Thomas Barger I was born about 1668 in Somersetshire Co., England, or possibly at Watshot, Ireland. He married Elizabeth Weldon on 24 May 1692 in Cashel, Tipperary Co., Ireland. He immigrated in 1717 to Pennsylvania. He died there in 1750, having had four sons:

*1. John Barger I (1693-1757) of Berks Co., PA

2. Joseph Barger I (1697- )

3. Abel Barger (1701- )

4. Benjamin Barger (1704- )

John Barger Sr. was born on 10 November 1693 in Boytonrath, Ireland. He immigrated with his father to Pennsylvania in 1717. He married Mary __ about 1723. He died at Berks Co., Pennsylvania on 27 November 1757, having had four sons:

1. Joseph Barger II (1724- )

*2. Simeon Barger (1726-1790) of Berks Co., PA

3. Thomas Barger II (1731- )

4. John Barger Jr. (1733- )

Second Son of John

Simeon Barger was born on 6 October 1726 in Berks Co., Pennsylvania. He married Sarah Jane Fisher on 25 January 1759 in Berks Co. He died there in January 1790, having had three sons:

1. John Barger III (1766- )

2. Simeon Fisher Barger (1778-1860) of Catawba Co., NC

*3. Isaac Barger (1780-1845) of Jefferson Co., AL

Third Son of Simeon

Isaac Barger was born in 1780 in Berks Co., Pennsylvania. He married Polly Collance on 5 February 1809 in Lincoln Co., North Carolina. He died there in 1838, having had two sons:

1. Eli Barger (1812-1860) of Noxubee Co., MS

*2. Hosea L. Barger (1817-1879) of Holmes Co., MS

Second Son of Isaac

Hosea L. Barger was born 1817 in Lincoln Co., North Carolina. He married Nancy Jordan about __. He is listed in the 1845 state census and 1850 federal census for Noxubee Co., Mississippi, and in the 1866 state census for Holmes Co., Mississippi. He died there in 1879, having had at least one son:

1. Hosea Lafayette “Lloyd” Barger (1853-1932) of White Co., AR

Hosea Lafayette “Lloyd” Barger is the ancestor of Isaac T. Barger.

Test results received from one representative in this line do not currently match the numbers of any other Burgess Project family.

Eberhard Berges was born about 1775 in Westphalen, Germany. He married Catharine Louise Ecksteins about 1800. He died in Westphalen before 1826, having had at least one son:

*1. Johann Heinrich Berges Sr. (1802-1885) of Des Moines Co., IA

Johann Heinrich Berges Sr. (also called Johult Berges) was born 15 October 1802 at Exter, Westphalen, Germany. He married Anne Marie Louise Ellerbrock on 22 October 1826 in Exter, Westphalen. He immigrated to the United States after 1842. He died on 6 February 1885 at Burlington, Des Moines Co., Iowa, having had four sons:

1. Johann Hermann Berges (1827-1831), died young

2. Johann Heinrich Berges Jr. (1829-1907) of Des Moines Co., IA

3. Johann Friedrich Wilhelm Berges (1832-1913) of Des Moines Co., IA

4. Carl Heinrich Berges (1842-1843), died young

Johann Heinrich Berges Jr. is the ancestor of __ Berges.

Test results received from one representative in this line do not currently match the numbers of any other Burgess Project family.

Johann Adam Borges was born about 1727 in Fischbach, Hessen-Cassel, Germany. He married Catharina Magdalena Prebers on 27 February 1750 at Fischbach. He died there after 1754, having had at least one son:

*1. Johann Christian Borges Sr. (1754-1806) of Washington Co., NY

Johann Christian Borges Sr. (later John Christian Burgess Sr.) was born on 6 March 1754 in Fischbach, Hessen-Cassel, Germany. He enlisted as a Hessian soldier to fight for the British Army in the American colonies during the Revolutionary War; after the end of the war, he returned to or remained in the United States and became an American citizen. He married Hannah Newland about 1785 at Topsfield, Essex Co., Massachusetts. They settled in Washington Co., New York. He died there in 1806 in a lumber accident, having had five sons:

1. John Christian Burgess Jr. (1789-1865) of Washington Co., NY

2. Frederick Burgess (1792?-1842)

3. William Burgess (1794-1880) of Washington Co., UT

4. Philip Burgess (1796-1872)

5. Martin Burgess (1802-1877)

William Burgess is the ancestor of __ Burgess.

Test results received from one representative in this line do not currently match the numbers of any other Burgess Project family.

Ramón Bórquez was born about 1790. He married María de Bórquez about 1819 in Quiriego, Sonora, México. He died at an unknown date, having had at least one son:

1. Ignacio Bórquez (1820?-1881) of Mazatán, Sonora, México

Ignacio Bórquez was born about 1820 at Quiriego, Sonora, México. He married Carmen Moreno about 1847. He died in 1881 from the effects of a mule bite suffered on his ranch, La Tasajera, at Mazatán, Sonora, México, having had six sons:

1. Leonides Bórquez (1854- )

2. Ignacio Bórquez Jr. (1857- )

3. Trinidad Bórquez (1867- ) of Mazatán, Sonora, México

4. Fabián Bórquez (1869- )

5. Anastacio Bórquez (1871-1940) of Los Angeles Co., CA

6. Jesús Bórquez (1873- )

Anastacio Bórquez is the ancestor of Danny R. Bórquez.

Test results received from one representative in this line do not currently match the numbers of any other Burgess Project family.

Jacques Bourgeois was christened on 21 January 1620 (or 1621) at La Ferté-Gaucher, Seine-et-Marne, France, being the son of Marguerite Bourgeois, who was the widow of Nicolas Grandjehan; he used his mother’s maiden name, perhaps a sign that he was her natural son. He immigrated to North America in 1641 or 1642, settling in the French colony of New France at Acadie or Acadia (later Nova Scotia, Canada, from 1713). He married Jeanne Trahan about 1644 at Port Royal, Acadie (later Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia). He worked as a surgeon. He died there about 1701, having had three sons:

*1. Charles Bourgeois Sr. (1646?-1678) of Acadie, New France

2. Germain Bourgeois (1650?- ) of Acadie, New France

3. Guillaume Bourgeois (1655?- ) of Acadie, New France

Charles Bourgeois Sr. was born about 1646 at Port Royal, Acadie, New France (now Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia, Canada). He married Anne du Gast (or Dugas) about 1670 at Port Royal, Acadie. He died at Beaubassin, Acadie, having had two sons:

1. Charles Bourgeois Jr. (1672?-1712+) of Acadie, New France

*2. Claude Bourgeois (1674?-1732+) of Acadie, New France

Second Son of Charles Sr.

Claude Bourgeois Sr. was born about 1674 at Beaubassin, Acadie, New France. He married Anne-Marie Blanchard about 1703 at Beaubassin. He died after 1732 in Nova Scotia, having had eight sons:

*1. Paul Bourgeois (1705?-1757) of Prince Edward Island, Canada

2. Claude Bourgeois Jr. (1706?-1770) of Nova Scotia, Canada

3. Joseph Bourgeois I (1711?-1742+) of Nova Scotia, Canada

4. Michel Bourgeois (1713-1745+) of Nova Scotia, Canada

5. Jean-Baptiste Bourgeois I (1714?- )

6. Pierre Bourgeois I (1716?- )

7. Jean-Jacques Bourgeois (1721?- )

8. Olivier Bourgeois (1725?- )

First Son of Claude Sr.

Paul Bourgeois Sr. was born about 1705 at Beaubassin, Acadie, New France. He married Marie-Josèphe Brun on 17 November 1727 at Beaubassin, Nova Scotia, Canada. He died about 1757 at Malpèque, Prince Edward Island, Canada, having had five sons:

1. Paul Bourgeois Jr. (1732?-1797) of St. James Parish, Louisiana

2. Joseph Bourgeois II (1734?-1781+) of St. James Parish, Louisiana

3. Jérôme-Michel Bourgeois (1742?-1780+) of St. James Parish, Louisiana

4. Pierre Bourgeois II (1745-1800+) of St. James Parish, Louisiana

5. Jean-Baptiste Bourgeois II (1748- ) of St. James Parish, Louisiana

Joseph Bourgeois II is the ancestor of several of the Bourgeois families mentioned herein. They have a common male ancestor, Jacques Bourgeois.

Note: This family is affiliated with that of Robert Burgar of London, England, Robert Burgar of Dunrossness Co., Scotland, and John Burgar of London, England.

John Burgar was born about 1750 in the Shetland Islands, Dunrossness Co., Scotland, and lived there at Hillwell as an adult. He married Margaret Halcrow.

John Burgar is the ancestor of Jack Burgess, the surname having changed at some unknown point in the chain of descent.

Test results received from one representative in this line match the numbers of the descendants of John Burgar of London, England, Robert Burgar of Dunrossness Co., Scotland, and Robert Burgar of London, England; they have a common male ancestor, name unknown. However, they do not currently match the numbers of any other Burgess Project member.

Thanks to Bill Burgar for the use of this material from his website.

Note: This family is affiliated with that of Robert Burgar of London, England, Robert Burgar of Dunrossness Co., Scotland, and John Burgar of Dunrossness Co., Scotland.

John Burgar Sr. was born about 1742, possibly in the Shetland Islands, Dunrossness Co., Scotland. He may be a brother or cousin of Robert Burgar of London, England. He married Catherine Fitkin on 12 December 1776 at St. Giles Parish, Cripplegate, London. He is listed in 1775-79, 1783, and 1791 Poor Rate Assessments of St. Leonards, Shoreditch, London. He died in 1797 at London, England, according to his son John III’s diary, having had seven sons:

1. John Burgar Jr. (1777-1778), died young

2. Walter Burgar (1778-1783), died young

3. Andrew Burgar (1782-1783), died young

4. John Burgar III (1787-1816) of London, England; extinct in the male line

5. Walter Burgar I (1789-1832+) of London, England; died childless

6. William Burgar (1792-1854); died childless

*7. Joseph Burgar (1794-1854) of London, England

Joseph Burgar was born on 25 January 1794 at Bishopsgate, London, England. He was apprenticed on 28 September 1809 to his brother, John Burgar, to learn the art of shoemaking (a family profession). He married Susannah Pearse on 4 February 1828 at St. Sepulchre Parish, London. He is listed in the 1836 Pigots Commercial Directory, and in the 1841-51 censuses for London, England. He died on 14 September 1854 at St. Bartholomews Hospital, London, having had four sons:

1. Joseph Charles Burgar (1832-1845), died young

2. Walter Burgar II (1834-1897) of London, England

3. Alfred Burgar (1839-1917) of London, England

4. John Burgar IV (1842-1878) of London, England; extinct in the male line

Alfred Burgar is the ancestor of William F. H. Burgar.

Test results received from one representative in this line match the numbers of the descendants of John Burgar of Dunrossness Co., Scotland, Robert Burgar of Dunrossness Co., Scotland, and Robert Burgar of London, England; they have a common male ancestor, name unknown. However, they do not currently match the numbers of any other Burgess Project member.

Thanks to Bill Burgar for the use of this material from his website.

Note: This family may be affiliated with that of Robert Burgar of the Orkney Islands, Scotland, and William Burgar of the Orkney Islands, Scotland.

Peter Burgar I was born about 1740 in England. He married Anne Nelson about 1760 in England. They moved to New Jersey later that same year, and then relocated to Welland Co., Ontario, Canada, about 1797. He died there about 1827, having had five sons:

1. John Burgar I (1765?- ) of New Jersey

2. Peter Nelson Burgar (1771?-1823?)

*3. Joseph Burgar (1773?-1848?) of Welland Co., Ontario, Canada

4. Jorge Burgar (or George Burgar) (1778-1800+)

5. Thomas Burgar I (1779-1855) of Northfolk Co., Ontario, Canada

Joseph Burgar was born about 1773 in New Jersey. He married firstly Ann Rowley on 4 December 1795, secondly Anne Ginnerman about 1815, and thirdly Catherine Foster after 1833. He died about 1848 in Welland Co., Ontario, Canada, having had nine sons, six by his first wife, and three by his second:

1. Peter Burgar II (1796?-1884?)

*2. John Powell D. Burgar (1799?-1859) of Elgin Co., Ontario, Canada

3. Thomas Burgar II (1801-1877) of Welland Co., Ontario, Canada

4. George Robert E. Burgar (1806-1880) of Welland Co., Ontario, Canada

5. James Burgar (1808-1872) of Welland Co., Ontario, Canada

6. William Rowley Burgar (1810-1833) of Brant Co., Ontario, Canada

7. Joseph F. Burgar (1826?-1880+) of Walsh Co., ND

8. Courtland Burgar (1831?-1860+) of Eau Claire Co., WI

9. Lorenzo Dow Burgar (1833?-1887) of Walsh Co., ND

Third Son of Joseph

John Powell D. Burgar was born about 1799 in Welland Co., Ontario, Canada. He married Catherine Cole about 1822. He died on 11 June 1859 in Elgin Co., Ontario, Canada, having had three sons:

1. Hiram Burgar I (1826?-1862+) of Nemaha Co., KS

2. William J. Burgar (1832?-1850) of Elgin Co., Ontario, Canada

*3. Frederick John Burgar (1838?-1915) of Middlesex Co., Ontario, Canada

Third Son of John Powell D.

Frederick John Burgar was born about 1838 in Elgin Co., Ontario, Canada. He married firstly Eleanor Emily Camp on 12 January 1859, and secondly Delina McIntosh about 1866. He died on 11 October 1915 in Middlesex Co., Ontario, Canada, having had seven sons, one by his first wife, and six by his second:

1. Charles Burgar (1862-1834) of Essex Co., Ontario, Canada

2. William Ainsley Burgar (1867?-1949) of Elgin Co., Ontario, Canada

3. Hugh Burgar (1870-1941) of New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada

4. Hector Burgar (1872-1932) of Brant Co., Ontario, Canada

5. Frederick William Burgar (1878-1963) of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada

6. Hiram Burgar II (1879-1949) of Camrose, Alberta, Canada

7. John Burgar II (1881-1915+) of Marion Co., IN

Hiram Burgar II is the ancestor of __ Burgar.

Test results received from one representative in this line roughly match the numbers of descendants from Robert Burgar and William Burgar of the Orkney Islands, Dunrossness Co., Scotland. They may have a common male ancestor, name unknown.

Note: This family is affiliated with that of Robert Burgar of London, England, John Burgess of London, England, and John Burgess of Dunrossness Co., Scotland.

Robert Burgar was born about 1725 in the Shetland Islands, and lived as an adult at Brake, Shetland Islands, Dunrossness Co., Scotland.

Robert Burgar is the ancestor of __ Burgess, the surname having changed at some point in the chain of descent.

Test results received from one representative in this line match the numbers of the descendants of John Burgar of Dunrossness Co., Scotland, John Burgar of London, England, and Robert Burgar of London, England; they have a common male ancestor, name unknown. However, they do not currently match the numbers of any other Burgess Project member.

Thanks to Bill Burgar for the use of this material from his website.

Note: This family is affiliated with that of Robert Burgar of Dunrossness Co., Scotland, John Burgar of London, England, and John Burgar of Dunrossness Co., Scotland.

Robert Burgar Sr. was born about 1754, possibly in the Shetland Islands, Dunrossness Co., Scotland. He may be a brother or cousin of John Burgar of London, England. He married Susanna Davis on 5 April 1774 at St. Leonards Parish, Shoreditch, London, England, signing as “Robert Burgear.” He is listed in the Poor Rate Summoning Books for this parish from 1793-1802. He died in 1820 (buried on 23 December 1820) at St. Leonards, Shoreditch, London, having had four sons:

1. Robert Burgar Jr. (1776-1849) of London, England; extinct in the male line

2. John Burgar I (1780-1836) of London, England; extinct in the male line

3. Benjamin Burgar (1783?-1835) of London, England; extinct in the male line

4. Walter Burgar Sr. (1790?-1832+) of Nottingham, England

Walter Burgar Sr. was born about 1790 in London, England. He married Mary Kent on 15 August 1819 at St. Modwen Parish, Burton-upon-Trent, Staffordshire Co., England. He worked as a shoemaker (a profession followed by many of his family) and a cordwainer. By 1831 he was living at Nottingham, England, and disappeared during a cholera epidemic there in late 1831 or early 1832.  He had five sons:

1. Walter Burgar Jr. (1821-1834), died young

2. John Burgar II (1824-1826), died young

*3. Edwin Burgar (1827-1871) of Yorkshire Co., England

4. George Burgar (1828-1829), died young

5. William Burgar (1829-1829), died young

Third Son of Walter Sr.

Edwin Burgar was born about 1827 at St. Mary Parish, Nottingham, England. He married Emma Fearn on 21 May 1849 at St. Peter’s Church, Derby, Derbyshire Co., England. He is listed in 1841-51 censuses of Derby, Derbyshire Co., England, and in 1861 at Court, Fargate, Sheffield, Yorkshire Co., England. He died there early in 1871 (before the census was taken), having had four sons:

1. Andrew Edwin Burgar (1857-1898) of Yorkshire Co., England

2. William Edward Burgar (1861-1943) of Yorkshire Co., England

3. Albert Edward Burgar (1863-1927) of Yorkshire Co., England

4. Frank Burgar (1868-1919) of Hartford Co., Connecticut

Andrew Edwin Burgar is the ancestor of Andrew Burgar.

