 Fon and Maude had eight children:
 Fon and Maude had eight children: 
Here is a picture of Fon and Maude in front, and (from the left) Mildred, Chester, Wilma, Fern, Otis Jr., Velva and Leland. The picture must have been taken about 1955.
 Fon's main vocation was raising Jacks and 
Jennies, and mules and hinnies, and the horses necessary to their production.  A Jack is a 
male donkey, or jackass, and a Jenny is a female donkey.  A mule is the product of a male 
donkey and a female horse; a hinny is a cross between a male horse and a female donkey 
(jenny > hinny).  He traded pretty much all over the country.  Some people were looking for 
small "cotton mules", or "Jennie Mules".  He also raised a lot of cattle, hogs and chickens, 
and the necessary grain to feed the whole menagerie.
  Fon's main vocation was raising Jacks and 
Jennies, and mules and hinnies, and the horses necessary to their production.  A Jack is a 
male donkey, or jackass, and a Jenny is a female donkey.  A mule is the product of a male 
donkey and a female horse; a hinny is a cross between a male horse and a female donkey 
(jenny > hinny).  He traded pretty much all over the country.  Some people were looking for 
small "cotton mules", or "Jennie Mules".  He also raised a lot of cattle, hogs and chickens, 
and the necessary grain to feed the whole menagerie.
 Anna Maude Wiggins was born on a farm 
near Wilsey, Kansas.  Her family moved to Pomona, Kansas, about 1892.  She returned to Wilsey 
to visit her Berry cousins about 1904, at which time she took a job as a hired girl for the 
Burnett's. Here's a summary of this story from my Aunt Fern: "When Uncle Ed (Sydner Edward 
Burnett, Fon's half brother) saw that grandmother (Margaret Denny Burnett) needed help in the 
house, he sent Fon to Wilsey where he knew the Berry girls who helped in homes. When Fon got 
to Wilsey, the Berry girls were all employed; but they had a cousin there visiting them.  She 
was from Franklin County.  He asked if she would come to work.  She said. "No, I came to 
visit, not work."  So Fon went home without her.  Uncle Ed knew that Grandma needed help, so 
he went to Wilsey and talked Anna Maude into coming home with him.  William Burnett asked her 
what her name was and she said, "Anna Maude."  But all he understood was the "Maude."  So from 
that time on, she was "Anna" to the Wiggins' and "Maude" to the Burnetts.  (My Aunt Fern says 
that she thinks Fon thought it was cheaper to marry Maude than pay her.  Fern has Maude's last 
paycheck, signed 'M.D. Burnett by OLB'."
  Anna Maude Wiggins was born on a farm 
near Wilsey, Kansas.  Her family moved to Pomona, Kansas, about 1892.  She returned to Wilsey 
to visit her Berry cousins about 1904, at which time she took a job as a hired girl for the 
Burnett's. Here's a summary of this story from my Aunt Fern: "When Uncle Ed (Sydner Edward 
Burnett, Fon's half brother) saw that grandmother (Margaret Denny Burnett) needed help in the 
house, he sent Fon to Wilsey where he knew the Berry girls who helped in homes. When Fon got 
to Wilsey, the Berry girls were all employed; but they had a cousin there visiting them.  She 
was from Franklin County.  He asked if she would come to work.  She said. "No, I came to 
visit, not work."  So Fon went home without her.  Uncle Ed knew that Grandma needed help, so 
he went to Wilsey and talked Anna Maude into coming home with him.  William Burnett asked her 
what her name was and she said, "Anna Maude."  But all he understood was the "Maude."  So from 
that time on, she was "Anna" to the Wiggins' and "Maude" to the Burnetts.  (My Aunt Fern says 
that she thinks Fon thought it was cheaper to marry Maude than pay her.  Fern has Maude's last 
paycheck, signed 'M.D. Burnett by OLB'." 
  
 Anna Maude's father, William Wiggins, was 
born 26 Jun 1846 in London, England - William Wiggins and his wife Anna Eliza Berry (known 
as "Eliza") had 15 
children.  William was apprenticed as a wagonmaker and blacksmith.  When he was 24 years old 
(1870) he and the Berry family migrated from Iowa to Wilsey, Morris County, Kansas, by wagon 
train.  (Anna was not supposed to come to Kansas, but was in love with William and hid in a 
wagon so she could go with him.)  They farmed in Wilsey until 1892 and moved to a farm near 
Pomona.  In 1900 William moved into Pomona and built and operated a store.  In 1917 he sold 
the store and retired.  He died in 1938 in Ottawa, Franklin County, Kansas.  William and Anna 
are buried in the Appanoose Cemetary about eight miles north of Pomona.  Here is my listing of  
Anna Maude Wiggins' Ancestors
 Anna Maude's father, William Wiggins, was 
born 26 Jun 1846 in London, England - William Wiggins and his wife Anna Eliza Berry (known 
as "Eliza") had 15 
children.  William was apprenticed as a wagonmaker and blacksmith.  When he was 24 years old 
(1870) he and the Berry family migrated from Iowa to Wilsey, Morris County, Kansas, by wagon 
train.  (Anna was not supposed to come to Kansas, but was in love with William and hid in a 
wagon so she could go with him.)  They farmed in Wilsey until 1892 and moved to a farm near 
Pomona.  In 1900 William moved into Pomona and built and operated a store.  In 1917 he sold 
the store and retired.  He died in 1938 in Ottawa, Franklin County, Kansas.  William and Anna 
are buried in the Appanoose Cemetary about eight miles north of Pomona.  Here is my listing of  
Anna Maude Wiggins' Ancestors
 
 
 
 
 
 
"Elizabeth Thompson Dulin Denny is my great-great grandmother.  Her son, Benjamin 
Franklin Dulin, was the stepson of David O. Denny.  Benjamin grew up 
with your ancestor Margaret Denny.  I know quite a lot about the Denny 
family and am continuing to research it." 
