Gordon Burley was born in Epping on 10 April 1763, the seventh child and third son of Thomas and Sarah (Haley) Burley. He was baptized April 24, 1763. (Thomas and Sarah's first two children died young; five lived to adulthood, see below. In the list of siblings at bottom, please mentally add Joshua Burley, born c. 1754, whose grave location is not known.)
In August 1776, at the age of 13, Gordon enlisted in the New Hampshire line for the period of one year. He served as Private in a Company under Capt. Mark Wiggins, in a Regiment commanded by Col. Pierce Long. The regiment was first stationed near Portsmouth NH, then moved northward to Mount Independence / Ticonderoga, whence it was later forced to retreat before Burgoyne’s army. After the year’s service, Gordon Burley and his regiment were discharged.
In April of 1778, Gordon (along with his brother Joseph and other Epping men) enlisted in Capt. Ezekiel Worthen’s Company, in the regiment commanded by Col. Peabody. This company was assigned to the defense of Rhode Island. Again Gordon served as a Private until his discharge in Rhode Island on 4 January 1779.
In 1785, in Exeter, NH, Gordon Burley married Elizabeth Dow, also of Epping. They had eleven children, not all of whom survived.
John Burley b 10 April 1786
Benjamin Burley b 10 May 1787
Joseph Burley b 10 May 1788
Alice Burley b 8 May 1790
Sarah Burley b 8 August 1792
Thomas Burley b 30 June 1795
Elizabeth Burley b 8 September 1798
Judith Burley b 31 January 1800
Joshua Burley b 28 March 1803
Caleb Burley b 28 March 1803
Gordon Burley b 17 March 1808
Gordon Burley appears in the 1790 Census of Dorchester, Grafton County, NH. The entry indicates his household consisted of one male over age 16, three males under age 16, and two females.
On his pension application, dated December 1819, Gordon Burley stated that he lived in Dorchester, Grafton County, NH, that he was aged 58 and that he was a farmer, although unable to support himself on account of rheumatism. He stated that his wife, Betsy, was very ill, and that two of their sons remained at home: Joshua, age 16, and Gordon, age 12, both of whom were “unable to support” themselves. Supplementing his original pension application, Gordon supplied an inventory of “my whole estate Real and personal.” Dated 26 February1821, the total value amounted to $175.12. He owned no real estate; his personal estate included Neat Stock ($66.00), one horse very poor ($24.00), one old cart & sligh and a few old farming tools ($14.00), four small shoats ($6.00), six sheep ($9.52), sundry articles of kitchen furniture old & poor ($15.60), one old eight day clock & one old desk & chest ($6.00).
Gordon Burley died in Dorchester, Grafton Co., NH on 30 January 1823, killed “by a fall from the beam of his barn.” This fact is related in the affidavit of a neighbor, Frances Ann Berry, supporting Elizabeth Burley’s 1838 declaration for a pension available to widows and children of revolutionary war soldiers.
Elizabeth (Dow) Burley died in Dorchester, NH, on 6 December 1850. In 1851, pension arrears due her were paid out to her estate (Daniel Pattee, Administrator) for benefit of her six surviving children, namely sons Benjamin, Thomas, Joshua, and Gordon, and daughters Judith (wife of Daniel Pattee) and Betsy (wife of Nathaniel Wilson).
(Bio written by Belinda Burley Dapice)
In August 1776, at the age of 13, Gordon enlisted in the New Hampshire line for the period of one year. He served as Private in a Company under Capt. Mark Wiggins, in a Regiment commanded by Col. Pierce Long. The regiment was first stationed near Portsmouth NH, then moved northward to Mount Independence / Ticonderoga, whence it was later forced to retreat before Burgoyne’s army. After the year’s service, Gordon Burley and his regiment were discharged.
In April of 1778, Gordon (along with his brother Joseph and other Epping men) enlisted in Capt. Ezekiel Worthen’s Company, in the regiment commanded by Col. Peabody. This company was assigned to the defense of Rhode Island. Again Gordon served as a Private until his discharge in Rhode Island on 4 January 1779.
In 1785, in Exeter, NH, Gordon Burley married Elizabeth Dow, also of Epping. They had eleven children, not all of whom survived.
