'Burdon2'
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Families covered: Burden of Auchingarrich, Burdon of Castle Eden, Burden of Feddal, Burdon of Stockton-upon-Tees
| Thomas Burdon of Stockton-upon-Tees, co. Durham (a temp Edward IV who r. 1461-1483) | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | Thomas Burdon of Stockton (d before 14.04.1538) | ||||||||||||||
| A. | Robert Burdon (a temp Henry VIII who r. 1509-1547) | ||||||||||||||
| i. | ?? Burdon | ||||||||||||||
| a. | William Burdon, Mayor of Stockton (a 1621) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Anne | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Henry Burdon of Stockton-upon-Tees (d 1632) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth Wetherell (dau of Giles Wetherell) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | Rowland Burdon, Mayor of Stockton-upon-Tees (d 1657) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth Swainston (dau of John Swainston) | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | George Burdon of Stockton-upon-Tees (bpt 03.12.1648, d 1681) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth Hutchinson (dau of William Hutchinson of Frimdon or Trimdon) | |||||||||||||||
| (a) | Rowland Burdon of Sedgefield, co. Durham (bpt 01.1679, d 1750, Rev.) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Sarah Reeve (dau of John Reeve of Great Milton son of Anne, sister of Francis Nourse of Wood Eaton | |||||||||||||||
| ((1)) | Rowland Burdon, 1st of Castle Eden, co. Durham (d 25.10.1786) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (26.08.1755) Elizabeth Smith (dau of George Smith of Burnhall, 'Bishop of Durham', by Christian, dau of Rev. Hilkiah Bedford of Cambridge) | |||||||||||||||
| ((A)) | Rowland Burdon, 2nd of Castle Eden (b c1757, d 17.09.1838, MP) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (27.06.1780) Margaret Brandling (d 17.021791, dau of Charles Brandling of Gosforth) | |||||||||||||||
| ((i)) | Elizabeth Burdon (b 18.01.1783, d 30.1.1791) | ||||||||||||||
| m2. (20.02.1794) Cotsford Mathews (dau/heir of Gen. Richard Mathews) | |||||||||||||||
| ((ii)) | Rowland Burdon, 3rd of Castle Eden (b 16.08.1802, dsp 19.04.1875) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (19.05.1831) Anne Malet | |||||||||||||||
| ((iii)) | John Burdon, 4th of Castle Eden (b 14.10.1811, rector) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. (13.02.1847) Elizabeth Anne Hale (d 26.05.1878, dau of Henry Hale son of General John of Plantation) | |||||||||||||||
| ((iv)) | Cotsford Burdon (b 04.08.1815) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. (19.04.1852) Eleanor Margaret Jane Pemberton Thompson (d 05.04.1876, dau of Thomas Thompason of Bishopswearmouth) | |||||||||||||||
| ((v)) | Elizabeth Anne Burdon (dsp 25.02.1826) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Sir Thomas Henry Browne of Bronwylfa (Lt. General) | |||||||||||||||
| ((vi))+ | other issue - Frances (b 1804-5, d 03.02.1867), Mary Cotsford | ||||||||||||||
| (b)+ | other issue (dvp) | ||||||||||||||
| (ii) | Henry Burdon (d 1712-3) | ||||||||||||||
| (a) | Rowland Burdon 'of Stockton-on-Tees' | ||||||||||||||
| m. (05.01.1716) Mary Lackenby ('dau/heir of Nicholas Lackenby of Norton & Billingham') | |||||||||||||||
| ((1)) | Mary Burdon (d 12.1780) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (29.12.1743) William Webster of Whitby | |||||||||||||||
| ((2))+ | other issue (dvp) | ||||||||||||||
| (iii)+ | "several daughters" | ||||||||||||||
| (B) | Alice Burdon | ||||||||||||||
| m. John Jessop, Mayor of Stockton | |||||||||||||||
| (C) | Elizabeth Burdon | ||||||||||||||
| m. Simon Harrison | |||||||||||||||
| (D)+ | other issue - John (d 1643), Isabel | ||||||||||||||
| (2)+ | other issue | ||||||||||||||
| B. | Alyson Burdon | ||||||||||||||
| m. William Walker | |||||||||||||||
| C.+ | other sons | ||||||||||||||
| 2. | son | ||||||||||||||
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| 'The Genealogist' suggests that the following family's name "was probably taken from a place in the county of Durham, now called Burdon, but is met with in Scotland soon after the middle of the thirteenth century. | |||||||||||||||
| John 'Dow' Burden of Auchingarrich in Stravan (d before 05.07.1578) | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | John Burden of Auchingarrich (a 1582) | ||||||||||||||
| A. | John Burden of Auchingarrich | ||||||||||||||
| m. Sybilla Drummond (dau of John Drummond of Boreland, of family of Concraig) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | James Burden of Auchingarrich (minister) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Agnes Murray (dau of Andrew Murray of Lecop (Lochlane), son of a son of William (sb David?) Murray of Tullibardine by Margaret Colquhoun) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Henry Burden in Easter Feddal (d before 03.02.1647) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Janet Burden (dau/coheir of William Burden of Feddal Myne) @1@ below | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | James Burden of Feddal & Auchingarrich (d 10.1710) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Margaret Drummond ("said to be a daughter of James, Earl of Perth") | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | James Burden of Feddal | ||||||||||||||
| Nisbet identifies James's wife as Mary Drummond but 'The Genealogist' identifies her as ... | |||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth Skene | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | Margaret Burden (b 26.05.1709, dsp after 11.06.1772) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (mcrt 30.01.1736) Archibald Menzies of Shian | |||||||||||||||
| (ii) | Ann Burden (b 17.05.1712, d by 1771) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Robert Campbell of Torry | |||||||||||||||
| Feddal passed through one of their daughters to a grandson, Robert Graham, who assumed the name Graham-Burden of Feddal. | |||||||||||||||
| (iii) | Elizabeth Burden | ||||||||||||||
| m. (mcrt 14.02.1738) John Campbell in Perth | |||||||||||||||
| (a) | James Campbell (b 23.01.1739) | ||||||||||||||
| (iv)+ | other issue (dvpsp?) - James (b 05.02.1705), George (b 25.11.1707), William (b 08.02.1711) mentioned by Nisbet but not by 'The Genealogist' | ||||||||||||||
| (B) | Archibald Burden in Edinburgh (goldsmith & engraver) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Margaret Dalziel | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | Katherine Burden (bpt 25.09.1717) | ||||||||||||||
| (C) | William Burden in France | ||||||||||||||
| ii. | William Burden of Feddal Myne (a 1630) | ||||||||||||||
| a. | Margaret Burden | ||||||||||||||
| m1. James Short in Craigforth | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Margaret Short of Auchingarrich | ||||||||||||||
| m2. (before 13.03.1634) John Burden (son/heir of Duncan Burden in Craigneich) @2@ just below | |||||||||||||||
| b. | Janet Burden | ||||||||||||||
| m. Henry Burden @1@ above | |||||||||||||||
| iii. | Duncan Burden in Craigneich | ||||||||||||||
| a. | John Burden | ||||||||||||||
| m. Margaret Burden @2@ just above | |||||||||||||||
Main source(s):
(1) For upper section (originally uploaded 16.09.12 to BZmisc15) : Commoners (vol 1, 'Burdon of Castle Eden', p359+), BLG1886 ('Burdon of Castle Eden')
(2) For lower section : Nisbet's 'Heraldic Plates' (1892, 'Burden of Feddal and Auchingarrich', p156), 'The Genealogist' (vol 3, 'Burden of Auchingarrich and Feddal', p145+)
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