Husband Col. James Burd 1 2 3 4
Born: 1726 - Ormiston, near Edinburgh, Scotland 1
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Died: 1793 - near Middletown, Dauphin Co, PA 1
Buried: - Middletown Cemetery, Middletown, Dauphin Co, PA
Father: Edward Burd ( - ) 1 2 4
Mother: Jean Haliburton ( - ) 4
Marriage: 1748 1
• Residence: : near Millersburg, Dauphin Co, PA.
Just back of the village of Highspire, on the bluff overlooking the broad expanse of the Susquehanna, is "Tinian," the residence of Col. James Burd. At present [1883] it possibly presents the same appearance as when Col. Burd passed from the stage of life. It is a stone structure, thirty by forty feet, two and a half stories high. It was erected by Col. Burd prior to the Bouquet expedition of 1763. The place was named "Tinian" by Col. Burd, and is certainly one of the historic mansions of Pennsylvania. The most notable men of the French and Indian and Revolutionary wars were entertained at "Tinian" right hospitably, and the associations which cluster around that famous building, whose owner was a man of mark in Provincial days, claim its preservation in this image. The old iron knocker of Col. Burd remains on the front door, while the interior presents little change. It has never been remodeled.
Wife Sarah Shippen 1 3 4 5
Born: 1730 1
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Died: 1784 - near Middletown, Dauphin Co, PA 1
Buried: - Middletown Cemetery, Middletown, Dauphin Co, PA
Father: Judge Edward Shippen (1703- ) 4 5 6
Mother: Sarah Plumley ( - ) 4 5
Children
1 F Sarah Burd 2
Born: 1 Jan 1749 - Philadelphia, PA 2
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Died: 25 Oct 1829 7
Buried: - St. James' P. E. Church, Lancaster, Lancaster Co, PA
Spouse: Judge Jasper Yeates (1745-1817) 2 3
Marr: 30 Dec 1767 - Lancaster, Lancaster Co, PA 2
2 F Mary Shippen Burd 3 8
Born: 15 Jan 1753 8
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Died: 23 Feb 1774 or 1776 - Hopewell Forge, Lancaster Co, PA 3 8
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Spouse: Peter Grubb (1740-1786) 3 8 9
Marr: 1771 3
3 F Jean Burd 4
AKA: Jane Burd 10
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Spouse: George Patterson ( - ) 4 10
General Notes: Husband - Col. James Burd
He was born at Ormiston, near Edinburgh, Scotland, and came to Philadelphia in 1747. Col. Burd resided from 1750 to 1753 at Shippensburg, as manager of the affairs of Mr. Shippen. About 1755 he came to Tinian, where he resided until his death. He entered the Provincial service (1755) as a commissioner with George Croghan, William Buchanan, and Adam Hoopes to lay out a road from "Harris' Ferry to the Ohio." He was then a captain; he is soon heard of as major, then lieutenant-colonel, and colonel in 1760. As there were but two regiments in service, his rank was a very prominent one. He fulfilled with great uprightness and punctuality all the public duties with which he was intrusted for quite twenty years. Then the stirring days of the Revolution came, and with it disaster to Burd as a public man. He seems to have entered heartily into the contest, but just when such experience as he had acquired would have been of the highest benefit, an unfortunate dispute about rank occurred; that, with insubordination in his command, and some criticism in the "Committee of Safety," caused him to resign his civil and military employments. His sons and son-in-law were good patriots, and a pretty thorough examination of the hasty conduct of Burd convinces us that he was, notwithstanding this affair, in accord with the leading patriots with whom he was surrounded. He was a man of fine form, hardy and healthy, an advanced and prosperous farmer, hospitable in his intercourse with his neighbors, and respected for his integrity as a civil officer from 1785, when Dauphin County was formed, until his death, in 1793. He died holding position as one of the county judges. [HDC 1883, 471]