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Benjamin Burroughs 1779–1837 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 31 Mar 1779

Birth Location: Newtown, Queens, New York, USA

Death Date: 14 Apr 1837

Death Location: Savannah,Chatham,Georgia, USA

Father: Joseph Burroughs

Mother: Lydia Hallett

Spouse(s): Catherine Eirick

Children(s): Joseph Burroughs, Elizabeth Burroughs, Henry Burroughs, William Burroughs, Benjamin Burroughs, Oliver Burroughs, Catherine Burroughs

In 1779, Benjamin Burroughs entered the world in Newtown, Queens, New York, USA, born to Joseph Burroughs And Lydia Hallett. Benjamin Burroughs married Catherine Eirick, and had children including Benjamin Jr Burroughs, Catherine Jane Burroughs, Elizabeth Reid Burroughs, Henry Kollock Burroughs, Joseph Hallett Burroughs, Oliver Sturges Burroughs, William Howe Burroughs. Benjamin Burroughs passed away in 1837 in Savannah,Chatham,Georgia, USA.

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Biography

  • In 1779, Benjamin Burroughs entered the world in Newtown, Queens, New York, USA, born to Joseph Burroughs And Lydia Hallett.
  • Benjamin Burroughs married Catherine Eirick, and had children including Benjamin Jr Burroughs, Catherine Jane Burroughs, Elizabeth Reid Burroughs, Henry Kollock Burroughs, Joseph Hallett Burroughs, Oliver Sturges Burroughs, William Howe Burroughs.
  • Benjamin Burroughs passed away in 1837 in Savannah,Chatham,Georgia, USA.

Immediate Family

Parents

Joseph Burroughs
1748–1820
Birth Location: Newtown, Queens, New York, USA
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Lydia Hallett
1738–1793
Birth Location: Newtown, Queens, New York, USA
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Spouses(s)

Catherine Eirick
1780–1858
Birth Location: Savannah, Chatham, Georgia, USA
CE

Children(s)

Joseph Burroughs
1803–1854
Birth Location: Savannah, Chatham, Georgia, USA
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Elizabeth Burroughs
1811–1884
Birth Location: Savannah, Chatham, Georgia, USA
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Henry Burroughs
1809–1851
Birth Location: Savannah, Chatham, Georgia, USA
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William Burroughs
1805–1885
Birth Location: Savannah, Chatham, Georgia, USA
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Benjamin Burroughs
1807–1855
Birth Location: Savannah, Chatham, Georgia, USA
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Oliver Burroughs
1814–1856
Birth Location: Savannah, Chatham, Georgia, USA
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Catherine Burroughs
1816–1846
Birth Location: Savannah, Chatham, Georgia, USA
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Benjamin Burroughs's Ancestors

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Benjamin Burroughs
1779–1837
Birth Place: Newtown, Queens, New York, USA
Parents
Joseph Burroughs
1748–1820
Newtown, Queens, New York, USA
Lydia Hallett
1738–1793
Newtown, Queens, New York, USA
Grandparents
Thomas Hallett
1714–1779
Newtown, Queens, New York, USA
Anna Moore
1715–
Newtown, Queens, New York, USA
Great-Grandparents
Joseph Hallett
1678–1750
Lydia Blackwell
1685–1728
Benjamin Moore
–1750
Anna Sackett
1681–1757
2nd-Great-Grandparents
William Jr
1648–1729
Sarah Woolsey
1650–1727
Robert Blackwell
1650–1717
Mary Manningham
1670–1760
Joseph Sackett
1656–1719
Elizabeth Betts
1658–1711

