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Ancestors of Frank Nickolas Bryan

      3088. Jehu Burr, born Abt. 1600 in England; died Abt. 1672 in Fairfield (Fairfield County), Connecticut. He married 3089. ? Cable Abt. 1630 in England.

      3089. ? Cable, born Unknown; died Unknown.

Notes for Jehu Burr:

birth: 1605 in England (best guess)

marriage: 1631 to sister of John Cable Sr (year estimated from age of eldest son; John Cable made Jehu Burr and John Burr overseers of his estate calling them kinsmen)

death: before 1/12/1673 in Fairfield, CT (Jehu Jr. referred to a homelot       given to him by his father's will on that date)
Died before 1/12/1674 when son JEHU received a homelot by will from his father JEHU BURR SR. and when JEHU BURR JR. bought a homelot, that he had been using for sixteen years, that adjoined his own, from his brother John, part of the 27 acres John received by the will of their father.

Arrived in Winthrop's fleet in 1630 and settled with William Pynchon in Roxbury, MA until their move to settle Springfield, MA in 1636, remaining there until 1642, when he removed to Fairfield, CT. Oversaw building of bridge over the Muddy and Stone Rivers between Boston and Roxbury. Member of Roxbury Congregational Church in 1635. Appointed as tax collector of Springfield in 1636. Served as Deputy to General Court from Springfield in 1638 and 1641, and as Deputy from Fairfield in 1645 and 1646.
Neighbor of Reverend JOHN JONES on land bordering Edward's Pond.

Associated with JOHN CABLE, William Pynchon, and Henry Smith in the founding of Springfield.

Made freeman in Roxbury 5/18/1631.

Complained against a Mr. Dumers for allowing his swine to spoil his corn 3/1/1636 which matter was referred to William Parke, Goodman Potter, and Goodman Porter for arbitration.

Collector of rates for Springfield in 1636.
Appointed collector for funds to aid scholars at Cambridge College in Oct. 1644
Grand Juror for Fairfield in 1660 assigned task of inquiring into all breeches of conduct and reporting the same to the General Court.
Appointed Commissioner for Fairfield May 1664.
Carpenter by trade.

Children of Jehu Burr and ? Cable are:

1544	i.	Jehu Burr, born 1631 in Roxbury, MA; died 1692 in Fairfield (Fairfield County), Connecticut; married (1) Elizabeth Prudden; married (2) Hester Ward Abt. 1659 in (Fairfield County), Connecticut.
	ii.	John Burr, born Abt. 1633; married Mary Ward; born Abt. 1635.
	iii.	Nathaniel Burr, born 1635; died 2/26/1711-12; married (1) Hannah Goodyear; married (2) Sarah Ward Abt. 1662; born Abt. 1640.
	iv.	Daniel Burr, born 1642; died 1682; married (1) Abigail Brewster 1669; married (2) Abigail Glover 12/11/1678 in New Haven, CT.
	v.	Elizabeth Burr, born 1637; died Aft. 1688; married (1) Obadiah Gilbert Abt. 1660; born Abt. 1630; married (2) Nehemiah Olmstead Abt. 1655; married (3) Nathaniel Seeley Abt. 1674.

      3090. Andrew Ward, born Abt. 1597 in Faxton (Northhampton) England ?; died Bef. 10/18/1659 in Fairfield (Fairfield County), Connecticut. He married 3091. Hester Sherman Abt. 1628 in England.

      3091. Hester Sherman, born Bef. 4/1/1606 in Dedham (Essex) England; died Bef. 1/30/1665-66 in Fairfield (Fairfield County), Connecticut. She was the daughter of 6182. Edmund Sherman and 6183. Joan Makin.