"Margaret Denny Burnett was the second cousin once removed of my great-grandmother, Sarah 
Denny Dulin.  My Sarah met her future husband, Benjamin Franklin Dulin, while working in the 
household of David O. Denny, her second cousin.  The Dennys and Dulins were impossibly 
intertwined -- beginning back in Pickaway County, Ohio, and getting even more so in Vigo 
County, Indiana.  The woman in the photograph (above) is the mother of Benjamin 
Franklin Dulin.  She was born in 1801 in Pennsylvania and died in Terre Haute on January 2, 
1883. (I have a copy of her death certificate).  She was the third and last of David O. Denny's 
wives.  David O. Denny was killed in a boiler explosion on 
Thanksgiving day, November 23, 1870. This was a doubly tragic event, as his grandson, David 
Denny, was killed along with him.  Even though David O. Denny and his third wife (my ancestor) 
had no children together, they had grandchildren together! David, the boy killed in the 
explosion, was the son of David's son, James B. Denny, and Elizabeth's daughter, Frances Jane 
Dulin, who were married in Vigo County on January 8, 1857.  I won't go into all the 
other incredible interconnections of the Dennys and Dulins."  
"As a descendant of David O. Denny, you have TWO Denny immigrant forbears, who undoubtedly were 
brothers:  William Denny the Elder, born February 1708 in Ulster, died October 8, 1784, in 
Uwchlan Township, Chester County, PA, is the closest ancestor you and I share.  I have visited 
his grave in Forks of Brandywine Church, near Downington, PA. He and some of his sons and 
numerous other relatives are buried near the beautiful Presbyterian church there, and the 
tombstones are in superb condition.  William the Elder had at least one brother who came to 
America, and his name was David.  Your great-great grandfather David O. Denny was descended 
from this immigrant, too.  As a matter of fact, David O. Denny was the product of three 
generations of David Dennys who married cousins named Margaret Denny!  This is the truth.  
So you are much more of a Denny than I am!" 
"Most of the information I have on the earliest Dennys comes from the three-volume work 
titled "Denny Genealogy," by Margaret Collins Denny Dixon and Elizabeth Chapman Denny Vann.  
The earliest information is probably the most accurate in the trilogy -- it is based on 
family papers, bibles, tax records, etc.  In the later generations, especially in Vigo County, 
the authors made some major mistakes.  Apparently they ran out of steam, because they failed 
to discover the 1812 pension records of my ancestor William R. Denny, and the Civil War 
records of my great-grandfather Benjamin F. Dulin, which present a clear picture of the 
Dulin-Denny relationship." 
- from Ron Bachman, great-grandson of Benjamin F. Dulin and Sarah Ann Denny. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Anna Maude's mother, Anna Eliza Berry, 
was the daughter of Peter Stephen Berry and Tabitha Piatt, married 25 May 1852 
by Justice of the Peace J. P. Tunis in Marion County Ohio.  Tabitha Piatt Berry was the 
daughter of Stephen Piatt (b ~1790 in VA) and Mary McConnell (b ~1786), who were married 
29 June 1813 by Joseph Tharp.  Tabitha's siblings included Hannah (b 1829), Mary (b 1833), possibly 
Susan (b 1811), Sarah (b 1816), Andrew, four other sisters.  (Summarized from Laverne 
Ingram Piatt, 5 Dec 2004 - (see http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/Z.2ACBAEB/1.5.7.17.89.151.1.1.1.1.1.1.
 Anna Maude's mother, Anna Eliza Berry, 
was the daughter of Peter Stephen Berry and Tabitha Piatt, married 25 May 1852 
by Justice of the Peace J. P. Tunis in Marion County Ohio.  Tabitha Piatt Berry was the 
daughter of Stephen Piatt (b ~1790 in VA) and Mary McConnell (b ~1786), who were married 
29 June 1813 by Joseph Tharp.  Tabitha's siblings included Hannah (b 1829), Mary (b 1833), possibly 
Susan (b 1811), Sarah (b 1816), Andrew, four other sisters.  (Summarized from Laverne 
Ingram Piatt, 5 Dec 2004 - (see http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/Z.2ACBAEB/1.5.7.17.89.151.1.1.1.1.1.1.
 Peter Stephen Berry's parents, Henry (b 30 Sep 
1797; d 20 May 1880) and Mary (b 14 Nov 1803; d 11 Aug 1877) Berry, are buried just outside 
New English, Iowa - info from Beth Elaine Montgomery Hotaling of Ottawa, Kansas; via Sandra 
Adams sageso@yahoo.com
 Peter Stephen Berry's parents, Henry (b 30 Sep 
1797; d 20 May 1880) and Mary (b 14 Nov 1803; d 11 Aug 1877) Berry, are buried just outside 
New English, Iowa - info from Beth Elaine Montgomery Hotaling of Ottawa, Kansas; via Sandra 
Adams sageso@yahoo.com
 There was a Wiggins Family Reunion held every 
summer from 1916 to the 1970's in Ottawa, Franklin County, Kansas - I went to several 
as a child.  It is now held in Melvern, Kansas, hosted by the Elmer William Burnett family, per 
their daughter-in-law Donna Burnett, DonnaKSU@aol.com.  I 
understand there is another Wiggins Family Reunion from this same line held in Washington 
State.  I would appreciate any information on this.
 There was a Wiggins Family Reunion held every 
summer from 1916 to the 1970's in Ottawa, Franklin County, Kansas - I went to several 
as a child.  It is now held in Melvern, Kansas, hosted by the Elmer William Burnett family, per 
their daughter-in-law Donna Burnett, DonnaKSU@aol.com.  I 
understand there is another Wiggins Family Reunion from this same line held in Washington 
State.  I would appreciate any information on this. 
 William Wiggins' father Reuben Wiggins and his 
wife Martha Bourd had 15 children.  Reuben came to the United States and sent back money for 
Martha and (then) seven children to come in 1853 in a sailing ship.  William was seasick all 
three weeks of the way.  Reuben and his family moved to Illinois and then to Iowa City, Iowa. 
