When George Burgess was born on 14 August 1795, in Icklesham, Sussex, England, United Kingdom, his father, William Burgess, was 32 and his mother, Mercy Mary Noakes, was 31. He married Rachael Jarman about 1815, in Sussex, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Battle, Sussex, England, United Kingdom in 1838. He died on 19 June 1875, in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, at the age of 79.
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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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