Family/Spouse: Martha CLARK. Martha (daughter of Amos CLARK and Zilpha HOYT) was born in 1804 in New York, United States; died on 24 Jul 1864 in London, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Brick Street Cemetery. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. James R. BURDICK was born in 1825; died in 1904.
2. George Oscar BURDICK was born on 09 Mar 1823 in Hanover Center, Chautauqua County, New York, USA; died on 03 Mar 1903 in Adelaide, Middlesex County, Ontario, Canada.
3. Armandia Malvena BURDICK was born on 10 Jul 1827 in Hanover, Chautauqua, New York, United States; died on 03 Feb 1892 in Westminster, Middlesex County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Brick Street Cemetery.
4. Samuel BURDICK was born in 1831; died in in Stevensville, Berrien, Michigan, United States of America; was buried in Lincoln Charter Township Cemetery.
5. Amos BURDICK was born on 02 Nov 1832 in Hanover, Chautauqua, New York, United States; died on 08 Jan 1871 in London, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada.
6. Ira Clark BURDICK was born on 22 Jan 1842 in Hanover, Chautauqua, New York, United States; died on 08 Dec 1889 in Canada; was buried in Arkona, Lambton, Ontario, Canada.

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Christening
25 August 1776
Lanesborough, Berkshire, Massachusetts, USA
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In the Report of the Department of Public Records and Archives of Ontario (1933), there is a record dated 20 July 1797: "Samuel Burdick, praying for lands as a settler and for a lease of lot 15 2nd Concession of Oxford. Recommended for 200 acres. Also recommended for a lease of the lot he has improved." (page 39)
In "Baptists of Beamsville, 1788-1988", by Marion Whitman Dawdy, "Our [second] pastor was Lic. Samuel Burdick. He has the dubious honour of being the first candidate examined by an Ordination Council in Ontario: dubious, because he was refused ordination. The council felt his acquaintance with scriptures and human nature in general had not been sufficient. Five months later, he was granted a letter of dismissal from our church and disappeared from the scene."
Samuel Burdick appears to have purchased land in Chautauqua County, New York by an indenture on " 20 Oct 1818 between Willum Willink, Hendrick Vollin (?), and Rutger Ian Schinn___?, all of the city of Amsterdam, in the Kingdom of the United Netherlands".
At the time of the 1850 Census, Samuel and Dorothy Burdick were living with their daughter and son-in-law, Judah and Lawton J. Knapp, in the town of Hanover, Chautauqua, New York. Samuel's and Dorothy's birth places were both given as 'Vermont'. His age was 74 years, and hers was 67 years.
Samuel S. Burdick's last will and testament was made on the 19th of August 1850, and was submitted for probate in the Surrogate's Court at Sinclearville, Chautauqua County, New York, on 19 December, 1850. His heirs were "Dorothy Burdick his widow, Judah L. Knapp wife of Lawton J. Knapp of Hanover, Chautauqua County, New York, Enoch Burdick of Beachville, Canada West, Francis Burdick of St. Marys Blanchard, Canada West, Alvin Burdick of Coldwater & John Burdick of Hastings State of Michigan, Rachel Black of Nauvoo state of Illinois, Pamelia Houck wife of Chancellor Houck of Liberty township Pennsylvania, George Burdick of London, Canada West, Malvina Burdick of Westminster Canada West, all of full age, & grand children of the said deceased & Samuel Burdick, Amos Burdick, James Burdick, Ira Burdick, Charles Landphere, Thaddius Landphere, William Landphere, Orlando Landphere all grand children of the said deceased & minors under the age of twenty one years having no general guardian residing in the said town of Hanover & Emory [letter crossed out] Warren a reputable & disinterested freeholder of the town of Charlotte having duly consented to act as special guardian of the said minors it is ordered that the said Emory [T?] Warren be the hereby is [sic] appointed the special guardian of the said Samuel Burdick, Amos Burdick, James Burdick, Ira Burdick, James Landphere, Charles Landphere, Thaddeus Landphere, William Landphere, & Orlando Landphere for the sole purpopse of appearing for them & taking care of their interests in the proceedings attendant on the probate of the said will."
He is buried in Pioneer Cemetery, Forestville, Chaut. Co. NY.
Sources; Samuel [S.] Burdick's will, 19 Aug 1850, pro 19 Dec 1850.
