William Burgess of Columbiana Co., Ohio

[Haplotype R - M269]

William Burgess was born March 1843 at Brownhill, Burslem, Staffordshire Co., England, the son of Sarah Burgess; Sarah is listed as a widow in the 1851 census for Burslem, Staffordshire Co. (she may be the Sarah Burgess who is listed as the wife of a potter, William Burgess, in the 1841 Burslem census). He had a younger brother, Frederick Burgess. He married Harriet Cooper about 1864. He is listed in the 1871 census for Burslem, Staffordshire Co., in 1900 in Summit Co., Ohio, and in 1910 in Columbiana Co., Ohio, and is noted in all three censuses as a potter; he has not been found in the 1881 census for Great Britain, or in the 1880 census for the United States. He died in Columbiana Co. after 1910, having had five sons:

1. Samuel Bennett Burgess (1865-1931) of Columbiana Co., OH
2. Thomas Bennett Burgess (1869-1936) of Columbiana Co., OH
3. William Bennett Burgess (1879-1941) of Columbiana Co., OH
4. John Bennett Burgess (1881-1951) of Mahoning Co., OH
5. George Burgess (1882-1900+) of Columbiana Co., OH

Thomas Bennett Burgess is the ancestor of T. E. Burgess.

Test results received from one representative of this line do not currently match the numbers of any other Burgess Project family.