My Burbank ancestors go back too far to be covered by my own ThruLines. However, my father’s cousin Joyce shows some ThruLines for Burbank:
This appears to be new territory to look at.
Here is part of my great-granmother’s maternal line:
It shows that Timothy Burbank was married to Mercy Kempton.
Some Burbank Genealogy
Apparently Timothy Burbank was born in Boston in 1703. However, he married in Plymouth.
I have that Timothy’s father was born in Haverhill and that his grandfather was from Rowley.
Joyce and Donna
Donna’s tree goes back to Mary Burbank which is hopeful:
Donna’s tree shows Mary dying in Canada:
Mayflower Births and Deaths has this entry:
This leads to Register 59 from 1905:
This shows a strong link at the top of the tree. I note that families left not because they were unsympathetic to the Revolution, but because they could get free land. I also read that residents of this area became unsympathetic to the Revolution after being raided by Americans.
Now I will start at the more recent part of the tree. Here is the birth record for Donna’s father:
Cape Negro Island is not too far from Yarmouth which I cut off on the map. Shirley’s father Wilford was a fisherman which makes sense given the location that they lived.
The 1901 Census says the family was Baptist, Scottish and the father was a blacksmith. His wife is 37 and he has a daughter who is 27, so that suggests that this was a second marriage.
I think the red on the map is Jordan River. Here is the widowed Albert Morton in 1881:
I found this at Ancestry which apparently refers to FamilySearch:
Albert Edward was born in Liverpool:
His parents were James Roland and Katy S.? (transcribed as F.). James was a mason. This James would be the son of the Lucy mentioned in the New England Historic and Genealogical Register (NEHGR) above.
At this point, I connect my floating tree of Donna into my main tree:
A First Burbank DNA/Genealogy Tree
In my mind, the fact that Donna’s Burbank moved to Nova Scotia before the Revolution makes this DNA connection more likely.
Joyce and Douglas
Douglas could help fill out my Burbank DNA/Genealogy Tree. The 1910 Census has Douglas’ grandfather a physician in Gloucester in 1910:
The fact that the grandfather was from Canada is hopeful. Douglas’ grandfather’s marriage record is helpful:
It gives his birth place and parents’ names. Here is Milton, near Liverpool, NS:
Here is the family in 1891:
Richard was a Congragationalist who was listed as farmer and huntman. So far the tree is going well:
Findagrave.com has this information:
This research on Thomas Knowles was found at Ancestry:
This document was also helpful:
Based on this, I accepted the parent hints at Ancestry:
From there, I added Elizabeth Crowell and linked Elizabeth Burbank to the Timothy Burbank I already had in my tree.
Here, the Burbank DNA/Genealogy Tree gets a little more width:
It turns out that Douglas has small DNA matches to two of my siblings.
Joyce and F.M.
The paternal side of FM’s tree is from Nova Scotia. I have had success so far with Joyce’s Burbank ThruLines. As usual, I start a floating tree for F.M. F.M. has a small tree at Ancestry:
Here is the family in 1921:
John was Scottish and the Town Clerk. However it is Mattie I am interested in.
Here is Mattie’s family in 1901 in Brooklyn, NS:
ThruLines wants me to go with Mattie’s mother Gertrude at this point and then Gertrude’s father. Gertrudes grave stone has her maiden name:
Gertrude’s father was a Baptist blacksmith:
Based on this, I’ll accept the Ancestry hint of Theodosius as Gertrude’s father.
Hannah Burbank
At this point, I look at the family from near the top of the ThruLines:
Hannah marries in Plymouth in 1758. That means that the above Theodosius must have been named for his grandfather. The easiest reference I can find to fill in the blank is this:
Adoriam Judson caught my eye. I assume that Theodosius was a fan of the missionary:
Next, I just need to connect John Ford to his parents in my tree and connect the floating tree.
Here is the big picture:
I am pretty confident with this DNA/Genealogy Tree. However, having said that, I realize that many from Colonial Massachusetts moved to this area. So other connections are possible. At this distant relationship, it would be extremely tedious to check out all possibilities.
Summary and Conclusions
- It appears that all of Joyce’s Timothy Burbank ThruLines check out.
- At first it appeared that these were the only possible connections. However, with the emmigration patterns from Massachusetts, there could be other connections. Still this is a good list. This is because my ancestor Lucy Burbank’s three siblings moved to this area in Nova Scotia
- I had not known about this immigration pattern before, so it is interesting. I’m sure this move was meant to increase personal wealth – or so it seems.
- It would interesting to check the actual DNA matches and where they occur. However, that is not possible with Ancestry. Ancestry is good with making genealogical connections but does not have Chromosome Browser.