John Burgess b. abt. 1663; m 1693 Sarah Nickerson, dau of Nicholas and Mary (Darby/Derby) Nickerson, b. 1 May 1674 at Yarmouth, Ma.; d. 4 Feb 1723.

Children:

1. Mary b. 25 Dec 1695; d. 3 Jun 1730; m. 2 Mar 1716 Elnathan Ellis
2. Elizabeth b. 12 Oct 1697; m. 1 Apr 1720 Prince Wixon
3. Joseph b. 1699; m. Desire Blackwell
4. Benjamin b. 3 May 1701; m. 15 Jun 1727 Thankful Nickerson
5. Samuel b. 3 Feb 1703; d. 16 Sep !753; m. 10 Nov 1726 Elizabeth Burgess
6. Ezekiel b. 9 Aug 1705; m. (1) 1 Jun 1732 Cahterine Baker, m (2) 8 Sep1736 Sarah ____
7. Thankful b. 7 Jun 1708; m. 6 Apr 1727 John Blossom
8. JOHN b. Oct 1710 at Harwich, Ma.

John Burgess b. Oct 1710 at Harwich, Ma.; d. 21 Mar 1771 at Harwich,Ma.; m. at Harwich, Ma. 20 Feb 1734 Elsy Baker, dau of John and Hannah(Jones) Baker .

Children:

1. JOHN b. 21 May 1736 at Harwich, Ma.
2. Hannah b. 16 Sep 1737 at Harwich, Ma.
3. Joseph b. 17 Nov 1739 at Harwich, Ma.; m. 10 Jan 1760 Deliverance Baker
4. Zilpha b. 16 Apr 1742 at Harwich, Ma.; m. 1759 Samuel Chase
5. Elizabeth b. 12 Aug 1744 at Harwich, Ma.
6. Mary b. 20 May 1749 at Harwich, Ma.

John Burgess b. 21 May 1736 at Harwich, Ma.; d. 2 Dec 1827 at Belfast, Me.; m. 26 Jan 1756 Sarah Rogers, dau of John and Mary (Wing) Rogers, b. 20 Mar 1736 at Harwich, Ma., d. Belfast, Me. Both are buried on the family farm, Pitcher Road, Belfast, Me.

Children:

1. Hannah b. 10 Nov 1756; m. John Cain
2. John b. 12 Jun 1759; d. 13 Dec 1843; m. 20 Dec 1784 Hannah Moore
3. Jonathan b. 21 Feb 1761
4. Ezekiel b. 28 Aug 1763 at Yarmouth, Ma.; d. 25 Feb 1839 Matinicus (Island), Me; m. 8 Dec 1785 Lydia Eldredge, dau of Thomas and Elizabeth (Bearse) Eldredge, b. 18 Sep 1765; d. 27 May 1853 at Matinicus, Me.
*Note, Joan is also descended from Ezekiel and Lydia through their daughter Elizabeth who married George Washington Hall.
5. Ebenezer b. 1765
6. EDWARD b. 1771 at Provincetown, Ma.

Edward Burgess b. 1771 at Provincetown, Ma.; d. 1853 Searsmont, Me.; m. 7 Nov 1800 Sarah Jane Philbrook, dau of Jeremiah and Sarah Jane (Leadbetter) Philbrook, b. 28 Dec 1781 at Fox Island, Me.; d. 21 Nov 1860 at Morrill, Me.

