Hannah Burrows

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• Reference Number: 1825

Family/Spouse: Henry Woodward. Henry was born about 1674. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Reference Number: 3698
• Birth: Abt 1637
• Birth: 1642
• Birth: 1642, Connecticut, USA

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John Burrows was born at Wethersfield, Hartford County, CT in 1642. He was the son of Robert and Mrs. Mary (Ireland) Burrows. He was married in New London County, CT on 14 December 1670 to Hannah Culver. Hannah was the daughter of Edward and Ann Ellis Culver. She was born 11 Apr 1651 and died abt. 1731. John Burrows became a freeman in October 1669 at New London, CT. The part of New London that he lived in became Groton in 1705. He was the sole heir of his father and inherited a large amount of land.
John and Hannah Burrows became members of the First Congregational Church of Stonington, CT on 3 January 1685/86. The members who lived long distances from the church petitioned for a site for a church on the Groton side of the river. The pastor, Rev. Saltonstall opposed this and the differences became bitter. John Burrows must have been on who opposed the pastor's views, because there is a record "John Burrows was re-admitted July 20, 1701, having been suspended for offense to Mr. Saltonstall".
On 12 February 1716, John Burrows died at Groton, CT without leaving a will. He had previously given his large land holdings to his son, John. His inventory was valued at 249 pounds, 6 shillings and 4 pence. Among the items found in the inventory of his estate was "1 bedd and beding for the negro Gearle". John is buried in the Wightman Burying Ground at Groton, CT. His grave is covered with a large flat stone known as a "wolf stone" to keep the grave from being dug up by animals.
Children of John and Hannah (Culver) Burrows:
John Burrows, Jr. , b. 2 Sep 1671. Marr. 14 Oct 1700, Lydia Hubbard . Died 26 May 1762.

Mary Burrows , b. 12 Nov 1672. Marr. 29 May 1689, John Tuttle .

Hannah Burrows , b. 9 Oct 1674. Marr. 17 Mar 1702/3, Henry Woodward . Lived in Lebanon, CT.

Margaret Burrows , b. 15 Oct 1677. Marr. 24 Jan 1699/00, Nathaniel Dewey . Died abt. 1716.

Samuel Burrows , b. 5 Jul 1679. Marr. 21 Nov 1706, Mary Chester .

Robert Burrows , b. 9 Sep 1681. Marr. 6 Aug 1712, Mary "Mercy" Culver . Died 1748.

Abigail Burrows , b. 10 Jul 1682.

Jeremiah Burrows , b. abt. 1689. Marr. Desire Avery .

Isaac Burrows , b. abt. 1693. Died 5 Dec 1783 in Hebron, Tolland Co. CT.

info from: http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~vgdeagan/burrows.htm


Birth:
Pequot, New London, Connecticut

John married Hannah Culver on 14 Dec 1670 in New London, Connecticut, USA. Hannah (daughter of Edward Culver and Ann Ellis) was born on 11 Apr 1651 in Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA; died on 28 Jan 1733 in Groton, New London, Connecticut, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Name: Hanna Colver
• Reference Number: 2535
• Birth: 1652, Massachusetts, USA
• Birth: 11 Apr 1652, Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA

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Birth:
baptism date

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• Reference Number: 2592
• Arrival: 12 Jun 1630, USA; ship Arbella

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Robert Burrows was born in England. His parents are not known. He was married about 1641 at Wethersfield, CT to Mrs. Mary Ireland , widow of Samuel Ireland. She was born about 1605 and died 3 October 1672 at Mystic, CT.

Robert came to America on the "Arbella" in 1630 with a group of Puritans on the flagship of Winthrop's Fleet. Tradition has said that he had been driven out of Manchester, England with his two brothers, John and William because of religious persecution due to their being Baptists. Supposedly, one brother settled in New York and the other in Pennsylvania. No basis has been found for this tradition.

Another theory on his birthplace is that because of his friendship with Robert Parke who also came on the "Arbella" and who came from Lancaster County, England, that this may have been his home. He was apparently also on close terms with Governor Winthrop of Connecticut who often visited him in Mystic.

In 1639, Robert Burrows settled in Wethersfield, CT. He was a carpenter by trade. He moved to Mystic CT and in 1660 was appointed by the General Court of Connecticut as the ferryman across the Mystic River. He ranked third in that town in the amount of taxable property held. Robert Burrows died in August 1682. There is no record of his burial.

Most of the above information comes from the book “Robert Burrows and Descendants” by R Earl Burrows 1975.

