Roger
BURLINGAME
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1629
- 1718
Father: Thomas BURLINGAME
Mother: Elizabeth HOWARD
Family 1 : Mary LIPPITT
1. Thomas BURLINGAME
2. +John
BURLINGAME
3. Mary BURLINGAME
4. Jane BURLINGAME
5. Alice BURLINGAME
6. Mercy BURLINGAME
7. Roger BURLINGAME
8. Peter BURLINGAME
9. Elizabeth BURLINGAME
10. Patience BURLINGAME
__Simon BURLINGAME__
| (1490 - 1556) m
__Peter BURLINGAME____|
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1598) m |
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1467) m
_____Thomas
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- Roger BURLINGAME
| (1638 - 1718) m 1663
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|_____Elizabeth HOWARD_____
(1600 - ....) m
1618
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"At the age of 16 Roger Burlingham enlisted in the
British Army, serving in his uncle Roger Burlingham's Regiment. He rose through
the ranks until he held the rank of Captain. The then Captain Roger Burlingham
and his company were ordered to America, and he landed with his troops at
Boston, Mass. on May 10, 1650. Soon after reaching America, he resigned his
army commission and went up into the Connecticut Colony for the purpose of
purchasing a farm, with the intention of bringing his wife and son to America,
only to learn that his wife had died in the meantime. He and Thomas Griffian
purchased 100 acres of land on Feb. 16 1656 at Pequot (now New London), Conn.
Thomas Griffian was Roger's brother-in-law. (Thomas Griffian was married to
Roger's sister Elizabeth). The record and text of this deed "Suffolk Deeds
Liber III., page 455. Roger sold this farm 1 Mar 1659.
On June 23, 1662, and May 13, 1663 Roger purchased land from the Cooweeset
Indians refered to as The Masnantatack Purchase and soon after found himself in
court over the legal ownership of the land described as "being called
Toskeonke, on the north side of the Pawtuxet River". Roger Burlingame,
Thomas Ralph, and John Harrud claimed they bought the land from the Indians,
while W. Field and W. Harris claimed the land from a grant from the King. The proceedings
are documented in the Cushman Papers. Burlingame, Ralph and Harrud finally won
out due to the death of W. Harris and public sentiment. The records show
"And it is ordered that Thomas Ralph, Roger Burlingham and John Harrud, or
any two of them, shall be the persons to make the rate and levy the assessments
on the inhabitants of Mashantatack". Proceedings of the General Assembly
of Sept. 25, 1671 ordered to levy a tax of 40 shillings.
On 3 Oct 1663 he married his second wife and had 9 more children. It should be
noted that his first son Roger (now grown), along with his wife, came to
America and joined the family at the homestead now belonging to Roger. Tragedy
repeated itself, and Roger Jr's wife died in childbirth along with their son,
and Roger Jr. died soon after. Roger Jr., his wife and infant son are buried in
the family plot on the original homestead, and were documented again in May 20,
1765 by William Burlingame Jr.
This leads to some confusion with dates and Jrs. because after the first son
Roger died, Roger Sr. had another son and named him Roger also.
On May 6, 1690 Roger was elected Deputy to the General Assembly but after much
debate over him not being a resident of that district was removed (Proceedings
of the General Assembly of May 16,1690.
The name Burlingame is the American corruption of the English Burlingham. This
Roger was known as Burlingham, but after he moved to the Rhode Island Colony,
his name appears as both Burlingham and Burlingame. When he resigned his
commission with the British Army he left behind his title of Captain. Although
there are many references to Captain Roger Burlingame during his time, those
references were of Roger Jr. who was a Captain in the militia."
--Quoted from the Website below.
LINKS: http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=dickvb&id=I2632