BURR, CROWE of CONNECTICUT by James Davis 22 Jan 1990 ------------------------------------------------ See "A General History of THE BURR FAMILY in America", 1878, by Charles Burr Todd. Page 229 on the Hartford Branch with founder Benjamin Burr, one of 800 with Winthrop's fleet in 1630. Page 231 Mary Burr, b. Jan. 15, 1656, m. Chrostopher Crowe of Windsor and they had 1 dau. Mary Crowe. She m2. Josiah Clarke of Windsor and they had Josiah b. Jan. 13, 16. Dau. Mary after her dad died lived with her grandparents Benj. and Annie Burr. I think she m3. 1685 John Clark of Windsor and they had Hannah, John, Martha, Solomon, Elizabeth, and Sarah. She m4. Wm. Randeall of Enfield, CT. There is also a 1902, 4th Ed. and there is the Aaron Burr Association which is now in the process of collecting data out to update this book. Contact Mrs. Richard McElvein, 4612 Round Forest Circle, Mountain Brook, AL 35213 to submit data on the Hartford line and maybe get some. The senior editor for the whole book is Mrs. J. H. Burr, Jr., 613 Bostwick, Nacogdoches, TX 75961. My Jehu Burr line is from the Fairfield, CT branch. * Origin: Time Traveler -- Sacramento, CA (Opus 1:203/42) 120/521 18 Mar 90 08:38:43 From: James Davis To: All Subj: BURR, CABLE, STEDMAN, WARD, PRUDDEN, FITCH, WAKEMAN, LABORIE, .... m Attr: ------------------------------------------------ OLMSTEAD, GILBERT, SEELEY, BREWSTER, GLOVER of Fairfield Conn. BURR: Jehu (1600-1654) m1. sister of John CABLE, (m2. a STEDMAN) +Jehu 1625 m1. Esther Ward, m2. Eliz. Prudden John 1633 m1.?Mary Ward?, m2. Sarah Fitch Nathaniel m1. Sarah Ward, m2.Hannah Goodyear Wakeman (Schenck shows: m2. Ann Laborie) Elizabeth m1. Neh. Olmstead, m2. Obad. Gilbert m3. Nathaniel Seeley Daniel 1642 m1. Abigail Brewster, m2. Abi.Glover Places lived: Jehu1 1630 in Winthrop Fleet Roxbury, Mass. Jehu1 1630-1636 Springfield, Conn. Jehu1 1636-1641 Fairfield, Conn. Jehu1 1641-1654 lived & d. Please send me citations (author, title, pub.year, total pages) for all known references to this family. Would like group sheets based on these citations. Would especially like copies of pages from books. James R. Davis, 6708 Austin Way, Sacramento, CA 95823 (916)-393-9186 --- * Origin: Time Traveler -- Sacramento, CA (Opus 1:203/42) 725 42 266/22 687/706 04 May 90 06:05:49 From: James Davis To: Jack Sanders Subj: JEHU BURR Attr: recvd ------------------------------------------------ Thanks for your two BURR messages of 4/30. Jehu Burr 1734-1808 lived in Fairfield or Greefield, then Redding 1755-1758, and died in Greenbrier Co. VA. Jehu was the youngest. His older brother, Daniel b. 1715, was the 3rd oldest. All those brothers-in-law would probably range in ages between them. You mentioned at the start of this set of messages the book: "Families of Our Revolutionary Ancestors". Did you check for the brothers-in-law in that book? There were several Jehu BURRs. I have four in my line. There were also many John BURRs which have been confused with Jehu in the reading of old records. Jehu BURR 1600-1654 Kids: 1625-1642 Fairfield Jehu 1625-1692 1660-ca.1678 Fairfield Daniel 1660-1722/7 1681-1715/6 Fairfield Jehu 1687-1757 1711-1718, 1723-1734 Redding 1738 etc. Jehu 1734-1808 1756-1784 Redding Aaron 1716-1757 (Rev.) Aaron 1756-1816 (Col. & VP) John 1633-1693/4 John 1673-1705 John Nathaniel ca.1640-1712 John 1672-1750 John Daniel 1677-1722 James -1783 Jehu 1752-1833 1778-1792 Huntington, CT then John -1787 Meredith, NY John 1747- I think the Jehu BURR you found in Redding was Jehu 1687-1757 who joined the church in Redding in 1838 (not married in 1838). His sons, Daniel & Jehu, and sons-in-law are the ones I'm trying to find out if they served in the Revolutionary War. --- Opus-CBCS 1.12 * Origin: Time Traveler -- Sacramento, CA (1:203/42.0) 725 267/165 062/834 11 Jun 90 09:44:00 From: Gene Burr To: John Wylie Subj: BURR Attr: ------------------------------------------------ John, Thanks for the prompt reply. As requested, my address is: Winton E. Burr 1140 Elmira Street Aurora, Colorado 80010 I'll attempt to locate ROOTS3 and/or PAF 2.2 to see if they'll run on my Z-100 under "ZPC", the only emulator I have. Thanks also for the effort and time on printing out the "BURR" info. --- QuickBBS 2.64 (Reg) * Origin: MACE-Metro Area Computer Enthusiasts 303/797-8090 HST/V32 (1:104/416) 141/250 264/160 322/1 398/312 458/813 24 Sep 90 06:12:22 From: James Davis To: ALL Subj: Orange Co., NY Attr: ------------------------------------------------ Orange Co., NY Has anyone seen anything in Orange Co. about: Jehu BURR 1734 CT-1808 VA m.1755 ?? to Sarah GRIFFIN 1736-aft.1808 Cloe BURR 1762 (maybe Orange Co., NY)- ??? m. 1777 Goshen Presbyterian Ch., Goshen, Orange Co., NY to Daniel SHEPHERD 1757 ??? - ??? Looking for more info on Jehu and Sarah BURR. Especially where they married. Also where Cloe BURR was born. Would like to collect all BURR info from Orange Co., NY. I have Jehu Burrs brothers and sisters names but I don't know if they went to Orange Co. or not. I also have Cloe's brothers and sisters names and spouses names if that would help. Want to know where Daniel Shepherd was born and when and where he died. Who were his parents. Would like to collect all SHEPHERD info from Orange Co., NY. I have Daniel's children's names but not much more. They went to VA maybe by 1781 with her folks. Any help will be appreciated. James R. Davis, 6708 Austin Way, Sacramento, CA 955823 --- Opus-CBCS 1.13 * Origin: Time Traveler -- Sacramento, CA (1:203/42.0) 161/503 264/160 300/51 Date: Wed Feb 20 1991 14:09:07 From: Virginia Peterson To: James Davis Subj: CT lines - SHERWOOD, BURR, FITCH Attr: genealogy ------------------------------- Here is the listing for the BURR family: 1-Jehue BURR (1600-1654), arrived 1630, maybe in Winthrop fleet, collector at Springfield, Fairfield 2-Jehu BURR (c1625-c1690), Lt., commissioner for Indians, m1 Esther(2) WARD 3-Daniel BURR (c1660- ) "of Upper Meadow", Greenfield m3 Elizabeth PINKNEY+ 4-Peter BURR, m Abigail 5-Ann BURR (1696), m Nathan(4) BEERS+ 2-Nathaniel BURR, m Sarah(2) WARD 3-Anna BURR (c1675-1747/8), m 1696 Gideon(3) ALLEN+ . Here is the listing for the SHERWOOD family: 1-Thomas SHERWOOD, arr. 1634, Fairfield, m1 Alice 2-Thomas SHERWOOD (c1624-1697), first miller Southport, CT, m2 Ann(2) TURNEY+ 3-Ruth SHERWOOD m2 John(3) BARLOW+ 3-Benjamin SHERWOOD (1662-1737), Greenfield, m Sarah 4-Mary SHERWOOD (1692/3-1770) m Joseph(3) BANKS+ 2-Matthew SHERWOOD (c1644-1715) Capt, Rep., Justice, m2 Mary(2) FITCH+ 3-John SHERWOOD ( -1761), Stratford, m Johanna(3) BOOTH+ 4-Jemima SHERWOOD (1696/7- )m John(3) GOLD+ . Here is the listing for the FITCH family: 1-Thomas FITCH (c1612-1704) Norwalk Commissioner and Rep., m Anna STACEY 2-Mary FITCH (1644-1730) m Matthew(2) SHERWOOD --- Maximus-CBCS v1.02 * Origin: Flower City Central, Rochester, NY (1:260/204) Date: Sat Apr 13 1991 09:11:44 From: James Davis To: Jim Bridges Subj: BURR in Orange Co NY Attr: genealogy ------------------------------- Jim thanks for searching the Orange Co. Wills Index 1787-1898. Interesting that wills prior to 1787 are at the Surrogate Court in Ulster Co NY, in Kingston. I show Orange Co. established in 1683 and Ulster Co. established in 1683. The census for 1800 showed Orange Co. as it is now. The census for 1790 however shows that Ulster Co. included the northern 2/5 or 1/2 of present Orange Co. In 1790 Orange Co. included the present Rockland Co. As for Daniel BURR d. 1806 with will in Orange Co. I was told he is a cousin to my Chloe (Burr) SHEPHERD