Elizabeth Burr

Elizabeth Prudden

• Birth: Mar 11 1642 - Milford, New Haven, Connecticut
• Death: 1685 - Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut
• Parents: Peter Prudden, Joanna Boyse
• Married: Jehu Burr Also seen as Esther

The daughter of Rev. Peter & Joanna (Boyse) Prudden, she was baptized on March 11, 1642/3 in Milford, and she married Jehue Burr about 1655 in Fairfield, Conn. (he married 1st to Esther Ward). Her will dated March 22, 1682/3 mentions property in Milford & Stamford,Conn. and land in Yorkshire, England.

From A General History of the Burr Family in America: With a Genealogical Record ... By Charles Burr Todd:

SECOND GENERATION. JEHU BURR,2 [2] Of Fairfield, Ct.,

m. 1st, Marv. (sic: Esther her sister) dau. of Andrew Ward, of Fairfield ; they had two chil.

• 6. Daniel.8
• 7. Esther.8

He m. 2d, Esther, widow of Joseph Boosey, of Westchester, Conn. (Sic: Jacobus & CA Torrey do not agree with this & identified her as Elizabeth Prudden)

Children.:

• 8. Peter,8 b. March, 1667.
• 9. Samuel,8
• 10. Elizabeth.8
• 11. Sarah,8
• 12. Joanna.8
• 13. Abigail,8
• 14. Mary.8

Will dated Jan. 7, 1689. Inv. of estate. Oct. 30. 1692. None of dans, were then m. except Mary, who had m. Saml. Wakeman, of F. and died voting, leaving one dam

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'Peter Prudden; a story of his life and New Haven and Milford, Conn. (1901)

• http://archive.org/details/peterpruddenstor00prud
• http://archive.org/stream/peterpruddenstor00prud#page/58/mode/1up
• Capt. and Mrs. Willett first resided in New York, and then removed to Rehoboth and Swansea, Mass., where he died in 1674. The record of the letter which received her again into the fellowship of Milford church shows that Mrs. Willett returned shortly after Capt. Willett's death to Milford.
• Although past sixty years of age Mrs. Joanna Prudden Willett was again sought in marriage and became the wife of the Rev. John Bishop, for fifty years pastor in Stamford, Conn.* He was a few years her junior, a widower with several grown-up children, and with him she lived until her death. Neither the date of this marriage, nor of her death, nor of the place of her burial is known. In a letter from Rev. John Bishop to Increase Mather, written in 1681, he sends his "Greetings" and those of his wife, "who was Mrs. Willet, to good Mrs. Mather."
  • The following is a copy of
    • "Last Will of Joanna, wife of Rev. Peter Prudden."
  • The last will and testament of Mrs. Joanna Bishop, sometime Prudden, late of Milford, now of Stamford in the ....
  • * Rev. John Bishop walked all the way from Boston to Stamford with his Bible under his arm accompanying two men who had been sent to invite him to become pastor of the Stamford church. This Bible is still owned by his descendants. ....
• http://archive.org/stream/peterpruddenstor00prud#page/63/mode/1up
• Pg. 63
• The children of Peter Prudden1 and Joanna Boyse1 -- daughter of Rev. John Boyse and Joana Boyse of Halifax,* England:
  • I. Joanna2, born August, 1640, married __ Chittenden.
  • II. Mary2, born Jan., 1641, married Zacheriah Walker as his first wife. ....
  • ' (1) III. Elizabeth2, born Feb., 1642, baptized 4th of March, 1643. Married, name unknown.
  • (2) IV. Samuel2, born Feb., 1643, died 1685; lived in Milford.+
  • V. John2, born Nov., 1645 in Milford, died Dec. 11, 1725, ....
  • VI. Abigail2, baptized Dec., 1647, married Joseph Walker of Stratford, Nov. 14, 1667. Married, second, Richard Hubbell, in 1688. ....
  • VII. Sarah2, born May 12, 1650, married Gideon Allen.
  • VIII. Peter2, born May 26, 1652, died June 10, 1652.
  • IX. Mildred2, born March, 1653, married Lieut. Sylvanus Baldwin, 20th of Sept., 1671, died Jan. 6, 1712. ......
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Elizabeth Burr (Prudden) (1642 - 1685)
Birthdate: March 11, 1642

Birthplace: Milford, Connecticut

Death: Died 1685 in Fairfield, Connecticut

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Daughter of Joanna and Peter

Wife of Jehu

Mother of Johanna and Daniel

Sister of Abigail, Joanna, John, Mary, Mildred, Peter, Samuel, and Sarah

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GEDCOM Note

Biography ==Elizabeth Prudden, a daughter of Rev. Peter & Joanna (Boyse) Prudden, was born in February, 1642/3 and baptized on March 5, 1643 in Milford.according to one genealogy.<ref>Prudden, Lillian Eliza Peter Prudden; a story of his life and New Haven and Milford, Conn., published 1901. Reference page 63</ref><ref>The Barbour Collection for Milford saysher birth was [May] 1642. Considering her baptism in March 1642/3, May is probably not correct. The Families of Old Fairfield says her baptism was the 11th of March 1642/3. Baptism on the 5th is confirmed by the Conn. Church Index</ref> Elizabeth married Jehue Burr about 1665 inFairfield, Connecticut.<ref>New England Marriages to 1700. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008.) Originally published as: New England Marriages Prior to1700. Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015.Reference Volume1, page 252 $Subscription</ref> (He married first, Esther Ward). Herwill dated March 22, 1682/3 mentions property in Milford & Stamford, Conn. and land in Yorkshire, England.

She is buried in the Old Congregational Burying Ground, Stratford, Fairfield County, Connecticut.<ref>FindAGrave Memorial #49136811 for Elizabeth Prudden Burr</ref>

Notes ===* Birth Feb., 1643<ref>Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906</ref>

• Inheritance: 1690, received accrued English income.176
• Residence 1: Milford, New Haven County, Connecticut at time of* Residence 2: Milford, later Stamford, New Haven County, Connecticut,USA* Will: March 22, 1682/83, mentioned property in Milford and "Stanford" [Stamford], and land in England commonly called Edgton Kerbye Moreside & Southfields in Yorkshire.

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