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GEORGE WHITFIELD L. BURTON 1806 – 1852 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 8 Jul 1806

Birth Location: Kentucky, USA

Death Date: 21 Dec 1852

Death Location: Bellfountain, Mahaska, Iowa, United States

Father: John Burton

Mother: Rebecka Lee

Spouse(s): HANNAH LYTLE, George Burton, George Burton

Children(s): Fletcher Burton, WILLIAM BURTON, James Burton, John Burton, Bethsheba Burton, Bethsheba Burton, Bethsheba Burton, Sarah Flanders, Sarah Flanders, Sara Burton, Elijah Burton, Eliza Burton, Hannah Burton, Mary Burton, Eliza Burton, Eliza Burton, Eliza Burton

GEORGE WHITFIELD L. BURTON (ANcestry DNA match) was born in 1806 in Kentucky, USA, the child of John (George) Burton and Rebecka Hunt Lee. In 1820, GEORGE WHITFIELD L. BURTON (ANcestry DNA match) resided in Indiana, USA. GEORGE WHITFIELD L. BURTON (ANcestry DNA match) married HANNAH LYTLE, George Burton, George Burton, and had children including Fletcher Burton, WILLIAM L. BURTON, James 'Allen' Burton, John Cameron (Corp) Burton, Bethsheba Ann Burton, Bethsheba Ann Burton, Bethsheba Ann Burton, Sarah L Flanders, Sarah L Flanders, Sara Leonora Burton, Elijah L (Pvt.) Burton, Eliza Burton, Hannah Ellender Burton, Mary Elizabeth Burton, Eliza Burton, Eliza Burton, Eliza Burton. GEORGE WHITFIELD L. BURTON (ANcestry DNA match) passed away in 1852 in Bellfountain, Mahaska, Iowa, United States.

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Biography

  • GEORGE WHITFIELD L. BURTON (ANcestry DNA match) was born in 1806 in Kentucky, USA, the child of John (George) Burton and Rebecka Hunt Lee.
  • In 1820, GEORGE WHITFIELD L. BURTON (ANcestry DNA match) resided in Indiana, USA.
  • GEORGE WHITFIELD L. BURTON (ANcestry DNA match) married HANNAH LYTLE, George Burton, George Burton, and had children including Fletcher Burton, WILLIAM L. BURTON, James 'Allen' Burton, John Cameron (Corp) Burton, Bethsheba Ann Burton, Bethsheba Ann Burton, Bethsheba Ann Burton, Sarah L Flanders, Sarah L Flanders, Sara Leonora Burton, Elijah L (Pvt.) Burton, Eliza Burton, Hannah Ellender Burton, Mary Elizabeth Burton, Eliza Burton, Eliza Burton, Eliza Burton.
  • GEORGE WHITFIELD L. BURTON (ANcestry DNA match) passed away in 1852 in Bellfountain, Mahaska, Iowa, United States.

Immediate Family

Parents

John Burton
1765 – 1845
Birth Location: Monmouth County, New Jersey, USA
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Rebecka Lee
1773 – 1841
Birth Location: Flemmington, Hunterdon, New Jersey, United States
RL

Spouses(s)

HANNAH LYTLE
1809 – 1876
Birth Location: Warren (now Clinton), Ohio
HL
George Burton
Birth Location: –
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George Burton
Birth Location: –
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Children(s)

Fletcher Burton
1829 –
Birth Location: Indiana, United States
FB
WILLIAM BURTON
1832 – 1900
Birth Location: Fountain City, Fountain, Indiana, USA
WB
James Burton
1832 – 1892
Birth Location: Indiana, USA
JB
John Burton
1835 – 1917
Birth Location: Fountain City, New Garden Twp, Wayne Co, IN
JB
Bethsheba Burton
1836 – 1879
Birth Location: Fountain, Indiana, USA
BB
Bethsheba Burton
1837 – 1879
Birth Location: Ohio, USA
BB
Bethsheba Burton
1837 – 1879
Birth Location: Ohio, USA
BB
Sarah Flanders
1840 – 1924
Birth Location: –
SF
Sarah Flanders
1840 – 1924
Birth Location: –
SF
Sara Burton
1840 – 1924
Birth Location: Fountain City, Fountain, Indiana, United States
SB
Elijah Burton
1842 – 1865
Birth Location: Yeddo, Fountain County, Indiana, USA
EB
Eliza Burton
1844 – 1922
Birth Location: Fountain City, Fountain, Indiana, vs. Illinois
EB
Hannah Burton
1847 – 1900
Birth Location: Fountain,Indiana
HB
Mary Burton
1849 – 1922
Birth Location: Des Moines, Boone, Iowa, United States
MB
Eliza Burton
Birth Location: –
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Eliza Burton
Birth Location: –
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Eliza Burton
Birth Location: –
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GEORGE BURTON's Ancestors

