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Calvin Burnett

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Calvin Burnett

Birth
Bethel, Windsor County, Vermont, USA
Death
22 Aug 1878 (aged 83)
Lawrence, Douglas County, Kansas, USA
Burial
Lawrence, Douglas County, Kansas, USA Add to Map
Plot
Sec 2, Lot 99
Memorial ID
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Calvin Burnett, s. of half-cousins Jonathan Burnett, Jr. and Abigail Parish, b. Oct. 20, 1794 at Bethel, VT. He d. Aug. 22, 1878 at Lawrence, KS.

Calvin Burnett's ancestry is the Burnap surnamed family, his father Jonathan the s. of Jonathan Burnap and Elizabeth Averill, b. June 8, 1749 at that part of the Town of Windham that in 1786 became the town of Hampton, Conn. When Calvin's father moved to Vermont, the surname changed to Burnett.

On Oct. 20, 1822 (by David P. Noyes, JP) at Morristown, VT, Calvin m. Abigail Slocomb, dau. of Appeles Slocomb and Deborah Coleman, b. Apr. 1, 1798 at Templeton, Mass. She d. Aug. 28, 1878 at Lawrence, KS (see Abigail's memorial regarding her identity). They had the following seven children b. at Morristown, VT:

• i. Jonathan Coleman Burnett, b. Mar. 19, 1825, d. July 2, 1899 at Wichita, KS but is buried at Lawrence, KS; m. 1) Oct. 18, 1849, Laura Lucretia Wheelock (Mayflower Desc.), dau. of John Wheelock and Lucretia Washburn (Mayflower Desc.), who d. Oct. 4, 1850 at Morristown, VT. One child of the marriage, son Henry Clay Burnett. Jonathan m. 2) Dec. 27, 1852 at Morristown, VT, Anna Mary Fisk, dau. of Moses Fisk, Jr. and Mary Johnson, b. Mar. 10, 1832 at Waterville, VT. She d. Mar. 6, 1915 at Lawrence, KS. Seven children of the marriage.

• ii. Maria Antonette Burnett, b. Feb. 23, 1827, d. July 25, 1853 at Morristown, VT; m. Oct. 14, 1848 at Morristown, Joseph Clark Noyes, Jr., s. of Joseph Clark Noyes and Sarah Sawyer, b. Mar. 15, 1821 at Morristown. One child of the marriage, dau. Sarah Antonette (Noyes) Hardy. Joseph m. 2) Oct. 30, 1855 at Johnson, VT, Abbie Maria Merriam, dau. of Samuel Merriam and Hannah French, by whom he had five children.

• iii. Ellen Josephine Burnett, b. Mar. 20, 1829, d. Aug. 20, 1879 at Columbus, OH; m. in 1856, Daniel Azro Ashley Buck Robinson, s. Capt. Isaac Robinson and Julia Harwood, b. Feb. 22, 1823 at Calais, VT. He d. July 26, 1895 at Columbus, OH. One child of the family, s. Edward Lyon Robinson.

• iv. Catherine "Kate" Lyon Burnett, b. Oct. 16, 1833, d. Jan. 14, 1900 at Kansas City, MO; m. Jan. 1, 1864 at Columbus, OH, Samuel Newell Simpson, s. Samuel Simpson and Hannah Pearson, b. Oct. 3, 1826 at Deerfield, NH. He d. Nov. 27, 1915 at Kansas City, MO. Four children of the family.

• v. Charles Carroll Burnett, b. May 7, 1836; was living in June 1850 but no further information is known.

• vi. Alma Victoria Burnett, b. Sept. 9, 1838, d. Apr. 27, 1870 at Lawrence, KS; m. Oct. 15, 1866 at Lawrence, KS, George A. Nichols, b. in Aug 1834 prob. at Braintree, VT. Two children of the family, one dying in infancy, the other possibly adopted by an unknown family. George never remarried and d. Oct. 27, 1911 at Lawrence, KS.

