Pioneers of St. Clair County, Michigan - Person Sheet
Pioneers of St. Clair County, Michigan - Person Sheet
NameCapt. Elisha BURNHAM 
Birth12 Feb 1730, Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut2582, p 169; date only,1790, p 320; date only,2280, chart #49 (from Maria Ruth Newcomb)
Death28 May 1815, Leyden, Franklin, Massachusetts1818, p 2,1790, p 321 Age: 85
BurialBeaver Meadow, Leyden, Franklin, Massachusetts1790, p 321
FatherCapt. William BURNHAM (1705-1749)
MotherRuth NORTON (~1711-1786)
Individual Notes
• Member of the Massachusetts General Court (Legislature) in the House of Representative as delegate from the town of Bernardston, Mass., 1777.1818, p 3
• He resided in Leyden at the foot of Frizzell Hill. For some years after the incorporation of the district of Leyden, the mail for that place was carried by Mr. Burnham from Greenfield, he making the trip on foot.1790, p 321
• Mr. Burnham inherited all this father’s landed estate and one-half the personal estate of £8,246 10s. 11d.2582, p 169
• He resided in Leyden at the foot of Frizzell Hill. For some years after the incorporation of the district of Leyden, the mail for that place was carried by Mr. Burnham from Greenfield, he making the trip on foot.1790, p 321
• Mr. Burnham inherited all this father’s landed estate and one-half the personal estate of £8,246 10s. 11d.2582, p 169
Census
• 1790 Census: Bernardston Town, Hampshire, Massachusetts. 2 males >16; 1 male <16; 2 females.2583
Spouses
Birth15 Feb 1731, Kensington, Hartford, Connecticut2584, p 170
FatherDr. Isaac LEE (1691-1780)
MotherMary HUBBARD (1689-~1740)
Individual Notes
• 7th child.2584, p 66
Marriage7 Sep 1749, Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut2582, p 169; date only,1790, p 320; date only
Family Notes
• Gives marriage date of 9 Nov 1748.2584, p 170
ChildrenWilliam (Died young) (1750-)
Jerusha (1752-1817)
Roxalinda (1754-)
Abigail (1756-)
Chloe (1757-)
Sylvia (Died as Child) (1760-1769)
William (1764-)
Ruth (1766-1846)