Thomas Burnham (1623 - 1694)

Biography
Hon. Lt. Thomas Burnham was Born in 1623 in Norwich, Norfolk, England and died on 19 May 1694 in Ipswich, Essex County, Massachusetts, North America. He married Mary Lawrence (1625 - 1715).

Facts and Occupation
He arrived in 1635 after his ship "Angel Gabriel" wrecked on the coast of Maine and settles in Chebacco, Ipswich, Essex County, Massachusetts, North America. In 1636/37 he joined the Pequot Expedition. In 1647 he was Selectman and on town committees. In 1664 he was made sergeant of the Ipswich Company. In 1665 he was made Ensign. In 1683 he was made lieutenant. In 1683, 1684 and 1685 he was Deputy to the Great and General Court of Massachusetts. In 1657 he was granted the right and privilege to build a saw mill on the Chebacco River near the falls and in 1678 a road through his land across the swamp. He owned houses and farms as well that were eventually divided between his sons Thomas and James.

Lineage
Thomas Burnham (1623 - 1694)

m. Mary Lawrence (1625 - 1715)

John Burnam (1648 - 1704)

m. Elizabeth Wells (1645 - )

John Burnham (1671 - 1716)

m. Sarah Choate (1671 - 1746)

Elizabeth Burnham (1692 - )

m. Capt. Thomas Choate, Jr. (1693 - 1774)

Hon. Dea. Samuel Choate (1727 - 1815)

m. Mary Low (1693 - 1769)

Susannah Choate (1762 - 1827)

m. George Choate (1762 - 1826), son of Capt. William Choate (1730 - 1785)

Dr. George Choate (1796 - 1880)

m. Margaret Manning Hodges (1805 - 1887)

Caroline Choate (1834 - 1889)

m. Dr. Ernst Bruno von Gersdorff (1820 - 1883)

Carl August de Gersdorff (1865 - 1944)

m. Helen Suzette Crowninshield (1868 - 1941)

Chevalier Josephine de Gersdorff (1895 - 1975)

m. Frederick Josiah Bradlee, Jr. (1892 - 1970)

Chevalier Benjamin Crowninshield Bradlee (1921 - 2014)

m. Sally Sterling Quinn (b. 1941)

Quinn Josiah Crowninshield Bradlee (b. 1982)