Thomas
BURNHAM
(b.
19 January 1646
,
Ipswich, Massachusetts Bay Colony
d.
21 February 1728
,
Ipswich, Province of Massachusetts Bay
)
Am I Your Ancestor?
BURNHAM Family Tree – Connecting the Past to the Present!
Thomas BURNHAM was born 19 January 1646 in Ipswich, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Thomas BURNHAM was the child of Thomas BURNHAM and Mary LAWRENCE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Robert BURNHAM and Mary ANDREWS (maternal) Thomas LAWRENCE and Joan ANTROBUSSpouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Thomas married Lydia PENGRY (PINGREE) 13 February 1665 in Ipswich, Massachusetts Bay Colony . The couple had (at least) 11 children.
Lydia PENGRY (PINGREE) was born abt. 1648 in Ipswich, Massachusetts, USA. Lydia died 14 March 1688 in Ipswich, Massachusetts, USA. Lydia was the child of Moses PENGRY and Lydia Abigail CLEMENTS.
Thomas married (2) Hester (Esther) COGSWELL 16 December 1689 in Ipswich, Massachusetts, Dominion of New England . The couple had (at least) 6 children.
Hester (Esther) COGSWELL was born 24 August 1655 in Ipswich, Massachusetts, USA. Hester (Esther) died 17 January 1704 in Ipswich, Massachusetts, USA. Hester (Esther) was the child of William COGSWELL and Susanna HAWKES.
Thomas BURNHAM died 21 February 1728 in Ipswich, Province of Massachusetts Bay.
Details of the family tree of Thomas appear below.
Family and Children of Thomas BURNHAM
[Hide/Show]Thomas BURNHAM married 

Lydia PENGRY (PINGREE)-- Date: 13 February 1665 Place: Ipswich, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850 (Online Database: NewEnglandAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2007).
Lydia PENGRY (PINGREE) was the child of Moses PENGRY and Lydia Abigail CLEMENTS
Ipswich, MA -- "BURNAM Thomas, and Lidia Pengry, Feb. 13, 1665. CT. R."
Children of Thomas BURNHAM and Lydia PENGRY (PINGREE):
Thomas BURNHAM (b.19 January 1666, Ipswich, Massachusetts Bay Colony d. abt. 1680, Ipswich, Massachusetts Bay Colony)
Phebe BURNHAM (b.16 March 1667, Ipswich, Massachusetts Bay Colony d. abt. 1750, Ipswich, Province of Massachusetts Bay)
Moses BURNHAM (b.24 January 1668, Ipswich, Massachusetts Bay Colony d. 3 March 1746, Ipswich, Province of Massachusetts Bay)
m. Anne BELCHER 1698 in Ipswich, Massachusetts, USA
Job BURNHAM (b.abt. 1673, Ipswich, Massachusetts Bay Colony d. 2 June 1756, Scarborough, Maine, New England )
m. Abigail HARRIS 1697 in Ipswich, Massachusetts, USA
Lydia BURNHAM (b.6 December 1674, Ipswich, Massachusetts Bay Colony d. 21 April 1731, Ipswich, Province of Massachusetts Bay)

Aaron BURNHAM (b.12 September 1676, Ipswich, Massachusetts Bay Colony d. 18 August 1727, Norwich, Crown Colony of Connecticut )
m. Hester BISHOP 4 August 1701 in Ipswich, Massachusetts, USA

Eleazer BURNHAM (b.5 September 1678, Ipswich, Massachusetts Bay Colony d. 25 June 1743, Norwich, Crown Colony of Connecticut )
m. Lydia WATERMAN 20 November 1708 in Norwich, Connecticut, USA (Norwichtown) (Yantic) (Greeneville) (Occum) (Taftville)

Abigail BURNHAM (b.2 June 1680, Ipswich, Massachusetts Bay Colony d. 24 March 1752 , Killingly, Crown Colony of Connecticut )
m. Ephraim WARREN 13 May 1701 in Ipswich, Massachusetts, USA

Nathaniel (Daniel) BURNHAM (b.4 April 1682, Ipswich, Massachusetts Bay Colony d. 16 April 1746, Boxford, Province of Massachusetts Bay)
m. Mary STIMPSON 4 August 1720 in Ipswich, Massachusetts, USA
Mary BURNHAM (b.18 October 1685, Ipswich, Massachusetts Bay Colony d. 28 June 1737, Kingston, New Hampshire, New England)
m. Ephraim SEVERANCE 25 November 1714 in Kingston, New Hampshire, USA