John Burley b 10 April 1786
Benjamin Burley b 10 May 1787
Joseph Burley b 10 May 1788
Alice Burley b 8 May 1790
Sarah Burley b 8 August 1792
Thomas Burley b 30 June 1795
Elizabeth Burley b 8 September 1798
Judith Burley b 31 January 1800
Joshua Burley b 28 March 1803
Caleb Burley b 28 March 1803
Gordon Burley b 17 March 1808
Gordon Burley appears in the 1790 Census of Dorchester, Grafton County, NH. The entry indicates his household consisted of one male over age 16, three males under age 16, and two females.
On his pension application, dated December 1819, Gordon Burley stated that he lived in Dorchester, Grafton County, NH, that he was aged 58 and that he was a farmer, although unable to support himself on account of rheumatism. He stated that his wife, Betsy, was very ill, and that two of their sons remained at home: Joshua, age 16, and Gordon, age 12, both of whom were “unable to support” themselves. Supplementing his original pension application, Gordon supplied an inventory of “my whole estate Real and personal.” Dated 26 February1821, the total value amounted to $175.12. He owned no real estate; his personal estate included Neat Stock ($66.00), one horse very poor ($24.00), one old cart & sligh and a few old farming tools ($14.00), four small shoats ($6.00), six sheep ($9.52), sundry articles of kitchen furniture old & poor ($15.60), one old eight day clock & one old desk & chest ($6.00).
Gordon Burley died in Dorchester, Grafton Co., NH on 30 January 1823, killed “by a fall from the beam of his barn.” This fact is related in the affidavit of a neighbor, Frances Ann Berry, supporting Elizabeth Burley’s 1838 declaration for a pension available to widows and children of revolutionary war soldiers.
Elizabeth (Dow) Burley died in Dorchester, NH, on 6 December 1850. In 1851, pension arrears due her were paid out to her estate (Daniel Pattee, Administrator) for benefit of her six surviving children, namely sons Benjamin, Thomas, Joshua, and Gordon, and daughters Judith (wife of Daniel Pattee) and Betsy (wife of Nathaniel Wilson).
(Bio written by Belinda Burley Dapice)
Gordon Burley was born in Epping on 10 April 1763, the seventh child and third son of Thomas and Sarah (Haley) Burley. He was baptized April 24, 1763. (Thomas and Sarah's first two children died young; five lived to adulthood, see below. In the list of siblings at bottom, please mentally add Joshua Burley, born c. 1754, whose grave location is not known.)
In August 1776, at the age of 13, Gordon enlisted in the New Hampshire line for the period of one year. He served as Private in a Company under Capt. Mark Wiggins, in a Regiment commanded by Col. Pierce Long. The regiment was first stationed near Portsmouth NH, then moved northward to Mount Independence / Ticonderoga, whence it was later forced to retreat before Burgoyne’s army. After the year’s service, Gordon Burley and his regiment were discharged.
In April of 1778, Gordon (along with his brother Joseph and other Epping men) enlisted in Capt. Ezekiel Worthen’s Company, in the regiment commanded by Col. Peabody. This company was assigned to the defense of Rhode Island. Again Gordon served as a Private until his discharge in Rhode Island on 4 January 1779.
In 1785, in Exeter, NH, Gordon Burley married Elizabeth Dow, also of Epping. They had eleven children, not all of whom survived.
John Burley b 10 April 1786
Benjamin Burley b 10 May 1787
Joseph Burley b 10 May 1788
Alice Burley b 8 May 1790
Sarah Burley b 8 August 1792
Thomas Burley b 30 June 1795
Elizabeth Burley b 8 September 1798
Judith Burley b 31 January 1800
Joshua Burley b 28 March 1803
Caleb Burley b 28 March 1803
Gordon Burley b 17 March 1808
Gordon Burley appears in the 1790 Census of Dorchester, Grafton County, NH. The entry indicates his household consisted of one male over age 16, three males under age 16, and two females.
