Genealogy of Patty Rose
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| Notes for John BURNAP | ||||||||||
| - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - BURNAP, John, son of Robert, Jr., and Ann, b. 1655, and m. 1684, Mary Rice. Children 1685-91: Dorcas, Mary, John, Isaac, Abraham, Elizabeth. [ref 34:57] - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - John Burnap birth 16 May 1655 Reading Middlesex /s of Robbart [ref 76] - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - JOHN, born 16 May, 1655; died before Sept., 1725. [ref 39:36] JOHN BURNAP (Burnet in some places), born 16 May, 1655 (Reading Town Records), seems to be the one who figured in "ye Fall Fight" (King Philip's War) in 1676, under Captain William Turner, as appears in a list dated June, 1736, and his son John was admitted among the claimants as of those descended from the participants in that fight, "above Deerfield", 23 June, 1736. He made a deposition in 1682/3, being 26 years of age (Salem Quarterly Court Records, vol. xxxix, p. 99), and was probably the John who became a freeman at Reading, 18 April, 1691. He married, 7 April, 1684, at Charlestown (Reading Town Records), Mary, born about 1661, who seems to have been the daughter of Joshua and Bathsheba (Pratt) Rice, or Royce. [ref 39:50] John Burnap of Reading, husbandman, consideration �13, to Thomas Taylor, land in Reading which was my father's, late decd., which he gave to me in his will. (Land of brother Joseph mentioned) 12 May, 1697. Mary Burnap also signs. Witnesses: Thomas Poole, Mathew Grover, Joseph Burnap. Acknowledged 30 May, 1706. (Ibid, vol. xiv, p. 70.) John Burnap of Reading, husbandman, consideration �4, to Thomas Poole of Reading, husbandman, land in Reading, 16 May, 1699. Witnesses: John Dickerman, John Goodwin, Jonathan Poole. Acknowledged 5 April, 1704. John Burnap of Reading, husbandman, consideration three pieces of meadow in Reading, to brother Joseph Burnap of Reading, cooper, and ten pounds in money, June, 1703. Witnesses: Thomas Poole, Caleb Taylor. Acknowledged 15 June, 1703. (Ibid, vol. xiii, p. 493.) [ref 39:51] Samuel Merrow of Reading, husbandman, consideration �9, to John Burnap of Reading, husbandman, a house and land that was my father Henry Merrow's in Reading, 10 June, 1703. Mary Merrow also signs. Witnesses: Thomas Goose, Caleb Taylor, Joseph Burnap. Acknowledged 13 June, 1703. (Ibid, vol. xiv, p. 517.) John Burnap of Reading; husbandman, consideration �68:10:0, to Nathaniel Parker of Reading, a house, etc., which Father Burnap gave me, with a piece of land I bought of Samuel Damon, with a barn lot that was Mr. Thomas Burnap's in Reading, 23 April, 1708. Mary Burnap also signs. Witnesses: Joseph Barnap, John Boutelle, Timothy Manning. Acknowledged 26 April, 1708. (Ibid, vol. xiv, p. 555.) John Burnap of Reading, husbandman, consideration �8, to Samuel Merrow of Reading, husbandman, land in Reading, 21 October, 1708. Witnesses: Nathaniel Cutler, William Jamison. Acknowledged 29 October, 1708. (Ibid, vol. xiv, p. 618. He removed in 1705 to Scotland, Conn., and the last two deeds show that he disposed of his holdings in Reading a few years later. He bought for �72:10:0, land by Merrick's Brook. Obediah Abbe of Windham conveys to John Burnap of Reading, in the county of Middlesex, in the province of Massachusetts Bay, land in Windham along Merrick's Brook, with dwelling, fences, trees, lumber, stone walled water-courses, etc., 13 April, 1708. (Merrick's Brook is a stream in the present town of Scotland.) (Windham Deeds, vol. D, p. 100.) John Williams of Barnstable to John Burnap of Windham, for �30, the 30 acres of land I bought of Isaac Magoun on the north side of Merrick's Brook, 9 October, 1715. (Ibid, vol, E, p. 128.) These tracts he soon conveyed to his son Isaac in the next deed: I, John Burnap of Windham, for love, goodwill and fatherly affection that I have and do bear to my son Isaac Burnap, and also in consideration that I the said John Burnap have taken of my said son Isaac Burnap a bond of four hundred pound for my maintainance and the maintainance of his mother during our natural lives, bearing even date with these presents, do convey to said Isaac all the land I bought of Obediah Abbe and John Williams, 14 June, 1718. (Ibid, vol. E, p. 341.) [ref 39:52] He and his wife were dismissed to the Windham Church 6 July, 1712, and in 1720 he lived on what was later the Charles Holt place, which was burned in 1867. A part of the information in regard to this family has been obtained in Weaver's "Burnap Families of Windham" in the Connecticut Historical Society. He died before September, 1725, and his wife, December, 1741, ae. 80 years. (Weaver's Windham County and Windham Vital Records.) Windham County Probate Records, vol. 1, part 2, p. 91: Court, 5 September, 1725, administration to Isaac Burnap. Inventory, 25 September, 1725, �61:15:8 (pp. 119-20), receipts of heirs, Ambrose Blunt of Norwich, for �6: 12:0, "which is ye whole that remained to my wife as her portion out of said estate, 6 March. 1726." Received from Isaac Burnap of Windham, in ye County of Hartford, in the Colony of Connecticut in New England, administrator to ye estate of John Burnap, late of Windham, Deceased, ye sume of six pounds and twelve shillings gs currant money, It being ye Remaining part of my portion in full that is Due to me out of ye sd Estate for wch I do for myself, my heirs, Executors and administrators, free the said Estate from any further dues or duties and other demands what soever from ye said Estate. Witness my hand and seal the second day of March, 1726. Jacob Burnap, Seal. Recorded 6 April, 1726. A like receipt from Joseph Smith of Canterbury, in right of his wife. Also from Joshua Lassell of Windham for "his children's portions." Also from Abraham Burnap of Norwich. (Vol. i, p. 76.) A similar receipt from John Burnap of Bath in Carolina, son of John Burnap, late of Windham, 25 September, 1727, and witnessed by Dorcas Walden and Jacob Burnap. The distribution of the estate was made 6 April, 1726, to the following recipients: Ambrose Blunt, Norwich, Jacob Burnap, Windham, born about 1704; Joseph Smith, Canterbury; Joshua Lasell, married 14 December, 1725; Mary Burnap; Abraham Burnap, Norwich; John Burnap, Bath, Carolina; Isaac Burnap, administrator. [ref 39:53] - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - | ||||||||||
| Notes for Mary RICE | ||||||||||
| - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - daughter of Joshua ROYCE and Bathsheba PRATT - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - BURNAP Mary, mother of Jacob, d. Dec. 1741, age 80 y; 1; 174 Windham [ref 68] - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - | ||||||||||
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