Selling this out he next moved to North Sanford where he had another sawmill. A portion of the old mill dam can be seen just above the creek bridge as one enters North Sanford. Leaving his place and mill to a grandson Lewis Burlingame, he bought a farm in Colesville Township, purchased of Alvin Briggs. This was located on what was known as Randolph mountain, back of Windsor. Here he ran a grist mill. A few years ago one of the old mill stones was lying along the creek near the Lester church.
While living in Rhode Island, he served in the Revolutionary War. After moving to Randolph Mountain he secured a pension which always came to South Bainbridge (now Afton). He would walk the 18 miles, get his pension cashed and walk two miles farther to a grandson's Rufus Burlingame, who lived on a portion of his first settlement on Algerine street, where he would spend the night. I have often heard Rufus Burlingame's widow tell of his coming through the gateway onto the lawn, where he would stop, jump into the air and click his heels together twice before his feet touched the ground.
He spent his last years on Randolph Mountain. His last trip he made for his check he had just passed his 95th year. Wearing a new pair of boots which made a blister on his heel, causing his death at 95 years and four months. On his tombstone which stands in Mountain View Cemetery, near Lester, N.Y., are the words: "A Valiant Soldier of the Revolution."
Three of his grandsons, Charles, Rufus and Nathan [Burlingame] lived and died in the vicinity of Afton. There are a few keepsakes of his which are greatly prized: a wooden salt dish which he had whittled out with his jackknife, a snuff box which he carried in the Revolutionary War. These are greatly cherished by a great-great grandson, Melvin Burlingame of Minneapolis, Minn. The old Army Musket which he carried in his Revolutionary War, is in the possession of a great-great granddaughter Nellie Burlingame of Algona, Iowa.
Down through the years living in and around Afton his descendants have been strong, sturdy hardworking people. One great-great granddaughter Mrs. Celia Liggett still lives in the town.
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Son of Thomas Burlingame (18 Aug. 1734-1826) and Jane Sheldon (22 Aug. 1738-1832) of Glocester, Providence, RI.
Selling this out he next moved to North Sanford where he had another sawmill. A portion of the old mill dam can be seen just above the creek bridge as one enters North Sanford. Leaving his place and mill to a grandson Lewis Burlingame, he bought a farm in Colesville Township, purchased of Alvin Briggs. This was located on what was known as Randolph mountain, back of Windsor. Here he ran a grist mill. A few years ago one of the old mill stones was lying along the creek near the Lester church.
While living in Rhode Island, he served in the Revolutionary War. After moving to Randolph Mountain he secured a pension which always came to South Bainbridge (now Afton). He would walk the 18 miles, get his pension cashed and walk two miles farther to a grandson's Rufus Burlingame, who lived on a portion of his first settlement on Algerine street, where he would spend the night. I have often heard Rufus Burlingame's widow tell of his coming through the gateway onto the lawn, where he would stop, jump into the air and click his heels together twice before his feet touched the ground.
He spent his last years on Randolph Mountain. His last trip he made for his check he had just passed his 95th year. Wearing a new pair of boots which made a blister on his heel, causing his death at 95 years and four months. On his tombstone which stands in Mountain View Cemetery, near Lester, N.Y., are the words: "A Valiant Soldier of the Revolution."
Three of his grandsons, Charles, Rufus and Nathan [Burlingame] lived and died in the vicinity of Afton. There are a few keepsakes of his which are greatly prized: a wooden salt dish which he had whittled out with his jackknife, a snuff box which he carried in the Revolutionary War. These are greatly cherished by a great-great grandson, Melvin Burlingame of Minneapolis, Minn. The old Army Musket which he carried in his Revolutionary War, is in the possession of a great-great granddaughter Nellie Burlingame of Algona, Iowa.
Down through the years living in and around Afton his descendants have been strong, sturdy hardworking people. One great-great granddaughter Mrs. Celia Liggett still lives in the town.
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Son of Thomas Burlingame (18 Aug. 1734-1826) and Jane Sheldon (22 Aug. 1738-1832) of Glocester, Providence, RI.
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NATHAN BURLINGAME
A soldier of the Revolution
died
AUG.3, 1857
Aged 95 years
5 mos & 10 days
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