(Coming soon: Reuben and Martha's obituaries and Reuben's will, courtesy of cousin John 
Stevenson, johnes@pensys.com, a descendent of 
Reuben's daughter Lavina.)
 William Wiggins' father Reuben Wiggins and his 
wife Martha Bourd had 15 children.  Reuben came to the United States and sent back money for 
Martha and (then) seven children to come in 1853 in a sailing ship.  William was seasick all 
three weeks of the way.  Reuben and his family moved to Illinois and then to Iowa City, Iowa. 
(Coming soon: Reuben and Martha's obituaries and Reuben's will, courtesy of cousin John 
Stevenson, johnes@pensys.com, a descendent of 
Reuben's daughter Lavina.)
Otis Lefon Burnett, Senior's father was:
William  Burnett
Born 10 Dec 1828, Terre Haute, Vigo County, Indiana
Married Mary Emily Cunningham 4 July 1852 (Mary b 1 Oct 1835, d 1864-1865?)
Married Margaret Denny (Otis' mother) 9 Mar 1865 (Margaret b 30 Dec 1843, d 5 Apr 
1925)
Died 24 Feb 1908
 Here is a picture of 
William Burnett and Margaret Denny Burnett.
 Here is a picture of 
William Burnett and Margaret Denny Burnett.
   
 William and Mary were married in a small town 
named Burnett Post Office (formerly Otterville, in Otter Creek Township), in Vigo County, Indiana, and had five children:
 William and Mary were married in a small town 
named Burnett Post Office (formerly Otterville, in Otter Creek Township), in Vigo County, Indiana, and had five children: 
   
 William Burnett and Margaret Denny had five children:
 William Burnett and Margaret Denny had five children: 
I don't have much other information on any of these children except for my 
grandfather Otis - any information would be appreciated.
 Margaret Denny was born in Circleville, 
Ohio; her parents were David O. Denny and David's second wife Clarinda Cresap (for some reason incorrectly identified as Corinda Sample in some records) (b 
1819, d 16 Sep 1846); David and Clarinda had four children: John (b abt 1840); Daniel (b 1842); 
Benjamin T. (b 1843, d bef 1868); and Margaret.  Here is a 
picture of David O. Denny and his third wife, Elizabeth Thompson 
Dulin Denny. (Information from Denny scholar Audrey Moran, 
ramoran@quik.com
), and Ron Bachman (see below); 
picture from my Uncle Leland Burnett.
 Margaret Denny was born in Circleville, 
Ohio; her parents were David O. Denny and David's second wife Clarinda Cresap (for some reason incorrectly identified as Corinda Sample in some records) (b 
1819, d 16 Sep 1846); David and Clarinda had four children: John (b abt 1840); Daniel (b 1842); 
Benjamin T. (b 1843, d bef 1868); and Margaret.  Here is a 
picture of David O. Denny and his third wife, Elizabeth Thompson 
Dulin Denny. (Information from Denny scholar Audrey Moran, 
ramoran@quik.com
), and Ron Bachman (see below); 
picture from my Uncle Leland Burnett. 
   
 More DENNY information, from a new correspondent: my 
fifth cousin once removed, Ron Bachman, 
osbach@erols.com):
 More DENNY information, from a new correspondent: my 
fifth cousin once removed, Ron Bachman, 
osbach@erols.com):
 William Burnett's father was named 
Stephen Grover Burnett; he had a brother named Stephen Grover Burnett; and he named 
a son Stephen Grover Burnett.
 William Burnett's father was named 
Stephen Grover Burnett; he had a brother named Stephen Grover Burnett; and he named 
a son Stephen Grover Burnett.
William  Burnett's father was:
Stephen Grover Burnett, Senior
Born Sep 1796, Hanover, New Jersey
Married Hanna Creal (William's mother) (b 17 Mar 1799, d 7 Dec 1829)
Married Ann/Anna/Almy Scully on March 20, 1830 
Married Kate (Catherine) Adams (b about 1794, d March 5 1864)
Died 21 May 1861, Terre Haute, Vigo County, Indiana.  Here is Stephen 
Grover Burnett's pedigree; here is Stephen Grover Burnett's 
obituary and here is Stephen Grover Burnett's 
tombstone in Woodlawn Cemetery in Terre Haute, IN.
 Stephen and Hanna had five children; William was 
the last - he was a one-year-old babe-in-arms (literally!) when Hanna was thrown from a horse and 
killed.  Stephen re-married; he and Ann Scully produced another Stephen Grover Burnett, Junior - 
then they divorced (Ann and Stephen Junior moved to Warrensburgh MO).  Stephen then married Kate 
(Catherine) Adams, a widow with three children.
 Stephen and Hanna had five children; William was 
the last - he was a one-year-old babe-in-arms (literally!) when Hanna was thrown from a horse and 
killed.  Stephen re-married; he and Ann Scully produced another Stephen Grover Burnett, Junior - 
then they divorced (Ann and Stephen Junior moved to Warrensburgh MO).  Stephen then married Kate 
(Catherine) Adams, a widow with three children.
  
 Stephen, Catherine and William are listed in 
the 1850 Census for Vigo 
County, Indiana's Nevans Township.  The Adams family is the immediate next census listing.  
Hanna's brother Anthony Creal, Junior, and his family are listed in the neighboring Otter Creek 
Township.
 Stephen, Catherine and William are listed in 
the 1850 Census for Vigo 
County, Indiana's Nevans Township.  The Adams family is the immediate next census listing.  
Hanna's brother Anthony Creal, Junior, and his family are listed in the neighboring Otter Creek 
Township.