Benjamin Burroughs's Descendants

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Benjamin Burroughs (31 Mar 1779–14 Apr 1837) m. Catherine Eirick (26 Aug 1780–1858)
  1. 1. Joseph (Hallett) Burroughs 1803–1854 m. Valeria (Gibbons) Berrien 1806–1883
    1. 1. William (Berrien) Burroughs 1842–1917 m. Elizabeth (Pettingill Wilson) Hazlehurst 1844–1901
      1. 1. Josephine (Hallett) Burroughs 1877–1965 m. Clyde (Afton) Taylor 1871–1954
        1. 1. Elizabeth (Hazlehurst) Taylor 1901–1975 m. Ernest (Ogg) Houseman 1895–1977
        2. 2. Clyde (Afton) Taylor 1900–1992 m. Hildreth (Sethelya) Fricks 1904–1993
      2. 2. Mac (Hazlehurst) Burroughs 1885–1947 m. Eliza (Fenton) McIntosh 1883–1978
        1. 1. Lila (Fenton) Burroughs 1913–1986 m. Francis (Anderson) Baker 1906–1994
        2. 2. Mac (Hazlehurst II) Burroughs 1917–2003 m. Regis (Mary) White 1921–2002
        3. 3. Valeria (Berrien) Burroughs 1918–1963 m. Charles (Brinton) Wells 1921–1992
        4. 4. Swinton (McIntosh) Burroughs 1921–2014 m. Betty (Ann) Pope –2017
      3. 3. Mary (McNish) Burroughs 1873–1958 m. Charles (Walter) Deming 1870–1956
        1. 1. Hazelhurst Deming 1910–
        2. 2. Leighton (Burroughs) Deming 1919– m. Martha (Ellen) Phillips 1920–
      4. 4. William (Berrien Jr) Burroughs 1879–1943 m. Ida (Mae) Hartfelder 1878–1941
        1. 1. Ida (Mae) Burroughs 1906–1911
    2. 2. Benjamin (Macpherson Berrien) Burroughs 1829–1854 m. Allthea (Stark) Law 1829–
    3. 3. Richard (Berrien) Burroughs 1833–1901 m. Ella (Jane) Burroughs 1839–1868 m. Florida (C) Lewis 1850–1895
      1. 1. Joseph (Hallett) Burroughs 1858–1926 m. Mary (Dickison) Bernard 1866–1955
        1. 1. Richard (Bernard) Burroughs 1886–1966 m. Mary (Reynolds) Desaussure 1888–1982
      2. 2. Annie (Constant) Burroughs 1859–1907
      3. 3. Oliver (Berrien) Burroughs 1860–1938 m. Pauline (Brooks,) Bird 1866–1906
        1. 1. Oliver (Berrien Jr) Burroughs 1889–1962 m. Mary (Sue) Wilson 1893–1993 m. Caroline Street –1917
        2. 2. Isabella (Pauline) Burroughs 1895–1983 m. Douglas (Spivey) Blois 1892–1953
        3. 3. Emmala (Bird) Burroughs 1898–1965
      4. 4. Charles (Shackleford) Burroughs 1876–1931 m. Kippie Cavanaugh 1882–1957
      5. 5. Cecil (Archer) Burroughs 1878–1957
      6. 6. Richard (Berrien) Burroughs 1874–1904
    4. 4. John (Whitehead) Burroughs 1840–1911 m. Margaret Roberts 1844–1919 m. Ellen (Sophia) Hardin 1843–1871
      1. 1. Anna (Hardin) Burroughs 1870–1949 m. Thomas (Savage) Clay 1868–1949
      2. 2. John (Whitehead Jr) Burroughs 1882–1957
      3. 3. Margaret (Valeria) Burroughs 1880–1961 m. Joseph (Carrie) Thompson 1882–1933
      4. 4. Kate (Roberts) Burroughs 1881–1967 m. Allen (Izard) Williams 1881–1948
      5. 5. Stiles (Brown) Burroughs 1886–1963 m. Sarah (Gaston) Moise 1891–1973
        1. 1. Stiles (Brown Jr) Burroughs 1918–1998 m. Charlotte Wilson 1915–2002
