Benjamin Burt & Rebecca [Burt] - my 4th Great Grandparents

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     Name: Benjamin Burt      Sex: M
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Individual Information
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          Birth: Dec 29, 1741 - Ridgefield, Fairfield, CT
    Christening:
          Death: Aug 10, 1785 - Burton, Sunbury Co., NB, Can
         Burial:
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Parents
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         Father: Seaborn Burt (1706-          )
         Mother: Susannah Lobdell (1709-1803)
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Spouses and Children
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1.   Rebecca [Burt] (               -           )
       Marriage: Abt 1768
       Children:
          1. Benjamin Burt (          -          )
          2. Joseph Burt (          -1859)
          3. Rebecca Burt (1770-          )
          4. Sarah Burt (1771-1832)
          5. Huldah Burt (          -          )
          6. Darius Burt (1774-          )
          7. Gould Burt (          -          )
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Notes
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General:
   Birth recorded as Dec 29, 174, Ridgefield, CT, Vol. lr1, p. 247.
  
   Loyalist.
   He fought in the April 27, 1777 raid on Danbury, CT under the command of
   Major General Tryon. After that Benjamin joined the Queen's Rangers. In
   April 1778 he along with his brother David joined the British Forces at New
   Haven, CT.  He was away fighting with the British for about 12 months. He
   returned to his family by June 1778, after being disabled by reason of
   health and discharged at Philidelphia. After this their property was
   confiscated and they were much persecuted by the rebels. They sought
   protection withing the British lines on Long Island. A June 9, 1783 petition
   for assitance, drafted at New York, explains the family plight. In the
   summer of 1783 they and other Loyalists congregated in New York City and
   eventually found passage to Nova Scotia on the ship The Three Sisters. Bt
   1784 the province of New Brunswick was formed and the Burt family travelled
   by schooner up the St. John River where his land grant was located near
   Burton, New Brunswick (Lot 23). He died before the land grant was finalized
   and his widow Rebecca proceeded and received lot 25.
   Came from Ridgefield, Connecticut and settled in New Brunswick.
  
   Sources:
   Barbour Collection of Connecticut Vital Records, NEHGS, Boston, F93/C71 mf
  
   Crouse Family History. The Descendants of Philip and Sarah Crouse. 2nd ed.,
   by Roguer Crouse. 2000 and 2007.
  
   Charlotte Ayers, Regina, Sask. E-Mail letter Aug. 2009.
  
   Notes and Sources: Connecticut Loyalists Who Went to Canada. Olson, Virigina
   H. In Connecticut Ancestry, V. 17, No. 1, (Sept. 1974). Pp. 18-25; V. 17,
   No. 2, (Nov. 1974). Pp. 51-59.
  
   United Empire Loyalists. Second Report of the Bureau of Archives for the
   Province of Ontario 1904. Alexander Fraser. Pgs. 300 & 301.

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     Name: Rebecca [Burt]      Sex: F
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Individual Information
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          Birth:
    Christening:
          Death:
         Burial:
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Spouses and Children
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1.   Benjamin Burt (Dec 29, 1741 - Aug 10, 1785)
       Marriage: Abt 1768
       Children:
          1. Benjamin Burt (          -          )
          2. Joseph Burt (          -1859)
          3. Rebecca Burt (1770-          )
          4. Sarah Burt (1771-1832)
          5. Huldah Burt (          -          )
          6. Darius Burt (1774-          )
          7. Gould Burt (          -          )
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Notes
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General:
   Sources:
   Second Report of the Bureau of Archives for the Province of Ontario 1904.
   Alexander Fraser, Provincial Archivist.  1905. Pgs. 300-1.
   A New Claim.
   St. John, February 28, 1787.
   204. Evidence on the Claim of Rebecca Burt, late of Connecticut.
  
   Benjn. Burt, Son of Claimt., Sworn:
   Says his late father Benj. Burt, died at Burton, the 10th Aug., 1785. Before
   his death, in 1784, he sent a Claim to  England by Capt. Vandeburgh.
   His father was a native of America. In 1775 he lived in Ridgefield, Connect.
   He was always Loyal & joined Genr.  Tryon on the Danbury Expedition.
   When he came within the lines he enlisted in the Queen's Rangers & served
   with that Regt. for some months. He  afterwards got his discharge on finding
   a man in his place & lived on a Farm in Long Island. «b»He died without a
   Will  and left a Wife & 7 children, viz: Benjn. Burt, Joseph Burt, Rebecca
   Burt, Sarah Burt, Hulday Burt, Darius Burt &  Gould, all under age except
   the Witness, who is now 21 years of age. «/b»They are all in the Province.
   His Father was possessed of 59 or 60 avres of Land in Ridgefield.
   Produces a deed dated 4th Septr., 1764. from Seaborn Burt in Considn. of
   Love & Good Will.
  
   Conveys to his son, Benjn. Burt, 3 acres of Land on which Benjn. had built a
   House.
   Likewise deed dated 12th March, 1772, from Bartlet Folliot to Benj. Burt in
   considn. of 60 pounds N.Y. Cury. Conveys  20 acres in Rridgefield.
   Besides this he purchased about the year 1775 and 8 acres from one Jacob
   Smith. Likewise the half of 30 acres in Co.  with Bartlet Folliot.
   All this was cleared excepting 10 acres of Wood. Values the cleared at 6.10
   pounds Lawful & the Wood Land at 25sh.  pr. acre.
   The Qr. Share of a Grist Mill he had by his father's Will. Only the mill
   belonged to him, the Stream belonged to the  Town. He had a right to the
   Water as long as he kept a sufficient Mill on it.
   The Mill sold at Vendue after his father left the Country. Witness was at
   the Vendue; it sold for 3,200 pounds  Congress Money. Values his share of
   the Mill at 75 pounds Lawful.
   A lot of B. Smith's, 15 pounds, 2 Horses, a Cow, an Ox Cart & Arms.
   Witness was present at his father's house when these things were taken.
  
   Witness, Danl. Morehouse, Sworn;
   Knew the late Benj. Burt. He was a Loyal man & served in the Queen's
   Rangers. He possessed about 60 acres in  Ridgefield.
  
   He purchased 10 or 12 acres, in 1776, a short time before he left the
   Country. The Land he had from his father was  worth 9 pounds Lawful pr.
   acre.
   He had the 1/4 of a Grist Mill. It was worth 500 pounds. It was his Property
   as long as he kept a Mill going in good  order.
   Benj. Burt produces Judgt. passd. agst. Benj. Burt by the select men of
   Rridgefield, 1st April, 1778, & Certificate  of the whole property being
   attached with the exception of the right of Dower to Sushannah Burt in 12
   acres.
   Likewise the Writ for seizing his moveable Estate & return made thereon 5
   Novr., 1777, by John Waterous, Constable  of Bridgefield, viz.: 2 Horses,
   one Cow, & Blacksmith's Tools.
   The whole to be made payable to Rebecca Burt.
   Produces an Extract from the Records of the Town of Ridgefield. Signed Ben.
   Smith, 25th Decr., 1786. That Benj. Burt  was possessed of 59 acres in 1775
   & that there was no encumbrance on it.
  
   Witness, David Burt, Sworn:
   Says he is Br. to B. Burt, deceased. Confirms the acct. of the Family. His
   Br. was possessed of a farm in Ridgefield  of about 60 acres. He had bought
   it all before the War. 12 acres of it iable to their mother's dower, who he 
   believes is alive.
  
   Thinks the farm was worth 6.10 pounds pr. acre Lawful. He believes it is all
   sold.