Self
GEORGE BURTON
1806 – 1852
Birth Place: Kentucky, USA
Parents
John (George) Burton
1765 – 1845
Monmouth County, New Jersey, USA
Rebecka (Hunt) Lee
1773 – 1841
Flemmington, Hunterdon, New Jersey, United States
Grandparents
George (William) Burton
1740 – 1804
New Amsterdam, New York, New York, USA
Anne Longstreet
1746 – 1804
Monmouth, New Jersey, United States
GERSHOM LEE
1733 – 1810
Amwell Twp, Hunterdon, NJ
REBECCA HUNT
1738 – 1821
Amwell Twp, Hunterdon, New Jersey, United States
Great-Grandparents
Richard Burtis
1700 – 1767
Ann Bullock
1705 – 1770
Aaron Longstreet
1710 – 1803
Catherine Osborn
1710 – 1754
GERSHOM LEE
1698 – 1750
Mary Drake
1711 – 1757
Thomas Hunt
1696 – 1789
Abigail Wood
1716 – 1747
2nd-Great-Grandparents

GEORGE BURTON's Descendants

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GEORGE (WHITFIELD L.) BURTON (8 Jul 1806 – 21 Dec 1852) m. HANNAH LYTLE (18 May 1809 – 19 Dec 1876) m. George Burton m. George Burton
  1. 1. Fletcher Burton (1829 – )
  2. 2. WILLIAM (L.) BURTON (24 September 1832 – 22 April 1900)
  3. 3. James ('Allen') Burton (15 Oct 1832 – 28 Apr 1892)
  4. 4. John (Cameron (Corp)) Burton (12 Apr 1835 – 1 Feb 1917)
  5. 5. Bethsheba (Ann) Burton (15 Sep 1836 – 1 Feb 1879)
  6. 6. Bethsheba (Ann) Burton (Abt. 1837 – Abt. 1879)
  7. 7. Bethsheba (Ann) Burton (Abt. 1837 – Abt. 1879)
  8. 8. Sarah (L) Flanders (1840 – 1924)
  9. 9. Sarah (L) Flanders (1840 – 1924)
  10. 10. Sara (Leonora) Burton (8 Jul 1840 – 7 Mar 1924)
  11. 11. Elijah (L (Pvt.)) Burton (1842 – 11 Mar 1865)
  12. 12. Eliza Burton (30 Sep 1844 – 16 Oct 1922)
  13. 13. Hannah (Ellender) Burton (24 May 1847 – 8 August 1900) m. Oliver (Perry) Ellis (18 Jan 1847 – 25 November 1907)
    1. 1. Earnest (Hearshall) Ellis (24 May 1869 – 19 March 1925)
    2. 2. Elijah (Clark) Ellis (18 Jan 1871 – 14 Jan 1872)
    3. 3. Iona (Marie) Ellis (20 April 1873 – 17 February 1930) m. Thomas (Levi) Hoar (17 September 1862 – 15 Mar 1937)
      1. 1. William (Hearshel) Hoar (7 Dec 1893 – 6 August 1964)
      2. 2. Perry (Monroe) Hoar (16 Apr 1895 – 9 April 1958) m. Ella (Ester) Peterson-Hoar (8 Feb 1899 – 3 May 1976)
        1. 1. Leonard (Herman) Hoar (11 May 1921 – 2 Dec 1982)
        2. 2. Ellen (Caroline) Hoar (16 Oct 1929 – 06/28/2007)
        3. 3. Ellen (Caroline) Hoar (16 Oct 1929 – 28 Jun 2007)
        4. 4. Dorothy (Fay) Hoar (4 Jan 1933 – 12 Dec 2023)
        5. 5. Dorothy Hoar (24 January 1933 – 12 Dec 2023)
        6. 6. LeRoy (Vernon) Hoar (4 May 1935 – 28 March 1997)
        7. 7. LeRoy (Vernon) Hoar (4 May 1935 – 28 Mar 1997)
      3. 3. Thomas Hoar (16 Jul 1896 – 1897)
      4. 4. Infant (Baby) Boy (27 Jul 1896 – 14 Jun 1897)
