Her family history can be read about in Three hundred years along the Pasquotank : a biographical history of Camden County
https://digital.lib.ecu.edu/17076
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ggdaughter of Rev. John Burgess, 1720-1763, fag 44325299 , John's 54 page 1763 Will, pg 17 names children: John, Wm, (Col) Dempcey, Zephaniah, Freelove. Lemuel Sawyer is executor (Dempsey's 1st wife Elizabeth Sawyer father, Caleb & John Forbes, Wm Wilson, executors, Wilson guardian
Col. Dempsey Burgess was her grandfather. his son, Dempsey Sawyer Burgess, 1780-1820, with 1st wife Elizabeth Sawyer, dau of Rep. Lemuel Sawyer, Sr, (brothers were Lemuel Jr and Enoch). of Camden Co., N.C. was her father.
2nd wife was Tamar FORBES, dau. of Caleb Forbes of Camden Co, NC, FAG 46682268, NO CHILDREN, her second husband, Caleb PERKINS and she probably buried with him. FORBES family were from Camden Co. where they lived since 1700, (sister to my 5x gf) under research how many children they had before he died, one source states four.
Source: Livingston County Cemeteries 1738-1976 dated 1977.
information on her gfather: https://www.ncpedia.org/biography/burges-burgess-dempsey
mother history:
Margaret FENNELL, daughter of Michael Fennell and Sally JONES, (dau. of Joseph Jones who started Jonesborough)
Father history:
Dempsey Sawyer Burgess, 1780-1820, grave not found, was the son of Colonel Dempsey Burgess, did not follow the 100 years of political involvement of the family, he was first postmaster in Jonesborough, a town created by his father-in-law. He and Margaret inherited considerable land and lived off that. He died age 40.
PER THE SILENT FORGOTTEN BIO of Colonel Dempsey Burgess:
was married to Ellender HARDIN (1772-May 10, 1838, at the age of 66, who survived him and passed away in Livingston, Kentucky, on final resting place is currently unknown. The couple had three children together:
1. Dorothy S. Burgess-Parker (1796- January 10, 1873, at the age of 76, buried in the Ramage-Parker Cemetery in Salem, Kentucky,
2.James Hardin Burgess (1802-1864), died at the of about 62, and whose resting place is currently unknown,
3.Mary "Polly Burgess-ALSOBROOK (1799-June 5, 1875, at the age of 76, and is buried in Woodyard Cemetery in Salem, Kentucky. FAG 41285317
He is also listed as being
married 2. to Tamer FORBES- Burgess (1765-1810), the daughter of Caleb Forbes (1735-1792), and his wife Mary Smithson Forbes (1743-1793), of Camden County, North Carolina. It is unknown where Tamer Forbers Burgess is also buried, but she remarried so it is thought she is buried with her 2nd husband in Shiloh Baptish Church Cemetery in Shiloh, North Carolina.
Dorothy married abt age 16 to Jonathan abt 1812 in N.C. per birth of son Dempsey Burgess (named for grandfather), born N.C.
Dorothy has about 5 son's;
Dempsey Burgess, Salem, 6 ch
Wm M, Salem,
James,
Robert H.,
Jones?,
the last 4 born in KY, all living near or with her, per states sons listed born, the Parkers moved to KY by 1820 when Wm McChristy, b. 1820 KY, (wife and ch: Trefinn,31; Isaac,3; Josiah,2; and dau., ?Sateller?, 11 months
Livingston is James, 24, b. 1826 KY, wife or sister named Mary, age 29, b. KY.
1846 Johnathan died, no Will found
1850 Livingston, Livingston Co, KY, 55yo Dorothy is widow, born NC, with her ch born KY,
Robert Parker 22, b. 1828
James Parker 16, b. 1834
Jones Parker 12, b. 1848
living near her is a 48yo James Burgess, born KY, brother?
Dempsey married to Lucy
1860 Dorothy living alone
1.Dempsey, married to Lucy, carpenter, 6 ch: Mary, Ben, Minerva, Sarah, Colin, Christopher, and mother-in-law Lucy MARTIN
2.Wm M, married Tryphenia, farmer, ch: twins: Josiah, Isaac,Sibilla, William Jr, Robert, Jennie, Thomas, Dorothy ages 1-12
