Memoir of the Life of Lieut. Gen. Daniel Burr. with a Supplement

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1821. Excerpt: ... MEMOIR OF THE LIFE OF LIEUT. GEN. DANIEL BURR. He was born on the nineteenth day of August, 1749, O. S. in the house of his father, Daniel Burr, Esquire, a gentleman of independent fortune, then residing at Ramsey, in the county of Essex. The grandfather of General Burr was possessed of very considerable landed estates in Essex, with a revenue of eight B thousand pounds per annum. The estates were formerly the property of Sir Thomas Davall, of Yarmouth, in the county of Norfolk, who married a Miss Burr. Their son, Sir Thomas Davall, Knight, married a Miss Lydia Catharine Van Hatten, and had by her two sons, who both died in early age, in consequence of which, the estates, by the Will of their father, were bequeathed to his cousin, Daniel Burr, Esquire, the grandfather of the General, and a respectable merchant in the city of Amsterdam, in Holland. The Davalls were descended from an ancient and opulent family in the north of England; and Sir Thomas Davall, Knight, last mentioned, served as one of the burgesses for the town of Harwich, in all the parliaments which were held during the reign of King William, the royal consort of Queen Mary- and in the two first Parliaments of their successor, Queen Anne; he was also Recorder of that borough. Sir Thomas died in the month of November, 1712, and his remains were interred in the family vault in the parochial church of Ramsey. His wife survived him, and on the thirteenth of April, 1736, was married to the Duke of Chandos, and by that marriage added seventy thousand pounds to the fortune of that nobleman. Daniel Burr, Esquire, lord of the manor of Dovercourt, living in 1722, the grandfather of General Burr, married a lady of the city of Amsterdam, whose name was Elizabeth, daughter of Frederick Danchert, of A...