In the 1830 and 1840 censuses of Chaut. Co NY, Samuel Burdick appears to have purchased land in Chautauqua Co., NY by an indenture on " 20 Oct 1818 between Willum Willink, Hendrick Vollin (?), and Rutger Ian Schinn___?, all of the city of Amsterdam, in the Kingdom of the United Netherlands" (Chaut. NY Deeds, film # 0478718, vol 30, page 350.).
The published record of the Pioneer Cemetery in Forestville says that his burial date was November 9, 1830, but his will was probated on the 19 of December, 1850, so there seems to be a misprint in the published record.

Samuel married Dorothea Sawyer PIPER. Dorothea (daughter of Caleb PIPER and Keziah HOUGHTON) was born on 12 Nov 1782 in Templeton, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States; died on 30 Oct 1854 in New York, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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His birthplace has been given as both Rhode Island and Scotland.
The first mention of James Burdick in the public records is when he bought land from Azariah Reed (of Lanesborough, Mass.) for 13 pounds 4 shillings, recorded on 30 Oct 1770 (Book A, page 433). This document says that James is 'of Lanesboro'.
Another early record we have of James Burdick is his baptism into the Lanesborough Congregational Church as an adult on 27 Sep 1772. A second adult, Isaac Smith, was baptized on the same day. The record states that when he was baptized his wife, Phebe Burdick, was absent. Their daughters, Abigail, Phebee and Rachel were all baptized on 12 Nov 1772. Their son, Enoch, was baptized 6 Nov 1774, and their son, Samuel on 25 August 1776. James Burdick served in the American Revolution as a private in Cpt. Joseph Barnes' Co, Col. Benjamin Symond's Regiment. His Berkshire County Regiment enlisted 26 Apr 1777, discharged 10 May 1777, Service 24 days; they marched to Saratoga, NY, by order of Maj. Gen. Gates. (from Mass. Soldiers and Sailors, Boston, 1896, p. 825). The land records of Lanesborough, Berkshire Co., Mass., show that James Burdick bought two lots in Richmond, Mass., on 28 Sep 1777 from his brother, Freedom Burdick, who was then living in Fredericksburg, Dutchess Co., NY.
Several of James' children were born in Coeymans Patent, New York, in the 1780's, which is directly west of Lanesborough, and has one county between (Renselaer Co.) and is 12 miles south of Albany. Coeymans Patent derives its name from a large tract of land purchased by Barent Pieterse Coeymans (Coymans, Koijemans) in 1673 and later divided among his descendants and a few early settlers after his death in 1710. The christening records of the Coeymans Reformed Church (1793-1845) in Albany, NY, were extracted in 1990, but no Burdick family members appear. This may be because they were 'dissenters'.
John Rockwell of Lanesborough sold land to James Burdick of Lanesborough for 35 pounds, being 10 acres bordering on land which James already owned. The deed is dated 14 March 1785. No mention is made of the name of John Rockwell's wife. (deed book C, page 219, film #1749798).
James Burdick of Lanesborough sold land to Isaac Smith Jr. of Lanesborough for 8 pounds 2 shillings , containing about 3 acres, and adjoining land already owned by Isaac Smith Jr. (Deed book C, page 521, film # 1749798).
James Birdict [sic] appears on the 1790 Census of Vermont, living in the town of South Hero, in Chittenden County. The Town Records say that his "Mark for sheep swine and Cattel is a happeney under the left Eare Rec'd on to Record this 7th Day of December 1791 by me Ebn'r Allen Town Clerk. April 12 1797 The above Mark is now Set to Warren Corbin. Constant Reynold Town Clerk." (Vol. 2, page 6)(film # 0028855)
In 1801, James Burdick, of the Township of Oxford, Ontario, Canada, was appointed by the Court to be a keeper of a Standard for Weights and Measures in the Room of Hammon Lawrence, who is discontinued (page 21).
The land records of West Oxford, entry # 59, show that on October 20, 1801, James Burdick, Yeoman, purchased Lot No. 16, in the Broken Front Concession, Oxford Township, Oxford County (on the Thames River) in a 'Clergy Reserve.' Clergy Reserve lands were given to the clergy of the Church of England, and were eventually sold by them in order to support themselves.
After he moved to Ontario, James Burdick built the second mill in the area, which was on Centreville Creek, in Oxford County, at the 1st Concession in 1806-7. It was a combination grist mill and sawmill, in a building sixteen feet square. In her book, Marjorie E. Cropp says that the Burdick family settled west of Beachville in 1803
On March 18, 1807, James Burdick was recommended for a Commission in the Militia of Oxford County, Ontario, and was noted to be a 'respectable' man (the Early History of the London District, Ontatio Historical Society, Vol 24, page 226).