3.Robert, married Sophrona, 3 ch: Mary, James, Harriet
4. James ?
5. Jones ?
1870 Salem, KY: is Dorothy, 73, NC, with son, WM (proof of relations) and his family all born in KY:
Wm C, 50 his wife, Tryphenia 52; 4-5 children:
a servant? (niece? Laura Parker Female 17 North Carolina)
James B in Diershill, married to Julia E, ch: Wm, Albert L, Emma C, Dorothy A, Elizabeth E
So Dorothy lived with Wm at least the last 13 years of her life
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ggdaughter of Rev. John Burgess, 1720-1763, fag 44325299 , John's 54 page 1763 Will, pg 17 names children: John, Wm, (Col) Dempcey, Zephaniah, Freelove. Lemuel Sawyer is executor (Dempsey's 1st wife Elizabeth Sawyer father, Caleb & John Forbes, Wm Wilson, executors, Wilson guardian
Col. Dempsey Burgess was her grandfather. his son, Dempsey Sawyer Burgess, 1780-1820, with 1st wife Elizabeth Sawyer, dau of Rep. Lemuel Sawyer, Sr, (brothers were Lemuel Jr and Enoch). of Camden Co., N.C. was her father.
2nd wife was Tamar FORBES, dau. of Caleb Forbes of Camden Co, NC, FAG 46682268, NO CHILDREN, her second husband, Caleb PERKINS and she probably buried with him. FORBES family were from Camden Co. where they lived since 1700, (sister to my 5x gf) under research how many children they had before he died, one source states four.
Source: Livingston County Cemeteries 1738-1976 dated 1977.
information on her gfather: https://www.ncpedia.org/biography/burges-burgess-dempsey
mother history:
Margaret FENNELL, daughter of Michael Fennell and Sally JONES, (dau. of Joseph Jones who started Jonesborough)
Father history:
Dempsey Sawyer Burgess, 1780-1820, grave not found, was the son of Colonel Dempsey Burgess, did not follow the 100 years of political involvement of the family, he was first postmaster in Jonesborough, a town created by his father-in-law. He and Margaret inherited considerable land and lived off that. He died age 40.
PER THE SILENT FORGOTTEN BIO of Colonel Dempsey Burgess:
was married to Ellender HARDIN (1772-May 10, 1838, at the age of 66, who survived him and passed away in Livingston, Kentucky, on final resting place is currently unknown. The couple had three children together:
1. Dorothy S. Burgess-Parker (1796- January 10, 1873, at the age of 76, buried in the Ramage-Parker Cemetery in Salem, Kentucky,
2.James Hardin Burgess (1802-1864), died at the of about 62, and whose resting place is currently unknown,
3.Mary "Polly Burgess-ALSOBROOK (1799-June 5, 1875, at the age of 76, and is buried in Woodyard Cemetery in Salem, Kentucky. FAG 41285317
He is also listed as being
married 2. to Tamer FORBES- Burgess (1765-1810), the daughter of Caleb Forbes (1735-1792), and his wife Mary Smithson Forbes (1743-1793), of Camden County, North Carolina. It is unknown where Tamer Forbers Burgess is also buried, but she remarried so it is thought she is buried with her 2nd husband in Shiloh Baptish Church Cemetery in Shiloh, North Carolina.
Dorothy married abt age 16 to Jonathan abt 1812 in N.C. per birth of son Dempsey Burgess (named for grandfather), born N.C.
Dorothy has about 5 son's;
Dempsey Burgess, Salem, 6 ch
Wm M, Salem,
James,
Robert H.,
Jones?,
the last 4 born in KY, all living near or with her, per states sons listed born, the Parkers moved to KY by 1820 when Wm McChristy, b. 1820 KY, (wife and ch: Trefinn,31; Isaac,3; Josiah,2; and dau., ?Sateller?, 11 months
Livingston is James, 24, b. 1826 KY, wife or sister named Mary, age 29, b. KY.
1846 Johnathan died, no Will found
1850 Livingston, Livingston Co, KY, 55yo Dorothy is widow, born NC, with her ch born KY,
Robert Parker 22, b. 1828
James Parker 16, b. 1834
Jones Parker 12, b. 1848
living near her is a 48yo James Burgess, born KY, brother?
Dempsey married to Lucy
1860 Dorothy living alone
1.Dempsey, married to Lucy, carpenter, 6 ch: Mary, Ben, Minerva, Sarah, Colin, Christopher, and mother-in-law Lucy MARTIN
2.Wm M, married Tryphenia, farmer, ch: twins: Josiah, Isaac,Sibilla, William Jr, Robert, Jennie, Thomas, Dorothy ages 1-12
