1784/1790
2 PLAC Probably Mathews County, Virginia USA
1 DEAT
2 PLAC Probably Mathews County, Virginia USA
1 _IFLAGS 0
1 FAMS @F17@
1 FAMC @F21@
1 CHAN
2 DATE 11 MAY 2002
3 TIME 21:47:15
0 @I18@ INDI
1 NAME Robert /Callis/
2 NPFX Capt.
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 1615
2 PLAC Probably England
1 DEAT
2 PLAC Virginia USA
1 _IFLAGS 0
1 FAMS @F22@
1 NOTE BIOGRAPHY: Robert first arrived in Barbados in 1637, then came to 
2 CONC Virginia and had two sons, John and Ambros.  No record of wife's name.  
2 CONC Robert was a vestryman in a church in VA and responsible for collection 
2 CONC of Tobacco tithes throughout the parish.
1 CHAN
2 DATE 1 JUN 2003
3 TIME 14:29:01
0 @I19@ INDI
1 NAME John /Burroughs/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE Est 1748
2 PLAC Prob Stafford Or Fauquier County, Virginia USA
1 DEAT
2 DATE 1835/1840
2 PLAC Mathews County, Virginia USA
1 _IFLAGS 0
1 FAMS @F20@
1 FAMC @F23@
1 NOTE BIOGRAPHY: Though I have seen no direct proof, middle name could have 
2 CONC been Henry, as son John called "John Jr." in census.
2 CONT 
2 CONT BIOGRAPHY: IMPORTANT: Repeated verbatim from an old biography:
2 CONT Samuel Burroughs, Postmaster of Portsmouth, Virginia - Born 1858 in 
2 CONC Portsmouth, VA - Son of John H. Burroughs born in Mathews County. His 
2 CONC wife came from Eastern Shore. His parents came from Stafford County but 
2 CONC at an early day removed to Mathews County. John H. was a union man during 
2 CONC the [Civil] war. He and his wife had 12 children. All live in Portsmouth 
2 CONC except Alonzo C. and Minnie C. (Hernandez). Samuel had 3 children - 
2 CONC Hattie, Harvey, Aletha.
2 CONT 
2 CONT BIOGRAPHY: John is likely John H.'s grandfather. I believe that John had 
2 CONC a son named John Henry Burroughs, born in Stafford, who married a 
2 CONC Stafford County woman (Margaret Riley?) and moved to Mathews with 
2 CONC brothers Elzy & William K. Sr. (and possibly others) during the 
2 CONC construction of New Point Lighthouse in 1804. A marriage record for the 
2 CONC eldest John or his son, if one exists, would likely be in Stafford, not 
2 CONC Mathews.
2 CONT 
2 CONT BIOGRAPHY: Pension Rolls 1835 Federal Pension List VA
2 CONT 
2 CONT BIOGRAPHY: JOHN BURROUGHS
2 CONT MATHEWS COUNTY
2 CONT PRIVATE
2 CONT $24.00 ANNUAL ALLOWANCE
2 CONT $13.47 AMOUNT RECEIVED
2 CONT AUGUST 10, 1831 PENSION STARTED
2 CONT 
2 CONT BIOGRAPHY: BURROUGHS, John, Pvt. 6th Virginia Reg. Mathews Pension Roll 
2 CONC of 1835. (Gwathmey, P. 114).
2 CONT 
2 CONT BIOGRAPHY: JOHN BURROUGHS*
2 CONT 
2 CONT BIOGRAPHY: John Burroughs, private, 6th Virginia Reg.; pension commenced 
2 CONC Aug. 10, 1831. Pension Roll of 1835, Vol. III, p. 15, Mathews County, 
2 CONC Virginia. 
2 CONT 
2 CONT BIOGRAPHY: *Name can be found in the master list of the roster. (listed 
2 CONC in the roster of Nathaniel Welch's company)
2 CONT 
2 CONT Captain Nathaniel Welch's Company is said to be part of the "2nd Virginia 
2 CONC Line".
2 CONT 
2 CONT BIOGRAPHY: The above pension refers to John Burroughs' Revolutionary War 
2 CONC record for the 6th Virginia Regiment. 
2 CONT 
2 CONT The following info was found at h
2 CONC ttp://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~smith/cheshire/cheshire.html:
2 CONT On Sept. 14, 1778, the 10th Va. Reg't had a designation change to become 
2 CONC the 6th Reg't. A possible source for future info on the 6th Va Regiment 
2 CONC is the following microfilm: "Compiled Service Records of Soldiers who 
2 CONC Served in the American Army During the Revolutionary War, Roll 1003". The 
2 CONC Sixth Virginia Regiment was made up of men from the following Virginia 
2 CONC counties: Pittsylvania, Spottsylvania, Amherst, Buckingham, Charles City, 
2 CONC Lunenburg, New Kent, Mecklenburg, Dinwiddie and Prince George.
2 CONT 
2 CONT The following was found at http:/
2 CONC /www.crosswinds.net/~marlerjc/mallen.html:
2 CONT "Both the Third and Tenth Virginia regiments were raised in Fauquier 
2 CONC County. The Third Virginia Regiment engaged the British at Chesapeake 
2 CONC Bay, New York City, Northern New Jersey, Trenton-Princeton, the defense 
2 CONC of Philadelphia-Monmouth, and - in 1780 - the defense of Charleston. The 
2 CONC Tenth Virginia Regiment, on 12 May 1779, was redesignated as the Sixth 
2 CONC Virginia Regiment. The Sixth/Tenth Virginia Regiment engaged the British 
2 CONC in Northern New Jersey, at the defense of Philadelphia-Monmouth, and at 
2 CONC the defense of Charleston. Both regiments were captured at Charleston on 
2 CONC 12 May 1780. After the release of their personnel from captivity, both of 
2 CONC these units were disbanded on 1 January 1783."
2 CONT 
2 CONT 
2 CONT BIOGRAPHY: Full Context of Virginia Colonial Soldiers
2 CONT List of the Colonial Soldiers of Virginia
2 CONT B. 
2 CONT page 25
2 CONT Burroughs, John, J. C., Dec., 1775, 71. (J.C. stands for "Journal of the 
2 CONC Convention, Dec. 1775" - it is not middle initials.)
2 CONT 
2 CONT Info on Captain Nathaniel Welch:
2 CONT 
2 CONT Nathaniel Welch was born in Orange County, Virginia, January 27, 1755. He 
2 CONC served in the French and Indian War before joining the 2nd Va Regiment in 
2 CONC 1775. He was commissioned a 2nd Lieutenant. In 1777, the 2nd Va Regiment 
2 CONC joined the Continental Army under George Washington. Nathaniel Welch 
2 CONC served as adjutant and rose to the rank of Captain in 1779. He served two 
2 CONC years in the northern campaigns. He was present at the Battle of Yorktown 
2 CONC and the surrender of Cornwallis. Captain Welch was given the 
2 CONC responsibility of marching the prisoners to Winchester. Captain Welch was 
2 CONC declared a supernumerary in 1781 but he never left the army during the 
2 CONC war and later rose to the rank of major before going home. Nathaniel 
2 CONC Welch served as a drill officer, battalion commander, and brigade 
2 CONC quartermaster in the 2nd Va Line.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Nathaniel Welch married Elizabeth "Betsy" Terrill of Orange (Culpeper) 
