Douglas Anderson Family Genealogy:Information about John Burton
John Burton (b. Abt. 1632, d. 1689)
Notes for John Burton:Notes for JOHN BURTON:
John Burton and Thomas Burton were the two immigrant brother who came to Charles City County, Va circa 1652. John Burton of "Longfield" and Thomas Burton of "Cobbs".
John Burton owned Longfield Plantation and was referred to as "John of Longfield." Source: "A History of a Colonial Land Patent" 1639-1864 Ancestral Home of Thomas Burton from 1656-1685.
Nathaniel Bacon (of Bacon's Rebellion) eventually purchased the Longfield Plantation. Encyclopedia of Virginia Biography, Volume I, III--Colonial Councilors of State: He was a cousin of Lord Francis Bacon and a cousin once removed of Nathaniel Bacon Sr. He purchased a plantation at "Curls," in Henrico county, called "Longfield," and had a quarter at the falls of the river where Richmond now stands. The Randolph family eventually purchased Longfield.
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