Test results received from one representative in this line match the numbers of the descendants of John Burgar of Dunrossness Co., Scotland, John Burgar of London, England, and Robert Burgar of Dunrossness Co., Scotland; they have a common male ancestor, name unknown. However, they do not currently match the numbers of any other Burgess Project member.

Thanks to Bill Burgar for the use of this material from his website.

Note: This family is affiliated with that of William Burgar of the Orkney Islands, Scotland, and may be affiliated with that of Peter Burgar of Welland Co., Ontario, Canada.

Robert Burgar Sr. was born about 1720 on Westray Island, the Orkney Islands, Scotland. He married Elspeth Allan about 1744. He died there after 1751, having had three sons:

*1. John Burgar Sr. (1745-1783+) of the Orkney Islands, Scotland

2. David Burgar I (1748- ) of the Orkney Islands, Scotland

3. Robert Burgar Jr. (1751- ) of the Orkney Islands, Scotland

John Burgar Sr. was born in 1745 on Westray Island, the Orkney Islands, Scotland. He married Christian Harcus about 1770. He died there after 1783, having had three sons:

*1. Henry Burgar Sr. (1771-1841?) of the Orkney Islands, Scotland

2. David Burgar II (1773- ) of the Orkney Islands, Scotland

3. John Burgar Jr. (1780-1841?) of the Orkney Islands, Scotland

First Son of John Sr.

Henry Burgar Sr. was born 1771 on Westray Island, the Orkney Islands, Scotland. He married Elizabeth Harcus about 1797. He died there about 1841, having had two sons:

*1. John Burgar III (1798-1883?) of the Orkney Islands, Scotland

2. Henry Burgar Jr. (1809- ) of the Orkney Islands, Scotland

First Son of Henry Sr.

John Barger III was born about 1798 on Westray Island, the Orkney Islands, Scotland. He married Esther Stevenson about 1824. He died there about 1883, having had five sons:

1. Henry Burgher III (1824- ) of the Orkney Islands, Scotland

2. Thomas Burgher (1827-1889) of the Orkney Islands, Scotland

3. James Burgher (1830-1908) of Nodaway Co., MO

4. George Burgher (1833- ) of the Orkney Islands, Scotland

5. John Burgher IV (Jr.) (1835-1922) of the Orkney Islands, Scotland

John Barger III is the ancestor of __ Burgher and __ Burgher.

Test results received from one representative in this line match the numbers of a descendant of William Burgar of the Orkney Islands, Dunrossness Co., Scotland, and roughly match a descendant of Peter Burgar of Welland Co., Ontario, Canada. They may have a common male ancestor, name unknown.

Note: This family is affiliated with that of Robert Burgar of the Orkney Islands, Scotland, and may be affiliated with that of Peter Burgar of Welland Co., Ontario, Canada.

William Burgar was born about 1740 on Westray Island, the Orkney Islands, Scotland. He died there after 1773, having had at least two sons:

1. George Burgar (1764- ) of the Orkney Islands, Scotland

2. Andrew Burgar (1773- ) of the Orkney Islands, Scotland

William Burgar is the ancestor of __ Burges.

Test results received from one representative in this line match the numbers of descendants of Robert Burgar of the Orkney Islands, and roughly match a descendant of Peter Burgar of Welland Co., Ontario, Canada; they may have a common male ancestor, name unknown.

William Burge was born about 1750 in Somerset Co., England. He married Rebecca Mashman on 21 January 1779 at Midsomer Norton, Somerset Co. He died after 1799, probably at Midsomer Norton, having had at least two sons:

*1. Thomas Burge (1780-1863?) of Midsomer Norton, Somerset Co., England

2. Richard Burge (1784-1838) of Midsomer Norton, Somerset Co., England

Thomas Burge was christened on 29 May 1780 at Chilcompton, Somerset Co., England. He married firstly Elizabeth “Betty” __ (who died young), and secondly Sarah __ about 1820. He is listed in the 1841-61 censuses for Midsomer Norton, Somerset Co., England. He worked as a tailor. Thomas Burgess died there about 1863, having had three sons by his second wife:

1. Thomas William Burge (1823-1897) of Midsomer Norton, Somerset Co., England

2. John Henry Burge (1826- )

3. William Augustus Burge (1836?-1872) of Bath, Somerset Co., England

William Augustus Burge is the ancestor of Mark A. Burge.

Test results received from one representative in this line do not currently match the numbers of any other Burgess Project family. Descendants of this family match the Western Atlantic Modal Haplotype (WAMH).

Achilles Burgess (also called Akelly Burgess, Achil Burgess, Akin Burgess, Akel Burgess, and Akilly Burgess, among other variations) was supposedly born about 1720, but more likely by 1747. He married firstly about 1768 an unknown wife whose maiden name may have been Britton or Draper, and secondly Sarah Maynard on 8 April 1779 in Wake Co., North Carolina. He is listed in the 1790-1800 censuses for Wake Co., North Carolina, and may be listed there with his son, Edward Burgess, in 1830 (1810 and 1820 having been lost). He died in Wake Co. about 1833, reputedly 113 years of age (but probably younger than that), having had seven sons by his first wife:

1. Robert Burgess (1769?- ) of Wake Co., NC

*2. Edward Burgess I (1770?-1844) of Overton Co., TN

3. Draper Burgess (1771?- ) of Wake Co., NC

*4. Thomas Burgess Sr. (1772?-1808) of Elbert Co., GA

5. Washington Burgess (1774?- ) of Wake Co., NC

6. John Burgess (1776?-1834) of Wake Co., NC

7. Ezekiel Burgess (1778?- ) of Wake Co., NC

Edward Burgess was born about 1770 in Wake Co., North Carolina. He married Morning Herring on 14 November 1792 in Wake Co. He is listed in the 1800 and 1830 censuses for Wake Co., North Carolina (1810 and 1820 having been lost), and in 1840 in Overton Co., Tennessee. He died before 9 January 1844 in Overton Co., Tennessee, having had four sons:

1. Andrew Burgess (1793?-1849) of Randolph Co., NC

2. Thomas Burgess II (1796?-1870+) of Overton Co., TN

3. Britton Burgess (1802?-1850+) of Owen Co., IN

4. Edward Saunders Burgess (1815-1883) of Boone Co., IN

Thomas Burgess Sr. was born about 1772 in Wake Co., North Carolina. He married Nancy __ about 1790. He is listed in the 1790 census for Wake Co., North Carolina, with his wife and no children, but has not been found in any other census. He subsequently lived in Missouri, Davidson Co., Tennessee, and Elbert Co., Georgia, judging from the birth information of his children. He died in Elbert Co. in mid-1808, having had four sons; his will, written 5 April 1806 and probated there in July 1808, mentions his wife and three oldest sons (the youngest having been born after the will was written):

1. Sanders Burgess (1793-1855) of Jefferson Co., MO

2. James Burgess (1797-1872) of Jefferson Co., MO

3. Thomas Burgess Jr. (III) (1805-1880) of Jefferson Co., MO

4. Edward Burgess II (1807?-1832) of Jefferson Co., MO

Thomas Burgess II is the ancestor of Malcolm J. Burgess; Britton Burgess is the ancestor of Terry L. Burgess; Edward Saunders Burgess is the ancestor of William L. Burgess; Sanders Burgess is the ancestor of James E. Burgess.

Test results received from four representatives of this line match each other; they have a common male ancestor, Achilles Burgess. However, they do not currently match the numbers of any other Burgess Project family.

Note: This family is affiliated with that of Joseph Burgess of Sumter Co., South Carolina.

Adam Burgess was born about 1720 in Scotland. His wife’s name is unknown. He lived at Ecclefechan, Hoddom Parish, Dumfriesshire Co., Scotland. He had one known son:

1. Thomas Burgess (1754-1817) of Dumfriesshire, Scotland

Thomas Burgess Sr. was christened on 17 March 1754 at Hoddom Parish Church, Dumfriesshire Co., Scotland. He married Jean Hope about 1777. He died on 8 July 1817 at Woodhouse, Kirkpatrick Fleming, Dumfriesshire Co., Scotland, having had at least five sons:

1. James Hope Burgess (1778?-1850) of Plymouth, Devonshire, England

2. John Burgess I (1784?-1864) of Richibucto, Kent Co., New Brunswick, Canada

3. Alexander Burgess (1786?-1855) of Carlisle, Cumberland Co., England

*4. Adam Burgess II (1797?-1863/65) of Cumberland Co., England

5. Thomas Burgess Jr. (1797?-1798)

Fourth Son of Thomas Sr.

Adam Burgess II was born about 1797 at Kirkpatrick Fleming, Dumfriesshire Co., Scotland. He married Jean Jardine. He is listed in the 1861 census in Glasgow, Lanarkshire Co., Scotland, but has not been found in 1841-51. He died on 3 January 1863 (or 1865) at The Graham Arms, Longtown, Cumberland Co., England, having had at least two sons:

*1. John Burgess II (1827-1912) of Winona Co., MN

2. James Burgess (1840?-1861+) of Glasgow, Scotland

First Son of Adam II

John Burgess II was born 29 May 1827 at Kirtlebridge, Dumfriesshire Co., Scotland. He immigrated to the United States in 1853. He married Rachel Evans on 24 October 1860 in Buffalo Co., Wisconsin. He is listed in the 1870-80 censuses for Buffalo Co., and in 1900 at Winona, Winona Co., Minnesota; he has not been found in 1910. He died there on 19 March 1912, having had at least three sons:

1. William Adam Burgess, also called Adam William Burgess (1863-1928); he married Margaret Evangeline Fox on 17 November, 1887 in Brookings Co., Dakota Territory, and died in a car accident on 9 May 1928 in Arlington Co., SD

2. George E. Burgess (1865?-1880+) of Buffalo Co., WI

3. John Burgess (1878?-1880+) of Buffalo Co., WI

William Adam Burgess is the ancestor of Charles J. Burgess.

Test results received from one representative of this family match the numbers of a descendant of Joseph Burgess of Sumter Co., South Carolina; they have a common Burgess ancestor, name unknown.

Note: This family is affiliated with that of Edward Burgess of Monongalia Co., West Virginia, Edward Burgess of Pittsylvania Co., Virginia, William Burgess of Montgomery Co., Maryland, Samuel H. Burgess of Calhoun Co., Florida, and James Burgess of Jackson Co., Tennessee.

Austin Burgess, also called Auzy Burgess, Auzzy Burgess, Auzey Burgess, Auza Burgess, and Ozzy Burgess, was born about 1774 in Maryland; no record has been found showing him with the name Austin Burgess, but the fact that his grandson was named for him and used a similar nickname, suggests very strongly that Austin was his original given name. He may be an unrecorded son of William Burgess of Montgomery Co., Maryland. He married Mary __ about 1805. He is listed in the 1820-40 censuses for Dickson Co. (in 1820 with one son aged 10-16 and one under the age of 10, in 1830 with one son aged 15-20, one 5-10, and one under the age of 5, and in 1840 with one son aged 10-15), Tennessee, and in 1850 in Laclede Co., Missouri; he has not been found in any earlier census. He apparently died in Laclede Co. after 1850, having had four sons:

1. Son (1806?- )

*2. Elisha Burgess (1813-1880+) of Laclede Co., MO

3. Son (1823?- )

4. Montgomery Bell Burgess (1827-1860+) of Laclede Co., MO; he married Frances Ann Tolbert on 8 July 1849 in Laclede Co., MO, and is listed there in the 1850  census with his father; he is listed as “Martin Burgess” in the 1860 census for Shannon Co., MO, but has not been found thereafter

Elisha Burgess was born about 1811 in Georgia, according to the 1880 census. He married Elizabeth B. Jones on 11 June 1832 in Dickson Co., Tennessee. He is listed in the 1840 census for Dickson Co., with one son aged 5-10 and one under the age of 5, and in 1850-60 and 1880 in Laclede Co., Missouri; he has not been found in 1870. He obtained a land grant of 160 acres on 1 November 1859 in Camden Co., Missouri. He apparently died in Laclede Co. after 1880, having had five sons:

1. Austin Field Burgess, also called Auzi Burgess and Auzy Burgess (1833-1910), of Laclede Co., MO; his death certificate calls him “Austerfield Burgess,” with parents “Lish” Burgess and Elizabeth Jones; he married Louisa M. Holloway in 1863 in Laclede Co., MO, and secondly Margaret E. Holden in 1894

2. John M. Burgess (1838-1891) of Laclede Co., MO; he married Minerva Young

3. Thomas Burgess (1841-1866) of Laclede Co., MO; he married Juanita Adaline Cummins in 1860

4. Elisha M. Burgess (1850-1887) of Laclede Co., MO; he married Julia A. Davis on 17 August 1879

5. James E. Burgess (1854-1944) of Laclede Co., MO

John M. Burgess is the ancestor of Gerry W. Burgess.

Test results received from one representative match the markers of the male descendants in the line of Edward Burgess of Monongalia Co., (West) Virginia, Edward Burgess of Pittsylvania Co., Virginia, of William Burgess of Montgomery Co., Maryland, Samuel H. Burgess of Calhoun Co., Florida, and of James Burgess of Jackson Co., Tennessee; these families have a common Burgess ancestor, name unknown.

Benjamin Burgess I was born on 7 October 1750. He married Mehetable __ by 1790. He is listed in the 1810-20 censuses for Seneca Co., New York (in 1810 he has two sons aged 10-16, and one aged 16-26, and in 1820 one son under the age of 10, and one aged 16-26), in 1830 in Ontario Co., New York, and in 1840 in Monroe Co., Michigan. He died there on 13 October 1844, having had three or four sons, including:

*1. Aaron Burgess (1791-1857) of Branch Co., MI

Aaron Burgess was born on 6 October 1791 in New Jersey. He married Mary Vangorder on 20 August 1810. He may be listed in the 1820 census for Tompkins Co., New York; he is listed in the 1830 census for Ontario Co., New York, and in the 1840-50 censuses for Monroe Co., Michigan. He died in Branch Co., Michigan on 1 September 1857, having had four sons:

1. Benjamin Burgess II (1812- )

2. Jeremiah Burgess (1814-1862)

3. Chester Adgate Burgess (1823-1919) of Marshall Co., IA

4. Lewis Burgess (1835-1914) of Branch Co., MI

Chester Adgate Burgess is the ancestor of D. O. Burgess.

Test results received from one representative in this line do not currently match the numbers of any other Burgess Project family.

Benjamin Burgess Sr. was born about July 1789 in Rhode Island. He served in the Connecticut Militia during the War of 1812. He may be related to the Benjamin Burgess listed in the 1790-1810 censuses of Providence, Rhode Island. He married firstly Sally Doane on 16 November 1817 in Bradford Co., Pennsylvania, and secondly Jemima (Knapp) Beal about 1840. He is listed in the 1810-40 censuses for Bradford Co., Pennsylvania, and in 1850 in Rock Co., Wisconsin, but has not been found in 1860. He died on 1 December 1865 in Rock Co., Wisconsin, having had five sons, three by his first wife, and two by his second:

1. Benjamin Burgess Jr. (1822-1865?) of Bradford Co., PA

2. Dean Burgess (1824-1897) of Rock Co., WI

3. (James?) Daniel Burgess (1828-1907) of Tioga Co., NY

4. William Burgess (1842-1903) of Hancock Co., IA

5. John Burgess (1845-1927) of Multnomah Co., OR

William Burgess is the ancestor of Thomas C. Burgess.

Test results received from one representative in this line do not currently match the numbers of any other Burgess Project family.

Note: This family is affiliated with that of Thomas Burgess of Barnstable Co., Massachusetts, Josiah Burgess of Monroe Co., New York, and Thomas Burgess of York Co., Ontario, Canada.

Benjamin Burgess was born about 1786 in Nova Scotia, Canada. He settled in New Brunswick, Canada, in 1824, according to the 1851 census. He married Lydia McCumber on 24 December 1828 at St. Martins, Saint John Co., New Brunswick, and secondly Jane Fletcher on 20 October 1842 at St. Martins. He is listed in 1851 census for the Greer Settlement, Saint John Co., New Brunswick. He probably died in Saint John Co. shortly thereafter, having had at least four sons, three by his first wife, and one by his second:

1. James Edward Burgess (1828/31-1903) of Saint John Co., NB, Canada

2. George B. Burgess (1836?-1881+) of Albert Co., NB, Canada

*3. John Burgess (1842-1887/94) of Midland Co., MI

4. William Burgess (1849-1851+) of Saint John Co., NB, Canada

John Burgess was born about 1842 in Saint John Co., New Brunswick, Canada. He married Rebecca Margaret Ray on 21 December 1872 in Kings Co., New Brunswick, Canada. He is listed in the 1880 census for Lapeer Co., Michigan. He apparently died there between 1887-94, having had three sons:

1. William John Burgess (1877-1921)

2. George Ray Burgess (1882-1976)

3. Charles E. Burgess (1884- )

George Ray Burgess is the ancestor of Eric J. Burgess.