 Stephen was a veteran of the War of 1812, an 
"artillerist", enlisted 23 June 1814.  He was in Capt. Green's Company of Artillery, 
transferred to Capt. James R. Hanhams Co. Corps of Artillery July 6, 1814, transferred to 
Capt. Richard L. Howell's Co. May 1, 1815.  I have a photostat of his army discharge.  He was 
discharged in New York 12 May 1815, described on discharge paper as "about 21 years of age, 
five feet 8 inches high, ruddy complexion, blue eyes, dark hair." ("...Captain Callendar 
Irvine’s Company of Artillerists and Engineers, organized on 27 April 1798. Later the unit 
fought courageously as Captain James R. Hanham’s Company in the War of 1812 earning its first 
letter designation and campaign streamer as Company K, Corps of Artillery, Northern Division." - 
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/agency/army/1-62ada.htm)
 Stephen was a veteran of the War of 1812, an 
"artillerist", enlisted 23 June 1814.  He was in Capt. Green's Company of Artillery, 
transferred to Capt. James R. Hanhams Co. Corps of Artillery July 6, 1814, transferred to 
Capt. Richard L. Howell's Co. May 1, 1815.  I have a photostat of his army discharge.  He was 
discharged in New York 12 May 1815, described on discharge paper as "about 21 years of age, 
five feet 8 inches high, ruddy complexion, blue eyes, dark hair." ("...Captain Callendar 
Irvine’s Company of Artillerists and Engineers, organized on 27 April 1798. Later the unit 
fought courageously as Captain James R. Hanham’s Company in the War of 1812 earning its first 
letter designation and campaign streamer as Company K, Corps of Artillery, Northern Division." - 
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/agency/army/1-62ada.htm) 
 After Stephen and Hanna married they moved to 
London, Ontario.  On May 2, 1821 they, with their son Linus Anthony, then three years old, and 
others including Hanna's brother Anthony Creal, Junior, started for Indiana.  They went down the 
Thames River across Lake St. Clair, up the Maumee River, over the mountains and down a tributary 
to the Wabash River to Terre Haute - all on a pirouge - a type of raft made by themselves from a 
large pine tree, hollowed out, with a cabin at one end.  This was their only conveyance to Terre 
Haute.  Stephen and a small party had made a trip as far south as St. Louis about two years 
earlier (about 1819).  They were attacked by Indians on the return trip and lost all their 
possessions.
 After Stephen and Hanna married they moved to 
London, Ontario.  On May 2, 1821 they, with their son Linus Anthony, then three years old, and 
others including Hanna's brother Anthony Creal, Junior, started for Indiana.  They went down the 
Thames River across Lake St. Clair, up the Maumee River, over the mountains and down a tributary 
to the Wabash River to Terre Haute - all on a pirouge - a type of raft made by themselves from a 
large pine tree, hollowed out, with a cabin at one end.  This was their only conveyance to Terre 
Haute.  Stephen and a small party had made a trip as far south as St. Louis about two years 
earlier (about 1819).  They were attacked by Indians on the return trip and lost all their 
possessions.
 Stephen's first wife Hanna Creal was one 
of eleven children of Anthony Creal, Senior (b 13 Dec 1770 in Ballstown NY, m 10 Oct 1793, d 17 
Mar 1817 in Ellery NY, killed by a falling tree) and Hannah Seymour (b 8 Apr 1770, Ballstown NY, 
d 9 Nov 1850, Centerville PA), daughter of Ezra Seymour.  Ezra Seymour, son of Captain 
Thomas 
Seymour, served in Captain Reuben Scofield's Company, 9th Regiment, Connecticut Militia, 
commanded by Col. John Mead, in the Revolutionary War.  This Seymour line goes back to the 
Plantagenet kings of England in the 1200's, and even to the Danish god Woden (or Odin) through 
the official genealogy of the royal family of Denmark.  (My cousin Jim Fina says I also have 
Byzantine Emperor ancestors, and several Pharaoh's as well. Shosenq I, Pharaoh of Egypt is 
approximately my 105th GGF.)
 Stephen's first wife Hanna Creal was one 
of eleven children of Anthony Creal, Senior (b 13 Dec 1770 in Ballstown NY, m 10 Oct 1793, d 17 
Mar 1817 in Ellery NY, killed by a falling tree) and Hannah Seymour (b 8 Apr 1770, Ballstown NY, 
d 9 Nov 1850, Centerville PA), daughter of Ezra Seymour.  Ezra Seymour, son of Captain 
Thomas 
Seymour, served in Captain Reuben Scofield's Company, 9th Regiment, Connecticut Militia, 
commanded by Col. John Mead, in the Revolutionary War.  This Seymour line goes back to the 
Plantagenet kings of England in the 1200's, and even to the Danish god Woden (or Odin) through 
the official genealogy of the royal family of Denmark.  (My cousin Jim Fina says I also have 
Byzantine Emperor ancestors, and several Pharaoh's as well. Shosenq I, Pharaoh of Egypt is 
approximately my 105th GGF.)
 Stephen's first wife Hanna Creal's father 
Anthony Creal, Senior, and his brother came from Wales with their father John; the family name 
there was McCreal.  Anthony Creal, Junior, married Malinda Williams and had a large family, 
including sons Mark and Henry.  He built a tannery in Otter Creek Township, Vigo County, 
Indiana.  He was a Whig, and a Methodist - he gave the ground on which the Union Methodist 
Church was built.  He managed the tannery until he bought a mill, which his son Henry later 
owned.  Henry married Hannah Gray and had six children; Mark married Catherine D. Gray and 
they had six children.
 Stephen's first wife Hanna Creal's father 
Anthony Creal, Senior, and his brother came from Wales with their father John; the family name 
there was McCreal.  Anthony Creal, Junior, married Malinda Williams and had a large family, 
including sons Mark and Henry.  He built a tannery in Otter Creek Township, Vigo County, 
Indiana.  He was a Whig, and a Methodist - he gave the ground on which the Union Methodist 
Church was built.  He managed the tannery until he bought a mill, which his son Henry later 
owned.  Henry married Hannah Gray and had six children; Mark married Catherine D. Gray and 
they had six children.
