Sarah Burt (Jan 1771-Sept. 23, 1832) - one of my 3 x great grandmothers

Sarah Burt, one of my 3 x great grandmothers was born Jan. 1771 in Ridgefield, Fairfield Co., Connecticut. Died Sept. 23, 1832 in Keswick, York Co., New Brunswick, Canada.

She married Philip Crouse, April 8, 1791 in Queensbury, New Brunswick.

 1. Edward Kipp
 2. Phyllis Margaret Link (b Nov. 19, 1906) - Carievale, Saskatchewan, Canada (m Lorne Kipp)
 3. Margaret Evelyn Allen (b Nov. 3, 1880) - McLean Twp., Muskoka, Ontario Canada (m Horace Lorenzo Link)
 4. James C Allen (b Dec. 24, 1832) - Millstream, Studholm, Kings Co., New Brunswick, Canada (m Hannah Catherine Parlee)
 5. Rebecca Crouse (b Jan. 4, 1794) - Keswick, York Co., New Brunswick, Canada (m Isaac Allen)
*6. Sarah Burt (b Jan. 1771) - Ridgefield, Fairfield Co., Connecticut (m Philip Crouse)
 7. Benjamin Burt (b Dec. 29, 1741) - Ridgefield, Fairfield Co., Connecticut (m Rebecca ______)
 8. Seaborn Burt (b July 4, 1706) - At Sea (m Susannah Lobdell)
 9. Benjamin Burt (b Nov. 17, 1680) - Northampton, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts (m Sarah Belding\Belden)
10. David Burt (b Oct. 1629) - Harberton, Devonshire, England (m Mary Holton)
11. Deacon Henry Burt (b cir 1595) - Harberton, Devonshire, England (m Eulalia March)

Sources:

James C Allen (m Hannah Catherine Parlee July 17, 1856)
Born York Co., NB, Can.  Since he was listed on the 1851 Census for Middlesex Co., Canada West, he must have moved to Ontario from New Brunswick before or about 1851. 
After marriage they moved to Adelaide Twp., Middlesex Co., near London, Ontario where 8 of their children were born. They then moved to Baysville, McLean Twp., Lot 3 Con. 7, Muskoka District in 1872. They were some of the earliest settlers in the area. Religion: Disciple of Christ.

Crouse Family History. The Descendants of Philip and Sarah Crouse. 2nd ed., by Roguer Crouse. 2000 and 2007.

Township Papers, Archives of Ontario. McLean Township.  James Allen signed declarations dated Sept. 6, 1872 in the District of Muskoka, saying he had not received other free grants of land.  The document makes his date of location on Con. 8 Lot 2 of McLean Township as Sept. 26, 1872.

Guide Book & Atlas of Muskoka and Parry Sound District, H.R Page & Co., Toronto, ON: 1879. Jas. Allen lot 2 conc 8 McLean Twp.

1851 Census of Canada. Canada West. Middlesex 23. Dorchester North 220. P. 81. LAC mf C-11738.
1861 Census of Canada. Canada West. Middlesex. Adelaide Twp. St. George Ward. p. 21. LAC mf C-1049.
1871 Census of Canada. Ontario. North Middlesex 8. Adelaide Twp A-2. P. 1.  LAC mf C-9902.
1881 Census of Canada. Ontario. Muskoka 131. Ridout & McLean  K. p. 15/16. LAC mf C-13243.
1891 Census of Canada. Ontario. Ontario North 100 (Muskoka). Twp. of  McLean (g). p. 20.   LAC mf T-6357.

Archives of Ontario, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Registrations of Deaths, 1869-1932. Muskoka District. Lot 3 Con 7 McLean. March 30, 1899. Lumberman. MS935_93. Reg. # 017280. New Brunswick. Disciple. Epileptic Fit.

Baysville Public Cemetery, Baysville, McLean Twp, Muskoka District. Apparently there was a wooden cross marker which had disintegrated by 1985. The tin name plaque for J. Allen is posted on a marquee in the cemetery. Plots for Jos. Allen N 45.14627  W -79.11439.

Rebecca Crouse (m Isaac Allen April 8, 1816)
Crouse Family History. The Descendants of Philip and Sarah Crouse. 2nd ed., by Roguer Crouse. 2000 and 2007.

New Brunswick Archives Index to Marriage Bonds, 1816-1932:  Microfilm F-9089 Ref: 1816-04/04  archives.gnb.ca

Archives of Ontario. Registrations of Deaths, 1869-1932. MS935. Middlesex Co., 1886, Reg. # 010986. Old age. Baptist.