The 1812 assessment of people living upon the Thames River shows Freedom Burdick, Enoch Burdick, Caleb Burdick, Isaac Burdick, Joel Piper, Allen Sage, Heman Janes, and Peter Teeple.

Here begin the notes from Dorothy Irene Haist (10 Oct 1909 - ____) as given on the Internet:
James appears to be the first Burdick of his line to leave Rhode Island. Church records show that he joined the Lanesborough Congregational Church, on Sept. 27 1772. It was from Massachusetts that he found himself involved in the American Revolution, and he appeared on the roster of the Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the War of the Revolution, Vol. 2 (pg. 825) as: BURDICK, JAMES. Private, Capt. Joseph Barns Co. Col. Benjamin Symonds (Berkshire Co.) regt.; enlisted April 26, 1777; discharged May 10, 1777; service 24 days; marched to Saratoga by order of Maj. Gen. Gates. The 1790 Census shows James and his family living in Chittenden Co., V ermont, and he later went to Oxford County, Ontario, where he lived near Ingersoll. James was apparently living at "Bertie" at the "Ferrying Place" in 1796 with his family and his son-in-law Hamon Lawrence. See the following public record:1797: Public Archives of Canada, Upper Canada Land Petitions, 'B' Bundle 3, part 1, 1791-1820, R. G. I. L3, Vol. 29,#12 See appendix... "On July 18,1797, 'Thomas Ingersoll wrote to the Surveyor General indicating that James Burdick had approached him in April of that year for permission to locate in Oxford-on-the-Thames. A supporting document to James' petition for a land grant as a UEL was a sworn declaration by Isaac Smith and Jonathon Smith of Lanesborough, Massachusetts dated January 19th 1798. Isaac Smith was likely the father of Phoebe Smith, the wife of James. "We the Subscribers, Inhabitants of the Town of Lanesborough in the County of Berkshire, & Commonwealth of Massachusetts do hereby Certify whom to it may concern that we were well acquainted with James Burdick some time since an Inhabitant of the Town of Lanesborough aforesaid that in the Late War between Great Britain n and America the said James Burdick took part on the side of the British Government that he was once and again called before Committees of Correspondence & safety was fined & confined to his farm and disarmed at the Battle of Bennington. The said James Burdick was with the British Army, was taken captive by the Americans and taken to Southam Gaol, there confined for Seven or Eight months. He then broke the goal and made his escape. Signed "Isaac Smith" Jonathan Smith" "Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Berkshire, Lanesborough, January 19th 1798" and sworn as-true before a Justice of the Peace. Burdick was given permission to take up residence on a lot in West Oxford, and as Ingersoll reported, "he has Ben on to Work Ever Since and has Cleared About twenty Acres". The day previous to Ingersolls letter, James Burdick's son, Samuel, had petitioned the Executive Council to be confirmed on the lot, and in reply the council granted a lease. That place was Centreville, where, "James Burdick, Esq., erected the first mill in the township." see Oxford Gazeteer (Hamiton, 1852) by 'Thomas Shenston. When that was is unclear. Shenston suggests around 1805, but searching has uncovered evidence that the mill was already in operation by 1799. (see Upper Thames Valley Conservation. Report 1952 Summary (Toronto, 1952), pg. 20: " A grist mill in Oxford Township is referred to in September of that year (1799). It is a short distance from Ingersoll's and in 1800 it is called 'Burdick's Mill' and its position fixed on the creek running through the Clergy Lot 16, Broken Front, Oxford West in the field notes of William Hambly

James married Phoebe SMITH in 1767 in Lanesborough, Berkshire, Massachusetts. Phoebe was born on 18 Sep 1748 in Lanesborough, Berkshire, Massachusetts, United States; died on 12 Aug 1813 in Ingersoll, West Oxford, Oxford, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Caleb married Keziah HOUGHTON on 06 Jul 1772 in Templeton, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States. Keziah (daughter of Ebenezer HOUGHTON and Phoebe WRIGHT) was born on 14 Dec 1753 in Bolton, Worcestor, Massachusetts, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married Ruth CLARKE on 13 Jul 1736 in Lexington, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States. Ruth was born in 1710 in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States; died on 26 Apr 1758 in Bolton, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Ebenezer married Phoebe WRIGHT about 1750/51 in Bolton, Worcestor, Mass.. Phoebe was born about 1730 in Bolton, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States; died on 04 Jan 1775 in Milton, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]