Notes for Andrew Ward:

birth: 1597 in England (Founders monument, Wethersfield, CT)

marriage: 1628 to Hester or Esther Sherman in England (estimate based on       birth of first child) (will names wife as Ester (land links to Edmund       Sherman of Watertown, traditional father-in-law of Andrew Ward)

death: 1659 in Fairfield
      will dated 6/8/1659. proved 11/2/1659
      Wife Ester 40 Pounds and 1/3 of land/movables in Fairfield             during widowhood
      Son John 50 Pounds at age 21
      Daughter Sarah 40 Pounds upon marriage
      Daughter Abigail 40 Pounds at age 18
      2/3 land/movables jointly to sons Andrew and Samuel at age             21
      Son Edmund 20 Pounds
      Other children already received their portion                  inventory taken 10/18/1659
Totaled 242 Pounds 10 shillings

Arrived abourd the Arabella in 1633 and was granted a 10 acre homelot in Watertown, Mass. which he sold to Edmund Sherman and removed to found Wethersfield, Conn. in 1636. Part of governing commission of Connecticut in 1636 and elected to legislature in 1637 and for many years after, In 1640 he was among the founders of Stamford, Conn. where he was constable in 1643, removed then to Hempstead, LI and in 1647 settled at Fairfield, Conn. where he died in 1659.

Will of wife Hester dated 12/27/1665 remembered DANIEL and Hester Burr, children of JEHU BURR, who appears to have married Andrew's second daughter, HESTER.

Notes for Hester Sherman:
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birth: baptized 4/1/1606 in Dedham, Essex, England (Donald Lines Jacobus; Familes of Old Fairfield)

marriage: 1628 to Andrew Ward in England (year estimated on basis of birth of first child and husband's name per Jacobus)

death: 1666 in Fairfield, CT (Jacobus)
will signed 12/27/1665, inventory taken 1/30/1666
gave son William 5 pounds
gave daughter Mary Burr 2 pounds
gave sons Andrew and Samuel 8 pounds each
gave daughter Abigail 10 pounds
gave children of daughter Anna Nichols 9 pounds
gave grandchild Hester Ward 9 pounds
gave 9 pounds to child of son John
gave children of daughter Sarah, Nathaniel and Sarah Burr,
9 pounds
gave Hester Burr and DANIEL BURR 10 shillings each
gave clothes to daughters Ann, Mary, Sarah, and Abigail
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birth: baptized 4/1/1606 in Dedham, Essex, England (Donald Lines Jacobus; Familes of Old Fairfield)

marriage: 1628 to Andrew Ward in England (year estimated on basis of birth of first child and husband's name per Jacobus)

death: 1666 in Fairfield, CT (Jacobus)
will signed 12/27/1665, inventory taken 1/30/1666
gave son William 5 pounds
gave daughter Mary Burr 2 pounds
gave sons Andrew and Samuel 8 pounds each
gave daughter Abigail 10 pounds
gave children of daughter Anna Nichols 9 pounds
gave grandchild Hester Ward 9 pounds
gave 9 pounds to child of son John
gave children of daughter Sarah, Nathaniel and Sarah .Burr, 9 pounds
gave Hester Burr and DANIEL BURR 10 shillings each
gave clothes to daughters Ann, Mary, Sarah, and Abigail

Children of Andrew Ward and Hester Sherman are:

1545	i.	Hester Ward, born Abt. 1633 in Weathersfield (Hartford Cty) Connecticut; died Abt. 1664 in Fairfield (Fairfield County), Connecticut; married (1) Joseph Boosey; married (2) Jehu Burr Abt. 1659 in (Fairfield County), Connecticut.
	ii.	Edmund Ward, born Abt. 1627.
	iii.	Anne Ward, born Abt. 1629; died in Fairfield, CT; married Caleb Nicholls; born 1627; died in Fairfield, CT.
	iv.	William Ward, born Abt. 1631; died 1676; married Deborah Lockwood Abt. 1664; born 3/12/1635-36 in Watertown, MA.
	v.	Mary Ward, born Abt. 1635; married John Burr; born Abt. 1633.
	vi.	John Ward, born Abt. 1637; married Mary Harris 4/18/1664 in Middletown, CT.
	vii.	Sarah Ward, born Abt. 1640; married Nathaniel Burr Abt. 1662; born 1635; died 2/26/1711-12.
	viii.	Andrew Ward, born Abt. 1642; married Trial Meigs Abt. 1669.
	ix.	Samuel Ward, born Abt. 1644; married Alice Ogden.
	x.	Abigail Ward, born Abt. 1647; married Moses Dimon 5/2/1670.

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