Burgess, Mercy
1711 - 1795 (84 years)
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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 15 Sep 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 15 Sep 2018 Family ID F10842 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Event Map 
Born - 1 Jan 1711 - Yarmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA 
Died - 25 Jan 1795 - Dennis, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA 
Buried - - South Dennis, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA = Link to Google Earth
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Headstones Burgess, Mercy Grave Stone 
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 spellingBurgess Family Crest
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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
- [S298] Massachusetts Birth, Death, Marriage Probate and Buiral Records Archived.
