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Richard Birge

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Richard Birge

Birth
Ashwick, Mendip District, Somerset, England
Death
10 Sep 1651 (aged 39)
Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA
Burial
Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA Add to Map
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Founder's Monument
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Bishops Transcripts record a birth that may be his on 15 Sep 1611, as son of John Burge in Ashwick, Somerset, England. He is said to have come on the Mary & John in 1630 as a ward of Rev. John Wareham and settled first with him in Dorchester MA. The earliest known record of him in America is in 1640 in Windsor CT. Married Elizabeth Gaylord there 5 Oct 1641. Their child: Daniel Birge, Sr.
Cenotaph: He is named on the Founders Monument at Palisado.
Bishops Transcripts record a birth that may be his on 15 Sep 1611, as son of John Burge in Ashwick, Somerset, England. He is said to have come on the Mary & John in 1630 as a ward of Rev. John Wareham and settled first with him in Dorchester MA. The earliest known record of him in America is in 1640 in Windsor CT. Married Elizabeth Gaylord there 5 Oct 1641. Their child: Daniel Birge, Sr.
Cenotaph: He is named on the Founders Monument at Palisado.


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  • Created by: Linda Mac
  • Added: Feb 25, 2009
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/34187650/richard-birge: accessed ), memorial page for Richard Birge (15 Sep 1611–10 Sep 1651), Find a Grave Memorial ID 34187650, citing Palisado Cemetery, Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA; Maintained by Linda Mac (contributor 47062703).