1851 Canadian Census (Searched but could not find her on the 1851 Census.
1861 Canadian Census. Canada West. Middlesex. North Dorchester. P. 50. LAC mf C-1049-1050.
1871 Canadian Census: Ontario. Middlesex East (009). Dorchester North (B) (2), p. 37. LAC mf C-9904.
1881 Canadian Census: Ontario , Muskoka (131), Ridout & McLean (K), p. 15/16. LAC mf C-13243.

Sarah Burt (m Philip Crouse April 8, 1791)
Crouse Family History. The Descendants of Philip and Sarah Crouse. 2nd ed., by Roguer Crouse. 2000 and 2007.

The New Brunswick Royal Gazette, Oct. 7, 1823. P. 2. Death notice.

Benjamin Burt (m Rebecca ______ cir 1768)
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 Philadelphia. 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 assistance, 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.

Barbour Collection of Connecticut Vital Records, NEHGS, Boston, F93/C71 mf

Birth recorded as Dec 29, 174?, Ridgefield, CT, Vol. lr1, p. 247.

Connecticut Births and Christenings 1649-1906. FHL Indexing Project 7450312.

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, Virgina 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.

Seaborn Burt (Susanna Lobdell Cir 1738)
Seaborn was born at sea, on the return of his parents from captivity in Canada, whither they were carried by the French and Indians, after the destruction of Deerfield, Mass. on Feb 29, 1704.

On May 30, 1706, Ensign John Sheldon of Deerfield left Quebec with over 40 Deerfield captives. The Burt family was part of a prisoner exchange and they arrived in Boston with John Sheldon on Aug. 2, 1706. Judge Sewall, sending a letter to Mr. Williams who was still a captive, said:  "It was a great Blessing to see Mr. Willard baptize Ebenezer Hinsdale and Seaborn Burt, two little Sons born on the passage."

Birth date recorded as 04 July 1706, at Ridgefield Township, Fairfield, Connecticut, Vol. lr1, p. 199.

He sold his farm in Ridgefield to his brother Daniel and about 1756 left for parts unknown.

Barbour Collection of Connecticut Vital Records, NEHGS, Boston, F93/C71 mf

Genealogical Records of Henry and Ulalia Burt, The Emigrants, who Early Settled at Springfield, Mass., and Their Descendants through Nine Generations, from 1640 to 1891, by Roderick H. Burnham, Hartford, Conn. 1892.

Early Days in New England.  Life and Times of Henry Burt of Springfield and some of his descendants.  Genealogical and Biographical Mention of James and Richard Burt of Taunton, Mass. and Thomas Burt, M.P., of England,  by Henry M. Burt and Silas W. Burt, Springfield, Mass., 1893.

New England Ancestors Web site:   www.americanancestors.org/
Cemetery Transcriptions from NEHGS Manuscript Collections.  Titicus Graveyard.
Ridgefield, Fairfield Co., CT.

A History of Deerfield Massachusetts, by George Sheldon, New Hampshire Pub. Co., Somersworth, NH: 1972.  (Facsimile of the 1895-96 edition)

De la Nouvelle Angleterre a la Nouvelle-France, L'historie des captifs anglo-americains au Canada entre 1675 et 1760, par Marcel Fournier, Societe genealogique canadienne-francaise, 1992.

Dictionnaire genealogique des familles du Quebec des origins a 1730, par Rene Jette, Montreal, 1983.

Simon Lobdell - 1646 of Milford, Conn., and his Descendants, compiled and published by Julia Harrison Lobdell, 1907  (www.americanancestors.org/).

Connecticut Births and Christenings 1649-1906. FHL Indexing Project 7450312.

Captors and Captives: The French and Indian Raid on Deerfield, by Evan Haefeli and Kevin Sweeney, University of Massachusetts Press, Amherst and Boston: 2003.

Connecticut, Births and Christenings, 1649-1906. (FamilySearch.org). Ridgefield, Fairfield, CT.

Benjamin Burt (m Sarah Belding\Belden Oct. 19, 1702)
Birtt. Benjamin, on his marriage to Sarah, settled at Deerfield, Mass.  He was a blacksmith. At the capture of Deerfield, Feb. 29, 1704, he was, with his wife, "enceinte" with Christopher (who was born forty-five days after, carried, after a journey of twenty-five days, to Chambly, Canada, by the French and Indians.  Served in Queen Anne's War.

The expedition against Deerfield was formed in January 1704 at Montreal, Canada. It was under the command of Major Hertel de Rouville and the party consisted of 200 Frenchmen and 142 Indians. After a forced march through the wilderness the force attacked just before daybreak on Feb. 29th. The town was undefended and unsuspicious and the inhabitants were demoralized. Some fled, others were killed and many were taken captive (112).

