John Burris was born 1730, and died Aft. 1793. He married Elizabeth Boaz on 1750.
Notes for John Burris: Thomas Fairfax, 6th Lord Fairfax of Cameron, the friend and patron of George Washington's early life, born in Leeds Castle, Kent, England, 1692; died at his seat at Greenway Court, Frederick County, Virginia, December 12, 1781; son of Thomas Fairfax, 5th Lord Fairfax of Cameron, and of Catharine, daughter of Thomas Culpeper, 2nd Baron Culpeper of Thoresway. Various place names in Northern Virginia are named after him—most notably Fairfax County and Fairfax City.
Educated at Oxford, and afterwards held a commission in the Blues. A contributor to Addison's Spectator. Succeeding to the title and to the family estates in Virginia, inherited from his mother, between the Rappahannock and Potomac Rivers, and a great portion of the Shenandoah Valley, he came to Virginia in 1735-1737 to inspect and protect his lands. Returning in 1747 he first settled at Belvoir ; later he moved to the Shenandoah Valley in 1752, fixing his residence at Greenway Court, a few miles from Winchester. Here he lived in a style of liberal hospitality, frequently indulging in the diversion of the chase. He served as county lieutenant and as justice of the peace.
Lord Fairfax was the only resident peer in colonial America. In 1748, he made the acquaintance of George Washington, then a youth of 16, and, impressed with his energy and talents, employed him to survey his lands lying west of the Blue Ridge. Though a frank and avowed Loyalist, he was never insulted or molested by the Whigs. His title and immense domain, consisting of 5,282,000 acres (21,380 km˛), descended to his only surviving brother, Robert, 7th lord, who died at Leeds Castle, England, in 1793; but, as the domain was in possession of Lord Thomas during the American Revolution, it was confiscated during the hostilites.
More About John Burris and Elizabeth Boaz: Marriage: 1750
Children of John Burris and Elizabeth Boaz are:
+Elizabeth Burris, b. Abt. 1748, Cedar Creed Hundred, Sussex County, Delaware, d. Aft. July 05, 1778, Monongalia County, West Virginia.
John Burris (b. 1730, d. Aft. 1793)
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