Robert Burrows was born Abt. 1600 in Manchester, England, and died Aug 1682 in Groton, New London, Connecticut. He married Mary Ireland on Bef. 1645 in Wethersfield (Hartford), Connecticut.
Notes for Robert Burrows: Robert came to America in 1630 on the Arabella, the flagship of Winthrop's fleet. He may have come with a group of Puritans who were escaping persecution. Stories say Robert and his two brothers, John and William, were driven out of Manchester, England because they were Baptists. One brother may have settled in New York and the other in Pennsylvania. Robert settled in Wethersfield, Connecticut in 1639. He was a carpenter by trade. He later moved to Mystic, CT where he was appointed the ferryman for the Mystic River in 1660. He was on close terms with Governor Winthrop who visited him often in Mystic. He ranked third in the town regarding the amount of taxable property held.
"In 1651, Robert Burrows obtained a large grant of land on the west bank of Mystic River, at the present town of Groton, and their his family made their home. In making this move, Mr. Burrows made his new estate chargeable with the shares in their father's estate of his Ireland step-children, who were yet minors." [The Fish Families in America_ by Lester Warren Fish, 1948, p. 254-255. - via http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/w/a/l/Katherine-T-Walter/GENE19-0024.html]
More About Robert Burrows: Immigration: 1630, England to Connecticut. Occupation: Carpenter.
More About Robert Burrows and Mary Ireland: Marriage: Bef. 1645, Wethersfield (Hartford), Connecticut.
Children of Robert Burrows and Mary Ireland are:
+John Burrows, b. 1642, Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, d. Feb 12, 1715/16, Groton, New London, Connecticut.
Samuel Burrows, b. Abt. 1644, New London, Connecticut, d. Bef. 1712.
Robert Burrows (b. Abt. 1600, d. Aug 1682)
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