Children of Robert and Mary (Ireland) Burrows:
John Burrows , b. 1642. Marr. 14 Dec 1670, Hannah Culver . Died 12 Feb 1715/16.

Samuel Burrows , b. abt. 1645. Died before 1712, unmarried.

Robert married Mary WidowofSamuelIreland before 1642. Mary was born in 1621; died in Dec 1672 in Mystic, New London, Connecticut, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Reference Number: 2456
• Death: 2 Oct 1672

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• Reference Number: 2661
• Arrival: 1635, Boston, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; "The Abigail"

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Edward Culver was born in England and died In New London, Connecticut 1685 in what is now called Groton. He married Ann Ellis at Dedham, Mass 19 Sep 1638. Ann Ellis died after 1682.
(TAG 31P129-137)

It is often said that Edward Culver was a scout in King Philips War in 1676. However he would have been over 60 years old at the time. Most likely this reference should go to his son, Edward.
(TAG 31P129-137)

in 1881 James P Snell in "A History of Sussex and Warren Counties, New Jersey" stated that John Culver, born England 1575-1580 had 3 sons; John who remained in England, Edward who emigrated to America in 1635 and Joseph who emigrated to Ireland. We do not have any source records for this.

A book by Frederic Lathrop Culver written in the late 1800's gives a genealogy of Edward Culver going back to Edward Culver of Kensington Parish, Middlesex, England who married in 1549. There are no source records and the book as a whole is considered unreliable.


Buried:
Wightman Cemetery-First Baptist Church

Edward married Ann Ellis on 19 Sep 1638 in Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA. Ann (daughter of John Ellis) was born between 1600 and 1610 in England; died after 1682. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Name: Anne Ellice
• Reference Number: 2669

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• Reference Number: 4341

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From” Collver/Culver Genealogy” compiled by Frances McIntosh 1970:
John is mentioned as the father of Edward Culver’s wife Ann Ellis and he is also mentioned as one of the signers of “The Dedham covenant” (also called “The Dedham Compact”) in 1636. Ann’s mother is listed as Susan Lumber/Lombard/Lumbert/and others.

I also found this interesting story online which mentions his name at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Dedham,_Massachusetts,_1635%E2%80%931792
Tiot
In 1635 there were rumors in the Massachusetts Bay Colony that a war with the local Indians was impending and a fear arose that the few, small, coastal communities that existed were in danger of attack. This, in addition to the belief that the few towns that did exist were too close together, prompted the Massachusetts General Court to establish two new inland communities. The towns of Dedham and Concord, Massachusetts were thus established to relieve the growing population pressure and to place communities between the larger, more established coastal towns and the Indians further west.

The grant from the colony gave them over "two hundred square miles of virgin wilderness, complete with lakes, hills, forests, meadows, Indians, and a seemingly endless supply of rocks and wolves." Aside from "several score Indians, who were quickly persuaded to relinquish their claims for a small sum, the area was free of human habitation." The original grant stretched from the border of Boston to the Rhode Island border.

Dedham was settled in the summer of 1636 by "about thirty families excised from the broad ranks of the English middle classes" traveling up the Charles River from Roxbury and Watertown traveling in rough canoes carved from felled trees. These original settlers, including Edward Alleyne, John Everard, John Gay and John Ellis "paddled up the narrow, deeply flowing stream impatiently turning curve after curve around Nonantum until, emerging from the tall forest into the open, they saw in the sunset glow a golden river twisting back and forth through broad, rich meadows." In search of the best land available to them they continued on but the river took many turns, so that it was a burden the continual turning about.... West, east, and north we turned on that same meadow and progressed none, so that I, rising in the boat, saw the river flowing just across a bit of grass, in a place where I knew we had passed through nigh an hour before. "Moore," said Miles then to me, "the river is like its Master, our good King Charles, of sainted memory, it promises overmuch, but gets you nowhere."

They first landed where the river makes its 'great bend,' on what is today Ames Street, near the Dedham Community House and the Allin Congregational Church in Dedham Square. The Algonquins living in the area called the place Tiot. Tiot, which means "land surrounded by water," was later used to describe the village of South Dedham, today the separate town of Norwood. In "its first years, the town was more than a place to live; it was a spiritual community."

Many of the other yeomen settling the new Dedham in the Massachusetts Bay Colony came from Suffolk, in eastern England. This group included elders Nathan Aldis, George Barber, Henry Brock, Eleazor Lusher, Robert Ware, John Thurston, Francis and Henry Chickering and Anthony, Corneileus and Joshua Fisher.

I have not yet found any source records on John Ellis.