Keziah Burgess of Bedford Co., Virginia

[Mixed Haplotypes]

Note: One branch of this family is affiliated with that of George Hale of Northumberland Co., Virginia.

Keziah Burgess was born by 1791 in Virginia, possibly the daughter of Mary Burgess, daughter of William Burgess of Bedford Co., VA (see that family), and/or the sister of James Burgess of Fayette Co., West Virginia (see that family). She was bound to John Nichols Sr. in Bedford Co. in 1791 (Nichols was the same person to whom James Burgess was bound in 1795). She is listed in the 1840 census for Barren Co., Kentucky, and in 1860 there living with her son, Armstead L. Burgess Sr.; she has not been found prior to 1840, or in 1850. She died in March 1870 in Barren Co. (at “age 90,” according to the 1870 mortality census), having had three sons by different fathers, all of whom have descendants in the male line:

1. Armstead L(ewis?) Burgess Sr. (1808?-1880+) of Barren Co., KY [Haplotype I1b]
2. Oliver Austin Burgess Sr. (1820-1899) of Barren Co., KY [Haplotype R1b1]
*3. Sparrell Edward Burgess (1826-1902) of Sebastian Co., AR [Haplotype I1a (confirmed by test)]

Third Branch: Sparrell Edward Burgess

Sparrell Edward Burgess was born February 1826 in Virginia. He married firstly Tabitha Jane Jones on 31 December 1844 in Barren Co., Kentucky, and secondly Cynthia Clayton. He is listed in the 1850-60 censuses for Barren Co., Kentucky, and in 1880-1900 in Sebastian Co., Arkansas. He died there on 19 April 1902, having had six sons:

1. William Oliver Burgess (1846-1889) of Denton Co., TX
2. Harvey Washington Burgess (1849-1920+) of Poteau Co., OK
3. Elias M. Burgess (1855- ), died young
4. James Elzia Burgess (1859-1883+) of Barren Co., KY
5. Sparrell Edward Newton Burgess (1862-1939) of Poteau Co., OK
6. Andrew C. Thompson Burgess (1868-1903) of Sebastian Co., AR

Armstead Lewis Burgess Sr. is the ancestor of R. L. Burgess;
Oliver Austin Burgess Sr. is the ancestor of C. R. Burgess;
William Oliver Burgess is the ancestor of R. G. Burgess and W. L. Burgess;
James Elzia Burgess is the ancestor of W. M. Burgess;
Sparrell Edward Newton Burgess is the ancestor of G. L. Burgess.

Test results received from many representatives of this line indicate that Armstead Lewis Burgess Sr., Oliver Austin Burgess Sr., and Sparrell Edward Burgess each had different fathers; the markers of the descendants of Sparrell Burgess match each other exactly. None of their markers currently match the numbers of any other Burgess Project family.

However, the numbers of Ronald L. Burgess match those of a descendant of George Hale of Northumberland Co., Virginia. George Hale was the ancestor of the Bedford Co., Virginia, Hale clan, and thus represents a probable paternal ancestor for the Armstead Burgess line, as well the Joseph Haas family and a Chilcote family.