John Burbank1 
b. 20 March 1672/73, d. before 1703
John Burbank|b. 20 Mar 1672/73\nd. b 1703|p9571.htm|Caleb Burbank|b. 19 May 1646|p9528.htm|Martha Smith|b. 5 Feb 1648/49|p9552.htm|John Burbank|b. c 1600|p9529.htm|Jemima (—?—) (Burbank)|d. 24 Mar 1692/93|p9530.htm|Hugh Smith||p9553.htm|Mary (—?—) (Smith-Ellsworth)||p9554.htm|
5th great-granduncle of Ruth Minerva Fairfield.
7th great-granduncle of Laura Jane Munson.
- Family Background:
- Fairfield and Allied Families
John Burbank was born on 20 March 1672/73 in Rowley, Essex County, Massachusetts.1 He was the son of Caleb Burbank and Martha Smith.1 He died before 1703.2
If John was living in 1692 he was the John in the Rowley witch case. The only other John Burbanks at that date were his uncle John, and his uncle's son John of Suffield, Connecticut. From the court record, John Burbank appeared in court as a witness in the witch trial of Margaret Scott, maiden lady, and testified that he saw her in a neighbor's field gleaning corn, and the next day when the farmer tried to haul in the corn his oxen went backwards, but on the day after he tried it again, and the oxen went all right. (Miss Scott was hung, and this was Rowley's only serious witch case).2
If John was living in 1692 he was the John in the Rowley witch case. The only other John Burbanks at that date were his uncle John, and his uncle's son John of Suffield, Connecticut. From the court record, John Burbank appeared in court as a witness in the witch trial of Margaret Scott, maiden lady, and testified that he saw her in a neighbor's field gleaning corn, and the next day when the farmer tried to haul in the corn his oxen went backwards, but on the day after he tried it again, and the oxen went all right. (Miss Scott was hung, and this was Rowley's only serious witch case).2
