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View Tree for Benjamin Franklin BurgessBenjamin Franklin Burgess (b. 23 January 1810, d. 28 December 1888)

Benjamin Franklin Burgess (son of Loammi Burgess and Sarah Whitney) was born 23 January 1810 in Harvard, Worcester, MA13, and died 28 December 1888 in Harvard, Worcester, MA. He married Matilda Jenkins on 01 December 1831 in Abington, Plymouth County, MA14, daughter of Lemuel Jenkins and Claressa.

 Includes NotesNotes for Benjamin Franklin Burgess:
1840 Census listed Benjamin F. Burgess living in Abington, MA as a male between 30 and 40 living with one female between 20 and 30. The census listed his occupation as manufacture and trade.

Benjamin Franklin Burgess is buried at the Hanover Central Burial Grounds in 1888 in Hanover, MA with his wife and nine of his eleven children. The plot, visited in October 1999, is marked with a small sandstone obelisk with the names of everyone inscribed. The marker is slowly eroding and the names will not be visible for many more years. The graves of Matilda's mother and father were included at the plot. According to cemetery remarks made by Abington historians, the bodies were removed by son Emory Burgess from the Mt. Vernon Central Cemetery in Abington to Emory Burgess plot in the Hanover Central Burial grounds.

More About Benjamin Franklin Burgess:
Burial: Hanover Central Burial Grounds, Hanover, MA.15
Fact: 1840, Census listed Benjamin F. Burgess in Abignton..
Fact 1: Name also spelled Burgis, Occ Shoemaker.
Fact 2: 1864, Filed Admin case Warham docket 3345.
Fact 4: 1860, Filed Guardian case Duxbury docket 3346.
Fact 5: 1840, Census said only that he lived in Abington with a female aged between 20 and 30..
Occupation: 1840, He was employed in Manufacturing and Trade..
Residence: Resided on Washington Street in Hanover in a house he constructed. This house is now owned by George H Allen, Selectman. Representative..
Will: 1872, Filed Will 1872 in Abington docket 3360.

More About Benjamin Franklin Burgess and Matilda Jenkins:
Marriage: 01 December 1831, Abington, Plymouth County, MA.16

Children of Benjamin Franklin Burgess and Matilda Jenkins are:
  1. +Emory Burgess, b. 02 March 1847, Abington, Plymouth, MA16, 17, d. 1910, Abington, Plymouth, MA.
  2. Franklin Burgess, b. 16 November 1840, Abington, Plymouth County, MA, d. 15 November 1842, Abington, Plymouth County, MA.
  3. Sarah Whitney Burgess, b. 16 September 1842, Rockland, Plymouth County, MA, d. 11 February 1861, Rockland, Plymouth County, MA.
  4. Augustus Whitney Burgess, b. 27 May 1843, Abington, Plymouth County, MA.
  5. Aaron Whitney Burgess, b. 08 February 1836, Abington, Plymouth County, MA.
  6. Josiah Burgess, b. 30 August 1853, Hanover, MA, d. 01 February 1862, Hanover, MA.
  7. +Harriet Burgess, b. 14 September 1851, Rockland, Plymouth County, MA, d. 05 June 1904.
  8. Elvira Burgess, d. 06 December 1846, Abington, Plymouth, MA.
  9. Melvina Burgess, b. July 1848, Abington, Plymouth, MA, d. 04 October 1848, Abington, Plymouth, MA.
  10. T. Benton Burgess, b. December 1838, Abington, Plymouth, MA, d. 15 October 1839, Abington, Plymouth, MA.
  11. Anne W Burgess, b. February 1836, d. 15 March 1837, Abington, Plymouth, MA.
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