Genealogy of the Burbank Family and the Families of Bray, Wellcome, Sedgley (Sedgeley) and Welch


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John Burbank (ca. 1600-ca. 1682) settled at Rowley, Massachusetts, where he was made a freeman in 1640. He and his first wife, Ann, had five children, ca. 1640-1655. Descendants listed, chiefly descendants of his son, Caleb Burbank, lived in Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Maine, and elsewhere.







Genealogical Index


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Old Families of Staten Island


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John Wayland here recounts the Washington family history by taking us on a tour of the legendary homesteads they inhabited. There are chapters on "Wakefield," the birthplace of George Washington, "The Rose of Epping Forest," the historic homestead of George's mother, Mary Ball, and eighteen more Washington homes. Of great historical and genealogical value, the author has added a compendium of 400 biographical sketches of the Washingtons, a chronology of 244 incidents in Washington history, and a complete index.







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Book of Biographies


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In 1899 the 17th district included Columbia, Montour, Northumberland and Sullivan counties.