Test results received from one representative of this line match those of descendants of Thomas Burgess of Barnstable Co., Massachusetts, Josiah Burgess of Monroe Co., New York, and Thomas Burgess of York Co., Ontario, Canada; they have a common Burgess ancestor, name unknown. However, they do not currently match the numbers of any other Burgess Project family.

Charley Burgess Sr., also called Charley Burgest, was born about 1877 in Georgia. He married firstly Mariah __ about 1900, and secondly Corine __ about 1917. He may have had brothers named Thomas Burgess (born 1884) and James Burgess (born 1890). He is listed in the 1910 and 1930 censuses for Screven Co., Georgia, but has not been found in 1880, 1900, or 1920. He died there on 22 October 1936, having had at least three sons:

1. Rufus Burgest (1900-1976) of Screven Co., GA

2. Charley Burgess Jr. (1918?-1930+) of Screven Co., GA

3. Floyd Burgess (1920?-1938) of Screven Co., GA

Rufus Burgest is the ancestor of __ Burgess.

Test results received from one representative of this family do currently not match the numbers of any other Burgess line.

Note: This family is affiliated with that of John Burgess of Rutherford Co., North Carolina.

David Burgess was born about 1823 in Spartanburg Co., South Carolina. He may be related to the Carter Burgess and Thomas Burgess who lived in adjoining Greenville Co., South Carolina. He married Nora “Norma” Rebecca Littlefield about 1844 in DeKalb Co., Alabama. He is listed in 1850 census in Tippah Co., Mississippi, and from 1860-80 in Hardeman Co., Tennessee (in 1880 he indicates that both parents were born in South Carolina). He died in Hardeman Co. in 1898, having had six sons:

1. Albert B. Burgess (1849-1910+) of Tippah Co., MS

2. Asa Burgess (1849-1896+) of Tippah Co., MS

3. Charles Henry Burgess (1853-1929) of Hardeman Co., TN

4. Allen Kendall Burgess (1854-1910+) of Hardeman Co., TN

5. Abraham Lincoln Burgess (1862-1924) of Shelby Co., TN

6. Ulessis Burgess (1864-1885) of Hardeman Co., TN, died childless?

Allen Kendall Burgess is the ancestor of John B. Burgess.

Test results received from one representative of this line match those of a descendant of John Burgess of Rutherford Co., North Carolina, a nearby county; they have a common Burgess ancestor, name unknown. However, they do not currently match the numbers of any other Burgess Project family.

Note: This family is affiliated with those of Austin Burgess of Laclede Co., Missouri, Edward Burgess of Pittsylvania Co., Virginia, William Burgess of Montgomery Co., Maryland, Samuel H. Burgess of Calhoun Co., Florida, and James Burgess of Jackson Co., Tennessee.

Edward Burgess was born about 1751, according to his Revolutionary War pension record. He may have married Margaret Thompson on 25 June 1781 in Prince George’s Co., Maryland. He is perhaps listed in the 1790 census for Montgomery Co., Maryland (there are two Edward Burgesses in the county, one having no slaves, and the other 19 slaves; the latter individual is more likely to be connected to the wealthy family of Col. William Burgess; the rich Edward continues to be listed in Montgomery Co. in 1800; the 1790 listing shows two males over the age of 16, and one under the age of 16), and is certainly listed in the 1810-20 censuses for Fayette Co., Pennsylvania (with no sons in either census), and in 1830 in Monongalia Co., (West) Virginia (aged 70-80 years, with one boy aged 10-15); he is also listed in the personal property tax lists of Monongalia Co. from 1822-32. He is listed in the 1810-30 censuses next door to James Burgess, his presumed son. Edward served as a Private in the Continental Army from Maryland during the Revolutionary War, and received a pension in 1823; this was transferred to Monongalia Co. in 1825. According to his pension application in March of 1822, his wife’s name was Margaret, and he was then aged seventy. He died in Monongalia Co. on 29 August 1832, having had at least one son:

*1. James Burgess Sr. (1788?-1867) of Monongalia Co., WV

James Burgess Sr. was born about 1788 in Maryland (or in Virginia, according to the 1860 census). His wife’s name is unknown. He is listed in the 1810-20 censuses for Upper Marlborough, Fayette Co., Pennsylvania, with Edward Burgess (his presumed father) (in 1810 he has one son under the age of 10, and in 1820 five sons under the of 10), and in 1830-40 in Stewartstown, Eastern District, Monongalia Co., (West) Virginia (in 1830 he has one son aged 20-30, one aged 15-20, two aged 10-15, one aged 5-10, and two under the age of 5); he is listed there with his son James Jr. in 1860, but has not been found in 1850; he is listed on the personal property tax lists of Monongalia Co. in 1822, 1825, and 1832-44. He died on 7 June 1867 in Allamakee Co., Iowa, having had at least five sons:

*1. Edward Burgess II (1810-1860+) of Allamakee Co., IA

*2. Charles Henry Burgess (1812-1888) of Allamakee Co., IA

*3. James Burgess Jr. (1815-1869) of Allamakee Co., IA

*4. Richard Burgess (1818-1870+) of Allamakee Co., IA

*5. John Burgess (1821-1870+) of Allamakee Co., IA

First Son of James Sr.

Edward Burgess II was born about 1810 in Fayette Co., Pennsylvania. He married secondly Catherine Porter about 1830. He is listed in the 1840-50 censuses for Monongalia Co., (West) Virginia, and in 1860 in Allamakee Co., Iowa; he is listed in the personal property tax lists of Monongalia Co. from 1832-50. He died there after 1860, having had two sons:

1. Jesse O. Burgess Sr. (1835-1915) of Black Hawk Co., IA

2. James Burgess III (1838-1860) of Allamakee Co., IA

Second Son of James Sr.

Charles Henry Burgess was born 29 February 1812 in Fayette Co., Pennsylvania. He married Barbara Miller about 1830. He is listed in the 1850-60 censuses for Monongalia Co., (West) Virginia. He died 18 February 1888 in Allamakee Co., Iowa, having had one son:

1. John H. Burgess (1843?- )

Third Son of James Sr.

James Burgess Jr. was born 21 December 1815 in Fayette Co., Pennsylvania. He married Mary Jenkins on 3 March 1840 in Monongalia Co., (West) Virginia. He is listed in the 1840 and 1860 censuses for Monongalia Co., in 1850 census for Fayette Co., Pennsylvania, and in 1870 in Allamakee Co., Iowa. He died there on 22 February 1869, having had two sons:

1. Albert Burgess (1844-1865), killed while serving in the aftermath of the Civil War at Austin, Travis Co., TX

2. John J. Burgess (1856-1933) of Allamakee Co., IA

Fourth Son of James Sr.

Richard Burgess was born about 1817 in Fayette Co., Pennsylvania. He married Sarah Darnell about 1853. He is listed in the 1850-60 censuses for Monongalia Co., (West) Virginia, and in 1870 in Allamakee Co., Iowa. He died there after 1870, having had one son:

1. David Burgess (1854- )

Fifth Son of James Sr.

John Burgess was born about 1821 in Fayette Co., Pennsylvania. He married Anne __ about 1846. He is listed in the 1850 census for Fayette Co., Pennsylvania, in 1860 in Monongalia Co., (West) Virginia, and in 1870 in Allamakee Co., Iowa. He died there after 1870, having had one son:

1. Alexander Hamilton Burgess (1847?- )

Jesse O. Burgess Sr. is the ancestor of Bradley C. Burgess.

Test results received from one representative match the markers of the male descendants in the line of Austin Burgess of Laclede Co., Missouri, Edward Burgess of Pittsylvania Co., Virginia, William Burgess of Montgomery Co., Maryland, Samuel H. Burgess of Calhoun Co., Florida, and James Burgess of Jackson Co., Tennessee; these families have a common Burgess ancestor, name unknown.

Note: This family is affiliated with that of William Burgess of Montgomery Co., Maryland, James Burgess of Jackson Co., Tennessee, Samuel H. Burgess of Calhoun Co., Florida, Austin Burgess of Laclede Co., Missouri, and Edward Burgess of Monongalia Co., West Virginia.

Edward Burgess was born by 1734, possibly in Prince George’s Co., Maryland (he had to have been 21 years of age in 1755). He married Margaret __ by 1755. He is listed on the first 1767 tithables list of Pittsylvania Co., Virginia (the county was created from Halifax Co. on 1 June 1767), on the 1777 Oath of Allegiance list there, and on the 7 November 1785 Pittsylvania petition to the Virginia Assembly against an assessment for religious teaching. He is listed on the personal property tax records of Pittsylvania Co. from 1782-1801, and also appears on the 1782-1813 land tax records there with 270 acres (from 1799 with 258 acres). He died there about 1802, when his estate is recorded on the personal property tax lists; but his will, which was written on 23 January 1799, was not probated until 17 January 1814, presumably after the death of his widow. In his will, Edward Burgess mentions five daughters, including Sarah Burgess (1761-1840), who married her presumed cousin, Elias Burgess (see William Burgess of Montgomery Co., Maryland), Mary Clark, Jane Prewett, Milly Wilson, and Virlinna Burgess, as well as five sons:

*1. Benjamin Burgess Sr. (1756?-1824) of Pittsylvania Co., VA

*2. Mordecai Burgess (1763-1807) of Caswell Co., NC

*3. James Burgess (1768?-1830) of Williamson Co., TN

*4. John M(ilton?) Burgess Sr. (1775?-1838) of Franklin Co., GA

*5. William Burgess I (1778?-1854) of Yadkin Co., NC

Benjamin Burgess Sr. was born by 1756 in Virginia (he had to have been 21 years of age in 1777). He married Virlinda Stimpson on 17 December 1782 in Pittsylvania Co., Virginia. He is recorded on the 1777 Oath of Allegiance list in Pittsylvania Co., on the personal property tax lists there from 1782-1821, and on the land tax lists there from 1793-1824.  He is also listed on the 1820 census there with one son under the age of 10, one aged 16-18, and four daughters aged 16-26 (the 1790-1810 censuses are lost). He died there on 7 May 1824, having had four sons:

1. Joel Burgess (1783?- )

2. William Burgess II (1785?- )

3. John Burgess II (1794-1824) of Pittsylvania Co., VA

4. Benjamin Burgess Jr. (1802- )

Mordecai Burgess, also called Mordica Burgess, was born on 5 November 1763 in Virginia. He married Mary Brandon on 25 October 1790 in Halifax Co., Virginia. He is listed on the 7 November 1785 Pittsylvania petition to the Virginia Assembly against an assessment for religious teaching, on the 1787-88 personal property tax lists of Pittsylvania Co., on the 1789 tax list of Halifax Co., Virginia, and on the 1803 tax list of the Gloucester District, Caswell Co., North Carolina (just across the state line from Pittsylvania Co., Virginia), but has not been found in any census record; his widow is listed as head of the family in the 1810 census for Caswell Co. He is mentioned in an April 1798 court record there as registering a cattle ear mark. He bought goods from the estate sale of Thomas Langley there on 18 August 1803, and is noted as owing a debt to the estate of Joshua Richmond for schooling his children on 6 December 1806. He died on 13 June 1807 in Caswell Co., North Carolina; his will, written on 10 June 1807, was probated in July 1807; it mentions three sons and three daughters: Elinor, Elizabeth, William, John, Joseph, and Jenny:

1. William B. Burgess (1796?-1864) of Calhoun Co., AL; he and his two brothers sold their land on the North Hico River in Caswell Co., NC, on 28 November 1828

2. John P. Burgess (1798?-1877) of Cleburne Co., AL

3. Joseph B. Burgess (1800-1877) of Clay Co., AL

James Burgess was born about 1768 in Virginia. He married Mary Carson on 26 November 1792 in Campbell Co., Virginia. He is listed in the 1798, 1802-03, 1806, and 1808 tax lists of Franklin Co., GA (the 1790-1810 censuses having been lost), and in the 1820 census for Williamson Co., Tennessee, with two sons aged 10-16, one aged 16-26, and four daughters; his widow appears there as head of the family in 1830. He died on 4 February 1830 in Williamson Co., Tennessee, having had four sons:

1. John Burgess I (1793-1820+)

2. Ira Burgess (1798-1870+) of Austin Co., TX

3. Willis Burgess (1806-1883) of Navarro Co., TX

4. Wiley Burgess (1808-1878) of Lincoln Co., MS

John M. Burgess Sr. (also called John Milton Burgess Sr.) was born about 1775 in Pittsylvania Co., Virginia. He married Mary Cox on 28 March 1795 in Caswell Co., North Carolina. He is listed on the 1798, 1800, 1802, 1806-08, 1811, and 1818-19 tax lists of Franklin Co., Georgia, and on the 1830 census there (the 1800-20 censuses having been lost). He died there on 16 November 1838, having had seven sons:

1. Lewis Burgess (1795- )

*2. Edward Burgess II (1798-1881) of Milton Co., GA

3. Abner Albert Burgess (1802?-1882) of Franklin Co., GA

4. Thornton Burgess (1805- )

5. John M(ilton?) Burgess Jr. (1814-1880+) of Franklin Co., GA

6. Pleasant A. Franklin Burgess (1816-1891) of Lincoln Co., GA

7. Reuben C. Burgess (1818-1870) of Franklin Co., GA

Second Son of John M. Sr.

Edward Burgess II was born about 1798, probably in Franklin Co., Georgia. He married Elizabeth __ about 1823. He is listed in the 1830 census for Habersham Co., Georgia, in 1840 in Lumpkin Co., Georgia, in 1850 in Cherokee Co., Georgia, and in 1860-80 in Milton Co., Georgia. He died there in 1881, having had five sons:

1. Rev. Thomas Burgess (1824-1899) of Forsyth Co., GA; he was a Baptist minister who married Sophia Williams

2. Lewis Burgess (1825-1862) of Milton Co., GA

3. John Washington Burgess (1830-1850) of Cherokee Co., GA

4. William Burgess III (1834-1862) of Milton Co., GA

5. Joel Jordan Burgess (1836-1913) of Milton Co., GA

William Burgess I was born about 1778 in Pittsylvania Co., Virginia. He married firstly Nancy Lewis on 15 January 1810 in Pittsylvania Co., and secondly Elizabeth Day on 22 March 1824 in Surry (now Yadkin) Co., North Carolina. He is listed on the personal property tax lists of Pittsylvania Co. from about 1799-1818, on the land tax lists there from 1799-1800 and 1814-18, and on the 1820-50 censuses for Surry (now Yadkin) Co., North Carolina (the 1800-10 censuses for Pittsylvania Co. having been lost). He died in Yadkin Co. in June of 1854, having had eight sons, two by his first wife, and six by his second:

*1. Joseph D. Burgess (1815?-1880+) of Pickens Co., GA

2. Edward Thomas Burgess (1816-1892) of Yadkin Co., NC

3. James M. Burgess (1825-1895) of Yadkin Co., NC

4. Nicholas F. Burgess (1828?-1880+) of Greenville Co., SC

5. William Alfred Burgess (1832?-1897) of Yadkin Co., NC

6. Robert C. Burgess (1835?-1880+) of Yadkin Co., NC

7. Henry H. Burgess (1840?-1850+) of Yadkin Co., NC

8. John Morehead Burgess (1842-1900+) of Yadkin Co., NC

First Son of William

Joseph D. Burgess was born about 1815 in Pittsylvania Co., Virginia. He married Cynthia __ by 1843. He is listed in the 1840 census for Burke Co., North Carolina, in 1850 in McDowell Co., North Carolina, in 1860 in Fannin Co., Georgia, and from 1870-80 in Pickens Co., Georgia. He died in Pickens Co. after 1880, having had three sons:

1. William B. Burgess (1844?- )

2. James C. Burgess (1847?- ) of Pickens Co., GA

3. John Louis Burgess (1856-1929) of Pickens Co., GA

Summary

Joseph B. Burgess is the ancestor of Clint W. Burgess; Rev. Thomas Burgess is the ancestor of John W. Burgess; Joel Jordan Burgess is the ancestor of John R. Burgess; Abner Albert Burgess is the ancestor of Samuel M. Burgess; Pleasant A. Franklin Burgess is the ancestor of Dennis B. Burgess, Jr.; James M. Burgess is the ancestor of Fred R. Burgess; John Louis Burgess is the ancestor of Paul P. Burgess.

Test results received from many representatives in this line confirm a genetic relationship between these cousins; they have a common male ancestor, Edward Burgess.

The numbers also match the markers of the male descendants in the line of William Burgess of Montgomery Co., Maryland, Samuel H. Burgess of Calhoun Co., Florida, Edward Burgess of Monongalia Co., (West) Virginia, Austin Burgess of Laclede Co., Missouri, and James Burgess of Jackson Co., Tennessee; these families have a common Burgess ancestor, name unknown.

