Notes for William Burgess: From the Genealogical Dictionary of New England Settlers: Eleanor (Monroe) m. 21 Aug. 1707, William Burgess of Charlestown.
According to Middlesex County court documents, William Burgess was from Nantucket, MA.:
April 15th 1729
Ebenezer Burgess in his 15th year son of William Burgess late of ye Island of Nantucket Cooper Decd has chosen for his guardian Daniel Munroe of Lexington in the county of Middx. yeoman (husbandman scratched out) George Munroe of sd Town, yeoman. Surety $200
Know all men by these presents, That We Daniel Munroe and George Munroe Yeomen both of Lexington in the County of Middlesex within the Province of the Massachusetts Bay in New England Are holden and stand firmly Bound and Obliged unto Jonathan Remington Esquire his Successors or Assigns, in the full sum of two hundred Pounds, To be paid unto the said Jon Remmington his Successors or Assigns, in the Office of Judge of the Probate Wills, and for Granting Letters of Administration on the Estates of Persons Deceased in the said Conty of Middlesex To the true Payment whereof, We joyntly and faverally bind Our Selves, and Our several and respective Heirs, Executors and Administrators, firmly by these Presents, Sealed with our Seals: Dated the Fifteenth Day of September Anno Domini, 1729.
The Condition of this Obligation is such, That if the above-bounden Daniel Monroe Nominated and Allowed to be Guardian unto Ebenezer Burgess a Minor in his fifteenth year of age a son of William Burgess late of Island of ye Island of Nantucket in New Eng. Cooper Deceased, shall and do well and truly Perform and Discharge the Trust and Office of Guardian unto the said Minor and that in and by all things according to Law; And shall render a plain and true Accompt of his said Guardianship upon Oath, and all and singular such Estate as shall come to his hands and possession by virtue thereof, and of the Profits and Improvements of the same, so far as the Law will charge him therewith (when he shall be thereunto Lawfully required) and shall Pay and Deliver what and so much of the said Estate as shall be found remaining upon his Account, (the same being first Examined and Allowed of by the Judge or Judges, for the time being, of the Probate of Wills, Exe.within the County of Middlesex aforesaid) unto the said Minor when he shall arrive at full Age; or otherwise as the said Judge or Judges by his or their Decree or Sentence pursuant to Law shall Limit and Appoint: Then this Obligation to be Void, otherwise to remain in full force.
More About William Burgess: Baptism: 02 March 1711/12, First Church, Cambridge, MA.45
More About William Burgess and Eleanor Monroe: Marriage: 19 August 1707, Cambridge, MA.46, 47
Marriage Notes for William Burgess and Eleanor Monroe: Accounting for marriage was done in Cambridge by Edward Emerson Esq, Justice of the Peace.
Children of William Burgess and Eleanor Monroe are:
+Ebenezer Burgess, b. 23 September 1714, Lexington, Middlesex, MA48, 49, d. 20 December 1807, Harvard, Worcester, MA.
William Burgess (b. 03 March 1685/86, d. Bef. 15 April 1729)
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