        2. 2. Sidney (Moise) Burroughs 1921–1943
    5. 5. Charles (Jenkins) Burroughs 1846–1895 m. Eugena Ashby 1849–1887 m. Louise Ashby 1861–1953
      1. 1. Asbury Burroughs 1873–1909 m. Rosa (Cecil) Berrien 1873–1944
        1. 1. Cecil (Berrien) Burroughs 1904–1981
        2. 2. Eugenia (Ashby) Burroughs 1906–1991
      2. 2. Lucie (Ashby) Burroughs 1872–1933 m. Bazile (L) McLaurin 1863–1907
        1. 1. Janet (L) McLaurin 1902–1943 m. Mark (Myett) Bonham 1896–1987
      3. 3. Ella (E) Burroughs 1879–1942
      4. 4. Robert (Archibald) Burroughs 1889–1971
      5. 5. Marshall (Lee) Burroughs 1892–1960
  2. 2. Elizabeth (Reid) Burroughs 1811–1884 m. John (Stephens) Law 1800–1877
    1. 1. John (Hugh) Law 1836–1918 m. Georgia Overaker 1838–1908
      1. 1. Charles (Green) Law 1878–
      2. 2. Clara (Therese) Law 1869–1936 m. Alexander (Sackett) Taylor 1869–1942
        1. 1. Virgil (Corydon) Taylor 1895–1966 m. Frances (Louise) Bicknell 1900–1990
      3. 3. Laura (E) Law 1860–1940 m. Charles Meek 1852–
        1. 1. Hugh (Law) Meek 1880–1953 m. Evelyn Turney 1885–1960
    2. 2. Sarah (Elizabeth) Law 1855–1942 m. William (H) Kealhofer 1845–1917
    3. 3. Benjamin (Burroughs) Law 1839–1922
    4. 4. William (Francis) Law 1843–1914
    5. 5. George (Wallace) Law 1852–1922
    6. 6. Charles (Henry) Law 1845–1904 m. Fannie (Burnet) Resor 1850–1920
      1. 1. Lavinia (Resor) Law 1872–1948 m. Province (McCormack) Pogue 1865–1940
        1. 1. Lavinia (Law) Pogue 1906–1985 m. Harry (Coleman) Grimes 1905–1990
        2. 2. Province (Law) Pogue 1895–1973 m. Ruth (E) Powell 1898–1976
  3. 3. Henry (Kollock) Burroughs 1809–1851 m. Eliza (Gabriella) DeSaussure 1815–1896
    1. 1. Catherine (De Clemery) Burroughs 1848–1930 m. Lawrence (Whitaker) Taylor 1848–1927
      1. 1. Ella (Desaussure) Taylor 1870–1961 m. Samuel (L Mayrant) Clarkson 1865–1932
        1. 1. Mary (Desaussure) Clarkson 1893–1973 m. Thomas (Ancrum) Boykin 1884–1948
      2. 2. William (Jesse) Taylor 1871–1949 m. Ellen (Douglas) Duffie 1880–1936
        1. 1. Jefferson (Duffie) Taylor 1908–1986 m. Eulalie (Rhodes) Evans 1914–1980
      3. 3. Alfred (Wallace) Taylor 1879–1975 m. Kathleen Thompson 1886–1971
        1. 1. Alfred (Wallace Jr) Taylor 1912–2000
      4. 4. Helen (Chestnut) Taylor 1887–1973 m. Algie (Bassette) Holland 1885–1952
        1. 1. Margaret (Desaussure) Holland 1910–1982 m. Robert (Leland) Edmunds 1902–1972
        2. 2. Ralph (Taylor) Holland 1913–1968 m. Lottie (Belle) Gable 1914–1979
    2. 2. Mary (Elizabeth) Burroughs 1846–1928 m. Francis (Holmes) Trenholm 1846–1885
    3. 3. Gabriella (Ella) Burroughs 1850–1876 m. James (Morris) Morgan 1845–1928
      1. 1. Helen (Trenholm) Morgan 1874–1959
    4. 4. William (Desaussure) Burroughs 1845–1869
    5. 5. Sarah (Davie) Burroughs 1837–1917 m. Alfred Wallace 1835–1890
      1. 1. Alfred (Wall) Wallace 1863–1938