Children:

1. Joseph b. 1 Mar 1802 at Vinalhaven, Me. (island); d. 26 Mar 1889 at Waldo- boro, Me; m. 25 Dec 1827 Mariah Staples
2. Susanna b. 1804 at Vinalhaven, Me.; m. as 2nd wife, 16 Apr 1831 George Washington Hall.
3. Hannah b. 1806; m. Aaron French
4. Nancy b. 18 Jan 1807 at Fox Island, Me.; d. 24 Jul 1894; m. Charles Harding
5. Sally b. 1810; d. 27 Dec 1891 at Morrill, Me.; m. Rev. Doty L. Whitney
6. Elsie b. 3 Jan 1812; d 3 Jan 1889 at Searsmont, Me.; m. Henry L. Buck
7. EDWARD b. 1815 at Matinicus, Me.
8. Samuel b. 1820; m. Harriet Fuller
9. John b. 1823; m. Delora or Deborah Leighton

Edward Burgess b. 1815 at Matinicus, Me.; d. 22 Apr 1878 at Searsmont, Me.; buried at Oak Grove Cem., Searsmont; m. (1) abt. 1836 Eliza Hall, dau of George Washington and Elizabeth (Burgess) Hall, b. 13 May 1821; d. 16 May 1867 in Searsmont; buried at Pine Grove Cem., Appleton, Me. Edward m. (2) 11 Jul 1867 Mary Ann Richards, b. 1833; d. 1934 Searsmont, Me., buried at Oak Grove Cem. Searsmont.

Children by Eliza Hall:

1. Sarah E. b. 12 Nov 1837; d. 8 Sep 1840; buried Pine Grove Cem., Applteton, Me.
2. George Washington b. 4 Aug 1839; d. 4 Jan 1921 at Blocksburg, Ca; m. 17 Apr 1861 Nancy Sylvina Conant
3. Oliver Theodore b. 1842; d. 16 Dec 1872 (served in the 26th Maine Regt. during the Civil War); buried at Pine Grove Cem., Appleton, Me.; m. 8 Aug 1866 Eliza E. Conant
4. Julia Ann b. 13 Apr 1844; d. 5 Dec 1926; m. 8 Jul 1863at Searsmont, Me. James Obed Luce
5. JOSEPH SHEPARD b. 22 Jul 1846 at Searsmont, Me.
6. Clara V. b. 28 Jun 1848; d. 2 Aug 1848; buried at Pine Grove Cem., Appleton
7. Ezekiel Virgil b. 12 Jun 1849; d. 1 Feb 1909 in Ca.; m. 12 Dec 1871 Abbie R. Brown
8. Edward b. May 1852; d. 8 Jun 1852; buried at Pine Grove Cem., Appleton
9. Arnold b. May 1852; d. 9 Jun 1852; buried at Pine Grove Cem., Appleton, Me.
10. John H. b. 22 May 1853; d. Zenia, Ca.; m. 22 May 1874 Orinda Francella Bean
11. Edward Francis b. 18 Nov 1856; d. Zenia, Ca.; m. 29 Nov 1877 Clara Emma Richards at Searsmont, Me.
12. Mariah Lenora b. 1857; d. Searsmont; m. 1 Mar 1874 Albert Cunningham
13. Annie T. b. 10 Oct 1858; d. 19 Sep 1860; buried at Pine Grove Cem., Appleton, Me.
14. Willard M. b. 8 Jul 1860; d. 27 Sep 1860; buired at Pine Grove Cem., Appleton, Me.
*George Washington, Ezekiel Virgil, John H. and Edward Frances all migrated to California, settled there and never returned to Maine. There is a large branch of the family in California now.

Children by Mary Ann Richards:

15. James Franklin b. 27 Oct 1868; d. Aug 1956 in Rockland, Me.; m. 27 Jun 1891 Harriette C. Hall
16. Elsie b. 1870; d. 1882; buried Oak Grove Cem., Searsmont, Me.
17. Mary F. b. 1872 in Searsmont; d. 1873 in Searsmont; buried in Oak Grove Cem., Searsmont

Joseph Shepard b. 22 Jul 1846 in Searsmont, Me.; d. 3 Oct 1923 , buried in Grove Cem., Belfast, Me.; m. 18 Oct 1866 in Searsmont, me. (1) Priscilla Skillin, dau of David and Olive (Hall) Skillin, b. 24 Aug 1835 in Garland, Me.; d. 19 Feb 1917 in Manchester, N.H. and buried in Barre, Vt. Priscilla m. (2) Wilson Dickey of Swanville, Me. Joseph Shepard m. (2) Ida Leona Dodge, dau of James H. Jr. and Lizzie (Lear) Dodge, b. 16 Apr 1865; d. 3 Sep 1934, buried Grove Cem. Belfast, Me.

