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Descendants of Thomas Burgess

Generation No. 2

2. ELIZABETH² BURGESS (THOMAS¹) was born ca. 1629 in prob near Truro, Cornwall, England, and died September 26, 1717 in Sandwich, Massachusetts. She married LT. EZRA PERRY February 12, 1651/52 in Sandwich, Massachusetts, son of EDWARD PERRY and SARAH. He was born 1627 in , Devonshire, England, and died October 1689 in Sandwich, Massachusetts.

More About ELIZABETH BURGESS:
Anc. of President: F.D.Roosevelt
Burial: 1717, Old Burying Ground, Grove ST, Sandwich, Massachusetts
Source 1: Burg., by K.W.Hiam, 1997, NEHGS pg3
Source 2: Burg, By E.Burgess, 1865, pg 12
Source 3: Rchrdson&Elsworth by R.E.Richardson
Source 4: Brewster MFIP, Ed 2, 1996 pg 84
Source 5: 1961, Ezra Perry, NEHGR 115:86
Source 6: Anc.of Amer Pres by Roberts, pg 275

Notes for LT. EZRA PERRY:
EZRA PERRY OF SANDWICH, MASS (c. 1625-1689) By Lydia B.(Phinney) Brownson and Maclean W. McLean, 1961, NEHGR Vol. 115 Pg 86-90:
For well over a hundred years various descendants of Ezra Perry of Sandwich, Mass., have gathered data regarding him and his descendants. The results of their work have largely disappeared, sometimes through destruction by fire, but more often as a result of the decease of the searcher before his or her manuscript was completed, thus necessitating much duplication of effort. The purpose of this article, then, is to combine and record as briefly and clearly as possible the results of research of its compilers over a period of years. It is hoped that it will stimulate research in England, and that others will be encouraged to contribute corrections and additions.
Circumstantial evidence suggest that this Ezra Perry was closely related to others of the name in Sandwich (Edward, Edmund, Margaret, Hannah) and probably also in Scituate, Mass. Conclusive evidence regarding the precise nature of these relationships is still to be found...
After his first appearance in the record nothing is found until his marriage: "Ezra Perry & Elizabeth Burge were maried the 12th day of ffebruarie, Anno. Dom. 1651" (May. Des., 14:109). Elizabeth (Burges) Perry, born prob. in or near Truro, Cornwall, England, about 1929, was the only dau. of Thomas and Dorothy Burges of Sandwich (See THE REGISTER, 49:240, for her ancestry).
The town records show that "Lieftenant" Perry received 4 shillings pay 4 April 1657 for service in the militia. Yet he seems not to have played a prominent role in the public life of the community. The fact that he married the daughter of one of its chief men, and that his eldest son married a daughter of the powerful Governor Prence*, attests to his standing, however. His multitude of descendants represent an astonishing variety of people, including President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, General of the Army Douglas MacArthur, the first wife of President Theodore Roosevelt, and several contemporary genealogist as well as the present compilers.
Ezra Perry died 16 Oct. 1659 (the same day tha he made his will). His gravestone shows him to have been in "his 64th yr" (Sandwich Cemetery inscriptions). The inventory of his estate, dated 24 Oct. 1689, was taken by Elisha Bourne and Nathaniel Wing and shows a total persons estate of 78pounds, 8s. and no real estate. "Elizabeth Perry ye relict of above Ezra Perry" took oath to the truth of the inventory 18 April 1690. The widow Elizabeth Perry died (apparently intestate since there is no record of the settlement of her estate) 26 Sept. 1717 "in her 88th yy." Both her gravestone and that of her husband wre clearly legible in 1929.
*Gov. Prence is one of our ancestors. JBKaherl

FTM CD203, Barnstable County Mass., Probate Records, Pg 26,26:
The will of "Ezra Perry Snr of Manument and Town of Sandwich" made 16 October, 1689, after providing that his body be buried "at ye ordinary place of burring," "disposes of his estate as follows: " "All my outward moveables, with out doars and with in doears to my truly well beloved wife, as my true undoubted and Lawful Executrix .... to dispose of at her pleasure Excepting what I Leave and bequeath to my well beloved Son Samuel Perry that is two stiers of two and one heifer of four years, one mare Coult one Bed and furniture be Longing thereto one gun one Sword and Bandaleers one Iron pot, to my well beloved Son Benjamin Perry two Cowes two steeres about three years old and one bed and its ffurniture one gun one Sword To my Daughter Remember too cows, one bed and its ffurniture, one meare and all her Increse, also to my Son Ezra one Shilling To John Perry my son one Shilling To deborah my Daughter wife to Seth Pope one Shilling to Sarah wife of Epharim Swift one Shilling"
The will was signed by a mark. It was witnessed by Jacob Burge (who made his mark) and James Steuart, and probated 18 April 1690.

