Burgess, Mercy b. 1 Jan 1711 Yarmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA d. 25 Jan 1795 Dennis, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA: Sullivan Burgess Family Tree

1711 - 1795 (84 years)

Name	Burgess, Mercy [1, 2, 3]
Born	1 Jan 1711	Yarmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA [1, 3]
Gender	Female
Find A Grave Memorial	13595475
Died	25 Jan 1795	Dennis, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA [3]
Buried	South Dennis, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA [3]
	Ancient Cemetery
Person ID	I31731	Sullivan Burgess Family Tree
Last Modified	28 Jul 2018

Father	Burgess, Joseph, b. 1670, Yarmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA , d. 1726, Yarmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA (Age 56 years)
Relationship	natural
Mother	Bangs, Thomasine, b. 5 May 1678, Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA , d. 1 Jan 1712, Yarmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA (Age 33 years)
Relationship	natural
Married	5 Apr 1706	Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA [3]
Family ID	F10843	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family Baker, Judah, b. 19 Aug 1705, Yarmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA , d. 14 Apr 1794, Dennis, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA (Age 88 years)

Children

1. Baker, Barnabas, b. 23 Feb 1734, Yarmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA

, d. 31 Dec 1797, Litchfield, Kennebec, Maine, USA

(Age 63 years) [natural]

Last Modified 28 Jul 2018

Family ID F10842 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Event Map

	Born - 1 Jan 1711 - Yarmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA
	Died - 25 Jan 1795 - Dennis, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA
	Buried - - South Dennis, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA

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Headstones		Burgess, Mercy Grave Stone
Headstones		Burgess, Mercy Grave Stone

Family Crest		Burgess Family Crest This interesting surname is of Old French origin, and derives from the Middle English "burge(i)s", a development of the Old French "burgeis" meaning inhabitant and freeman of a fortified town, especially one with municipal rights and duties. Burgesses generally had tenure of land or buildings from a landlord by "burgage". In medieval England burgage involved the payment of a fixed money rent. In Scotland it involved payment in service, guarding the town. The surname dates back to the early 12th Century (see below), and early recordings include Ralph le1 Burgeis (1195), in the Pipe Rolls of Sussex, and Philip Burges (1220), in the Cartulary of Oseney Abbey, Oxford. Variations in the spelling of the surname include Burgis, Burgise and Borges. London Church Registers record the marriages of Davye Burges to Agnes Taylor on January 27th 1582, at St. Thomas the Apostle, and Robert Parrin Burgess to Mary Langford on February 10th 1750, at St. Bartholomew the Great. A Coat of Arms granted to a Burgess family is blue, a fesse between a crescent in chief and a rose in base, all gold. The Crest is a gold fleur-de-lis. The first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of Geoffrey Burgeis, which was dated 1115, in the "Winton Rolls of Hampshire", during the reign of King Henry 1, known as "The Lion of Justice", 1100 - 1135. Surnames became necessary when governments introduced personal taxation. In England this was known as Poll Tax. Throughout the centuries, surnames in every country have continued to "develop" often leading to astonishing variants of the original spelling
Family Crest		Burgess Family Crest

Sources

[S298] Massachusetts Birth, Death, Marriage Probate and Buiral Records Archived.
Record for Marcy Burges
[S298] Massachusetts Birth, Death, Marriage Probate and Buiral Records Archived.
Record for Judah Baker
[S1071] Burgess Genealogy of 1865, compiled by the Rev. Dr. Ebenezer Burgess.
Record for Thomasine Bangs