Pioneers of St. Clair County, Michigan - Person Sheet
Pioneers of St. Clair County, Michigan - Person Sheet
NameAnna WRIGHT
Birthabt 1620, England2214
Death5 Aug 1703, Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut2004, p 121; date only,2214 Age: 83
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Birth1617, Hertfordshire, England2214
Death28 Jun 1688, Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut2004, p 121; date only Age: 71
Residenceof Hartford and Potunke, Conn.2004, p 121
Residenceof Wethersfield, Conn.2004, p 126
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Individual Notes
• Thomas Burnham, Senr. (descended from the Burhams of Herefordshire, England, see pages 116 to 118), the records show to have been educated, and, –- on first coming to this country, –– to have practiced as a lawyer, and to have been of of very determined character. They further seem to show that in emigrating to the Colonies he was moved less by religious scruples than by a desire to improve his fortunes. He is first recorded in Hartford as bondsman for his servant Rushmore, “that he should carry good behavior.”2004, p 121

• His house at Potunke was one of the five on the east side of Connecticut river to be fortified and garrisoned during the Indian war of 1765.2004, p 122

• 1659 - Thomas Burnham bought from the Potunke Indians a tract of land now covered by the towns of South Windsor and East Hartford, on which he lived, and a part of which is still in the possession of his descendants.2214, p 2
Marriageabt 16391864, p 121,2004, p 121,2214
ChildrenElizabeth (~1640-)
 Anna (~1644-)
 Thomas (~1646-)
 John (1648-1721)
 Samuel (~1650-)
 William (1652-1730)
 Richard (~1654-)
 Rebecca (~1656-)
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