Pioneers of St. Clair County, Michigan - Person Sheet
Pioneers of St. Clair County, Michigan - Person Sheet
NameCapt. Elisha BURNHAM 
BurialBeaver Meadow, Leyden, Franklin, Massachusetts1216
FatherCapt. William BURNHAM (1705-1749)
MotherRuth NORTON (~1711-1786)
Individual Notes
• Member of the Massachusetts General Court (Legislature) in the House of Representative as delegate from the town of Bernardston, Mass., 1777.638
• He resided in Leyden at the foot of Frizzell Hill. For some years after the incorporation of the district of Leyden, the mail for that place was carried by Mr. Burnham from Greenfield, he making the trip on foot.1216
• Mr. Burnham inherited all this father’s landed estate and one-half the personal estate of £8,246 10s. 11d.636
• He resided in Leyden at the foot of Frizzell Hill. For some years after the incorporation of the district of Leyden, the mail for that place was carried by Mr. Burnham from Greenfield, he making the trip on foot.1216
• Mr. Burnham inherited all this father’s landed estate and one-half the personal estate of £8,246 10s. 11d.636
Census
• 1790 Census: Bernardston Town, Hampshire, Massachusetts. 2 males >16; 1 male <16; 2 females.1537
Spouses
Birth15 Feb 1731, Kensington, Hartford, Connecticut966
FatherDr. Isaac LEE (1691-1780)
MotherMary HUBBARD (1689-~1740)
Individual Notes
• 7th child.966
Family Notes
• Gives marriage date of 9 Nov 1748.966
ChildrenWilliam (Died young) (1750-)
Jerusha (1752-1817)
Roxalinda (1754-)
Abigail (1756-)
Chloe (1757-)
Sylvia (Died as Child) (1760-1769)
William (1764-)
Ruth (1766-1846)