When Reuben Burnham was born on 22 June 1742, in South Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, United States, his father, Thomas Burnham, was 29 and his mother, Mary Barber, was 28. He married Chloe Fitch in 1765. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 3 daughters. He died on 26 June 1812, in Hartland, Hartford, Connecticut, United States, at the age of 70, and was buried in West Hartland Cemetery, Hartland, Hartford, Connecticut, United States.
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Separated from East Windsor which had been divided from Windsor in 1768
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English: habitational name from any of several places called Burnham. Those in Buckinghamshire (Burnham Beeches), Norfolk (various villages), and Essex (Burnham-on-Crouch) are named with Old English burna ‘stream’ + hām ‘homestead’. In the case of Burnham-on-Sea in Somerset, however, the second element is Old English hamm ‘water meadow’, while Burnham in Lincolnshire is named from brunnum, dative plural of Old Norse brunnr ‘spring’, originally used after a preposition, i.e. ‘(at) the springs’.
History: In 1635 Robert Burnham and his two brothers came from England to Ipswich, MA, after their ship was wrecked on the coast of Maine. In the mid 18th century John Burnham and his son, also called John, were among the early settlers in what became the state of VT. In 1785, the younger John Burnham established himself at Middletown, CT.
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