Burroughs of Virginia
John Burroughs b 1709, VA or MD?, d 19 Mar 1782, Fauquier, VA. He md Mary abt 1736. She was b 1717, d Mar 1802, Prince William, VA.
Known children of John Burroughs and Mary were:
  • (prob) George Burroughs b abt 1738, of Stafford, Va.
  • (prob) Basil Burroughs b abt 1742, d 1793, Stafford, Va.
  • (prob) Samuel Burroughs b abt 1745, d aft 1810, Madison, KY; md Sarah FitzHugh/Fishback.
  • John Burroughs b abt 1748.
  • James Burroughs b abt 1750.
  • Matthew Burroughs b abt 1753.
  • Benjamin Burroughs b abt 1756; d 1813/14, Mason, KY; md Rachel Gallahue abt 1778.
  • Clement Burroughs b abt 1760, d Jun 1836, Gallatin, KY; md Nancy Summerhill, Warren, NC.
  • Joseph Burroughs b 30 Oct 1763.
Joseph Burroughs b 30 Oct 1763, VA or MD?, d 2 May 1833, Bedford, VA. He md Mary Pierce abt 1785, Maryland, daughter of Jacob Garoon Pierce. She was b 22 Apr 1763, d 12 Jan 1844, prob Bedford, VA.
Children of Joseph Burroughs and Mary Pierce were:
  • Sally/Sarah Burroughs b 20 Mar 1786, VA, d 9 Aug 1813, prob Amherst, VA.
  • Benjamin Burroughs b 4 Nov 1787, VA, d 9 Aug 1813, prob Amherst, VA.
  • Jacob Burroughs b 11 Dec 1789, VA, d 1 Oct 1813, prob Amherst, VA.
  • John Burroughs b 4 Aug 1791, VA, d 26 Oct 1872; md Leanna/Ann M. Pullen 4 Jan 1827.
  • Alfred Burroughs b 22 Feb 1793, VA, d 20 Mar 1813, prob Amherst, VA.
  • James Burroughs b 30 Oct 1794, VA, d 24 Jul 1861, Franklin, VA; md Elizabeth W. Robertson 27 Jul 1818, Bedford, VA.
  • Peter Burroughs b 11 Apr 1796, VA, d 21 Oct 1840, Coffee, TN; md Elizabeth P. Atkinson 25 Nov 1816, Amherst Co., VA.
  • William Thomas Burroughs b 30 Jan 1798, VA, d 28 Jul 1879, Bedford, VA; md Catherine Greer Booth 19 Aug 1832, Franklin, VA.
  • Caty Burroughs b 28 Jul 1801, VA.
  • Robert Thomas Burroughs b 6 Jun 1804.
  • Joseph Burroughs b 3 Jun 1806, VA; md Sarah.
Robert Thomas Burroughs b 6 Jun 1804, Loudoun, VA, d 3 Mar 1891, Patrick, VA. He married Matilda A. Tate 5 Dec 1827, Bedford, VA, daughter of Obadiah Tate and Nancy Goggin.
Children of Robert Thomas Burroughs and Matilda A. Tate were:
  • William Henry Burroughs b 20 Feb 1830 Bedford, VA, d 24 Feb 1832.
  • Edward W. Burroughs b 26 Dec 1831, Bedford, d 27 Sep 1879.
  • James Robert Burroughs b 1 Apr 1834.
  • Robert Thomas Burroughs b 31 Aug 1836, Bedford or Patrick, VA, d abt 1863.
  • Thomas Jefferson Burroughs b 10 Feb 1839 Bedford or Patrick, VA, d 8 Oct 1918.
  • George Tate Burroughs b 12 Dec 1840 Bedford or Patrick, VA, d 10 May 1925; md Laura Coltrane.
  • Alverda Burroughs b 16 Jan 1843, Bedford or Patrick, VA, d 11 Aug 1908; md Hugh Roberts.
  • Rufus Burroughs b 14 Feb 1846, d 8 May 1925; md Mary/Jennie Edwards.
  • Mary Lucy (Molly) Burroughs b 3 Feb 1849, d 6 Dec 1882; md James Yancy Stanford 19 Oct 1876, Carroll Co., VA.
James Robert Burroughs b 1 Apr 1834, Bedford or Patrick, VA, d 1 Mar 1871, Patrick, VA. He md Susan Elizabeth Dalton 20 Apr 1864, Patrick Co., VA, daughter of James Hunter Dalton and Nancy Critz.
Children of James Robert Burroughs and Susan Elizabeth Dalton were:
  • William Thomas Burroughs b 28 May 1866.
  • James Robert Burroughs b 20 Sep 1867, Critz, Patrick, VA, d 17 Nov 1914; md Frances Lee Shotwell 3 Jan 1894, Patrick, VA.
  • Mary Belle Burroughs b 1871, Patrick, VA; md George R. Wells 15 May 1889, Patrick, VA.
William Thomas Burroughs b 28 May 1866, Critz, Patrick, VA, d 16 May 1954, Norfolk, VA. He md Virginia Susan Shotwell 10 April 1890, Patrick, VA, daughter of John Shotwell and Frances Elizabeth "Fanny" Osborne.
Children of William Thomas Burroughs and Virginia Susan Shotwell were:
  • William Henry Burroughs b 16 May 1891 Critz, Patrick, VA, d Nov 1976, Arlington, VA; md Virginia Elizabeth Carter 26 Sep 1917.
  • Fanny Sue Burroughs b 7 Jan 1893.
  • James Luther Burroughs b 25 Oct 1894, Critz, Patrick, VA, d 4 Nov 1932; md Annie Mae Lunsford.
  • Robert Samuel Burroughs b 14 Jun 1896, d 14 Jun 1896, Norfolk, VA.
  • Lola May Burroughs b 30 Oct 1899 Portsmouth, VA, d 1989; md Galelma Julian Butcher 7 Dec 1923, Norfolk, VA.
  • Norman Clark Burroughs b 6 Feb 1901 Portsmouth, VA, d 1956, San Francisco, CA; md Germaine (Emma).
  • Cary Lee Burroughs b 7 Jun 1905 Portsmouth, Va, d 17 Jul 1991, Norfolk, VA; md Marguerite Jane Hill, Jul 1956, Norfolk, VA.
Fanny Sue Burroughs b 7 Jan 1893 Critz, Patrick, VA, d 1969, Norfolk, VA. She md Willard Slade Blanchard 23 Jun 1911 Pasquotank, NC, son of Thomas Blanchard and Marinda Jackson Hobbs.

SOURCES:
Prince William County Will Book G, pp 350-352, 368-370; Our Kin, by M.D. Ackerly and L.E.J. Parker; GJB; PAB; AH; BL; DB.
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