James BURNHAM (b.abt. 1687, Ipswich, Massachusetts, Dominion of New England d. 22 May 1757, Norwich, Crown Colony of Connecticut )
m. Elizabeth HOUGH 3 June 1728 in Norwich, Connecticut, USA (Norwichtown) (Yantic) (Greeneville) (Occum) (Taftville)
Thomas BURNHAM married
Hester (Esther) COGSWELL-- Date: 16 December 1689 Place: Ipswich, Massachusetts, Dominion of New England
Torrey's New England Marriages Prior to 1700.
(Online database. NewEnglandAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008.) Originally published as: New England Marriages Prior to 1700. CD-ROM. Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001.
Hester (Esther) COGSWELL was the child of William COGSWELL and Susanna HAWKES
"Thomas (-1694) & 2-wf Esther-?Hester (COGSWELL) BISHOP, w Samuel; 16 Dec 1689 (1685 is wrong); Ipswich {Hammatt: Ipswich 42; Burnham (1869) 311; Bishop 9; Converse (1905) 828; Cogswell 9, 21; Essex Ant. 8:125; Andrews (1890) 182; Cushing (ms) 93; Putnam's Mag. 4:239; Tuttle xxxv; Granberry 200}"
Children of Thomas BURNHAM and Hester (Esther) COGSWELL:
Joseph BURNHAM (b.abt. 1690, Ipswich, Massachusetts Bay Colony d. , )
Elizabeth BURNHAM (b.24 March 1692, Ipswich, Province of Massachusetts Bay d. 22 March 1752, Ipswich, Province of Massachusetts Bay)
Susanna BURNHAM (b.29 January 1693, Ipswich, Province of Massachusetts Bay d. , )
m. Daniel CORNING 12 February 1716 in Beverly, Massachusetts, USA
Thomas BURNHAM (b.9 February 1694, Ipswich, Province of Massachusetts Bay d. 4 April 1730, Ipswich, Province of Massachusetts Bay)
m. Priscilla APPLETON 13 October 1718 in Ipswich, Massachusetts, USA
Benjamin BURNHAM (b.21 December 1696, Ipswich, Province of Massachusetts Bay d. 15 October 1737, Norwich, Crown Colony of Connecticut )
m. Mary KINSMAN 20 April 1727 in Lisbon, Connecticut, USA
Phebe BURNHAM (b.13 April 1700, Ipswich, Province of Massachusetts Bay d. 12 August 1778, Ipswich, Crown Colony of Massachusetts Bay)
m. John ADAMS 1 May 1725 in Ipswich, Massachusetts, USA
m. Nathaniel CROSS 12 May 1732 in Ipswich, Massachusetts, USA
Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850 (Online Database: NewEnglandAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2007).
Lydia PENGRY (PINGREE) was the child of Moses PENGRY and Lydia Abigail CLEMENTS
Ipswich, MA -- "BURNAM Thomas, and Lidia Pengry, Feb. 13, 1665. CT. R."
Children of Thomas BURNHAM and Lydia PENGRY (PINGREE):
m. Anne BELCHER 1698 in Ipswich, Massachusetts, USA
m. Abigail HARRIS 1697 in Ipswich, Massachusetts, USA
m. Hester BISHOP 4 August 1701 in Ipswich, Massachusetts, USA
m. Lydia WATERMAN 20 November 1708 in Norwich, Connecticut, USA (Norwichtown) (Yantic) (Greeneville) (Occum) (Taftville)
m. Ephraim WARREN 13 May 1701 in Ipswich, Massachusetts, USA
m. Mary STIMPSON 4 August 1720 in Ipswich, Massachusetts, USA
m. Ephraim SEVERANCE 25 November 1714 in Kingston, New Hampshire, USA
m. Elizabeth HOUGH 3 June 1728 in Norwich, Connecticut, USA (Norwichtown) (Yantic) (Greeneville) (Occum) (Taftville)
Thomas BURNHAM married
Torrey's New England Marriages Prior to 1700.
