A record of Robert Burnham of Oyster River and his descendents. Most of the information is from the History of the Town of Durham New Hampshire, vols I and II, 1913, Stackpole, Thompson, and Meserve (herein: Durham TH). Additional data, included from other sources and from data personally collected since 1972, are footnoted.

2. SAMUEL² BURNHAM (ROBERT¹) was born 1649, and died Bef. 1720. His wife's name is not known.

Children:

		MARY BURNHAM, m. JOHN ALLEN, before 1720. Bapt. January 29, 1720/21, the wife of Brother John Allen by Rev. Hugh Adams.1 No further information about either individual except that a John Allen is mentioned on p 308, v II, Durham TH.
	6.	JAMES BURNHAM.
		FRANCES BURNHAM, m. JOHN BARTLETT of Amesbury MA.

3. ELIZABETH² BURNHAM (ROBERT¹) was born 27 Aug 1651, and died 17 Jul 1694 in the Indian massacre of 1694. She married ENSIGN JOHN DAVIS,JR. after 1684. He was born 22 Aug 1651. He also was killed, 17 Jul 1694, in the Indian massacre. Several children were also killed at that time, but two were taken captive and brought to Canada. John Davis m.(1) about 1672 Mary -----, who died 12 Jan 1684.

Children:

		MARY ANN DAVIS was carried as a captive to Canada and remained as sister of St. Benedict of the Ursuline convent, Quebec. She died 2 Mar 1748/49.
	7.	SARAH DAVIS, returned, m. Peter Mason, and d. after 5 Feb 1771.

4. JEREMIAH² BURNHAM (ROBERT¹) was born 1653, and died before 1719. He married (1) TEMPERANCE BICKFORD about 1689. He married (2) MARY DIAMOND about 1714. He was a selectman in Dover, NH, and signed the 1689 petition to have NH placed under the jurisdiction of Mass. Bay. He successfully defended his Oyster River Plantation garrison in the Indian attack of 1694.

Children by wife, Temperance:

	8.	HANNAH BURNHAM, b. 13 May 1690; d. 14 Jul 1750.
	9.	JOHN BURNHAM, d. before 30 May 1749.
	10.	JAMES BURNHAM.
	11.	ROBERT BURNHAM, d. before 28 Sep 1762.
	12.	SARAH BURNHAM.
		TEMPERANCE BURNHAM, bapt. June 30, 1717
		ELIZABETH BURNHAM, b. about 1696. 24 May 1724, mortally wounded by Indians; d. 4 days later, 28 May 1724 in Oyster River.
		"Elizabeth Burnham AEt 23. Fatally shot by Indians in Durham, May22-24, 1724 fell upon this boulder which still shows the stains of her blood Her's was the first burial here..." Copied from stone in Lee, NH by Robert F. Burnham, 28 Mar 1975

Child by wife, Mary

13.

JEREMIAH BURNHAM, b. 17 Aug 1714.

5. SARAH² BURNHAM (ROBERT¹) was born 1654. She married (1) LT. JAMES HUCKINS. He was born Abt. 1644, and died August 1689, slain by Indians. She was captured in the same attack, but released a year later. She married (2) CAPT. JOHN WOODMAN 17 Oct 1700. He was born 1630 in England, and died 17 Sep 1706.

Notice the strange birthdates of their children, taken from DurhamTH. Sarah's of 12 Dec 1674 is too close to James's 15 Jul 1675 and is identical to Robert's month and day, but his birth year is 1672. The Dover Records give two dates for Sarah (p114), 12 Dec 1672 and 12 Dec 1674. Perhaps Robert and Sarah were twins?

Children:

	14.	ROBERT HUCKINS, b. 12 Dec 1672; d. January 1719/20.
		SARAH HUCKINS, b. 12 Dec 1674; d. 14 Oct 1705; m. JAMES CHESLEY; d. 17 Sep 1707, ---killed by Indians at the same time as his brother Samuel--- Pike's Journal says Sarah Chesley (formerly Huggins) died 29 Dec 1704. Dover recs say he married Tamsin Wentworth.
		JAMES HUCKINS, b. 15 Jul 1675; d.s.p.

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1. NEHGR, Jul 1869. p238