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Aaron Burr, Sr.

Aaron Burr, Sr. (I36819)

Male 1716 - 1757  (41 years)

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  • Name Aaron Burr  [1, 2, 3
    Suffix Sr. 
    Relationshipwith Albert Leopold Vitter
    Birth 4 Jan 1715/16  Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender Male 
    Occupation Between 1738 and 1757  New Jersey, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Clergyman 
    Occupation Between 1748 and 1757  Princeton University, Princeton, Mercer, New Jersey, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Second president of the College of New Jersey (now Princeton University) 
    Death 24 Sep 1757  Princeton, Mercer, New Jersey, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Burial Princeton Cemetery, Princeton, Mercer, New Jersey, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Siblings 1 brother and 1 sister 
     1. Elizabeth Burr,   b. 12 Apr 1696, Greenfield Hill, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 Nov 1760, Greenfield Hill, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 64 years)
    Nathaniel Hull,   b. Mar 1694/95, Greenfield Hill, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 Jul 1749, Greenfield Hill, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 54 years),  m. 29 Nov 1716, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  
     2. Aaron Burr, Sr. (current person),   b. 4 Jan 1715/16, Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 24 Sep 1757, Princeton, Mercer, New Jersey, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 41 years)
    Esther Edwards,   b. 13 Feb 1731/32, Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 7 Apr 1758, Princeton, Mercer, New Jersey, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 26 years),  m. 1752  
     3. David Burr,   b. 1719, Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1792, Westport, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 73 years)
     
    Half-siblings 1 half sister (family of Daniel Burr and Hannah Banks
     1. Hannah Burr   d. DECEASED
     
    Half-siblings 1 half brother (family of Daniel Burr and Mary Sherwood
     1. Jehu Burr,   b. 1685   d. 1757  (Age 72 years)
    Hannah Stedman,   b. 1691   d. DECEASED    
     
    Person ID I36819  Vitter-Weaver Genealogy
    Last Modified 25 Mar 2024 

    Father Daniel Burr,   b. 1660, Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 Aug 1727, Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 67 years) 
    Mother Elizabetha Pinkney,   b. 1673, Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1722, Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 49 years) 
    Marriage 1695  Fairfield, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F27898  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Esther Edwards,   b. 13 Feb 1731/32, Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 7 Apr 1758, Princeton, Mercer, New Jersey, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 26 years) 
    Marriage 1752  [1
    Children 
     1. Sarah Burr,   b. 3 May 1754, Newark, Essex, New Jersey, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 30 Mar 1797, Litchfield, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 42 years)
     2. Aaron Burr, Jr.,   b. 6 Feb 1756, Newark, Essex, New Jersey, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 14 Sep 1836, Port Richmond, Staten Island, Richmond, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 80 years)
    Family ID F27899  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 25 Mar 2024 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 4 Jan 1715/16 - Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Clergyman - Between 1738 and 1757 - New Jersey, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Second president of the College of New Jersey (now Princeton University) - Between 1748 and 1757 - Princeton University, Princeton, Mercer, New Jersey, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 24 Sep 1757 - Princeton, Mercer, New Jersey, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - Princeton Cemetery, Princeton, Mercer, New Jersey, USA Link to Google Earth
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  • Photos
    Aaron Burr Sr
    Aaron Burr Sr

    Histories
    Aaron Burr: Not Throwin' Away My Shot
    Aaron Burr: Not Throwin' Away My Shot
    Which character in the play Hamilton are you related to? Sharon (née Weaver) Vitter has a connection in her family to Aaron Burr — the conflicted antihero who shot Alexander Hamilton.

  • Sources 
    1. [S1251] Find A Grave, Aaron Burr, Sr.
      https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/1683/aaron-burr
      Burr SrAaron Headstone
      Burr SrAaron Headstone
      Aaron Burr Sr
      Aaron Burr Sr


    2. [S1378] Ancestry.com, Appletons' Cyclopedia of American Biography, 1600-1889, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2016;), Volume I, page 465.
      Appletons' Cyclopedia of American Biography, 1600-1889 Document
      Appletons' Cyclopedia of American Biography, 1600-1889 Document


    3. [S307] Jeffrey & Sharon Vitter, Family Database of Vitter-Weaver Family, (Name: Self; Location: New Orleans, Louisiana, USA; Date: Since 1996;), Aaron Burr: Not Throwin' Away My Shot.
      Which character in the play Hamilton are you related to? Sharon (née Weaver) Vitter has a connection in her family to Aaron Burr — the conflicted antihero who shot Alexander Hamilton.
      https://vitter.org/familytree/histories/AaronBurr.php



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