"On April 25, 1704, by me Mtre Louis Anthoine Meriel, was baptized Christophe, son of Benjamin Bart, English by nation living with M. de la Jemerais and of Sara Belvin his wife, born the same day. The godfather was Pierre Dupuis, soldier and the godmother Marie Toupin who declared they could not sign," but Benjamin, the blacksmith, and Meriel did.
Benjamin and family were put under the protection of Christophe Dufrost sieur de la Jemmerais at Varennes, Quebec. Son Christopher was named in honour of him.

Benjamin and Sarah probably worked as servants at the Sulpician Seminary and in the convent of the Congregation de Notre Dame in Montreal.

They were ransomed through the interventions of a son of Gov. Dudley of Massachusetts; sailed from Quebec and arrived in Boston, Aug. 1, 1706; during which voyage their second son was born and appropriately named.

Lieut. Sheldon, the commissioner sent from Deerfield to negotiate for the return of the captives, went to Quebec three times before he succeeded in ransoming the Burts, Rev. Mr. Williams and others.  The Gov. of Quebec, in order to place the prisoners beyond the reach of Lieut. Sheldon, removed them thirty miles down the river, but Lieut. Sheldon persisted, retaining the vessel at Quebec fifteen days, until June 30th certainly, as his letter to the Gov. of Massachusetts is dated June 29, 1706, in which he says, "I am in hopes of starting to-morrow."  This letter was brought by one of the captives that came by land to the Penobscot Bay, and the record at the Custom House in Boston is, that the vessel arrived Aug. 1, 1706.

Benjamin at first made Norwalk, Conn. his home.  May 12, 1712, he purchased land (lot 28) and soon settled permanently at Ridgefield, Conn.  The deed for the original proprietors of Ridgefield to Benjamin Burt of a 28th interest in the proprietorship of all land they then had or subsequently might acquire is recorded Nov. 28, 1712, in the Book of Records of Ridgefield.  He died aged 80 years as indicated on the headstone in the Titicus churchyard.

History of Ridgefield Connecticut. P. 26-7.
The proprietors foresaw the necessity of having a blacksmith in Ridgefield and set aside Lot No. 28 for his reservation. We find in the minutes of this town meeting definitely state that it was held in Ridgefield. This was in the year 1712, and this lot No. 28 was granted to Benjamin Burt. This lot was upon the exact site of the present Methodist Church, corner of Catoonah and Main Streets. The minutes of this meeting are as follows:
"At a Meeting of the Proprietors of Ridgefield at Ridgefield May the 6th A.D. 1712 The said proprietors by their Major vote Do Grant to Mr Benjamin Burt now resident of Norwalk, a certain Right of land reserved by them for a Blacksmith, which Right of land contains one twenty eighth part of all the purchased Land contained within the limits of their granted property or Township With also a priviledge to purchase with them a like proportion of the unpurchased lands that lyeth within ye granted Bounds of their Township (of the Native proprietors thereof) with all the Several Divisions already Layed out under said Right. To be to him, his heirs and assigns absolutely and as fully to have, Hold, use occupie possess injoy as full and free a manner, with the rest of the proprietors of said Granted Township. Provided he the said Benjamin Burt, pay to Joseph Keeler of said Town of Ridegfield ye sum of nine pounds in money according to the agreement now made with him. And with all convenient speed dwell as an inhabitant among them in order to carry on the trade of a Blacksmith among them, and forthwith Supply them with an able hand, to perform such Smith work for them, that they stand in need of untill he shall remove with his family among them, and be thereby able to preform such work for them himself, or by others under his care and Command, And it is to be understood that if the said Burt (shall at any time before the full Termination of four Years from May the Ninth 1712,) have a Mind to remove from them, he shall not give, grant, bargain sell Directly nor Indirectly make any Alienation of said Right of Land granted to him, but to such a person as shall be found capable to carry on the work of a Blacksmith among them. And further the said Burt doth hereby promise and Oblidge himself faithfully to use his utmost endeavor to settle a Blacksmith on said Right. If he shall incline to remove from them after his continuence among them ye term of Years above said. The above said ye original Draught of said act.
Test    Richard Olmsted Town Clerk
Recorded November 28, 1712.
Per me John Copp Recorder."

