Genealogy Wylie » Desire Packer (1712-????)

Personal data Desire Packer 

Sources 1, 2

Household of Desire Packer

She is married to John III Burrows.

They got married on July 7, 1731 at New London County, Connecticut, she was 18 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. Mary Burrows  1732-1797
  2. John IV Burrows  1734-1784
  3. Joseph Burrows  1736-1736
  4. Desire Burrows  -< 1810
  5. James Burrows  1740-1740
  7. Lydia Burrows  -1817
  8. Nathan Sr Burrows  1746-1808
  10. Phebe Burrows  1750-????
  12. Daniel Burrows  1755-1833
  13. Thomas Burrows  ± 1756-± 1756


Notes about Desire Packer

1. Desire was a high-spirited woman and expert markswoman "who couldbring down a score of pigeons with a single shot".

2. Another anecdote of Desire is while John was in New London on juryduty, a great snow storm accumlated to the 2nd story windows of theirhome. Desire and her small son John embarked from a 2nd story window ina huge bowl, sliding down and across the frozen Mystic River, to heruncle's home on the opposite shore - a distance of more than a half mile.

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Sources

  1. Genealogy of the Descendants of William Chesebrough, Anna Chesebrough Wildey, pages 21 and 36
  2. Miller (Virginia) Family Records, Virginia "Ginny" Miller Deagan

Historical events

Birthday September 11, 1712

  • The temperature on September 11, 1712 was about 16.0 °C. Source: KNMI
  •  This page is only available in Dutch.
    Van 1702 tot 1747 kende Nederland (ookwel Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden) zijn Tweede Stadhouderloze Tijdperk.
  • In the year 1712: Source: Wikipedia
    • February 10 » Huilliches in Chiloé rebel against Spanish encomenderos.
    • February 29 » February 29 is followed by February 30 in Sweden, in a move to abolish the Swedish calendar for a return to the Julian calendar.
    • April 6 » The New York Slave Revolt of 1712 begins near Broadway.
    • July 31 » Action of 31 July 1712 (Great Northern War): Danish and Swedish ships clash in the Baltic Sea; the result is inconclusive.
    • August 17 » Action of 17 August 1712 New Deep naval battle between Denmark and Sweden.
    • October 3 » The Duke of Montrose issues a warrant for the arrest of Rob Roy MacGregor.

Day of marriage July 7, 1731



Same birth/death day

Source: Wikipedia


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