John Burnyeat (bef. 1632 - 1690)

Born before 17 Mar 1632 in Loweswater, Cumberland, England

Husband of Elizabeth (Allason) Burnyeat — married 4 May 1683 in Loweswater, Cumberland, England

Died 11 Sep 1690 after age 58 in Kilconner, County Carlow, Ireland

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Biography

John was a Friend (Quaker)

John Burnyeat, a Cumberland farmer and son of Peter Burnyeat, was baptized 17 Mar 1631/32^[1] and joined the Quakers in 1653. Beginning in 1658, he began preaching and interrupting church services. He was imprisoned several times in Scotland and Ireland, and treated with considerable harshness.

In 1664-1667, he went on a tour of Barbados, Virginia and New England. After his return he was imprisoned in 1668-70 in London. He then returned to America, where he visited Rhode Island. Burnyeat then went to Ireland in 1673, where he lived for the rest of his life. He was imprisoned in Dublin in 1676 but released in 1683 and then married a widow, Elizabeth Maine.^[2] Afterwards he avoided trouble with the law and published pamphlets.

He died in Kilconner, County Carlow, on 11 July 1690, aged about 59, and was buried at the nearby Newgarden burying ground, having been a Quaker minister for twenty-three years.^[3]

His collected works were published in 1691 under the title of The Truth exalted in the Writings of that Eminent and Faithful Servant of Christ, John Burneyeat, &c., with Prefaces to the Reader and several testimonies from various Friends in England, Ireland, and America.

Sources

1. ↑ "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J7F4-T2F : 19 March 2020), John Burneyeat, 1631.
2. ↑ Ireland, Society Of Friends (Quaker) Family Lists, image, FindMyPast (https://search.findmypast.ie/record?id=IRE%2FQUAKER%2FMM11M-1%2F0031&parentid=IRE%2FQUAKER%2FBIRTH%2F1348 : accessed 17 May 2020), marriage of Elizabeth Maine and John Burnyeat of Loweswater Cumberland in Dublin on 4d 3mo (May) 1683; citing Dublin MM Family lists 1655-1699, Religious Society Of Friends In Ireland Archives.
3. ↑ Ireland, Society Of Friends (Quaker) Family Lists, image, FindMyPast (https://search.findmypast.ie/record?id=IRE%2FQUAKER%2FMM11M-1%2F0031&parentid=IRE%2FQUAKER%2FBIRTH%2F1348 : accessed 17 May 2020), death of John Burnyeat on 11d 7mo (Sep) 1690 in house of John Wattson, Kilconnor, Catherlough, buried in Newgarden; citing Dublin MM Family lists 1655-1699, Religious Society Of Friends In Ireland Archives.

See also:

• John Burnyeat, Wikipedia[1]
• The Truth exalted in the Writings of that Eminent and Faithful Servant of Christ, John Burneyeat, &c., with Prefaces to the Reader and several testimonies from various Friends in England, Ireland, and America. (https://www.hallvworthington.com/Burnyeat/Journal-1.html : accessed 2 March 2022)
• Fox, G, A testimony concerning the life and death of our dear friend and brother in the Lord John Burnyeat, in Barclay, J (ed). A Select Series, Biographical, Narrative, Eipistolary and Miscellaneous, chiefly the productions of the early members of the Society of Friends, intended to illustrate the spiritual character of the gospel of Christ (vol VI pp 143-280), Darton and Harvey, London, 1839 (https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044020487609&view=1up&seq=167&skin=2021 : accessed 5 March 2022)