Samuel Burchett

Brief Life History of Samuel

When Samuel Burchett was born on 8 January 1805, in Lee, Virginia, United States, his father, John Burchett, was 26 and his mother, Jane Marion, was 28. He married Mary Elizabeth Sims from January 1834 to December 1834, in Lee, Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He lived in Richland Township, Madison, Arkansas, United States in 1860. He died on 8 December 1890, in Madison, Arkansas, United States, at the age of 85, and was buried in Wesley Cemetery, Wesley, Madison, Arkansas, United States.

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Family Time Line

Samuel Burchett
1805–1890
Mary Elizabeth Sims
1820–1862
Marriage: from January 1834 to December 1834
Ruth Jane Burchett
1838–1931

Sources (6)

  • Saml Burchett, "United States Census, 1860"
  • Samuel Burchett, "Find A Grave Index"
  • Samuel Burchett in entry for Mary Ann Burchett, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"

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World Events (8)

1808

Atlantic slave trade abolished.

1812 · Monumental Church Built

The Monumental Church was built between 1812-1814 on the sight where the Richmond Theatre fire had taken place. It is a monument to those that died in the fire.

1828

Historical Boundaries 1828:Washington, Arkansas Territory, United States 1836: Madison, Arkansas, United States

Name Meaning

English: topographic or habitational name from Middle English birchet ‘birch grove’ (Old English bircet, byrcet), a common element in minor placenames in Sussex and found also in Kent, Surrey, and Essex.

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

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