Deborah Burdick

Notes:

The record of the baptism of Deborah Burdick on 11 Apr 1685 at the Sabbatarian Baptist church at Newport, Rhode Island may refer to this Deborah Burdick, or to her daughter who was also named Deborah Burdick.

see note below.

Deborah married Rev. Joseph Crandall about 1681 in Westerly, Washington, Rhode Island. Joseph (son of John Crandall and (Unknown first wife of John Crandall)) was born about 1661 in Westerly, Washington, Rhode Island; died on 12 Sep 1737 in Newport, Newport, Rhode Island; was buried in Old Crandall Cemetery, Westerly, Washington, Rhode Island. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. John Crandall was born in 1682 in Westerly, Washington, Rhode Island; died on 17 Jan 1767 in Hopkinton, Washington, Rhode Island; was buried in James Ross Lot, Westerly, Washington, Rhode Island.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate death: Bef 25 Oct 1692

Notes:

[The following text about Robert Burdick appears on many different genealogical sites. We've been unable to identify its original author, but it seems to economically narrate the events that are found in other accounts of Robert Burdick.]

Robert Burdick, the immigrant ancestor of the Burdick family [...] came to Newport, Rhode Island from England in 1651. Robert Burdick was admitted a Freeman of Newport on May 22, 1655, and a Freeman of the Colony of Rhode Island on May 20, 1657. He married Ruth Hubbard, the first white child born at Agawam (now Springfield), Massachusetts, on November 2, 1655.

Robert Burdick gained early notoriety during a land dispute between the colonies of Rhode Island and Massachusetts over a tract of land known as the Pequot Country -- land taken by the English colonists in the Pequot War of 1637 -- which is now situated, largely, within New London County, Connecticut. Boundary disputes had been going on for some time between Massachusetts and Connecticut over land within the Pequot Country, but the conflict in this instance was primarily between Massachusetts and Rhode Island. The dispute was centered upon a small settlement located in Pequot Country, between Mystic and Pawcatuck, which, in 1658 was named Southertown, and which, today is mostly contained within Stonington, Connecticut and a small part of Westerly, Rhode Island. In October 1658, the colony of Massachusetts laid claim to this settlement, declared it to be a plantation with the name of Southertown, annexed it to Suffolk County, Massachusetts, and appointed special commissioners and a constable to administer the new plantation.

In the meantime, the colony of Rhode Island purchased land in a transaction known as the Westerly Purchase to add to its Narrangansett settlement. Included in the Westerly Purchase was some of the land within the boundaries of Southertown. A group of Rhode Islanders, including the Newport farmer, Robert Burdick, and his neighbors Tobias Saunders and Joseph Clarke, laid claim within the new settlement. In retaliation for the Massachusetts claim to Southertown, the Rhode Island Assembly sent out the warning to all settlers within the area of dispute that their land would be confiscated if they put it under the governance of another colonial government (e.g. Massachusetts).

On September 30, 1661, William Cheseborough, an early settler of Southertown from Plymouth Colony, testified before the General Court of Massachusetts of his concern that some thirty-six inhabitants of Rhode Island had come into Southertown and had divided and laid out lots. The General Court of Massachusetts issued a warrant to apprehend the Rhode Island men who had settled in Southertown. A stand-off ensued, and Robert Burdick, Tobias Saunders and Joseph Clarke were arrested (although Joseph Clarke was "upon extraordinary occasion...set at liberty.") For two years, the colony of Rhode Island attempted, unsuccessfully, to negotiate the release of Burdick and Saunders. As a last resort, Rhode Island authorities abducted two Massachusetts officials, who were then exchanged for the release of Robert Burdick and Tobias Saunders.

The issuance of the Charter of Connecticut by King Charles II on April 25, 1662 fixed the eastern boundary of Connecticut at the Pawcatuck River. Southertown was situated within this boundary, and thus under the jurisdiction of Connecticut. Later, the British Crown settled the conflict by dividing the disputed land between Connecticut and Rhode Island. The land where Robert Burdick had settled was awarded to Rhode Island, and became part of the area known as Westerly. The land that was awarded to Connecticut became part of the area known as Stonington.

After his release from prison, Robert Burdick settled on the same land he was taken from and imprisoned over. He and his wife, Ruth, had eleven children, nine of whom survived to adulthood and had children of their own. He served as a deputy to the General Court of Rhode Island from Westerly for the years 1680, 1683 and 1685, and he was one of the earliest members of the Seventh Day Baptist Church (the Sabbatarians).

