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  (b. 19 January 1646 Ipswich, Massachusetts Bay Colony   d. 21 February 1728 Ipswich, Province of Massachusetts Bay )  

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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 ANTROBUS

Spouse(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.
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Family and Children of Thomas BURNHAM

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Thomas BURNHAM married Grave has been locatedAncestor is complete!flag female ancestor 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):

flag boy ancestor Thomas BURNHAM (b.19 January 1666, Ipswich, Massachusetts Bay Colony  d. abt. 1680, Ipswich, Massachusetts Bay Colony)

flag female ancestor Phebe BURNHAM (b.16 March 1667, Ipswich, Massachusetts Bay Colony  d. abt. 1750, Ipswich, Province of Massachusetts Bay)

flag male ancestor 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

flag male ancestor 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

flag female ancestor Lydia BURNHAM (b.6 December 1674, Ipswich, Massachusetts Bay Colony  d. 21 April 1731, Ipswich, Province of Massachusetts Bay)

Grave has been locatedflag male ancestor 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

Ancestor is complete!flag male ancestor 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)

Grave has been locatedflag female ancestor 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

Grave has been locatedflag male ancestor 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

flag female ancestor 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

Grave has been locatedflag male ancestor 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 flag female ancestor 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:



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birth1646 Birth
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...


Thomas BURNHAM - Title	A genealogical record of the descendants of Moses Pengry, of Ipswich, Mass: so far as ascertained Author	William Morrill Pingry Publisher	Warn
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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

marriage1665 Marriage / Partner
Thomas BURNHAM and Lydia PENGRY (PINGREE) 13 February 1665, Ipswich, Massachusetts, USA

He was 19 years old.
1666 Birth of Child
Thomas 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
1667 Birth of Child
Phebe BURNHAM was born 16 March 1667, Ipswich, Massachusetts, USA

Thomas was 21 years old.
1668 Birth of Child
Moses BURNHAM was born 24 January 1668, Ipswich, Massachusetts, USA

Thomas was 22 years old.
1674 Birth of Child
Lydia BURNHAM was born 6 December 1674, Ipswich, Massachusetts, USA

Thomas was 28 years old.
1676 Birth of Child
Aaron BURNHAM was born 12 September 1676, Ipswich, Massachusetts, USA

Thomas was 30 years old.
1678 Birth of Child
Eleazer BURNHAM was born 5 September 1678, Ipswich, Massachusetts, USA

Thomas was 32 years old.
1680 Birth of Child
Abigail BURNHAM was born 2 June 1680, Ipswich, Massachusetts, USA

Thomas was 34 years old.
1682 Birth of Child
Nathaniel (Daniel) BURNHAM was born 4 April 1682, Ipswich, Massachusetts, USA

Thomas was 36 years old.
1685 Birth of Child
Mary BURNHAM was born 18 October 1685, Ipswich, Massachusetts, USA

Thomas was 39 years old.
1688 Death of Spouse/Partner
Lydia PENGRY (PINGREE) died 14 March 1688, Ipswich, Massachusetts, USA
marriage1689 Marriage / Partner
Thomas BURNHAM and Hester (Esther) COGSWELL 16 December 1689, Ipswich, Massachusetts, USA

He was 43 years old.
1692 Birth of Child
Elizabeth BURNHAM was born 24 March 1692, Ipswich, Massachusetts, USA

Thomas was 46 years old.
1693 Birth of Child
Susanna BURNHAM was born 29 January 1693, Ipswich, Massachusetts, USA

Thomas was 47 years old.
1694 Birth of Child
Thomas BURNHAM was born 9 February 1694, Ipswich, Massachusetts, USA

Thomas was 48 years old.
1696 Birth of Child
Benjamin BURNHAM was born 21 December 1696, Ipswich, Massachusetts, USA

Thomas was 50 years old.
1700 Birth of Child
Phebe BURNHAM was born 13 April 1700, Ipswich, Massachusetts, USA

Thomas was 54 years old.
marriage1701 Marriage of Child
Abigail BURNHAM married 13 May 1701, Ipswich, Massachusetts, USA to Ephraim WARREN
marriage1701 Marriage of Child
Aaron BURNHAM married 4 August 1701, Ipswich, Massachusetts, USA to Hester BISHOP
1704 Death of Spouse/Partner
Hester (Esther) COGSWELL died 17 January 1704, Ipswich, Massachusetts, USA
marriage1708 Marriage of Child
Eleazer BURNHAM married 20 November 1708, Norwich, Connecticut, USA (Norwichtown) (Yantic) (Greeneville) (Occum) (Taftville) to Lydia WATERMAN
marriage1714 Marriage of Child
Mary BURNHAM married 25 November 1714, Kingston, New Hampshire, USA to Ephraim SEVERANCE
marriage1716 Marriage of Child
Susanna BURNHAM married 12 February 1716, Beverly, Massachusetts, USA to Daniel CORNING
marriage1718 Marriage of Child
Thomas BURNHAM married 13 October 1718, Ipswich, Massachusetts, USA to Priscilla APPLETON
marriage1720 Marriage of Child
Nathaniel (Daniel) BURNHAM married 4 August 1720, Ipswich, Massachusetts, USA to Mary STIMPSON
marriage1725 Marriage of Child
Phebe BURNHAM married 1 May 1725, Ipswich, Massachusetts, USA to John ADAMS
marriage1727 Marriage of Child
Benjamin BURNHAM married 20 April 1727, Lisbon, Connecticut, USA to Mary KINSMAN
1727 Death of Child
Aaron BURNHAM died 18 August 1727, Norwich, Connecticut, USA (Norwichtown) (Yantic) (Greeneville) (Occum) (Taftville)

Thomas was 81 years old.
death1728 Death
21 February 1728
Ipswich, Province of Massachusetts Bay

He died at the age of 82.

Thomas is buried at: Old Burying Hill

Ispwich, Massachusetts
Ipswich, Massachusetts, USA


Added: 12/16/1999 12:00:00 AM - Updated: 7/7/2025 4:46:27 PM
Did You Know?The name 'Massachusetts' originates with native Americans in the Massachusetts Bay area (from the language of the Algonquian nation). The name translates roughly as 'at or about the great hill.' (statesymbolsusa.org)

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February 6, 1788 - Massachusetts becomes 6th U.S. state

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