      5. 5. Twin (girl) Hoar (3 Jun 1897 – 7 Jun 1897)
      6. 6. Twin (boy) Hoar (30 Jun 1897 – 14 Jun 1897)
      7. 7. Marion (L) Hoar (1899 – )
      8. 8. Marion (Levi) Hoar (Jan 1899 – 9 Feb 1928)
      9. 9. Iona (Viola) Hoar (20 Mar 1901 – 15 Aug 1972)
      10. 10. George (David) Hoar (06/03/1903 – )
      11. 11. Elmer (Theodore) Hoar (abt 1905 – 25 Oct 1919)
      12. 12. Ida (Matilda Hoar) (petersen) (25 January 1907 – 21 MAY 1974) m. Lester (Allen) Petersen (12 December 1900 – 6 Jan 1979) m. Otto (Arthur) Frederick (19 Feb 1899 – 11 Aug 1965)
        1. 1. Raymond (Allen) Petersen (30 December 1926 – 22 Jan 2010) m. Delores (Rae Russell) (Petersen) (11 Nov 1935 – 15 Nov 2002)
        2. 2. Donald (Merl) Petersen (4 May 1928 – 23 January 2008) m. Mildred (Ruth Ratigan) (Petersen) (11 Oct 1927 – 27 Dec 1982) m. Helen (M) Eisenbeis (abt 1927 – ) m. Barbara (Ann Zimmerman) (petersen) (11 Sep 1933 – 29 Aug 2017)
        3. 3. LaVerne (Marie) Martin (10 January 1930 – 16 Dec 2019) m. Charles (Newton) Foster (14 Oct 1926 – 14 Jan 2018) m. Kenneth (B) Bentley (13 Sep 1925 – 22 Mar 1987) m. William (B) Martin (6 November 1918 – 17 August 1985) m. Richard (R) Deighbors (15 Dec 1931 – )
        4. 4. Kenneth (Eugene) Petersen (12 January 1932 – 12 March 1946)
        5. 5. Kenneth (Edgar) Petersen (18 Aug 1932 – 16 Aug 1976)
        6. 6. Lois (Darlene) Peterson (4 November 1933 – 17 September 2013) m. William (Gene) Burleson (23 October 1928 – 5 March 2012)
        7. 7. Vernon (Duane) Petersen (17 February 1936 – 27 Feb 2012) m. Elizabeth (Ann) Petersen (17 January 1945 – 2 November 2019)
        8. 8. Edward (Lawrence) Petersen (19 May 1938 – 1 Feb 1968)
        9. 9. Wilma (Marlene) Petersen (20 December 1940 – 7 January 2000) m. Ronald (Eugene) Wuest (26 Jul 1938 – 21 Jun 1999)
        10. 10. Wanda Petersen (10 July 1943 – 27 December 1999)
      13. 13. Clara (Margaret) Hoar (11 Jun 1911 – 14 Mar 1987)
      14. 14. Clara (M) Hoar (abt 1912 – 14 Mar 1979)
      15. 15. Mary (Marie) Hoar (15 Dec 1913 – 23 Feb 1988)
      16. 16. Freida (Rozena) Heinert (25 Nov 1907 – 9 Aug 2002)
    4. 4. Sadie (S) Ellis (25 September 1875 – 30 Oct 1937)
    5. 5. Harry (E.) Ellis (Nov 1877 – 1937)
    6. 6. Harry (Evert) Ellis (5 Nov 1877 – 3 September 1961)
    7. 7. Maud Ellis (1881 – 1961)
    8. 8. Ora (B.) Ellis (12 August 1883 – 7 December 1964)
    9. 9. Alvin (Justin) Ellis (08 Feb 1886 – 29 Feb 1944)
    10. 10. Iva (Belle) Ellis (3 Oct 1888 – 18 Dec 1918)
  14. 14. Mary (Elizabeth) Burton (10 Apr 1849 – 9 Aug 1922)
  15. 15. Eliza Burton ( – 16 Oct)
  16. 16. Eliza Burton ( – 16 Oct)
  17. 17. Eliza Burton ( – 16 Oct)

