William Burgess of Albemarle Co., Virginia
[Haplotype R —, Genetic Group: A1-A2 King George and Bedford]
William Burgess was born between 1780 and 1790 in Virginia. He may be a son of William Burgess Jr. (born about 1755), a presumed son of William Burgess Sr. of Stafford Co., Virginia; or he may be William Burge(ss) (born 1783), son of Lunsford Burge(ss) of King George and Spotsylvania Cos., Virginia; both of these men were grandsons of William Burgess of King George Co., Virginia (see that family below). However, he is not one of the three William Burgesses who were grandsons of William Burgess of Bedford Co., Virginia, all of whom have been located and accounted for elsewhere. He may have married Sally Fleeman on 5 December 1814 in Albemarle Co., Virginia. He may be listed in the 1820 census for Louisa Co., Virginia, and in the personal property tax records there from 1818-20. He is listed in the 1828-48 personal property tax lists and 1830-40 censuses of Albemarle Co.; he may also be the William “B.” Burgess listed there in the personal property tax records between 1814-16. He likely died there about 1848, having had two sons:
1. William J. Burgess (1819?-1870+) of Albemarle Co., VA
2. Lieut. Charles Tucker Burgess (1824-1890) of Wilson Co., TN
Second Branch: Charles Tucker Burgess
Lieut. Charles Tucker Burgess was born about 1824 in Virginia. He married Elizabeth Mary Hudson on 5 February 1845 in Albemarle Co., with William Burgess giving his written consent (Charles was underaged at the time). He is listed in the 1843 personal property tax list of Albemarle Co. as “Tricker” Burgess, and in 1844 there as Tucker Burgess. He settled in Wilson Co., Tennessee, where he appears on the 1850-80 census records (in 1870 as “George Burgess”). He served as a First Lieut. in Co. F, Smith’s (8th) Cavalry, Confederate Army, during the Civil War. He died on 10 October 1890 at Lebanon, Wilson Co., Tennessee, having had three sons:
1. Tolbert F. Burgess (1851-1871+) of Wilson Co., TN
2. Joseph Burgess (1855-1870+) of Wilson Co., TN
3. Samuel Thompson Burgess (1857-1926) of Nantucket Co., MA
Summary
Samuel Thompson Burgess is the ancestor of E. R. Burgess.
This family is genetically related to the following families these families have a common Burgess ancestor, name unknown :
William Burgess of Bedford Co., Virginia
William Burgess of King George Co., Virginia
Test results received from one representative of this line match those of descendants of William Burgess of Bedford Co., Virginia, and William Burgess of King George Co., Virginia; they have a common Burgess ancestor, name unknown. The tester no longer appears in the DNA project and there has been no contact with him in many years.