George Burson, Jr

1662 - 1715  (53 years)

• Name	George Burson  [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Suffix	Jr
  Birth	Feb 1662	Scarborough, Yorkshire, England   [3, 4]
  Gender	Male
  Immigration	Abt 1684	USA   [3, 4]
  	Colonial America (from Scarborough, England) with Hannah
  Religion	1692  [1]
  	Quaker - He became affiliated with George Keith in his schism of 1692 and was disowned by Abington Meeting, but was later reinstated.
  		Home-WALL Richard (Abington Friends) Abington Meeting Friends -- The first Friends meeting in this area was held in the home of Richard Wall in 1683. That house in Elkins Park is now a Cheltenham Township Park house and can be visited. Through the gift of John Barnes, the present grounds were acquired in 1697 for the use of a meeting house and school. The first meeting house was…
  Will	26 Nov 1715  [4]
  Death	26 Nov 1715	Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, USA   [2, 3, 4]
  	Gilbert's Manor
  Probate	Feb 1716  [4]
  	Probate
  Person ID	I12933	A Tree Called Smith
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

  Father	George Burson,   b. 1624, Scarborough, Yorkshire, England d. 26 Nov 1715, Scarborough, Yorkshire, England (Age 91 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Sarah Cox,   b. 1640, Scarborough, Yorkshire, England d. 1662 (Age 22 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	1649	Scarborough, Yorkshire, England
  Family ID	F3414	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Hannah Goode,   b. Feb 1663, Scarborough, Yorkshire, England d. 1710, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 46 years)
  Marriage	1681	Scarborough, Yorkshire, England   [5, 6]
  Children	1. William Burson,   b. 1694, Abington, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, USA d. 8 Mar 1786, Loudoun County, Virginia, USA (Age 92 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. James L Burson,   b. 29 Sep 1688, Abington, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, USA d. 1754, Fairfax County, Virginia, USA (Age 65 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   3. Reverend Rev Joseph Burson, Sr,   b. 25 Dec 1689, Abington, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, USA d. 10 Oct 1769, Loudoun County, Virginia, USA (Age 79 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   4. Anne Burson,   b. 1692, Abington, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, USA d. Aft 1731, Germantown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA (Age > 40 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   5. Mary Burson,   b. 1692, Abington, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, USA d. 1791, Washington County, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 99 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   6. George Burson, III,   b. 1699, Abington, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, USA d. 8 Mar 1786, Loudoun County, Virginia, USA (Age 87 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F4587	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - Feb 1662 - Scarborough, Yorkshire, England Marriage - 1681 - Scarborough, Yorkshire, England Death - 26 Nov 1715 - Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Arms Icons & Insignia

  Arms-BURSON Burson Coat of Arms

  
  

  Biographies and Histories

  Bio-BURSON Hannah and George Burson Family History

  
  

  Places

  Home-WALL Richard (Abington Friends) Abington Meeting Friends -- The first Friends meeting in this area was held in the home of Richard Wall in 1683. That house in Elkins Park is now a Cheltenham Township Park house and can be visited. Through the gift of John Barnes, the present grounds were acquired in 1697 for the use of a meeting house and school. The first meeting house was…

  
  

  Vital & Legal Records

  Vital_WILL-BURSON George Last Will and Testament of George Burson

  
  

• Sources

  [S381] Ancestry.com, U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT ; Date: 2014;), Swarthmore College; Swarthmore, Pennsylvania; Men's Minutes, 1682-1746; Collection: Philadelphia Yearly Meeting Minutes; Call Number: MR-Ph 4. U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935 Swarthmore College; Swarthmore, Pennsylvania; Men's Minutes, 1682-1746; Collection: Philadelphia Yearly Meeting Minutes; Call Number: MR-Ph 4 [S1076] Edmund West, comp., Family Data Collection - Deaths, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT ; Date: 2001;). [S6422] Keegan, Matthew L, Find a Grave - Ancestor (Burson): BURSON George Jr, (Name: SmithLC.com;), BRUNSON George Joseph Jr 1660-1716. George Burson, the first American ancestor of the Burson family of Springfield Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, came from Scarborough, England, about 1684, and settled in the neighborhood of Abington, Montgomery County, becoming a member of Abington Monthly Meeting of Friends. He was probably married in England, his wife Hannah accompanying him. He became affiliated with George Keith in his schism of 1692 and was disowned by Abington Meeting, but was later reinstated. He located late in life on a tract of land on the Schuylkill in Gilbert's Manor, where he died in 1715. His will, dated November 26, 1715, was probated February 11, 1716. It provided for his wife Hannah and his six children, his land being devised to his sons James, Joseph, William and George, who were named as executors. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/33454376/george_joseph_burson [S54] Ancestry Family Trees, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT : Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.;), Database online. Record for Rev Joseph Burson http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=pubmembertrees&h=19977268820&indiv=try [S54] Ancestry Family Trees, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT : Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.;), Database online. Record for George Burson http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=pubmembertrees&h=1862709606&indiv=try [S6423] Find a Grave: GOODE Hannah Burson 1664-1710, GOODE Hannah Burson 1664-1710. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/33454440/hannah_burson