Ancestry of
Helen Buffum Davidson

(1885–1982)

John Holmes Burleigh

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• • Grandfather of Helen Buffum Davidson — 3rd Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 6 
  • Father:
  • William Burleigh 
  • Mother:
  • Deborah Currier   
  • Birth Date:
  • 9 Oct 1822 
  • Birth Location:
  • South Berwick, York, Maine 
  • Christening Date:
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  • Christening Location:
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  • Death Date:
  • 5 Dec 1878 
  • Death Location:
  • South Berwick, York, Maine 
  • Burial Date:
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  • Burial Location:
  • Portland Street Cemetery, South Berwick, York, Maine 
  • Spouse Name:
  • Matilda Buffum
  • Marriage Date:
  • 28 Oct 1850 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts 
  • Child:

  Sarah Elizabeth Burleigh (Ahnentafel No:3 )

  • Notes: 

  • U.S. Congressman

    John H. Burleigh was killed horse sheered on the bridge between South Berwick and Salmon Falls throwing him over the bridge and unto the rocks below.

• Sources for John Holmes Burleigh

  • ¹ Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774-2005, U.S.: Government Printing Office (2005), https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1064/, (accessed 05/21/2020).
  • ² Federal Census, ME, York County, 1850, South Berwick, Image 26 of 62.
  • ³ Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 05/21/2020).
  • ⁴ Maine, U.S., Birth Records, 1715-1922, Birth record for John H Burleigh.
  • ⁵ Massachusetts, U.S., Marriage Records, 1840-1915, Boston, Marriage record for John H Burleigh and Matilda Buffam.
  • ⁶ New England Ancestors Magazine, 2001, Vol. 2.1, p. 40.
  • ⁷ The Boston Globe (Boston, Massachusetts), 02 OCT 1937, p. 4, Obituary for spouse Elizabeth B Davidson.
  • ⁸ Burleigh, Charles, The Genealogy of the Burley or Burleigh Family of America, Portland: Press of B. Thurston and Company (1880), 82-83.