Rev.
George
Burroughs
aka Burrough
Born before in Wickhambrook, Suffolk, England
Ancestors 
Son of Thomas Burroughs
and Bridget (Higham) French
Brother of
William Burroughs Sr. [half]
Husband of
Frances (Sparrow) Burroughs
— married
1604 in England
Descendants 
Father of
Nathaniel Burrough
Died before
at about age 73
in Pettaugh, Suffolk, England
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Biography
George was the son of Thomas Burrough(s) and his second wife Bridget Higham. He was baptised at Wickhambrook, Suffolk on 26 October 1579.[1][2]
George was educated at Corpus Christi College (where he was admitted as a pensioner in 1594) and Trinity Hall, Cambridge, where he was a scholar in 1597.[3]
He was ordained deacon in February 1601/2 and priest in September 1604. From 1604 to his death he was Rector of Pettaugh, Suffolk. From 1621 he was also Rector of Gosbeck, Suffolk.[3]
George married Frances Sparrow, daughter of Nicholas Sparrow of Wickhambrook, Suffolk.[1][2] They had the following children:
George was buried at Pettaugh, Suffolk on 21 February 1653.[1][2][3] (The National Burial Index gives the date as 24 February.[4])
Research Notes
Robert Burrows
Robert Burrows has previously been shown on WikiTree as a son of George: no good evidence for this: see Robert's profile.
Sources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 Douglas Richardson. Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 4 vols, ed. Kimball G. Everingham, 2nd edition (Salt Lake City: the author, 2011), Vol. I, p. 376, BURROUGH 16, Google Books
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 Douglas Richardson. Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 5 vols, ed. Kimball G. Everingham (Salt Lake City: the author, 2013), Vol. II, pp. 44-45, BURROUGH 18
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 J A Venn. Alumni Cantabrigienses, Cambridge University Press, 1922-1954, Ancestry.co.uk
- ↑ National Burial Index for England & Wales, FindMyPast
- See also:
- Muskett, Joseph James. Suffolk Manorial Families, Viol. I, William Pollard, 19800, pp. 298-300, Internet Archive
- Russell, George Ely. Nathaniel Borrough of Maryland, Massachusetts, and England, in the American Genealogist', Vol. 60, 1984, pp. 140-142, American Ancestors website
- Weis, Frederic Lewis. Ancestral Roots of certain American Colonists who came to America before 1700, 8th edition, Genealogical Publishing Company, 2004, p. 184, line 200/41
Acknowledgements
Magna Carta Project
- This profile was re-reviewed for the Magna Carta Project by Michael Cayley on 21 December 2022.
- George Burroughs appears in trails identified by the Magna Carta project that were project-approved/badged in May 2015 from Gateway Ancestor Nathaniel Burrough to Magna Carta Surety Barons Gilbert de Clare, Richard de Clare, John de Lacy and Saher de Quincy. Approved and badged trails were later added to surety barons William d'Aubigny, Hugh le Bigod, Roger le Bigod and Robert de Ros. These trails are all set out in the Magna Carta Trails section of the Gateway's profile.
- See Base Camp for more information about identified Magna Carta trails and their status. See the project's glossary for project-specific terms, such as a "badged trail".
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The references on the profile all state that the origins and parents of Robert Borrows of Stonington, Connecticut are unknown. Rev. George Borrough, rector of Pettaugh, Suffolk had four sons William, Thomas, Charles and Nathaniel - he did not even have a son Robert who could have been the New England immigrant.