that you looked for. I got an extract of names, dates, property locations from that will. Thanks for the offer, but I don't think I need more detail from that will. I was also told about a David BURR d. 1821 Orange Co. possible brother to Daniel BURR d.1806 above. I was given some info on him also. I was wondering why you didn't mention him? Was he in the 1787-1898 index of Wills? Or did the index miss him? I'm always worried that the indexes are innacurate, but except in one case, have not had time to go through all the records to make up an errata sheet for the name I was interested in. Are there any other SHEPHERD or BURR wills in Orange Co. in the 1787-1898 index? Thanks for you help. I really appreciate it. --- Opus-CBCS 1.14 * Origin: Nightline-2 BBS,Sacramento CA,362-0715 (1:203/39.0) Date: Sun Jul 21 1991 07:44:24 From: James Davis To: Judy Lockhart Subj: Burr Attr: genealogy ------------------------------- Judy, thanks; I'm looking forward to seeing the pages from "A Digest of the Early CT. Probate Records", 1904, Charles Wm. Manwaring, (reprints of items previously published in a CT Historical Society Journal). The Boosey/Burr info should be interesting. Hopefuly you can look into others for me also. I just got you letter in a gray envelope dated 10 Jul. with info from-: "Familes of Ancient New Haven", 1931, reprinted 1974, Donald L. Jacobus showing Jehu BURR as an official, a list of sources used by Jacobus, info on SHERMAN, and info on WARD. What was this List of Officials 1636-1665? It looks like representatives to the CT Legislature (in New Haven?) or Military Officers or Judges from various towns or districts? These are my Burrs. The SHERMAN and WARD are new families to me. Thanks. "Families of Early Guilford, CT", 1890?, reprinted 1984, Alvan Talcott showing info on WARD. These are my WARDs, at least at the first generation shown on Andrew. It then continues with Andrew's son Andrew and this gives me some more information about him. When was this book originally published? Thanks for showing the total pages on the title pages. "Genealogies of CT Families, from the NEHGR", ????, reprinted(?) 1983, Gary B. Roberts showing information on the PRUDDEN-BURR Connection (article in NEHGR in 1930). This is great info. Thanks. When was this book originally published? I see NEHGR article dates as late as 1977 in that one page of index for P, R and S you sent. Was that Prudden-Burr article also indexed under Burr? Maybe, if it isn't too much trouble you could tell me what books you have searched for which of my names, so I won't retrace your steps unneccessarily some day. I really do appreciate your efforts. Your trip to SLC Library sounds exciting. Hope you find everything you will be looking for. I'll not post anything to you during the period Aug 10-24. Have fun. --- Opus-CBCS 1.14 * Origin: Dynasty PoBox 12, Elk Grove,CA 95759 916-686-6946 (1:203/10.0) Date: Fri Jul 26 1991 06:02:20 From: James Davis To: Linda Hitchings Subj: DUTCHESS Co., NY Attr: genealogy ------------------------------- Linda, I saw your post to Joe Arlt about doing research in Dutchess Co., NY. I would appreciate some help if possible. My BURR's were from Fairfield and Redding, Fairfield Co., CT and my SHEPHERD line married into the BURR line in Orange Co., NY. I don't know where several early BURR's and SHEPHERD's died nor where the SHEPHERD's came from. Since Dutchess Co. is between Fairfield Co. and Orange Co. I'm hoping you can help me. I'm looking for the deaths of: Daniel BURR 1660-1722/7 possibly in Orange Co., NY where gdau.Cloe mar. Sarah (GRIFFIN) BURR 1736-aft.1808 ??? She m.1755 Redding to Jehu BURR 1734-1808 who d. Greenbriar Co., VA Maybe she d. in Orange Co.,NY where her dau. Cloe married. Chloe (Cloe) (BURR) SHEPHERD 1762 (maybe Redding, CT) - d.??? She m.1777 Orange Co., NY to Daniel SHEPHERD They went to Greenbriar Co. VA but maybe she died in NY after 1804. Daniel SHEPHERD 1757 ??