3.Robert, married Sophrona, 3 ch: Mary, James, Harriet
4. James ?
5. Jones ?
1870 Salem, KY: is Dorothy, 73, NC, with son, WM (proof of relations) and his family all born in KY:
Wm C, 50 his wife, Tryphenia 52; 4-5 children:
a servant? (niece? Laura Parker Female 17 North Carolina)
James B in Diershill, married to Julia E, ch: Wm, Albert L, Emma C, Dorothy A, Elizabeth E
So Dorothy lived with Wm at least the last 13 years of her life
Her family history can be read about in Three hundred years along the Pasquotank : a biographical history of Camden County
https://digital.lib.ecu.edu/17076
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ggdaughter of Rev. John Burgess, 1720-1763, fag 44325299 , John's 54 page 1763 Will, pg 17 names children: John, Wm, (Col) Dempcey, Zephaniah, Freelove. Lemuel Sawyer is executor (Dempsey's 1st wife Elizabeth Sawyer father, Caleb & John Forbes, Wm Wilson, executors, Wilson guardian
Col. Dempsey Burgess was her grandfather. his son, Dempsey Sawyer Burgess, 1780-1820, with 1st wife Elizabeth Sawyer, dau of Rep. Lemuel Sawyer, Sr, (brothers were Lemuel Jr and Enoch). of Camden Co., N.C. was her father.
2nd wife was Tamar FORBES, dau. of Caleb Forbes of Camden Co, NC, FAG 46682268, NO CHILDREN, her second husband, Caleb PERKINS and she probably buried with him. FORBES family were from Camden Co. where they lived since 1700, (sister to my 5x gf) under research how many children they had before he died, one source states four.
Source: Livingston County Cemeteries 1738-1976 dated 1977.
information on her gfather: https://www.ncpedia.org/biography/burges-burgess-dempsey
mother history:
Margaret FENNELL, daughter of Michael Fennell and Sally JONES, (dau. of Joseph Jones who started Jonesborough)
Father history:
Dempsey Sawyer Burgess, 1780-1820, grave not found, was the son of Colonel Dempsey Burgess, did not follow the 100 years of political involvement of the family, he was first postmaster in Jonesborough, a town created by his father-in-law. He and Margaret inherited considerable land and lived off that. He died age 40.
PER THE SILENT FORGOTTEN BIO of Colonel Dempsey Burgess:
was married to Ellender HARDIN (1772-May 10, 1838, at the age of 66, who survived him and passed away in Livingston, Kentucky, on final resting place is currently unknown. The couple had three children together:
1. Dorothy S. Burgess-Parker (1796- January 10, 1873, at the age of 76, buried in the Ramage-Parker Cemetery in Salem, Kentucky,
2.James Hardin Burgess (1802-1864), died at the of about 62, and whose resting place is currently unknown,
3.Mary "Polly Burgess-ALSOBROOK (1799-June 5, 1875, at the age of 76, and is buried in Woodyard Cemetery in Salem, Kentucky. FAG 41285317
He is also listed as being
married 2. to Tamer FORBES- Burgess (1765-1810), the daughter of Caleb Forbes (1735-1792), and his wife Mary Smithson Forbes (1743-1793), of Camden County, North Carolina. It is unknown where Tamer Forbers Burgess is also buried, but she remarried so it is thought she is buried with her 2nd husband in Shiloh Baptish Church Cemetery in Shiloh, North Carolina.
Dorothy married abt age 16 to Jonathan abt 1812 in N.C. per birth of son Dempsey Burgess (named for grandfather), born N.C.
Dorothy has about 5 son's;
Dempsey Burgess, Salem, 6 ch
Wm M, Salem,
James,
Robert H.,
Jones?,
the last 4 born in KY, all living near or with her, per states sons listed born, the Parkers moved to KY by 1820 when Wm McChristy, b. 1820 KY, (wife and ch: Trefinn,31; Isaac,3; Josiah,2; and dau., ?Sateller?, 11 months
Livingston is James, 24, b. 1826 KY, wife or sister named Mary, age 29, b. KY.
1846 Johnathan died, no Will found
1850 Livingston, Livingston Co, KY, 55yo Dorothy is widow, born NC, with her ch born KY,
Robert Parker 22, b. 1828
James Parker 16, b. 1834
Jones Parker 12, b. 1848
living near her is a 48yo James Burgess, born KY, brother?
Dempsey married to Lucy
1860 Dorothy living alone
1.Dempsey, married to Lucy, carpenter, 6 ch: Mary, Ben, Minerva, Sarah, Colin, Christopher, and mother-in-law Lucy MARTIN
2.Wm M, married Tryphenia, farmer, ch: twins: Josiah, Isaac,Sibilla, William Jr, Robert, Jennie, Thomas, Dorothy ages 1-12