2 CONC Co. Va on December 18, 1783. Betsy was born July 2, 1763 and died 
2 CONC September 13, 1802 at Locust Dale, VA. They had four children: Malinda 
2 CONC who married Uriel Mallory Jr., Nathaniel J. who married Veranda Newman, 
2 CONC John who remained single, and Oliver Welch who married Elizabeth "Betsy" 
2 CONC Mallory. Oliver was born April 27, 1791 in Orange (Culpeper) Co. and 
2 CONC later settled in Alabama. 
2 CONT 
2 CONT 
2 CONT BIOGRAPHY: From the official Stafford County, Virginia website, found at 
2 CONC http://co.stafford.va.us/cames.htm :
2 CONT Founded in 1664, Stafford has strong connections to events that shaped 
2 CONC our nation's history. It was here, at Marlborough Point in the eastern 
2 CONC part of the county, that Indian Princess Pocahontas was kidnapped and 
2 CONC taken to Jamestown. Another historical figure also made Stafford his 
2 CONC home. The county's prosperous iron industry attracted Augustine 
2 CONC Washington, with the rest of his family, including a six-year-old son 
2 CONC named George, to Ferry Farm. The future first president spent his 
2 CONC formative years there until he reached young adulthood. Mining and 
2 CONC quarrying were important industries in colonial Stafford. Iron works 
2 CONC furnished arms for the American Revolution. Aquia sandstone, quarried in 
2 CONC abundance on Government Island in northern Stafford, provided stone for 
2 CONC the White House, the U.S. Capitol and trim for private homes.
2 CONT 
2 CONT BIOGRAPHY: From Fredericksburg, VA GenWeb site at 
2 CONC http://www.rootsweb.com/~vacfrede/crd/fbdc02.htm#CODES :
2 CONT District Court Records 1802-1804
2 CONT STYLE : Dunbar vs Burroughs 
2 CONT PLAINTIFF(s) : Robert Dunbar 
2 CONT DEFENDANT(s) : John Burroughs 
2 CONT PLACES MENTIONED : Stafford 
2 CONT REMARK(s) : Quarry ref. - carrying away stone from the property of John 
2 CONC Burroughs 
2 CONT CITATION : Dunbar vs Burroughs / 1804 / CR-DC-L / 567-12
2 CONT (CR-DC-L=Court record, District Court, Law Action)
2 CONT 
2 CONT BIOGRAPHY: Reputed to have owned land in New Point area of Mathews County 
2 CONC from 1811-1818 per article in Newport News paper in 1984, probably 
2 CONC published by Bill Wilkins of Virginia's Eastern Shore (calls himself 
2 CONC "Billy Ghote" and is active at website Ghotes of Virginia ( 
2 CONC http://www.esva.net/ghotes/ ). Could have been confusing this John with 
2 CONC son John H. Burroughs.
2 CONT 
2 CONT BIOGRAPHY: From Mathews County Land Records
2 CONT PB1-126 53 ac. belongs to Thomas Lewis, Jno. Armstead
2 CONT and heirs of Wm. Hudgins purch of him of John Burroghs
2 CONT  4ac to Jno. Armstead purchased of him of W.B.
2 CONT Burroghs Rem 3.50 ac to Wm. Hudgins desc. of John
2 CONT Burroghs   1832  adj. Horn Horbor / dyers Creek
2 CONT 
2 CONT BIOGRAPHY: This seems to indicate a John Burroughs buying (?) 53 acres in 
2 CONC the Dyers Creek area of New Point, Mathews County in 1832. May have been 
2 CONC the elder John, after selling his stone quarry in Stafford County, moving 
2 CONC to Mathews County to be near his sons William and John in his elderly 
2 CONC years. His Revolutionary War pension commensed in Mathews County on 
2 CONC August 10, 1831.
2 CONT 
2 CONT BIOGRAPHY: Message posted at http
2 CONC ://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg
2 CONC /rw/CBC.2ACE/178.429.476.1.1?m=178.429.476.1.1.1 
2 CONT Bill -- your message inspired me to check the 1820 census for Stafford 
2 CONC Co, VA again. I had originally thought that John Burroughs had left by 
2 CONC then, but he's there, indexed as John BOROUGHS. There's also a George 
2 CONC BOROUGHS and a Benjamin BRONOUGH (as transcribed by the indexer!)
2 CONT 
2 CONT BIOGRAPHY: From 1810 Stafford Census:
2 CONT John Burroughs, Sr. (prob born 1765 or earlier - est. about 55 years old 
2 CONC when census was taken)
2 CONT   1 male child under 10 
2 CONT   1 male child 10-16 
2 CONT   1 male child 16-26 (prob 25) - William K. Sr.? 
2 CONT   1 male 45 or over (prob 55)
2 CONT   1 female 16-26 
2 CONT   1 female 45 or over
2 CONT 
2 CONT BIOGRAPHY: 1785 Stafford County Virginia Personal Property Tax List 1785.
2 CONT 
2 CONT BIOGRAPHY: Note: Virginia's 1787 tax lists are the most significant for 
2 CONC this time period due to the fact that in 1787, tax collectors were 
2 CONC required to visit the actual residences of the tithables in their 
2 CONC districts, thus providing "neighborhoods" based on the the dates of the 
2 CONC tax collectors' visits. In Stafford County, the following are a few 
2 CONC "clues" to neighborhoods from the 1787 Stafford Co, VA Tax List B 
2 CONC (Excerpted from The 1787 Census of Virginia, The Personal Property Tax 
2 CONC Lists for the year 1787 for Stafford County, Netti Schreiner-Yantis & 
2 CONC Florence Speakman Love, Genealogical Books in Print, Springfield, 
2 CONC Virginia, 1987): 
2 CONT 
2 CONT BIOGRAPHY: 29 Mar 1787 (Selected)
2 CONT BURROUGHS, Bassell, Samuel
2 CONT BUTLER, John
2 CONT CARTER, Jedediah, John
2 CONT EDWARDS, Willis, Sr.
2 CONT FLING, William
2 CONT GARRARD, Mary, William
2 CONT McDANIEL, Mary
2 CONT NASH, Phillip
2 CONT RIGHT [WRIGHT], Gowry, Thomas
2 CONT STONE, William 
2 CONT 
2 CONT BIOGRAPHY: 14 May 1787 (Selected)
2 CONT BARBY, Joseph (Kin to Jos. BARBEE of Culpeper VA?)
2 CONT BRENT, Ann, Daniel C., Eleoner, George, John (Estate), Richard 
2 CONT BRIDWELL, Benjamin, Simon
2 CONT BROCK, Benjamin
2 CONT BURROUGHS, George
2 CONT BUSSEL, George [Possibly kin to Benjamin & Sarah WYATT Bussell of Prince 
2 CONC William VA & Hawkins TN? Or Stephen of Wilkes Co, NC]
2 CONT CARTER, Charles
2 CONT CHESSHIRE, Mary
2 CONT COOK, John
2 CONT GARNER, Jones tithed by Daniel C. BRENT
2 CONT KENDALL, Anthony, Josua, Sr.
2 CONT McCULLOUGH, John
2 CONT ROGERS, Ann
2 CONT SHELTON, George 
2 CONT 
2 CONT BIOGRAPHY: 18 May 1787 (Selected) 
2 CONT BRENT, Robert
2 CONT BURROUGHS, Joseph
2 CONT MARKHAM, John
2 CONT MAZE, Michael
2 CONT TOLSON, Joannah 
2 CONT 
2 CONT BIOGRAPHY: Stafford Census 1810
2 CONT Head of Household
2 CONT George Burroughs - probably b. 1765 
2 CONT   4 male children under 10 
2 CONT   2 male children 10-16 
2 CONT   1 male 45 or over
2 CONT   2 female children 10-16 
2 CONT   2 females 16-26 
2 CONT   2 females 45 or over
2 CONT   19 slaves
2 CONT Thomas Burroughs 
2 CONT   1 male 16-26
2 CONT   1 slave
2 CONT Samuel Burroughs probably b. 1767
2 CONT   1 male child under 10 
2 CONT   2 male children 10-16 
2 CONT   2 male children 16-26 
2 CONT   1 male 26-45 
2 CONT   1 male 45 or over
2 CONT   1 female 10-16 
2 CONT   1 female 16-26 
2 CONT   1 female 26-45
2 CONT John Burroughs, Jr. b. 1765-1784 (prob. 1777)
2 CONT   1 male child under 10 (John Henry?)
2 CONT   1 male 26-45 (prob. 33 yo) 
2 CONT   3 female children under 10 
2 CONT   1 female 10-16 (1794-1800) 
2 CONT   1 female 26-45
2 CONT   4 slaves
2 CONT John Burroughs, Sr. (prob 1765 or earlier - est. about 55 years old when 
2 CONC census was taken)
2 CONT   1 male child under 10 
2 CONT   1 male child 10-16 
2 CONT   1 male child 16-26 (prob 25) - William K. Sr.? 
2 CONT   1 male 45 or over (prob 55)
2 CONT   1 female 16-26 
2 CONT   1 female 45 or over
2 CONT 
2 CONT BIOGRAPHY: In Stafford County area - from website at 
2 CONC http://www.public.asu.edu/~moore/news/newsa20 -
2 CONT Probably John Gallahue, living 1769, married Mrs. Mary (Tackett) Butler,
2 CONT widow of William Butler of Prince William County and had at least one 
2 CONC child,
2 CONT Rachel Gallahue who married Benjamin Burroughs.
2 CONT Compiled by Joyce Browning (cJBrown7169@AOL.com) in 1996.
2 CONT 
2 CONT BIOGRAPHY: The deed below relates most likely either to this John or to 
2 CONC the younger John, this John's likely son.
2 CONT Stafford County Deeds Liber AA 1809-1813, pp. 37-39.
2 CONT 
2 CONT BIOGRAPHY: "THIS INDENTURE MADE AND ENTERED INTO THIS FIFTH DAY OF 
2 CONC October 1809 Between GEORGE DAWSON and MARY his Wife, late MARY RILEY, 
2 CONC Widow and Relict of BAILY RILEY deceased, WILLIAM RILEY & MARGARET his 
2 CONC Wife, ELIJAH WIGGINTON & ANN is Wife & GEORGE RILEY (which said WILLIAM, 
2 CONC ANN & GEORGE are Children and devisees of BAILY RILEY deceased) of the 
2 CONC County of Stafford and Commonwealth of Virginia of the one part and JOHN 
2 CONC BURROUGHS of the same of the other part; Whereas a certain WILLIAM 
2 CONC FITZHUGH by his Indenture of Bargain & Sale bearing date the 5th of May 
2 CONC 1786 and now of Record in the Office of the Clerk of the Court of the 
2 CONC County aforesaid; did convey unto the aforesaid BAILY RILEY that parcel 
2 CONC of land herein after described, together with all its rights; And whereas 
2 CONC the said BAILY RILEY did in and by his last Will and Testament, also of 
2 CONC record in the same Office, devise the said parcel of land to the said 
2 CONC MARY during her widowhood and if she should marry to be equally divided 
2 CONC amongst his (the said BAILY's Eight Children); And whereas the said MARY 
2 CONC having in due and legal form renounced the provision made for her in said 
2 CONC Will, Commissioners were appointed to allot for her one third part of the 
2 CONC said land as her Dower, who duly performed that duty as appears by their 
2 CONC report aloso of record in same Office, whereby the said MARY became 
2 CONC intitled to a life Estate in one third part of the said land, And whereas 
2 CONC two of the children of the said BAILY RILEY deded, have since the death 
2 CONC of the said BAILY departed this life, under age, unmarried and intestate, 
2 CONC whereby the said WILLIAM, ANN and GEORGE have become intitled each to one 
2 CONC sixth part of the aforesaid tract of land; Now this Indenture Witnesseth 
2 CONC that the said GEORGE DAWSON and MARY his Wife, WILLIAM RILEY and MARGARET 
2 CONC his Wife, ELIJAH WIGGINTON and ANN his Wife and GEORGE RILEY for the sum 
2 CONC of Two hundred & fifty dollars do sell unto the said JOHN BURROUGHS his 
2 CONC heirs and assigns all their right to the before mentioned tract of land 
2 CONC being in the County of Stafford and bounded Beginning at a white Oak 
2 CONC eight and a half poles on FRANKLINs line & from thence South West to a 
2 CONC corner in an Old Field, thence North West to a Spanish Oak near a Rock on 
2 CONC the side of a Hill, thence N. East to intersect a course North West from 
2 CONC the beginning; containing One hundred and nine acres**; together with all 
2 CONC its rights to the said JOHN BURROUGHS his heirs and assigns forever, and 
2 CONC the said GEORGE DAWSON and MARY his Wife for themselves their heirs &c., 
2 CONC all that parcel of land which was assigned to the said MARY as her Dower 
2 CONC unto the said JOHN BURROUGHS his heirs and assigns for ever for and 
2 CONC during the said MARY's natural life, will warrant and defend by these 
2 CONC presents against the claims of every person whatsoever; And the said 
2 CONC WILLIAM RILEY and MARGARET his Wife, ELIJAH WIGGINTON and ANN his Wife 
2 CONC and GEORGE RILEY for themselves their heirs &c. one half of the aforesaid 
2 CONC parcel of land unto the said JOHN BURROUGHS his heirs and assigns will 
2 CONC warrant and forever defend by these presents: In Witness whereof we have 
2 CONC set our hand and affixed our seals Signed sealed and delivered in 
2 CONC presence of HENRY WILLIAMS, RHODIN HORD, HENRY BRIDWELL, JOHN DUNBAR, 
2 CONC SENR. Signed, GEORGE DAWSON (his mark), MARY DAWSON (her mark), WILLIAM 
2 CONC RILEY, MARGARET RILEY (her mark), ELIJAH WIGGINTON for self & Wife, 
2 CONC GEORGE RILEY."
2 CONT 
2 CONT BIOGRAPHY: "The Commonwealth of Virginia to BENJAMIN TOLSON, THOMAS 
2 CONC FRISTOE and GEORGE LANE, Gentlemen Greeting; Whereas (the Commission for 
2 CONC the privy Examinations of MARY, the Wife of GEORGE DAWSON, MARGARET, the 
2 CONC Wife of WILLIAM RILEY, and ANN, the Wife of ELIJAH WIGGINTON); Witness 
2 CONC VALENTINE PEYTON, Clerk of our said Court. (The return of the Executin of 
2 CONC the privy Examinations of MARY DAWSON, MARGARET RILEY and ANN WIGGINTON); 
2 CONC GEo: LANE, THOS: FRISTOE.." [Ibid, pp. 70-71]. 
2 CONT 
2 CONT BIOGRAPHY: ** Apparently Jesse Riley conveyed his 46 acres back to his 
2 CONC brother Bailey, prior to the date of this document, without recording the 
2 CONC transfer. Baily last appears on the tax lists in 1801. Mary Riley appears 
2 CONC in 1802 and 1803. Jesse Riley last appears in the tax lists of Stafford 
2 CONC County in 1803.
2 CONT 
2 CONT BIOGRAPHY: The source deeds are as follows:
2 CONT 
2 CONT BIOGRAPHY: Stafford County Records, Part of Liber 5, 1785-1787.
2 CONT 
2 CONT BIOGRAPHY: "KNOW ALL MEN by these presents that I WILLIAM FITZHUGH of the 
2 CONC State of Maryland am held and firmly bound to ELIZABETH TOLSON, JOHN 
2 CONC FRISTOE, SNOWDWELL LATHAM, REUBEN FRANKLIN, BAYLY RILEY, THOS: HARDING 
2 CONC and PETER KNIGHT, all of the County of Stafford and State of Virginia in 
2 CONC the full sum of Five hundred pounds specie (Gold or Silver) by weight at 
2 CONC its present passing value in Virginia, payable to (those named) their 
2 CONC heirs or assignes to the payment to be made I bind myself. Sealed with my 
2 CONC seal and dated this 5th day of May 1786...VAL: PEYTON, BAYLEY WASHINGTON, 
2 CONC JR., BAYLEY WASHINGTON, WM: FITZHUGH..." [Virginia County Court Records, 
2 CONC Deed & Will Abstracts of Stafford County, Virginia, 1809-1810...this book 
2 CONC also contains Stafford County Court Wills & Deeds 1785-1787, Edited & 
2 CONC Published by Ruth & Sam Sparacio, The Antient Press, McLean, Virginia, 
2 CONC 1992, pp. 38, Stafford County Court Record, pp. 367-368].
2 CONT 
2 CONT BIOGRAPHY: "THIS INDENTURE made the 2nd day of November in the year of 