Edward West Burgess Sr. was born about 1796 in Canada. He married Catharine Esmond about 1820. He died about 1821 in Oxford Co., Canada, having had one son:

*1. Edward West Burgess Jr. (1821-1896) of Oxford Co., Ontario

Edward West Burgess Jr. was born 12 January 1821 at Norwich, Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada. He married Anna Marie Lossing on 17 June 1844 in Norwich, Ontario. He died at Burgessville, Oxford Co., Ontario on 19 October 1896, having had five sons:

1. Charles Edmond Burgess (1847-1932)

2. Richard Leonard Burgess (1849-1895)

*3. Edward West Burgess III (1852-1923)

4. Solomon Burgess (1854-1899)

5. George Burgess (1856- )

Third Son of Edward West Jr.

Edward West Burgess III was born 31 August 1852 at Burgessville, Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada. He married Kate Blanche Green on 5 January 1876 at Waterford, Ontario, and secondly (La)Vina __. He was a patent solicitor. He resettled in the United States about 1885, and died in July 1923, having had four sons:

1. Edward Wesley Burgess (1880-1948) of Milwaukee, Milwaukee Co., WI

2. Lewis Green Burgess (1882- )

3. Frank Burgess (1887- )

4. Verne Kellum Burgess (1896- )

Edward West Burgess III’s daughter, Berta Burgess (1878-1936), who married Wade Oakley Hulbert, is the ancestor of Lizbeth Jackman; only matrilineal (mtDNA) results are available thus far for this family.

Emanuel B. Burgess was born about 1823 in Union Co., South Carolina, possibly the son of Joseph Burgess and Elizabeth __. He married firstly Jane __ about 1845, secondly Amanda Williams about 1871, and thirdly Rebecca __ by 1880. He is listed in the 1850-70 censuses for Union Co., South Carolina, and in 1880 in Spartanburg Co., South Carolina (he states there that both of his parents were born in South Carolina). He died in South Carolina between 1880-1900, having had eight sons, seven by his first wife, and one by his second:

1. Lemuel Burgess (1846?- )

2. Joseph Burgess (1848?- )

3. John Henry Burgess (1849?- )

4. James Burgess (1851?- )

5. Andrew Jackson Burgess (1854-1915) of Cherokee Co., SC

6. George W(ashington?) Burgess (1856?- )

7. Johnson Burgess (1861?- )

8. Charles Freeman Burgess (1872-1952) of Walton Co., GA

Andrew Jackson Burgess is the ancestor of Jerry F. Burgess; Charles Freeman Burgess is the ancestor of Carey D. Burgess.

Test results received from two representatives in this line confirm a genetic relationship between these cousins; they have a common male ancestor, Emanuel B. Burgess. However, they do not currently match the numbers of any other Burgess Project family.

Ephraim Burgess Sr. was born March 1812 (according to the 1900 census), or 1820 (according to the 1870 census) in Halifax Co., North Carolina (according to his son Jack’s death certificate). He married Frances Hawkins about 1845. He is listed in the 1870-1900 censuses for Halifax Co., North Carolina, but has not been identified in any earlier census. He died there between 1900-10, having had at least six sons:

1. Jack Burgess (1847/52-1920) of Halifax Co., NC

2. Frank Burgess (1853?-1936) of Halifax Co., NC

3. Ephraim Burgess Jr. (1859?- ) of Halifax Co., NC

4. Harland Burgess (1860?- ) of Halifax Co., NC

5. Lee Burgess (1861?- ) of Halifax Co., NC

6. Grant Burgess (1864?-1900+) of Halifax Co., NC

Jack Burgess is the ancestor of Adam J. Burgess.

Test results received from one representative in this line do not currently match the numbers of any other Burgess Project family.

Note: This family is affiliated with that of Richard Burgess of Hertfordshire Co., England.

Francis Burgess was born about 1791 in Berkshire Co., England. He married Lucy __. He is listed in the 1841-51 censuses for Tilehurst, Berkshire Co., but has not been found in 1861. He died at Tilehurst, Berkshire Co., in 1868, having had at least nine sons, including multiple sets of twins:

*1. George Burgess (1815?-1902) of Reading, Berkshire Co., England

2. James Burgess (1826?-1841+) of Reading, Berkshire Co., England

3. Henry Burgess (1826?-1841+) of Reading, Berkshire Co., England

4. Charles Burgess (1831?-1841+) of Reading, Berkshire Co., England

5. Thomas Burgess (1831?-1841+) of Reading, Berkshire Co., England

6. William Burgess (1836?-1841+) of Reading, Berkshire Co., England

7. Samuel Burgess (1836?-1851+) of Reading, Berkshire Co., England

8. Alfred Burgess (1839?-1851+) of Reading, Berkshire Co., England

9. Francis Burgess (1841-1851+) of Reading, Berkshire Co., England

George Burgess was born about 1815 at Tilehurst, Berkshire Co., England. He married firstly Lucy __ about 1839, secondly Elizabeth Powell in 1859, and thirdly Emma Hollier in 1888, all in Berkshire Co. He is listed in the 1841-1901 censuses of Tilehurst, Bradfield (later Reading), Berkshire Co. Living with him in 1841 is a possible uncle, Henry Burgess (born about 1805) and his wife Elizabeth. He died at Reading in 1902, having had five sons, three by his first wife, and two by his third:

1. Emden George Burgess (1840?-1851+) of Reading, Berkshire Co., UK

2. (George) Edward Burgess (or Edward George Burgess) (1842?-1904) of Reading, Berkshire Co., UK

*3. Rev. Frederick George Burgess (1846-1912?) of Hitchen, Hertfordshire Co., UK

4. Frank Burgess (also called Frank Burgess Hollier) (1887?-1901+) of Reading, Berkshire Co., UK, a possible adopted son

5. Harry Burgess (1889?-1901+) of Reading, Berkshire Co., UK

Third Child of George

Rev. Frederick George Burgess was born in 1846 at Tilehurst, Berkshire Co., England. He married Mary Prior in 1871 at Tilehurst, Berkshire Co. He is listed in the 1871 census for St. Mary, Reading, Berkshire Co., in 1881 at Monks Risborough, Buckshire Co., in 1891 at Chelmsford, Essex Co., and in 1901 at Wellingborough, Northamptonshire Co., England. He was a Baptist minister. He died there after 1901, having had at least four sons:

1. John Burgess (1874?- )

2. James Burgess (1876?- )

3. Joseph Burgess (1878?- )

4. Ebenezer Burgess (1887- ) of Missouri; he also lived in British Columbia

Ebenezer Burgess is the ancestor of Charles W. Burgess.

Test results received from one representative in this family match the numbers of Richard Burgess of Hertfordshire Co., England; they have a common Burgess ancestor, name unknown.

George Burgess Sr. (also called George Burgesser in his cemetery transcription) was born 29 April 1796 in England. He married Harriett __ about 1826 in England. He is listed in the 1830-70 censuses for Allegheny Co. He died there on 23 August 1874 (being buried in the Concord Presbyterian Cemetery, Carrick, Pennsylvania), having had one son and two daughters:

1. George Burgess Jr. (1827?-1879?) of Colorado

George Burgess Jr. was born about 1827 in England. He married Martha Ann Clugage about 1869. He is listed in the 1870 census for Cloud Co., Kansas, and in the 1875 state census both in Cloud Co. and Jewell Co., Kansas. He died, possibly in Colorado, about 1879, having had three sons:

1. Frank Burgess (1870-1939) of Shawnee Co., KS

2. James Edward Burgess (1872-1946) of Jackson Co., MO

3. Charles W. Burgess (1878?-1920+) of Jackson Co., MO

Frank Burgess is the ancestor of Orville C. Burgess.

Test results received from one representative in this line do not currently match the numbers of any other Burgess Project family.

George Burgess was born about 1740 in England. He married Nancy Hodgkinson about 1770. He died about 1800 at Great Budsworth, Cheshire Co., England, having had four sons:

1. John Burgess (1771- ) of Davenham, Cheshire Co., England

2. George Burgess Jr. (1784- ) of Davenham, Cheshire Co., England

*3. Thomas Burgess Sr. (1786-1859) of Davenham, Cheshire Co., England

4. William Burgess (1790- ) of Davenham, Cheshire Co., England

Thomas Burgess Sr. was born 2 March 1786 at Davenham, Cheshire Co., England. He married Elizabeth Worrall on 29 July 1811 at Middlewich, Cheshire Co., England. He is listed in the 1841 census for Davenham, Cheshire Co., and in 1851 for Sutton, Cheshire Co., England. He died in Cheshire Co. in October 1859, having had children:

1. John Burgess II (1811- )

2. William Burgess II (1813?- )

*3. Anne Burgess (1819- )

4. Sarah Burgess (1826- )

5. Thomas Burgess Jr. (1828- )

6. Elizabeth Burgess (1832- )

Third Child of Thomas

Anne Burgess was born before 4 March 1819 at Wharton or Davenham, Cheshire Co., England. She apparently never married, but together with her sister, Elizabeth Burgess, had several natural children noted in the parish registers; these are listed as grandchildren with their grandparents in the 1841 census. Anne’s son was:

1. Thomas Burgess III (1837-1914) of Allegheny Co., PA

Thomas Burgess III is the ancestor of Eugene R. Burgess.

Test results received from one representative in this line do not currently match the numbers of any other Burgess Project family.

George Burgess (also known as George Washington Burgess) was born 3 July 1822 in North Carolina, possibly the son of Nathaniel Burgess and his wife, Elizabeth Jenkins (an Elizabeth Burgess is listed in the 1840 census for Northampton Co.), and possibly the grandson of Robert Burgess and his wife Tamer. He married (Nancy) Ann Flythe on 25 August 1846 in Northampton Co., North Carolina. He is listed in the 1850 census for Northampton Co.; his wife is listed there as head of the family in 1860, living with John Flythe. He may have served in the Civil War, and also worked as a cooper. He either died or disappeared during the Civil War (according to a family story, he abandoned his wife and moved to Franklin, Virginia), having had three sons:

1. William F(lythe?) Burgess (1847- )

*2. Levi George Washington Burgess (1849-1926) of Northampton Co., NC

3. (James) Henry Burgess (1864- ), possibly not his son

Levi George Washington Burgess was born 20 June 1849 in Northampton Co., North Carolina. He married Sally Nelson in 1871, and secondly Charity Nelson in 1874. He is listed with William Flythe in the 1860 census for Northampton Co., and with his family there from 1870-1920. He died in Northampton Co. on 2 February 1926, having had eight sons:

1. William Patrick Burgess (1874-1956) of Northampton Co., NC

2. John Burgess (1876-1954) of Northampton Co., NC

3. Jesse Burgess (1877-1949) of Northampton Co., NC

4. James Matheas Burgess (1879-1934) of Mitchell Co., NC

5. David Burgess (1880-1964)

6. Levi More Burgess (1881-1953)

7. Thomas Burgess (1883-1975) of Northampton Co., NC

8. Noah Burgess (1885-1946)

Levi More Burgess is the ancestor of Joseph T. Burgess.

Test results received from one representative in this line do not currently match the numbers of any other Burgess Project family.

George Burgess was born about 1741 in Worcestershire Co., England. He may be descended from or related to Thomas Burgess, who was christened in 1637 at Great Hampton, Worcestershire Co. He married Elizabeth __ about 1770. He died after 1790, having had six sons:

1. Thomas Burgess I

2. John Burgess

3. William Burgess

4. James Burgess

*5. Robert Burgess I (1787-1857) of Staffordshire Co., England

6. Edward Burgess

Robert Burgess I was born about 1787 at Dodderhill, Droitwich, Worcestershire Co., England. He married Sarah __ about 1830. He is listed in the 1841-51 censuses for Pelsall, Staffordshire Co., England. He died there about 1857, having had one son:

*1. Thomas Burgess II (1834-1869) of Staffordshire Co., England

Only Son of Robert

Thomas Burgess II was born about 1834 at Pelsall, Staffordshire Co., England. He married Agnes Cooper in 1856 at Pelsall; she remarried Edward Williamson after his death. He is listed in the 1861 census for Pelsall, Staffordshire Co.; his widow appears as head of the family there in 1871, and with her new husband there in 1881. He died there in 1869, having had three sons:

*1. Thomas Edward Burgess (1859-1896) of Staffordshire Co., England

2. Robert Burgess II (1865?-1881+) of Staffordshire Co., England

3. Harry Burgess (1867?-1881+) of Staffordshire Co., England

First Son of Thomas

Thomas Edward Burgess was born in 1859 at Pelsall, Staffordshire Co., England. He married Hannah Roberts in 1883 at Pelsall. He is listed in the 1891 census for Pelsall, Staffordshire Co.; his widow appears there as head of the family in 1901. He died there in 1896, having had three sons:

1. Thomas Burgess III (1885?-1901+) of Staffordshire Co., England

2. Robert Burgess III (1888-1915+) of Staffordshire Co., England

3. Ernest Burgess (1890?- ), died young

Robert Burgess III is the ancestor of Allan E. Burgess.

Note: This family is affiliated with that of John Burgess of Henry Co., Virginia.

Green Burgess was born 16 October 1832, either in North Carolina or in Williamson Co., Tennessee (the latter according to his death certificate). He married firstly Rachel Elizabeth Braden on 15 June 1858, secondly Nancy Jane Netherly on 22 September 1884, and thirdly Mary Ella Mathis on 19 January 1892, all in Williamson Co. Green Burgess first appears in the 1850 census for Williamson Co. living with Peter M. (or N.) Conley and his wife, Harriet Green Conley, with a birthplace listed of North Carolina. He continues to be listed in the 1860-80 censuses of Williamson Co. (in 1880 he states that both of his parents were born in Virginia). He died there on 14 January 1900, having had four sons by his first wife and two by his third:

1. William Monroe Burgess (1865-1939) of Collin Co., TX

2. Ernest Green Burgess Sr. (1867-1940) of Rutherford Co., TN

3. Walter Lee Burgess (1873-1957) of Collin Co., TX

4. Jack Patton Burgess (1882-1965) of Potter Co., TX

5. John Haley Burgess (1895-1958) of Williamson Co., TN

6. Samuel M. Burgess (1897-1979) of Muscogee Co., GA

Ernest Green Burgess Sr. is the ancestor of Ernest G. Burgess.

Test results received from one representative in this line match the numbers of descendants of the line of John Burgess of Henry Co., Virginia (see that family); they have a common Burgess male ancestor, name unknown.

Isaac Burgess Sr. was born about 1791 (or 1784, according to the 1851 census) at Chorley, Cheshire Co., England. He married Sophia __ about 1827. He is listed in the 1841-51 censuses for Great Warford, Alderley Parish, Cheshire Co., England. He worked as a weaver. He died there after 1851, having had at least two sons:

*1. Isaac Burgess Jr.  (1831?-1895) of Chorley, Cheshire Co., England

2. Charles Burgess (1835?- ), died young?

Isaac Burgess Jr. was born about 1831 at Great Warford, Cheshire Co., England. He married Margaret (Wareham?) about 1867. He is listed with his father in the 1841-51 censuses, in 1861 at Chorley, Cheshire Co., with Sarah Burgess (born 1780), in 1871 at Fulshaw, Cheshire Co., in 1881 at Mobberley, Cheshire Co., and in 1891 at Chorley. He apparently died at Chorley in 1895, having had four sons:

1. John Burgess (1868- )

2. William Burgess (1870- )

*3. Arthur Burgess (1872-1910) of Derbyshire Co., UK

4. Reuben Burgess (1880- )

Third Son of Isaac Jr.

Arthur Burgess was born about 1872 at Mobberley or Great Warford, Macclesfield, Cheshire Co., England (listed variously in different censuses). He married Marian Louise Palmer in 1896 at Hambledon, Surrey Co., England. He is listed in the 1891 census for Chorley, Cheshire Co., England, and in 1901 for Clowne, Derbyshire Co., England. He was a coal miner. Arthur Burgess died in 1910 at Clowne, Worksop, Derbyshire Co., England, having had at least one son:

1. Albert Palmer Burgess (1901- ) of Clowne, Derbyshire Co., UK

Albert Palmer Burgess is the ancestor of Simon W. Burgess.

Test results received from one representative in this line do not currently match the numbers of any other Burgess Project family.

James Burgess was born about 1790 in Virginia. He may be the same individual as James McDaniel, possibly a natural son of James Smith McDaniel and Mary Burgess, the daughter of William Burgess of Bedford Co., VA (see that family), who was bound to John Grant in 1791 in Bedford Co., VA; and/or the same person as the James Burgess, presumed brother of Keziah Burgess (see that family), who was bound to John Nichols, Sr. (the same individual to whom Keziah was bound in 1791) in 1795 in Bedford Co., VA.

James married Rachel Huddleston on 27 October 1810 in Bedford Co., Virginia. He is listed there as unmarried in the 1810 census, and in the personal property tax records there from 1811-18, sometimes associated with a William Burgess, a likely cousin or brother. He may be listed in the 1820 census for Bedford Co. and also possibly in Kanawha Co., (West) Virginia; he is listed in 1830 in Logan Co., (West) Virginia, and in the 1840-50 censuses for Fayette Co., (West) Virginia, but does not appear actually to have moved between 1820-50 (the counties were split off from each other in succession). He is not the son of Thomas Burgess of Logan Co., the youngest son of William Burgess of Bedford Co., Virginia, as has sometimes been speculated. James Burgess died in Fayette Co. in 1852, having had at least six sons:

1. Austin Burgess (1811-1860+) of Fayette Co., WV

2. Allen Burgess (1819-1880+) of Fayette Co., WV

3. Andrew Burgess (1826-1898) of Fayette Co., WV

4. Jackson Burgess (1833-1860+) of Fayette Co., WV

5. Henry Burgess (1833-1886+)

6. Gibson Burgess (1837-1850+), died young?

Allen Burgess is the ancestor of Daniel K. Burgess; Henry Burgess is the ancestor of Keith E. Burgess.