 A Peculiar Connection With US President Grover 
Cleveland (from Henrietta Beardsley, Nov 1910): "Stephen Grover Burnett was born in Caldwell, 
New Jersey, a few blocks from the house in which Grover Cleveland was born.  (Grover Cleveland's) 
mother's father and grandfather were named Stephen Grover.  At the library of the N.J. Historical 
Society, in the records of the First Presbyterian Church, I found that he was one of the first 
pastors of the church, and was ordained and installed July 23, 1788.  Justus Burnett and his 
wife Lois had united with this church Dec. 1784 and were intimate friends with the pastor.  When 
their first son was born Mr. Grover asked that it be named for him, but the parents had decided 
on another name.  When the next boy came, they took him to be baptized.  The minister did not 
ask them the name for the baby, but taking him in his arms said, "I baptize thee in the name of 
Stephen Grover Burnett," giving him his own name.  He then turned to the parents and smiling 
said "I have waited long enough for a name-sake in this family."  
But is this story true?  Click here.
 A Peculiar Connection With US President Grover 
Cleveland (from Henrietta Beardsley, Nov 1910): "Stephen Grover Burnett was born in Caldwell, 
New Jersey, a few blocks from the house in which Grover Cleveland was born.  (Grover Cleveland's) 
mother's father and grandfather were named Stephen Grover.  At the library of the N.J. Historical 
Society, in the records of the First Presbyterian Church, I found that he was one of the first 
pastors of the church, and was ordained and installed July 23, 1788.  Justus Burnett and his 
wife Lois had united with this church Dec. 1784 and were intimate friends with the pastor.  When 
their first son was born Mr. Grover asked that it be named for him, but the parents had decided 
on another name.  When the next boy came, they took him to be baptized.  The minister did not 
ask them the name for the baby, but taking him in his arms said, "I baptize thee in the name of 
Stephen Grover Burnett," giving him his own name.  He then turned to the parents and smiling 
said "I have waited long enough for a name-sake in this family."  
But is this story true?  Click here.
 Stephen Grover Burnett's son Linus Anthony 
Burnett's daughter Octavia Burnett (b 1855, d 1935) (my first cousin twice removed) married Dr. 
William C. Eichelberger.  She left her genealogical research material to the Vigo County Historical 
Society, which in turn left it to the Vigo County Public Library.  Here are some newspaper 
clippings from her scrapbook:
 Stephen Grover Burnett's son Linus Anthony 
Burnett's daughter Octavia Burnett (b 1855, d 1935) (my first cousin twice removed) married Dr. 
William C. Eichelberger.  She left her genealogical research material to the Vigo County Historical 
Society, which in turn left it to the Vigo County Public Library.  Here are some newspaper 
clippings from her scrapbook:
 Stephen had a sister named Hanna, a 
wife named Hanna, and a daughter named Hanna.
 Stephen had a sister named Hanna, a 
wife named Hanna, and a daughter named Hanna.
 Justus and Lois were married in the Presbyterian 
Church in Caldwell, New Jersey.  They had twelve children:
 Justus and Lois were married in the Presbyterian 
Church in Caldwell, New Jersey.  They had twelve children: 
 Justus was a musician and singer.  He used to 
have singing schools in and around Caldwell, New Jersey.  He helped to build the road up over 
Orange Mountain.  There was one place near the top of the mountain where the road made quite 
a turn.  There were immense boulders here that they could not get out of the way.  Mr. Burnett 
was given the contract to clear the way.  He blasted the rocks and removed them so that the 
road could be completed.
 Justus was a musician and singer.  He used to 
have singing schools in and around Caldwell, New Jersey.  He helped to build the road up over 
Orange Mountain.  There was one place near the top of the mountain where the road made quite 
a turn.  There were immense boulders here that they could not get out of the way.  Mr. Burnett 
was given the contract to clear the way.  He blasted the rocks and removed them so that the 
road could be completed.
 Justus and Lois are buried in the Church Yard 
at Hanover, New Jersey.
 Justus and Lois are buried in the Church Yard 
at Hanover, New Jersey.
 Lois Crane's parents were Stephen Crane and 
Rhoda Holloway - here is a listing of their children:
 Lois Crane's parents were Stephen Crane and 
Rhoda Holloway - here is a listing of their children:
...from Genealogy of the Crane Family Vol. 2, by Ellery Bicknell Crane.  Published 
Worcester, MA, Press of Charles Hamilton, 311 Main Street (approx 1895 - 1900)
 
 Lois Crane's father Stephen Crane was a son of 
Azariah Crane, Junior, who was a son of Azariah Crane, Senior, who was a son of Jasper Crane - 
here is Stephen's pedigree.  Also, here is a web-page of information 
on Stephen's great-grandfather, Jasper Crane:
http://www.altlaw.com/edball/html/d0108/i01216.htm#NOTESI01216
.
 Lois Crane's father Stephen Crane was a son of 
Azariah Crane, Junior, who was a son of Azariah Crane, Senior, who was a son of Jasper Crane - 
here is Stephen's pedigree.  Also, here is a web-page of information 
on Stephen's great-grandfather, Jasper Crane:
http://www.altlaw.com/edball/html/d0108/i01216.htm#NOTESI01216
.
