Jehu Burr was born in England and was the son of Jonathan Burr & Esther Stedman.
He emigrated in 1630 in the Winthrop Fleet and on his arrival in America, he settled in Roxbury, Massachusetts where he was made a freeman on 18 May 1631. In 1633 he served on a committee with William Pynchon, the Colony Treasurer. In 1636 he went with Pynchon to Springfield and was appointed Collector for the Connecticut Colony. He was Deputy for Springfield to the Connecticut Legislature in April 1638 and September 1641. Soon after 1641 he removed to Fairfield, becoming a Deputy to the Connecticut Legislature for Fairfield in September 1645 and April 1646.
By trade he was a carpenter.
Jehu married Miss Elizabeth Cable and they had ten children. All of these children married and had families. Among the descendants one finds many individuals who were leaders in military, political, and human affairs. Their monuments can be found in the Old Burying Ground of Fairfield and other cemeteries in surrounding towns.
Jehu Burr was the founder of the Fairfield branch. The Burr family is featured in The Families of Old Fairfield by Donald Lines Jacobus.
He has many prominent descendants including Govenor and Vice President Aaron Burr.
As the founder of an important and honored family, it would be interesting to know the circumstances of his death, and his place of burial. Careful search, however, fails to discover either. We know that he died some time in 1672, from an entry on p.238, vol. i.,Fair. Records, Jan. 12, 1673, which mentions John Burr as receiving twenty-seven acres of land by will of his father.
Headstones of early settlers were of rude construction and quarried by the relatives of the deceased before there were any regular stone cutters in the area. They usually only had the initials of the person and the date of their death. Very few remain and are so eroded by time and weather to be almost illegible. No headstone can be found or Jehu Burr.
WIVES:
Martha Heath Burre
Mary Burre
Elizabeth Cable Burr
CHILDREN:
Ann 1618-1683 New Haven, CT
Sarah Ann 1620-1660 in CT Wife of John Cable
Jehu Jr. 1625 Lavenham, Suffolk, England-31 Oct 1692 Fairfield, CT, Husband of Esther Ward and Elizabeth Prudden
Elizabeth 17 May 1632 Eng.-17 Oct 1682 Fairfield, CT, Wife of Nehemiah Olmstead, Obadiah Gilbert & Capt. Nathaniel Seeley Sr
Maj. John b. abt 1633 Roxbury, Norfolk, MA - 6 Dec 1694 Fairfield, CT Married Mary Tash, Mary Ward, and Sarah Fitch
Nathaniel John 1635-26 Feb 1712 Fairfield, CT, Husband of Hannah Goodyear and Sarah Ward
Daniel 1640-5 Nov 1695 Fairfield, CT, Married Abigail Glover and Abigail Brewster
Joanna 1643-
He emigrated in 1630 in the Winthrop Fleet and on his arrival in America, he settled in Roxbury, Massachusetts where he was made a freeman on 18 May 1631. In 1633 he served on a committee with William Pynchon, the Colony Treasurer. In 1636 he went with Pynchon to Springfield and was appointed Collector for the Connecticut Colony. He was Deputy for Springfield to the Connecticut Legislature in April 1638 and September 1641. Soon after 1641 he removed to Fairfield, becoming a Deputy to the Connecticut Legislature for Fairfield in September 1645 and April 1646.
By trade he was a carpenter.
Jehu married Miss Elizabeth Cable and they had ten children. All of these children married and had families. Among the descendants one finds many individuals who were leaders in military, political, and human affairs. Their monuments can be found in the Old Burying Ground of Fairfield and other cemeteries in surrounding towns.
Jehu Burr was the founder of the Fairfield branch. The Burr family is featured in The Families of Old Fairfield by Donald Lines Jacobus.
He has many prominent descendants including Govenor and Vice President Aaron Burr.
As the founder of an important and honored family, it would be interesting to know the circumstances of his death, and his place of burial. Careful search, however, fails to discover either. We know that he died some time in 1672, from an entry on p.238, vol. i.,Fair. Records, Jan. 12, 1673, which mentions John Burr as receiving twenty-seven acres of land by will of his father.
Headstones of early settlers were of rude construction and quarried by the relatives of the deceased before there were any regular stone cutters in the area. They usually only had the initials of the person and the date of their death. Very few remain and are so eroded by time and weather to be almost illegible. No headstone can be found or Jehu Burr.
WIVES:
Martha Heath Burre
Mary Burre
Elizabeth Cable Burr
CHILDREN:
Ann 1618-1683 New Haven, CT
Sarah Ann 1620-1660 in CT Wife of John Cable
Jehu Jr. 1625 Lavenham, Suffolk, England-31 Oct 1692 Fairfield, CT, Husband of Esther Ward and Elizabeth Prudden
Elizabeth 17 May 1632 Eng.-17 Oct 1682 Fairfield, CT, Wife of Nehemiah Olmstead, Obadiah Gilbert & Capt. Nathaniel Seeley Sr
Maj. John b. abt 1633 Roxbury, Norfolk, MA - 6 Dec 1694 Fairfield, CT Married Mary Tash, Mary Ward, and Sarah Fitch
Nathaniel John 1635-26 Feb 1712 Fairfield, CT, Husband of Hannah Goodyear and Sarah Ward
Daniel 1640-5 Nov 1695 Fairfield, CT, Married Abigail Glover and Abigail Brewster
Joanna 1643-
Jehu Burr was born in England and was the son of Jonathan Burr & Esther Stedman.