- d. ??? He m.1777 Orange Co., NY to Chloe BURR They went to Greenbriar Co., VA but maybe he died in NY after 1804. Have you ever seen anything on BURR's or SHEPHERD's in Dutchess Co.? Have you seen these particular people? Have you seen lists of BURR's and SHEPHERD's in Dutches Co. about 1750, 1775, and 1800? I'd sure like to get copies of such lists. Thanks. James R. Davis, 6708 Austin Way, Sacramento, CA 95823 (916)-393-9186 --- Opus-CBCS 1.14 * Origin: Dynasty PoBox 12, Elk Grove,CA 95759 916-686-6946 (1:203/10.0) Date: Sun Dec 08 1991 04:59:49 From: James Davis To: Judy Lockhart Subj: Burr Attr: GENEALOGY ------------------------------- Judy, this was sent out on about 7/21 but since I haven't heard from you I'm sending it out again. This is so old that maybe I have misplaced your letter. Let me know if you have written or sent a message. 7/21/91 Judy, thanks; I'm looking forward to seeing the pages from "A Digest of the Early CT. Probate Records", 1904, Charles Wm. Manwaring, (reprints of items previously published in a CT Historical Society Journal). The Boosey/Burr info should be interesting. Hopefuly you can look into others for me also. I just got you letter in a gray envelope dated 10 Jul. with info from-: "Familes of Ancient New Haven", 1931, reprinted 1974, Donald L. Jacobus showing Jehu BURR as an official, a list of sources used by Jacobus, info on SHERMAN, and info on WARD. What was this List of Officials 1636-1665? It looks like representatives to the CT Legislature (in New Haven?) or Military Officers or Judges from various towns or districts? These are my Burrs. The SHERMAN and WARD are new families to me. Thanks. "Families of Early Guilford, CT", 1890?, reprinted 1984, Alvan Talcott showing info on WARD. These are my WARDs, at least at the first generation shown on Andrew. It then continues with Andrew's son Andrew and this gives me some more information about him. When was this book originally published? Thanks for showing the total pages on the title pages. "Genealogies of CT Families, from the NEHGR", ????, reprinted(?) 1983, Gary B. Roberts showing information on the PRUDDEN-BURR Connection (article in NEHGR in 1930). This is great info. Thanks. When was this book originally published? I see NEHGR article dates as late as 1977 in that one page of index for P, R and S you sent. Was that Prudden-Burr article also indexed under Burr? Maybe, if it isn't too much trouble you could tell me what books you have searched for which of my names, so I won't retrace your steps unneccessarily some day. I really do appreciate your efforts. Your trip to SLC Library sounds exciting. Hope you find everything you will be looking for. I'll not post anything to you during the period Aug 10-24. Have fun. --- Opus-CBCS 1.14 * Origin: Dynasty, Box 12, Elk Grove,CA95759 USR HST/DS (1:203/10.0) Date: Mon Jan 27 1992 19:58:00 From: Joe Lavelle To: Gene Burr Subj: BURR Attr: GENEALOGY ------------------------------- Gene.....Received your letter and forwarded the BFHA application. The query will be researched in a reasonable time, I hope. All of the BFHA material is at the Pittsfield library and can be used by your cousin. It is in the Local History Department on the main floor in the rear. I'll try to get up to Williamstown this week as its only 22 miles. Winton's death record might have the information. I'll also check the North Adams Transcript for the obituary as it wasn't in the Berkshire Evening Eagle. The 1860 census index for Fulton Co. has 15 entries for Burr. Only one was from Oppenheim, George W. BURR. In Broadalbin there were