Brief Life History of Samuel
When Samuel Burton Jr. was born on 12 June 1783, in Garthorpe, Lincolnshire, England, his father, Samuel Burton, was 38 and his mother, Mary Johnson, was 37. He married Hannah Shipley on 12 June 1804, in Luddington, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 8 daughters. He died on 21 January 1852, in Sutterville, Sacramento, California, United States, at the age of 68, and was buried in United States.
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- Samuel Burton, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- Samuel Burton, "England Marriages, 1538–1973 "
- Utah, U.S., Death and Military Death Certificates, 1904-1961
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1786 · Shays' Rebellion
Caused by war veteran Daniel Shays, Shays' Rebellion was to protest economic and civil rights injustices that he and other farmers were seeing after the Revolutionary War. Because of the Rebellion it opened the eyes of the governing officials that the Articles of Confederation needed a reform. The Rebellion served as a guardrail when helping reform the United States Constitution.
1787 · English Convicts Sail to Australia
The first fleet of convicts sailed from England to Australia on May 13, 1787. By 1868, over 150,000 felons had been exiled to New South Wales, Van Diemen's Land, and Western Australia.
1803
France sells Louisiana territories to U.S.A.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from a placename that is very common in central and northern England. The derivation in most cases is from Old English burh ‘fort’ (see Burke ) + tūn ‘enclosure, settlement’.
French (northeastern): regional variant of Berton .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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SAMUEL BURTON - HANNAH SHIPLEY THEIR STORY: 1783 - 1852 This is the story of Samuel Burton and Hannah Shipley, a British couple with roots in the Shires of Lincoln and York on the east coast of …
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