      2. 2. Edward Wallace 1873–
      3. 3. Belle Wallace 1870–
      4. 4. Henry (Burroughs) Wallace 1867–1912 m. Agnes (A) Mikell 1874–1945
        1. 1. Gabriella Wallace 1902–2002
  4. 4. William (Howe) Burroughs 1805–1885 m. Ann (Alethea) MacLeod 1812–1886
    1. 1. Allethea Burroughs 1844–1893
    2. 2. William (Howe Jr) Burroughs 1838–1884
    3. 3. Joseph (Hallett) Burroughs 1847–1898 m. Cornelia (Huguenin) Bryan 1864–1951
      1. 1. Mary (Catherine) Burroughs 1894–1939 m. Gilbert (Sherman) Slade 1897–1969
      2. 2. Emily Burroughs 1892–1989 m. William (Leonard Hunt) Doyle 1891–1960
      3. 3. Alethea Burroughs 1891–1957
      4. 4. Josephine (Huguenin) Burroughs 1898–1915
  5. 5. Benjamin (Jr) Burroughs 1807–1855 m. Rosa (M E) Williams 1810–1853
    1. 1. Julia (Louisa) Burroughs 1850–1921 m. Theodore (H) Livingston 1845–1906
      1. 1. Theodore (B) Livingston 1872–1929 m. Frances Strawn 1875–1964
        1. 1. Theodore (B Jr) Livingston 1905–1995
    2. 2. James (Powell) Burroughs 1837–1899
    3. 3. Rosa (Thirza) Burroughs 1841–1936
  6. 6. Oliver (Sturges) Burroughs 1814–1856 m. Anna (C) Maxwell 1816–1889
    1. 1. Benjamin (Maxwell) Burroughs 1838–1903 m. Eliza (F) Branch 1845–1925
      1. 1. Helen (F) Burroughs 1877–1967 m. Herbert (Jennett) Cassidey 1874–1941
      2. 2. Patrick (Houston) Burroughs 1876–1908
    2. 2. Ella (Jane) Burroughs 1839–1868 m. Richard (Berrien) Burroughs 1833–1901
    3. 3. Eben (William) Burroughs 1842–1902 m. Mary (Ann) Chairies 1845–1918
      1. 1. Ella (Ann) Burroughs 1867–1952 m. Benjamin (Cadwalader) Chaires 1847–1902
        1. 1. Mary (Ann) Chaires 1886–1960
        2. 2. Benjamin (Bryant) Chaires 1897–1961 m. Katherine (Alma) McQueen 1903–1990
        3. 3. Octavia (Greenhow) Chaires 1888–1966 m. John (Volutine) Price 1872–1943
        4. 4. Julia (Pettes) Chaires 1890–1968
      2. 2. Alice (Chaires) Burroughs 1868–1967 m. David (Green) Chaires 1858–1930
        1. 1. David (Green Jr) Chaires 1897–1975 m. Jessie (Irene) Haygar 1906–1977
        2. 2. Eben (Burroughs) Chaires 1904–2000 m. Electra (E) Chaires 1911–1996
  7. 7. Catherine (Jane) Burroughs 1816–1846 m. Charles Green 1807–1881
    1. 1. Benjamin (Burroughs) Green 1838–1865
    2. 2. Charles (Jr) Green 1844–1908
    3. 3. Andrew (Low) Green 1846–1906

Benjamin Burroughs's Timeline

2 Records

1779
31 Mar 1779
Birth of Benjamin Burroughs in Newtown, Queens, New York, USA
Newtown, Queens, New York, USA
1837
14 Apr 1837
Age 58
Death of Benjamin Burroughs in Savannah,Chatham,Georgia, USA
Savannah,Chatham,Georgia, USA

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    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 31 Mar 1779
    Event Place: Newtown, Queens, New York, USA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 14 Apr 1837
    Event Place: Savannah,Chatham,Georgia, USA
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