four; Charles, James A., Thaddeus and " Lucius F. ". Others were from Johnstown, Bleeker Town and Mayfield. The 1860 Gazetteer of the State of New York states that Rueben BURR came to North Broadalbin from New England soon after the Revolution. One of the 15 should be your great grandfather and will probably connect with Rueben. The 1942 North Adams directory has a Williamstown section listing Lucius F. BURR emp. Grand Union Tea Co. ( Bertha M. ), home 92 N. Hoosac Rd. and Winton E. BURR res. 6 Factory Row. That was the only year that Williamstown was listed in the North Adams directory. Also in the Shepard File, a card listing: W.E. Eugene BURR b. NY , baker, married to Kittie VISCHER b. NY . Children: Lucius Ford b. 9 Oct 1890 and Anna b. 21 Apr 1892. This information came from the BFHA material at the Pittsfield library. I'll keep you posted! Joseph M. Lavelle 40 Dodge Ave. Pittsfield, MA 01201 --- Maximus 2.00 * Origin: Field Street Dalton MA (413) 684-1938 (1:321/212) Date: Wed Feb 05 1992 16:34:47 From: Gene Burr To: Joe Lavelle Subj: BURR Attr: GENEALOGY ------------------------------- Joe, I can't tell you how pleased I was to receive your phone call with the preliminary information on my paternal line. I really enjoyed chatting with you. Thank you very much for all your time and effort and your kindness in telephoning. My book, "A General History of the Burr Family" by Charles Burr Todd, has an entry for Lucius F. Burr of Gloversville, N.Y. b. 7 Dec. 1833 (same name as my father). Also he had a son named Lucius F. Burr, Jr., b. 1859 (one year before my grandfather, Winton E. Burr, was born), d. 1 Aug. 1896. Couldn't it be possible there is some connection to my lineage, as they both have my father's name? However, nothing shows up in the book. The Lucius F. Burr, Jr. (above), m. May C. Case; both of Gloversville, N.Y. There is no mention of either George Marshall Burr or Edmund Burr in the book. Of course, the book is not 100% complete by any means. Again, I very much appreciate your efforts! --- msged 2.07 * Origin: MACE BBS [Point 10] Aurora, Colorado, USA (1:104/416.10@) Date: Thu Feb 06 1992 02:06:00 From: Steve Herrick To: Linda Martin Subj: Tucker Attr: GENEALOGY ------------------------------- LM>I am having difficulty finding the parents of Rev. Benjamin LM>TUCKER b. c 1704/5 Massachusetts d. 1781 Middleboro, Mass. LM>Were there 2 Benjamin TUCKERS in that area at the time? Linda- unfortunately, I couldn't find the parents of Benjamin Tucker in my searches, but I did find a lot of useful info that might be of use to your notes. The info came from a book called History of the Town of Middleboro, Massachusetts by Thomas Weston which I found locally. All of this comes in a chapter which deals exclusively with the First Church of Christ in Middleborough. The following is from church records. From the text... "In November, 1745, Benjamin Tucker and Gershom Cobb were chosen deacons. Benjamin Tucker joined the church March 24, 1729, and died July 9, 1781, in his seventy-sixth year. He had held the office of selectman of Middleboro for the years 1748, 1749, 1750, 1751, and 1752. He was town treasurer in 1744, and representative to the General Court in 1746. He was a coroner for the county in 1754, 1755, and 1762." Also from the church register: husb - Benjamin Tucker wife - Sarah Woodward , d. March 13, 1779 , age 67 son - Woodward , m. Mercy Tinkham , d. April 12 1761 , age 28 dau - Sarah , unmarried , d. April 11, 1773 , age 42 son - Benjamin Jr. , b. 1738 , m. Mary Thomas 1760 , displaced to Randolph, VT , d. age 77? son - Samuel , m. Hannah Dunbar , d. Oct. 29, 1820 , age 75 (Hannah d. Nov. 1, 1838 , age 83) also: Jedidah Warren, widow of Nathaniel, m. 1767 Benjamin Warren, father of Jedidah, d. Jan. 