Jonathan Burnyeat (1686 - 1709)

Born 11 Jun 1686 in Dublin, Ireland

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Died 5 May 1709 at age 22 in Graythwaite, Cumberland, England

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Biography

Jonathan was a Friend (Quaker)

Jonathan Burnyeat was born in 1686 in Dublin, son of the Quaker minister John Burnyeat. Jonathan became an orphan in his infancy, his mother dying in 1688 and his father in 1690, and he was committed to the care of his relations in Cumberland. He became a minister at the age of twelve, preaching in England, Scotland and Ireland. He died in Cumberland in 1709 at the age of 23.

Sources

• John Burnyeat, Wikipedia[1]
• Some Account of the Gospel Labours of Jonathan Burnyeat, image (https://books.google.co.mz/books?id=a9E-AAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&hl=pt-PT#v=onepage&q&f=false : accessed 19 May 2021). London: William & Frederick G. Cash, 1857.
• 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), birth of Jonathan Burnyeat in Dublin on 11d 4mo (Jun) 1686, father: John, mother: Elizabeth; citing Dublin MM Family lists 1655-1699, Religious Society Of Friends In Ireland Archives.