He emigrated in 1630 in the Winthrop Fleet and on his arrival in America, he settled in Roxbury, Massachusetts where he was made a freeman on 18 May 1631. In 1633 he served on a committee with William Pynchon, the Colony Treasurer. In 1636 he went with Pynchon to Springfield and was appointed Collector for the Connecticut Colony. He was Deputy for Springfield to the Connecticut Legislature in April 1638 and September 1641. Soon after 1641 he removed to Fairfield, becoming a Deputy to the Connecticut Legislature for Fairfield in September 1645 and April 1646.
By trade he was a carpenter.
Jehu married Miss Elizabeth Cable and they had ten children. All of these children married and had families. Among the descendants one finds many individuals who were leaders in military, political, and human affairs. Their monuments can be found in the Old Burying Ground of Fairfield and other cemeteries in surrounding towns.
Jehu Burr was the founder of the Fairfield branch. The Burr family is featured in The Families of Old Fairfield by Donald Lines Jacobus.
He has many prominent descendants including Govenor and Vice President Aaron Burr.
As the founder of an important and honored family, it would be interesting to know the circumstances of his death, and his place of burial. Careful search, however, fails to discover either. We know that he died some time in 1672, from an entry on p.238, vol. i.,Fair. Records, Jan. 12, 1673, which mentions John Burr as receiving twenty-seven acres of land by will of his father.
Headstones of early settlers were of rude construction and quarried by the relatives of the deceased before there were any regular stone cutters in the area. They usually only had the initials of the person and the date of their death. Very few remain and are so eroded by time and weather to be almost illegible. No headstone can be found or Jehu Burr.
WIVES:
Martha Heath Burre
Mary Burre
Elizabeth Cable Burr
CHILDREN:
Ann 1618-1683 New Haven, CT
Sarah Ann 1620-1660 in CT Wife of John Cable
Jehu Jr. 1625 Lavenham, Suffolk, England-31 Oct 1692 Fairfield, CT, Husband of Esther Ward and Elizabeth Prudden
Elizabeth 17 May 1632 Eng.-17 Oct 1682 Fairfield, CT, Wife of Nehemiah Olmstead, Obadiah Gilbert & Capt. Nathaniel Seeley Sr
Maj. John b. abt 1633 Roxbury, Norfolk, MA - 6 Dec 1694 Fairfield, CT Married Mary Tash, Mary Ward, and Sarah Fitch
Nathaniel John 1635-26 Feb 1712 Fairfield, CT, Husband of Hannah Goodyear and Sarah Ward
Daniel 1640-5 Nov 1695 Fairfield, CT, Married Abigail Glover and Abigail Brewster
Joanna 1643-
He emigrated in 1630 in the Winthrop Fleet and on his arrival in America, he settled in Roxbury, Massachusetts where he was made a freeman on 18 May 1631. In 1633 he served on a committee with William Pynchon, the Colony Treasurer. In 1636 he went with Pynchon to Springfield and was appointed Collector for the Connecticut Colony. He was Deputy for Springfield to the Connecticut Legislature in April 1638 and September 1641. Soon after 1641 he removed to Fairfield, becoming a Deputy to the Connecticut Legislature for Fairfield in September 1645 and April 1646.
By trade he was a carpenter.
Jehu married Miss Elizabeth Cable and they had ten children. All of these children married and had families. Among the descendants one finds many individuals who were leaders in military, political, and human affairs. Their monuments can be found in the Old Burying Ground of Fairfield and other cemeteries in surrounding towns.
Jehu Burr was the founder of the Fairfield branch. The Burr family is featured in The Families of Old Fairfield by Donald Lines Jacobus.
He has many prominent descendants including Govenor and Vice President Aaron Burr.
As the founder of an important and honored family, it would be interesting to know the circumstances of his death, and his place of burial. Careful search, however, fails to discover either. We know that he died some time in 1672, from an entry on p.238, vol. i.,Fair. Records, Jan. 12, 1673, which mentions John Burr as receiving twenty-seven acres of land by will of his father.
Headstones of early settlers were of rude construction and quarried by the relatives of the deceased before there were any regular stone cutters in the area. They usually only had the initials of the person and the date of their death. Very few remain and are so eroded by time and weather to be almost illegible. No headstone can be found or Jehu Burr.
WIVES:
Martha Heath Burre
Mary Burre
Elizabeth Cable Burr
CHILDREN:
Ann 1618-1683 New Haven, CT
Sarah Ann 1620-1660 in CT Wife of John Cable
Jehu Jr. 1625 Lavenham, Suffolk, England-31 Oct 1692 Fairfield, CT, Husband of Esther Ward and Elizabeth Prudden
Elizabeth 17 May 1632 Eng.-17 Oct 1682 Fairfield, CT, Wife of Nehemiah Olmstead, Obadiah Gilbert & Capt. Nathaniel Seeley Sr
Maj. John b. abt 1633 Roxbury, Norfolk, MA - 6 Dec 1694 Fairfield, CT Married Mary Tash, Mary Ward, and Sarah Fitch
Nathaniel John 1635-26 Feb 1712 Fairfield, CT, Husband of Hannah Goodyear and Sarah Ward
Daniel 1640-5 Nov 1695 Fairfield, CT, Married Abigail Glover and Abigail Brewster
Joanna 1643-
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