Caleb BURDICK

Male 1785 - 1858  (72 years)


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  • Name Caleb BURDICK 
    Born 09 Aug 1785  Lanesborough, Berkshire, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 02 Jul 1858  Malahide, Elgin, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I2024  Wayne Cook Family Tree
    Last Modified 13 Apr 2021 

    Father James BURDICK
              b. 07 Mar 1743, Westerly, Washington, Rhode Island, United States Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 02 Nov 1807, Oxford, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 64 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Phoebe SMITH
              b. 18 Sep 1748, Lanesborough, Berkshire, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 12 Aug 1813, Ingersoll, West Oxford, Oxford, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 64 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Married 1767  Lanesborough, Berkshire, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F601  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Levinah TEEPLE
              b. 10 May 1786, Saint John, Saint John County, New Brunswick, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 14 Mar 1843, Charlotteville Twnsp, Norfolk, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 56 years) 
    Married 24 Feb 1805  London District,Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Lydia BURDICK
              b. 01 Dec 1805, Oxford Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 01 Sep 1824  (Age 18 years)  [natural]
     2. Phoebe BURDICK
              b. 07 Jan 1807, Oxford Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 08 Jan 1827  (Age 20 years)  [natural]
     3. Joshua Teeple BURDICK
              b. 05 Oct 1809, Oxford, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 26 Apr 1814  (Age 4 years)  [natural]
     4. Susannah BURDICK
              b. 05 Jun 1811, Oxford, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 12 Jan 1832, Malahide, Elgin County, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 20 years)  [natural]
     5. James Smith BURDICK
              b. 03 Mar 1813, Oxford, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 05 Nov 1893, Essex, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 80 years)  [natural]
     6. Matilda BURDICK
              b. 10 May 1814, Oxford, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. Oct 1814, Norfolk, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 0 years)  [natural]
     7. Matilda Ann BURDICK
              b. 07 Jan 1816, Oxford, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 25 Nov 1838  (Age 22 years)  [natural]
     8. Andrus David BURDICK
              b. 04 Nov 1818, Long Point, Norfolk, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 05 Mar 1879, Grovesend, Malahide, Elgin, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 60 years)  [natural]
     9. Mary BURDICK
              b. 07 Nov 1822, Malahide, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 19 May 1852, Aylmer, Elgin, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 29 years)  [natural]
    Last Modified 13 Apr 2021 
    Family ID F681  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • 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.