William Burgess of Lancashire Co., England

[Haplotype I - M223]

William Burgess was born about 1699, probably in Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire Co., England. He married Elizabeth Bostock on 5 November 1720 at Ashton-under-Lyne, Stalybridge, Manchester, Lancashire Co., England. He died there after 1727, having had four sons:

*1. Arthur Burgess (1721-1761+) of Lancashire Co., England
2. William Burgess Jr. (1723- )
3. John Burgess (1724-1724), died young
4. Joseph Burgess (1727- )

First Branch: Arthur Burgess

Arthur Burgess was born before 31 July 1721 at Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire Co., England. He married Mary Heward on 16 April 1745 at Ashton-under-Lyne. He died there after 1761, having had three sons:

*1. William Burgess III (1750-1811+) of Lancashire Co., England
2. Joseph Burgess II (1756- )
3. George Burgess (1759- )

First Son of Arthur

William Burgess III was born about 1750 in Lancashire Co., England (he was christened on 5 December 1753). He married firstly Mary Ogden on 11 November 1770 at Ashton-under-Lyne, and secondly Mary Hague on 6 June 1774 at Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire Co., England. He is recorded there as a manufacturer in the 1811 census. He died there after 1811, having had three sons:

1. George Burgess II (1776- )
2. Joseph Burgess III (1781- )
*3. Arthur Burgess II (1782-1841) of Ashton-under-Lyne, Stalybridge, Lancashire Co., England

Third Son of William III

Arthur Burgess II was born before 7 December 1782 (his christening date) at Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire Co., England. He married Kitty Seel on 25 May 1806 at Ashton-under-Lyne. He is listed in the 1832 Manchester and Salford Trade Directory working as a victualler (innkeeper) at Mason’s Arms, and in the 1841 census for Ashton-under-Lyne working as a publican. He also worked as a stone mason. He died there later in 1841, having had three sons:

1. William Burgess IV (1806- )
*2. Samuel Burgess (1809-1880) of Stalybridge, Lancashire Co., England
3. John Burgess II (1816- )

Second Son of Arthur II

Samuel Burgess was born 31 January 1809 at Ashton-under-Lyne, Stalybridge, Lancashire Co., England. He married Ann Robson on 20 May 1833 at Mottram-in-Longdendale, Chester Co., England. He is listed in the 1837 and 1851-71 censuses for Ashton-under-Lyne, working as a stone mason, but has not been found in 1841. He died there on 2 May 1880, having had two sons:

1. Thomas Burgess (1834-1901+) of Lancashire Co., England
*2. John James Burgess (1837-1884) of Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Second Son of Samuel

(John) James Burgess was born 26 October 1837 at Manchester, Lancashire Co., England. He immigrated to Canada in 1857. He married Elizabeth Purchase on 9 August 1867 at Don Mills, Ontario, Canada. He is listed in the 1871 and 1891 censuses for York Co., Ontario, and in 1881 and 1901 at Toronto, Ontario, Canada, working as a carpenter; he has not been found in 1911. He died there on 6 February 1918, having had four sons:

1. William Burgess V (1869-1944) of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
2. John Frederick Burgess (1870-1961)
3. Henry Burgess (1876-1965) of Ontario, Canada
4. James Johnathan Burgess (1878-1945) of Hanna, Alberta, Canada

William Burgess V is the ancestor of Ri. W. Burgess; 
James Johnathan Burgess is the ancestor of J. J. Burgess.

Test results received from two representatives of this line match each other; they have a common male ancestor, John James Burgess. However, they do not currently match the numbers of any other Burgess Project family.