Relatives lost in border wars (10):
1)  Brother David, captured at Schenectady, February 1690 and never heard from again
2)  Brother John, killed in a scout in May 1707(9)
3)  Uncle Joseph Baker, killed October 29, 1675
4)  Uncle Thomas Holton, killed March 14, 1676
5)  Cousin William Brooks, killed October 27, 1675
6)  Cousin John Brooks, killed October 27, 1675
7)  Uncle Sergeant Samuel Wright, killed Sept. 2, 1676
8)  Cousin Nathaniel Brooks's wife, captured Feb. 29, 1704, slain on March to Canada
9)  A child, captured Feb. 29, 1704, never heard from again
10) A child, captured Feb. 29, 1704, never heard from again

Genealogical Records of Henry and Ulalia Burt, The Emigrants, who Early Settled at Springfield, Mass., and Their Descendants through Nine Generations, from 1640 to 1891, by Roderick H. Burnham, Hartford, Conn. 1892.

Early Days in New England.  Life and Times of Henry Burt of Springfield and some of his descendants.  Genealogical and Biographical Mention of James and Richard Burt of Taunton, Mass. and Thomas Burt, M.P., of England,  by Henry M. Burt and Silas W. Burt, Sprignfield, Mass., 1893.

New England Ancestors Web site:   http://www.newenglandancestors.org/
Cemetery Transcriptions from NEHGS Manuscript Collections.  Titicus Graveyard.
Ridgefield, Fairfield Co., CT.

A History of Deerfield Massachusetts, by George Sheldon, New Hampshire Pub. Co., Somersworth, NH: 1972.  (Facsimile of the 1895-96 edition)

New England Captives Carried to Canada between 1677 and 1760 during the French and Indian Wars, Vol. 2, pp. 33-4 & 68-9, Emma Lewis Coleman. Southworth Press, Portland, ME: 1925.

De la Nouvelle Angleterre a la Nouvelle-France, L'historie des captifs anglo-americains au Canada entre 1675 et 1760, par Marcel Fournier, Societe genealogique canadienne-francaise, 1992.

Dictionnaire genealogique des familles du Quebec des origins a 1730, par Rene Jette, Montreal, 1983.

The FrancoGene or FichierOrigine website:  http://www.francogene.com/   or  http://www.fichierorigine.com

Simon Lobdell - 1646 of Milford, Conn., and his Descendants, compiled and published by Julia Harrison Lobdell, 1907

Captors and Captives: The 1704 French and Indian Raid on Deerfield, by Evan Haefeli and Kevin Sweeney, University of Massachusetts Press, Amherst and Boston: 2003.

The History of Ridgefield Connecticut, by George L. Rockwell.  Private printing. 1927.

Massachusetts Births and Chirtenings, 1639-1915. FHL Indexing Project C50257-2. GS film # 14766.

Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910. FHL Indexing Project M50172-1. GS film # 0873741 IT 3. Marraige date given as Oct. 9, 1702.

Connecticut Deaths and Burials, 1772-1934. (FamilySearch.org). Ridgefield, CT.

Find A Grave  www.findagrave.com - Titicus Cemetery, Old Settlers section, Ridgefield, Fairfield Co., Conn. Cemetery GPS Lat. N 41.29200 Long. W -73.50200.
Memorial Stone GPS Lat. N 41.29254   Long. W -73.50372.

Compendium of New England Pioneers, Archive CD Books, 2006. A Genealogical Dictionary of First Settlers of New England, by James A Savage. 1860, Boston, Mass. P. 312-14.

Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1621-1967. Ancestry.com.

David Burt (m Mary Holton Nov. 18, 1654)
David was one of the first settlers of Northampton, Mass., in 1654.  His homestead was on King Street.  The ceremony of his marriage to Mary Holton was the first ever performed in Northampton (History of Western Massachusetts, by Dr. Holland, Vol. 1, pg. 53.).  In 1656 he was chosen one of the measurers of land and held that office for many years.

Genealogical Records of Henry and Ulalia Burt, The Emigrants, who Early Settled at Springfield, Mass., and Their Descendants through Nine Generations, from 1640 to 1891, by Roderick H. Burnham, Hartford, Conn. 1892.

Early Days in New England.  Life and Times of Henry Burt of Springfield and some of his descendants.  Genealogical and Biographical Mention of James and Richard Burt of Taunton, Mass. and Thomas Burt, M.P., of England,  by Henry M. Burt and Silas W. Burt, Sprignfield, Mass., 1893.

New England Ancestors Web site:   www.newenglandancestors.org/
Cemetery Transcriptions from NEHGS Manuscript Collections.  Titicus Graveyard.  Ridgefield, Fairfield Co., CT.