GEORGE BURTON's Timeline

7 Records

1806
8 Jul 1806
Birth of GEORGE WHITFIELD L. BURTON (ANcestry DNA match) in Kentucky, USA
Kentucky, USA
1806
21 Dec 1806
GEORGE WHITFIELD L. BURTON (ANcestry DNA match) was baptized in Norfolk, England
Norfolk, England
1820
1820-1840
Age 14
GEORGE WHITFIELD L. BURTON (ANcestry DNA match) resided here in Indiana, USA
Indiana, USA
1831
8 Jul 1831
Age 25
GEORGE WHITFIELD L. BURTON (ANcestry DNA match) was married in Fountain, Indiana, USA
Fountain, Indiana, USA
1852
21 Dec 1852
Age 46
Death of GEORGE WHITFIELD L. BURTON (ANcestry DNA match) in Bellfountain, Mahaska, Iowa, United States
Bellfountain, Mahaska, Iowa, United States
1853
31 Aug 1853
Age 47
GEORGE WHITFIELD L. BURTON (ANcestry DNA match) - Probate in Marion, Iowa, USA
Marion, Iowa, USA
1880
1880
Age 74
GEORGE WHITFIELD L. BURTON (ANcestry DNA match) resided here in 4th Ward, St Landry, Louisiana, USA
4th Ward, St Landry, Louisiana, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 8 Jul 1806
    Event Place: Kentucky, USA
    Record Source:
    [1] 1880 United States Federal Census, Year: 1880; Census Place: 4th Ward, St Landry, Louisiana; Roll: 470; Page: 279c; Enumeration District: 042
    [2] U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current
    [3] Norfolk, England, Church of England Baptism, Marriages, and Burials, 1535-1812, Norfolk Record Office; Norwich, Norfolk, England; Norfolk Church of England Registers; Reference: PD 384/2
    [4] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Baptism
    Event Date: 21 Dec 1806
    Event Place: Norfolk, England
    Record Source: Norfolk, England, Church of England Baptism, Marriages, and Burials, 1535-1812, Norfolk Record Office; Norwich, Norfolk, England; Norfolk Church of England Registers; Reference: PD 384/2

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 8 Jul 1831
    Event Place: Fountain, Indiana, USA

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1820-1840
    Event Place: Indiana, USA
    Record Source: U.S., Revolutionary War Pensioners, 1801-1815, 1818-1872, The National Archives; Washington, D.C.; Ledgers of Payments, 1818-1872, to U.S. Pensioners Under Acts of 1818 Through 1858 From Records of the Office of the Third Auditor of the Treasury; Record Group Title: Records of the Accounting Officers of the Depar

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1880
    Event Place: 4th Ward, St Landry, Louisiana, USA
    Record Source: 1880 United States Federal Census, Year: 1880; Census Place: 4th Ward, St Landry, Louisiana; Roll: 470; Page: 279c; Enumeration District: 042

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: Fountain, Indiana
    Record Source: Indiana, U.S., Marriages, 1810-2001

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 21 Dec 1852
    Event Place: Bellfountain, Mahaska, Iowa, United States
    Record Source:
    [1] Iowa, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1758-1997, Guardianship, Divorce, Probate & Miscellaneous Cases, 1836-1965; Index, 1873-1925; Author: Marion County (Iowa). Clerk of the District Court; Probate Place: Marion, Iowa
    [2] U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current
    [3] Iowa, U.S., Death Records, 1880-1972, State Historical Society of Iowa; Des Moines, Iowa; Iowa Death Records, 1888-1904
    [4] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 8
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Scott Township, Mahaska County, Iowa, United States of America
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 9
    Event Type: Probate
    Event Date: 31 Aug 1853
    Event Place: Marion, Iowa, USA
    Record Source: Iowa, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1758-1997, Guardianship, Divorce, Probate & Miscellaneous Cases, 1836-1965; Index, 1873-1925; Author: Marion County (Iowa). Clerk of the District Court; Probate Place: Marion, Iowa
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