1802, age 81 Jedidah Tupper, mother of Jedidah, d. Oct. 20, 1807, age 83 Samuel Warren, father of Benjamin Eleanor Billington, mother of Benjamin I am assuming that Nathaniel wasn't a member of the church, as he was not on the records, only Jedidah his wife. With all of the titles Benjamin held, it would seem that someone in Middleboro must have his records. I couldn't locate a state census here in Pittfield to find out if if there was another Benjamin, but I did read about other Tuckers in the history of the town (not a Robard or Manesseh though). The author says that you must remember to add 10 days to the church records prior to 1700, and 11 days between 1700 and Sep. 2, 1752, in order to correct the old dating. Hope some of these facts have helped. BTW, I never saw Benjamin listed as any more than a deacon. Steve. * SLMR 2.1a #1272 * searching RUSCO/RUSCOE/ROSCOE/HERRICK in NY --- Maximus 2.00 * Origin: Field Street Dalton MA (413) 684-1938 (1:321/212) Date: Sun Apr 19 1992 11:50:03 From: Janet Milam To: James Davis Subj: Shepherd/Burr Attr: GENEALOGY ------------------------------- On 03-04-92 James DAVIS in message to Janet MILAM said: Janet, I thought I mailed something out. Guess I only worked on. . . James, I still have never received any information on the SHEPHERD or BURR lines from you. You had previously mailed some NASH info and said it connected to the above lines, but not to my NASH line. The NASH info was connected to the Thomas NASH and Margery BAKER material I ran off and mailed to you. I am really interested in receiving the infomation as I, too, have Daniel SHEPHERD and Chloe/Cloe BURR as you can see from the SHEPHERD/BURR material I mailed to you several weeks ago. I'm sure you have been busy or just forgotten about it. I certainly have that problem now and then. Would appreciate receiving the information! I hope I have done nothing to offend you. Janet Sue MILAM 109 W. Ollie Floydada, TX 79235 --- GEcho/beta * Origin: Wild West BBS! * Plainview,TX * (806)296-5456 *9600* (1:19/142) Date: Tue Jun 02 1992 03:41:00 From: Bill Rogers To: Tom Watson Subj: Rogers Attr: GENEALOGY ------------------------------- "Aaron Burr" Cabin This is the story of a log cabin that DESERVED fame for what it WAS but ACHIEVED fame for what it WAS NOT. Its true historical significance as the first permanent structure built in what is no Jackson County has been dimmed by an aura of association with the name of Aaron Burr. Instead of becoming justly famous as the County's first house, it acquired a spurious fame as "The Aaron Burr Cabin" -- although Burr had nothing what- ever to do with building it, never saw it, probably never even heard of it, though it had been standing nearly thirty years when he died. It was built by Aquilla Rogers, in 1807, at a then remote and inaccessible spot near the present site of Vallonia, and it stood for more that a century. Prior to 1805, only a small tract in Southern Indianna (approximately Clark County) was open to white settlement. That year a large area was acquired by Indian Treaty and offered to settlers. Immigrants poured in rapidly, principally through Jeffersonville, occupying the southern part of the area first. It was necessary for them to make rouds, of a sort, as the pushed northward into the dense, uncharted woods and vast swampland, so several years elapsed before the tied of immigration reached what is now Jackson County. The earliest land entry in the present Jackson County was not recorded until 1808. Before that, there were a few squatters, roving hunters, and Indian missionaries, who built no permanent homes. A few of them later entered land and remained, but most of them moved on when the settlers came. When settlers began arriving in the vicinity of