 William and Mary had:
 William and Mary had: 
 William served in the Revolutionary War as a 
private in the New Jersey state troops, and in the Continental Army.  His service is documentd 
in: "Jerseymen in the Revolution", Stryker, pp159, 526; "History of Southampton, Long Island, 
New York", chapter on Burnett Genealogy; "Records of the First Presbyterian Church of Caldwell, 
New Jersey"; "Crane Genealogy", E. B. Crane, Vol II, p 343; "History of Morris County, New 
Jersey"
 William served in the Revolutionary War as a 
private in the New Jersey state troops, and in the Continental Army.  His service is documentd 
in: "Jerseymen in the Revolution", Stryker, pp159, 526; "History of Southampton, Long Island, 
New York", chapter on Burnett Genealogy; "Records of the First Presbyterian Church of Caldwell, 
New Jersey"; "Crane Genealogy", E. B. Crane, Vol II, p 343; "History of Morris County, New 
Jersey"
 Aaron Junior and Sarah produced five children:
 Aaron Junior and Sarah produced five children:
 (from Lewis Compton Burnett (son of Virgil 
Justus, above), written 1903: "...I have no history of Aaron Burnett Junior with the 
exception that he was known to be a prosperous farmer and it was said that his farm extended 
some seven miles long, beginning near Madison (New Jersey) and extended to Whippany.  What is 
now Burnett Road led down to their house.  As their first child was born in 1720 it is not 
likely that AB Jr was over 25 years old, making his birth about 1695.  So he may have moved 
from Southampton L.I. about 1720.  AB Jr's name appears in the Southampton Records with his 
father's and brother's in 1698."
 (from Lewis Compton Burnett (son of Virgil 
Justus, above), written 1903: "...I have no history of Aaron Burnett Junior with the 
exception that he was known to be a prosperous farmer and it was said that his farm extended 
some seven miles long, beginning near Madison (New Jersey) and extended to Whippany.  What is 
now Burnett Road led down to their house.  As their first child was born in 1720 it is not 
likely that AB Jr was over 25 years old, making his birth about 1695.  So he may have moved 
from Southampton L.I. about 1720.  AB Jr's name appears in the Southampton Records with his 
father's and brother's in 1698."
 A Connection from Aaron Burnett, Junior, to 
the Early Mormon Church - A "Stephen Burnett" is mentioned in Section 80 of the Latter Day 
Saints (LDS) Church Doctrine and Covenants:  Verily, thus saith the Lord unto you my 
servant Stephen Burnett...." This Stephen Burnett was the only child of Serenus Burnett, 
an early LDS member.  Serenus' father was Edmund Burnett, son of Matthias Burnett, son of 
Aaron Burnett, Junior.  For details, click here.
 A Connection from Aaron Burnett, Junior, to 
the Early Mormon Church - A "Stephen Burnett" is mentioned in Section 80 of the Latter Day 
Saints (LDS) Church Doctrine and Covenants:  Verily, thus saith the Lord unto you my 
servant Stephen Burnett...." This Stephen Burnett was the only child of Serenus Burnett, 
an early LDS member.  Serenus' father was Edmund Burnett, son of Matthias Burnett, son of 
Aaron Burnett, Junior.  For details, click here.
 All I have on Aaron Senior is his wife's name 
was Elizabeth, and they had four children:
 All I have on Aaron Senior is his wife's name 
was Elizabeth, and they had four children: 
 Excerpted from the Collections of the New 
York Historical Society for the Year 1893, Volume II: Abstracts of Wills, 1708-1728, on file 
in the Surrogate's Office, City of New York. New York: The Will of Jonah Bower (Liber 7, page 560):
In the name of God, Amen, the 9th of May, 1709. I, Jonah Bower, of the town of Southampton, 
in the County of Suffolk. I leave to my eldest son, Daniel Bower, nine acres of land south of 
Joseph Hildreth's adjoining to the Woodruff's land; Also my tract of land which I had of Aaron 
Burnett, adjoining to Mr. Jonah Fordham's land on the west...." 
from: 
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Park/4501/JonahBower.html
.  NOTE: Aaron (Junior?/Senior?) probably inherited this land from his (father?/grandfather?) 
Thomas Burnett, because Mr. Jonah Fordham is also mentioned in Thomas Burnett's will (see 
below).
  Excerpted from the Collections of the New 
York Historical Society for the Year 1893, Volume II: Abstracts of Wills, 1708-1728, on file 
in the Surrogate's Office, City of New York. New York: The Will of Jonah Bower (Liber 7, page 560):
In the name of God, Amen, the 9th of May, 1709. I, Jonah Bower, of the town of Southampton, 
in the County of Suffolk. I leave to my eldest son, Daniel Bower, nine acres of land south of 
Joseph Hildreth's adjoining to the Woodruff's land; Also my tract of land which I had of Aaron 
Burnett, adjoining to Mr. Jonah Fordham's land on the west...." 
from: 
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Park/4501/JonahBower.html
.  NOTE: Aaron (Junior?/Senior?) probably inherited this land from his (father?/grandfather?) 
Thomas Burnett, because Mr. Jonah Fordham is also mentioned in Thomas Burnett's will (see 
below).
 Excerpted from "The Diaries of Aaron and Thomas 
Leaming", compiled in 1757:  "Christopher Leamyeng Landed in Some parts of New England near or 
at Boston. From Some Circumstances and the best accounts we can obtain it was about the year 
1674 that he married to Esther Burnett, the daughter of Aaron Burnett of the East End of 
Long Island and her Father gave her a Tract of Land at Sag near East Hampton which to this time 
I am informed goes by the name of Leamings Lot or Leamings corner. There he lived till about the 
year 1691...." from 
http://www.genweb.net/~samcasey/diary.html
. NOTE: As Aaron Senior was born in 1655, it is doubtful he would have had a marrying-age 
daughter in 1674 - but Aaron Senior's 
father Thomas had a daughter named Hester (mentioned in his 1679 will) - perhaps the diarist 
was mistaken and meant "Hester Burnett, the sister of Aaron Burnett (Senior)?"
  Excerpted from "The Diaries of Aaron and Thomas 
Leaming", compiled in 1757:  "Christopher Leamyeng Landed in Some parts of New England near or 
at Boston. From Some Circumstances and the best accounts we can obtain it was about the year 
1674 that he married to Esther Burnett, the daughter of Aaron Burnett of the East End of 
Long Island and her Father gave her a Tract of Land at Sag near East Hampton which to this time 
I am informed goes by the name of Leamings Lot or Leamings corner. There he lived till about the 
year 1691...." from 
http://www.genweb.net/~samcasey/diary.html
. NOTE: As Aaron Senior was born in 1655, it is doubtful he would have had a marrying-age 
daughter in 1674 - but Aaron Senior's 
father Thomas had a daughter named Hester (mentioned in his 1679 will) - perhaps the diarist 
was mistaken and meant "Hester Burnett, the sister of Aaron Burnett (Senior)?"
