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this effort could never have
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OF PEN SYLVANIA
Presented by
Arthur Price Burris
June 3, 1975
BURRIS ANCESTORS
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B U R R I S A N C E S T 0 R S
T H E A N C E S T O R 5
OF
IA BARBARA JANE BURRIS
(MRS. DAVID PEARSALL PLATTER)
VIRGINIA ANN BURRIS
(MRS. CHARLES ALBERT ROACH)
JAMES SALTER BURRIS II
AS TRACED THROUGH THEIR FOUR GRANDPARENTS
FLORENCE LOUISE BAILEY
LEWIS HOWELL MERRITT
SARA EDITH PRICE
JAMES SALTER BURRIS, JR.
(AND ALLIED LINES)
BURRIS ANCESTORS
Compiled by
Arthur Price Burris
3952 Ewing Avenue South
Minneapolis, Minn. 55410
December I5, I97A
PREFACE
To Barb - Ginny and Jim - Greetings!
It was in February I955 when your Aunt Evadene, mysister, sent me a certi- ‘
fled copy of the birth record of our grandfather Arthur BowenPrice (I0) from
Somerset House, London, England. That was myfirst exposure to ancestor hunt­
ing. Nothing happened however until some nine years later Evadene and I launch’
ed into this program. In August of I964, we enlisted the cooperation of our
cousin Ada Burris Josephson in helping to develop the Burris line. For the 1
next couple of years we three had a lot of correspondence going on in our search,
efforts.
Then your mother's illness slowed downmyparticipation, although we did work
in four vacation trips to Wales, to pursue our research a bit further, between i
I965 and I973. With my semi retirement on June 30, I972 my interest picked
up again, however it was after myfull retirement in the summerof '7A that
I reached the decision that some record should be made of the data we have as­
sembled. So for the last several months, this has been the equivalent of a
full time job assignment. l
The results have not turned out anything like I anticipated. As we had a good
Bailey genealogy book from I635 downto and including your grandmother Florence
Bailey Merritt (7), I thought we had the Bailey line well in hand. Similarly,
with so muchdata having been printed over the years about the Merritt family,
it seemed to me that it was the Price and Burris lines on which we would have
to concentrate.
what I had not knownwas that families allied with the Bailey genealogy in many!
instances have their own records also going back to Massachusetts in the 1635
period and on. Our Minnesota Historical Society has an excellent reference
library where I found a wealth of material on those families inter-married with
the Baileys. The question becameone of deciding which of the articles on a
specific family should be used, and howbest to convert them to our records. 2
The pages that follow are our answer.
Mrs. Evelyn Burlingame, a very capable Minneapolis genealogist and our good i
friend, advised me, and I quote - “This book is your personal effort and shouldl
be prepared in a manner you want It - but whatever you do - be sure to number I
the pages and include an index!“ we have endeavored to fo]]ow_thi5 advice_
I have enjoyed working on this. The search truly can never end for there is
always more records and data that should be searched to knowmore about one's
ancestors. Should any of you three ever get involved in this pastime, I
simply say - Happy Hunting! I
Minneapolis, MN A. p_ B_ I
December I, l97A
IN APPRECIATION ­
Oneof the rewards of this search effort has been the establishing of friendly
relationships with a group of genealogists. Those with whomI have had contact
have proven to be able, sincere, and dedicated people. To them I express myap­
preciation for their help, counsel, and guidance. This list includes the follow­
lng:
Miss E. Winifred Binning, 224 Bruntsfield Place, Edinburgh EH104DE, Scotland
Mr. Clifford M. Buck, Salt Point, N. Y. l2578
Mrs. M. R. Burlingame, 39l7 2lst Ave. So., Minneapolis, Minn. 55407
Miss Anna M. Cartlidge, 362 E. Belvedere Ave., Baltimore, Md. 2l65l
Mrs. John B. Christ, i940 Grand Ave., Racine, Wis. 5340i
Miss Mary Flower, 2 LammasPark Gardens, London W5, England
Mrs. Lester J. LaMack, 43lO Washington Ave., Racine, Wis. 53405
Mrs. M. T. Ochsenbein, l4 Elm St., Brookside, Bridgeport, Ohio 439l2
Mr. Norman S. Rymer, 1450 Washington Blvd., Ogden, Utah 84404
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10. Mrs. Henry Clay Smith, Millington, Kent County, Md. 2l65l
ll. Miss Marion E. Tapp, 746 Richwood Ave., Morgantown, W. Va. 26505
12. Mr. James A. Thompson, 84 Gilmore Place, Edinburgh EH39PF, Scotland
13. Mrs. James Tonkin, Chy on Whyloryon, Wigmore, Leominster HR6-9UD,Hereford­
shire, England
14. Mr. William A. Walter, 3924 Circle Drive, Independence, Mo. 64052
To our manyrelatives and friends whoassisted, we also want to express our thanks
and appreciation for their help and encouragement. To the following we particu­
larly wish to acknowledge their help. These are:
Mrs. RamonaC. Beard, 7lO Bivins Ave., Tallahassee, Fla. 32303
Mycousin Ramonais the daughter of Eva Price Cruikshank whowas the sister
of Sara (5).
