Ann Burgess

Brief Life History of Ann

When Ann Burgess was born on 13 March 1782, in Comberton, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom, her father, Samuel Burgess, was 29 and her mother, Martha Stitlls, was 27. She married Masters Marshall on 24 December 1804, in Boxworth, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom in 1851. She died on 20 January 1856, in Comberton, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 73, and was buried in Comberton, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom.

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Family Time Line

Masters Marshall
1786–1866
Ann Burgess
1782–1856
Marriage: 24 December 1804
Francis Marshall
1806–1882
William Marshall
1808–
Richard Marshall
1815–1882
Robert Marshall
1817–1900
Anne Marshall
1819–1826
Master Marshall
1820–1858
Mary Marshall
1822–

Sources (37)

  • Ann Marshall in household of Masters Marshall, "England and Wales Census, 1841"
  • Ann, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
  • Anne Marshall, "England, Cambridge Parish Registers, 1538-1983 "

World Events (7)

1801 · The Act of Union

The Act of Union was a legislative agreement which united England, Scotland, Wales, and Ireland under the name of the United Kingdom on January 1, 1801.

1808 · The British West Africa Squadron

The British West Africa Squadron was formed in 1808 to suppress illegal slave trading on the African coastline. The British West Africa Squadron had freed approximately 150,000 people by 1865.

1815

The defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte at Waterloo marks the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Napoleon defeated and exiled to St. Helena.

Name Meaning

English: status name from Middle English burge(i)s, burgis, borgeis ‘inhabitant of a borough’ (strictly one possessing full municipal rights), ‘freeman of a borough’. Burgesses generally had tenure of land or buildings from a landlord by burgage. In medieval England burgage involved the payment of a fixed money rent (as opposed to payment in kind); in Scotland it involved payment in service, guarding the town. The -eis ending is from Latin -ensis (modern English -ese as in Portuguese). Compare Burger .

Americanized form of French Bourgeois .

History: Thomas Burgess came from England to MA c. 1630 and eventually settled in Sandwich, MA.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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