CHILDREN

1. Nathaniel Burr

2. Jehu Burr

3. John Burr

4. Elizabeth Burr

5. Daniel Burr

Jehu (also seen as Jehue Burre) came to New England with the Winthrop Fleet in 1630. He became a Freeman of Massachusetts Bay Colony in May 18, 1631. He resided in Roxbury, CT about 1641 and was a carpenter by trade.

From "Genealogies of Connecticut Families", Vol. I, "The Burrs of Fairfield, Conn.", pg. 261: ..."was in Massachusetts in 1630, and was admitted freeman in 1631. This Christian name in the record can hardly be distinguished from John, and is often copied John. Jehu Burr belonged to the Church at Roxbury [MA], and settled at Springfield [MA] with William Pynchon and others, in 1636. In a few years he removed to Fairfield, where he died before 1650."


Estate: On 12 Jan 1673, a record was made of the land held in Fairfield by John Burr and Jehu Burr, "per virtue of the last will of his deceased father". John Burr had three and three-quarters acres in the Old Field, four acres in the New Field or Mill Plain, eight acres on Sascoe Hill, ten and a half acres and 20 rods in Great Meadow, and two and a half acres and thirty-four rods of meadow in Sascoe Neck (Fairfield P Records 4 (reversed):27; Fairfield Land Records A:1:229). Jehu Burr had a four acre homelot, eight and a quarter acres in the Old Field, eight acres on the Mill Plain, and sixteen acres on Sasqua Hill (Fairfield P Records 4 (reversed):55; Fairfield Land Records; Book A:1:229).