2. Mrs. A. M. Burnap, Sr., 6 North Fillmore St., Chatfield, MN55923
Both Mary Burnap and i are great grandchildren of John Price (20). Mary's
great grandmother was John's first wife Elizabeth Mountford whereas mygreat
grandmother was Martha Bowen(2l).
3. The Misses Evelyn, Amyand Patty Davies, Oaklea Farm, Kingsland, Leominster,
Herefordshire, England
Evelyn (nowdeceased), Amyand Patty are descendants of the Bowenline, the
same as from which Martha Bowen (2l) came.
4. Mr. Roswell Griffiths, Rt. l, Boxas, Bristol, Wis. 53l04
Roswell and I believe we had the same great, great grandfather, Richard Price
(40). Although we cannot positively prove this by data, the evidence leads
me to this conclusion.
5. Mrs. Dorothea W. Hill, l2 Rowley St., Greenville, S. C. 2960l
Dorothea Hill is also a descendant of the Bowenline. She has been most co­
operative and helpful, sending meconsiderable data after her two trips to
wales.
5. Mrs. Donald V. Josephson, 317 East Park Ave., State College, Pa. l680l
Mycousin, Ada Burris Josephson is the daughter of Charles Burris, the older
brother of your grandfather James (4). Adawas a hard working memberof the
original trio whostarted out in this search effort, the third being mysis­
ter Evadene referred to a little later. Adaspent manyhours on the Burris
line in our efforts to determine the birth place and date and parents of
Elijah Burris (l6) the great grandfather Burris of both of us.
7- Mrs. Wm.C. Poole, 4690 Tompkins Ave., Oakland, Calif. 94619
Aunt Elizabeth is the sister of your grandfather Lewis Howell Merritt (6). She
has proven to be an indefatigable worker in assisting us with much informa­
tion on the backgroundof her father Alfred Merritt (l2) and her mother Eliza­
beth Sandilands (I3). Todayat the age of 92, Aunt Elizabeth is mentally
sharp and an inspiration to all of us.
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The Misses Lillian and Mabel Sheppard, lh5O Walnut Grove Ave., San Jose,
Calif. 95126
Lillian and Mabel Sheppard are great granddaughters of Samuel Burrows, who
was associated very muchwith Elijah Burris (l6) in Ohio County and Marshall
County, Virginia (now the Wheeling, West Virginia area), from about i830 to
l8AO. Several Ohio county court transactions during that period show them
paired up together. An indenture dated January lh, i836 in Marshall County,
Virginia shows that Samuel Burrows and wife Ruth Burrows donated one half
acre of land to the Methodist Episcopal Church where Elijah Burris (l6) was
one of the three trustees for the church acting as recipients of the propertw
The brother relationship however, between Samuel Burrows and Elijah Burris
remains unproven.
Mrs. Gustav A. Swanson, 620 Mathews St., Fort Collins, Col. 8052]
Your Aunt Evadene (mysister) was the one who really triggered off the start
for this search in the first place. She together with Cousin Adaand I form’
ed a three party team.
Miss Nancy Watson, Badlands Farm, Kinnerton, Walton-Presteigne, Radnorshire,
Wales
Nancy Watson, “a sprig of the Drew”. With the Drew line in her ancestry,
Nancy could well be of the same family as William Drew, husband of Elizabeth
Sarah Price, born Mayl0, l83A, daughter of John Price (20) and his first
wife Elizabeth Mountford. Elizabeth Price Drewremained in the area of Old
Radnor and the vicinity throughout her life time and is buried at NewChurch,
a small village some three miles South of Old Radnor. Nancy has been most
helpful to us on our four visits to Wales. Westayed at her homeSept. l7,
l8 and i9 on our l97l visit, where she lives with her brother Evan.
Mrs. Grant A. Wheeler, 2lA9 Treehaven Drive, Kalamazoo, Mich. 49008
Barbara Merritt Wheeler, the sameasyxn-mother Marjorie (3) is a great, grefi
granddaughter of ThomasMerritt (A8), and his first wife Polly Wright (49).
Barbara's great grandfather George Washington Merritt was born August 2, i820
Wh€F€a5YOUFm0th€V MaFJ0Fle'S (3) great grandfather was born July 9, I809.
Barbara has been most helpful and cooperative in furnishing Merritt backgroufl‘
information.
A search of this type_ requires_ the cooperation of manypeople. l have received J
that.
