Jehu BURR

Abt 1605 - Bef 1654  (< 48 years)

• Name	Jehu BURR  [1, 2]
  Birth	Abt 1605	England   [2]
  Gender	Male
  Death	Bef 1654  [1, 2]
  Notes	"History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield": Deputy for Springfield to Conn. Leg., Apr. 1638, Sept. 1641; for Fairfield, Sept. 1645, Apr 1646. He came in the Winthrop Fleet, 1630, settled in Roxbury, Mass., and was made freeman, 18 May 1631 In 1633 he served on a committee with William Pynchon, the Colony Treasurer; and in 1636 went with Pynchon to Springfield, of which he was appointed Collector by Conn. Colony. He rem. to Fairfield soon after 1641. He may have married more thn once. The mother of Jehu, jr., was quite likely sister of John Cable, Sr. There was prob. some relationship between the Burrs and the family of Nathaniel Perry. He d. by 1654, and perhaps even earlier. On 17 Feb. 1670, the younger Jehu had recorded a homelot adjoining his own homelot, of which he "hath had quiet possession above this sixteen years." Immediately beneath, under date 12 Jan. 1673, is entered a description of the same lot, autographed by his bro. John, from whom he had purchased it, apparently a ratification of the purchase, The next entry, same date, is the younger Jehu's own homelot which he "hath by his father's will Jehu dec'd", bounded by the lot bought from his bro. John.
  Person ID	I09209	Main Tree
  Last Modified	29 May 2022

  
  

  Family	? UNKNOWN
  Marriage	Bef 1631  [2]
  Children	1. Daniel BURR,   b. Abt 1642, Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA d. 1695, Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA (Age 53 years)  [Birth]   2. Rev Jehu BURR, Jr.,   b. Abt 1625, Lavenham, Suffolk County, England d. 1692, Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA (Age 67 years)  [Birth]   3. John BURR,   b. Abt 1633, Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts  [Birth]   4. Elizabeth BURR,   b. Abt 1636, Fairfield, Fairfield Co., Connecticut d. Kingston, Washington County, Rhode Island  [Birth]   5. Nathaniel BURR   d. 26 Feb 1711/2, Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA  [Birth]
  Family ID	F12796	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	29 May 2022

  
  

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• Sources

  [S01785] Donald Lines Jacobus, Ancestry.com: History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield, (Name: Name: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc.;;). [S13030] New England Marriages Prior to 1700, Third Supplement.