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Hope <I>Taylor</I> Burrowes

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Hope Taylor Burrowes

Birth
Middletown, Monmouth County, New Jersey, USA
Death
27 Oct 1792 (aged 71)
Middletown, Monmouth County, New Jersey, USA
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Middletown, Monmouth County, New Jersey, USA
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Twice widowed, Hope Taylor Watson Burrowes lived an eventful life. One of twin daughters born to Richard and Sarah (nee Hartshorne) Taylor in January 1721, Hope and her sister Deliverance were aptly named: their mother had been in labor when she fled to the Middletown stockade to escape the warring Navesink Indians. Deliverance may not have survived to adulthood, as there's little information about her. Hope, however, became a bride by the time she was 17, marrying sea captain John Watson c.1737. Believed to have been drowned at sea, his death left her a widow with at least two small children. On December 2, 1749, when she was still in her twenties, she wed John Burrowes, with whom she had had several more children during the course of their 36-year marriage. Burrowes, a prosperous miller who'd been dubbed "King Corn", suffered tremendous losses at the hands of the British during the American Revolution, which may have contributed to his death at 67. Predeceased by her second husband in 1785, Hope was buried beside him after her death seven years later.
Twice widowed, Hope Taylor Watson Burrowes lived an eventful life. One of twin daughters born to Richard and Sarah (nee Hartshorne) Taylor in January 1721, Hope and her sister Deliverance were aptly named: their mother had been in labor when she fled to the Middletown stockade to escape the warring Navesink Indians. Deliverance may not have survived to adulthood, as there's little information about her. Hope, however, became a bride by the time she was 17, marrying sea captain John Watson c.1737. Believed to have been drowned at sea, his death left her a widow with at least two small children. On December 2, 1749, when she was still in her twenties, she wed John Burrowes, with whom she had had several more children during the course of their 36-year marriage. Burrowes, a prosperous miller who'd been dubbed "King Corn", suffered tremendous losses at the hands of the British during the American Revolution, which may have contributed to his death at 67. Predeceased by her second husband in 1785, Hope was buried beside him after her death seven years later.

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Wife of John, and Mother of Hope Burrowes.

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  • Created by: Nikita Barlow
  • Added: Jan 10, 2002
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/6082456/hope-burrowes: accessed ), memorial page for Hope Taylor Burrowes (21 Jan 1721–27 Oct 1792), Find a Grave Memorial ID 6082456, citing Presbyterian Burial Ground, Middletown, Monmouth County, New Jersey, USA; Maintained by Nikita Barlow (contributor 46508077).