Test results received from two representatives in this line match each other; they have a common male ancestor, James Burgess. They do not currently match the numbers of any other Burgess Project family.

James Burgess Sr. was born about 1812 at Westbury, Wiltshire Co., England. He married Ann __ about 1845. He is listed in the 1851-71 censuses for Bristol, Gloucestershire Co., England, working as a brewer; his widow is listed as head of the family there in 1881. He died in Bristol in 1873, having had five sons:

1. William James Burgess (1846-1865) of Bristol, Gloucestershire Co., England, died childless?

2. James Burgess Jr. (1848- )

*3. George James Burgess Sr. (1850-1901+) of Halifax Co., Nova Scotia, Canada

4. John James Burgess (1852- ) of St. James, Gloucestershire Co., England

5. Joseph James Burgess (1854-1891+) of Grantham, Lincolnshire Co., England

George James Burgess Sr. was born 13 March 1850 at Bristol, Gloucestershire Co., England. He married Sarah __ about 1878. He immigrated to Halifax, Halifax Co., Nova Scotia, Canada, in 1880 (or 1891), and is listed there in the 1891-1901 censuses; his widow is listed as head of the family in 1911. George died at Halifax, Nova Scotia between 1901-11, having had four sons:

1. George James Burgess Jr. (1879- ) of Halifax, Halifax Co., Nova Scotia, Canada

2. Robert A. Burgess (1884- )

3. Joseph Edward Burgess (1886- )

4. Arthur Edward Burgess (or Charles Edward Burgess) (1891- )

George James Burgess Jr. is the ancestor of Michael R. Burgess.

Test results received from one representative in this line do not currently match the numbers of any other Burgess Project family.

Note: This family is affiliated with those of William Burgess of Montgomery Co., Maryland, Edward Burgess of Pittsylvania Co., Virginia, Austin Burgess of Laclede Co., Missouri, Samuel H. Burgess of Calhoun Co., Florida, and Edward Burgess of Monongalia Co., West Virginia.

James Burgess was born about 1804 in South Carolina. He married firstly Resela __ about 1836, and secondly Mary __ about 1855. He is listed on the 1836 tax list and the 1840-70 censuses for Jackson Co., Tennessee. An 1856 lawsuit filed in Jackson Co. (James Burgess vs. D. G. Shepherd, Administrator of the Estate of William Vinson) mentions that James made a trip in 1853 to Georgia “concerning his father’s estate.”

James may be the son of Josiah Burgess, who was born about 1786 in Pennsylvania (possibly a mistranscription for Virginia), and is listed in the 1820-30 (in 1830 as “Joel Burgess”) and 1850 censuses for Jackson Co., Tennessee, but has not been found in 1840. In 1850 census Josiah appears with a new wife, Mary Holliman, and daughter (the latter, Mary Sina Burgess Maxwell [1849-1938], indicates in her later death record that her father Josiah had been born in North Carolina). He apparently died by 1860. A Josiah Burgess is listed in the 1810 census for the Kershaw District, South Carolina; other Burgesses in the county include Tim Burgess (son of John Burgess) and John Burgess (son of Timothy Burgess I) of the Thomas Burgess line of Pittsylvania Co., Virginia; John Burgess appears to be listed there in 1800.

James Burgess was a blacksmith. He apparently died in Jackson Co. about 1872, when his wife attempted to claim his land through a lawsuit. He had six sons, four by his first wife, and two by his second:

*1. Josiah Burgess II (1837-1911) of Jackson Co., TN

2. James Burgess Jr. (1841-1850+), died young

3. Thomas Burgess (1845- )

4. William Burgess (1850- )

5. James Burgess III (1855- )

6. John T. Burgess (1857- )

Josiah Burgess II (also called Joseph Oliver Burgess, Joseph Burgess, and Joe Burgess) was born in March 1837 in Jackson Co., Tennessee (according to the 1850 census); as he aged, he moved his reported year of birth backward to 1823. He is not the same person as Joel Burgess, son of Thomas Burgess of White (later Putnam) Co., Tennessee, a descendant of William Burgess of King George Co., Virginia (see that family). He married Mary Elizabeth Veteto about 1855, and secondly her niece, Nancy Veteto, on 4 April 1881 in Jackson Co. He is listed in the 1870-1900 censuses for Jackson Co., including a rare surviving fragment of the 1890 census; Nancy is listed as head of the family in 1910. He died there on 10 August (or 11 June) 1911, having had ten sons, three by his first wife, and seven by his second:

1. John Shirley Burgess (1856/58-1933)

2. James Matthew Burgess (1865-1947)

3. Joseph “Jody” Burgess Jr. (1870/74-1946)

4. Henry Burgess (1881-1938) of Putnam Co., TN

5. (James) William Burgess (1882/83-1950)

6. Charles Burgess (1885/88-1965)

7. (Alvin) Dero Burgess (1887-1958)

8. Bailey Burgess (1897-1968)

9. Oliver Burgess (1901-1913), died young

10. (Edd) Carmack Burgess (1906-1974)

Henry Burgess is the ancestor of J. Larry Burgess.

Test results received from one representative in this line confirm a genetic relationship with the lines of William Burgess of Montgomery Co., Maryland, Edward Burgess of Monongalia Co., (West) Virginia, Samuel H. Burgess of Calhoun Co., Florida, Austin Burgess of Laclede Co., Missouri, and Edward Burgess of Pittsylvania Co., Virginia; these families have a common Burgess ancestor, name unknown.

Note: This family is affiliated with that of Joseph Burgess of Bergen Co., New Jersey, and John Burgess of New Haven Co., Connecticut.

James Burgess was born about 1785 (or 1788) at Tillington, Sussex Co., England. He may be the son of James Burgess and Jane Brown, who married on 10 June 1785 at Tillington, Sussex Co. He married Sarah Muggeridge about 1826. He was an innkeeper at Petworth, Sussex, England, in 1837 (according to the Tithe Award map), managing an establishment there called “The Fox.” He is listed in the 1841 census for Petworth, Sussex Co., but his children are enumerated separately with Alfred and Emma Bridger, Sarah’s children by a previous marriage; he is listed in the 1851 census for Wesboro Green, Sussex Co., and in 1861 at Horsham, Sussex Co. He died at Horsham, Sussex Co., on 21 February 1868, having had six sons:

1. John Bridger Burgess (1827-1861+) of Lambeth, Surrey Co., England

2. James Bridger Burgess (1829-1875) of Lambeth, Surrey Co., England

3. Edwin Bridger Burgess (1832-1875) of Lambeth, Surrey Co., England

4. Clement Bridger Burgess (1833-1901+) of London, England

5. Richard Bridger Burgess (1834-1894) of Hackney, Middlesex Co., England

6. Edmund Bridger Burgess (1838-1916) of Tottenham, Middlesex Co., England

Edmund Bridger Burgess is the ancestor of Alan R. Burgess.

Test results received from one representative of this family match the markers of descendants of Joseph Burgess of Bergen Co., New Jersey, and of John Burgess of New Haven Co., Connecticut; they have a common Burgess ancestor, name unknown.

The personal name of one individual in the Burgess Surname DNA Project is unknown. This line may be descended from Jason Burgess of Fayette Co., Kentucky.

Test results received from one representative of this line exactly match the numbers of a descendant of the McManus family of Ireland, suggesting very strongly that this particular Burgess line descends from the M(a)cManus Clan. They do not currently match the numbers of any other Burgess Project family.

Note: this family is affiliated with that of John R. Burgess of Clay Co., Alabama, Thomas Burgess Sr. of Scott Co., Kentucky, and Alphonso Davis of Wayne Co., Illinois.

Joel Burgess Sr. was born by 1741 (he had to have been twenty-one years of age in 1762), probably in Virginia. He married Eleanor Heath, daughter of William and Martha Heath (or Hayth) of Bedford Co., Virginia, about 1763. He witnessed a deed of gift of three slaves from J. Bentley Baugh of Chesterfield Co., Virginia to William Walthall of Amelia Co., his brother-in-law, on 10 June 1765 in Amelia Co., Virginia, and is listed there on the 1762-65 tithables lists in Col. Thomas Tabb’s District in Raleigh Parish. Other early Burgesses living in Amelia Co. include Benjamin Burgess, who is listed on the 1736 tithables list, a year after the county was created from Prince George Co.; William Burgess, who bought 300 acres on Long Branch or Little Hurricane Creek in 1740, is listed there on the 1744 tithables list, and is also mentioned there in 1749; John Burgess, mentioned in a 1742 deed as having land on Standley’s Branch of Woody Creek; and Joseph Burgess, a member of the Amelia County Militia in 1758 (“Joel” is sometimes used as a nickname for Joseph).

About 1770 Joel Sr. sued __ Ralls in Bedford Co., Virginia. Shortly thereafter he was forced to provide a peace bond to the Bedford Co. Court, and was fined in 1772 for misbehaving in court. On 24 April 1775 William Heath’s estate was probated in Bedford Co., mentioning as heirs (among others) his son Thomas Heath, his wife Martha, and daughter Eleaner (sic) Burgess. Thomas and Martha then deeded 200 acres of land on Molly’s Creek in Bedford Co. on 22 August 1775 to Joel, per Thomas’s father’s “request that Joel have the land.” Joel and “Elander” sold their land there on 1 January 1778 to William Brown of Augusta Co., Virginia, and again reaffirmed the sale on 21 September 1778. Joel is listed on the 1783 personal property tax list of Bedford Co., Virginia.

Joel Sr. purchased 75 acres of land from Samuel Neighbors on 22 October 1779 (recorded 29 March 1786) on Beaverdam Creek near the Saluda River in Laurens Co., South Carolina. He may have served in February 1781 as a Lieut. in the South Carolina Militia during the Revolutionary War. He witnessed a deed in Laurens Co. from Ratcliff Jowell to Mark Moore on 28 January 1785. He received a 20-acre land grant there in 1786, and sold the combined 95 acres of land on Beaverdam Creek of Little River to Richard Ship on 10 March 1788. He bought 150 acres of land from Lewis Saxon on the South Fork of Raeburns Creek on 13 March 1786, and sold it back to him again on 27 December 1787. He and Lewis Banton bought a set of blacksmith tools, works, furniture, livestock, and books from Benjamin Stone and Joseph Cobbs on 25 June 1790. Joel Sr. bought 200 acres of land from Richard Jowell on Beaverdam Creek of Little River on 5 February 1791.

Joel Sr. is listed on the 1790-1800 censuses for Laurens Co., South Carolina, in 1790 with seven sons over the age of 16, and in 1800 with two sons aged 10-16 and two aged 16-26. He is mentioned in the estate accounting of Thomas Burton there on 29 September 1801, with his sons Walter and Joel Jr.

Joel Sr. is He died in February 1803 in Laurens Co., South Carolina; his will, which was dated 11 February 1803 and probated 2 March 1803, names his wife and sons Roland and Joel Jr. as executors. He had seven sons, which are listed below in the order shown in his will, plus four daughters—Mary Ann, wife of William Wynn Hendricks; Sarah Keziah “Sally,” wife of George Medford; Eleanor “Nelly,” wife of William Hughes; and Martha “Patty,” wife of William Chandler and Robert Box:

*1. Elijah Burgess (1764?-1821) of Walton Co., GA

2. Walter Burgess I (1766?-1816+) of Laurens Co., SC; he is mentioned in the estate accounting of Thomas Burton there on 29 September 1801, and witnessed a will there on 29 June 1816; he may be listed in the 1820-30 censuses for Covington Co., MS

3. Thomas Burgess (1768?-1803+) of Laurens Co., SC

4. William Burgess (1770?-1803+) of Laurens Co., SC; he witnessed a deed there in 1795, and is mentioned buying goods at the sale of his father’s estate in 1803

5. Roland Burgess I, also called Rowland Burgess (1772?-1840+) of Tuscaloosa Co., AL

6. Joel Burgess Jr. (1774?-1820+) of Laurens Co., SC; he is mentioned in the estate accounting of Thomas Burton there on 29 September 1801, served as a witness in Laurens Co. on 14 January 1815 and 3 November 1817, and is listed there in the 1820 census

7. John C. Burgess (1789?-1850+) of Benton (later Calhoun) Co., AL

Elijah Burgess was born about 1764 in Virginia. He married Mary Elizabeth __ about 1786 in Laurens Co., South Carolina. He is listed in the 1790-1800 censuses of Laurens Co., South Carolina (in 1790 with no sons, in 1800 with three sons under the age of 10), and in 1820 in Walton Co., Georgia (with one son under the age of 10, and two aged 16-26); he has not been found in 1810; his widow may be listed in the 1850 census for Randolph Co., Alabama and/or Benton (later Calhoun) Co., Alabama. Elijah witnessed two deeds in Laurens Co. in 1799 and 1800. He died in Walton Co. in 1821, having had four sons:

1. Joel F(ranklin?) Burgess (1794-1869) of Randolph Co., AL

*2. John H. Burgess (1796?-1862) of Randolph Co., AL

3. Walter Burgess II (1798?-1818+) of Walton Co., GA

4. Roland Burgess II (1800?-1868?) of Randolph Co., AL

Second Son of Elijah

John H. Burgess was born about 1796 in Laurens Co., South Carolina. He married Ann King about 1825. He is listed in the 1830 census for Coweta Co., Georgia, and in 1840-60 in Randolph Co., Alabama. He died there in 1862, having had three sons:

1. Thaddius Burgess (1834?-1863) of Randolph Co., AL

2. John Henry Burgess (1840?-1880+) of Calhoun Co., AL

3. Elijah J. Burgess (1842?-1860+) of Randolph Co., AL

Thaddius Burgess is the ancestor of Herbert T. Burgess.

Test results received from one representative in this line match the numbers of the family of John R. Burgess of Clay Co., Alabama, Thomas Burgess Sr. of Scott Co., Kentucky, and Alphonso Davis of Wayne Co., Illinois; they have a common male ancestor, name unknown. Joel Burgess is more closely related to John R. Burgess, and is probably his direct ancestor. Thomas Burgess Sr. is more closely related to Alphonso Davis; if Thomas Sr. is the father of Thomas Burgess Jr. of Scott Co., Kentucky, he cannot be Joel’s son Thomas, but must be a cousin.

John Burgess was born about 1675 in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. He worked as a flax weaver. The descendants of this family emigrated from Scotland to Australia on 23 August 1881.

John Burgess is the ancestor of Leigh J. Burgess.

Test results received from one representative in this line do not currently match the numbers of any other Burgess Project family.

Note: This line is affiliated with that of William Burgess of Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, and Ralph Burges of Cheshire Co., England.

John Burgess Sr. was born about 1777 (or 1783), probably at Macclesfield, Cheshire Co., England. He married Elizabeth “Betty” Stubbs on 9 January 1809 in Cheshire Co. He may be listed in the 1841 census at Prestbury, Bollington, Macclesfield, Cheshire Co., England; his widow is listed there with her son John Jr. in 1851. If the 1841 listing is that of John Sr., then he died in Cheshire Co. in the 1840s, having had at least one son:

*1. John Burgess Jr. (1813?-1892) of North Canterbury Region, New Zealand

John Burgess Jr. was born about 1813 at Macclesfield, Cheshire Co., England, and was christened at Christ Church there on 23 July 1815. He married Charlotte Fisher (an Irishwoman) on 10 April 1836 in Lancashire Co., England. He is listed in the 1841 census for Salford, Lancashire Co., and in 1851 (on March 30) at Sutton, Cheshire Co., England. He immigrated with his family to New Zealand on the ship Lady Nugent, sailing from Plymouth, England, on 28 May 1851. He and his family settled first at Riccarton Bush, near Christchurch, New Zealand, and then at Clarkville, Kaiapoi, North Canterbury Region, South Island, New Zealand. He died there on 19 July 1892, having had three sons:

1. Thomas Burgess (1837-1911) of New Zealand

2. John Burgess III (1840-1887) of North Canterbury Region, New Zealand

3. William Burgess (1846-1933) of New Zealand

Second Son of John Jr.

John Burgess III was born about 1840 in Lancashire Co., England. He married Georgina Jane Gilbert on 22 November 1858 at Kaiapoi, North Canterbury Region, New Zealand. He died there on 10 September 1887, having had at least one son:

1. John Thomas Burgess (1860-1944) of North Canterbury Region, New Zealand; he married Sarah Smith Nixon on 19 October 1887

John Thomas Burgess is the ancestor of William J. Burgess.

Test results received from one representative in this family match the numbers of the families of Ralph Burges of Cheshire Co., England, and of William Burgess of Middlesex Co., Massachusetts. They have a common Burgess ancestor, name unknown.

