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George Hubert Burnett, Sr. ^^{[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]}
1823 - 1893

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• Suffix	Sr. ^
  Birth	20 Jan 1823	Southampton, Suffolk, NY   [6, 7, 8]
  Gender	Male
  Living	Aft 1848	CA   [9, 10]
  	He sailed on the "Sabrina" to the gold fields of California with a group of east end whaling captains. He is reported to have "amassed a fortune selling provisions." (On January 24, 1848 James Marshall discovered gold at Sutter's Mill, touching off the California gold rush.)
  Residence	Aft 27 Feb 1854	Fire Place (now Brookhaven Hamlet), Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY   [11, 12, 13, 14]
  	at 325 Beaverdam Rd. [Historic Structures Inventory ID Br18B]
  	On his return from California, he and his wife left Southampton and bought one hundred and seven acres in Fire Place and built the house on Beaverdam Road. [The deed for the land is 27 February 1854. They would likely not have moved to Fire Place until some months later, allowing time to build the house.]
  Census	1860	Fire Place (now Brookhaven Hamlet), Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY   [1]
  	Also in the household in 1860 were Samuel Drummond (age 15, a servant) and Maria Robinson (age 12, a domestic). (In the 1860 census, the family surname is given as Burdett.)
  Occupation	1860	Fire Place (now Brookhaven Hamlet), Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY   [1]
  	farmer
  Possessions	1860	Fire Place (now Brookhaven Hamlet), Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY   [1]
  	real estate valued at $5000
  Census	1870	Fire Place (now Brookhaven Hamlet), Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY   [15]
  Occupation	1870  [15]
  	farmer
  Possessions	1870  [15]
  	real estate valued at $3500 and personal propert at $400
  Census	1880	Brookhaven, Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY   [4]
  	(In the 1880 census, his name was entered as Geo. Barnet).
  Name	George (Herbert or Hugh) Burnett
  	Some authorities recorded his middle name as Herbert or Hugh. However, Hubert predominates.
  Occupation	1880	Brookhaven, Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY   [4]
  	farmer
  Reference Number	CB 27  [6]
  Died	4 Apr 1893	Brookhaven, Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY   [6, 10]
  	Cause: of Bright's Disease
  	He left no will, but his son Isaac was named administrator of the estate.
  Buried	Bellport (Woodland Cemetery), Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY   [16, 17]
  	Claire Burnett, in an email dated 21 Sep 2008, commented: "He is buried there [Woodland Cemetery] as I just came across a copy of the cemetery plot in an old box of papers belonging to his grand daughter, Ann. Frances Jagger Burnett purchased a large plot #227 and being 28ft. by 28ft 6in containing 798 superficial ft. We know that Frances and Geo. H. Burnett are buried there and there is a good chance that Geo. H. Jr., Isaac and Henry Theron (also never Married) plus Ann Frances, and Frances White Hand." The date on the Cem. Deed is April 6th 1893, includes: "On this 6th day of April 1893, before me personally came John B. Robinson, to me known, who, being duly sworn, did depose and say that he resides in the town of Brookhaven, Suffolk , NY. That he was Secretary of the Woodland Cemetery Association: that the Seal affixed to the within conveyence, was the Corporate Seal of the said Association, duly affixed thereto, by order of the said Association. And he further said: that he knows Joseph A. Rill (Bill?) the President, and Charles E. Diborn(?) the Treasurer of said Association: and that their signatures subscribed to said conveyance, were in their genuine handwriting: and in the presence of said John B. Robinson and by the like order of said Association. C. E. Goldthwaite (?), Justice of the Peace" [Several exploratory trips to Woodland Cemetery have yet to discover any Burnett gravestones.]
  Notes	Notes provided by Claire Burnett: He sailed on an old whaling shipped purchased solely to go to the gold rush in California. A series of letters from Albert Jagger to his wife tells of going around the Cape and their mining of gold in San Francisco and Sacremento, CA. The ship was the Sabrina - the letters were from 3/29/1849 thru 10/5/1851. The Sabrina was a whaler, owned by Charles T. During, Captained by Capt. Vali, 416 tonnage, sailed the NW Coast. Sold in 1847 to the Southampton-California Mining & Trading Co. From "Water Mill, the history of a Long Island Town, 1644-1994"; 'An old whaling ship came in handy in 1849 when news of the California Gold Rush reached the East End. A group of 60 men, including some from Water Mill, decided to seek their fortunes and formed the Southampton-California Mining and Trading Co. They purchased the Sabrina, an old whaling ship, issued stock certificates, and set off.  Many of these men died in California.  Those that returned came home with adventurous tales but little gold." George H. had his first dig in Deer Creek then 15 miles away at Bear Creek.  His last dig known was at Feather River. George Hubert was quite successful in the gold fields and returned home to marry Frances Mary Jagger.  She did not want to return West, so he built a farm (107+ acres) in Brookhaven on Burnett Lane off Beaver Dam Road, then called 'Fireplace'.   George Hubert on April 8, 1871 was appointed as Overseer of Highways by the Town of Brookhaven in the County of Suffolk, to serve in and for the Road Districts until the next town meeting or till others are appointed.  He also served in this position October 3, 1876 and October 9, 1879. He was a farmer and died of cronic Bright's Disease.  We do not know where he is buried, possibly in Woodland Cemetery. From a letter from the present owner of 325 Beaver Dam Road - Mrs. Karen Rowley. "We would have loved showing you the house, which we don't think has changed much in all these years, except of course plumbing, heating & and obviously an improved kitchen." " Our information was that relatives of his lived in this house until sometime in the 40's." "..1 know that one of them was a Miss Hand, who at the time we bought the house (1961) worked at the Post Office here in Brookhaven.  She was rather elderly then, or at least I thought so, and unfortunately I didn't ask her much about herself or her family. Such a pity! She is now dead." "...We also had understood that these relatives had come upon hard times, and that Oliver Wellington had bought this house at a tax sale - perhaps sometime in the early 30s - and that he let these relatives live here until they died." ".....One of our babysitters I had when the children were young (a Mrs. Valzora Murdock Barry) remembered coming here with her pail for milk, from the milk shed, which is now attached to the back of the house by a little breeze way." " One outhouse is still back in the woods. And we are aware that there had been a barn at some time, as the burnt locust posts and some stones are back at the edge of the woods."
  Person ID	I1135	Brookhaven & South Haven Hamlets
  Last Modified	26 Sep 2008

