Buitekant & Scheffer Family Tree » John ("B"his mark) Burns (1681-1760)

Personal data John ("B"his mark) Burns 

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Household of John ("B"his mark) Burns

He is married to No recorded name for his wife.

They got married on 1704 - he came to the US in 1715 (Possibly) at Scotland, he was 34 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. Laird Burns  1716-1784 


Notes about John ("B"his mark) Burns

This is possibly a story not verified

Captured at the battle of Preston, in Lancashire, England Nov 1, 1715. He enlisted in the Scottish Highlanders Army, was a devoted Presbyterian, a Jacobite, a supporter of King James II, James Edward III, and the Protestant movement against the Catholic church on Scotland & England. When he was captured he was put on the Elizabeth & Ann ship that was headed for the colonies & Jamaica. The ship docked in VA on June 29, 1716 when he got off.

John received a Royal Land Grant from the King of England in Hamilton Township, Cumberland Co., PA.

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Sources

  1. Pennsylvania, Church and Town Records, 1708-1985, Ancestry.com, Historical Society of Pennsylvania; Historic Pennsylvania Church and Town Records; Reel: 277 / Ancestry.com
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  3. Web: Pennsylvania, Find A Grave Index, 1682-2012, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
  4. Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
  5. England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com

Historical events

Day of death December 23, 1760

  • The temperature on December 23, 1760 was about 7.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west. Weather type: geheel betrokken. Source: KNMI
  • Erfstadhouder Prins Willem V (Willem Batavus) (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1751 till 1795 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
  • Regent Lodewijk Ernst (Hertog van Brunswijk-Wolfenbüttel) was from 1759 till 1766 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
  • In the year 1760: Source: Wikipedia
    • June 4 » Great Upheaval: New England planters arrive to claim land in Nova Scotia, Canada, taken from the Acadians.
    • June 27 » Anglo-Cherokee War: Cherokee warriors defeat British forces at the Battle of Echoee near present-day Otto, North Carolina.
    • July 8 » British forces defeat French forces in the last naval battle in New France.
    • October 9 » Seven Years' War: Russian and Austrian troops briefly occupy Berlin.
    • November 15 » The secondly-built Castellania in Valletta is officially inaugurated with the blessing of the interior Chapel of Sorrows.
    • November 18 » The rebuilt debtors' prison, at the Castellania in Valletta, receives the first prisoners.


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