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(2) John (Emigrant) Burroughs 1617–1678 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: Sept. 2, 1617

Birth Location: Barnstaple, Devon, England

Death Date: 3 Aug 1678

Death Location: Long Island City, Queens, New York, United States

Father: Jeramiah (BURROUGH)

Mother: Ann Sheldrake

Spouse(s): C5. Pettit

Children(s): John Burroughs\Burrows

In 1617, (2) John (Emigrant) Burroughs entered the world in Barnstaple, Devon, England, born to Jeramiah Jeremiah Barnabas Barnabus Dna Burroughs Burrough And Ann Martha Sheldrake. (2) John (Emigrant) Burroughs married C5 Elizabeth Pettit, and had children including John Burroughs Burrows. (2) John (Emigrant) Burroughs passed away in 1678 in Long Island City, Queens, New York, United States.

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Biography

  • In 1617, (2) John (Emigrant) Burroughs entered the world in Barnstaple, Devon, England, born to Jeramiah Jeremiah Barnabas Barnabus Dna Burroughs Burrough And Ann Martha Sheldrake.
  • (2) John (Emigrant) Burroughs married C5 Elizabeth Pettit, and had children including John Burroughs Burrows.
  • (2) John (Emigrant) Burroughs passed away in 1678 in Long Island City, Queens, New York, United States.

Immediate Family

Parents

Jeramiah (BURROUGH)
1580–1646
Birth Location: London, Middlesex, England
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Ann Sheldrake
1580–1653
Birth Location: Norfolk, England
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Spouses(s)

C5. Pettit
1632–1678
Birth Location: Exeter, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States
CP

Children(s)

John Burroughs\Burrows
1665–1699
Birth Location: Brooklyn, Kings, New York, USA
JB

(2) Burroughs's Ancestors

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(2) Burroughs
1617–1678
Birth Place: Barnstaple, Devon, England
Parents
Jeramiah (Jeremiah) Barnabas ( Barnabus) (DNA) BURROUGHS (BURROUGH)
1580–1646
London, Middlesex, England
Ann ((Martha)) Sheldrake
1580–1653
Norfolk, England
Grandparents
Thomas Burrows
1531–1597
Wickhambrook, Suffolk, England
John (II) Sheldrake
1564–1618
Assington, Suffolk, , England
Joan\Jane Aldis
1568–1631
Assington, Suffolk, England
Great-Grandparents
William Burrough
1500–1560
Sarah Borough
1510–1596
William Sheldrake
1524–1595
Sarah Hall
1530–1600
Thomas *
1548–1613
Charlotte Freston
1543–1613
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Richard SHELDRAKE
1500–1560
Charlotte LOCKWOOD
1500–1524
Thomas Aldous
1495–1569
Agnes (Barber)
1512–1582
George Freestone
1522–1581
Mary Freestone
1526–1578

(2) Burroughs's Descendants

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(2) (John (Emigrant)) Burroughs (Sept. 2, 1617–3 Aug 1678) m. C5. (Elizabeth) Pettit (1632–11/20/1678)
  1. 1. John Burroughs\Burrows 1665–1699 m. Margaret (Helen) Woodward 1655–1738
    1. 1. Anne ((Emigrant)) Burroughs 1700–1750 m. Samuel (Westlake) Sr. 1692–1725
      1. 1. Samuel (B.) Westlake 1721–1796
        1. 1. George Westlake 1747–1831

(2) Burroughs's Timeline

2 Records

1617
Sept. 2, 1617
Birth of (2) John (Emigrant) Burroughs in Barnstaple, Devon, England
Barnstaple, Devon, England
1678
3 Aug 1678
Age 61
Death of (2) John (Emigrant) Burroughs in Long Island City, Queens, New York, United States
Long Island City, Queens, New York, United States

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: Sept. 2, 1617
    Event Place: Barnstaple, Devon, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 3 Aug 1678
    Event Place: Long Island City, Queens, New York, United States
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