5. Jeremiah Burnett (aft. 1718 - 1773)
Father: 6. John Burnett Jr (1660 - 1718)
Mother: 6. Amy Gatewood (ca. 1680 - aft. 1749)
Jeremiah died probably after 1777 when Jeremiah is mentioned twice in the accout of the estate of John Talbot, once as Jere and once as Jerr, probably meaning that there were two men by the same name.
Jeremiah was born on Piscataway Creek in South Farnham Parish. Jeremiah's mother, Amy, evidently was pregnant with Jeremiah when her husband John died. Jeremiah was not mentioned in his father's will which was written 17 September in Essex Co. naming his five children. John died eight months later at age 47, shortly before 21 May 1718, when his will was proved in court. In 1771, Jeremiah's brother, Joseph, died intestate in Essex Co. where he had been a wealthy man with land in Essex, his home plantation, and also in Dinwiddie and Caroline Counties. Joseph's son, Richard, filed his Administrator Account with the Court in Essex on 22 October 1773 and listed on his account was the following words, "By articles inventoried and not sold which his brother Jeremiah Claims, totaling 15 pounds, 17 shillings and 6 pence. Joseph had sons Jeremiah, Joseph, Leonard ... but when these names were listed by Richard, he said only their names and did not give relationship to his father, meaning Richard had to define who the above "Jeremiah" was. This statement proves without doubt that Richard was referring to two Jeremiahs, one the brother and one the son of Joseph.42
When Jeremiah was 12 his mother and his step-father, David Scott, moved to Spotsylvania County and this is probably where he was raised.
There is a marriage record dated 16 October 1738 in Talbot Co., Maryland to Mary McDaniel of St. Peter's Parish and another dated 27 January 1746 in New Jersey to Rebecca Brown of Burlington. According to Bork in The Burnetts and Their Connections neither of these have been researched and either or both could belong to this Jeremiah. This will need to be researched further.
After the above marriages, there is no mention of Jeremiah again until the 1763 Tax List for Hanover County, where he is shown with 100 acres and his son, Isaac, with 128 acres. The Hanover tax lists did not begin again until 1782 and Jeremiah is missing. Isaac was still there with 319 acres and 9 white tithables, including his son John. Jeremiah served in the Revolutionary War in Capt. William Campbell's Company under Lt. Daniel Trigg and Alexander Cummings. In May 1774 Court Orders, Bedford Co., Virginia, Jeremiah Burnett was paid 8.6.6 for service in Capt. William Campbell's Company under Lt. Danile Trigg and Alexander Cummings. On 7 June 1774, Montgomery County, Virginia, Grants under the Royal Land Company by order of the Council (the charge was 3 pounds per 100 acres), Jeremiah Burnett surveyed 256 acres on Middle ford of Holston River joining lands of James Thompson, where he now lives. On 31 March 1781, Court Orders, Bedford Co., Virginia, Jeremiah Burnett in Lt. Triggs Company of Militia in Revolutionary War. Enlisted in Bedford Co under Capt. Wm. Campbell.
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Spouse: 5. Mary Mc Daniel ( - )
Married 16 October 1738 in Talbot Co, MD.
Children and grandchildren:
Ancestor families report created by Gene 4.3.4, Sat, Oct 27, 2001