Burbean, John

Published: 20 Aug 2018
Updated: 06 Mar 2020
Researchers: Ray Dusek, Dr. Andrew Millard, Teresa Rust
Editor: Teresa Rust

John Burbean, #5 on George S. Stewart’s Captured at Dunbar list

IMPORTANT UPDATE! (July 2018)
According to, Christopher Gerrard, Pam Graves, Andrew Millard, Richard Annis, and Anwen Caffell, in, Lost Lives, New Voices: Unlocking the Stories of the Scottish Soldiers at the Battle of Dunbar 1650, (England: Oxbow Books, 2018), on page 249, John is categorized as:

Probable [that he is a Dunbar prisoner transported on the Unity]

Burbean/Burbeen/Barben/Barbene/Barbeene/Berbeene/Birben, John. Residences: Charlestown, Woburn MA. Appears: 1658. B.c.1627. D.1714.  [Exiles; DR; SPOWS; Ch.7 & 8; App.B]

For explanations of the category, abbreviations and references see List of Dunbar prisoners from Lost Lives, New Voices.

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First Generation in the New World

1. JOHN¹ BURBEEN/BURBEAN, was born, presumably in Scotland, about 1627/8 and died at Woburn on 08 Jan 1713/4.¹ He married at Woburn, Massachusetts on on 16 Apr 1660, SARAH GOULD, (1637-1670).²

Biographical Notes:
Residences: Charlestown and Woburn, Massachusetts. Appears: 1658.
Sarah (Gould) Burbeen, the wife of John, dies at Woburn on 14 May 1670.¹
“Old John, s. of _____, Jan. 8, 1714; ab 86 y.” ¹

Children of John and Sarah (Gould) Burbeen:

2. i.    MARY² BURBEEN, was born 02 Jul 1661.³
2. ii.   JOHN² BURBEEN, was born 09 Aug 1663.³
2. iii. JAMES² BURBEEN, was born on 15 May 1668³ and died in 1729. He m. at Charlestown between 03 Sep 1692 and 01 May 1693, MARY (LOWDON) GEORGE, widow of John George.⁴

Second Generation

2. i.    MARY² BURBEEN, (John¹), was born at Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts on 02 Jul 1661.³
2. ii.   JOHN² BURBEEN, (John¹), was born at Woburn on 09 Aug 1663.³
2. iii. JAMES² BURBEEN, (John¹), was born at Woburn on 15 May 1668³ and died in 1729. He m. at Charlestown between 03 Sep 1692 and 01 May 1693, MARY (LOWDON) GEORGE, widow of John George.⁴

Children of James and Mary (Lowdon) Burbeen:

3. MARY³ BURBEEN, (James², John¹), was b. at Woburn on 06 Mar 1694, twin.
3. SARAH³ BURBEEN, (James², John¹), was b. at Woburn on 06 Mar 1694, twin.
3. JAMES³ BURBEEN, (James², John¹), was b. at Woburn on 21 Aug 1696.
3. JOHN³ BURBEEN, (James², John¹), was b. at Woburn on 12 Mar 1699.
3. SARAH³ BURBEEN, (James², John¹), was b. at Woburn on 17 Jun 1701.

SOURCES AND NOTES:

1. Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2016).
   https://www.americanancestors.org/DB190/i/13323/25/24807741 [↩] [↩] [↩]
2. New England Marriages to 1700. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008.) Originally published as: New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015. https://www.americanancestors.org/DB1568/i/21174/245/426879165 [↩]
3. Woburn Record of Births, page 35. Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2016).
   https://www.americanancestors.org/DB190/t/13324/35/238451114 [↩] [↩] [↩] [↩] [↩] [↩]
4. New England Marriages to 1700. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008.) Originally published as: New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015. https://www.americanancestors.org/DB1568/t/21174/245/426879165 [↩] [↩]