Burton Bible
This Bible record was transcribed from the Genealogical Records
Manuscript Entries of Births, Deaths and Marriages, taken from
Family Bibles 1581-1917, Edited by Jeannie F-J. Robison and
Henrietta C. Bartlett, The Colonial Dames of the State of New York,
New York, 1917, pp 33-4.
SURNAMES:
BURTON
RIGDEN
BEEKMAN
ATKINES
MOS
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JOHN BURTON.
Holy Bible in English; London, Robert Barker and John Bill, 1620.
It contains records of the Burton and Rigden families in England.
The Bible
descended collaterally to the late William Bedlow Beekman, Esq., and is now
the property of Mrs. Beekman, New York City. It has the heraldic book-plate
of
William Bedlow on the front cover.
Edmun: Rigden was baptised The 7th day of August in the eight
yeare of the
Reigne of our soferint lord king Charles: 1632
The sun of Jon Burton was borne in [b]ushipborne The -- 22 daye
of may
1653 and battised The -- 31 daye of may -- 1653 -- in bushipborne by the name
of
Richard Burton
The sun of John burton was borne one this 25 daye of aprell
1655 and battised
one The 9 daye of maye by the name of John burton in bushipborne
Edmond Rigden was baptised the 6 august
John Burton the sun of Richard burton was Baptised the 19th
of April 1620 in
littelborne
Elisabeth Burton wos maried one the fortene daye of desember
1648 vnto steven
Atkines at hotfelle dafter of Richard burton The Elder living at Bushipborne
Then
thomas the sun of John burton was baptiesed the sixtenth daye
of october 1659
in bushborne and borne the ninth of october
William burton sun of John Burton was borne one The seventene
daye of January
1660 and Battised one the Therty and won daye of that same mont
John Burton was maried to Elisabeth denn the first daye of october 1674.
Thomas burton sun of John Burton 1658 beried
Abraham [?] burton sun of John burton beried 1661 August 2.
1692 John burton
was maried to mary mos
Elisabeth wife of Richard Burton The Elder was beried one The
tente daye of
August in bushipborne Church 1661 -- in age The foure score and to yere ould
Elizabeth . . . daughter of Richard Rigden [?] was baptised
in the church of
Eastrie March the 16 1598 as appeareth in the Regester booke of Eustrie
[Tho] mas [Rigden?] was baptized the 29th of July 1581 in the
[pa] rish of . .
. hards and borne in Petham.
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