Benjamin Burr of Hartford was born circa 1602 in England and died 31 March 1681 Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut, United States of unspecified causes. He married Anna Burr (1617-1683) 1636 in England.
Biography
Hartford Founders Monument
Hartford Founder's Monument at Old Church Graveyard
The original brownstone monument erected in 1837 was replaced by this one in 1986, by the Society of the Descendants of the Founders of Hartford. It stands in the Ancient Burying Ground, which is located to the rear of the First Congregational Church at the corner of Main and Gold Streets in Hartford. This cemetery is also known as Old Center Cemetery. It lists the original Founders of Hartford.
The ancestry, origin, and date of immigration and to where in the American colonies of Benjamin Burr arrived is unknown. He probably was among the Rev. Hooker’s party in 1636, as he was among those selected to serve in the Pequot War of 1637. In the Hartford land inventory of February 1639/40 he held: two roods on which his dwelling house stood with yards and gardens located on the east side of the road from Centinel Hill to the Cow Pasture; three acres in the Pine Field; and four acres on the east side of the Great River. As a soldier in the Pequot War, he probably held land in the Soldiers Field, but this was not mentioned in the land inventory. He later purchased two additional parcels in Hartford.
He was admitted a freeman in May 1658. He received eighteen acres in the land division of East Hartford in 1666. He was a chimney viewer in Hartford in 1670.
His will was dated 2 June 1677, he died 31 March 1681, his inventory was taken 15 April 1681, and his will was proved 20 April 1681.
Children
| Name | Birth | Death | Joined with |
| Samuel Burr (1637-1682) | 1637 England | 29 September 1682 Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut, United States | Mary Baysey (1639-) |
| Mary Burr (1638-) | |||
| Thomas Burr (1645-1733) | |||
| Hannah Burr (1648-1684) | |||
Siblings
Residences
Vital Records
Hartford Gravestone
- Location: Ancient Burying Ground (Hartford), Hartford County, Connecticut
- Samuel Burr, FindAGrave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/71493770/samuel-burr, retrieved 02 Sep 2024
See Also
- Benjamin Burr
- Burr Family
- [[Burr in England
- Burr in Hartford County, Connecticut
- Benjamin Burr, FoundersOfHartford.org, https://www.foundersofhartford.org/the-founders/benjamin-burr/, retrieved 02 Sep 2024
- Benjamin Burr of Hartford, Geni.com, https://www.geni.com/people/Benjamin-Burr/6000000001354359010, retrieved 02 Sep 2024
- Genealogy: A General History of the Burr Family, Charles B. Todd, fourth edition, Knickerbocker Press, New York, 1902. It must be noted that this genealogy is short on detail and generally lacking in sources.