John Burgess of Sussex Co., England
[BIG Y Haplotypes: R-BY79427, R - BY126024]
Note: This family is genetically related to:
Joseph Burgess of Bergen Co., New Jersey
John Burgess of New Haven Co., Connecticut
John Burgess was born about 1687 in Sussex Co., England. He married Joan Randal on the 19th of October 1712 in Boxgrove, Sussex, England, she was born in Boxgrove in 1687. He died in 1719 in Boxgrove having had one son.
John Burgess was born about 1717 in Boxgrove, Sussex, England. He married Elizabeth born in 1725. He died having had six sons.
First Branch: Thomas Burgess
Thomas Burgess was born about 1747 in Petworth, Sussex, England. He married Jane Bean Who was born about 1752 in Petworth, Sussex and died about 1789 having had five sons.
William Burgess was born in 1775. He married Ann. He died having had four sons
Second Branch: John Burgess
John Burgess was born about 1751 in Petworth, Sussex, England. He married Sarah Roberts born in 1750 on the 6th of December 1774 in Petworth, Sussex. He died having had four sons.
James Burgess was born about 1785 at Tillington, Sussex Co., England. He married Sarah Muggeridge on December 21st 1845 in St. Mary, Hanwell, Middlesex, England, she was born the 28th of December 1796 in Petworth, Sussex. He was an innkeeper at Petworth, Sussex, England, in 1837 (according to the Tithe Award map), managing an establishment there called “The Fox.” He is listed in the 1841 census for Petworth, Sussex Co., but his children are enumerated separately with Alfred and Emma Bridger, Sarah’s children by a previous marriage; he is listed in the 1851 census for Wesboro Green, Sussex Co., and in 1861 at Horsham, Sussex Co. He died at Horsham, Sussex Co., on 21 February 1868, having had six sons:
Thomas Burgess is the ancestor of D.R. Burgess
Edmund Bridger Burgess is the ancestor of A. R. Burgess
Richard Bridger Burgess is the ancestor of C. S. Burgess
Test results received from one representative of this family match the markers of descendants of Joseph Burgess of Bergen Co., New Jersey, and of John Burgess of New Haven Co., Connecticut; they have a common Burgess ancestor, name unknown.