3.Robert, married Sophrona, 3 ch: Mary, James, Harriet
4. James ?
5. Jones ?
1870 Salem, KY: is Dorothy, 73, NC, with son, WM (proof of relations) and his family all born in KY:
Wm C, 50 his wife, Tryphenia 52; 4-5 children:
a servant? (niece? Laura Parker Female 17 North Carolina)
James B in Diershill, married to Julia E, ch: Wm, Albert L, Emma C, Dorothy A, Elizabeth E
So Dorothy lived with Wm at least the last 13 years of her life
https://digital.lib.ecu.edu/17076
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ggdaughter of Rev. John Burgess, 1720-1763, fag 44325299 , John's 54 page 1763 Will, pg 17 names children: John, Wm, (Col) Dempcey, Zephaniah, Freelove. Lemuel Sawyer is executor (Dempsey's 1st wife Elizabeth Sawyer father, Caleb & John Forbes, Wm Wilson, executors, Wilson guardian
Col. Dempsey Burgess was her grandfather. his son, Dempsey Sawyer Burgess, 1780-1820, with 1st wife Elizabeth Sawyer, dau of Rep. Lemuel Sawyer, Sr, (brothers were Lemuel Jr and Enoch). of Camden Co., N.C. was her father.
2nd wife was Tamar FORBES, dau. of Caleb Forbes of Camden Co, NC, FAG 46682268, NO CHILDREN, her second husband, Caleb PERKINS and she probably buried with him. FORBES family were from Camden Co. where they lived since 1700, (sister to my 5x gf) under research how many children they had before he died, one source states four.
Source: Livingston County Cemeteries 1738-1976 dated 1977.
information on her gfather: https://www.ncpedia.org/biography/burges-burgess-dempsey
mother history:
Margaret FENNELL, daughter of Michael Fennell and Sally JONES, (dau. of Joseph Jones who started Jonesborough)
Father history:
Dempsey Sawyer Burgess, 1780-1820, grave not found, was the son of Colonel Dempsey Burgess, did not follow the 100 years of political involvement of the family, he was first postmaster in Jonesborough, a town created by his father-in-law. He and Margaret inherited considerable land and lived off that. He died age 40.
PER THE SILENT FORGOTTEN BIO of Colonel Dempsey Burgess:
was married to Ellender HARDIN (1772-May 10, 1838, at the age of 66, who survived him and passed away in Livingston, Kentucky, on final resting place is currently unknown. The couple had three children together:
1. Dorothy S. Burgess-Parker (1796- January 10, 1873, at the age of 76, buried in the Ramage-Parker Cemetery in Salem, Kentucky,
2.James Hardin Burgess (1802-1864), died at the of about 62, and whose resting place is currently unknown,
3.Mary "Polly Burgess-ALSOBROOK (1799-June 5, 1875, at the age of 76, and is buried in Woodyard Cemetery in Salem, Kentucky. FAG 41285317
He is also listed as being
married 2. to Tamer FORBES- Burgess (1765-1810), the daughter of Caleb Forbes (1735-1792), and his wife Mary Smithson Forbes (1743-1793), of Camden County, North Carolina. It is unknown where Tamer Forbers Burgess is also buried, but she remarried so it is thought she is buried with her 2nd husband in Shiloh Baptish Church Cemetery in Shiloh, North Carolina.
Dorothy married abt age 16 to Jonathan abt 1812 in N.C. per birth of son Dempsey Burgess (named for grandfather), born N.C.
Dorothy has about 5 son's;
Dempsey Burgess, Salem, 6 ch
Wm M, Salem,
James,
Robert H.,
Jones?,
the last 4 born in KY, all living near or with her, per states sons listed born, the Parkers moved to KY by 1820 when Wm McChristy, b. 1820 KY, (wife and ch: Trefinn,31; Isaac,3; Josiah,2; and dau., ?Sateller?, 11 months
Livingston is James, 24, b. 1826 KY, wife or sister named Mary, age 29, b. KY.
1846 Johnathan died, no Will found
1850 Livingston, Livingston Co, KY, 55yo Dorothy is widow, born NC, with her ch born KY,
Robert Parker 22, b. 1828
James Parker 16, b. 1834
Jones Parker 12, b. 1848
living near her is a 48yo James Burgess, born KY, brother?
Dempsey married to Lucy
1860 Dorothy living alone
1.Dempsey, married to Lucy, carpenter, 6 ch: Mary, Ben, Minerva, Sarah, Colin, Christopher, and mother-in-law Lucy MARTIN
2.Wm M, married Tryphenia, farmer, ch: twins: Josiah, Isaac,Sibilla, William Jr, Robert, Jennie, Thomas, Dorothy ages 1-12
3.Robert, married Sophrona, 3 ch: Mary, James, Harriet
4. James ?
5. Jones ?
1870 Salem, KY: is Dorothy, 73, NC, with son, WM (proof of relations) and his family all born in KY:
Wm C, 50 his wife, Tryphenia 52; 4-5 children:
a servant? (niece? Laura Parker Female 17 North Carolina)
James B in Diershill, married to Julia E, ch: Wm, Albert L, Emma C, Dorothy A, Elizabeth E
So Dorothy lived with Wm at least the last 13 years of her life
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