CHAPTER IX. THE FIRST BURGESSES

[13] Page 41--My sources are the genealogical section of Wm. T. Davis’s _Ancient Landmarks of Plymouth_, 1881.

Also _The Burgess Book_, T. R. Marvin & Son, Boston, 1865, compiled by the Rev. Frederick Freeman of Dedham.

Also the _Plymouth Towne Book_ and the Sept. 8, 1961, edition of the _Chronical Herald of Halifax, N. S._

Conversations with Miss Mary Burgess provided me with much data.

[14] Page 43--I should add that his son, Thomas (the fifth Thomas) married in 1781 Lydia Tribble. They had twin daughters, Poly and Lydia, born 1784. Lydia married George Delano of the later Delano-Roosevelt family.