JohnsonFamily2/19/24 - Person Sheet
JohnsonFamily2/19/24 - Person Sheet
NameJacob Burgess 
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287Birthabt 1631/6, Sandwich, Barnstable, MA
Death17 Mar 1718/9, Sandwich, Barnstable, MA
FatherThomas Burgess (1601-1684)
MotherDorothy Waynes (1603-1687)
Notes for Jacob Burgess
Burgess Genealogy - 1865 ed" says 1719. Jacob Burgess the third son of Thomas, helped to repair the meeting-house in 1644, and was early a member of the church. He served the town for many years in the subordinate offices of surveyor, constable and grand juror. He took the oath of allegiance in 1657. He inherited, in behalf of his son Thomas, the paternal estate in Sandwich, while the other brothers removed, Thomas to Newport, John to Yarmouth, and Joseph to Rochester. He was one of the Executors of his Father's will. He married Mary, daughter of Benjamin Nye, June 1, 1670, who died June 23, 1706. He died March 17, 1719. (From the Burgess Genealogy by Rev. Ebenezer Burgess originally printed in 1835)287
Freeman's History of Cape Cod contains some interesting gossip concerning Jacob and his father-in-law Benjamin Nye. The information is based upon old town records. A member of the community was accused of uttering some heresy with respect to the Deity. ....Mr Nye wished to foster popular credence in the accusation, so he tried to induce Jacob Burgess to bear witness in support of the charge. At that time Jacob was seeking the hand of Benjamin Nye's daughter, Mary, in matrimony, and Mr. Nye threatened paternal disapproval if Jacob did not accede to his request. The outcome is not stated, further than that the marriage took place., "Many of the early settlers who came from England had a keen interest in preserving genealogical records. Some of these old records are used in the "Genealogy of the Nye Family" to trace the Nye family , of whom Mrs. Burgess was a member, back to Lave Nye, a descendant of the Royal House of Sweden, of the early fourteenth century. From this same source the Burgesses for whom this book is compiled can therefore trace a linage." ( "Burgess Genealogy-1941, Kings County, Nova Scotia, Branch by Barry Hovey Burgess, MD). 287
FAMILY HISTORY: 217 GENEALOGY BOOKS - Savage, Vol 1, Dictionary First Settlers of New England , page 302 "Burges...JACOB, Sandwich, s. of Thomas the first, m. 1 June 1660, Mary Nye, d. prob. of Benjamin of the same, had Samuel, b. 8 Mar. 1671; Ebenezer, 2 Oct. 1673; and Jacob, 18 Oct. 1676. "287
Freeman's History of Cape Cod contains some interesting gossip concerning Jacob and his father-in-law Benjamin Nye. The information is based upon old town records. A member of the community was accused of uttering some heresy with respect to the Deity. ....Mr Nye wished to foster popular credence in the accusation, so he tried to induce Jacob Burgess to bear witness in support of the charge. At that time Jacob was seeking the hand of Benjamin Nye's daughter, Mary, in matrimony, and Mr. Nye threatened paternal disapproval if Jacob did not accede to his request. The outcome is not stated, further than that the marriage took place., "Many of the early settlers who came from England had a keen interest in preserving genealogical records. Some of these old records are used in the "Genealogy of the Nye Family" to trace the Nye family , of whom Mrs. Burgess was a member, back to Lave Nye, a descendant of the Royal House of Sweden, of the early fourteenth century. From this same source the Burgesses for whom this book is compiled can therefore trace a linage." ( "Burgess Genealogy-1941, Kings County, Nova Scotia, Branch by Barry Hovey Burgess, MD). 287
FAMILY HISTORY: 217 GENEALOGY BOOKS - Savage, Vol 1, Dictionary First Settlers of New England , page 302 "Burges...JACOB, Sandwich, s. of Thomas the first, m. 1 June 1660, Mary Nye, d. prob. of Benjamin of the same, had Samuel, b. 8 Mar. 1671; Ebenezer, 2 Oct. 1673; and Jacob, 18 Oct. 1676. "287