Elizabeth Lippencot Burr

Brief Life History of Elizabeth Lippencot

When Elizabeth Lippencot Burr was born on 5 June 1828, in Burlington Township, Burlington, New Jersey, United States, her father, Samuel H Burr, was 23 and her mother, Sarah Ann Gardner, was 21. She married Jacob Cook on 31 August 1845, in Burlington, Burlington, New Jersey, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Utah, United States in 1870 and Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1900. She died on 1 April 1906, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 77, and was buried in Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Jacob Cook
1821–1858
Elizabeth Lippencot Burr
1828–1906
Marriage: 31 August 1845
Sarah Elizabeth Cook
1846–1863
Anna Virginia Cook
1849–1936
Edward B Cook
1850–
Jennie Cook
1851–
Mary Francis Cook
1852–1917
Andrew Jackson Cook
1854–1931

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  • Elizabeth Burr, "United States, Census, 1840"
  • Edward B Cook in the "New Jersey, U.S., Births and Christenings Index, 1660-1931" (Names Parents)
  • Elizabeth S Burr, "New Jersey, County Marriages, 1682-1956"

World Events (8)

1830 · The Second Great Awakening

Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.

1847

Historical Boundaries: 1848: Mexican Cession, United States 1850: Utah Territory, United States 1851: Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States 1868: Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Salt Lake, Utah, United States

1850

Historical Boundaries: 1850: Mexican Cession, United States 1850: Utah Territory, United States 1851: Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Salt Lake, Utah, United States

Name Meaning

English: nickname from Middle English burre ‘bur’ (a seed-case or flower-head with clinging prickles), used by Shakespeare to denote someone who sticks like a bur, a person difficult to ‘shake off’, a sense which may well be older.

German: topographic name from Burr(e) ‘mound, hill’, or in the south a variant of Burrer .

History: The American political leader Aaron Burr (1756–1836) was the son of a clergyman and academic, president of Princeton University. On his mother's side he was descended from the Puritan preacher Jonathan Edwards; on his father's from Jehu Burr, who emigrated from England to MA with John Winthrop (see Winthrop ) in 1630.

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

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Elizabeth Lippencott Burr Cook Derr

ELIZABETH LIPPENCOTT BURR COOK DERR Elizabeth Lippencott Burr was born 5 June 1828. She was the second child, and the only daughter pf Sarah Ann Gardner and Samuel H. Burr. Elizabeth was named aft …

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