John Burgess was born about 1816 at Tabley, Altrincham District, Cheshire Co., England. He married firstly Hannah __ about 1834 (she died in 1851 at Congreton, Northwich, Cheshire Co.), and secondly Alice (Young?) by 1861. He is listed in the 1841 census for Bowdon, Altrincham, Cheshire Co., England, in 1851 at Pickmere, Altrincham, Cheshire Co., England, in 1861 at Runcorn, Cheshire Co., England, and in 1871 at Widnes, Lancashire Co., England. He apparently died before 1881 (possibly in late 1871 in Cheshire Co.), having had at least six sons:

1. Joseph Burgess (1835- ), died young

2. John Burgess Jr. (1840- ), died young

3. Samuel Burgess (1843- )

4. Edwin Burgess (1846- ) of Northwich, Cheshire Co., England

5. John Burgess III (1853- )

6. Charles Henry Burgess [or Henry Charles Burgess] (1859-1901+) of Widnes, Lancashire Co., England

Charles Henry Burgess is the ancestor of Paul Burgess.

The test results received from one representative of this line may match those of descendants of Thomas Burgess of Barnstable Co., Massachusetts, but the results are inconclusive; if the relationship exists, it dates back 500-600 years or more. 

John Burgess I was born about 1770 in Pennsylvania. He married Ann __ about 1810 (she was born 18 October 1776, and died on 12 September 1844). He is listed in the 1805 tax list and 1810 census of Addison Township, Somerset Co., Pennsylvania, with one son and two daughters under the age of 10, and the parents aged 26-45; in 1820 in Jefferson Co., Ohio, with three sons under the age of 10, two daughters, and two men aged 26-45; in 1830 in Muskingum Co., Ohio, with two sons aged 15-20 and one aged 20-30, and John aged 60-70; and in 1840 in Delaware Co., Indiana, with one son aged 20-30, and John aged 60-70; he has not been found in 1850. He purchased land in Delaware Co. on 10 November 1840. He died there on 12 March 1856, having had at least three sons, all of them born in Pennsylvania:

1. Joseph Burgess I (1809/11-1886) of Jewell Co., KS

2. James Burgess (1813?-1860+) of Delaware Co., IN; he purchased land in Delaware Co. on 20 September 1839, with James being listed as a resident of Licking Co., Ohio

*3. David Burgess (1815-1879) of Delaware Co., IN

David Burgess was born on 23 June 1815, probably in Somerset Co., Pennsylvania. He married Elizabeth Bryan on 10 December 1840 in Delaware Co., Indiana. He is listed in the 1850-70 censuses of Delaware Co.; his widow appears as head of the family in 1880. He died there on 15 May 1879, having had three sons:

1. John Burgess II (1842-1897) of Delaware Co., IN

2. Joseph Burgess II (1851-1928) of Lake Co., IN; he married Elizabeth Ann Moore on 24 April 1885 in Benton Co., OR

3. George McClelland Burgess (1863-1878), died young

Joseph Burgess II is the ancestor of Kelly Burgess.

Test results received from one representative in this line do not currently match the numbers of any other Burgess Project family.

Note: This family is affiliated with that of William Mellard of Dorchester Co., South Carolina.

John Burgess was born by 1847 (he had to have been 21 in 1868), possibly in Georgia. He married Mary F. Sammons on 23 January 1868 in Hart Co, Georgia; she was born in 1851 in Georgia, the daughter of Oliver Sammons or Salmonds and Elizabeth Cleveland; she remarried General Jasper Baker on 11 November 1871 in Morgan Co. and had further children by him. He has not been identified in any census record. John died or they were divorced by 1870, when Mary appears with her mother, Elizabeth Sammons, in the census for Morgan Co., Alabama.  John Burgess may have been one of the John Burgesses listed in the 1860 census for Franklin Co., Georgia (a neighboring county), or in Anderson Co., South Carolina (across the river from Hart Co.). He had one known son:

*1. Perry Frank Asbury Burgess (1868-1948) of St. Louis Co., MO

Perry Frank Asbury Burgess (also called Frank Burgess) was born on 9 December 1868 in Hart Co., Georgia. He married Mildred Velma Howard on 15 February 1909 in Clay Co., Arkansas. He is listed with his grandmother in the 1870 census for Morgan Co., Alabama, as “Asbery Sammons,” aged 2 years. He has not been found in the 1880-1900 censuses. He is listed in the 1910 census for Dunklin Co., Missouri as “Millen Verges,” in 1920 in Stoddard Co., Missouri, and in 1930 in St. Louis Co., Missouri. His census records indicate variously that his parents were born in Arkansas or Georgia. Frank Burgess died on 2 August 1948 in Stoddard Co., Missouri; his death certificate states he was born in 1870 in Alabama. He had three sons:

1. Howard B. Burgess (1916-1981) of Fresno Co., CA

2. John “Jack” Burgess (II) (1919-1994) of Lane Co., OR

3. Gerald Robert Burgess (1922-1982) of Stoddard Co., MO

Gerald Robert Burgess is the ancestor of Gary R. Burgess.

Test results received from one representative in this line do not currently match the numbers of any other Burgess Project family. However, they do match a descendant of William Mellard of Dorchester Co., South Carolina; they likely have a common male ancestor, name unknown.

Note: This family is affiliated with that of Green Burgess of Williamson Co., Tennessee.

John Burgess was born about 1740 in Gloucester (later Mathews) Co., Virginia. He married Mary Davis in 1764 in Gloucester Co., Virginia. He settled in Henry Co., Virginia, about 1784, and is listed there in the personal property tax records from 1784-1806. He died on 28 July 1806 at Burgess Creek, Henry Co., Virginia, having had three sons:

*1. Davis Burgess (1765-1828) of Henry Co., VA

2. John Burgess Jr. (1771-1839?) of Henry Co., VA

3. Willoughby Burgess (1774- ) of Henry Co., VA, died young

Davis Burgess was born on 26 June 1765 in Gloucester (later Mathews) Co., Virginia. He married Lucinda “Lucy” Page on 26 January 1794 in Henry Co., Virginia (she is still living in 1860 in Henry Co.). He moved with his father to Henry Co. in 1784, and is listed there in the tax records from 1784-1828, after which his widow is recorded as head of the family. No census records exist for Henry Co. prior to 1820, and he has not been found in 1820, although a blurred and smeared record at the top of the second “B” page may well be him. He died in Henry Co. on 27 February 1828, having had four sons:

*1. John Burgess III (1800-1836) of Henry Co., VA

2. Davis Hewlett Burgess (1801?-1833+) of Henry Co., VA; he is listed with two sons under the age of 5 in the 1830 census

3. Thomas P(age?) Burgess (1804?-1849?) of Henry Co., VA

4. William Burgess (1805?-1828+) of Henry Co., VA

First Son of Davis

John Burgess III was born on 7 April 1800 in Henry Co., VA. He married Mary “Polly” Weaver on 22 October 1825 in Henry Co. He is listed in the personal property tax records there (as “John Burgess Jr.”) from 1829-36, and also in the 1830 census. He died in Henry Co., Virginia, on 10 October 1836, having had at least one son:

1. John Henry Burgess (1831-1914) of Henry Co., VA

John Henry Burgess is the ancestor of John G. Burgess and John W. Jamerson III.

Test results received from two representatives in this line match each other; they have a common male ancestor, John Henry Burgess. They also match the numbers of a descendant of Green Burgess of Williamson Co., Tennessee; they have a common Burgess ancestor, name unknown.

John Burgess Sr. was born near Hexton, Hertfordshire Co., England, about 1520. He married Joane Wilson in 1544. He had at least one son:

*1. John Burgess Jr. (1550?- ) of Hertfordshire Co., England

John Burgess Jr. was born about 1550 in Hertfordshire Co., England. He married Anne Maryam in 1585. He had at least one son:

*1. Thomas Burgess (1590- ) of Hertfordshire Co., England

Son of John Jr.

Thomas Burgess was born about 1590 at Hitchin, Hertfordshire Co., England, and married Isabell Jackson in 1609. He had at least one son:

*1. Richard Burgess (1610- ) of Hertfordshire Co., England

Son of Thomas

Richard Burgess was born about 1610 in Hertfordshire Co., England. He married Jane Stott in 1636. He had at least one son:

*1. Henry Burgess (1635-1707) of Hertfordshire Co., England

Son of Thomas

Henry Burgess Sr. was born about 1635 at Lilley, Hertfordshire Co., England. He married Mary __ in 1660. He died there in 1707, having had at least two sons:

*1. Henry Burgess Jr. (1666-1708) of Hertfordshire Co., England

2. Peter Burgess (1670-1671), died young

First Son of Henry Sr.

Henry Burgess Jr. was born in 1666 in Hertfordshire Co., England. He married Elizabeth Royce in 1699. He died there in 1708, having had five sons:

1. Aales Burgess (1695- ) of Lilley, Hertfordshire Co., England

2. Peter Burgess II (1701- ) of Lilley, Hertfordshire Co., UK

3. Henry Burgess III (1703- ) of Lilley, Hertfordshire Co., UK

4. William Burgess (1706- ) of Lilley, Hertfordshire Co., UK

5. Israel Burgess (1709- ) of Lilley, Hertfordshire Co., UK

Peter Burgess II is the ancestor of Anthony H. Burgess.

Test results received from one representative in this line do not currently match the numbers of any other Burgess Project family.

John Burgess Sr. was born between 1765-75, possibly in North Carolina. He may have married Mary “Polly” __ about 1796 in North Carolina (she was born about 1777 in North Carolina, and died after 1860 in Humphreys Co., Tennessee). He may be listed in the 1800-10 censuses for Warren Co., North Carolina (in 1800 with one son and one daughter under the age of 10, and in 1810 with one son aged 10-16, and two under the age of 10); he is certainly listed in 1820 in Humphreys Co., Tennessee, with two sons aged 10-16 and two under the age of 10; his presumed widow is listed as head of the family in the 1830 census in Dickson Co., TN (with one son aged 10-15, and two aged 5-10), and in 1840 in Humphreys Co. (with no sons); in 1850 she is living with her son, Plummer, and in 1860 with Martha Dodson, a presumed daughter. John Sr. apparently died in Humphreys Co. about 1825, having had at least six sons:

1. Son (1796?- )

2. Plummer W. Burgess (probably Plummer Willis Burgess) (1805?-1850+) of Humphreys Co., TN; he was apparently named for Maj. Plummer Willis (a Revolutionary War soldier) of Warren Co., NC, and Robertson Co., TN; he is listed in the 1837-38 and 1842 tax lists for Humphreys Co., and in the 1840-50 censuses there; died childless

3. Son (1807?- )

*4. Alexander A. Burgess (1815?-1854?) of Humphreys Co., TN

*5. John Burgess Jr. (1820?-1862?) of Humphreys Co., TN

6. James Burgess I (1825?-1850+) of Humphreys Co., TN        

Alexander A. Burgess was born about 1815 in North Carolina; his middle name may be Alfred. He married Indiana Wilson about 1840. He is listed in the 1838 tax list for Humphreys Co. (either as A. A. Burgess or as Ellick A. Burgess, or both), and in the 1840-50 censuses there; his widow appears as head of the family in 1860. He died about 1854 in Humphreys Co., having had three sons:

1. Andrew J(ackson?) Burgess (1846-1920+) of Humphreys Co., TN

2. James Burgess II (1848- ) of Humphreys Co., TN

3. Alfred Alexander Burgess (1854-1936) of Collin Co., TX

John Burgess Jr. was born about 1820 in Tennessee (according to the 1850 census), or in 1819 in Kentucky (according to the 1860 census). He married (Elizabeth) Phoebe Watkins on 29 December 1839 in Dickson Co., Tennessee. He is listed in the 1842 tax list of Humphreys Co., next door to Plummer Burgess, and in the 1850-60 censuses there. He and his wife died in a smallpox epidemic there about 1862, having had three sons:

1. Alfred Henderson Burgess (1848?-1928) of Dickson Co., TN

2. Robert William Burgess (or Robert Whitwell Burgess) (1858?- )

3. Pleasant Gotchie Burgess (or Pleasant Goochie Burgess or Gotchie Burgess) (1860-1910+) of Humphreys Co., TN

Alfred Henderson Burgess is the ancestor of Robert F. Burgess; Alfred Alexander Burgess is the ancestor of I. Jackson Burgess III.

Test results received from two representatives in this line exactly match each other; they have a common ancestor, John Burgess Sr. They do not currently match the numbers of any other Burgess Project family.

John Burgess was born about 1816 at Ipswich, Norfolk Co., England. He married Sarah Franklin (?) about 1837, and secondly Eliza Rowe (?) about 1852. He is listed in the 1841-61 censuses for St. Mary, Islington, Middlesex Co., England. He worked as a legal clerk and cashier. He died there about 1862, having had at least four sons, one by his first wife, and three by his second:

1. John Burgess Jr. (1840- )

2. James Burgess I (1854- )

3. Richard Burgess (1859- )

4. Robert Burgess (1860-1932) of Blackley, Lancashire Co., England

Robert Burgess (also called Robert William Burgess by his descendants) was born 1860 at Islington, Middlesex Co., England. He married Jane Emmerson in 1881, and secondly Lydia Wheeler after 1901. He is listed in the 1891 census for Islington, London, England, and in 1901 at Edmonton, Middlesex Co., England. He later moved to Blackley, Lancashire Co., where he died in mid-1932, having had at least two sons, both by his second wife:

1. James Burgess II, died an infant

2. Robert William Burgess Jr. (1909-1987) of Manchester, England

Robert William Burgess Jr. is the ancestor of Graham Burgess.

Test results received from one representative of this family currently do not match the numbers of any other Burgess line.

Note: This family is affiliated with that of James Burgess of Sussex Co., England, and Joseph Burgess of Bergen Co., New Jersey.

John Burgess was born about 1683. He married Mary Tyler on 28 November 1709 at Branford, New Haven Co., Connecticut. He died after 1724, having had four sons:

1. Nathan Burgess (1711?- )

2. John Burgess Jr. (1713- )

*3. James Burgess (1716-1789) of New Haven Co., CT

4. Benjamin Burgess (1721- )

James Burgess was born 9 February 1715/16 O.S., probably in Connecticut. He married Sarah Dunk on 21 June 1744 at Branford, New Haven Co., Connecticut. He died on 9 February 1789 at Washington, Litchfield Co., having had three sons:

1. James Burgess Jr. (1745- )

2. Ezra Burgess (1747- )

3. Ebenezer Burgess (1749-1825) of Litchfield Co., CT

Ebenezer Burgess is the ancestor of Lee A. Burgess.

Test results received from one representative of this family match the markers of descendants of Joseph Burgess of Bergen Co., New Jersey, and James Burgess of Sussex Co., England; they have a common Burgess ancestor, name unknown.

Note: this family is affiliated with that of David Burgess of Spartanburg Co., South Carolina.

John Burgess was born about 1774 in North Carolina. He married Rodia __ about 1803. He may be related to the Matthew Burgess (an uncommon name for the period) who lived in Burke Co., North Carolina, and Greenville Co., South Carolina, and also to the Carter Burgess who lived in Greenville Co. He may be listed in the 1810 census for Halifax Co., North Carolina, with one son aged 10-16, and four sons under the age of 10. He may be the John “Bridges” listed in the 1820 census for Rutherford Co., with three sons aged 10-16 and three under the age of 10—or a second time with two sons aged 16-26, two aged 16-18, two aged 10-16, and two under the age of 10. He is listed in the 1830 census for Rutherford Co., North Carolina, with three sons aged 15-20, two sons aged 10-15, one son aged 5-10, and one son under 5, with John aged 50-60 years; and in 1850 in Cleveland Co., North Carolina, living with his son Thomas; he has not been found in 1840. He apparently died there in the 1850s, having had seven sons:

1. Matthew Burgess (1804?-1850+) of Rutherford Co., NC

2. Henry C(olmon?) Burgess Sr. (1805-1868) of Whitfield Co., GA

3. James Burgess (1807?-1880+) of Cleveland Co., NC

4. John Burgess (1808?-1880+) of Cleveland Co., NC

5. Asa Burgess (or Asor Burgess) (1810?-1860+) of Rutherford Co., NC

6. Carter Burgess (1812?-1830+) of Rutherford Co., NC

7. Thomas Burgess (1814?-1880+) of Cleveland Co., NC

Henry C. Burgess Sr. (also called Henry Colmon Burgess Sr.) was born about 1805 in North Carolina. He married Adra Hardin on 8 February 1825 in Rutherford Co., North Carolina. He is listed in the 1850 census for Cleveland Co., North Carolina, next door to his brother, Thomas, and in 1860 in Whitfield Co., Georgia. He apparently died there in 1868, having had five sons:

1. (Oliver) Cormel Burgess (1827- )

2. (Olmon) Milton Burgess (listed as Milford Burgess in the 1850 census) (1829-1854)

3. (Ivirson) Carter Burgess (1831-1882) of Pope Co., AR

4. Henry Colmon Burgess Jr. (1833-1868)

5. (Ambrose) Calton Burgess (1840-1863)

Ivirson Carter Burgess is the ancestor of Gilford J. Burgess.

