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• Name: John BURRAGE
• Sex: M
• Birth: 10 Apr 1616 in Norton Subcourse, Norfolk Co, England ^b
• Baptism: 10 Apr 1616 ^c
• Death: 19 Oct 1685 ^d


Parents:

• Father:
  
• Thomas BURRAGE Birth: 28 Feb 1581 in Norton Subcourse, Norfolk Co, England Death: 2 Mar 1632/3
Mother:

• Frances DEY

Family:
Marriage:

• Mary (BURRAGE) on Abt 1639 at Charlestown, Massachusetts .^m1
  
• Mary (BURRAGE) Death: Abt 1653

Children:

1. Elizabeth BURRAGE
2. Mary BURRAGE Birth: 8 May 1641 in Charlestown, Massachusetts Death: 30 Oct 1680 in Billerica, Massachusetts
3. Hannah BURRAGE Birth: 14 Dec 1643 in Charlestown, Massachusetts Death: 7 Jul 1667 in Billerica, Massachusetts
4. John BURRAGE Birth: Abt 1646 Death: Jun 1677

Marriage:

• Joanna STOWERS on Abt 1655 at Charlestown, Massachusetts .^m2
  
• Joanna STOWERS Birth: Abt 1624 Death: 25 Dec 1689

Children:

1. Joanna BURRAGE Death: 16 Jun 1668
2. Nathaniel BURRAGE Birth: Dec 1655 in Charlestown, Massachusetts Death: 21 Dec 1656
3. William BURRAGE Birth: 10 Jun 1657 in Charlestown, Massachusetts Death: 1720
4. Sarah BURRAGE Birth: 24 Jan 1659 in Charlestown, Massachusetts
5. Bethia BURRAGE Birth: 23 May 1661
6. Thomas BURRAGE Birth: 26 May 1663 Death: 11 Mar 1717/8
7. Ruth BURRAGE Birth: 28 Feb 1664

Bibliography

Sources for birth and parent Information

date:

[Ref: BurrageAA BURRAGE p158]

1616 [Ref: Torrey NE<1700 p122],

place:

[Ref: BurrageAA BURRAGE p158, BurrageAA BURRAGE p8],

parents:

[Ref: BurrageAA BURRAGE p158]

Sources for baptism Information

date:

[Ref: BurrageAA BURRAGE p8]

Sources for death Information

date:

[Ref: BurrageAA BURRAGE p158]

1685 [Ref: Torrey NE<1700 p122]

Sources with Inaccurate death Information

date:

1 Jan 1678 [Ref: Sav-age BURRAGE John]

Sources with Information about marriage to Mary (BURRAGE)

date:

abt 1639 [Ref: BurrageAA BURRAGE p17]

before 1641 [Ref: Torrey NE<1700 p122]

first marriage of John [Ref: BurrageAA BURRAGE p158],

place:

[Ref: Torrey NE<1700 p122],

names:

John BURRAGE & Mary ___ [Ref: BostonMA EarlyRec p183, BurrageAA BURRAGE p158, BurrageAA BURRAGE p17, Sav-age BURRAGE John, Torrey NE<1700 p122],

child:

[Ref: BostonMA EarlyRec p183, BurrageAA BURRAGE p158, Sav-age BURRAGE John]

Sources with Inaccurate marriage information

child:

Nathaniel (#33039) [Ref: Sav-age BURRAGE John]

Sources with Information about marriage to Joanna STOWERS

date:

1654 or early 1655 [Ref: BurrageAA BURRAGE p17]

abt 1654 [Ref: Torrey NE<1700 p122]

second marraige of John [Ref: BurrageAA BURRAGE p158],

place:

[Ref: Torrey NE<1700 p122],

names:

John BURRAGE & Joanna (STOWER) [Ref: Torrey NE<1700 p122],

child:

[Ref: BurrageAA BURRAGE p159, Sav-age BURRAGE John]

Research Notes:
in will of father, greater portion of his estate should go to John with the condition that he should pay out certain legacies named, to his brother and each of his sisters. It is probable that John, who was sixteen years old at the time of his father's decease, remained at home assisting his mother in the care of the farm until he attained his majority, in the spring of 1637 [Ref: BurrageAA BURRAGE p9]

1637: inhabitant of Charlestown [Ref: Sav-age BURAGE John, Wyman Charlestown v1p157]

1637: in Charlestown records, John Burrage hath liberty to take John Charles' house lott by goodman Blotts. Good Thos Line had yielded him ye house lott before good Charles in case Elias Maverick did refuse it or leave it. [Ref: BurrageAA BURRAGE p13]

1638: in Charlestown record of possessions of the inhabitants, "The possessions of John Burrage in Charlestown limits. One dwelling house and a garden Platt situate in the east side butting south east upon the harbor, bounded on the north east by Wm. Stitson, on the north west and south by Capt. Sedwick: four acres of earable land by estimation more or less situate in the lin side butting east towards Menotomy River North west upon the too Long bounded on the north east by Larmon Parrott, on the south west by Will Witherell, John Stratton, Half a mile Cow Commons Ware two Cow Commons bought of Mr. Zachary Symmes. Five acres of Woodland more or less situate in Mistick side butting north east upon James Thompson south west upon the woodland bounded on the north west by Will Smith, on the South east by Henry Bullock. This five acres was sould to Richard Lowdon. Fifteen acres of land more or less situate in water side butting north west upon George Hutchinson; south east upon John Gould, Samuel Carter, bounded on the north east by Henry Bullock on the south west by Will Smith. Two acres of Meadow more or less situate in the Mead at Wilbur point. [Ref: BurrageAA BURRAGE p14]

May 10 1642: admitted to church [Ref: Wyman Charlestown v1p157]

May 18 1642: took freeman's oath [Ref: BurrageAA BURRAGE p17, Sav-age BURRAGE John]

Aug 27 1644: "Richard Leech was charged with having received a pig of John Burrage, servant to Jno. Porter and himself, and his uncle Jno Leech concealed it, not having it cried, until three months later, as a result of which Richard Leach and John Leach were fined twenty shillings apiece." [Ref: Anderson GreatMigrationI p1163]

before 1657: Francis Hudson and John Burrage owned and operated a ferry between Boston and Charlestown. [Ref: BurrageAA BURRAGE p16]

1658: clerk of the market [Ref: Wyman Charlestown v1p157]

1660: ferryman [Ref: Wyman Charlestown v1p157]

Mar 16 1668: "John Burrage and John Knight joined with Richard and Joseph Stowers ... in asking that their brother Samuel Hayward be appointed administrator " of estate of Amy, widow of Nicholas Stowers [Ref: Anderson GreatMigrationI p1781]

F Hudson, age 78, testified Feb 24 1693/4 that he managed the ferry 13 years after John Burrage fell from a horse [Ref: Wyman Charlestown v1p157]

Heirs: Susanna, only child of John, decd, the eldest son; John Marshall, who m. Mary; John French, who m. Hannah; Thomas, Elizabeth Poor, Sarah Johnson; Ruth White; Bethiah Burrage. [Ref: Wyman Charlestown v1p157]



Pedigree of John BURRAGE
                   /-----Robert BURRAGE
          /-----Richard BURRAGE
         |         \-----Rose (BURRAGE)
 /-----Thomas BURRAGE
John BURRAGE
 \-----Frances DEY



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