William Burrow

Brief Life History of William

When William Burrow was born in 1717, in Prince George, Prince George, Virginia, British Colonial America, his father, John Burrow, was 22 and his mother, Joannah Cooke Wilkerson, was 22. He married Tabitha Damarel in 1739, in Sussex, Virginia, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 2 daughters. He died in 1758, in Sussex, Virginia, British Colonial America, at the age of 41, and was buried in Sussex, Virginia, British Colonial America.

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Family Time Line

William Burrow
1717–1758
Tabitha Damarel
1721–1759
Marriage: 1739
Caroline Burrow
1745–1811
Henry Burrow
1750–1829
John Burrow
1752–
James Burrow
1754–
Wiley Burrow
1756–1829
Susanna BURROW
1756–

Sources (8)

  • North Carolina, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1790-1890
  • Family Data Collection - Births
  • U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900

Name Meaning

English:

topographic name for someone who lived by a castle or manor house, or in a town, especially a chartered town or borough (Middle English burgh, Old English burg ‘fortified place, borough, manor’), or a habitational name for someone who came from a place so named because it was a fortified town or near an ancient fort, such as Burrow (Leicestershire, Lancashire), Burrough Green (Cambridgeshire), Brough (numerous counties), and Peterborough (Northamptonshire); see also Burgh .

topographic name for someone who lived on a hill or near a mound (Middle English bergh, Old English beorg), or a habitational name for someone who came from a place so named, such as Burrow (Devon, Somerset). Middle English bergh became throughly confused with burgh in 1 above. Compare Burrough .

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

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