Test results received from one representative of this line match those of a descendant of David Burgess of Spartanburg Co., South Carolina, a nearby county; they have a common Burgess ancestor, name unknown.

Note: this family is affiliated with that of Thomas Burgess Sr. of Pittsylvania Co., Virginia.

John Burgess was born about 1769 in Virginia. He is not the same man as the John Burgess (born 1761) who was the eldest son of Timothy Burgess of the Kershaw District, South Carolina. He married firstly Catherine Draper, daughter of Thomas Draper, about 1789, and secondly Sarah __. He is listed in the 1790-1800 censuses for the Union District, South Carolina (in 1790 with no children), and from 1810-50 in the Spartanburg District and Co., South Carolina. He reportedly died on 1 April 1859 in Union Co., South Carolina, having had two sons, both by his first wife:

*1. Thomas Burgess (1790-1850+) of Spartanburg Co., SC

*2. William Burgess (1798-1861) of Pickens Co., AL

Thomas Burgess was born about 1790 in the Union District, South Carolina. He may have married twice, firstly to Mary “Polly” Kirby about 1815, and secondly to Eleanor __ about 1857. He is listed in the 1830-60 censuses for Spartanburg Co., South Carolina; in 1830 he has three sons under the age of 5 and one aged 5-10, and in 1840 one son aged 5-10 and one aged 10-15. He apparently died there between 1860-70, having had at least three sons, two by his first wife, and one by his second:

1. John Burgess I (1819?-1850+) of Benton Co., AL

*2. Marcus Burgess (1828?-1880+) of Chickasaw Co., MS

3. Thomas C. Burgess (1858?-1860+) of Spartanburg Co., SC

Second Son of Thomas

Marcus Burgess was born about 1828 in Spartanburg Co., South Carolina. He married Elizabeth Melton about 1849 in Spartanburg Co. He is listed twice in the 1850 census, on 28 October 1850 in Spartanburg Co. (near his father and older brother, John), and also on 19 February 1851 in Benton Co., Alabama, where he had obviously moved in the interim. He is listed in the 1860 census in Calhoun Co., Alabama, in 1870 in Noxubee Co., Mississippi, and in 1880 in Chickasaw Co., MS. He apparently died in Chickasaw Co. between 1880-1900, having had seven sons:

1. John Burgess III (1850-1870+) of Noxubee Co., MS

2. William Terrie Burgess (1852?-1910?) of Noxubee Co., MS

3. Joseph Burgess (1854?-1900+) of Lauderdale Co., MS

4. Lafayette Burgess (1856?-1870+) of Noxubee Co., MS

5. Charles W. Burgess (1860-1900+) of Lauderdale Co., MS

6. Wade Burgess (1868-1951) of Chickasaw Co., MS

7. Ross Burgess (1871?-1910+) of Lauderdale Co., MS

William Burgess was born about 1798/1800 (he is not listed in the 1800 census with his father) in the Union District, South Carolina. He married Martha E. Easterwood about 1820. He is listed in the 1830-60 censuses for Pickens Co., Alabama; his widow is listed as head of the family in 1870-80. He died there in 1861, having had seven sons (an eighth son, James [born about 1820] is listed by some researchers):

1. Thomas Bush Burgess (1822- ); he married firstly Jane Varner and secondly Martha McGahey

2. John Burgess II (1822/24-1863) of Calhoun Co., AL

3. William N. Burgess (1826-1888) of Calhoun Co., AL

4. Robert Burgess (1829-1907) of Pickens Co., AL

5. Joshua Burgess (1831-1877) of Calhoun Co., AL

6. David Burgess (1833-1880+) of Pickens Co., AL

7. Andrew J(ackson?) Burgess (1839- )

Wade Burgess is the ancestor of J. Leon Burgess; Robert Burgess is the ancestor of Eddy D. Burgess.

Test results received from two representatives in this line match each other; they have a common male ancestor, John Burgess I. They also match the numbers of descendants of Thomas Burgess Sr. of Pittsylvania Co., Virginia; they have a common Burgess ancestor, name unknown.

John Burgess is too young to have been a son of Thomas Burgess Sr. of Orange and Pittsylvania Cos., Virginia, and he could only be a son of Rev. Thomas Burgess Jr. if Thomas Jr.’s date of birth is moved back at least six years earlier than presently believed. Descendants of this family match the Western Atlantic Modal Haplotype (WAMH).

Note: this family is affiliated with that of Joel Burgess of Laurens Co., South Carolina, Thomas Burgess Sr. of Scott Co., Kentucky, and Alphonso Davis of Wayne Co., Illinois.

John R. Burgess was born about 1808, probably in Laurens Co., South Carolina. He is probably descended from Joel Burgess Sr. of Laurens Co. through one of his seven sons, the most likely being Joel Burgess Jr. (of Joel Sr.’s other six sons, Elijah Burgess, Roland Burgess, and John C. Burgess cannot be John R.’s father, and Walter Burgess is unlikely; however, William Burgess and Thomas Burgess have yet to be traced). He married Mary __ about 1829. He is listed in the 1830 census for Autauga Co., Alabama (with one son and one daughter under the age of 5), in 1840 in Talladega Co., Alabama (with two sons aged 5-10), and in 1870 in Clay Co., Alabama, but has not been found in 1850-60; his widow is listed there in the 1880 census, next door to her son, Joel F. Living two doors from him in 1840 is a probable relative, William Burgess, aged 40-50, with two sons aged 10-20; this man is too young to  be Joel’s son, William. John died in Clay Co. before 1880, having had three sons:

1. Son (1830?- )

2. Joel Franklin Burgess (1843-1908) of Clay Co., AL

3. Chesley Burgess (1850- )

Joel Franklin Burgess is the ancestor of J. Kermit J. Burgess.

Test results received from one representative in this line match the numbers of the family of Joel Burgess of Laurens Co., South Carolina, Thomas Burgess Sr. of Scott Co., Kentucky, and Alphonso Davis of Wayne Co., Illinois; they have a common male ancestor, name unknown.

Jonathan Burgess, also called Jonathan Milton Burgess Sr. in several unverified sources, was born about 1780 in South Carolina or Ireland or Virginia (the latter according to his son, Starling G., in 1880). He married Ruth Elizabeth Blackstock about 1804. The evidence of his children’s births indicates that he lived successively in South Carolina, Georgia, and Alabama, but he has not been found in any census record. He died about 1827 in Jackson Co., Alabama, having had four sons:

1. Richard Alexander Burgess (1805-1877) of Jackson Co., AL

*2. Starling G. Burgess (1813-1895) of Jackson Co., AL

3. Jonathan Milton Burgess (Jr.) (1817-1889) of Jackson Co., AL

4. William E. Burgess (1823- )

Starling G. Burgess was born about 1813 in Georgia. He married Sarah Martin about 1834. He registered 40 acres of public land in Alabama in 1837, and is listed in the 1840-80 censuses for Jackson Co., Alabama. He died there on 9 August 1895, having had eight sons:

1. John M. Burgess (1835-)

2. Coleman Burgess (1839- )

3. James Burgess (1842- )

4. William Burgess (1844-1870+) of Greene Co., GA

5. Hardy Burgess (1846- )       

6. Richard S. Burgess (1848-1880+) of Red River Co., TX

7. David M. Burgess (1852- )

8. Samuel Burgess (1854- )

William Burgess is the ancestor of William L. Burgess; Richard S. Burgess is the ancestor of Elmer R. Burgess.

Test results received from two representatives in this line match each either; they have a common male ancestor, Starling G. Burgess. They do not currently match the numbers of any other Burgess line.

Note: This family is affiliated with that of James Burgess of Sussex Co., England, and John Burgess of New Haven Co., Connecticut.

Joseph Burgess was born about 1820 in New York. He married Jane M. __ about 1848. He is listed in the 1850 census for Westchester Co., New York, and in 1860 in Bergen Co., New Jersey. He worked as a blacksmith. He apparently died in Bergen Co. about 1862, having had two sons:

1. William D. Burgess (1851-1927) of Sullivan Co., PA

2. John Henry Burgess (1857?-1910+), died childless

William D. Burgess is the ancestor of George B. Burgess.

Test results received from one representative of this family match the markers of descendants of John Burgess of New Haven Co., Connecticut, and James Burgess of Sussex Co., England; they have a common Burgess ancestor, name unknown.

Note: This family is affiliated with that of Adam Burgess of Dumfriesshire Co., Scotland.

Joseph Burgess Sr., also called Joseph Drury Burgess Sr., was born about 1748 in Ireland, possibly in County Antrim. He married Margaret Armstrong by 1773. He immigrated to North Carolina after 1781, and either served as a Private for thirty-six months in the Revolutionary War, or bought a Revolutionary War land warrant. On 27 July 1785 he received a land grant of 274 acres in Mecklenburg Co., North Carolina, which he promptly sold. He has not been found in the 1790 census, but is listed in the 1800 census for the Sumter District, South Carolina, with one son aged 10-16, and one aged 16-26. He apparently died there by 1810, having had four sons:

*1. Andrew Burgess (1774?-1850+) of Sumter Co., SC

2. John Burgess (1776?-1840+) of Monroe Co., AL

*3. Joseph Drury Burgess Jr. (1781?-1869?) of Monroe Co., AL

4. Thomas Burgess (1783-1830+) of Sumter Co., SC

Andrew Burgess was born 14 January 1774 in County Antrim, Ireland. He immigrated to the United States with his father after 1781. He married Rachel McDonald White about 1820, possibly in Sumter Co., South Carolina. He is listed in the 1830-40 censuses for Sumter Co.; Rachel appears as head of the family in 1850. He died there on 17 May 1850, having had four sons:

*1. William R. Burgess Sr. (1821-1878) of Clarendon Co., SC

2. James Madison Burgess (1831-1896) of Williamsburg Co., SC

3. Robert W. Burgess (1829-1850+) of Sumter Co., SC

4. Arthur F. Burgess (1839-1850+) of Sumter Co., SC

First Son of Andrew

William R. Burgess Sr. was born in 1821 in Sumter Co., South Carolina. He married Anne E. R. Bradham about 1848, and secondly Vermel McDonald about 1862. He is listed in the 1850 census for Sumter Co., and from 1860-70 in Clarendon Co., South Carolina; his widow appears as head of the family there in 1880. He served as a Probate Judge. He died there on 5 February 1878, having had four sons, one by his first wife, and three by his second:

1. Joseph A. Burgess (1853-1870+) of Clarendon Co., SC

2. William R. Burgess Jr. (1864-1865)

3. Charles Mood Burgess (1868-1926) of Sumter Co., SC

4. Wade Hampton Burgess Sr. (1878-1956) of Sumter Co., SC

Joseph Drury Burgess Jr. (also called Drury Burgess) was born about 1781 in Ireland (reportedly in County Antrim). He married Jane __ about 1805. He is listed in the 1810-30 censuses for the Sumter District, South Carolina (in 1810 he has one son under the age of 10, in 1820 no sons, and in 1830 one son under the age of 5 and one aged 5-10), and from 1840-60 in Monroe Co., Alabama (in 1840 he has 1 son aged 5-10, and two aged 10-15). He apparently died in Monroe Co. about 1869, having had at least three sons:

1. James M. Burgess (1806?-1840+) of Monroe Co., AL

*2. Andrew J. Burgess (1822?-1858) of Monroe Co., AL

3. William F. Burgess (1831?-1860+) of Monroe Co., AL

Second Son of Joseph Drury Jr.

Andrew J(ackson?) Burgess was born about 1822 in the Sumter District, South Carolina. He married Anny Holly about 1847. He is listed in the 1850 census for Monroe Co., Alabama. He died there in 1858, having had three sons:

1. James V. Burgess (1848?- )

2. Andrew H. Burgess (1850?- )

3. Edwin Burl Burgess (1857-1926) of Escambia Co., FL

Charles Mood Burgess is the ancestor of Robert L. Burgess; Edwin Burl Burgess is the ancestor of Burl R. Burgess.

Test results received from one representative of this family match the numbers of a descendant of Adam Burgess of Dumfriesshire Co., Scotland; they have a common Burgess ancestor, name unknown.

Joseph William Burgess Sr. was born about 1900 in England. He married Harriet Mabel (Hitchen) Sharpley about 1941, and had one son born in 1942 at Bradford-on-Avon, Wiltshire Co., England. At the time he was working as a demolition worker at Clapham, London. His date of death is unknown.

Joseph William Burgess Sr. is the ancestor of Richard Burgess.

Test results received from one representative of this family currently do not match the numbers of any other Burgess line. Descendants of this family match the Western Atlantic Modal Haplotype (WAMH).

Note: this family is affiliated with that of Thomas Burgess of Barnstable Co., Massachusetts, Benjamin Burgess of Saint John Co., New Brunswick, Canada, and Thomas Burgess of York Co., Ontario, Canada.

Josiah Burgess was born about 1785, possibly in Connecticut. He may have been the son of a William Burgess, and is possibly descended from Thomas Burgess of Barnstable Co., Massachusetts’s second son, John Burgess Sr. He married Sarah Loomis about 1807. He is listed in the 1810 census for Genesee Co., New York. He died in 1816, either at Pittsford, Monroe Co., NY, or at Smithville, Chenango Co., NY, having had one son:

1. Seth Burgess (1813-1860+) of Cortland Co., NY

Seth Burgess is the ancestor of Seth T. Burgess.

Test results received from one representative of this line match those of descendants of Thomas Burgess of Barnstable Co., Massachusetts, Benjamin Burgess of Saint John Co., New Brunswick, Canada, and Thomas Burgess of York Co., Ontario, Canada; they have a common Burgess ancestor, name unknown. However, they do not currently match the numbers of any other Burgess Project family.

Josiah Burgess, also called Samuel Josiah Burgess on his tombstone, was born about 1766 in Virginia. His wife’s name is unknown. He is listed in the 1800 census for the Kershaw District, South Carolina, and in 1810 in the Darlington District, South Carolina, but has not been found in 1820. By the 1820s he was living in Laurens Co., Georgia, but is listed in the 1830-50 censuses for Dooly Co., Georgia. He died about 1856 in Telfair Co., Georgia, having had four sons:

*1. Dillard Burgess (1801-1860+) of Brooks Co., GA

2. William Burgess (1803- )

3. Robert R. Burgess (1806- ), extinct in the male line

4. Stephen T. Burgess (1808- )

Dillard Burgess was born about 1801 in the Kershaw District, South Carolina. He married Annis Cannon or Aness Cannon about 1833 in Dooly Co., Georgia. He is listed in the 1840 census for Dooly Co., Georgia, in 1850 in Sumter Co., Georgia, and in 1860 in Thomas Co., Georgia. He died between 1860-70 in Brooks Co., Georgia, having had five sons:

1. William Wesley Burgess (1833-1910) of Brooks Co., GA

2. John S. Burgess (1841- )

3. James Madison Burgess (1843-1923) of Colquit Co., GA

4. Stephen G. Burgess (1847- )

5. Robert Burgess (1850- )

Dillard Burgess is the ancestor of C. Wayne Burgess.

Test results received from one representative in this line do not currently match the numbers of any other Burgess Project family.

Note: One branch of this family is affiliated with that of George Hale of Northumberland Co., Virginia.

Keziah Burgess was born by 1791 in Virginia, possibly the daughter of Mary Burgess, daughter of William Burgess of Bedford Co., VA (see that family), and/or the sister of James Burgess of Fayette Co., West Virginia (see that family). She was bound to John Nichols Sr. in Bedford Co. in 1791 (Nichols was the same person to whom James Burgess was bound in 1795). She is listed in the 1840 census for Barren Co., Kentucky, and in 1860 there living with her son, Armstead L. Burgess Sr.; she has not been found prior to 1840, or in 1850. She died in March 1870 in Barren Co. (at “age 90,” according to the 1870 mortality census), having had three sons by different fathers, all of whom have descendants in the male line:

1. Armstead L(ewis?) Burgess Sr. (1808?-1880+) of Barren Co., KY [Haplotype I1b]

2. Oliver Austin Burgess Sr. (1820-1899) of Barren Co., KY [Haplotype R1b1]

*3. Sparrell Edward Burgess (1826-1902) of Sebastian Co., AR [Haplotype I1a (confirmed by test)]

Sparrell Edward Burgess was born February 1826 in Virginia. He married firstly Tabitha Jane Jones on 31 December 1844 in Barren Co., Kentucky, and secondly Cynthia Clayton. He is listed in the 1850-60 censuses for Barren Co., Kentucky, and in 1880-1900 in Sebastian Co., Arkansas. He died there on 19 April 1902, having had six sons:

1. William Oliver Burgess (1846-1889) of Denton Co., TX

2. Harvey Washington Burgess (1849-1920+) of Poteau Co., OK

3. Elias M. Burgess (1855- ), died young

4. James Elzia Burgess (1859-1883+) of Barren Co., KY

5. Sparrell Edward Newton Burgess (1862-1939) of Poteau Co., OK

6. Andrew C. Thompson Burgess (1868-1903) of Sebastian Co., AR

Armstead Lewis Burgess Sr. is the ancestor of Ronald L. Burgess; Oliver Austin Burgess Sr. is the ancestor of C. Royce Burgess; William Oliver Burgess is the ancestor of Ronald G. Burgess and William L. Burgess; James Elzia Burgess is the ancestor of W. Marlin Burgess; Sparrell Edward Newton Burgess is the ancestor of Gary L. Burgess.

