Dr married Mary BURDICK on 27 Jun 1839 in Malahide, Elgin, Ontario, Canada. Mary (daughter of Caleb BURDICK and Levinah TEEPLE) was born on 07 Nov 1822 in Malahide, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada; died on 19 May 1852 in Aylmer, Elgin, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Much of the information on the next two generations comes from the Ancestral File as of July 1992, turned in by J. Colleen Masterson, 203 W 4650 N, Rexburg,Idaho, 83440. His headstone says his age at death was 73 yr 9 m 4 days. His wife, Lovina's tombstone says: "Lovina died 11 Mar 1843 in her 57th year." Caleb received a Court Appointment on June 14, 1814, as town warden for Oxford. He was on the Grand Jury on June 11, 1805 and on 14 March 1815.
Caleb Burdick kept a minute Book which is in the files of the Archives of the United Church. It says, in part, that he was a deacon of the Methodist Episcopal Church, was born in Massachusetts in 1788 [sic] and came to Canada at the age of 12. His family settled in Oxford Township.
On March 3, 1839, Caleb wrote "A Record of my Father's Family". He recorded their ages as they would have been on that date, as if they were still alive:
95 James Burdick Born March 7th 1844
91 Phebe Burdick Born Seo 18th 1748
Their Children Born as follows
71 Abigail Burdick Born Jan 2d 1768
70 Phebe Burdick Born August 26 1769
68 Rachel Burdick Born Sep 18 1771
65 Enoch burdick Born Sep 25 1774
63 Samuel Burdick Born July 25 1776
59 Mercy Burdick Born May 8th 1779
57 Isaac Burdick Born Nov 9 1782
54 Joshua & Caleb Burdick Born August 9 1785
52 Huldah Burdick Born June 6 1787
Deaths
James Burdick at Oxford Nov 26 1807
Phebe Choat do Aug 1813
Abagail Lawrence at Burford March 1818
Joshua Burdick at Lanesborough 1776
Phebe Brown at Long Point Nov 29 1830
Aged 61 years 3 months & 3 days"

Much of the information on the next two generations comes from the Ancestral File as of July 1992, turned in by J. Colleen Masterson, 203 W 4650 N, Rexburg,Idaho, 83440. Microfiche # 6050287, Burdick Cemetery Records, South Gore Lot 21, Malahide Twp, Elgin Co, Ont., says his age at death was 73 yr 9 m 4 days. His wife, Levina's tombstone says: "Lovina died 11 Mar 1843 in her 57th year." Their marriage is found in London District Marriage records, 1800-1837, page 1. It says that Caleb was "of Oxford" and Levina was "of Charlottesville". They were married by John Beamer, JP, and the witnesses were Simon Mabee, Abigail Mabee and Silas Montross. Caleb received a Court Appointment on June 14, 1814 as town warden for Oxford. He was on the Grand Jury on June 11, 1805 and on 14 March 1815.

Caleb married Levinah TEEPLE on 24 Feb 1805 in London District,Ontario. Levinah was born on 10 May 1786 in Saint John, Saint John County, New Brunswick, Canada; died on 14 Mar 1843 in Charlotteville Twnsp, Norfolk, Ontario, Canada. [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]