Henry Burrow

Brief Life History of Henry

When Henry Burrow was born on 26 October 1730, in Bristol Parish, Charles City County, Virginia, British Colonial America, his father, John Burrow, was 35 and his mother, Joanna Cooke, was 31. He married Lucy Dobson in 1754, in Dinwiddie, Dinwiddie, Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 4 daughters. He died in 1787, in Randolph, North Carolina, United States, at the age of 57.

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Family Time Line

Henry Burrow
1730–1787
Lucy Dobson
1738–1837
Marriage: 1754
Henry Burrow Jr
1756–1842
Dobson Burrow
1758–
Nancy Burrow
1772–1840
Patty Burrow
1760–1822
Jones Burrow
1762–1796
Barnaby P Burrow
1764–1830
Lucy Burrow
1769–1851
Uriah Burough
1774–1857
Elizabeth Burrow
1776–1827

Sources (5)

  • Henry Burrough, "Virginia, Births and Christenings, 1853-1917"
  • U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900
  • Henry Burroughs in entry for Patty Burroughs, "Virginia, Births and Christenings, 1853-1917"

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World Events (3)

1775

"Patrick Henry made his ""Give me Liberty or Give me Death"" speech in Richmond Virginia."

1776

Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.

1776

North Carolina is the 12th state.

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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