2 CONC our Lord one thousand seven hundred and Eighty-six Between WILLIAM 
2 CONC FITZHUGH Esqr. of the State of Maryland & WILLIAM CARR Esqr. of the 
2 CONC County of Prince William, Commonwealth of Virginia, of the other part; 
2 CONC Witnesseth that the said WM: FITZHUGH for Five shillings current money of 
2 CONC Virginia doth grant unto the said WM: CARR the sd. Tract of land being 
2 CONC part of CARYs PATENT, being in Stafford County & bounded beginning at a 
2 CONC white or box Oak standing on a South side of a Road on a Ridge, the sd. 
2 CONC Tree heretofore have been known as THOMSONs or HAMERSLEYs Corner, 
2 CONC agreable to a Survey lately made, So. West to a marked Walnut standing 
2 CONC near the side of the South fork or Aquia Run, thence running up the sd. 
2 CONC Run the following courses & distances; Southwesterly six poles then No. 
2 CONC Westerly 30 poles, thence No. Westerly 14 poles, thence No. Westerly 5 
2 CONC poles to a line to a tract of land grandted in the year 1652 to a certain 
2 CONC Colonel VALENTINE PEYTON...Except the following tracts of land which have 
2 CONC hereunto been sold & conveyed within the several persons & their heirs 
2 CONC hereafter mentioned, Viz., To BAILEY WASHINGTON Gt. 999 acres to the same 
2 CONC One hundred and three acres and three sixteenths to MRS. CARRY, now known 
2 CONC as BRENT's line; to PETER KNIGHT, three hundred and eighty eight acres 
2 CONC and five eights, To SNOWDWILL LATHAM seventy sixacres; to RICHARD FRISTOE 
2 CONC three hundred and seventy four acres; To JOHN RISTE 2 hundred and eighty 
2 CONC acres; to MRS. TOLSON one hundred & fifty acres; To BAILY RILEY one 
2 CONC hundred and nine acres; to BARTON STONE two hundred & fifty acres; To 
2 CONC RUBEN FRANKLIN and THOMAS HARDIN one hundred acres...WILLIAM FIGZHUGH. 
2 CONC Signed sealed and delivered in the presence of WILLY: TIBBS, CUTH: 
2 CONC BULLIT; ROBERT OVERALL, SAMUEL TEBBS, THOMAS READER. [Ibid, pp. 48-49, 
2 CONC Stafford County Court Record, pp. 390-395]
2 CONT 
2 CONT BIOGRAPHY: "THIS INDENTURE made the twenty ninth day of November 1786 
2 CONC Between BAILEY RILEY of the County of Stafford of the one part and JESSIE 
2 CONC RYLEY, his Brother, of the same County of the other part; Witnesseth that 
2 CONC the said BAILEY RYLEY for the sum of Fifty three pounds thirteen 
2 CONC shillings and four pence lawful money to him in hand paid hath granted 
2 CONC unto the said JESSIE RYLEY and his heirs all that tract of land situate 
2 CONC in the upper part of Stafford County (purchased by the said BAILY RILEY 
2 CONC of Col. WM: FITZHUGH of MARYLAND), being part of CARYS PATENT and bounded 
2 CONC as followeth: Beginning at the Spanish Oak near a Road at the side of a 
2 CONC Hill, thence North E. The beginning white Oak of said BAILY RYLEYs Tract 
2 CONC in FRANKLINs line and to extend so far as the said line as by running 
2 CONC parallel with the first to the said RYLEYs line South W. To include 46 
2 CONC acres and no more; To have and to hold the said land unto the said JESSIE 
2 CONC RYLEY his heirs and assigns forever against the claim of all persons 
2 CONC whatsoever. In Testamony whereof the said BAILY RYLEY hath hereunto set 
2 CONC his hand and seal. BAILY RYLEY (his mark). Signed Sealed and delivered in 
2 CONC presence of BAILY WASHINGTON, BAILY WASHINGTON, JR., JOHN FRISTOE, THOS: 
2 CONC HARDING (his mark), Stafford Sct. March Court, 1787. BAILEY RYLEY above 
2 CONC named came and acknowledged the above Deed to JESSIE RYLEY on whose 
2 CONC motion the same ws ordered to be recorded. Attest T.G.S. TYLER, C.S.C." 
2 CONC [Ibid, pp. 49-50, Stafford County Court Record, pp. 398-399].
2 CONT 
2 CONT BIOGRAPHY: From Kingston Parish Marriage Records (Gloucester/Mathews 
2 CONC County, Virginia)
2 CONT George FITZHUGH      Frances TABB                 Nov. 25, 1775
2 CONT Thacker WASHINGTON   Miss Harriet PEYTON          Oct. 12, 1775
2 CONT 
2 CONT BIOGRAPHY: Note that these same surnames (Fitzhugh and Washington) appear 
2 CONC in Stafford County around this time. Is there a connection?
2 CONT 
2 CONT BIOGRAPHY: From City of Virginia Beach Historic Inventory 1989, found at 
2 CONC http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Parthenon/7933/vb89invn.html :
2 CONT 
2 CONT BIOGRAPHY: 150.  Burroughs House - 2409 Holland Road.  This house was 
2 CONC built circa 1800 by a descendant of Christopher Burroughs, whose first 
2 CONC land grant here was in 1638 for 200 acres "adjoining Adam Thoroughgood."  
2 CONC Christopher Burroughs was a member of the first vestry of Lynnhaven 
2 CONC Parish in 1640.  His son was Benoni Burroughs, whose grandson, Major 
2 CONC Edward Burroughs, was in the 15th Virginia Cavalry Regiment CSA.  When 
2 CONC the Union Army occupied this area he attempted to come home to take his 
2 CONC wife to a hospital, but was captured and imprisoned by General "Beast" 
2 CONC Butler of the Union Army.  He repeatedly appealed to be exchanged, but 
2 CONC was denied and subjected to "cruel and unusual punishment."  Finally, 
2 CONC while attempting to escape, he was shot by a guard who claimed that he 
2 CONC died of pneumonia.  His grave is in the Burroughs family cemetery in a 
2 CONC field to the west of the house.  Also in this graveyard is the grave of 
2 CONC E. E. Burroughs, the county surveyor for many years, who had been in 
2 CONC Company One of the 15th Virginia Cavalry CSA.
2 CONT      
2 CONT Known as Cedar Grove for the beautiful cedar trees lining the driveway, 
2 CONC the house is substantially the same as when built.  A wing has been added 
2 CONC to the right side and contains the kitchen. It is a frame house with an 
2 CONC attic where the original hand sawn beams and cedar shingles can be seen.
2 CONT 
2 CONT BIOGRAPHY: The above-referenced home was in fact built by John J. 
2 CONC Burroughs, long-time Clerk of Court for Princess Anne County and eldest 
2 CONC son of Elzy Burroughs of Stafford County, Virginia.
2 CONT 
2 CONT 
2 CONT STYLE : Dunbar vs Burroughs
2 CONT PLAINTIFF(s) : Robert Dunbar
2 CONT DEFENDANT(s) : John Burroughs
2 CONT PLACES MENTIONED : Stafford
2 CONT REMARK(s) : Quarry ref. - carrying away stone from the property of John 
2 CONC Burroughs
2 CONT CITATION : Dunbar vs Burroughs / 1804 / CR-DC-L / 567-12
1 CHAN
2 DATE 22 APR 2007
3 TIME 23:10:01
0 @I20@ INDI
1 NAME William /Kendall/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE Est 1620
2 PLAC Northampton County, Virginia USA Or England
1 DEAT
2 DATE 28 JUL 1686
2 PLAC Northampton County, Virginia USA
1 _IFLAGS 0
1 FAMS @F24@
1 FAMC @F25@
1 CHAN
2 DATE 6 JAN 2002
3 TIME 12:11:23
0 @I21@ INDI
1 NAME Elkannah /Diggs/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE DEC 1845
2 PLAC Onemo, Mathews Co., VA
1 DEAT
2 DATE 28 DEC 1935
2 PLAC Onemo, Mathews Co., VA
1 _IFLAGS 0
1 FAMS @F8@
1 FAMC @F26@
1 NOTE BIOGRAPHY: Died at age 90 years.
2 CONT Served in War Between the States from December, 1864 through Appomattox.
2 CONT Sgt (or Pvt), 26th Virginia Infantry, Civil War.  Surrendered with 
2 CONC General Lee at Appomattox, Virginia, April l865.
2 CONT Another source (Aubrey Lee Hudgins) says:
2 CONT On 12-1864 Elkanah enlisted in C.S.A. Army Roster 26th Regiment - 
2 CONC Aylette, Mathews County Company D, Wise's Brigade.
2 CONT 
2 CONT BIOGRAPHY: Family source has birth in 1844 and death on December 27, 
2 CONC 1935.
2 CONT He surrendered at Appomatox Court House. Walked home (his mom walked out 
2 CONC to meet him). Got as far as Sibley's General Store and fell asleep there. 
2 CONC Got up the next morning and walked home to Laban area.
2 CONT After the war Elkanah bought a sloop and hauled lumber to Baltimore with 
2 CONC his new wife, Beuna Vista Banks. They lived on the boat for about five 
2 CONC years. In 1870 Census there was Elizabeth (33), James Brooks (50), 
2 CONC William S. (17), and John H. (15).
2 CONT 
2 CONT BIOGRAPHY: bur. Pear Tree Cemetery, Onemo, Mathews Co., VA, *
2 CONT *
2 CONT Birth info from 1880 census.
2 CONT *
2 CONT Elkanah was a Sgt. in 26th Virginia Infantry in the Civil War (info from 
2 CONC Bill Burroughs)
2 CONT *
2 CONT 1870 marriage info from Bill Burroughs.
2 CONT *
2 CONT 1880 census Mathews Co., VA. ED 46, p 16. Elkanah Diggs, WM 35, farmer, 
2 CONC b. VA, parents b. VA. Living w/him: wife Bunevista and children 
2 CONC Bunevista, Rodney and John.
2 CONT *
2 CONT 1900 census Mathews Co., VA. ED 52, p 8. Chesapeake. Elkanah Diggs, WM 
2 CONC 55, b. Dec 1844, b. VA, m'd 25 yrs. Living w/him: wife Buenavista. Also 
2 CONC present: mother-in-law Bersheba Banks.
2 CONT *
2 CONT Death/burial info from Bill Burroughs.
2 CONT 
2 CONT BIOGRAPHY: 1910 Virginia Miracode Census says Elkanah was 67 years old 
2 CONC that year and living in the household of Rodney Diggs.
2 CONT 
2 CONT BIOGRAPHY: I believe the following is Elkanah's regiment's service record 
2 CONC (remember that Elkanah did not join up until December 1864):
2 CONT 
2 CONT BIOGRAPHY: Full Context of American Civil War Regiments  
2 CONT Viewing records 773-773 of 6259 Matches  
2 CONT   << Previous 10 | Next 10>>   
2 CONT 
2 CONT BIOGRAPHY: Name of Regiment Date of Organization Muster Date Regiment 
2 CONC Type 
2 CONT 26th Infantry Regiment Virginia 15 June 1862 09 April 1865 Infantry 
2 CONT Officers Killed or Mortally Wounded Officers Died of Disease or Accident 
2 CONC Enlisted Killed or Mortally Wounded Enlisted Died of Disease or Accident 
2 CONT         
2 CONT 
2 CONT BIOGRAPHY: List of Soldiers
2 CONT 
2 CONT BIOGRAPHY: Regimental History
2 CONT  
2 CONT Battles Fought
2 CONT 
2 CONT BIOGRAPHY: Fought at Gloucester Point, VA.
2 CONT Fought at Hatcher's Run, VA.
2 CONT Fought at Petersburg, VA.
2 CONT Fought at Reams' Station, VA.
2 CONT Fought on 12 June 1861.
2 CONT Fought on 30 August 1862 at 2nd Manassas, VA.
2 CONT Fought on 12 April 1863.
2 CONT Fought on 15 April 1863 at Williamsburg, VA.
2 CONT Fought on 23 April 1863 at Severn River.
2 CONT Fought on 18 May 1863.
2 CONT Fought on 02 June 1863.
2 CONT Fought on 02 June 1863 at Bermuda Hundred, VA.
2 CONT Fought on 17 June 1863.
2 CONT Fought on 24 July 1863.
2 CONT Fought on 02 August 1863.
2 CONT Fought on 16 August 1863.
2 CONT Fought on 11 February 1864.
2 CONT Fought on 16 February 1864 at John's Island, VA.
2 CONT Fought on 19 March 1864.
2 CONT Fought on 29 March 1864.
2 CONT Fought on 01 April 1864.
2 CONT Fought on 15 April 1864.
2 CONT Fought on 08 May 1864 at Nottoway Bridge, VA.
2 CONT Fought on 15 May 1864.
2 CONT Fought on 17 May 1864.
2 CONT Fought on 18 May 1864.
2 CONT Fought on 18 May 1864 at Chesterfield County, VA.
2 CONT Fought on 18 May 1864 at Port Wathal Junction.
2 CONT Fought on 20 May 1864.
2 CONT Fought on 26 May 1864.
2 CONT Fought on 01 June 1864 at Gaines' Mill, VA.
2 CONT Fought on 01 June 1864 at Ware Bottom Church, VA.
2 CONT Fought on 02 June 1864 at Bermuda Hundred, VA.
2 CONT Fought on 02 June 1864 at Chesterfield County, VA.
2 CONT Fought on 02 June 1864 at Ware Bottom Church, VA.
2 CONT Fought on 03 June 1864.
2 CONT Fought on 03 June 1864 at Gaines' Farm, VA.
2 CONT Fought on 03 June 1864 at Gaines' Mill, VA.
2 CONT Fought on 13 June 1864 at Petersburg, VA.
2 CONT Fought on 14 June 1864 at Jordan's Farm, VA.
2 CONT Fought on 15 June 1864 at Petersburg, VA.
2 CONT Fought on 16 June 1864 at Webb's Farm, VA.
2 CONT Fought on 17 June 1864 at Fair Oaks, VA.
2 CONT Fought on 17 June 1864 at Jordan's Farm, VA.
2 CONT Fought on 17 June 1864 at Petersburg, VA.
2 CONT Fought on 17 June 1864 at Taylor's Farm, VA.
2 CONT Fought on 17 June 1864 at Webb's Farm, VA.
2 CONT Fought on 18 June 1864 at Jordan's Farm, VA.
2 CONT Fought on 18 June 1864 at Petersburg, VA.
2 CONT Fought on 19 June 1864.
2 CONT Fought on 20 June 1864.
2 CONT Fought on 24 June 1864.
2 CONT Fought on 25 June 1864 at Petersburg, VA.
2 CONT Fought on 27 June 1864.
2 CONT Fought on 01 July 1864 at Petersburg, VA.
2 CONT Fought on 04 July 1864.
2 CONT Fought on 07 July 1864.
2 CONT Fought on 08 July 1864 at Petersburg, VA.
2 CONT Fought on 10 July 1864 at Petersburg, VA.
2 CONT Fought on 11 July 1864 at Petersburg, VA.
2 CONT Fought on 14 July 1864 at Petersburg, VA.
2 CONT Fought on 15 July 1864.
2 CONT Fought on 15 July 1864 at Jordan's Farm, VA.
2 CONT Fought on 16 July 1864.
2 CONT Fought on 16 July 1864 at Petersburg, VA.
2 CONT Fought on 17 July 1864.
2 CONT Fought on 18 July 1864.
2 CONT Fought on 21 July 1864.
2 CONT Fought on 23 July 1864.
2 CONT Fought on 30 July 1864 at Petersburg, VA.
2 CONT Fought on 01 August 1864.
2 CONT Fought on 15 August 1864.
2 CONT Fought on 19 August 1864.
2 CONT Fought on 25 August 1864.
2 CONT Fought on 31 August 1864.
2 CONT Fought on 01 September 1864 at Petersburg, VA.
2 CONT Fought on 02 September 1864.
2 CONT Fought on 03 September 1864.
2 CONT Fought on 07 September 1864 at Petersburg, VA.
2 CONT Fought on 11 September 1864 at Petersburg, VA.
2 CONT Fought on 15 September 1864.
2 CONT Fought on 17 September 1864 at Petersburg, VA.
2 CONT Fought on 19 September 1864 at Winchester, VA.
2 CONT Fought on 24 September 1864 at Petersburg, VA.
2 CONT Fought on 13 October 1864 at Petersburg, VA.
2 CONT Fought on 19 October 1864.
2 CONT Fought on 28 October 1864 at Petersburg, VA.
2 CONT Fought on 10 November 1864.
2 CONT Fought on 11 November 1864.
2 CONT Fought on 15 November 1864.
2 CONT Fought on 27 November 1864.
2 CONT Fought on 30 November 1864 at Petersburg, VA.
2 CONT Fought on 05 December 1864.
2 CONT Fought on 07 December 1864.
2 CONT Fought on 08 December 1864 at Petersburg, VA.
2 CONT Fought on 15 December 1864.
2 CONT Fought on 16 December 1864.
2 CONT Fought on 28 December 1864.
2 CONT Fought on 30 December 1864 at Gloucester Point, VA.
