BURT FAMILY REUNION. Pg. 25-27
The maiden name of Mr. Burt's wife is unknown, but her Christian name was Eulalia. Of her there is an interesting legend. The Rev. Dr. Ezra Stiles, a noted clergyman, and from 1778 to 1795 the President of Yale College, was directly descended from Henry and Eulalia Burt, through their daughter, Dorcas, who married John Stiles of Windsor. Dr. Stiles prepared in 1764 a genealogy of his family, in which he says: "There is a tradition in the family that the mother of this Dorcas Burt, before she came over from England, was laid out for dead and put in her coffin, but at her funeral signs of life appeared, and she recovered and came to New England, settled at Springfield, and here in America had nineteen children, ten of whom lived to have children, one of whom was this Dorcas." Like most oral traditions, there are in this some apparent discrepancies ; there can be no doubt but that our ancestress, Eulalia, was on the point of being buried alive, for such startling events leave deep and lasting impressions that are transmitted from generation to generation with little variation. It is not true, however, that all of Mrs. Burt's children were born in America, since the eldest one was married here in 1643, at most only eight years after the family left England. Of the nineteen reputed children I can find records of only twelve, being three sons and nine daughters. These children in the order of their birth were:
First, Sarah, who married in Springfield, on June 20, 1643, Judah Gregory, and a second time Henry Wakely.
Second, Abigail, who married, in 1644, Francis Ball, and second, on April 12, 1649, Captain Benjamin Munn, and third, on December 14, 1676, Lieutenant Thomas Stebbins. (Please do not infer that these respected ladies of our family were bigamists, for in each case of marriage their previous husbands were dead beyond the chance of such a resurrection as their mother happily enjoyed.)
Third, Jonathan, who married, October 20, 1651, Elizabeth Lobdell of Boston. He was an active townsman of Springfield, and the leading deacon of the church. He had four children, and their descendants have been prominent in Springfield affairs.
Fourth, Mary, who married, on October 18, 1654, William Brooks, by whom she had nineteen children. These were active in the early history of Deerfield and Northfield.
Fifth, Elizabeth, who married, on November 24, 1653, Samuel Wright, Jr. They moved shortly after to Northampton, where he was killed, with seven others, in an Indian onslaught, September 7, 1675. He left eight children, one born ten days after his death. His widow, nine years later, married Nathaniel Dickinson of Hatfield.
Sixth, David, who was one of the founders of the town of Northampton, where, on November 18, 1654, he married Mary Holton. This was the first marriage in Northampton, which fact is sentimentally treated by Dr. Holland, in his history of Western Massachusetts, referring to the trials awaiting the newly married pair and their rude equipment to meet them. I have thought Longfellow's lines touching the wedding of John Alden are applicable also to this one:
"Meanwhile the bridegroom went forth, and stood with the bride in the door-way,
Breathing the perfumed air of that bright and beautiful morning.
Touched with autumnal tints, but lonely and sad in the sunshine,
Lay extended before them the land of toil and privation."
David had thirteen children, and I am directly descended from him, as are many others here present.
Seventh, Dorcas, who married, October 28, 1657, John Stiles of Windsor. There is reason to believe that she was the first of Henry Burt's children born in America.
Eighth, Nathaniel, who married, January 15, 1662, Rebecca Sikes, and soon after moved to Longmeadow, where his descendants have been always foremost in good works.
Ninth, Hannah, who married, on December 24, 1659, John Bagg of Springfield.
Tenth, a daughter, the record of whose birth in the town register is so defaced as to be almost illegible, and who probably died in infancy (1643).
Eleventh, Patience, who married, on October 7, 1667, John Bliss of Springfield.
Twelfth, Mercy, who married, January 17, 1667, Judah Wright of Springfield, by whom she had nine children. Among her descendants were Gen. Ethan Allen of Revolutionary fame and Silas Wright, the distinguished statesman.
There is no time now, nor is this a fit occasion to pursue the
genealogical record beyond this second generation. In my own
desultory researches I have only traced my ancestry in the direct
lines, without regard to the collateral branches.
EARLY DAYS IN NEW ENGLAND. LIFE AND TIMES OF Henry Burt of Springfield AND SOME OF HIS DESCENDANTS. GENEALOGICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL MENTION OF JAMES AND RICHARD BURT OF TAUNTON, MASS. AND THOMAS BURT, M.P., OF ENGLAND. HENRY M. BURT of Springfield. SILAS W. BURT of New York. SPRINGFIELD, MASS.: CLARK W. BRYAN COMPANY, PRINTERS, 1893.

Henry was taxed on land at Harberton in the subsidy of 1624. He is first seen at Roxbury, MA, where his house was burned and the General Court made a grant of ú8 to the town in Nov 1639 because of this loss. In 1640 he moved to Springfield where he was clerk of the writs, but did not record the births of his own children (at least four more) who were born in Massachusetts. (NEHGS Register, 1932, p. 77-9, 218-19)