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Samuel Burr

Male 1640 - 1682  (42 years)

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  • Name Samuel Burr
    Birth 1640  Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male
    Death 29 Sep 1682  Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Burial Oct 1682  Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I4397  Petersen-de Lanskoy
    Last Modified 21 Jun 2026

    Father Benjamin Burr,   b. Abt 1610, , , England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 31 Mar 1681, Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 71 years)
    Mother Anne or Anna,   b. 1617, , , England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 31 Aug 1683, Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 66 years)
    Marriage Bef 1635  , , England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F1236  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Mary Baysey or Bazey,   b. Abt 1647, Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Bef 29 Sep 1682, Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age < 35 years)
    Marriage May 1663  Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F2111  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 30 Jun 2026

  • Notes 
    • RESEARCH_NOTES:
      1. Charles Burr Todd, "A General History of the Burr Family," Knickerbocker Pr., New York, 1902: "Benjamin's will, dated 2 Jan 1677, mentions his wife Anna Burre, sons Samuel and Thomas, and daughters Hannah Burre and Mary Crowe; granddaughter Mary Crowe; wife and son Thomas executors, witnesses John Gilbert and William Pitkin." Also notes: "Samuel was born in England. Samuel Burr, of Hartford, CT, made freeman at Hartford in May 1658. He m. Mary Bazey, dau. of John Bazey, one of the first settlers and a prominent man in the colony. Samuel Burr d. 29 Sep 1682. He seems to have been a man of great energy and business ablilty and left quite a large estate. Invy. 541 pounds, 10s 11d., which was distributed to his chil. as follows: Samuel 170, John 101, Jonathan 100, Mary 80, Elizabeth 80. They were all minors at the time of his death, and by a provision of his will, were to possess the property as they came of age. Invy. offered in court, 5 Oct 1682. Distribution, 1684. Stephen Hopkins and Thos. Catlin, adms. Children:
      A. Samuel, b. 1667.
      B. John, b. 1670.
      C. Mary, b. 1673, m. Jun 1693,Daniel, s. of Thomas Clark.
      D. Elizabeth, b. 1675, m. 6 Apr 1698, thomas Clark.
      E. Jonathan, b. 1679."

      2. Joseph Savage, "Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England," Originally published 1860: "Born ca. 1640 at Hartford, CT. Samuel died at Hartford, CT, on 29 Sep 1682. Buried in Oct 1682 in Hartford, CT. Made a freeman with his father in 1658."

      3. 16 Sep 2007 Genealogy website of Dave Pane-Joyce
      http://aleph0.clarku.edu/~djoyce/gen/report/rr01/rr01_394.html#P9304: "In May 1663 Samuel married Mary Baysey, daughter of John Baysey & Elizabeth Freeman, at Hartford, CT. Mary died bef 29 Sep 1682."