2 CONT Fought on 05 February 1865 at Dinwiddie Court House, VA.
2 CONT Fought on 01 March 1865 at Hatcher's Run, VA.
2 CONT Fought on 29 March 1865 at Hatcher's Run, VA.
2 CONT Fought on 30 March 1865 at Hatcher's Run, VA.
2 CONT Fought on 30 March 1865 at Petersburg, VA.
2 CONT Fought on 31 March 1865 at Burgess' Mill, VA.
2 CONT Fought on 31 March 1865 at Five Forks, VA.
2 CONT Fought on 31 March 1865 at Hatcher's Run, VA.
2 CONT Fought on 31 March 1865 at South Side Railroad.
2 CONT Fought on 01 April 1865.
2 CONT Fought on 02 April 1865.
2 CONT Fought on 02 April 1865 at Hatcher's Run, VA.
2 CONT Fought on 03 April 1865 at Appomattox Court House, VA.
2 CONT Fought on 03 April 1865 at Appomattox River, VA.
2 CONT Fought on 03 April 1865 at Asperow, VA.
2 CONT Fought on 03 April 1865 at Chimborazo Hospl, Richmond, VA.
2 CONT Fought on 03 April 1865 at Dinwiddie Court House, VA.
2 CONT Fought on 03 April 1865 at Fair Grounds Hospl, Petersburg, VA.
2 CONT Fought on 03 April 1865 at Fair Grounds Hospl, VA.
2 CONT Fought on 03 April 1865 at Farmville, VA Hospl.
2 CONT Fought on 03 April 1865 at Hatcher's Run, VA.
2 CONT Fought on 03 April 1865 at Petersburg, VA Field Hospl.
2 CONT Fought on 03 April 1865 at Richmond, VA.
2 CONT Fought on 03 April 1865 at Richmond, VA Hopsl.
2 CONT Fought on 03 April 1865 at Richmond, VA Hospl.
2 CONT Fought on 03 April 1865 at Richmond, VA Hospl 9.
2 CONT Fought on 03 April 1865 at Wayside Hospl.
2 CONT Fought on 03 April 1865 at Wilson's Station.
2 CONT Fought on 04 April 1865 at High Bridge, VA.
2 CONT Fought on 04 April 1865 at Petersburg, VA.
2 CONT Fought on 06 April 1865.
2 CONT Fought on 06 April 1865 at Amelia Court House, VA.
2 CONT Fought on 06 April 1865 at Burkeville, VA.
2 CONT Fought on 06 April 1865 at Farmville, VA.
2 CONT Fought on 06 April 1865 at Harper's Farm, VA.
2 CONT Fought on 06 April 1865 at High Bridge, VA.
2 CONT Fought on 06 April 1865 at Sailor's Creek, VA.
2 CONT Fought on 07 April 1865 at Farmville, VA.
2 CONT Fought on 08 April 1865.
2 CONT Fought on 08 April 1865 at Petersburg, VA Hospl.
2 CONT Fought on 10 April 1865 at Farmville, VA Hospl.
2 CONT Fought on 02 May 1865.
2 CONT Fought on 18 May 1865 at Cumberland, MD.
2 CONT Fought on 25 May 1865 at Fair Grounds Hospl, Petersburg, VA.
2 CONT Fought on 29 May 1865 at Hatcher's Run, VA.
2 CONT Fought on 30 May 1865.
2 CONT Fought on 15 June 1865.
2 CONT Fought on 15 June 1865 at Batty 5.
2 CONT 
2 CONT BIOGRAPHY: Inez Diggs Callis of Mathews County, Virginia said to Wilbur 
2 CONC C. Burroughs today (3-5-01) that Buena Vista Banks' mother was called 
2 CONC "Bashmaw". May have stood for Bathsheba. Elkanah got a big kick out of 
2 CONC the Pennsylvania coal miners trying to blow up the rebel soldiers at the 
2 CONC Crater in Petersburg. Inez said she was three years old when Bashmaw 
2 CONC died.
1 CHAN
2 DATE 20 JUN 2007
3 TIME 22:25:03
0 @I22@ INDI
1 NAME Beuna Vista /Banks/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 1848
2 PLAC Onemo, Mathews County, Virginia USA
1 DEAT
2 DATE 5 OCT 1931
2 PLAC Onemo, Mathews County, Virginia USA
1 _IFLAGS 0
1 FAMS @F8@
1 FAMC @F27@
1 NOTE BIOGRAPHY: Died at age 83.
2 CONT 
2 CONT BIOGRAPHY: Buried in Pear Tree Cemetery, Onemo, Mathews Co., VA. *
2 CONT *
2 CONT Birth info from 1850, 1860 census. *
2 CONT *
2 CONT 1850 census Mathews Co., VA. (p 13) Buna Vista Banks, WF 3, b. --. Living 
2 CONC w/parents.
2 CONT *
2 CONT 1860 census Mathews Co., VA. (p 22) Dist 1. Bunavista Banks, WF 12, b. 
2 CONC Mathews Co., VA. Living w/parents.
2 CONT *
2 CONT 1870 census Mathews Co., VA. (p 113) Chesapeake Twp. Bonavista Banks, WM 
2 CONC 22, farming, b. VA. Living w/parents.
2 CONT *
2 CONT 1870 marriage info from Bill Burroughs.
2 CONT *
2 CONT 1880 census Mathews Co., VA. ED 46, p 16. Bunevista Diggs, WF 33, keeping 
2 CONC house, b. VA, parents b. VA. Living w/her husband and 3 children. Also 
2 CONC present: her mother Bersheba Banks.
2 CONT *
2 CONT 1900 census Mathews Co., VA. ED 52, p 8. Chesapeake. Buenvista Diggs, WF 
2 CONC 53, b. Dec 1846, m'd 25 yrs, 6 children/6 living, b. VA. Living w/husband 
2 CONC and her mother Bersheba Banks.
2 CONT *
2 CONT Death/burial info from Bill Burroughs.
1 CHAN
2 DATE 22 FEB 2002
3 TIME 18:33:24
0 @I23@ INDI
1 NAME John W. /Diggs/
2 NICK John Doctor
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 1814
2 PLAC Mathews County, Virginia USA
1 DEAT
2 DATE APR 1891
2 PLAC Mathews County, Virginia USA
1 _IFLAGS 0
1 FAMS @F26@
1 FAMC @F28@
1 NOTE BIOGRAPHY: BIOGRAPHY: Died at age 77. Studied medicine under Dr. Fulwell 
2 CONC near Poplar Grove.
1 CHAN
2 DATE 3 FEB 2002
3 TIME 22:28:51
0 @I24@ INDI
1 NAME Sarah Elizabeth /Brooks/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 1815/1816
1 _IFLAGS 0
1 FAMS @F26@
1 CHAN
2 DATE 3 FEB 2002
3 TIME 22:20:55
0 @I25@ INDI
1 NAME Selena //
1 SEX F
1 DEAT
2 DATE 1847
1 _IFLAGS 0
1 FAMS @F29@
1 CHAN
2 DATE 3 FEB 2002
3 TIME 22:39:27
0 @I26@ INDI
1 NAME Joshua /Degge/
1 SEX M
1 _IFLAGS 0
1 FAMS @F30@
1 FAMS @F31@
1 FAMS @F32@
1 FAMC @F33@
1 NOTE Info from his sister's will in the William & Mary Quarterly.
1 CHAN
2 DATE 8 DEC 2001
3 TIME 15:03:47
0 @I27@ INDI
1 NAME Joanna /Cooper or Carwithin/
2 NICK Joan
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE Est 1624
2 PLAC Massachusetts
1 DEAT
2 DATE Bef 1665 or 1707
2 PLAC Boxford, Essex, Massachusetts, USA
1 _IFLAGS 0
1 FAMS @F34@
1 FAMC @F35@
1 CHAN
2 DATE 10 DEC 2001
3 TIME 20:09:53
0 @I28@ INDI
1 NAME Anthony /Degge/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 4 NOV 1714
2 PLAC Middlesex County, Virginia USA
1 DEAT
2 DATE Est 1786
2 PLAC Isle Of Wight County, Virginia USA
1 _IFLAGS 0
1 FAMS @F33@
1 FAMC @F36@
1 NOTE BIOGRAPHY: From a bible in Middlesex County, VA.
2 CONT 
2 CONT BIOGRAPHY: For further ancestry, see the line of Elkanah Diggs born 
2 CONC December 1845 in Mathews County, Virginia (Elkanah and his wife Buena 
2 CONC Vista Banks were distant cousins).
2 CONT 
2 CONT BIOGRAPHY: Died at age 71.
1 CHAN
2 DATE 3 FEB 2002
3 TIME 17:51:23
0 @I29@ INDI
1 NAME John /Degge/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 1642/43/50
2 PLAC Nantwich, England
1 DEAT
2 DATE 28 AUG 1726
2 PLAC Middlesex County, Virginia USA
1 _IFLAGS 0
1 FAMS @F36@
1 FAMS @F37@
1 FAMS @F38@
1 FAMC @F39@
1 NOTE BIOGRAPHY: Called John the Immigrant. First Degge in America. Why did he 
2 CONC emigrate? Two reasons. Bubonic plague in England was one. The other was 
2 CONC the fact that as a second son, he could not inherit his father's 
2 CONC property, but he could come to America and get 1800 acres from the King. 
2 CONC John married his first wife, Johanna Kilbee, at age 56. He died at age 
2 CONC 76.
1 CHAN
2 DATE 3 FEB 2002
3 TIME 17:33:14
0 @I30@ INDI
1 NAME Johanna Kilbee Kilby / / /
1 SEX F
1 DEAT
2 DATE 17 JAN 1718
1 _IFLAGS 0
1 FAMS @F36@
1 NOTE Last name also spelled "Killbee".
1 CHAN
2 DATE 3 FEB 2002
3 TIME 17:32:09
0 @I31@ INDI
1 NAME Isaac /Degge/
2 NPFX Sir
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 8 DEC 1619
2 PLAC Strongshall, Staffordshire, Uttoxeter, England
1 DEAT
2 DATE 3 DEC 1687
2 PLAC Nantwich, Cheshire, England
1 _IFLAGS 0
1 FAMS @F39@
1 FAMC @F40@
1 NOTE Source says Of Stramshall, Staffordshire, England (near Uttoxeter).
2 CONT Occupationlisted as Gentleman.
1 CHAN
2 DATE 3 FEB 2002
3 TIME 17:24:58
0 @I32@ INDI
1 NAME Rose /Marshall/
2 NPFX Lady
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 1624/1625
2 PLAC Wisbeche, Cambridge, England
1 DEAT
2 DATE 1669/1670
2 PLAC Cheshire, England
1 _IFLAGS 0
1 FAMS @F39@
1 FAMC @F41@
1 NOTE BIOGRAPHY: Rose is from the line of John Marshall, first U.S. Supreme 
2 CONC Court Justice.
2 CONT Occupation listed as "Lady."
1 CHAN
2 DATE 3 FEB 2002
3 TIME 08:22:49
0 @I33@ INDI
1 NAME Thomas IV /Degge/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE Est 1581 or 90
2 PLAC Strongshall, Staffordshire, ENGLAND
1 DEAT
2 DATE November 15 or 22, 1627
2 PLAC Strongshall or Uttoxeter, Staffordshire, ENGLAND
1 _IFLAGS 0
1 FAMS @F40@
1 FAMC @F42@
1 NOTE Was Bailiff of Uttoxeter, England. Another estimated death date is 1650. 
2 CONC Listedas a Gentleman. A source says born about 1581. Had at least 13 
2 CONC children. See http://pedigree.anc
2 CONC estry.com/cgi-bin/pedview.dll?ti=0&ind=2457&file=471837 for details.
1 CHAN
2 DATE 8 DEC 2001
3 TIME 14:33:40
0 @I34@ INDI
1 NAME Dorothy /Crichlow/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE Est 1595
2 PLAC Wellescote, Derbyshire, ENGLAND
1 DEAT
2 DATE August 1643 or 45
2 PLAC Strongshall, Staffordshire, ENGLAND
1 _IFLAGS 0
1 FAMS @F40@
1 FAMC @F43@
1 NOTE Occupation listed as "Lady." Source say birth about 1583 and death August 
2 CONC 1643.
1 CHAN
2 DATE 8 DEC 2001
3 TIME 14:33:40
0 @I35@ INDI
1 NAME Thomas III /Degge/
1 SEX M
1 DEAT
2 DATE 24 FEB 1598
1 _IFLAGS 0
1 FAMS @F42@
1 FAMC @F44@
1 CHAN
2 DATE 3 FEB 2002
3 TIME 08:19:51
0 @I36@ INDI
1 NAME Ellen /Moore/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE Abt 1564
2 PLAC Stramshall, Stafford, ENGLAND
1 DEAT
2 DATE 11 NOV 1625
2 PLAC Uttoxeter, Stafford, ENGLAND
1 _IFLAGS 0
1 FAMS @F42@
1 FAMC @F45@
1 NOTE BIOGRAPHY: Spouse may be Elizabeth Smyth(e)
1 CHAN
2 DATE 24 JAN 2003
3 TIME 18:10:28
0 @I37@ INDI
1 NAME Thomas II /Degge/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE Est 1523
2 PLAC Strongshall, Staffordshire, ENGLAND
1 DEAT
2 DATE 1563
2 PLAC Strongshall, Staffordshire, ENGLAND
1 _IFLAGS 0
1 FAMS @F44@
1 FAMC @F46@
1 CHAN
2 DATE 8 DEC 2001
3 TIME 14:33:40
0 @I38@ INDI
1 NAME Elizabeth /Smythe/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 1526
2 PLAC Cambridgeshire, England
1 DEAT
2 DATE 10 JUN 1620
2 PLAC England
1 _IFLAGS 0
1 FAMS @F44@
1 FAMC @F47@
1 CHAN
2 DATE 8 DEC 2001
3 TIME 14:33:40
0 @I39@ INDI
1 NAME Thomas /Degge/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 PLAC Strongshal, Staffordshire, ENGLAND
1 DEAT
2 DATE 1519
2 PLAC England
1 _IFLAGS 0
1 FAMS @F46@
1 FAMC @F48@
1 NOTE There was a suit by two families of Thomas. He had two families by two 
2 CONC wives. Argued over land in court.
2 CONT 
2 CONT General notes on Degge family:
2 CONT In England, they use the name Degg. St. Mary's Church in Uttoxeter has 
2 CONC Degges buried there. Degges (including Thomas) are buried at a church in 
2 CONC Stromshall.
1 CHAN
2 DATE 8 DEC 2001
3 TIME 14:33:40
0 @I40@ INDI
1 NAME Robert /Degge/
1 SEX M
1 DEAT
2 DATE 1500
1 _IFLAGS 0
1 FAMS @F48@
1 FAMC @F49@
1 CHAN
2 DATE 8 DEC 2001
3 TIME 14:33:40
0 @I41@ INDI
1 NAME Jeffrey /Degge/
1 SEX M
1 DEAT
2 DATE 1466
1 _IFLAGS 0
1 FAMS @F49@
1 FAMC @F50@
1 CHAN
2 DATE 8 DEC 2001
3 TIME 14:33:40
0 @I42@ INDI
1 NAME George /Burroughs/
2 NPFX Capt.
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 27 Dec 1713 or 13 Feb 1714
2 PLAC Essex, Ipswich, Massachusetts
1 _IFLAGS 0
1 FAMS @F51@
1 FAMS @F52@
1 FAMC @F53@
1 NOTE BIOGRAPHY: Known as Capt. George Burroughs. When married in Andover, 
2 CONC Massachusetts to Hannah Chandler, was recorded to be from "Charlestown. 
2 CONC int."
2 CONT 
2 CONT BIOGRAPHY: Still Living.
1 CHAN
2 DATE 23 JUN 2002
3 TIME 11:56:38
0 @I43@ INDI
1 NAME Martha /Christian/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE Est 1747
1 _IFLAGS 0
1 FAMC @F54@
1 CHAN
2 DATE 13 DEC 2001
3 TIME 05:09:13
0 @I44@ INDI
1 NAME George /Burrough/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 21 NOV 1675
2 PLAC Massachusetts
1 DEAT
2 DATE Aft 1713
2 PLAC Prob Stafford County, Virginia USA
1 _IFLAGS 0
1 FAMS @F53@
1 FAMS @F55@
1 FAMC @F56@
1 NOTE Known as Capt. George Burroughs
1 CHAN
2 DATE 28 MAR 2002
3 TIME 10:37:20
0 @I45@ INDI
1 NAME Joanna /Borum/
2 NICK Anna
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 1798
2 PLAC Mathews County, Virginia USA
1 DEAT
2 DATE 1858
2 PLAC Portsmouth, Virginia USA
1 _IFLAGS 0
1 FAMS @F57@
1 FAMC @F58@
1 NOTE BIOGRAPHY: 1840 Census - 1 female, 40-50, 1 male 5-10, 1 female 5-10 and 
2 CONC 1 female 10-15. Household listed as headed by "Anna Burroughs". This 
2 CONC household does not appear in 1830 census, where only William Burroughs' 
2 CONC household exists, with two adults and various children.
2 CONT 
2 CONT BIOGRAPHY: Current theory is that Joanna was John Burroughs (brother of 
2 CONC William Sr.'s) second or later wife. Joanna may also have been William K. 
2 CONC Burroughs' Sr.'s second wife, who would have thus been a widow head of 
2 CONC household in the 1840 census as William died in 1836, and John died prior 
2 CONC to 1840 census.
1 CHAN
2 DATE 11 JAN 2004
3 TIME 23:59:05
0 @I46@ INDI
1 NAME George /Burrough/
2 NPFX Rev.
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 1649/1650
2 PLAC Scituate, Massachusetts
1 DEAT
2 DATE 19 AUG 1692
2 PLAC Salem, Essex, Massachusetts
1 _IFLAGS 0
1 FAMS @F56@
1 FAMS @F59@
1 FAMS @F60@
1 FAMC @F61@
1 NOTE Executed for witchcraft at Salem witch trials.
2 CONT Received A.B. from Harvard College in 1670, minister at Portland, Maine 
2 CONC 1674-1674, 1683-1690, ordained at Danvers, Massachusetts on November 25, 
2 CONC 1680.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Information source:
2 CONT Author: Weis, Frederick Lewis
2 CONT Title: Ancestral Roots Of Sixty Colonists Who Came To New England Between 
2 CONC 1623 And 1650.
2 CONT Publication: Genealogical Publishing Co. Inc., 1992
2 CONT 
2 CONT BIOGRAPHY: Family History: 217 Genealogy Books
2 CONT 
2 CONT BIOGRAPHY: GEORGE, Roxbury, bred at H. C. where he had 1692, was thot. by 
2 CONC Farmer, at one time, s. of John of Salem, tho. he after suppos. that 
2 CONC Jeremiah of Scitutate might be his f. I can feel no doubt, however, that 
2 CONC he was s. of that "Mrs. Rebecca Burrows, wh. came from Virg. that she 
2 CONC might enjoy God in his ordinance in N. E." as apostle Eliot's rec. ment. 