(Online database. NewEnglandAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008.) Originally published as: New England Marriages Prior to 1700. CD-ROM. Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001.
Hester (Esther) COGSWELL was the child of William COGSWELL and Susanna HAWKES
"Thomas (-1694) & 2-wf Esther-?Hester (COGSWELL) BISHOP, w Samuel; 16 Dec 1689 (1685 is wrong); Ipswich {Hammatt: Ipswich 42; Burnham (1869) 311; Bishop 9; Converse (1905) 828; Cogswell 9, 21; Essex Ant. 8:125; Andrews (1890) 182; Cushing (ms) 93; Putnam's Mag. 4:239; Tuttle xxxv; Granberry 200}"
Children of Thomas BURNHAM and Hester (Esther) COGSWELL:
m. Daniel CORNING 12 February 1716 in Beverly, Massachusetts, USA
m. Priscilla APPLETON 13 October 1718 in Ipswich, Massachusetts, USA
m. Mary KINSMAN 20 April 1727 in Lisbon, Connecticut, USA
m. John ADAMS 1 May 1725 in Ipswich, Massachusetts, USA
m. Nathaniel CROSS 12 May 1732 in Ipswich, Massachusetts, USA
Share the History, Life Events, and Stories of Thomas BURNHAM(Add details like birth, baptism, census records, military service, obituary, personal achievements, and more.)
[Hide/Show]
Discovering the Ancestry of Thomas BURNHAM: Events, Photos & Historical Records
19 January 1646
Ipswich, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Biography
IPSWICH, ESSEX, Massachusetts -- 1646 - 1728
THOMAS BURNHAM (THOMAS, ROBERT) was born 1646 in Ipswich, Massachusetts, and died February 21, 1728 in Ipswich, Massachusetts. He married (1) SUSANNAH. According to Vital Records of Ipswich, Massachusetts www.rootsweb.com/ ~maessex/ VitalRecords/ EssexCounty/ Ipswich/ Marriages_AtoB.html#B (page 73), he married (2) LIDIA PENGRY February 13, 1665 in Ipswich, Massachusetts, daughter of MOSES PENGRY and LYDIA CLEMENTS. He married (3) HESTER COGSWELL BISHOP December 16, 1689 in Ipswich, Massachusetts, daughter of WILLIAM COGSWELL and SUSANNA HAWKES.
Notes for THOMAS BURNHAM:
Occupation was listed as miller.
'1678 Thomas Burnham, Jr., of Ipswich, has right of commonage according to law.' 1702 'Thomas Burnham, Gent.,' received his appointment as Lieutenant from 'Joseph Dudley, Esq., Captain General and Governour in Chief in and over Her majesties Provinces of the Massachusetts Bay in New England in America.' Matthew and Phebe...Read MORE...
IPSWICH, ESSEX, Massachusetts -- 1646 - 1728
THOMAS BURNHAM (THOMAS, ROBERT) was born 1646 in Ipswich, Massachusetts, and died February 21, 1728 in Ipswich, Massachusetts. He married (1) SUSANNAH. According to Vital Records of Ipswich, Massachusetts www.rootsweb.com/ ~maessex/ VitalRecords/ EssexCounty/ Ipswich/ Marriages_AtoB.html#B (page 73), he married (2) LIDIA PENGRY February 13, 1665 in Ipswich, Massachusetts, daughter of MOSES PENGRY and LYDIA CLEMENTS. He married (3) HESTER COGSWELL BISHOP December 16, 1689 in Ipswich, Massachusetts, daughter of WILLIAM COGSWELL and SUSANNA HAWKES.
Notes for THOMAS BURNHAM:
Occupation was listed as miller.
'1678 Thomas Burnham, Jr., of Ipswich, has right of commonage according to law.' 1702 'Thomas Burnham, Gent.,' received his appointment as Lieutenant from 'Joseph Dudley, Esq., Captain General and Governour in Chief in and over Her majesties Provinces of the Massachusetts Bay in New England in America.' Matthew and Phebe...Read MORE...

