Edward Burpee (1756 - 1840)

Born 2 Jun 1756 in Rowley, Essex, Province of Massachusetts Bay

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Died 28 Mar 1840 at age 83 in Burton, Sunbury, New Brunswick, Canada

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Biography

Edward Burpee served with Nova Scotia during the American Revolution.

Edward Burpee was born June 2, 1756 in Rowley, Massachusetts. He was a son of Jeremiah Burpee and Mary Saunders Burpee, farmers from Rowley.^[1]

In approximately 1764, Jeremiah Burpee joined a number of others in migration North to Nova Scotia Colony with their families and founded a new community along the Saint John River. That community was known originally as Peabody and was later renamed to Maugerville.

"During the American Revolutionary war, some of the inhabitants of Maugerville were sympathetic to the rebel cause and signed a petition to have Nova Scotia join the continental congress. Under a leader named Jonathan Eddy, about four hundred men attempted to storm Fort Cumberland in late 1776. A number of men from Maugerville were among their ranks including Edward Burpee.^[2]"

Edward married Hannah Gallup, a daughter of Nathaniel and Hannah (Parent) Gallop of Burton. They lived in Sunbury County and raised a family.

Edward passed away on March 28, 1840 in Burton, New Brunswick.^[3]

Known Children

• Thomas Burpee 1782-1782
• Jonathan Burpee 1783-1826 m. Elizabeth Bell 1810
• Hannah Burpee 1796-1798
• Edward Burpee Jr. 1788-1842 m. Deborah Bell 1812
• Benjamin Burpee 1790-1818 m. Betsy Gallishan Burpee 1813
• Moses Coburn Burpee 1792-1855 m1. Julia A. Clayton 1821 m2. Margaret Mead Barker 1827
• Nathaniel G. Burpee 1794-1822 m1. Mary Gallishan Burpee 1819
• Daniel F. Burpee 1796-1829 m. Maria Staples 1818
• Zebulon Burpee 1796-1828 m. Lydia Bartlett 1818
• Thomas Burpee 1798-1823
• Elizabeth A. (Burpee) Cheney 1800-1848 m. Stephen P. Cheney 1817

Sources

1. ↑ Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001, database with images, FamilySearch (2 March 2020), Edward Burpee, 2 Jun 1756; citing Birth, Rowley, Essex, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009689.
2. ↑ 1783 Studholm Report, Transcribed by Barnett, Cleadie. Accessed Feb 28, 2022.
3. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #104395143, Pine Grove United Church Cemetery, Burton, Sunbury, New Brunswick, Canada

See Also:

• Jewett, Frederic Clarke, History and Genealogy of the Jewetts of America, Volume I, The Grafton Press, New York, 1908. Pg. 126.