Family Tree Maker Online: GenealogyLibrary.com, Samuel Richardson and Josiah Ellsworth by Ruth Ellsworth Richardson, Call Number: CS71.R52, 1974, Page 466:
II. Ezra Perry, the immigrant ancestor, son of Edward and Sarah Perry, was born in Devonshire, England, in or about 1625, and was supposedly was brought to Sandwich, Mass., by his mother, the widow Sarah Perry, in 1637 or 1639. The first recorded notice of Ezra Perry in New England is found in the Sandwich town records for August 7, 1644, when he pledged
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nine shillings among those "divers persons engaged Creely to pay in goods and merchantable corn" toward repair of their meeting house. He married at Sandwich, February 12, 1651/2, Elizabeth Burge, only daughter of Thomas and Dorothy Burge of Sandwich. Ezra Perry held various town offices, but he seems not to have played a prominent role in the public affairs. Yet his marriage to the daughter of one of the chief men in the town, and the good marriages of his children, attest to his standing in the community. He died at Sandwich October 16, 1689 and his tombstone showing death in "his 64th hr." and that of his wife are still standing and legible (1929) in the old Sandwich Cem.. His widow Elizabeth was admitted, November 25, 1694, to the First Church, Sandwich, by Reverand Cotton. She died September 26, 1717, "in her 88th yr." His will, made October 16, 1689, proved April 18, 1690, as copied from the Probate Office, Barnstable
Wills, vol. 1, pages 34-35, is as follows:
"In ye Name of God Amen ye 16: day of October 1689 I Ezra Perry snr of manumont and Towne of Sandwich being sick of Body but of good and perfit memory thanks to Allmighty God and calling to Remembrance ye uncertaint estate of this transitory Life and that All flesh must yield unto death when it shall plese God to call do make Constitute ordaine and declard this my last will and Testament in manner and forms following Revoking and Annulling by these presents all and every Testament and Testaments Will and Wills here to fore by me made and declared either by word or writing And this is to be taken for my last Will and Testament and none other And first being penitent and sorry from ye bottom of my heart for my sins past most humbly desiring forgiveness for ye same I give and comit my Soule unto Allmighty God my savior And Redeemer in whom and by ye merrits of Jesus Christ I trust and believe Assuredly to be
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saved and to have full Remission and forgiveness of all my sins and that my soule with my Body at ye General day of Resurrection shall Rise againe with Joy and threw ye merritt of Christs death and passion passes and Inherite ye Kingdom of heaven prepared for his elect and chosen. Any my body to be burried to ye ordinary place of burreing. And now ye settling of my Temporal Estate and such Goods and Chattles and debts as it hath pleased God far above my desarts to bestow upon me I do order and dispose of as she pleases And shall see cause to dispose of at her pleaseure. Excepting what I Leave and bequeath to my well beloved son Samuel Perry that is two stiers of two and one heifer of four years one Mare Could one Bed?? and furniture Be Longing there to one gun and sword. To my Daughter Remember two cows one bed and its furniture one meare and all her Increase also to my son Ezra one shilling to John Perry my son one shilling to Deborah my Daughter wife to seth pope one shilling To Sarah wife of Ephraim Swift one shilling As witness my hand and se 1 day year and month first above written. in presence of:
Jacob C Burg Ezra (his mark) perry (seal)
James Stewart
The inventory of his estate, dated October 24, 1689, totaled 125 pounds, 80 shillings, 3 pence. Ezra Perry and Elizabeth (Burgess) Perry had at least seven children, all born at Sandwich:
1. Ezra, b February 11, 1652/3; m about 1672, Rebecca Freeman . . .