Robert married Ruth Hubbard on 2 Nov 1655 in Westerly, Washington, Rhode Island. Ruth (daughter of Samuel Hubbard and Tase Cooper) was born on 11 Jan 1640 in Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts; died after 17 May 1691 in Westerly, Washington, Rhode Island; was buried in Burdick Ground, Westerly, Washington, Rhode Island. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

First child of European ancestry born at Agawam (now Springfield).

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate death: Between 1688 and 1692

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Emigrated 1633. Successively in Salem, Watertown, Windsor, Wethersfield, Springfield, and Newport. [The Great Migration Directory] In 1664, he was general solicitor of Rhode Island.

With his wife Tacy, a founder of the Seventh Day Baptist church in America.

"The first Seventh Day Baptist church in America was at Newport, Rhode Island in December 1671. Samuel and Tacy Hubbard, two members of the First Baptist Church of Newport [...] withdrew from that church and joined with Stephen Mumford, a Seventh Day Baptist from England, and 4 others, covenanting to meet together for worship, calling themselves Sabbatarian Baptists." [Wikipedia]

From "A Thumbnail Sketch of Seventh Day Baptists: 1650 - Present", at seventhdaybaptist.org:

"Seventh Day Baptists date their origin with the mid-17th century separatist movement in England. With the renewed emphasis on the Scriptures for Free Church doctrine and practice, men such as James Ockford, William Saller, Peter Chamberlain, Francis Bampfield, Edward and Joseph Stennett concluded that the keeping of the seventh day Sabbath was an inescapable requirement of biblical Christianity. Some maintained membership within the Baptist fellowship and simply added the private Sabbath observance to their other shared convictions. As the power of the state was used to enforce conformity to a common day of worship, separation became necessary. The first separate church of record was the Mill Yard church founded about 1650 in London.

"The study of the Scriptures in America brought Samuel and Tacy Hubbard to the Baptist principle of believer's baptism in 1647, and membership in the First Baptist Church of Newport, Rhode Island. Beginning in 1665, their family and several others became convinced of the seventh day Sabbath and joined in fellowship with Stephen Mumford and his wife who had held Sabbath convictions while members of a Baptist church in Tewkesbury, England. When two couples gave up their Sabbath convictions, the others found it difficult to share communion with them within First Baptist. Thus five members joined with the Mumfords in a covenant relationship, establishing the first Seventh Day Baptist Church in America in December, 1671. Even after this separation, close fellowship with other Baptists remained."

From the WikiTree page for Samuel Hubbard:

From an article in the Literary Diary of Ezra Stiles, President of Yale University, there is a copy of an old memorial stone which reads:

Ebenezer
Samuel Hubbard aged 10 of May 78 yeres
Ould Tase Hubbard aged 27 Sep. 79 yeres and 7 mons
4 Jen. maryed 51 yeres 1688
14V psal 4. God have given us 7 children 4 ded 3 living
Ruth Burdick 11, 1 ded 10 living
Rachel Langworthy had 10 children 3 ded 7 living
Bethiah Clark 9 living
Great Grandchildren
Naomi Rogers 1 ded 4 alyfe
Ruth Philips 1 ded 4 alyfe
CJudah Maxon
Thomas Burd

(The term Ebenezer means a memorial stone set up to commemorate divine assistance such as that found in 1 Samuel 7:12 when Samuel took a stone and set it up after a victory over the Philistines, saying "Hitherto the Lord has helped us.")

A further note from the Stiles Diary explains: "I took this inscription off a gravestone in a family burying place on Baptist Berkeley's White Hall farm on Rd Isld, about A.D. 1763. Collector Robinson bought the lease about 1765 and demolished the gravestones and put them into a wall: so all is lost." [2] He interpreted this to mean that the stone was erected on September 27, 1688 when Samuel was 79 years old on May 10, Tacy was 79 years and 7 months old, and that they had been married for 51 years on January 4 of that year. The Psalm reference was Psalm 145:4 which reads, "One generation shall praise thy works to another."

Samuel married Tase Cooper on 4 Jan 1637 in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut. Tase was born in 1608 in England; died after 1697 in Newport, Newport, Rhode Island. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate birth: 1614
• Alternate death: Abt 1697

Notes:

Also Tacy, Tace. Emigrated to Dorchester, Massachusetts, 9 Jun 1634.

Co-founder of the Seventh Day Baptist church in America.

James married Naomi Cocke. Naomi (daughter of Thomas Cocke) was christened in of Ipswich, Suffolk, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]