  
  

  Father	David Burnett, >,   b. Bef 29 May 1785, Southampton, Suffolk, NY ,   d. 8 Mar 1842, Southampton, Suffolk, NY
  Mother	Sibyl Fowler, >,   b. Abt 1785, Southampton, Southampton, Suffolk, NY ,   d. 1858, Water Mill, Southampton, Suffolk, NY
  Married	9 Feb 1807
  Family ID	F3580	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Frances Mary Jagger, ^,   b. 10 Oct 1826, Westhampton, Southampton, Suffolk, NY ,   d. 15 Apr 1924, Brookhaven, Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY
  Married	Abt 1853  [1, 6, 10]
  	They are believed to have married after George's return from California, but before establishing their famstead in Fire Place.
  Children	1. George Hubert Burnett, Jr. ^,   b. 4 Oct 1855, Brookhaven, Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY ,   d. 9 Nov 1940, Brookhaven, Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY   2. Isaac Conklin Burnett, ^,   b. 2 Jan 1857, NY ,   d. 28 May 1932, Patchogue (Patchogue Hospital), Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY   3. Henry Theron Burnett, ^,   b. 29 Jan 1859, {Fire Place (now Brookhaven), Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY} ,   d. 13 Aug 1935, Brookhaven, Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY   4. Thomas Jefferson Burnett, ^,   b. 18 Jan 1862, Fire Place (now Brookhaven Hamlet), Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY ,   d. 16 Dec 1940, Lakeview, Litchfield, CT   5. Inez Isadore Burnett, ^,   b. 16 Feb 1865, {Fire Place (now Brookhaven), Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY} ,   d. 29 Jun 1942   6. Ann Frances Burnett, ^,   b. 9 Feb 1868, Fire Place (now Brookhaven Hamlet), Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY ,   d. 19 Sep 1899
  Documents		Burnett Farm South .. this document is the Site Data Sheet for the Burnett farm property situated on the south side of Beaver Dam road, opposite the Burnett homestead.
  		Burnett Homestead in Brookhaven Hamlet, NY .. this document is the Brookhaven/South Haven Historic Site Br18B data sheet for the Burnett Homestead
  Family ID	F352	Group Sheet

  
  

• Documents

  Union Dime Club .. the Union Dime Club was a social organization active in Brookhaven Hamlet from about 1883-1888. This article from the Patchogue Advance provides an interesting picture of the social life in the community during the late 19th century.

  
  

  Headstones

  #028.Burnett — Burnett Cemetery Plot .. There is strong evidence of a Burnett Cemetery plot at Woodland Cemetery. A cemetery deed was found in the papers of George Hubert & Francis Jagger Burnett's grand daughter, Ann. Frances Jagger Burnett purchased a large plot #227, being 28 ft. by 28 ft 6 in. containing 798 superficial feet. The date on the Deed is April 6th 1893, two days after George Hubert Burnett died. That Frances Jagger Burnett and George H. Burnett, Sr. are buried there seems very likely, and there is a good chance that children George H. Jr., Isaac, Henry Theron and Ann Frances are also buried there. However, searches of the cemetery have not found any Burnett gravestones. Status: Not yet located Plot: #227

  
  

• Sources

  [S61] 1860 Census, p. 213. [S67] Post-Morrow Newsletter, Summer 2001. Gives middle name as Herbert.. [S39] Bigelow, Refers to him as Hugh.. [S42] 1880 Census, NA Film No.: T9-0935, Page 146D.. [S221] Email: P. Claire Burnett, Identified middle name as Hubert.. [S537] Burnett, Thomas Descendants: Claire Burnett. [S61] 1860 Census, p. 213. Age 36.. [S42] 1880 Census, NA Film No.: T9-0935, Page 146D. Age 56.. [S39] Bigelow, p. 60. [S67] Post-Morrow Newsletter, Summer 2001.. [S41] Principe: Bellport Village and Brookhaven Hamlet (vol 1). [S58] 1873 Beers Map. [S97] Historic Structure Survey, Br18B. [S210] South Shore Estuary Survey, Record of land ownership provided by Mary Ann Fath, resident at 6 Burnett Lane.. [S62] 1870 Census, Series: M593 Roll: 1100 Page: 375. [S325] Cemetery: Woodland. [S538] Email: Claire Burnett.