Title A genealogical record of the descendants of Moses Pengry, of Ipswich, Mass: so far as ascertained
Author William Morrill Pingry
Publisher Warner & Hyde, printers, 1881
Original from the University of Wisconsin - Madison
Digitized Sep 6, 2007
Length 186 pages
Page 12
Thomas BURNHAM and Lydia PENGRY (PINGREE) 13 February 1665, Ipswich, Massachusetts, USA
He was 19 years old.
1666 Birth of ChildThomas BURNHAM was born 19 January 1666, Ipswich, Massachusetts, USA
Thomas was 20 years old.
1667
'The first saw-mill in Ipswich was erected on Chebacco River, in 1656…Nine years after, Jonathan Wade is allowed to have one on the same river. 1667: May 23, Lieutenant Thomas Burnham is permitted to erect one near the falls; but not so as to injure Mr. Wade's.'
History of the town of Essex : from 1634 to 1868
'The first saw-mill in Ipswich was erected on Chebacco River, in 1656…Nine years after, Jonathan Wade is allowed to have one on the same river. 1667: May 23, Lieutenant Thomas Burnham is permitted to erect one near the falls; but not so as to injure Mr. Wade's.'
History of the town of Essex : from 1634 to 1868
1667 Birth of ChildPhebe BURNHAM was born 16 March 1667, Ipswich, Massachusetts, USA
Thomas was 21 years old.
1668 Birth of ChildMoses BURNHAM was born 24 January 1668, Ipswich, Massachusetts, USA
Thomas was 22 years old.
1674 Birth of ChildLydia BURNHAM was born 6 December 1674, Ipswich, Massachusetts, USA
Thomas was 28 years old.
1676 Birth of ChildAaron BURNHAM was born 12 September 1676, Ipswich, Massachusetts, USA
Thomas was 30 years old.
1678 Birth of ChildEleazer BURNHAM was born 5 September 1678, Ipswich, Massachusetts, USA
Thomas was 32 years old.
1680 Birth of ChildAbigail BURNHAM was born 2 June 1680, Ipswich, Massachusetts, USA
Thomas was 34 years old.
1682 Birth of ChildNathaniel (Daniel) BURNHAM was born 4 April 1682, Ipswich, Massachusetts, USA
Thomas was 36 years old.
1685 Birth of ChildMary BURNHAM was born 18 October 1685, Ipswich, Massachusetts, USA
Thomas was 39 years old.
Lydia PENGRY (PINGREE) died 14 March 1688, Ipswich, Massachusetts, USA
Thomas BURNHAM and Hester (Esther) COGSWELL 16 December 1689, Ipswich, Massachusetts, USA
He was 43 years old.
1692 Birth of ChildElizabeth BURNHAM was born 24 March 1692, Ipswich, Massachusetts, USA
Thomas was 46 years old.
1693 Birth of ChildSusanna BURNHAM was born 29 January 1693, Ipswich, Massachusetts, USA
Thomas was 47 years old.
1694 Birth of ChildThomas BURNHAM was born 9 February 1694, Ipswich, Massachusetts, USA
Thomas was 48 years old.
1696 Birth of ChildBenjamin BURNHAM was born 21 December 1696, Ipswich, Massachusetts, USA
Thomas was 50 years old.
1700 Birth of ChildPhebe BURNHAM was born 13 April 1700, Ipswich, Massachusetts, USA
Thomas was 54 years old.
Abigail BURNHAM married 13 May 1701, Ipswich, Massachusetts, USA to Ephraim WARREN
Aaron BURNHAM married 4 August 1701, Ipswich, Massachusetts, USA to Hester BISHOP
Hester (Esther) COGSWELL died 17 January 1704, Ipswich, Massachusetts, USA
Eleazer BURNHAM married 20 November 1708, Norwich, Connecticut, USA (Norwichtown) (Yantic) (Greeneville) (Occum) (Taftville) to Lydia WATERMAN
Mary BURNHAM married 25 November 1714, Kingston, New Hampshire, USA to Ephraim SEVERANCE
Susanna BURNHAM married 12 February 1716, Beverly, Massachusetts, USA to Daniel CORNING
Thomas BURNHAM married 13 October 1718, Ipswich, Massachusetts, USA to Priscilla APPLETON
Nathaniel (Daniel) BURNHAM married 4 August 1720, Ipswich, Massachusetts, USA to Mary STIMPSON
Phebe BURNHAM married 1 May 1725, Ipswich, Massachusetts, USA to John ADAMS
Benjamin BURNHAM married 20 April 1727, Lisbon, Connecticut, USA to Mary KINSMAN
Aaron BURNHAM died 18 August 1727, Norwich, Connecticut, USA (Norwichtown) (Yantic) (Greeneville) (Occum) (Taftville)
Thomas was 81 years old.
1728
Ipswich, Massachusetts - 'Thomas, Lt., Feb. 21, 1728, a. 88 y.'
Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850 (Online Database: NewEnglandAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2007).
Ipswich, Massachusetts - 'Thomas, Lt., Feb. 21, 1728, a. 88 y.'
Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850 (Online Database: NewEnglandAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2007).
21 February 1728
Ipswich, Province of Massachusetts Bay
He died at the age of 82.
Added: 12/16/1999 12:00:00 AM
- Updated: 7/7/2025 4:46:27 PM
1620 - 1627 - Plymouth Colony, New England
1628 - 1686 - Massachusetts Bay Colony
1686 - 1689 - Dominion of New England
1689 - 1692 - Massachusetts Bay Colony
1692 - 1775 - Province of Massachusetts Bay
1776 - 1788 - Crown Colony of Massachusetts Bay
February 6, 1788 - Massachusetts becomes 6th U.S. state
Not the person you are looking for? Try again!
Search for YOUR Family by Name
NOTE: If you don't know your ancestor's whole name or are unsure of the spelling, specify part of the name.Search for YOUR Family by Place
Genealogy research for Thomas Burnham (on other sites)
Find out more about Thomas BURNHAM.
Sign In or
Join for FREE! to see the details!
Completely FREE. We will never ask for your credit card or personal information.