2 CONC her unit, with the ch. 19 July 1657, when her s. must have been quite 
2 CONC young, and he was adm. to the same privilage 12 Apr. 1674. Prob. his f. 
2 CONC had d. in Virg. and we may hope, that the mo. also had gone to ano. world 
2 CONC bef. the sad proof of pervers. of God's ordin. in her chos. refuge by the 
2 CONC horrib. proced. against her only ch. By w. whose name is not seen, he had 
2 CONC Rebecca, bapt. 12 Apr. 1674, the same day of his join. the ch. and 
2 CONC George, I think, 21 Nov. 1675, both at R. He preach. at Falmouth as 
2 CONC early, in opin. of Willis, as 1674, but at the latest, in the summer of 
2 CONC 1676, who for his good serv. he had gr. of 200 acres, and when the Ind. 
2 CONC destroy. that town, 11 Aug. of that yr. with surv. inhab. he escap. to 
2 CONC Bang's isl. in the harb. whence he wrote those details of the disast. 
2 CONC sent by maj. Pendleton to the Gov. and Counc. at Boston. In Salisbury he 
2 CONC had ano. ch. Hannah, b. by w. Hannah (perhaps not the first w.) 27 Apr. 
2 CONC 1680, and was invit. Nov. foll. to preach. at Salem vill. now Danvers, 
2 CONC and there had Eliz. bapt. 4 June 1682; but in a. two yrs. went E. to his 
2 CONC former flock, certain,. was at F.
2 CONT 1683; and it may be fear. that dissatisf. at his leav. Danvers was a 
2 CONC moving cause of his unhappy fate. On the sec. sack. of Casco by the Ind. 
2 CONC 1690, he was again driv. to the W. and preach. at Wells, until a worse 
2 CONC enemy, the gr. adversary, assail. him. He may have for short season 
2 CONC renew. his engagem. at Salem vill. but on 8 May 1692, he was sent to 
2 CONC Boston, charg. with offence of witcher. dept nine wks. in prison, tried 3 
2 CONC Aug. at Salem, and by Ct. unduly organiz. condemn. in few days, and hang. 
2 CONC on 19 of that mo. Cotton Mather publis. for the entertainm. of 
2 CONT 
2 CONT BIOGRAPHY: B U R R O W S. 311
2 CONT 
2 CONT BIOGRAPHY: the reader, as he terms it, an acco. of this tr. and execut. 
2 CONC at wh. latter he assit. In the Ann. of Salem, Felt relates, "after he was 
2 CONC hung, C. M. believ. him to have been justly dealt with, and perceiv. the 
2 CONC impression
2 CONT wh. his last words and appearance had made to the contra. endeav. to 
2 CONC convince the peop. that no wrong had been done." One mo. from that day, 
2 CONC Giles Cory suffer. punishm. on the same preposter. charge as B. but by 
2 CONC the monstr. old common law requirem. was press. to d. for stand. mute 
2 CONC under the indictm. Mather was not, I think, present to witness this 
2 CONC triumph over the devil in thee enforc. silence of his victim by the 
2 CONC ministers of the law. Had the sheriff invit. his aid, perhaps he would 
2 CONC have declin. the advantage; and we can hardly doubt, that the fact of the 
2 CONC other sufferer being a min. and s. of thee doll. in wh. the f. of M. then 
2 CONC sat as Presid. exclud. all undue feel. of tenderness in many of the 
2 CONC spectators, especial. in him wh. Calef tells us, rode on a horse to 
2 CONC instr. the witnesses at the solemn scene. Tardy vindicat. in small degr. 
2 CONC of this innoc. was made by the governm. on petitn. of his elder s. 
2 CONC Charles, provis. in 1711, for his heirs. So late as 1774, his ld. at 
2 CONC Falmouth, against wh. the formalit. of forfeit. had not been applied, was 
2 CONC sold by George and Thomas B. of Newburyport, his descend. Of the ch. 
2 CONC beside the four bef. ment. we hear of Mary, wh. m. and liv. at 
2 CONC Attleborough, and Jeremiah, wh. was insane, possib. in conseq. of the 
2 CONC treatm. of his f. but whether the last w. (a d. of Thomas Ruck), wh. 
2 CONC surv. him, were sec. or third, is not told; Rebecca liv. at Boston, w. of 
2 CONC a Tolman, it is said; George liv. at Ipswich; Hannah, from tradit. was w. 
2 CONC of a Mr. Fox, wh. liv. in Boston, near Barton's point; and Eliz. m. Peter 
2 CONC Thomas of Boston, progenit. of the late Isaiah of Worcester, LL. D. 
2 CONC found. of the Amer. Antiquar. Soc. See Farmer, in Mem. of Gr. of H. C. 
2 CONC Geneal. Reg. I. 37, with copious refer. Hutch. Upham, and Willis. 
2 CONT 
2 CONT BIOGRAPHY: Family History: 217 Genealogy Books
2 CONT 
2 CONT BIOGRAPHY: I have failed to find the first emigrants into America. In 
2 CONC Hinman's genealogies of the Puritans, I find Robert Burroughs was the 
2 CONC first of the name found in Connecticut. He settled in Wethersfield in 
2 CONC 1641 where he owned land. 
2 CONT The Rev. George Burroughs as born at Scituate in 1650, he graduated at 
2 CONC Harvard college in 1670, and was remarkable for his liberal views and the 
2 CONC unhappy termination of his life. He was a minister in Falmouth, and Salem 
2 CONC village and he was accused of witchcraft and executed with others August 
2 CONC 19, 1692, leaving a widow and six children, the youngest but five weeks 
2 CONC old. I think he may have been a brother of John Burroughs an ancestor of 
2 CONC mine born in Scituate 1653.
2 CONT 
2 CONT BIOGRAPHY: In Ridpath's History of the United States pages, 150-152, he 
2 CONC says "The darkest page in the history of New England is that which bears 
2 CONC the record of the Salem witchcraft. The same town which fifty-four years 
2 CONC previously had cast out Roger Williams was now to become the scene of the 
2 CONC most fatal delusion of
2 CONT modern times. In February of 1692, in that part of Salem afterwards 
2 CONC called Danvers, a daughter and a niece of Samuel Parris, the minister, 
2 CONC were attacked with a nervous disorder which rendered them partially 
2 CONC insane. Parris believed or affected to believe, that the two girls were 
2 CONC bewitched and that
2 CONT Tituba, an Indian maid servant of the household, was the author of the 
2 CONC affliction. He had seen her performing some of the rude ceremonies of her 
2 CONC own religion and this gave color to his suspicions. He tied Tituba and 
2 CONC whipped the ignorant creature until at his own dictation she confessed 
2 CONC herself a
2 CONT witch. Here, no doubt, the matter would have ended had 
2 CONT -5-
2 CONT not other causes existed for the continuance and spread of the miserable 
2 CONC delusion. But Parris had had a quarrel in his church; a part of the 
2 CONC congregation desired that George Burroughs, the first minister in Salem, 
2 CONC should be reinstated to the exclusion of Parris. Burroughs still lived in 
2 CONC Salem and there was great animosity between the partisans of the former 
2 CONC and the present pastor. Burroughs disbelieved in witchcraft and openly 
2 CONC expressed his contempt of the system; here then, Parris found an 
2 CONC opportunity to turn the confessions of the foolish Indian servant against 
2 CONC his enemies to overwhelm his rival with the superstitions of the 
2 CONC community, and perhaps to have him put to death. There is no doubt 
2 CONC whatever that the whole murderous scheme originated in the personal 
2 CONC malice of Parris.
2 CONT But there were others ready to aid him. First among these was the 
2 CONC celebrated Cotton Mather, minister of Boston. He being in high repute for 
2 CONC wisdom had recently preached much on the subject of witchcraft, teaching 
2 CONC the people that witches were dangerous and ought to be put to death. He 
2 CONC thus became the natural confederate of Parris and the chief author of the 
2 CONC terrible scenes that ensued. Sir William Phipps,
2 CONT the royal governor, who had just arrived from England, was a member of 
2 CONC Mather's church. Increase Mather, the father of Cotton, had nominated 
2 CONC Phipps to his present office. Stoughton, the deputy governor, who was 
2 CONC appointed judge and presided at the trials of the witches was the tool of 
2 CONC Parris and the two
2 CONT Mathers. To these men, more especially to Parris and Mather, must be 
2 CONC charged the full infamy of what followed.
2 CONT By the laws of England, witchcraft was punished with death. The code of 
2 CONC Massachusetts was the same as that of the mother country. In the early 
2 CONC history of the colony, one person charged with being a wizard had been 
2 CONC arrested at Charlestown, convicted and executed. But with the progress 
2 CONC and enlightenment of the people, many had grown bold enough to denounce 
2 CONC and despise the baleful superstition. Something 
2 CONT -6-
2 CONT therefore had to be done to save the tottering fabric of witchcraft from 
2 CONC falling into contempt. A special court was accordingly appointed by 
2 CONC Governor Phipps to go to Salem and sit in judgment on the persons accused 
2 CONC by Parris. Stoughton was the presiding judge, Parris himself the 
2 CONC prosecutor, and Cotton
2 CONT Mather a kind of bishop to decide when the testimony was sufficient to 
2 CONC condemn.
2 CONT On the 21st of March the horrible proceedings began. Mary Cory was 
2 CONC arrested, not indeed for being a witch, but for denying the reality of 
2 CONC witchcraft. When brought before the church and court she denied all 
2 CONC guilt, but was convicted and hurried to prison. Sarah Cloyce and Rebecca 
2 CONC Nurse, two sisters of the most exemplary lives, were next apprehended as 
2 CONC witches. The only witnesses against them were Tituba, her
2 CONT half-witted Indian husband and the simple girl Abigail Williams, the 
2 CONC niece of Parris. The victims were sent to prison protesting their 
2 CONC innocence. Giles Cory a patriarch of eighty years was next seized; he 
2 CONC also was one of those who had opposed Parris. The Indian accuser fell 
2 CONC down before Edward Bishop, pretending to be in a fit under satanic 
2 CONC influence; the sturdy farmer cured her instantly with a sound flogging 
2 CONC and said he could restore the rest of the afflicted in the same manner. 
2 CONC He and his wife were immediately arrested and condemned. George 
2 CONC Burroughs, the rival of Parris, was accused and hurried to prison; and so 
2 CONC the work went on until seventy-five innocent people were locked up in 
2 CONC dungeons. Not a solitary partisan of Parris or Mather had been arrested. 
2 CONC In the hope of saving their lives, some of the terrified prisoners now 
2 CONC began to confess themselves witches or bewitched. It was soon found that 
2 CONC a confession was almost certain to procure liberation; it became evident 
2 CONC that the accused were to be put
2 CONT to death, not for being witches or wizards but for denying the reality of 
2 CONC witchcraft. The special court was already in session; convictions 
2 CONC followed fast; the gallows stood ready waiting for its victims. The truth 
2 CONC of Mather's preaching was to be es
2 CONT -7-
2 CONT tablished by hanging whoever denied it and Parris was to save his 
2 CONC pastorate by murdering his rival. When the noble Burroughs mounted the 
2 CONC scaffold, he stood composedly and repeated correctly the test prayer (The 
2 CONC Lord's Prayer) which it was said no wizard could utter. The people broke 
2 CONC into sobs and moans, and would have rescued their friend from death, but 
2 CONC the tyrant Mather dashed among them on horse back, uttering imprecations 
2 CONC and drove the hangman to his horrid work. Old Giles Cory, seeing 
2 CONC conviction was certain refused to plead and was pressed to death; five 
2 CONC women were hung in one day. Between the 10th of June and the 22d of 
2 CONC September, twenty victims were hurried to their doom; fifty-five
2 CONT others had been tortured into confession of abominable falsehoods; 150 
2 CONC lay in prison awaiting their fate; 200 were accused or suspected and ruin 
2 CONC seemed to impend over New England. But a reaction at last set in among 
2 CONC the people. Notwithstanding the vociferous clamor and denunciations of 
2 CONC Mather, the witch tribunals were overthrown. The representative assembly 
2 CONC convened early in October and the hated court which Phipps had appointed 
2 CONC to sit in Salem was at once dismissed. The spell was dissolved; the 
2 CONC thraldom of the popular mind was broken; reason shook off the terror that 
2 CONC had oppressed it; the prison doors were opened and the victims of malice 
2 CONC and superstition went forth free."
2 CONT In a book, Witchcraft of New England, explained by modern spiritualism by 
2 CONC Allen Putnam, I find and copy a few extracts in regard to George 
2 CONC Burroughs. "He was graduated at Harvard college in 1670, had been a 
2 CONC preacher for many years prior to 1692, and during some of them ministered 
2 CONC to the people of Salem village. But before the outburst of witchcraft 
2 CONC there he had found a home far off to the northeast on the shores of Casco 
2 CONC Bay in the Province of Maine, where he was then humbly and quietly 
2 CONC laboring in his profession. 
2 CONT The day before his execution Margaret Jacobs, who had testified against 
2 CONC him, came to the prisoner, acknowledging that 
2 CONT -8-
2 CONT she had belied him and asking his forgiveness who not only forgave her, 
2 CONC but also prayed with and for her. At his execution he made a speech for 
2 CONC the clearing of his innocency, with such solemn and serious expressions 
2 CONC as were to the admiration of all present. His prayer, (which he concluded 
2 CONC by repeating
2 CONT the Lord's prayer) was so well worded and uttered with such composedness 
2 CONC and such fervency of spirit as was very affecting and drew tears from 
2 CONC many, so that it seemed to many that the spectators would hinder his 
2 CONC execution.
2 CONT Cotton Mather, being mounted upon a horse, addressed himself to the 
2 CONC people saying that Burroughs was not an ordained minister, and was 