 
 
 
     
In addition, the research of William Burnet Austin, also stated that Thomas Burnet of 
Southampton was the son of Dr. Thomas Burnet of Braintree, Essex, England. Dr. Thomas Burnet 
is, in turn, the son of Alexander Burnet, 11th of Leys and his wife Katherine Arbuthnot of 
Fiddes. This same Arbuthnot family connection, as it turns out, provides a direct line of 
descent from most of the lines of Kings of Europe and Asia. 
     Many early records also stated that Thomas Burnet of Southampton 
was related to Gilbert Burnet, Bishop of Salsbury, and his son, Governor William Burnet, 
Colonial Governor of NJ, NY, and MA. Since Bishop Burnet was a member of the Burnet of Leys 
family, this also makes our Thomas Burnet a descendant of the Burnets of Leys. In researching 
the book "The Family of Burnett of Leys, With Collateral Branches," by George Burnett, LL.D., 
Lyon King of Arms, 1901, there are 15 Thomas Burnet(t)s listed. All but one can be accounted 
for--Thomas Burnet, the son of Dr. Thomas Burnet of Braintree. Also, in the same book, the 
connection is made between Bishop Gilbert Burnet and the same Thomas Burnet, who is by all 
indications, our Thomas Burnet of Southampton. The book shows they were first cousins, once 
removed." 
 
Web Page established November 28, 1996 (as http://www.garlic.com/~pburnett/genealog.htm). 
 Thomas Burnett had the following children:
  Thomas Burnett had the following children:
 Thomas Burnett's son Dan had a son 
Ichabod (b 1684, d 1774); Ichabod had a son William (b 1730); this William had a son David 
G. Burnett, who was the first president of the Republic of Texas in 1836.
  Thomas Burnett's son Dan had a son 
Ichabod (b 1684, d 1774); Ichabod had a son William (b 1730); this William had a son David 
G. Burnett, who was the first president of the Republic of Texas in 1836.
 (from Lewis Compton Burnett, 1903: "(Thomas 
Burnett) was a Presbyterian Puritan and must have left England in the early 1630's.  His 
second wife was Mary Pierson daughter of Rev. Pierson of Lynn Mass to whom he married in 
1663.  In these early years there were but few people in all of New England.  So our ancestry 
dates from the very first to settle the new country.  Lynn Mass was settled in 1630, 50 new 
settlers having come in that year from England.  It was first called Saugus. Named for Lynn 
Regis, England"
 (from Lewis Compton Burnett, 1903: "(Thomas 
Burnett) was a Presbyterian Puritan and must have left England in the early 1630's.  His 
second wife was Mary Pierson daughter of Rev. Pierson of Lynn Mass to whom he married in 
1663.  In these early years there were but few people in all of New England.  So our ancestry 
dates from the very first to settle the new country.  Lynn Mass was settled in 1630, 50 new 
settlers having come in that year from England.  It was first called Saugus. Named for Lynn 
Regis, England"
 "Thomas Burnett, born in Scotland, emigrated to 
Massachusetts and removed to Southampton, Long Island, where he received his allotment of land 
October 6, 1643.  Second marriage Dec. 3, 1663 at Lynn, Mass, Mary Pierson (Pearson) b. June 20, 
1643, daughter of John Pierson.  Thomas by his first wife {Mary Cooper} had a son, 
Aaron, b. 1655" - Vigo County Historical Society, 1915; ref Volume I of the Genealogical and 
Memorial History of the State of New York, published by the Lewis Historical Publishing 
Company, page 319.
 "Thomas Burnett, born in Scotland, emigrated to 
Massachusetts and removed to Southampton, Long Island, where he received his allotment of land 
October 6, 1643.  Second marriage Dec. 3, 1663 at Lynn, Mass, Mary Pierson (Pearson) b. June 20, 
1643, daughter of John Pierson.  Thomas by his first wife {Mary Cooper} had a son, 
Aaron, b. 1655" - Vigo County Historical Society, 1915; ref Volume I of the Genealogical and 
Memorial History of the State of New York, published by the Lewis Historical Publishing 
Company, page 319.
 ...but on the other hand: (from Jim Fina, 
1999:  "Nowhere, in any of 
the older histories of New England or Long Island, is any proof offered that Thomas 
Burnet of Southampton, came from Yorkshire--it seems to be based, not on research, but 
purely on conjecture. Nowhere does it mention his family, or who his father in Yorkshire 
might have been--just that he's supposed to have come from that part of England. Actually, 
Thomas Burnet, as later research shows, came from Braintree, Essex England. He removed to 
Lynn, MA, where he lived a short time, before relocating to Southampton, Long Island, NY. 
There, in 1643, he took a lot, according to Southampton Town Records. He remained there until 
his death in 1684. He was married to Mary Cooper, and together they raised their 11 children, 
the first born in 1645. The noted genealogist Eugene Bouton, in doing research on Matthias 
Burnet, hired a professional genealogist, a Mr. M.L. Hawley, who, in a letter dated February 
1, 1932, reported that he had discovered the origins of this Long Island Burnet family. He 
stated that they were descended from Dr. Thomas Burnet of Braintree, Essex, England. In my 
own researching, I discovered that Dr. Thomas Burnet had a son named Thomas, born in 1612, 
the oldest of three children.
 ...but on the other hand: (from Jim Fina, 
1999:  "Nowhere, in any of 
the older histories of New England or Long Island, is any proof offered that Thomas 
Burnet of Southampton, came from Yorkshire--it seems to be based, not on research, but 
purely on conjecture. Nowhere does it mention his family, or who his father in Yorkshire 
might have been--just that he's supposed to have come from that part of England. Actually, 
Thomas Burnet, as later research shows, came from Braintree, Essex England. He removed to 
Lynn, MA, where he lived a short time, before relocating to Southampton, Long Island, NY. 
