From the book, History of the Town of Sutton Massachusetts, From 1704 to 1876; including Grafton until 1735; Millbury until 1813; and parts of Northbridge, Upton and Auburn., compiled by Rev. William A. Benedict, A.M. and Rev. Hiram A. Tracy, published for the town by Sanford & Company, Worcester, 1878. Reprinted 1966 by Commonwealth Press for Mrs. Flora Holbrook Dudley, in memory of her sister, Miss Alice Holbrook. Second Exact Reprint, 1970, pp. 613-15. (Note: My connection to the Burnaps is through the COLE line, Bonnie Bunce Information in brackets is from other sources, mainly the books on Vital Records to the Year 1850 for Sutton and Millbury and also Centennial History of the Town of Millbury with Vital Statistics from 1850-1899): BURNAP. By William E. Cole. Thomas Burnap and Sarah his wife emigrated, as is supposed, from England to this country about the year 1650, and settled with his brother Robert in the town of Reading. He is the ancestor of the Sutton Burnaps. Thomas(2) (Thomas(1)), b. Jan. 17, 1664. Ebenezer(3) (Thomas(2), Thomas(1)), b. Apr. 16, 1689. Ebenezer(4) (Ebenezer(3), Thomas(2), Thomas(1)), b. June 10, 1723, m. Mary Wyman, Sept. 28, 1749, who d. Oct. 25, 1793. He d. Apr. 12, 1804. They came to Sutton about the year 1750. Ch.--1, Mary, b. Aug. 6, 1750 [at Hollis, Hillsboro Co., NH per Sutton VRs]; 2, Sarah, b. Oct. 3, 1751; 3, Anna, b. Sept. 19, 1752; 4, Timothy. b. Dec. 25, 1753; 5, Ebenezer, b. Oct. 13, 1756; 6, Thomas, b. Jan. 19, 1758; 7, Abijah, Apr. 11, 1760; 8, John, b. Apr. 23, 1761; 9, Uzziah, b. Jan. 20, 1764; d. June 16, 1793; 10, Asa Wymans, b. June 2, 1768; 11, Hannah, b. Dec. 9, 1771. Mary m. Joshua Waite of Sutton, now Millbury, son of William and Ruth [Lovell] Waite, Sept. 19, 1776. Ch.--1, Sally, b. Aug. 3, 1777; 2, John, b. July 23, 1778; 3, Polly, b. Feb. 5, 1780; 4, Joshua, b. Aug. 26, 1781; 5, Amos, b. Feb. 4, 1783; 6, David, 7, Jonathan, twins, b. Aug. 20, 1784; 8, Josiah, b. June 18, 1786; 9, Rufus, Apr. 19, 1788; 10, Clarissa, b. May 3, 1792; 11, Lucina, b. May 21, 1794. Sarah, m. Jotham Merriam of Oxford, who d. Aug. 22, 1798; m. second, Colonel Samuel Denny of Leicester, Feb. 1809. Ch.--1, Sarah, b. June 16, 1778; 2, Ephraim, b. May 12, 1780; 3, Anna, b. Jan. 23, 1782; 4, Jotham, b. Apr. 9, 1784; 5, Reuben, b. Dec. 31, 1785; 6, Lucy, b. Jan. 15, 1788; 7, Abijah, May 25, 1790; 8, Silas, b. Feb. 5, 1792. Timothy m. Bethiah Waite [b. 10 Feb 1759], dau. of William and Ruth [Lovell] Waite, who d. Feb. 13, _____ [1849 from Millbury cemetery record]. He d. Oct. 26, 1828. Ch.--1, Mehetable, b. Oct. 8, 1781; 2, Polly, b. Nov. 6, 1783; 3, Timothy, b. June 10, 1786; 4, John, b. June 30, 1788; 5, Bethiah, b. May 18, 1790; d. May 28, 1864; 6, Cyrus, b. Jan. 27, 1792; 7, Abijah, b. Apr. 23, 1794; 8, Lucy, b. Apr. 27, 1796; d. May 31, 1796; 9, James, b. Apr. 26, 1797; 10, Lewis, b. July 15, 1799; 11, Elijah, b. July 26, 1801. Thomas [brother of Timothy] went to Vermont. Abijah m. Hannah Towne [on 31 Mar 1783]. Ch.--1, Betsey, b. ----- [5 Nov 1783]; m. ---- Whittemore, and died when eighteen; 2, Nancy F. [b. [17 Apr 1786 at Sutton] m. G.F. Wheeler; d. 1870; 3, Abijah Leonard, b. 1796 [10 Nov 1795]; m. Sally Hobart, 1827. Ch.--1, Jerome [Jackson, b. 2 Jan 1830 at Millbury], m. [21 Mar 1829 at Millbury] Sarah Hobart; 2, Mary Wyman, m. Benjamin Humes. John went to Vermont. Hannah m. an Eddy and went to Maine. Mehetable, daughter of Timothy and Bethiah, m. Mark Batchelor, Nov. 17, 1808. Ch.