2 CONC guilty, and that the devil has often been transformed into an angel of 
2 CONC light, which somewhat appeased the people, and the executions went on.
2 CONT The brief account which Upham's researches enabled him to furnish of this 
2 CONC man's life prior to the witchcraft mania presents still further evidences 
2 CONC of his sterling worth. That author says, "Papers on file in the State 
2 CONC House prove that in the District of Maine, where he lived and preached, 
2 CONC he was regarded with confidence by his neighbors and looked upon as a 
2 CONC friend and counselor. He was self-denying, generous and public-spirited, 
2 CONC laboring in humility and zeal in the midst of great privations. Land had 
2 CONC been granted him, and when the town asked him to exchange a part of it 
2 CONC for other lands he freely gave it back, not desiring any other land or 
2 CONC consideration for it. Scanning Burroughs as well as accessible
2 CONT knowledge of him now permits, we judge that he was a quiet, peaceful 
2 CONC laborer for the good of his fellow men--a humble, trustful, sincere 
2 CONC servant of God--a rare embodiment of the prevailing perceptions, 
2 CONC sentiments, virtues and graces which haloed the form of the Nazarene.
2 CONT Cotton Mather says he was a very puny man, yet he had often done things 
2 CONC beyond the strength of a giant. All subsequent historians have mentioned 
2 CONC what is no doubt true, that Burroughs was a small man, and yet was 
2 CONC constitutionally very 
2 CONT -9-
2 CONT strong--was remarkable for physical powers even in his college days."
2 CONT But this victim may have been, and probably was, as high above most of 
2 CONC his crucifiers as freedom is above bondage, as light above darkness, as 
2 CONC sincerity above hypocrisy. The blood of such as Martha Cory, Rebecca 
2 CONC Nurse, Mary Easty, George Burroughs, and others who in company with these 
2 CONC took their exit from life shrouded in witchcraft's blackening mists, may 
2 CONC go far toward making Gallows Hill a Mount Calvary--a spot on which zeal 
2 CONC urged on the worse to crucify their betters in true Godliness.
2 CONT (The modern spiritualists consider George Burroughs and others who 
2 CONC suffered martyrdom were mediums.)
2 CONT The indictment against George Burroughs for witchcraft, August 5, 1692, 
2 CONC he with others were brought to trial and condemned.
2 CONT 
2 CONT BIOGRAPHY: Anno Regis et Reginae, Sc Quarto.
2 CONT [Essex ss.] The Jurors for our sovereign lord and lady the king and 
2 CONC queen, present, that George Burroughs, late of Falmouth in the Province 
2 CONC of Massachusetts bay, clerk, the ninth day of May, in the fourth year of 
2 CONC the reign of our sovereign, Lord and Lady William and Mary by the grace 
2 CONC of God
2 CONT of England, Scotland, France and Ireland, king and queen, defenders of 
2 CONC the faith, etc., and divers other days and times, as well before as after 
2 CONC certain detestable acts called witchcraft and sorceries; wickedly and 
2 CONC feloniously hath used, practiced and exercised at and within the town of 
2 CONC Salem, in the county
2 CONT of Essex aforesaid, in, upon and against one Mary Walcot, of Salem 
2 CONC village, in county of Essex, single woman; by which said wicked arts, the 
2 CONC said Mary Walcot, the ninth day of May, in fourth year above said, and 
2 CONC divers other days and times as well before as after, was and is tortured, 
2 CONC afflicted, pined, con-
2 CONT sumed, wasted, and tormented, against the peace of our sovereign Lord and 
2 CONC Lady the King and Queen, and against the form of the statute in that case 
2 CONC made and provided.
2 CONT 
2 CONT BIOGRAPHY: -10-
2 CONT Endorsed Billa vera." Three other bills were found against him, to all of 
2 CONC which he plead "not guilty." Was executed August 19th, 1692.--History of 
2 CONC New England, by Barber, page 195.
2 CONT 
2 CONT BIOGRAPHY: Birth: in Of Pettaugh and Gosbeck 
2 CONT Christening: 26 OCT 1579 
2 CONT Death: FEB 1653 
2 CONT Burial: 24 FEB 1653 Pettaugh 
2 CONT Note: OCCUPATION: LL.B, Trinity Hall, 1600; Rector of Pettaugh, 1604 and 
2 CONC Gosbeck, 1621 1 
2 CONT 
2 CONT BIOGRAPHY: On August 19, 1692, four men and one woman were hanged in 
2 CONC Salem Village, Massachusetts, each having been found guilty of some form 
2 CONC of witchcraft by a "court convened to investigate such matters. The most 
2 CONC prominent member of the unfortunate group was the Rev. George Burroughs 
2 CONC of Wells, Maine.
2 CONT 
2 CONT BIOGRAPHY: Burroughs left six or seven children, all minors, by his first 
2 CONC two wives and a widow, Mary, with an infant daughter, also Mary.
2 CONT 
2 CONT BIOGRAPHY: Rev. George Burroughs was Harvard educated, having graduated 
2 CONC there in 1670. He preached for a while in Casco (now Portland), Maine 
2 CONC before coming to Salem Village to preach in November of 1680. He married 
2 CONC his first wife Hannah ?? probably in the early 1670's and they had a 
2 CONC least 3 children. She died in 1681. The next year he gave up the 
2 CONC pastorate and in 1683 returned to Maine. He preached for at least a year 
2 CONC in Wells in the late 1680's.
2 CONT 
2 CONT BIOGRAPHY: By 1683 Burroughs has married his second wife, Sarah Ruck, 
2 CONC widow of Capt. William Hathorne. She too, had three children by him 
2 CONC before her death, probably about 1688.
2 CONT 
2 CONT BIOGRAPHY: Burroughs married a third time, probably in 1690 or 91, 
2 CONC possibly in Wells, to Mary ??. We know nothing of her family nor do we 
2 CONC know anything about her before her marriage to Burroughs (her first). We 
2 CONC do know approximately her year of birth. She completed a deposition in 
2 CONC Watertown, Mass. on 9 October 1694 in which she gave her age as "Six or 
2 CONC seven and twenty years." Therefore, she was born in 1667 or 1668. Mary 
2 CONC had one child with Burroughs, a daughter also named Mary.
2 CONT 
2 CONT BIOGRAPHY: Following the executions of 1692, public opposition to the 
2 CONC witch-hunts grew, and by the end of the century common sense seems once 
2 CONC more to prevail. In 1711, the General Court awarded compensation to the 
2 CONC survivors of some of the victims. George Burroughs widow and children 
2 CONC received 50 pounds.
2 CONT 
2 CONT BIOGRAPHY: Court records of the administration of this money include two 
2 CONC petitions of Burroughs' older children, a letter from "Mary Burros" [the 
2 CONC daughter] to her brother, and a receipt from her mother "Mary Hall alia 
2 CONC Burroughs". According to Dr. Greene (in TAG 56) these documents 
2 CONC adequately prove that Burroughs' daughter Mary was unmarried in 1711, 
2 CONC that her mother Mary Hall was Burroughs' widow. Dr. Greene's sources name 
2 CONC the older siblings as Rebecca, Hannah and Elizabeth (children of the 1st 
2 CONC marriage, and Charles, George and Jeremiah (children of the second 
2 CONC marriage).
2 CONT 
2 CONT BIOGRAPHY: sources:
2 CONT 
2 CONT BIOGRAPHY: "The Third Wife of the Rev. George Burroughs", by Dr. David L. 
2 CONC Greene, TAG Vol. 56 (1980)
2 CONT 
2 CONT BIOGRAPHY: "History of Salem, MA., Vol. II (1638-1670).
2 CONT 
2 CONT BIOGRAPHY: BURROUGHS, Family Genealogy 
2 CONT 
2 CONT BIOGRAPHY: The Rev. George Burroughs as born at Scituate in 1650, he 
2 CONC graduated at Harvard college in 1670, and was remarkable for his liberal 
2 CONC views and the unhappy termination of his life. He was a minister in 
2 CONC Falmouth, and Salem village and he was accused of witchcraft and executed 
2 CONC with others August 19, 1692, leaving a widow and six children, the 
2 CONC youngest but five weeks old. I think he may have been a brother of John 
2 CONC Burroughs an ancestor of mine born in Scituate 1653. 
2 CONT 
2 CONT BIOGRAPHY: In Ridpath's History of the United States pages, 150-152, he 
2 CONC says "The darkest page in the history of New England is that which bears 
2 CONC the record of the Salem witchcraft. The same town which fifty-four years 
2 CONC previously had cast out Roger Williams was now to become the scene of the 
2 CONC most fatal delusion of modern times. In February of 1692, in that part of 
2 CONC Salem afterwards called Danvers, a daughter and a niece of Samuel Parris, 
2 CONC the minister, were attacked with a nervous disorder which rendered them 
2 CONC partially insane. Parris believed or affected to believe, that the two 
2 CONC girls were bewitched and that 
2 CONT Tituba, an Indian maid servant of the household, was the author of the 
2 CONC affliction. He had seen her performing some of the rude ceremonies of her 
2 CONC own religion and this gave color to his suspicions. He tied Tituba and 
2 CONC whipped the ignorant creature until at his own dictation she confessed 
2 CONC herself a witch. Here, no doubt, the matter would have ended had not 
2 CONC other causes existed for the continuance and spread of the miserable 
2 CONC delusion. But Parris had had a quarrel in his church; a part of the 
2 CONC congregation desired that George Burroughs, the first minister in Salem, 
2 CONC should be reinstated to the exclusion of Parris. Burroughs still lived in 
2 CONC Salem and there was great animosity between the partisans of the former 
2 CONT and the present pastor. Burroughs disbelieved in witchcraft and openly 
2 CONC expressed his contempt of the system; here then, Parris found an 
2 CONC opportunity to turn the confessions of the foolish Indian servant against 
2 CONC his enemies to overwhelm his rival with the superstitions of the 
2 CONC community, and perhaps to 
2 CONT have him put to death. There is no doubt whatever that the whole 
2 CONC murderous scheme originated in the personal malice of Parris. 
2 CONT 
2 CONT BIOGRAPHY: But there were others ready to aid him. First among these was 
2 CONC the celebrated Cotton Mather, minister of Boston. He being in high repute 
2 CONC for wisdom had recently preached much on the subject of witchcraft, 
2 CONC teaching the people that witches were dangerous and ought to be put to 
2 CONC death. He thus became the natural confederate of Parris and the chief 
2 CONC author of the terrible scenes that ensued. Sir William Phipps, 
2 CONT the royal governor, who had just arrived from England, was a member of 
2 CONC Mather's church. Increase Mather, the father of Cotton, had nominated 
2 CONC Phipps to his present office. Stoughton, the deputy governor, who was 
2 CONC appointed judge and presided at the trials of the witches was the tool of 
2 CONC Parris and the two Mathers. To these men, more especially to Parris and 
2 CONC Mather, must be charged the full infamy of what followed. 
2 CONT 
2 CONT BIOGRAPHY: By the laws of England, witchcraft was punished with death. 
2 CONC The code of Massachusetts was the same as that of the mother country. In 
2 CONC the early history of the colony, one person charged with being a wizard 
2 CONC had been arrested at Charlestown, convicted and executed. But with the 
2 CONC progress and enlightenment of the people, many had grown bold enough to 
2 CONC denounce and despise the baleful superstition. Something 
2 CONT therefore had to be done to save the tottering fabric of witchcraft from 
2 CONC falling into contempt. A special court was accordingly appointed by 
2 CONC Governor Phipps to go to Salem and sit in judgment on the persons accused 
2 CONC by Parris. Stoughton was the presiding judge, Parris himself the 
2 CONC prosecutor, and Cotton 
2 CONT Mather a kind of bishop to decide when the testimony was sufficient to 
2 CONC condemn. 
2 CONT 
2 CONT BIOGRAPHY: On the 21st of March the horrible proceedings began. Mary Cory 
2 CONC was arrested, not indeed for being a witch, but for denying the reality 
2 CONC of witchcraft. When brought before the church and court she denied all 
2 CONC guilt, but was convicted and hurried to prison. Sarah Cloyce and Rebecca 
2 CONC Nurse, two sisters of the most exemplary lives, were next apprehended as 
2 CONC witches. The only witnesses against them were Tituba, her 
2 CONT half-witted Indian husband and the simple girl Abigail Williams, the 
2 CONC niece of Parris. The victims were sent to prison protesting their 
2 CONC innocence. Giles Cory a patriarch of eighty years was next seized; he 
2 CONC also was one of those who had opposed Parris. The Indian accuser fell 
2 CONC down before Edward Bishop, pretending to be in a fit under satanic 
2 CONC influence; the sturdy farmer cured her instantly with a sound flogging 
2 CONC and said he could restore the rest of the afflicted in the same manner. 
2 CONC He and his wife were immediately arrested and condemned. George 
2 CONC Burroughs, the rival of Parris, was accused and hurried to prison; and so 
2 CONC the work went on until seventy-five innocent people were locked up in 
2 CONC dungeons. Not a solitary partisan of Parris or Mather had been arrested. 
2 CONC In the hope of saving their lives, some of the terrified prisoners now 
2 CONC began to confess themselves witches or bewitched. It was soon found that 
2 CONC a confession was almost certain to procure liberation; it became evident 
2 CONC that the accused were to be put 
2 CONT to death, not for being witches or wizards but for denying the reality of 
2 CONC witchcraft. The special court was already in session; convictions 
2 CONC followed fast; the gallows stood ready waiting for its victims. The truth 
2 CONC of Mather's preaching was to be established by hanging whoever denied it 
2 CONC and Parris was to save 
2 CONT his pastorate by murdering his rival. When the noble Burroughs mounted 
2 CONC the scaffold, he stood composedly and repeated correctly the test prayer 
