Thomas BURNHAM
Biography

Thomas, son of Robert Burnham, was born in Norwich England, about 1619. He deposed that his age was about forty, March 29, 1659. He calls Simon Tuttle brother (i.e. brother-in-law), and mentioned his uncle John Tuttle (probably his wife's) in England. His wife Mary, aged thirty-five, deposed concerning her mother, Mrs. Tuttle, at the same time. He was a carpenter by trade, and became lieutenant of the militia company; was Deputy to the General Court in 1683, 1684, and 1685; was selectman in 1647 and on various town committees; in 1665 was sergeant of the Ipswich company, ensign in 1665, lieutenant in 1683. In 1667 he was granted the privilege of erecting a saw mill on the Chebacco river, near the falls. He was a freeman and commoner of Ipswich. His houses and farms were divided between his sons Thomas and James. His land in 1648 adjoined that of his brother John. His will was dated January 10, 1693-94, and proved September or the same year. He married 1645, Mary, daughter of Richard Tuttle. He bequeathed to his wife Mary the residue, and to his surviving children: Thomas, John, James, Mary, Hannah, Abigail, Ruth (died young), Ruth, Joseph, Nathaniel, Sarah and Esther.

Genealogical and Family History of the State of New Hampshire: A Record of the Achievements of Her People in the Making of a Commonwealth and the Founding of a Nation, Volume 1
edited by Ezra S. Stearns, William Frederick Whitcher, Edward Everett Parker
Lewis Publishing Company, 1908 - New Hampshire



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