James Burt

1622 - 1680  (58 years)

• Name	James Burt
  Birth	1622	England   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	1680	Taunton, Bristol, Massachusetts   [1]
  Person ID	I829	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	16 May 2026

  
  

  Family	Anna Burt,   b. Between 1617 and 1639   d. 17 Aug 1665, Taunton, Bristol, Massachusetts (Age 48 years)
  Marriage	Between 1653 and 1664  [1]
  Children	1. Rachel Knap Burt,   b. Between 1642 and 1664   d. Between 1648 and 1749 (Age 6 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. Thomas Burt,   b. Between 1642 and 1664   d. Aft 1717 (Age > 76 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   3. James Burt,   b. Abt 1659   d. 10 Jun 1743, Taunton, Massachusetts (Age 84 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   4. Hannah Burt,   b. Between 1638 and 1659   d. Aft 28 Jun 1705 (Age > 67 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F139	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	16 May 2026

  
  

• Notes

  [Brøderbund WFT Vol. 2, Ed. 1, Tree #5006, Date of Import: Apr 26, 1997] James arrived on the Falcon in 1635 at Barbadoes where his older brother Richard had settled. They both came to New England a few years later. In Newport, RI in 1639, in Taunton, Bristol, Massachusetts in 1645. From the "Pioneers of Massachusetts" by Charles H. Pope: James BURT was a town officer in Taunton in 1645. He was guardian of his brother Richard's son, Richard BURT. (Richard's death was recorded in the Plymouth Colony Records in 1647). His will prob. March 2, 1680. He was aged and weak. He beq. to his oldest son James, son Thomas, daughters Hannah and Rachel, and Hannah's son Jacob Hathney (perhaps Hathaway!) According to the "Second Boat", Volume 4, Number 2, page 50, James BURT came over on the boat called the Falcon in April, 1635, which sailed from London to Barbadoes.

  
  

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