When Micajah "Cage" Burden was born in 1810, in Elbert, Georgia, United States, his father, Archibald Burden Jr., was 28 and his mother, Mary Elizabeth Pledger, was 24. He married Sarah Pulliam on 14 September 1830, in Elbert, Georgia, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Georgia, United States in 1870.
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A barroom brawl in Savannah on Tuesday, November 12, 1811, had international impact. An American seaman boasted of having joined the crew of a French vessel, likely named La Vengeance. Others became upset at the idea of the American joining a foreign nation and a brawl erupted. The county coroner asked for peace but was beaten with clubs. A second clash occurred the following day when French sailors attacked five American seaman. A day after the second attack, twenty French sailors attacked six Americans. Four of them escaped but two were beaten and stabbed. Jacob Taylor died on the scene and a rigger named Collins died the following day. By Friday, a full scale riot erupted when the French crewmen arrested on murder charges were released. Many were arrested and French ships La Vengeance and La Franchise were burned. In the end, the incident caused disruptions in French-American relations and affected shipping and trade.
War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
English:
(southern England, of Norman origin): from a diminutive of the ancient Germanic personal name Burdo, for which compare Burdett . Burdonus and other derivatives of the Gaulish personal name Burdo (‘mule’) are found in France, where it is rare and the similar French surname may derive instead from Old French bourdon in the sense ‘pilgrim's staff’ (compare Bourdon 1). The personal name, whether of ancient Germanic or Gaulish origin, does occur in medieval England, but rarely.
habitational name from any of various places called Burdon or Burden. Burden in Yorkshire and Great Burdon in County Durham are named with Old English burh ‘stronghold, fortified place’ + dūn ‘hill’; Burdon in Tyne and Wear is named with Old English b̄re ‘byre’ + denu ‘valley’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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