Test results received from many representatives of this line indicate that Armstead Lewis Burgess Sr., Oliver Austin Burgess Sr., and Sparrell Edward Burgess each had different fathers; the markers of the descendants of Sparrell Burgess match each other exactly. None of their markers currently match the numbers of any other Burgess Project family.

However, the numbers of Ronald L. Burgess match those of a descendant of George Hale of Northumberland Co., Virginia. George Hale was the ancestor of the Bedford Co., Virginia, Hale clan, and thus represents a probable paternal ancestor for the Armstead Burgess line, as well the Joseph Haas family and a Chilcote family.

Peter Burgess I was born on 13 December 1753 at Davenham, Cheshire Co., England, the son of Elizabeth Burgess (born 1730) and John Hughes, according to the parish registry of his birth. He married Mary Burrow on 29 September 1772 at Davenham, Cheshire Co. He died on 16 December 1835 at Davenham, Cheshire Co., having had two sons:

1. Thomas Burgess I (1775- )

*2. John Burgess I (1784-1829) of Bakewell, Derbyshire Co., England

John Burgess I was born on 10 January 1784 at Davenham, Cheshire Co., England. He married Jane Boam on 16 January 1809 at Bakewell, Derbyshire Co., England. He served in the Chatsworth Regiment of the local militia in 1809. He died on 22 December 1829 at Bakewell, Derbyshire Co., England, having had four sons:

1. Joseph Burgess I (1815-1880) of March Altrincham, Cheshire Co., England

*2. Peter Burgess II (1818-1862) of Bakewell, Derbyshire Co., England

*3. Thomas Burgess II (1820-1881+) of Youlgreave, Derbyshire Co., England

4. James Burgess (1826-1826)

Second Son of John

Peter Burgess Sr. (II) was born on 9 August 1818 at Bakewell, Derbyshire Co., England. He married Margaret Long on 5 November 1838 at Monyash, Derbyshire Co. He is listed on the 1841-61 censuses for Bakewell, Derbyshire Co. He died there on 2 March 1862, having had five sons:

1. John Burgess II (1841-1878?) of Matlock Bath, Derbyshire Co., England

2. Joseph Burgess II (1843-1843), died young

3. Thomas Burgess III (1845-1845), died young

4. Peter Burgess Jr. (III) (1852-1853), died young

5. William Burgess (1863-1863), died young

Third Son of John

Thomas Burgess II was born 19 July 1820 at Bakewell, Derbyshire Co., England. He married Frances Holland on 27 November 1843 at Youlgreave, Derbyshire Co. He is listed in the 1871 census in Kiveton Park, Wales, Yorkshire Co., and in 1881 in Whittington, Derbyshire Co. He died there before 1891, having had three sons:

1. John Burgess III (1848-1937) of Harthill, Yorkshire Co., England

2. Alfred Burgess (1851-1891+) of Westminster, England

3. Herbert Burgess (1867-1891+) of Whittington, Derbyshire Co., England

John Burgess II is the ancestor of Eric S. Burgess; John Burgess III is the ancestor of Graham Burgess.

Test results received from two representatives of this line match each other; they have a common male ancestor, John Burgess. They do not currently match the numbers of any other Burgess Project family.

Note: this family is affiliated with that of John Burgess of Canterbury Region, New Zealand, and William Burgess of Middlesex Co., Massachusetts. The genealogy of this line should only be considered as verified beginning with the generation of Henry Burgess Sr. (1682-1753).

Ralph Burges Sr. was born about 1555 in Cheshire Co., England. He married firstly Jone Adshedde on 6 February 1581/82 O.S., and secondly Elizabeth Greene on 27 Apr. 1592 O.S. He had two sons by his first wife, and one by his second:

1. Randle Burges (1581- ) of Adlington, Cheshire Co., England

2. Raphe Burges (1583- ) of Adlington, Cheshire Co., England

*3. Ralph Burges Jr. (1592- ) of Adlington, Cheshire Co., England

Ralph Burges Jr. was born on 10 Mar. 1592/93 O.S. at Adlington, Cheshire Co., England. He married __. He had at least one son:

*1. Ralph Burges III (1645-1713) of Adlington, Cheshire Co., England

First Son of Ralph Jr.

Ralph Burges III was born in 1645. He married Martha Colline on 4 April 1687 in Cheshire Co. He died 3 April 1713 at Adlington, Cheshire Co., England, having had at least one son:

*1. Henry Burgess Sr. (1682-1753) of Adlington, Cheshire Co., England

First Son of Ralph III

Henry Burgess Sr. was born in 1682 in Cheshire Co., England. He married Frances Barlow(e) about 1712. He died in 1753 in Cheshire Co., having had six sons:

1. Thomas Burgess (1714- )

2. Ralph Burgess IV (1718- ), died young

3. Henry Burgess Jr. (1722-1785) of Adlington, Cheshire Co., England

4. Ralph Burgess V (1724- )

5. John Burgess (1727- )

6. James Burgess (1730- )

Henry Burgess Jr. is the ancestor of G. Ralph Burgess.

Test results received from one representative of this family match the markers of descendants of John Burgess of Canterbury Region, New Zealand, and William Burgess of Middlesex Co., Massachusetts; they have a common Burgess ancestor, name unknown.

Note: This family is affiliated with that of Francis Burgess of Berkshire Co., England.

Richard Burgess was born about 1776 at Tewin, Hertfordshire Co., England. He married Ann __. He is listed in the 1841-51 censuses for North Mimms, Hertfordshire Co. He died there in the 1850s, having had at least two sons (other possible sons include Richard Burgess [1811- ] and Charles Burgess [1814- ]):

*1. John Burgess (1817?-1900) of Hertfordshire Co., UK

2. Samuel Burgess (1821?-1841+) of Hertfordshire Co., UK

John Burgess Sr. was born in 1813 (or 1817) at Great Hadham, Bishops Stortford, Hertfordshire Co., England. He married Ann __ about 1838. He is listed in the 1841-91 censuses for Hatfield, North Mimms, Hertfordshire Co., England. He died there in 1900, having had three sons:

*1. John Burgess Jr. (1843?-1871+) of Hertfordshire Co., England

2. Samuel Burgess (1845?- ) of Hertfordshire Co., England

3. William Burgess (1850- ) of Hertfordshire Co., England

First Son of John Sr.

John Burgess Jr. was born about 1843 at Hatfield, Hertfordshire Co., England. He married Fanny __ about 1864. He is listed in the 1871 census for Ridge, Hertfordshire Co., England (but not thereafter), and apparently died in the 1870s in Hertfordshire Co., England, having had at least one son:

*1. (William) John Burgess (1866-1901+) of Middlesex Co., England

Only Son of John Jr.

(William) John Burgess (or John William Burgess) was born 1866 at Shenley or Kensworth, Barnet District, Hertfordshire  Co., England. He married Alice Allen there in 1887. He is listed in the 1871 census with his father, in 1881 at North Mimms with his grandfather (another of John Sr.’s grandsons, William  Burgess [born 1870], is living with them), in 1891 at Caddington, Hertfordshire Co., England, and in 1901 at South Mimms, Middlesex Co., England. He died there after 1901, having had at least six sons:

1. Arthur Jeremiah W. Burgess (1885- ), died young

2. Alfred Herbert Burgess Sr. (1889-1965) of Hertfordshire Co., England

3. Reginald John Burgess (1891-1910), died childless

4. John Burgess III (1893- )

5. Edward Burgess (after 1901- )

6. Bert Burgess (after 1901- )

Alfred Herbert Burgess Sr. is the ancestor of Simon Burgess.

Test results received from one representative in this family match the numbers of a descendant of Francis Burgess of Berkshire Co., England; they have a common Burgess ancestor, name unknown.

Richard Burgess was born about 1796 at Maresfield, Frant Parish, Sussex Co., England. He may have been the brother of William Burgess (1795-1851+) of Maresfield. He was transported aboard the ship Lady Castlereagh to Sydney, Australia, arriving there on 11 June 1818, and resettled at Hobart, Tasmania, later that year. He married firstly Johannah Saunders on 26 April 1826, and secondly Jane Jarman about 1845. He worked as a fisherman and boat builder. He died on 29 August 1855 at Launceston, Tasmania, Australia, having had three sons:

*1. William Burgess Sr. (1824-1895) of Stanley, Tasmania, Australia

2. John Burgess (1826-1903) of Launceston, Tasmania, Australia

3. James Henry Burgess (1846-1887) of Launceston, Tasmania, Australia

William Burgess Sr. was born 7 August 1824 at Launceston, Tasmania, Australia. He married firstly Sarah Jarman on 8 September 1847, and secondly Sarah Jane Nash on 3 March 1864. He died on 15 December 1895 at Stanley, Tasmania, having had eight sons, seven by his first wife, and one by his second:

1. William Burgess Jr. (1845-1888) of Launceston, Tasmania, Australia

2. David Burgess (1849-1929) of Launceston, Tasmania, Australia

3. Edward Burgess (1853-1935) of Prahran, Tasmania, Australia

4. Frederick Burgess (1855-1939) of Launceston, Tasmania, Australia

5. George Henry Burgess (1857-1929) of Cape Barren Island, Tasmania, Australia

6. Alfred Albert Burgess (1859- )

7. Walter Burgess (1863-1938) of Ulverstone, Tasmania, Australia

8. Arthur Burgess (1864-1913) of Latrobe, Tasmania, Australia

Walter Burgess is the ancestor of Walter J. Burgess.

Test results received from one representative in this line do not currently match the numbers of any other Burgess Project family.

Note: This family is affiliated with that of William McGee of Los Angeles Co., California.

Richard Edward “Ed” Burgess was born in April 1872 in Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, or Alabama (as he variously reportedly in the censuses), or in Walker Co., Georgia, according to his son Hugh’s death record. He married Jeanette “Jennie” Patterson, daughter of Thomas Spencer Patterson and Eliza Jane Rainy, about 1894. He is listed in the 1895 tax assessor record for Meltonsville, Marshall Co., and also for Union Grove; and in the 1900-30 censuses for Marshall Co., Alabama; he has not been found in 1880. Ed Burgess died in Marshall Co., Alabama in April 1937, having had five sons:

1. Homer Eddie Burgess (1896-1972) of Marshall Co., AL

2. Joseph Stanley Burgess (1898- )

3. Thomas Brant Burgess (1899-1946) of Marshall Co., AL

4. Ernest E. Burgess (1901-1976) of Marshall Co., AL

5. Hugh Carlton Burgess Sr. (1903-1989) of Kentucky

Ed Burgess is said to have had a brother who lived in Tyler, Texas. If this story is correct, the only possible candidate appears to be Rev. Milton Wesley Burgess, who was born 16 December 1870 in Talladega Co., Alabama (with both parents born in Alabama), who says he is the son of John Burgess of England and Neely Cameron of Alabama (according to his death certificate). Milton married firstly Mary Ellis __, and secondly Nettie __. He is listed in the 1900 census in Hunt Co., Texas, in 1910-20 in Tyler, Smith Co., Texas, and in 1930 in Navarro Co., Texas. In 1880 he is listed in Callahan Co., Texas, with his mother, Cornelia V., stepfather, William H. Crawford, and sisters Emma E. (born 1869) and Ida Idella (born 1873). His parents appear to be J. W. Burgess and C. V. Burgess, who are listed with their daughter, Emma, in the 1870 census for Clay Co., Alabama (next door to Talladega Co.); this family may be descended from Joseph Burgess son of Mordecai Burgess of the Edward Burgess line of Pittsylvania Co., Virginia (see above). Milton died childless on 19 October 1952 in Grayson Co., Texas. No proof has been found of a connection between the families of Ed Burgess and Milton Burgess.

Hugh Carlton Burgess Sr. is the ancestor of Hugh C. Burgess, Jr.

Test results received from one representative of this family match the numbers of a descendant of William McGee of Los Angeles Co., California; they have a common male ancestor, name unknown. The numbers also match those of the descendants of a major Hancock family branch (see the Hancock DNA Surname Project at Family Tree DNA).

Note: This family is affiliated with that of Edward Burgess of Pittsylvania Co., Virginia, James Burgess of Jackson Co., Tennessee, William Burgess of Montgomery Co., Maryland, Austin Burgess of Laclede Co., Missouri, and Edward Burgess of Monongalia Co., West Virginia.

Samuel H. Burgess was born about 1792 in Georgia. He married Elizabeth Trice in 1818 in Upson Co., Georgia. He is listed on the 1818-19 tax lists of Baldwin Co., Georgia, and appears there on the 1820 census. He participated in a land lottery in Malcolm’s District in Baldwin Co. in 1821. He is listed on the 1825-26 tax lists of Jones Co., Georgia, and enlisted as an Ensign in the militia there on 21 March 1826. (Both Baldwin and Jones Cos. are adjacent to Jasper Co., Georgia, where Josiah Burgess, son of William Burgess of Montgomery Co., Maryland, lived.) He is listed on the 1830 census in Henry Co., Alabama, and in 1840 in Calhoun Co., Florida; his widow is listed as head of the family there in 1850 with her four younger sons. He settled in Florida by 1835, and filed three land deeds claiming land there at the Tallahassee Land Office in 1837-38. He died in Calhoun Co., Florida about 1841, having had five sons:

*1. James Madison Burgess (1818-1873?) of Upson Co., GA

2. Henry Harrison Burgess Sr. (1827-1858?) of Calhoun Co., FL

3. George W(ashington?) Burgess (1831-1866?) of Jackson Co., FL

4. Alford Burgess (or Alfred Burgess) (1835-1850+) of Calhoun Co., FL

5. Samuel M. Burgess (1838-1870+) of Calhoun Co., FL

James Madison Burgess was born 1818 in Jones Co., Georgia (according to his military record). He married Caroline M. “Carrie” Capps on 22 November 1855 in Upson Co., Georgia. He has not been found in any census record. He served in Co. E, 3^rd Battalion (the “Holloway Grays”), Georgia Infantry, Confederate Army, during the Civil War, enlisting from Upson Co., Georgia in May 1862, and being discharged for disability at Atlanta in 1863. Carrie appears in the 1870 census for Upson Co., GA as “Carrie Budges,” and in 1900 in McLennan Co., Texas (six of six children then survive). James sold his share of his father’s estate in 1868 in Calhoun Co., Florida. Carrie is listed as an indigent widow (sic) on the Upson Co. Poor Tax register in 1869. James reportedly died in 1873 on a riverboat on the Chattahoochee River at Eufaula, Alabama, while on his way from Florida to Georgia, having had three sons and three daughters:

1. John Floyd Burgess (1857-1934) of Van Zandt Co., TX

2. James Henry Burgess (1864-1953) of Van Zandt Co., TX

3. William Anderson Burgess (1873-1946) of Van Zandt Co., TX

John Floyd Burgess is the ancestor of Jimmy C. Burgess.

Test results received from one representative in this line matches the markers of male descendants of Edward Burgess of Pittsylvania Co., Virginia, Edward Burgess of Monongalia Co., (West) Virginia, William Burgess of Montgomery Co., Maryland, Austin Burgess of Laclede Co., Missouri, and James Burgess of Jackson Co., Tennessee; they have a common Burgess ancestor, name unknown. The numbers do not match those of any other Burgess Project family.

Sebray Burgess (also called Sebra Burgess, Siberry Burgess, and Seabrook Burgess) was born about 1800 in Virginia. He may be the William S. Burgess listed in the 1828 personal property tax record for Rockingham Co. He married Barbara Pifer on 27 December 1822 in Rockingham Co., Virginia. He is listed in the 1830-40 censuses for Rockingham Co. (as Sebra Burges), and in the personal property tax lists there from 1830-44 (in 1833 as Siberry Burgess) (it should be noted, however, that the tax lists in Rockingham Co. from 1822-29 did not enumerate polls, but only individuals who owned taxable property); his widow appears there as head of the family in the 1845-51 tax lists, and also in the 1850 census. Sebray Burgess died in Rockingham Co. about 1844, having had at least two sons:

*1. Patterson Burgess (1825-1912) of Rockingham Co., VA

2. James W. Burgess (1828-1880+) of Rockingham Co., VA

Patterson Burgess was born February 1825 in Rockingham Co., Virginia. He married Eliza Ann Tutwiler on 7 December 1853 in Rockingham Co. He is listed in the 1850 census with his mother, and from 1860-1910 in Rockingham Co., Virginia. He died there on 2 April 1912, having had five sons:

1. James S. Burgess (1859-1944) of Stark Co., OH

2. John William “Jack” Burgess (1861-1944) of Rockingham Co., VA

3. Turner J. Burgess (1863-1932) of Rockingham Co., VA

4. Charles H. Burgess (1866-1916) of Rockingham Co., VA

5. Edward L. “Edmund” Burgess (1872-1964) of Rockingham Co., VA

James S. Burgess is the ancestor of William S. Burgess.

Test results received from one representative of this family do currently not match the numbers of any other Burgess line.

Updated 23 October 2008 

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