On his pension application, dated December 1819, Gordon Burley stated that he lived in Dorchester, Grafton County, NH, that he was aged 58 and that he was a farmer, although unable to support himself on account of rheumatism. He stated that his wife, Betsy, was very ill, and that two of their sons remained at home: Joshua, age 16, and Gordon, age 12, both of whom were “unable to support” themselves. Supplementing his original pension application, Gordon supplied an inventory of “my whole estate Real and personal.” Dated 26 February1821, the total value amounted to $175.12. He owned no real estate; his personal estate included Neat Stock ($66.00), one horse very poor ($24.00), one old cart & sligh and a few old farming tools ($14.00), four small shoats ($6.00), six sheep ($9.52), sundry articles of kitchen furniture old & poor ($15.60), one old eight day clock & one old desk & chest ($6.00).
Gordon Burley died in Dorchester, Grafton Co., NH on 30 January 1823, killed “by a fall from the beam of his barn.” This fact is related in the affidavit of a neighbor, Frances Ann Berry, supporting Elizabeth Burley’s 1838 declaration for a pension available to widows and children of revolutionary war soldiers.
Elizabeth (Dow) Burley died in Dorchester, NH, on 6 December 1850. In 1851, pension arrears due her were paid out to her estate (Daniel Pattee, Administrator) for benefit of her six surviving children, namely sons Benjamin, Thomas, Joshua, and Gordon, and daughters Judith (wife of Daniel Pattee) and Betsy (wife of Nathaniel Wilson).
(Bio written by Belinda Burley Dapice)
In August 1776, at the age of 13, Gordon enlisted in the New Hampshire line for the period of one year. He served as Private in a Company under Capt. Mark Wiggins, in a Regiment commanded by Col. Pierce Long. The regiment was first stationed near Portsmouth NH, then moved northward to Mount Independence / Ticonderoga, whence it was later forced to retreat before Burgoyne’s army. After the year’s service, Gordon Burley and his regiment were discharged.
In April of 1778, Gordon (along with his brother Joseph and other Epping men) enlisted in Capt. Ezekiel Worthen’s Company, in the regiment commanded by Col. Peabody. This company was assigned to the defense of Rhode Island. Again Gordon served as a Private until his discharge in Rhode Island on 4 January 1779.
In 1785, in Exeter, NH, Gordon Burley married Elizabeth Dow, also of Epping. They had eleven children, not all of whom survived.
John Burley b 10 April 1786
Benjamin Burley b 10 May 1787
Joseph Burley b 10 May 1788
Alice Burley b 8 May 1790
Sarah Burley b 8 August 1792
Thomas Burley b 30 June 1795
Elizabeth Burley b 8 September 1798
Judith Burley b 31 January 1800
Joshua Burley b 28 March 1803
Caleb Burley b 28 March 1803
Gordon Burley b 17 March 1808
Gordon Burley appears in the 1790 Census of Dorchester, Grafton County, NH. The entry indicates his household consisted of one male over age 16, three males under age 16, and two females.
On his pension application, dated December 1819, Gordon Burley stated that he lived in Dorchester, Grafton County, NH, that he was aged 58 and that he was a farmer, although unable to support himself on account of rheumatism. He stated that his wife, Betsy, was very ill, and that two of their sons remained at home: Joshua, age 16, and Gordon, age 12, both of whom were “unable to support” themselves. Supplementing his original pension application, Gordon supplied an inventory of “my whole estate Real and personal.” Dated 26 February1821, the total value amounted to $175.12. He owned no real estate; his personal estate included Neat Stock ($66.00), one horse very poor ($24.00), one old cart & sligh and a few old farming tools ($14.00), four small shoats ($6.00), six sheep ($9.52), sundry articles of kitchen furniture old & poor ($15.60), one old eight day clock & one old desk & chest ($6.00).
Gordon Burley died in Dorchester, Grafton Co., NH on 30 January 1823, killed “by a fall from the beam of his barn.” This fact is related in the affidavit of a neighbor, Frances Ann Berry, supporting Elizabeth Burley’s 1838 declaration for a pension available to widows and children of revolutionary war soldiers.
Elizabeth (Dow) Burley died in Dorchester, NH, on 6 December 1850. In 1851, pension arrears due her were paid out to her estate (Daniel Pattee, Administrator) for benefit of her six surviving children, namely sons Benjamin, Thomas, Joshua, and Gordon, and daughters Judith (wife of Daniel Pattee) and Betsy (wife of Nathaniel Wilson).
(Bio written by Belinda Burley Dapice)
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