GENEALOGY OF BURNHAM FAMILY IN MONT VERNON NH

Information from a web site "History & Genealogy of Mont Vernon, New Hampshire"
located at http://www.nh.searchroots.com/HillsboroughCo/Montvernon/

Source: HISTORY of the TOWN of MONT VERNON, New Hampshire;
Blanchard Printing Co., Boston, Mass. 1907

Disclaimer: We are not responsible for typographical errors, nor do we claim 
that these genealogies are accurate.

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BURNHAM

Azel W. Burnham, so of Col. Joshua Burnham of Milford [NH], b. Milford,
May 15, 1787, was a farmer in Mont Vernon, where he d. April 24, 1865;
m. Sept. 20, 1816, Lydia H. Peabody of Mont Vernon, had eight ch. who reached
adult age.
1. David, d. Wilton [NH]
2. Azel, d. in Concord [NH]
3. Sabrina, d. Nov 9, 1846, age 24, unm.
4. Moses
5. *William P.
6. Hiram, lives in Prescott, Minn [MN]
7. Matthew F., b. 1832, m. Fanny Follansbee, three children, d. Tilton NH.
He d. April 28, 1895, aged 62 years.
8. Walter, d. in Milford [NH], leaving children.

William P. Burnham, son of Azel W. and Lydia (Peabody) Burnham, b. Mont Vernon
Feb 22, 1827, resided on farm of John Bartlett in Milford [NH], died there
May 3, 1885, m. Nov 12, 1850, Frances C., dau of John Bartlett. She was b.
June 15, 1831. Children, b. in Milford [NH]:
1. Ella S., b. Nov 30, 1851, m. Dec. 23, 1885, George C. Evans, resides
Jefferson NH.
2. Annie J., b. Aug 5, 1853, m. Oct 16, 1890, Walter Warren.
3. Mary F., b. June 12, 1856, m. Sept. 23, 1880, *George C. Hadley of
Mont Vernon. She d. Mont Vernon Dec. 15, 1881.
4. Myra E., b. July 4, 1859, m. Oct 5, 1882, Frank L. Macomber of Boston [MA];
resides Nashua [NH].
5. William W., b. May 17, 1862, res. Milford [NH].
6. Carrie I., b. July 24, 1869, m. Jan 1, 1891, Cyrus W. Foss of East Raymond, 
Maine [ME]; resides Nashua [NH].

Oramus Walter Burnham, youngest son of Thomas and Rachel (Conant) Burnham,
and grandson of Col. Joshua Burnham of Milford [NH], b. Antrim [NH]
May 25, 1827, m(1) July 30, 1857, Ellen, youngest dau. of Capt. David Hartshorn
of Amherst [NH]. He m(2) Mrs. Ellen J. (Kittredge) Drury, dau of Zephaniah
and Elizabeth (McIntire) Kittredge, Nov 27, 1884. She was b. Jan 24, 1841.
They lived in Mont Vernon, on the farm occupied by Stephen M. Carpenter,
from 1888 to 1902, when they moved to Waltham, Mass.

John Burnham, b. Dunbarton [NH], d. 1826, aged 46, m. Sarah Hook Appleton, dau
of Rev. Joseph Appleton, D.D. of North Brookfield, Mass. She d. Boston [MA]
Nov 11, 1884, aged 90 years. Their children were:
1. John A., b. Hillsboro' NH, June 16, 1813; m. Miss Dennison of Stonington CT,
had several children, graduate of Amherst College, 1833, was first agent of the
Stark Mills, Manchester [NH] from 1839 to 1847, was then a cotton broker in
Boston [MA] and travelled through the South buying cotton for New England
manufacaturers; accumulated a large fortune, estimated at $100,000, 
d. Aug. 23, 1883, aged 70.
2. William, engaged in the cotton business in the South, d. unm.
3. Sarah, m. Capt. Augustus Whittemore, lived in Boston [MA], had two daughters.
4. Maria Theresa, m. George Dodge of Attleboro' Mass., resided Boston [MA].

William Gage Burnham, son of Norman and *Nancy (Gage) Burnham, b. Lowell, Mass.
Sept. 15, 1850, m(1) Oct 20, 1875, Ellen, dau of Thomas H. and Nancy (Bruce)
Richardson. She was b. Dec 1, 1847, d. July 22, 1887.  He m(2) Feb 8, 1893,
Mrs. Ellen (Bragg) Haseltine, dau Harry H. and Malvina (Wilkins) Bragg, and
widow of Arthur Haseltine. She was b. April 27, 1845, d. Sharon, Mass.
March 18, 1896. He d. at Holliston, Mass., April 18, 1901. Ch:
1. Nellie Blanche, b. Mont Vernon, Aug 19, 1877, d. Aug 24, 1877.

Andrew Burnham, b. Wilton [NH] Step 3, 1800, d. May 1880, m. Martha Hutchinson,
June 1823. She was b. Milford [NH] Feb 27, 1801, d. Oct 17, 1887. Came to
Mont Vernon from Lyndeboro' [NH]. Lived in West District. Children:
1. William S., b. Feb 1823; m. -- Gibbons, has children, res. Hartford, Conn [CT]
2. George W., b. Lyndeboro' [NH] May 1824, married, lived in Nashua [NH], is
not living.
3. Mary Jane, m. Charles Eaton, lives Long Island NY, has children.
4. Louisa, b. Lyndeboro' [NH], March 4, 1827, m. William Southworth, lived in
Ashburnham [MA]
5. Lavinia, b. Lyndeboro' [NH], March 4, 1827, m. Daniel Kendall of Brookline,
left children, is not living.
6. James A., b. Lyndeboro [NH], drowned in Trow's Pond, June 22, 1851, aged 18.
7. Israel, was a butcher, had a slaughter house in Mont Vernon several years,
resides Nashua [NH].
8. Albert, b. Lyndeboro' [NH], Jan 7, 1839



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