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Thomas Burgess[1]

Male 1756 - 1828


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  • Born  20 Jul 1756  Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Gender  Male 
    Census  1790  Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  [3

    • Thomas Burgis: Males: 1 over 16, 3 under 16. Females: 4
    Died  8 Apr 1828  Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • Plymouth Church Records, Vol. I and II, 1620-1859
      [198] Marriages
      1781

      April 18 Thomas Burgiss & Lydia Tribble both of Plymouth



      Thomas Burgess was the keeper of the Plymouth lighthouse, who, because he always wore a red thrum cap, was called Red Cap Burgess.

      Memories of a Plymouth Octogenarian pg 143
    Person ID  I2074680  7_families
    Last Modified  30 May 2009 

    Father  Nathaniel Burgess,   b. 17 May 1729, Little Compton, Newport, Rhode Island Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 Jan 1793, Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Mother  Ruth Chandler,   b. Abt 1730-1731, Of, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 7 Dec 1819, Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married  19 Dec 1748  Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID  F657974  Group Sheet

    Family  Lydia Tribble,   b. 27 Sep 1762, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 Nov 1825, Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married  17 Mar 1781  Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Last Modified  20 Oct 2002 
    Family ID  F707156  Group Sheet

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    Link to Google MapsBorn - 20 Jul 1756 - Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 17 Mar 1781 - Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1790 - Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 8 Apr 1828 - Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S305] Burgess Genealogy - Hiam, Katharine W. Hiam, (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1997), Page 9 (Reliability: 2).

    2. [S305] Burgess Genealogy - Hiam, Katharine W. Hiam, (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1997), 9 (Reliability: 2).

    3. [S348] Massachusetts, Plymouth, Plymouth - 1790 - Federal Census, Massachusetts, Plymouth, Plymouth, (www.ancestry.com).

    4. [S306] The Mayflower Descendant, Robert Bowman, (Baltimore, Md. : Genealogical Pub. for Clearfield Company, c1989), 28: 70 (Reliability: 2).