--1, Almira Wyman, b. Aug. 9, 1809; 2, Lucinda, b. Nov. 24, 1810; 3, Lucy, b. June 8, 1812; 4, Cyrus, b. Dec. 29, 1813; 5, Salmon, b. Sept. 20, 1815; 6, Mehetable Waite, b. July 24, 1817; 7, Horace, July 8, 1819; 8, Mary Burnap, b. Sept. 17, 1821; 9, Mark Judson, b. Aug. 29, 1825. Mark Batchelor d. Dec. 4, 1847; Mehetable, his wife, d. June 5, 1865. Polly, dau. of Timothy and Bethiah, m. WEBSTER COLE, Dec. 5, 1805, d. June 1, 1874; Ch.--1, Mary Burnap, b. at Alstead, N.H., Aug. 31, 1806; 2, Albert, b. at Fitchburg, May 27, 1808 [m. Sophia Barnes 19 Mar 1835, who was b.ca. 1806, and d. 23 Dec 1886 at Millbury, parents of 5 ch., Albert d. 6 Aug 1884 at Millbury]; 3, Laura, b. at Fitchburg, Nov. 19, 1810; 4, LEONARD, b. at Leominster Sept. 19, 1812 [m. Mary Harris, dau. of Daniel and Nancy (Elder) Harris of Lunenburg at Lunenburg, on 12 Sep 1836, intent dated at Millbury 19 Aug 1836; parents of 7, 2 d. in infancy; Leonard d. at Leominster, 11 Aug 1885]; 5, Nancy Towne, b. at Millbury, Dec. 5, 1814 [m. Lucius Barns of Hardwick, Worcester Co. on 22 May 1838 at Millbury, intent dated 6 May 1838, Hardwick; had 2 sons]; 6, William Eddy, b. at Sutton, May 27, 1817. Timothy, son of Timothy and Bethiah, m. Dolly, dau. of Daniel Harback, Apr. 15, 1815, d. June 28, 1874; he d. Apr. 17, 1858. John, son of Timothy and Bethiah, m. Abigail Smith, who d. Mar. 17, 1859; he d. Feb. 2, 1864. Ch.--1, John Smith, b. June 3, 1824; 2, Eliza Jane; 3, Mary Fidelia. Cyrus, son of Timothy and Bethiah, m. Eunice Harris, by whom he had one dau., Mary, b. Oct. 7, 1821; d. May 25, 1842; m. 2d, Elizabeth Benner, who d. Sept. 1, 1872. He d. Mar. 4, 1876. Abijah, son of Timothy and Bethiah, m. Caroline Goddard. Ch.--1, Amy Davenport; 2, Caroline Goddard; m. 2d Rachel Howe. Ch.--3, Selinda Warren; 4, Willard Abijah; m. 3d, Aurelia Childs. Ch.--5, Julia Childs. James, son of Timothy and Bethiah, m. Ruth Powers, May 24, 1831; she was b. in Croyden, Jan. 17, 1802; he d. May 10, 1869. Lewis, son of Timothy and Bethiah, m. July 23, 1840, Matilda Conant, b. in Dudley, July 22, 1801; d. Dec. 5, 1875; he d. Apr. 7, 1859. Elijah, son of Timothy and Bethiah, m. Dency Waite, dau. of Lemuel and Roxia Waite of West Brook, May 21, 1834; she was b. Dec. 21, 1798; d. May 17, 1871. Ch.--1, Lucy Maria, b. May 16, 1835; d. June 9, 1871; 2, Eliza Ann, b. Aug. 29, 1836; 3, Mary Elizabeth, b. Jan. 26, 1839; d. Feb. 6, 1849. Almira W., dau. of Mark and Mehitable Batchellor [sic], m. Lewis K. Bacon, Nov. 27, 1834. Lucinda, dau. of Mark and M. Batcheller, m. Lebeus Fay, Nov. 12, 1834. Lucy, dau. of Mark and M.B., m. Austin Chase, Sept. 21, 1837. Cyrus, son of Mark and M.B., m. Harriet A. Smith, Apr. 13, 1856. Mehetable W., dau. of Mark and M.B., m. Geo. Tucker, May 3, 1843. Horace, son of Mark and M.B., m. Sophronia H. Hall, Oct. 6, 1846. Mary B., dau. of Mark and M.B., m. Alexander Edwards, Feb. 23, 1848. Mark J., son of Mark and M.B., m. Sarah H. King, Apr. 18, 1850. John S., son of Timothy and Abigail, m. Nov. 24, 1853, Minerva Hall, b. in Uxbridge, Apr. 5, 1829. Ch.--1, Jennie Abby, b. Dec. 4, 1857; 2, Geo. Eaton, b. June 24, 1859, d. Jan. 22, 1864; 3, John Andrew, b. Jan. 28, 1863; d. Feb. 5, 1864; 4, Sarah Elizabeth, b. Jan. 1, 1865; 5, Addie Minerva, b. Feb. 4, 1868; 6, Willard Edgar, b. Nov. 26, 1869. William E., son of Webster COLE and Mary Burnap, m. Nov. 24, 1842, Susan Henry, b. Feb. 16, 1821, d. Feb. 4, 1876. Ch.--1, Susan Henry, b. Mar. 10, 1844; m. Christopher C. Hall, Sept. 1, 1868 Ch.--(1) Ernest Boynton, b. Sept. 1, 1870; (2) Ray Merrill, b. May 16, 1875; 2, Mary Louisa, b. Nov. 3, 1846; d. Sept. 20, 1847; 3, Frederick William, b. Sept. 12, 1851; d. May 4, 1853; 4, Clarence Augustus, 5, Clara Augusta, twins, b. Mar. 14, 1854; Clarence d. Feb. 24, 1854 [sic]; Clara d. Dec. 20, 1854.
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