Mrs. Noah Burr

Female1745–

Brief Life History of Noah

Mrs. Noah Burr was born in 1745, in Monroe, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States. She married Noah Burr in 1762. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters.

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Noah Burr
1741–1802
Mrs. Noah Burr
1745–
Marriage: 1762
Elisha Burr
1763–
Grissel
1765–
David
1767–1817
Asaph
1769–
Antha
1772–

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    Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    1762
  • Children (5)

    World Events (6)

    1776

    Age 31

    Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.

    1788

    Age 43

    Date of Statehood: February 6, 1788, the fifth State

    1808

    Age 63

    Atlantic slave trade abolished.

    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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