• vii. Susan Raymond Burnett, b. May 8, 1842, d. Dec. 2, 1925 at Kansas City, MO; m. Sept. 18, 1861 at Morristown, VT, William Henry Harrison Whitney, s. Abel B. Whitney and Mary Lunt Connor, b. Apr. 16, 1840 at Montpelier, VT. He d. June 28, 1911 at Kansas City, MO. Four children of the family.
Calvin Burnett, s. of half-cousins Jonathan Burnett, Jr. and Abigail Parish, b. Oct. 20, 1794 at Bethel, VT. He d. Aug. 22, 1878 at Lawrence, KS.

Calvin Burnett's ancestry is the Burnap surnamed family, his father Jonathan the s. of Jonathan Burnap and Elizabeth Averill, b. June 8, 1749 at that part of the Town of Windham that in 1786 became the town of Hampton, Conn. When Calvin's father moved to Vermont, the surname changed to Burnett.

On Oct. 20, 1822 (by David P. Noyes, JP) at Morristown, VT, Calvin m. Abigail Slocomb, dau. of Appeles Slocomb and Deborah Coleman, b. Apr. 1, 1798 at Templeton, Mass. She d. Aug. 28, 1878 at Lawrence, KS (see Abigail's memorial regarding her identity). They had the following seven children b. at Morristown, VT:

• i. Jonathan Coleman Burnett, b. Mar. 19, 1825, d. July 2, 1899 at Wichita, KS but is buried at Lawrence, KS; m. 1) Oct. 18, 1849, Laura Lucretia Wheelock (Mayflower Desc.), dau. of John Wheelock and Lucretia Washburn (Mayflower Desc.), who d. Oct. 4, 1850 at Morristown, VT. One child of the marriage, son Henry Clay Burnett. Jonathan m. 2) Dec. 27, 1852 at Morristown, VT, Anna Mary Fisk, dau. of Moses Fisk, Jr. and Mary Johnson, b. Mar. 10, 1832 at Waterville, VT. She d. Mar. 6, 1915 at Lawrence, KS. Seven children of the marriage.

• ii. Maria Antonette Burnett, b. Feb. 23, 1827, d. July 25, 1853 at Morristown, VT; m. Oct. 14, 1848 at Morristown, Joseph Clark Noyes, Jr., s. of Joseph Clark Noyes and Sarah Sawyer, b. Mar. 15, 1821 at Morristown. One child of the marriage, dau. Sarah Antonette (Noyes) Hardy. Joseph m. 2) Oct. 30, 1855 at Johnson, VT, Abbie Maria Merriam, dau. of Samuel Merriam and Hannah French, by whom he had five children.

• iii. Ellen Josephine Burnett, b. Mar. 20, 1829, d. Aug. 20, 1879 at Columbus, OH; m. in 1856, Daniel Azro Ashley Buck Robinson, s. Capt. Isaac Robinson and Julia Harwood, b. Feb. 22, 1823 at Calais, VT. He d. July 26, 1895 at Columbus, OH. One child of the family, s. Edward Lyon Robinson.

• iv. Catherine "Kate" Lyon Burnett, b. Oct. 16, 1833, d. Jan. 14, 1900 at Kansas City, MO; m. Jan. 1, 1864 at Columbus, OH, Samuel Newell Simpson, s. Samuel Simpson and Hannah Pearson, b. Oct. 3, 1826 at Deerfield, NH. He d. Nov. 27, 1915 at Kansas City, MO. Four children of the family.

• v. Charles Carroll Burnett, b. May 7, 1836; was living in June 1850 but no further information is known.

• vi. Alma Victoria Burnett, b. Sept. 9, 1838, d. Apr. 27, 1870 at Lawrence, KS; m. Oct. 15, 1866 at Lawrence, KS, George A. Nichols, b. in Aug 1834 prob. at Braintree, VT. Two children of the family, one dying in infancy, the other possibly adopted by an unknown family. George never remarried and d. Oct. 27, 1911 at Lawrence, KS.

• vii. Susan Raymond Burnett, b. May 8, 1842, d. Dec. 2, 1925 at Kansas City, MO; m. Sept. 18, 1861 at Morristown, VT, William Henry Harrison Whitney, s. Abel B. Whitney and Mary Lunt Connor, b. Apr. 16, 1840 at Montpelier, VT. He d. June 28, 1911 at Kansas City, MO. Four children of the family.


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