what is now Driftwood Township, they found a pair of squatters, the Rogers brothers, there before them. Unlike the ordinary squatter, Aquilla Rogers had built a cabin, which was located on a small creek about a quarter of a mile north of the present town of Vallonia -- on what is now called the Burcham farm. He was not looked upon as "belonging" to the new community, nor did he wantanything to do with it, although he was there long before the settlers arrived. He and his brother lived secluded lives and did not fraternize with or encourage the friendship of their new neighbors. The Rogers brothers were fugitives. Federal officers were searching for them. Any publicity, such as a land entry, would have revealed their whereabouts. They were so secretive that there is even yet uncertainty about the name of one of them; the warrant for his arrest specified Henry Rogers, but some years later he entered land as David Rogers. The Rogesr brothers had been prominently associated with Aaron Burr's conspiracy to establish an empire in the Southwest. In 1806, Burr and some of his confederates werw arrested, charged with treason. Aquilla and Henry Rogers eluded the officers who sought the conspirators at Blennerhassett's Island on the Ohio River some distance above Cincinnati. They fled down the River in canoes, to what was then known as Charlestown Landing, and thence, seeking refuge from the law in seclusion, made their way into the wild, uninhabited region of the present Driftwood Township. There, in 1807, Aquilla Rogers felled the trees, hewed the logs, split the shakes, and erected this cabin. For some time he and his brother were the only white men within many miles around. Henry took a Delaware squaw as his wife; Aquilla left briefly, returning with a white wife; and they continued to live in the remote woods, at peace with the Indians and safe from the pursuit of Government officers. After a few years, the Burr Conspiracy prosecution was dropped by the Government, and the Rogers brothers, no longer fugitives, entered land and gradually became normal members of the community. They stayed at old Fort Vallonia during the War of 1812. Little is known of Henry (or David). Aquilla had several children. In 1819 he sold his land and cabin and moved to the northwest, to the prsent Brown or Monroe County, where many of his descendants no live. The above is taken from some photo copied sheets provided by Cindi Pote in this echo. Aquilla Rogers' name is found in 1790 in Fayette County , Penn. --- * Origin: N.W. Family History BBS - Oregon City, OR - (1:105/222) Date: Tue Jul 07 1992 06:15:01 From: Janet Milam To: James Davis Subj: Milam Attr: GENEALOGY ------------------------------- JD> Janet, in Nacogdoches, Nacogdoches Co., TX is a Milam Lodge No.2, JD>(Masonic) which was named after a Ben MILAM. It was originally James, I'm pretty sure that Ben MILAM is not my line or at least not a direct link. It would be nice to think so. I appreciate the information and found it to be very interesting whether he belongs with my line or not. Just received a chart from a BURR in OR who has the following, but can't find a link between Chloe, our Jehu, and his Jehue BURRE, Jehue BURRE Daniel BURR 1642 mar Abigail GLOVER 1652 Daniel BURR mar Abigail Jabez BURR 1719-1770 mar Elizabeth Ezekiel BURR b. 1775 at Redding CT d. 1792? mar Huldah Merchant William BURR to William Edwin to Brig Gen Edward Fitz-Allen BURR to Col. William Edwdard BURR If you are interested, I can send you his name and address. I don't want to put it on the board without his permission. Janet Sue MILAM 109 W. Ollie Floydada, TX 79235 * SLMR 2.1a * SEVERNS/SEVERANCE;KIDWELL;HART;LEATTIMER --- GEcho 1.00/beta * Origin: Pride of the Plains (806)983-3341 TX 9600 (1:3804/11)