2 CONC (The Lord's Prayer) which it was said no wizard could utter. The people 
2 CONC broke into sobs and moans, and would have rescued their friend from 
2 CONC death, but the tyrant Mather dashed among them on horseback, uttering 
2 CONC imprecations and drove the hangman to his 
2 CONT horrid work. Old Giles Cory, seeing conviction was certain refused to 
2 CONC plead and was pressed to death; five women were hung in one day. Between 
2 CONC the 10th of June and the 22d of September, twenty victims were hurried to 
2 CONC their doom; fifty-five others had been tortured into confession of 
2 CONC abominable false- 
2 CONT hoods; 150 lay in prison awaiting their fate; 200 were accused or 
2 CONC suspected and ruin seemed to impend over New England. But a reaction at 
2 CONC last set in among the people. Notwithstanding the vociferous clamor and 
2 CONC denunciations of Mather, the witch tribunals were overthrown. The 
2 CONC representative assembly convened early in October and the hated court 
2 CONC which Phipps had appointed to sit in Salem was at once dismissed. The 
2 CONC spell was dissolved; the thraldom of the popular mind was broken; reason 
2 CONC shook off the terror that had oppressed it; the prison doors were opened 
2 CONC and the victims of malice and superstition went forth free." 
2 CONT 
2 CONT BIOGRAPHY: In a book, Witchcraft of New England, explained by modern 
2 CONC spiritualism by Allen Putnam, I find and copy a few extracts in regard to 
2 CONC George Burroughs. "He was graduated at Harvard college in 1670, had been 
2 CONC a preacher for many years prior to 1692, and during some of them 
2 CONC ministered to the people of Salem village. But before the outburst of 
2 CONC witchcraft there he had found a home far off to the northeast on the 
2 CONT shores of Casco Bay in the Province of Maine, where he was then humbly 
2 CONC and quietly laboring in his profession. 
2 CONT 
2 CONT BIOGRAPHY: The day before his execution Margaret Jacobs, who had 
2 CONC testified against him, came to the prisoner, acknowledging that she had 
2 CONC belied him and asking his forgiveness who not only forgave her, but also 
2 CONC prayed with and for her. At his execution he made a speech for the 
2 CONC clearing of his innocency, with such 
2 CONT solemn and serious expressions as were to the admiration of all present. 
2 CONC His prayer, (which he concluded by repeating the Lord's prayer) was so 
2 CONC well worded and uttered with such composedness and such fervency of 
2 CONC spirit as was very affecting and drew tears from many, so that it seemed 
2 CONC to many that 
2 CONT the spectators would hinder his execution. 
2 CONT 
2 CONT BIOGRAPHY: Cotton Mather, being mounted upon a horse, addressed himself 
2 CONC to the people saying that Burroughs was not an ordained minister, and was 
2 CONC guilty, and that the devil has often been transformed into an angel of 
2 CONC light, which somewhat appeased the people, and the executions went on. 
2 CONT 
2 CONT BIOGRAPHY: The brief account which Upham's researches enabled him to 
2 CONC furnish of this man's life prior to the witchcraft mania presents still 
2 CONC further evidences of his sterling worth. That author says, "Papers on 
2 CONC file in the State House prove that in the District of Maine, where he 
2 CONC lived and preached, he was regarded with confidence by his neighbors and 
2 CONC looked upon as a friend and counselor. He was self-denying, generous and 
2 CONC public-spirited, laboring in humility and zeal in the midst of great 
2 CONC privations. Land had been granted him, and when the town asked him to 
2 CONC exchange a part of it for other lands he freely gave it back, not 
2 CONC desiring any other land or consideration for it. Scanning Burroughs as 
2 CONC well as accessible 
2 CONT knowledge of him now permits, we judge that he was a quiet, peaceful 
2 CONC laborer for the good of his fellow men--a humble, trustful, sincere 
2 CONC servant of God--a rare embodiment of the prevailing perceptions, 
2 CONC sentiments, virtues and graces which haloed the form of the Nazarene. 
2 CONT 
2 CONT BIOGRAPHY: Cotton Mather says he was a very puny man, yet he had often 
2 CONC done things beyond the strength of a giant. All subsequent historians 
2 CONC have mentioned what is no doubt true, that Burroughs was a small man, and 
2 CONC yet was constitutionally very strong--was remarkable for physical powers 
2 CONC even in his college days." 
2 CONT But this victim may have been, and probably was, as high above most of 
2 CONC his crucifiers as freedom is above bondage, as light above darkness, as 
2 CONC sincerity above hypocrisy. The blood of such as Martha Cory, Rebecca 
2 CONC Nurse, Mary Easty, George Burroughs, and others who in company with these 
2 CONC took their exit from life shrouded in witchcraft's blackening mists, may 
2 CONC go far toward making Gallows Hill a Mount Calvary--a spot on which zeal 
2 CONC urged on the worse to crucify their betters in true Godliness. (The 
2 CONC modern spiritualists consider George Burroughs and others who suffered 
2 CONC martyrdom were mediums.) 
2 CONT 
2 CONT BIOGRAPHY: The indictment against George Burroughs for witchcraft, August 
2 CONC 5, 1692, he with others were brought to trial and condemned. 
2 CONT 
2 CONT BIOGRAPHY: Anno Regis et Reginae, Sc Quarto. 
2 CONT [Essex ss.] The Jurors for our sovereign lord and lady the king and 
2 CONC queen, present, that George Burroughs, late of Falmouth in the Province 
2 CONC of Massachusetts bay, clerk, the ninth day of May, in the fourth year of 
2 CONC the reign of our sovereign, Lord and Lady William and Mary by the grace 
2 CONC of God of England, Scotland, France and Ireland, king and queen, 
2 CONC defenders of the faith, etc., and divers other days and times, as well 
2 CONC before as after certain detestable acts called witchcraft and sorceries; 
2 CONC wickedly and feloniously hath used, practiced and exercised at and within 
2 CONC the town of Salem, in the county 
2 CONT of Essex aforesaid, in, upon and against one Mary Walcot, of Salem 
2 CONC village, in county of Essex, single woman; by which said wicked arts, the 
2 CONC said Mary Walcot, the ninth day of May, in fourth year above said, and 
2 CONC divers other days and times as well before as after, was and is tortured, 
2 CONC afflicted, pined, con- 
2 CONT sumed, wasted, and tormented, against the peace of our sovereign Lord and 
2 CONC Lady the King and Queen, and against the form of the statute in that case 
2 CONC made and provided. 
2 CONT 
2 CONT BIOGRAPHY: Endorsed Billa vera." Three other bills were found against 
2 CONC him, to all of which he plead "not guilty." Was executed August 19th, 
2 CONC 1692.
2 CONT 
2 CONT BIOGRAPHY: --History of New England, by Barber, page 195. 
2 CONT 
2 CONT BIOGRAPHY: BURROUGHS, GEORGE (c. 1650-1692), American congregational 
2 CONC pastor, graduated at’ Harvard in 1670, and became the minister of Salem 
2 CONC Village (now Danvers) in 1680, a charge which he held till 1683. He lived 
2 CONC at Falmouth (now Portland, Maine) until the Indians destroyed it in 1690, 
2 CONC when he removed to Wells. In May 1692 during the witchcraft delusion, on 
2 CONC the accusation of some personal enemies in his former congregation who 
2 CONC had sued him for debt, Burroughs was arrested and charged, among other 
2 CONC offences, with “extraordinary Lifting and ,such feats of strength as 
2 CONC could not be done without Diabolicall Assistance.” Though the jury found 
2 CONC no witch-marks on his body he was convicted and executed on Gallows Hill, 
2 CONC Salem, on the Igth of August, the only minister who suffered this extreme 
2 CONC fate.
2 CONT 
2 CONT 
2 CONT BIOGRAPHY: > Bill - I ran across a few records that seem to tie the 
2 CONC Burroughs/Style
2 CONT > families of Maryland and VA to the Burroughs of Massachusetts and the
2 CONT Salem
2 CONT > Witch trials.
2 CONT > 1. Isle of Wight, VA records-land grants p295  (VA Gen Web) John Styles
2 CONT Nov
2 CONT > 17, 1642 200A in Warresquicke adjoins land of Henry Heardes
2 CONT > 2. Quit rents of VA 1704 --John Styles 200A New Kent co, (
2 CONT > 3. Register of St Peters Parish, NewKent co, VA
2 CONT >     p35 John, son of John Stiles bt 31 Jan 1698/9
2 CONT >     p69 Martha wife of John Stiles departed life 8 Oct 1709
2 CONT > 4. Archives of MLD vol lxvi
2 CONT >    p182 Indenture 17Jan 1674 between Nathaniel Burroughs of Charles co
2 CONT > Patuxent ri & John Darnell ---refers to George Burroughs, son of 
2 CONC Nathaniel
2 CONT > "relinguishes rights", and Rebecca Burroughs, now wife "forfeits dower  
2 CONC (
2 CONT > rememer Nat's wife was Rebecca Styles bro of John Styles)
2 CONT > 5. Maryland Calendar of Wills vol 1 p8  Stiles, Nathaniel (nunc.) 
2 CONC Patuxent
2 CONT 9
2 CONT > Mar 1651 (did I copy that date right?) "to kinsman George Burrough, son 
2 CONC of
2 CONT > Nathaniel Burrough sole legatee of estate at majority"  (This kinsman
2 CONT seems
2 CONT > to be Rev George Burrough born about 1650, the one hung by the Salem 
2 CONC Witch
2 CONT > trials)
2 CONT >
2 CONT > What do you think?    Will (WHaseman@aol.com)
1 CHAN
2 DATE 27 JUL 2002
3 TIME 18:29:32
0 @I47@ INDI
1 NAME Hannah /UNKNOWN/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 1658
2 PLAC Roxbury, Essex, Massachusetts
1 DEAT
2 DATE SEP 1681
2 PLAC Salem Village, Danvers, Essex, Massachusetts
1 _IFLAGS 0
1 FAMS @F56@
1 CHAN
2 DATE 8 DEC 2001
3 TIME 14:33:40
0 @I48@ INDI
1 NAME Sarah /Ruck/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 12 AUG 1656
2 PLAC Salem Village, Essex, Massachusetts
1 DEAT
2 DATE Est 1688
1 _IFLAGS 0
1 FAMS @F59@
1 FAMS @F62@
1 FAMC @F63@
1 CHAN
2 DATE 3 JAN 2002
3 TIME 21:08:51
0 @I49@ INDI
1 NAME Nathaniel /Burrough/
2 NPFX Capt.
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 1618/1620
2 PLAC Pettaugh, Suffolk, England
1 DEAT
2 DATE 23 MAR 1680/1681
2 PLAC Limehouse, Middlesex, England
1 _IFLAGS 0
1 FAMS @F61@
1 FAMC @F64@
1 NOTE BIOGRAPHY: On the Patuxent River, Calvert Co, MD by 1651/2. 1 
2 CONT Travelled frequently between Massachusetts & Maryland as a merchant 
2 CONC mariner. 1 
2 CONT Last of record in Maryland in 1676. 1 
2 CONT of Limehouse, Stepney Parish, Middlesex, England. 1
2 CONT 
2 CONT BIOGRAPHY: Sources:
2 CONT Title: Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America 
2 CONC bef 1760
2 CONT Author: Frederick Lewis Weis
2 CONT Publication: 7th ed Genealogical Publishing, Baltimore 1992
2 CONT Note: Same ref source as earlier ed, "Ancestral Roots of 60 Colonists who 
2 CONC Came to New England 1623-1650" ed 1-6
2 CONT Note: good to very good
2 CONT Repository: 
2 CONT Note: J.H. Garner
2 CONT Call Number: 
2 CONT Media: Book
2 CONT Page: line 200 p 169 
2 CONT Br²derbund WFT Vol. 2, Ed. 1, Tree #1990, Date of Import: 18 Jul 1996 
2 CONT 
2 CONT 
2 CONT 
2 CONT BIOGRAPHY: Bill - I ran across a few records that seem to tie the 
2 CONC Burroughs/Style 
2 CONT families of Maryland and VA to the Burroughs of Massachusetts and the 
2 CONC Salem 
2 CONT Witch trials.
2 CONT 1. Isle of Wight, VA records-land grants p295  (VA Gen Web) John Styles 
2 CONC Nov 
2 CONT 17, 1642 200A in Warresquicke adjoins land of Henry Heardes
2 CONT 2. Quit rents of VA 1704 --John Styles 200A New Kent co, (
2 CONT 3. Register of St Peters Parish, NewKent co, VA
2 CONT     p35 John, son of John Stiles bt 31 Jan 1698/9
2 CONT     p69 Martha wife of John Stiles departed life 8 Oct 1709 
2 CONT 4. Archives of MLD vol lxvi
2 CONT    p182 Indenture 17Jan 1674 between Nathaniel Burroughs of Charles co 
2 CONT Patuxent ri & John Darnell ---refers to George Burroughs, son of 
2 CONC Nathaniel 
2 CONT "relinguishes rights", and Rebecca Burroughs, now wife "forfeits dower  ( 
2 CONT rememer Nat's wife was Rebecca Styles bro of John Styles)
2 CONT 5. Maryland Calendar of Wills vol 1 p8  Stiles, Nathaniel (nunc.) 
2 CONC Patuxent 9 
2 CONT Mar 1651 (did I copy that date right?) "to kinsman George Burrough, son 
2 CONC of 
2 CONT Nathaniel Burrough sole legatee of estate at majority"  (This kinsman 
2 CONC seems 
2 CONT to be Rev George Burrough born about 1650, the one hung by the Salem 
2 CONC Witch 
2 CONT trials)
2 CONT 
2 CONT BIOGRAPHY: What do you think?    Will (WHaseman@aol.com)
1 CHAN
2 DATE 27 JUL 2002
3 TIME 17:22:27
0 @I50@ INDI
1 NAME Rebecca /Styles/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 1622
2 PLAC Virginia
1 DEAT
2 DATE In or After 1674
2 PLAC Massachusetts or England
1 _IFLAGS 0
1 FAMS @F61@
1 FAMC @F65@
1 NOTE BIOGRAPHY: Sister of John Style of Stepney, Middlesex, England.
2 CONT 
2 CONT BIOGRAPHY: Per Norman Burroughs of Maryland - Researcher - 
2 CONT 
2 CONT BIOGRAPHY: "The written historical facts that we know: 
2 CONT 1. Mother of Rev. George Burroughs of New England who was born either in 
2 CONC 1650 or 1652. Further verified by her husband's will.
2 CONT 2. Wife of Nathaniel Burroughs of England. This fact further verified by 
2 CONC the will of her brother, John Style of England.
2 CONT 3. She was first in Virginia before going to New England.
2 CONT 4. Reference made that son was brought early to America means that her 
2 CONC arrival was after 1650.
2 CONT 5. Returned to England in 1674.
2 CONT 6. Sufficient evidence that she was NOT a poor immigrant, due to wealth 
2 CONC of husband, extensive English property inherited by her son, ability to 
2 CONC travel from Virginia to New England and back to England, ability to put 
2 CONC son in Harvard.
2 CONT 7. Negative fact - apparently no evidence of husband, Nathaniel, in 
2 CONC America.
2 CONT 8. Reference that her son, George, was "brought early" to America would, 