There, in 1643, he took a lot, according to Southampton Town Records. He remained there until 
his death in 1684. He was married to Mary Cooper, and together they raised their 11 children, 
the first born in 1645. The noted genealogist Eugene Bouton, in doing research on Matthias 
Burnet, hired a professional genealogist, a Mr. M.L. Hawley, who, in a letter dated February 
1, 1932, reported that he had discovered the origins of this Long Island Burnet family. He 
stated that they were descended from Dr. Thomas Burnet of Braintree, Essex, England. In my 
own researching, I discovered that Dr. Thomas Burnet had a son named Thomas, born in 1612, 
the oldest of three children.
 
 
The Ancestors of Thomas Burnett - From Jim Fina: 
http://home.att.net/~jimfina/leys.html#DrThoBurnet
This web page is a work in progress - I'll be putting more information on....
Resources:
 The Morris County (Kansas) Web Page: 
http://skyways.lib.ks.us/kansas/genweb/morris/index.html, 
and its webmaster, Kenny Thomas, thomask@iland.net
The Morris County (Kansas) Web Page: 
http://skyways.lib.ks.us/kansas/genweb/morris/index.html, 
and its webmaster, Kenny Thomas, thomask@iland.net
 My second cousin Audrey Moran's Burnett Web 
Page: 
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Village/3233/burnett.html
 My second cousin Audrey Moran's Burnett Web 
Page: 
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Village/3233/burnett.html
 The 1850 Census, Vigo County, Indiana, Nevans 
Township, which mentions Stephen G. Burnett, Catherine, William - along with other Burnett's, 
Adams' and Comptons. (See also the Otter Creek Township Census, for more Burnett's, Denny's, 
Creal's and Compton's): 
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Plains/9467/nevans50.txt
 The 1850 Census, Vigo County, Indiana, Nevans 
Township, which mentions Stephen G. Burnett, Catherine, William - along with other Burnett's, 
Adams' and Comptons. (See also the Otter Creek Township Census, for more Burnett's, Denny's, 
Creal's and Compton's): 
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Plains/9467/nevans50.txt
 INDIANA STATE LIBRARY, Genealogy Division, Database to an Index of Indiana Marriages Through 1850, 
including marriage records of assorted Burnetts and Creals: 
http://www.statelib.lib.in.us/www/indiana/genealogy/mirr.html
 
INDIANA STATE LIBRARY, Genealogy Division, Database to an Index of Indiana Marriages Through 1850, 
including marriage records of assorted Burnetts and Creals: 
http://www.statelib.lib.in.us/www/indiana/genealogy/mirr.html
 Patrick Murphy's Web Page, with a Creal genealogy 
page: 
http://members.iquest.net/~tichelaar/
 Patrick Murphy's Web Page, with a Creal genealogy 
page: 
http://members.iquest.net/~tichelaar/
 Waddie Salmon's Burnett Web Page (a different Burnett line, in Virginia, Tennessee): 
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/3348/burnettsurname.htm
 Waddie Salmon's Burnett Web Page (a different Burnett line, in Virginia, Tennessee): 
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/3348/burnettsurname.htm
 My 6th cousin L_awrence H_iler's Burnett Web Page: 
http://www.altlaw.com/edball/html/d0064/i12886.htm
 My 6th cousin L_awrence H_iler's Burnett Web Page: 
http://www.altlaw.com/edball/html/d0064/i12886.htm
 Pam Yates, in Indiana: pjyates@abcs.com
 Pam Yates, in Indiana: pjyates@abcs.com
 The "Clan" Burnett Web Page and the Burnett Tartan: 
http://www.electricscotland.com/webclans/atoc/burnett2.html
 The "Clan" Burnett Web Page and the Burnett Tartan: 
http://www.electricscotland.com/webclans/atoc/burnett2.html
 The Burnett Tartan (Use 
your browser's BACK button to get back here from this full-page display of the Burnett 
Tartan, from Electric Scotland, above.)
 The Burnett Tartan (Use 
your browser's BACK button to get back here from this full-page display of the Burnett 
Tartan, from Electric Scotland, above.)
 My 4th cousin Helen Caroline Lucking Fredell 
(whose mother is Helen Caroline Burnett, descended from Justus Burnett's youngest son 
Virgil Justus Burnett - Helen has a lot of material from the Vigo County (IN) Library) - 
HelenFred@aol.com
 My 4th cousin Helen Caroline Lucking Fredell 
(whose mother is Helen Caroline Burnett, descended from Justus Burnett's youngest son 
Virgil Justus Burnett - Helen has a lot of material from the Vigo County (IN) Library) - 
HelenFred@aol.com
Crane Family Resources (see Justus Burnett, above):
 Beverly Crifasi, in Caldwell, near Montclair (Cranetown), NJ
 Beverly Crifasi, in Caldwell, near Montclair (Cranetown), NJ
bcrifasi@hicom.net
 The Crane Family Message Board
 The Crane Family Message Board
http://www.rootsweb.com/~genepool/crane/index.html
 Joanne Rabun in Oregon: 
jrabun@ix.netcom.com
 Joanne Rabun in Oregon: 
jrabun@ix.netcom.com
 Marjorie A. Neumann - TPRN61C@prodigy.com
 Marjorie A. Neumann - TPRN61C@prodigy.com 
 Ron W. Crane in Allentown PA
 Ron W. Crane in Allentown PA
Obviously, I am researching my Burnett line, and my collateral female ancestors' lines: Wiggins, 
Berry, and Bourd; Denny, Creal and Cresap; Crane, Holloway and Miller; and Squires.
Last major update September 5, 2006 (last minor update November 27 2008,)
webmaster: paul@paulburnett.com