David Burson

  General Notes:

William Rees-Sept 12, 1682 a party of 17 arrived in Phila. from Wales,
having all purchased land in Phila. in the Penn Indian Purchase, in what
is now Montgomery County, and among them were 3 Reeses-John, Edward and
Evan Rees,-and in 1780, Samuel Rees, a son of Samuel and a grandson of
Evan Rees, came to Northampton (now Monroe) County, with his compass
(being a young man of 20) to follow the business of surveying, and on
Oct 4, 1792 he married Rachel Stroud, and returned to the place where he
was born, "Trappe, Montgomery County", where he resided until 1806, when
he retured to Stroud twp. They lived on a farm left by Col. Jacob
Stroud, to his daughter, Rachel (Stroud) Rees. They raised a large
family. Hannah, w/o Daniel E. LaBar, a surgeon and an uncle of Judge
J.D.LaBar, of Monroe County. She, Hannah, died at Delavan, Wisc., in
1856. Stroud, married Christiana Butz, who grandfather, Michael Butz
came to America from Germany about 1683 and settled in Montgomery
County. He died 1872 aged 77, in Iowa. Elizabeth died single, Julia Ann
married and lived near Chicago, IL. She was born Feb 4, 1799, and was
still alive in her 88th year. Sally, married Giles Slocum of Kingston,
Luzerne Co, a nephew of Frances Slocum, the girl captured in the Indians
when a child in Wyoming Valley. Daniel, a physician, died 1833 at
Stroudsburg, unmarried. Evan, a lawyer, died at Easton, Nov 1835,
unmarried, Edward, a physician and practiced in KY for 20 years, then
married and settled in Jacksonville, ILL, and died there Dec 13, 1882.
James Hollingshead Rees, went to Chicago and died there, Sept 20, 1880,
married but no children. Anne Stroud Rees, who went to Wisc, about 1850
with her mother and sister Julia Ann, married a Dr. Sales, and died
about 1858, childless. Samuel Rees, died at Stroudsburg, Jan 16, 1841,
in his 81st year. Rachel Rees, died at Delavan, Walworth County, Wisc,
in 1854 aged 79y 11m 24d.

William Stroud Rees, the eldest of 12 children of Stroud and Christian
(Butz) Rees. In 1847 he married Esther Kester, d/o Peter Kester of
Hamilton twp, They had 6 children, and raised two of them, two
daughters, the eldest of which was married and died in Iowa. His family
at the present time (1886) is himself, wife, daughter and grandson. On
his mother's side he was related to the Kellers and Bossards, his
grandmother being Catharine Keller and his great-grandmother Christina
"Bossert"

Bucks Co
Morgan Morgan, son Edward and Margaret (Rittenhouse) Morgan, born in
Montgomery township July 3, 1749, was a blacksmith in Whitpain township,
died Feb 29, 1832. Married at Gwynedd MM, April 21, 1774, to Ann Robert,
who was born Feb 14, 1748, died Oct 14, 1808, their son Benjamin, born
July 6 1775, died Sept 2, 1835 to Tacy Stroud.


David Burson, eldest son of James and Sarah (Price) Burson, was born in
1749, Springfield twp. He married in 1774 to Lydia Williams, born in
Kingwood, NJ, d/o Benjamin and Mercy (Stevenson) William, for
Nockamixson township, Buck Co. Children; Edward, 1780-1852 married
Jemima Stroud, Johh W., married Mary Meredith, Isaac married Tacy Nixon,
Ann married John Welding, Susan H., married Charles Stroud, Sarah
married Simon Sackett Wetherill

Heacock, Jonathan, 4th son and 8th child, of William and Ann (Roberts)
Heacock, born in Rockhill township, Bucks Co., April 11, 1760 married in
1783 to Hannah Davis, of Haverford . Children, their son, Jesse D. born
1788 married Priscilla Yarnell.

George Phillips, came on the Endeavor of London, arriving 1683. He
married about 1699 to Patience Griffith, d/o Howell Griffith and sister
to Abraham Griffith. Children, their son John born 1702, died about
1762, married Elizabeth Davies.

Best Wishes, Geri

David married Lydia Williams, daughter of Benjamin Williams and Mercy Stevenson, in 1774. (Lydia Williams was born on 18 Aug 1752 in Kingswood, Hunterdon, New Jersey and died on 2 Feb 1836 in Springfield, Chester, Pennsylvania.)