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- !SOURCE: Will of grandfather, John Burlinggame, dated 23 Mar 1785, proved 29 Aug 1786. Noted in Nellie M.C. Beaman, "Abstracts of Cumberland, Rhode Island Wills: Cumberland, R.I. Probate Records Vol 6 1784-1797," in R.I. Genealogical Register, Vol 3, no 1, p. 77:
BURLINGGAME, John, of Cu, yeoman. Will dated 23 Mar 1785 proved 29 Aug 1786, pgs 53-55. Mentions: Wife Elizabeth Burlinggame. Sons Daniel Burlinggame, Joseph, Benedict, & John Burlinggame. Daughters Sibbel Bates, Sarah Whipple wife of Christopher Whipple, Hannah Cole, Elizabeth Burlinggame, & Olive Burlinggame. Grandsons Johnson Burlinggame & Gideon Bishop.
!SOURCE: Email from Rebecca Ott (email hidden) to Weldon Whipple, 5 Apr 2008. Cites the extracts of Rutland County Vt probate records by Jenks, Roberts, and Hance, published in 2007:Estate of Betsey Burlingame of Ira. will: left property (54 acres with old house) to son Gideon Bishop and daughter-in-law Anna Bishop, to granddaughters Sally Bateman and Betsey Bishop, and to grandson Sherman Bishop; "note against brother John Burlingame;" will was written 31 Oct 1822 and probated in 1831. Abel Cooper named executor. [It seems that Betsey married a Bishop, but she apparently reverted to her maiden name. Seven months after being declared of unsound mind, she made a will]
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