More About LT. EZRA PERRY:
Anc. of President: FDR
Burial: 1689, Old Burying Ground, Grove ST, Sandwich, Massachusetts
Issue: 7 children
Misc: October 24, 1689, Inv. of Estate taken
Source 1: 1961, Ezra Perry, NEHGR 115:86-90
Source 2: Brewster MFIP, Ed 2, 1996 pg 84
Source 3: Burg., by K.W.Hiam, 1997, NEHGS pg 3
Source 4: 1974, Rchrdson&Elsworth by R.E.Richardson
Source 5: Barnst. Probate Recs, FTM CD203, pg 26-27
Source 6: Anc.of Amer Pres by Roberts, pg 275
Will: October 16, 1689, written, 4-18-1690-probated

Children of ELIZABETH BURGESS and EZRA PERRY are:

5.	i.	EZRA³ PERRY, b. February 11, 1652/53, Sandwich, Massachusetts; d. January 30, 1728/29, Sandwich, Massachusetts.
6.	ii.	JOHN PERRY, b. January 1, 1656/57, Sandwich, Massachusetts; d. October 31, 1732, Sandwich, Massachusetts.
7.	iii.	SAMUEL PERRY, b. March 1666/67, Sandwich, Massachusetts; d. August 8, 1751, Sandwich, Massachusetts.

3. JOHN² BURGESS (THOMAS¹) was born ca. 1631 in prob. Sandwich, Massachusetts, and died 1701 in Yarmouth, Massachusetts. He married MARY WORDEN December 8, 1657 in Yarmouth, Massachusetts, daughter of PETER WORDEN and MARY. She was born ca. 1639 in Yarmouth, Massachusetts, and died 1723 in Yarmouth, Massachusetts.

Notes for JOHN BURGESS:
Burgess Genealogy by Rev. Dr. Ebenezer Burgess, 1865 pg 12:
John Burgess was admitted a freeman in 1657, and served as grand juror in 1661. Moved to Yarmouth,and was deputy from that town to the Court at Plymouth in 1680 .

FTM CD113, Savage's Geneal.Dict. of Early Settlers in New England, pg 302:
Family History: 217 Genealogy Books
JOHN, Yarmouth, s. of the first Thomas, m. 8 Sept. 1657, Mary Worden, prob. d. of Peter the sec. of the same, had John, Thomas, Joseph, and perhaps Jacob.

More About JOHN BURGESS:
Anc. of President: Rutherford B. Hayes
Issue: 10 children
Source 1: Burg., by K.W.Hiam, 1997, NEHGS pg4, 77
Source 2: Burg, By E.Burgess, 1865, pg 12, 16
Source 3: Burgess, by Otis, FTM CD194, pg 747, 748
Source 4: Worden Fam. by E.K.Eastman, 1951
Source 5: FTM CD203, Sandwich VR's pg 167
Source 6: Anc.of Amer Pres by Roberts, pg275

More About MARY WORDEN:
Anc. of President: Rutherford B. Hayes
Source 1: Worden Fam. by E.K.Eastman, 1951
Source 2: Burg., by K.W.Hiam, 1997, NEHGS pg4, 77
Source 3: Burg, By E.Burgess, 1865, pg 12
Source 4: Burgess, by Otis, FTM CD194, pg 747
Source 5: FTM CD203, Sandwich VR's pg 167
Source 6: Anc.of Amer Pres by Roberts, pg 42

Children of JOHN BURGESS and MARY WORDEN are:

8.	i.	MARY³ BURGESS, b. ca. 1661, Yarmouth or Sandwich, Massachusetts; d. Unknown, prob. Harwich, Massachusetts.
9.	ii.	JOHN BURGESS, b. ca. 1674, Yarmouth or Sandwich, Massachusetts; d. ca. 1723.
10.	iii.	SAMUEL BURGESS, b. ca. 1678, Yarmouth or Sandwich, Massachusetts; d. September 26, 1753.

4. JACOB² BURGESS (THOMAS¹) was born ca. 1633, and died March 17, 1718/19 in Sandwich, Massachusetts. He married MARY NYE June 1, 1670 in Sandwich, Massachusetts. She was born April 8, 1642, and died June 22, 1706.

More About JACOB BURGESS:
Source 1: Burgess, H.K.Hiam, NEHGS, 1997 pg4, 265
Source 2: April 27, 2003, rootsweb.com-Burgess-Bill Burgess

More About MARY NYE:
Father: Benjamin Nye
Mother: Katherine Tupper
Source 1: Burgess, H.K.Hiam, NEHGS, 1997 pg 265
Source 2: April 27, 2003, rootsweb.com-Burgess-Bill Burgess

Child of JACOB BURGESS and MARY NYE is:

11.

JACOB³ BURGESS, b. October 18, 1676, Sandwich, Massachusetts; d. 1769.

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