A History of Deerfield Massachusetts, by George Sheldon, New Hampshire Pub. Co., Somersworth, NH: 1972.  (Facsimile of the 1895-96 edition)

Burt Genealogical and Historical Notes, Beverly Brooks compiler. (Deerfield Library)

New England Marriages Prior to 1700, by Clarence A. Torrey, CD, NEHGS, 2001; Also on www.americanancestors.org.
BURT, David (1629-1690) & Mary HOLTON (ca 1626-1713), m/2 Joseph ROOT by 1692; 18 Nov 1655; Northampton Burt 35; Fallass 177; Sv. 1:312; Springfield Hist. 2:540; Cross Anc. 130; Cowles 1:50; Lyman 53; Alvord 27; Bissell Anc. 87; Reg. 86:219; Springfield Fam. (ms) 107; Stevens-Miller 363, 391; NYGBR 78:14; Warner-Harrington 96, 391; Hale (1952) 489; McCormick-Hamilton 171; Ackley-Bosworth 233

Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, Town Vital Collections, 1620-1998. Marriage David Burt Nov. 18, 1654.

FamilySearch.org. Massachusetts, Marriages, 1695-1910. FHL indexing project M50054-9. GS film  # 186161.

FamilySearch.org. Massachusetts, Deaths and Burials, 1795-1910, 1663-1887 Northampton, MA.

Deacon Henry Burt (m Eulalia March(e) Dec. 28, 1619)
Henry and Ulalia were married in Exeter Diocese, Dean Prior, Devon or Cornwall, England, Dec. 28, 1619.

He probably emigrated about 1638 or 9. Ship unknown.
He was in Roxbury, Mass. in 1639 and removed to Springfield the following year.
Sept. 26, 1644, elected Selectman in Springfield, Hampden, Mass.
April 14, 1648 took oath of Freemanship or Allegiance.
May 29, 1649, chosen as clark of the writts for Springfield.
Will dated April 30, 1662, Springfield, Mass. Inventory taken Sept. 11, 1662.

Terry, George Skelton, Genealogical Research in England, Burt - March, (New England Historical & Genealogical Register, Vol 86, January 1932, p 77 - 84; April 1932, p 216-220; July 1932, p 247-252.)
"Henry Burt of Springfeild who departed this life Aprill 30th 1662, not leavinge any will under his owne hand for the disposing of his leigh, estate yet for that he did by words express his mind therein before Ensigne Thomas Cooper and Jonathan Burt who by a writing under their hands presented the Same unto this Corte: a coppy whereof hereafter follows, the Widdow Burt before the Corte consenting thereunto The Corte allowed the same to stand as the Last will and testament of the said Henry Burt.
We Thomas Cooper and Jonathan Burt doe testify, That after Henry Burt now deceast had disposed of part of his estate to his Son Nathaneell, the said Henry had Such expressions as these. vizt. that what estate he had then left should be at his wifes dispose as witness our hand This 29th of September 1662.
Thomas Cooper: Jonathan Burt
To the truth hereof in the mind of the said Henry Burt the said Ensigne Cooper & Jonathan Burt tooke their oath in the presence of the Corte"

New England Marriages Prior to 1700, by Clarence A. Torrey, CD, NEHGS, 2001

Boyd's Marriage Index 1538-1840    www.originsnetwork.com/
BURT, Henry (ca 1595-1662) & Eulalia MARCHE (-1690); 28 Dec 1619, lic 23 Dec; Roxbury/Springfield Burt 521; Booth (1910) 24; Springfield Fam. (ms) 107; Cross Anc. 329; Sv. 1:313; Botsford-Marble 234-6; Abell 11, 18; Bliss 37; Belden (1898) 223; Reg. 32:302, 72:142, 86:77, 218, 250; Ackley-Bosworth 231, 232; Holbrook Anc. (1942) 24; Cleveland Anc. Chart vi; Putnam's Mag. 1:157; Warner-Harrington 95, 434; Rathbone (1941) 12; Crary-Dunham 145; Stevens-Miller 361, 366; Hale (1952) 480, 487; Swift (1955) 127; McCormick-Hamilton 167

Findmypast: Parish Record Collection. Marriage Record. Source: Boyd's 1st Misc Series 1538-1775. Society of Genealogists.

Genealogical Records of Henry and Ulalia Burt, The Emigrants, who Early Settled at Springfield, Mass., and Their Descendants through Nine Generations, from 1640 to 1891, by Roderick H. Burnham, Hartford, Conn. 1892.

Early Days in New England.  Life and Times of Henry Burt of Springfield and some of his descendants.  Genealogical and Biographical Mention of James and Richard Burt of Taunton, Mass. and Thomas Burt, M.P., of England,  by Henry M. Burt and Silas W. Burt, Springfield, Mass., 1893.

A History of Deerfield Massachusetts, by George Sheldon, New Hampshire Pub. Co., Somersworth, NH: 1972. (Facsimile of the 1895-96 edition)