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Ancestors of Frank Nickolas Bryan

      1544. Jehu Burr, born 1631 in Roxbury, MA; died 1692 in Fairfield (Fairfield County), Connecticut. He was the son of 3088. Jehu Burr and 3089. ? Cable. He married 1545. Hester Ward Abt. 1659 in (Fairfield County), Connecticut.

      1545. Hester Ward, born Abt. 1633 in Weathersfield (Hartford Cty) Connecticut; died Abt. 1664 in Fairfield (Fairfield County), Connecticut. She was the daughter of 3090. Andrew Ward and 3091. Hester Sherman.

Notes for Jehu Burr:
birth: 1631 in Roxbury, Massachsetts (estimate based on birth of brother       John in 1633)

marriage: 1ST in 1659 to Esther Ward widow of Joseph Boosey d. 1655
year estimated from birth year of oldest child; identity of first wife established through deed signed 2/27/1661 wherein Esther Burr wife of Jehu conveyed her interest in the property left her first husband Joseph Boosey by his father James for 64 Pounds; that her maiden name was Ward and she a daughter of Andrew and Hester Sherman Ward is suggested by the 1665 will of Hester Ward which left 10 shillings each to Hester and Daniel Burr
2nd in 1666 to Elizabeth Prudden (Prudden Letters as published in New England Hist. and Gen. Register Jan. 1930)

death: 1692
will dated 1/7/1690, proved 10/31/1692.
Wife given ten pounds and estate she had upon marriage, and an additional ten pounds. Mentions sons Daniel, Peter, Samuel underage, and daughters Elizabeth, Sarah, Joanna, And Abigail, all under 18 and a daughter Esther who had already received herportion, as well as granddaughter Mary Wakeman. Brothers       Nathaniel and John were overseers.

Deputy to Conn. Legislature from 1659-1691.
Commisioner for Fairfield 1664, 1668 to 1687, 1689-92.
Commisioner for Indians in 1680.

Captain in King Phillip's War. Leutenant in 1673. Member of war councils in 1675 and 1676.

Property: Colonial grant of 200 acres, May 1673.

Purchased brother John's interest in father's homelot in 1671 and bought a neighboring property in 1673 and lived in the family homestead until his death in 1692.

Notes for Hester Ward:
birth: 1633 (Donald Lines Jacobus; Families of Old Fairfield)

marriage: 1658 to Jehu Burr (Jacobus)

death: 1664 (Jacobus)

Children of Jehu Burr and Hester Ward are:

	772	i.		Daniel Burr, born Abt. 1660 in Fairfield (Fairfield County), Connecticut; died Abt. 8/1/1727 in Greenfield (Fairfield County), Connecticut; married (1) Hannah Banks Abt. 1680 in Fairfield; married (2) Mary Sherwood Abt. 1686 in Fairfield; married (3) Elizabeth Pinckney Abt. 1695 in Fairfield (Fairfield County), Connecticut.
		ii.		Esther Burr, born Abt. 1663; married John Buckley.

      1546. Phillip Pinckney, born Bef. 3/7/1617-18 in Dinton, Wiltshire, England; died Aft. 3/16/1688-89 in Eastchester, NY. He married 1547. Jane [Pinckney] Abt. 1650 in Boston?.

      1547. Jane [Pinckney], born Abt. 1630 in England; died Bef. 1689 in Eastchester, NY.

Notes for Phillip Pinckney:

      Sailed from England to Dorchester, MA in 1635. Moved to Windsor, CT and from there to Fairfield, CT in 1649. Moved to Westchester, NY area in 1664 where he and James Eustis were granted land for themselves and associates on the Hutchinson River. Sale was confirmed by Gov. Nichols to Philip Pinckney, William Eustis, and William Hayden 8/9/1664. Area known as Salisbury Plain. Settlement became known as Eastchester and is now called Mount Vernon. (Laurence Lee Hill: Warford, Fisher, Kaes-Kuhl, Stout, Pinckney Families; 1996)

Possibly came from Tatterset, Norfolk, England in the company of Reverend John Barham. Arrived in Fairfield about 1650 where he received a grant of land 2/14/1666-7. He had already left Fairfield in 1664 to be among the first ten propreitors of Eastchester, NY; so, this land was sold in part to Nathan Gold 2/13/1669-70, and in part to James Beers.
(Donald Lines Jacobus; History of Fairfield Families)

      Sent along with Samuel Drake from Eastchester to Westchester to seek a minister 9/5/1677 (History of the County of Westchester; section on East Chester)

Overseer of Eastchester 1681, 1683 (Hill)

Deeded dwelling house to son 6/9/1688 (Hill)

Will probated 1/9/1688-9 names sons John, William, and Thomas who got lands in Eastchester. His unmarried daughters ELIZABETH, Jean, Ann, and Deborah got 10 Pounds each. Married daughters got 12 pence. (Jacobus)
Witness to will of GEORGE HULL and again to the will of George Hull's second wife Sarah Phippen Hull, both of whom referred to his wife Jane as cousin. (Jacobus)
Daughter ELIZABETH married DANIEL BURR of Greenfield. (Jacobus)

birth: baptized 3/7/1618 in Dinton, England (Laurence Lee Hill; Warford,       Fisher, Kaes-Kuhl, Stout, Pinckney Families; 1996)

marriage: 1650 to woman named Jane (general estimate)

death: December, 1688 or January, 1689 in Eastchester, NY (will probated       1/9/1689)

Estate extended west from Hutchinson River to White Plains Road 1/2 mile north to Ann Hook Brook near the old highway.

Overseer in Eastchester sixteen eighty o ne and sixteen eighty three

Notes for Jane [Pinckney]:
birth: 1630 (general estimate)

Marriage: 1650 (general estimate)

death: before 1689; husband Philip was married to a woman named Elizabeth when his will was recorded 3/16/1689 (Laurence Hill; Warford, Fisher, Kaes-Kuhl, Stout, Pinckley Familes; 1996)

Children of Phillip Pinckney and Jane [Pinckney] are:

773	i.	Elizabeth Pinckney, born Abt. 1670; died Aft. 9/1727 in (Fairfield County), Connecticut; married Daniel Burr Abt. 1695 in Fairfield (Fairfield County), Connecticut.
	ii.	Abigail Pinckney, born Abt. 1652 in Fairfield, CT; died Abt. 1683 in Mount Vernon, NY; married (1) David Osborn; died 1679 in Mount Vernon, NY; married (2) John Warford; born 1650 in England; died 1699 in Baltimore, MD.
	iii.	Rachel Pinckney, born Abt. 1654 in Fairfield, CT; married John Pell; born 2/3/1642-43 in London, England; died 9/1702 in Pelham Manor, NY.
	iv.	John Pinckney, born Abt. 1657 in Fairfield, CT; died Bef. 1725; married Abigail Hunt.
	v.	Thomas Pinckney, born 1662 in Fairfield, CT; died 11/1732 in Mount Vernon, NY; married Hannah [Pinckney].
	vi.	Deborah Pinckney, born Abt. 1668 in Fairfield, CT.
	vii.	Ann Pinckney, born Abt. 1670 in Mount Vernon, NY/Mount Vernon, Westchester Co., NY.
	viii.	Jane Pinckney, born Abt. 1675 in Mount Vernon, NY/Mount Vernon, Westchester Co., NY; married Moses Dimon; born 10/7/1672 in Fairfield, CT; died 8/7/1748.
	ix.	William Pinckney, born Abt. 1681 in Mt. Vernon, NY/Mount Vernon, Westchester Co., NY; died 1755 in Eastchester, NY; married Tamar [Pinckney].

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