2 CONC of course, lead to the conclusion that she brought hr son George to 
2 CONC America when he was a child.
2 CONT 
2 CONT BIOGRAPHY: We now enter the realm of speculation. Although not mentioned, 
2 CONC Nathaniel Burroughs probably came to Virginia with wife Rebecca and son 
2 CONC George and, perhaps, other children, probably the result of religious 
2 CONC persecution. He either died in Virginia or returned to England due to 
2 CONC illness. This would depend upon whether his will of 1681 was probated on 
2 CONC that date or written on that date. The former is more likely. It is 
2 CONC unlikely that Rebecca would have journeyed to New England without 
2 CONC relatives in this area. Remember, this was only approximately fifteen or 
2 CONC twenty years after pilgrims arrivd at Plymouth Rock. Only the most 
2 CONC primitive of conditions existed. I believe that it is likely that this 
2 CONC relative could be the same Jeremiah mentioned in note 27. He could have 
2 CONC journeyed with or preceeded Rebecca to New England. There was a Jeremiah 
2 CONC Burroughs in New England in the late 1600s. Savage Genealogy even 
2 CONC speculated on Jeremiah being father of Rev. George Burroughs (since 
2 CONC disproved). I'm sure that this speculation was based on the fact that one 
2 CONC of George's sons was named Jeremiah. This could also be the case if 
2 CONC Jeremiah were a close relative. The case for it being the same Jeremiah 
2 CONC of Virginia (note 27) is bolstered in that another child of Rev. George 
2 CONC carries the same name (Elizabeth) as Jeremiah's wife, although granted 
2 CONC that Elizabeth is a popular name. As stated elsewhere, there are avenues 
2 CONC available to pursue this line of inquiry. The two best are:
2 CONT 1. In-depth research into English ancestry of first Burroughs in Virginia 
2 CONC and New England.
2 CONT 2. Research American Antiquarian Society, proceeding 5 (April 1888), 
2 CONC 270-273 (Petition to the General Court from the Heirs of Burroughs, with 
2 CONC biographical information).
2 CONT 
2 CONT BIOGRAPHY: Whether or not the above premise is true, I am convinced from 
2 CONC my studies and various observations (some not mentioned herein) that, not 
2 CONC only is there a close kinship between the majority of the first Burroughs 
2 CONC in Virginia, but that this kinship also extends to the Burroughs of New 
2 CONC England.
2 CONT Norman B."
1 CHAN
2 DATE 31 JUL 2002
3 TIME 23:11:11
0 @I51@ INDI
1 NAME George /Burrough/
2 NPFX Rev.
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 26 OCT 1579
2 PLAC Wickham, Suffolk, England
1 DEAT
2 DATE 21 FEB 1652/1653
2 PLAC Pettaugh, Suffolk, England
1 BURI
2 DATE 24 FEB 1653/1654
2 PLAC Pettaugh, Suffolk, England
1 _IFLAGS 0
1 FAMS @F64@
1 FAMC @F66@
1 NOTE BIOGRAPHY: Name: George Burrough 1 2 
2 CONT Sex: M 
2 CONT Title: Reverend 
2 CONT Birth: ABT. 26 OCT 1579 in Wickhambrook, Suffolk, England 3 4 2 
2 CONT Death: 21 FEB 1652/53 in Pettaugh, Suffolk, England 3 5 2 
2 CONT Marriage fact: L.L.B., Trinity Hall, 1600. Rector of Pettaugh, 1604, & of 
2 CONC Gosbeck, 1621. 1 2
2 CONT 
2 CONT BIOGRAPHY: Father: Thomas Burrough b: ABT. 1531 in Wickhambrook, Suffolk, 
2 CONC England 
2 CONT Mother: Bridget Higham b: ABT. 1531 in Higham, Suffolk, England
2 CONT 
2 CONT BIOGRAPHY: Marriage 1 Frances Sparrow b: ABT. 1583 in Wickhambrook, 
2 CONC Suffolk, England
2 CONT Married: 1 3 2
2 CONT Children
2 CONT  Nathaniel Burrough b: ABT. 1618 in Pettaugh, Suffolk, England
2 CONT 
2 CONT BIOGRAPHY: Sources:
2 CONT Title: Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America 
2 CONC bef 1760
2 CONT Author: Frederick Lewis Weis
2 CONT Publication: 7th ed Genealogical Publishing, Baltimore 1992
2 CONT Note: Same ref source as earlier ed, "Ancestral Roots of 60 Colonists who 
2 CONC Came to New England 1623-1650" ed 1-6
2 CONT Note: good to very good
2 CONT Repository: 
2 CONT Note: J.H. Garner
2 CONT Call Number: 
2 CONT Media: Book
2 CONT Page: line 200 p 169 
2 CONT Title: Pullen010502.FTW
2 CONT Repository: 
2 CONT Call Number: 
2 CONT Media: Other
2 CONT Text: Date of Import: Jan 5, 2002 
2 CONT Title: World Family Tree Volume 2 Tree # 1990
2 CONT Publication: Br²derbund BannerBlue Division
2 CONT Repository: 
2 CONT Call Number: 
2 CONT Media: Family Archive CD 
2 CONT Title: Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America 
2 CONC bef 1760
2 CONT Author: Frederick Lewis Weis
2 CONT Publication: 7th ed Genealogical Publishing, Baltimore 1992
2 CONT Note: Same ref source as earlier ed, "Ancestral Roots of 60 Colonists who 
2 CONC Came to New England 1623-1650" ed 1-6
2 CONT Note: good to very good
2 CONT Repository: 
2 CONT Note: J.H. Garner
2 CONT Call Number: 
2 CONT Media: Book
2 CONT Page: line 200 p 169
2 CONT Text: bp date/place 
2 CONT Title: Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America 
2 CONC bef 1760
2 CONT Author: Frederick Lewis Weis
2 CONT Publication: 7th ed Genealogical Publishing, Baltimore 1992
2 CONT Note: Same ref source as earlier ed, "Ancestral Roots of 60 Colonists who 
2 CONC Came to New England 1623-1650" ed 1-6
2 CONT Note: good to very good
2 CONT Repository: 
2 CONT Note: J.H. Garner
2 CONT Call Number: 
2 CONT Media: Book
2 CONT Page: line 200 p 169
2 CONT Text: buried 24 Feb 1653 
2 CONT 
2 CONT 
2 CONT BIOGRAPHY: ID: I034136 
2 CONT Name: George Burrough , Rev. 1 
2 CONT Sex: M 
2 CONT Birth: BEF. 26 OCT 1579 in Wickhambrook, SFK, ENG 
2 CONT Death: BEF. 24 FEB 1652/53 
2 CONT Note: Entered Corpus Christi College, Cambridge University, in 1594, 
2 CONC ll.B., Trinity Hall, 1600; Rector of Pettaugh, 1604 and of Gosbeck, 1621. 
2 CONC Buried at Pettaugh.
2 CONT 
2 CONT BIOGRAPHY: Father: Thomas Burrough 
2 CONT Mother: Bridget Higham
2 CONT 
2 CONT BIOGRAPHY: Marriage 1 Frances Sparrow
2 CONT Children
2 CONT  William Burrough
2 CONT  Thomas Burrough
2 CONT  Frances Burrough
2 CONT  Nathaniel Burroughs
2 CONT  Charles Burrough b: ABT. 1612 in of Ipswich
2 CONT 
2 CONT BIOGRAPHY: Sources:
2 CONT Title: F
2 CONT Page: 44:1
1 CHAN
2 DATE 31 AUG 2002
3 TIME 12:53:48
0 @I52@ INDI
1 NAME Frances /Sparrow/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE Abt 1583
2 PLAC Wickhambrook, Suffolk, England
1 DEAT
2 DATE WFT Est 1621-1678
1 _IFLAGS 0
1 FAMS @F64@
1 FAMC @F67@
1 CHAN
2 DATE 8 DEC 2001
3 TIME 14:33:40
0 @I53@ INDI
1 NAME Nicholas /Sparrow/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 1553
1 DEAT
2 DATE WFT Est 1586-1644
1 _IFLAGS 0
1 FAMS @F67@
1 NOTE Also cited as Micholas.
1 CHAN
2 DATE 8 DEC 2001
3 TIME 14:33:40
0 @I54@ INDI
1 NAME Thomas /Borough/
2 NSFX Esq.
1 TITL Esq.
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE Abt 1531
2 PLAC Wickhambrook, Suffolk, England
1 DEAT
2 DATE 19 JUN 1597
2 PLAC Wickhambrook, Suffolk, England
1 _IFLAGS 0
1 FAMS @F66@
1 FAMS @F68@
1 FAMC @F69@
1 NOTE BIOGRAPHY: Connection to this family is speculation. Both families were 
2 CONC at Limehouse, Stepney, Middlesex Endland at some point. Both families 
2 CONC were sea traders, sailors, etc.
2 CONT 
2 CONT BIOGRAPHY: ID: I034133 
2 CONT Name: Thomas Burrough 1 
2 CONT Sex: M 
2 CONT Death: 19 JUN 1597 
2 CONT Note: Gentleman of Wickhambrook, SFK; granted arms on 20 June 1586 
2 CONC [Argent, two chevronels vert between three chaplets of the second, the 
2 CONC roses or]
2 CONT 
2 CONT BIOGRAPHY: Father: William Burrough
2 CONT 
2 CONT BIOGRAPHY: Marriage 1 Bridget Higham
2 CONT Married: BEF. 1579
2 CONT Children
2 CONT  George Burrough , Rev. b: BEF. 26 OCT 1579 in Wickhambrook, SFK, ENG
2 CONT 
2 CONT BIOGRAPHY: Sources:
2 CONT Title: F
2 CONT Page: 44:2
1 CHAN
2 DATE 31 AUG 2002
3 TIME 11:09:15
0 @I55@ INDI
1 NAME Bridget /Heigham/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE Abt 1531
2 PLAC Higham, Suffolk, England
1 DEAT
2 DATE 19 JUN 1597
1 _IFLAGS 0
1 FAMS @F66@
1 FAMC @F70@
1 NOTE BIOGRAPHY: Thomas Borough was Bridget's first husband.
1 CHAN
2 DATE 31 AUG 2002
3 TIME 11:02:14
0 @I56@ INDI
1 NAME Thomas /Heigham/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 1503
1 DEAT
2 DATE 1553
1 _IFLAGS 0
1 FAMS @F70@
1 FAMC @F71@
1 CHAN
2 DATE 8 DEC 2001
3 TIME 14:33:40
0 @I57@ INDI
1 NAME Phillis /Waldegrave/
1 SEX F
1 _IFLAGS 0
1 FAMS @F70@
1 FAMC @F72@
1 CHAN
2 DATE 8 DEC 2001
3 TIME 14:33:40
0 @I58@ INDI
1 NAME William /Borough/
2 NPFX Vice Admiral Sir
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 1536
2 PLAC Northam, Devonshire, England
1 DEAT
2 DATE Bet Jul-Nov,1598
1 _IFLAGS 0
1 FAMS @F73@
1 FAMS @F74@
1 FAMC @F69@
1 NOTE BIOGRAPHY: Borough, William, 1536-99, British naval officer. A younger 
2 CONC brother of Stephen Borough, William accompanied him on early voyages and 
2 CONC was himself a captain for the Muscovy Company. As a naval officer he took 
2 CONC part in Sir Francis Drake's attack on Câadiz (1587) and also fought 
2 CONC against the Spanish Armada (1588). He wrote accounts of his voyages and a 
2 CONC treatise on the variation of the compass and compiled several charts.
2 CONT 
2 CONT BIOGRAPHY: From "The Business of Slavery, Chapter 3, found at 
2 CONC http://whatson.northnet.net.au/users/business/business3.html :
2 CONT In the 1580s, many of the principal officers of the navy and the navy 
2 CONC board were also Brethren of Trinity House of Deptford Strand - William 
2 CONC Borough, Sir John Hawkins, the Treasurer, Sir William Winter, the 
2 CONC Surveyor and William Holstock the Comptroller (until his death in 1589), 
2 CONC were all members of Trinity House. William Borough became Clerk of the 
2 CONC Acts in 1580 and was appointed Comptroller on the death of William 
2 CONC Holstock. 
2 CONT 
2 CONT BIOGRAPHY: Also from above source: (By 1582, John Hawkins was already on 
2 CONC the navy board and twice elected MP when he had reversion of the post of 
2 CONC Clerk of the Ships due to George Winter's demise. But William Borough, 
2 CONC member of the Muscovy Company, navigator, surveyor and captain actually 
2 CONC filled the position. Benjamin Gonson was by now head of the navy board.) 
2 CONC Noted source: Elizabeth Story Donno, (Ed.), An Elizabethan in 1582: The 
2 CONC Diary of Richard Madox, Fellow of All Souls. London, The Hakluyt Society, 
2 CONC 1976., mentioning John Winter, p. 17. See also, more generally in D. B. 
2 CONC Quinn, The Hakluyt Handbook. Vol. 1. London, Hakluyt Society, 1974
2 CONT 
2 CONT BIOGRAPHY: From "Stepney Folk", found at 
2 CONC http://website.lineone.net/~fight/Stepney/namesb.htm :
2 CONT BURROUGH WILLIAM (1) SIGNED MINUTES AS BOROWGH 1581
2 CONT BURROUGH WILLIAM (1) SIGNED MINUTES 1582
2 CONT BURROUGH WILLIAM (1) SIGNED MINUTES 1584
2 CONT BURROUGH WILLIAM (1) SIGNED MINUTES 1585
2 CONT BURROUGH WILLIAM (1) VESTRYMAN & AUDITOR FOR LIMEHOUSE (ESQ.) 1589
2 CONT BURROUGH WILLIAM (1) AUDITOR FOR LIMEHOUSE 1590
2 CONT BURROUGH WILLIAM (1) AUDITOR FOR LIMEHOUSE 1591
2 CONT BURROUGH WILLIAM (1) VESTRYMAN 1594
2 CONT 
2 CONT BIOGRAPHY: From Stepney Vestrymen, found at 
2 CONC http://website.lineone.net/~fight/Stepney/vestrymn.htm :
2 CONT William Burrough (1581-94): Drake's second in command on the Cadiz 
2 CONC expedition in 1587, William Burrough of Limehouse, was one of the famous 
2 CONC family of navigators from Northam, Devon. His early voyages were private 
2 CONC but he later joined Her Majesty's service. He published some important 
2 CONC charts of the North Sea and the Baltic and served the Queen as her 
2 CONC 'Controller of the Navy at Sea' in 1583. In 1588 in command of the 
2 CONC 'Bonavoglia' he fought against the Armada. In 1589 he married the widow 
2 CONC of the second Lord Wentworth. 
2 CONT 
2 CONT BIOGRAPHY: From same source as immediately above:
2 CONT Sir Henry Palmer (1590) had served under Lord Leicester in an expedition 
2 CONC in the Low Countries, where he was knighted in 1586. He also commanded 
2 CONC the 'Antelope' against the Armada and succeeded William Borough the same 
2 CONC year as Controller of the Navy. He was in active service until 1601 and 
2 CONC lived in Stepney. (His son Henry succeeded him in the same post and was 
2 CONC knighted in 1618.) 
2 CONT 
2 CONT BIOGRAPHY: Also from same source:
2 CONT John Vassall, (1582-1601), of French descent was a London Alderman but 
2 CONC lived at Ratcliffe Wall. He was an enterprising man of great wealth and 
2 CONC connected by marriage to the Borough family. One of the founders of the 
2 CONC colony of Virginia, many of his large family (he married three times) 
2 CONC were distinguished in the colonies and at home. At his own expense he 
2 CONC fitted out two ships the 'Samuell' and 'The Little Toby' to fight the 
2 CONC Armada, commanding one himself. In 1602 he moved away to Eastwood, Essex 
2 CONC but returned to Stepney and died of the plague in 1625. 
2 CONT 
2 CONT BIOGRAPHY: From Stepney Folk, Memorials of Stepney Index found at 
2 CONC http://website.lineone.net/~fight/Stepney/indexto.htm :
2 CONT William BOROWGH/BURROUGH Signed minutes 1581 Signed minutes 1582 Signed 
2 CONC minutes 1584 Signed minutes 1585 Vestryman & Auditor for Limehouse 
2 CONC (Esquire) 1589 Auditor for Limehouse 1590 Auditor for Limehouse 1591 
2 CONC Vestryman 1594 
2 CONT 
2 CONT BIOGRAPHY: Found at http://www.slider.com/enc/7000/Borough_William.htm :
2 CONT Borough, William
2 CONT 1536-99, British naval officer. A younger brother of Stephen Borough, 
2 CONC William accompanied him on early voyages and was himself a captain for 
2 CONC the Muscovy Company. As a naval officer he took part in Sir Francis 
2 CONC Drake's attack on Câadiz (1587) and also fought against the Spanish Armada 
2 CONC (1588). He wrote accounts of his voyages and a treatise on the variation 
2 CONC of the compass and compiled several charts.
2 CONT 
2 CONT BIOGRAPHY: "William