Children of Joseph and Priscilla:

1. Lucy Arvilla b. abt 1867 in Searsmont; d. in Manchester, N.H.; m. Edward Bruins
2. Mary Priscilla (May) b. 22 aug 1868 in Searsmont, Me.; d. 1945 in Barre, Vt.; m. 5 Aug 1885 William (Billy) Gilbertson, b. in Scotland
3. JOSEPH SHEPARD, JR. b. 22 Apr 1871 Searsmont
4. Riley b. Aug 1872 in Searsmont; m. Ann M. Bennett

Children of Joseph and Ida Leona Dodge:

5. John Alton b. 1884 in Belfast, Me.; d. 1964; m. (1) Etta Black (2) abt 1930 Sarah (Sadie) (Staples) Jackson
6. Hiram Oakes b. 9 Mar 1887 in Searsmont, Me.; d. 1939 in Belfast, buried in Grove Cem., Belfast; m. (1) Stella Jane Dodge (2) Nettie McIntire
7. Clara b. 7 Aug 1893 in Searsmont, Me.; d. 27 Apr 1985 in Yarmouth, Me.; buried in cemetery at Head-of-the-Tide, Belfast, Me.; m. (1) Fay Frost, (2) 25 Aug 1927 Emery Roberts
8. Flora b. 19 Dec 1907 in Searsmont, Me.; d. 10 Mar 1995 in Yarmouth, Me., buried in Prospect, Me.; m. 8 Jun 1929 Harvard Harriman

Joseph Shepard Burgess, Jr. was born 22 Apr 1871 in Searsmont, Me. d. 27 Mar 1929 in Alexandria, Va.; buried in Grove Cem., Belfast, Me. but name is on stone in Oak Grove Cem., Searsmont; m. 4 Nov 1899 Mattie Luella Maxwell, dau of Augustus C. and Mary Jane (Benson) Maxwell, b. 30 Jan 1876 in Houlton, Me., d. 1 Sep 1934 in Cabin John, Md., buried at Oak Grove Cem., Searsmont.

Children of Joseph and Mattie:

1. HAROLD JOSEPH b. 25 Nov 1900 at North Jay, Me.
2. Ava b. 11 Sep 1903 in Waldoboro, Me.; d. 17 May 1976 at Waterford, Ct.; m. 14 Apr 1926 Rupert King Farnsworth
3. Helen Isabel b. 6 Jun 1907 at Waldoboro, Me; d. 16 Sep 1876 at Hartford, Ct.; m. 19 Aug 1924 Arthur Leroy Titcomb at Warrenton, Va.

Harold Joseph Burgess was b. 25 Nov 1900 at North Jay, Me.; d. 15 Mar 1983 at South Hiram, Me., buried at Oak Grove Cem., Searsmont; m. 15 Oct 1923 Inza Evelyn Boyd, dau of Wilbur Leonard and Helen (Nellie) Florence (Webber) Boyd, b. 29 Nov 1900 at Jackson, Me., d. 31 Mar 1992 at Dade City, Fl., buried at Oak Grove Cem., Searsmont, Me.

Child of Harold and Inza:

1. Joan Elizabeth b. 27 Jan 1931 at Belfast, Me.; m. 15 Jul 1949 Roger Cochrane Brown, Jr., son of Roger Cochrane, Sr. and Marion Gertrude (Pitman) Brown, b. 15 Jun 1928 at Lovell, Me.

This is my line, minus all the children of the children in each generation, but I would glady supply that info to any one who is interested.