To those not Included in the above list I extend mythanks and appreciatiow
A. P. B. - November l9,
I974 1
BURRIS ANCESTORS
CONTENTS
Introduction
Page l
Allied Lines
Page 2
Ancestor Index
Pages 3-5
Pedigree and Family Chart Index
Page 6
Pedigree Charts
Pages 7'22
Family Group Charts
Pages 23~3l
Bailey Story
Pages 33-78
Merritt Story
Pages 79-127
Price Story
Pages l29*l53
Burris Story
Pages l55~l98
VI
INTRODUCTIQN
Wehave used both narrative and charts to present this summaryof your direct
line ancestors. In the narrative we have used reproduction of several genea­
logy family articles, together with charts showingstatistics for both pedi­
gree and family groups, plus the reproduction of certain printed articles that
tell a story in themselves. Wehave broken up the reporting into four sec­
tions, one for each of your four grandparents, thus - Bailey - Merritt - Price ­
Burris.
Wedid not write a narrative for an individual if we had no additional data over
that shownon the Pedigree Chart.
Goingback through several generations, it is not easy to coordinate the re­
port in a chronological manner for the overall summary. whenwe found, for
example, a family history of an allied line which wewanted to use, the re­
Dorting on that family had to be unified together, even though it covered
several generations. The result of this is that we urge you to use the assign­
ed numbersystem coordinated with your reading of the narrative portion. You
three in the first generation have been assigned numbers IA - lB - lC. We
work up from there numerically, generation by generation, as shown in the fol­
lowing tabulation:
Generation Numbers Assigned Numbers
I lA-lB-lC
II 2 - 3
III h - 7
Iv 8 — 15
v I6 — 31
VI 32 - 63
VII 6b -127
VIII I28 -255
Ix 256 -Sll
X 5l2 - |,O23
XI i,02h - 2,0h7
XII 2,oh8 —h,o95
XIII 4,096 - 8,191
XIV ‘ 8,192 -16,383
xv 16,384 -32,767
XVI 32,768 —65,535
Numbershave been assigned only to those individuals we could locate and iden­
tify.
The one furtherest back in history of all we have found is Nicholas Putnam
(57,600) (Nicholas of Penn) who lived in England over five hundred years ago.
e was in our Generation No. XVI.
Wehave used the maiden name for all the females where we knew it. In each
family story weattempt to start out with the oldest identified ancestor and
W0Fkfrom there back to the youngest. Workingonly toward direct line ancestry,
Wehave not reported on the manyaunts, uncles and cousins. Family group charts
are included only for our immediate family, together with your mother's brother
and sister, and mytwo brothers and sister.
it is our hope that this information will be of assistance in properly position­
'”9 the various ancestors in their respective spots.
ALLIED LINES
In addition to the family lines of your four grandparents (Bailey-Merritt­
Price-Burris) the following allied lines are included in somedetail:
CHENEY
EMERY
HOLYOKE
JEWETT
NOYES
PUTNAM
THORNE
WORCESTER
ANCESTOR INDEX
Assigned Generation
Number Number
Anderson, Jean 27 V
" , John 5h VI
Andrus, Hephzibah Si
Bailey, Benjamin W.
” , David
” Florence Louise
Isaac
James
James
Jonathan
John, Sr.
John, Jr.
John
Lydia*
Mary
William Fletcher
Booth, Susannah
Bowen, David
" , John
” , Martha |3l, lhi-H2
Bowne, John
76
” , Martha
76
Brobst, Catherine
I77
'” , Christian
I77
Brown. Elizabeth
I59
Burris, Arthur Price
l88-89, l9h
" , Barbara Jane l9l'92‘93-94
“ , Elijah
I86
" , JamesSalter, Sr.
I60
" , JamesSalter, Jr. l8l
', JamesSalter ll |9l'92'93-94
" , Virginia Ann l9i‘92‘93‘9“
Carr, Ann
7l
”, Elizabeth*
”, George
Cheney, John
" , Martha
” , Peter
Cleveland, John
” , Melvlna Caroline
” , William Graves
Cummings,Elizabeth
“ , Isaac
Cutting. John
" , Mary*
” , Mary
Deacon,Priscilla
Donaldson, Catherine
, 0
Eggieston, Mary mi, I80
Emery, Eleanor
55
" , John
Sh
” , John
55
" , John, Sr.
51.
, John, Sr.
54
" , Sarah
35. 55. 7|
Estes, Frances eau;\O:ro;o:NnJ:rrL-¢J—arnJ\Lar4—~—drc~<-n-4—D--~u—L-4n-DLxknLonxDn\D\H\u
7“. 75
" , Richard
71.
Evans, Hannah
Feake, Hannah
Fish, Peter, Sr.
”, Phebe ____.a
Goodspeed, Elizabeth* KIU‘|0\#\J'I\.l'I
" , John
' , Margaret
Graves, Sabastian
” , William
Hopkins, Latta
Hopkinson, Elizabeth
“ , John
Holyoke, Ann
" , Edward l,802
" , John 3,604 XII
Howland. Else I23 VII
“ , Samuel 246 VIII
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