Daniel (of Ben & Esther Coard) Burton

1768 - Bef 1809  (< 40 years)

• Name	Daniel (of Ben & Esther Coard) Burton  [1]
  Birth	9 Sep 1768	St. George's Parish, Indian River Hundred, Sussex Co, Delaware   [2]
  Gender	Male
  Will - Fathers	15 Dec 1781	Sussex Co, Delaware   [1]
  	In his will Benjamin Burton named heirs: wife Hester Burton; sons Woolsey, Benjamin, John, William, Daniel and Joseph Burton; daughters Hester and Comfort Burton; children unnamed; grandchildren Benjamin and William Robinson. Extrs wife Hester and sons Woolsey and Benjamin Burton. Witt: John Roberts, Benjamin Benston, Joshua Burton. Probated 10 Nov 1783. (NOTES: Also mentioned in other references - brother John; Albertus Jaocbs and Eliza his wife; Abigail Peters, Lydia Burton (wife of Robert), Leah Burton (wife of William), Hester Hopkins (wife of David), estate settled 3 Apr 1798 by Woolsey Burton, surviving Extr. & mentions Robert Burton, merchant & a William Burton of Benjamin.)
  Will - Brothers	6 Mar 1790	Lewes & Rehoboth Hundred, Sussex Co, Delaware   [3]
  	In his will William Burton (of Benjamin), Lewes and Rehoboth Hd., named heirs: wife Cornelia Burton; son Cord Burton; brothers Benjamin and Daniel Burton; sister Hessy Burton; children of sister Lydia Burton; children of Leah Burton (late wife of William Burton). Extrs wife Cornelia Burton and brother Benjamin Burton. Witt: Reese Paynter, Nancy Hazzard & Daniel Rodney.
  Will - Mothers	22 Jun 1793	Sussex Co, Delaware   [4]
  	In her will Hester Burton named heirs: sons Daniel and Benjamin Burton; daughters Lydia Burton and Hester Hopkins; grandsons Cord, Peter, Benjamin and Woolsey Burton. Extr son Benjamin Burton. Witt: Benjamin Burton, Rhoda Burton & George Green.
  Record ID	77756
  Will	3 Jul 1809	Sussex Co, Delaware   [5]
  	In his will Daniel Burton gave wife Arcada the farm called Sundial lying on the main road from Lewes Town to Angola adjoining land of David Shankland, Daniel Burton Jr. and Levi Hargus and one-fourth part of Burton's Mill in Lewes and Rehoboth Hundred during her natural life and Negro Peter; my lands equally divided between my children Robert, Nathaniel, Hester W. Burton, Lydia Burton, Henry W. Burton, Benjamin Burton and the child my wife is pregnant with. Extrx: wife Arcada and Doctor Joseph Sudler. Witt: Jacob Webb, Mary Davis. Joseph Sudler refused executorship on 9 July 1809.
  Death	Bef 9 Jul 1809	Sussex Co, Delaware   [2, 5, 6]
  	It was on this date that his will was proved.
  Person ID	I77756	MilesFiles23
  Last Modified	6 Feb 2021

  
  

  Father	Benjamin (of Woolsey I & Ann) Burton,   b. 28 Jan 1718, Sussex Co, Delaware d. 5 Nov 1783, Sussex Co, Delaware (Age 65 years)
  Mother	Esther 'Hester' (of Jos & Ann) Coard,   b. 25 Apr 1731, Sussex Co, Delaware d. 6 Nov 1795, Sussex Co, Delaware (Age 64 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1750	Sussex Co, Delaware   [1, 7]
  	He was shown as Benjamin Burton (d. bef. 10 Nov 1783) m. 1st (N)(N) and m. 2nd bef. 4 Apr 1751 Hester/Esther Cord, dau. of Joseph Cord (d. Apr-May 1738). [That Benjamin m. twice is evidenced by the fact that his daughter Patience Burton d. leaving sisters of the half-blood: Nanny and Comfort Burton.]
  Family ID	F25469	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Arcadia Milby,   b. Abt 1770, Sussex Co, Delaware d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	3 Aug 1796	Sussex Co, Delaware   [2, 8]
  	He was shown as Daniel Burton (d. Jul 1809), son of Benjamin Burton (d. bef. 10 Nov 1783) m. 3 Aug 1796 Arcada Milby, dau. of Levin Milby (d. 1787) and Ann Hazzard (d. 1803). Arcada m. 2nd ca. 1809 Purnal Lofland.
  Children	1. Robert (of Dan & Arcada) Burton,   b. Abt 1797, Sussex Co, Delaware d. Yes, date unknown   2. Nathaniel (of Dan & Arcada) Burton,   b. Abt 1799, Sussex Co, Delaware d. Yes, date unknown   3. Hester W. (of Dan & Arcada) Burton,   b. Abt 1801, Sussex Co, Delaware d. Yes, date unknown   4. Lydia (of Dan & Arcada) Burton,   b. Abt 1803, Sussex Co, Delaware d. Yes, date unknown   5. Henry W. (of Dan & Arcada) Burton,   b. Abt 1805, Sussex Co, Delaware d. Yes, date unknown   6. Benjamin (of Dan & Arcada) Burton,   b. Abt 1807, Sussex Co, Delaware d. Yes, date unknown   7. (unborn child) (of Dan & Arcada) Burton,   b. Abt 1809, Sussex Co, Delaware d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	13 Mar 2023
  Family ID	F39771	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S2194] Leon deValinger Jr, State Archivist, Valinger, Sussex Co, DE Probate Records, 1680-1800, (Heritage Books, Inc., Bowie, MD 1993 (reprint)), p. 151 (will of Benjamin Burton, wife Hester), 2194. [S2167] Wright, Col Fam of DE, Vol. 1, (Delmarva Roots, 217 Schley Ave., Lewes, DE, 2003), p. 55 (William Burton Family), 2167. [S2194] Leon deValinger Jr, State Archivist, Valinger, Sussex Co, DE Probate Records, 1680-1800, (Heritage Books, Inc., Bowie, MD 1993 (reprint)), p. 214 (will of William (of Benjamin) Burton, wife Cornelia), 2194. [S2194] Leon deValinger Jr, State Archivist, Valinger, Sussex Co, DE Probate Records, 1680-1800, (Heritage Books, Inc., Bowie, MD 1993 (reprint)), p. 264 (will of Hester Burton), 2194. [S2296] Wright, Sussex Co, DE Wills, 1800-1813, (Colonial Roots, Lewes, DE 2003), p. 58 (will of Daniel Burton, wife Arcada), 2296. [S2185] C.M.B. Turner Collection, Vol. 1, pp. 129 - 165 at Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania, Showell, Burton Family Chart, (Samuel H. Showell, Self-published, Millsboro, DE 1973), 2185. [S2404] Wright, Sussex Co, DE Marriage Refs 1648-1800, (Colonial Roots, Lewes, DE 2010), p. 24 (Benjamin Burton m. 2nd Hester/Esther Cord), 2404. [S2404] Wright, Sussex Co, DE Marriage Refs 1648-1800, (Colonial Roots, Lewes, DE 2010), p. 24 (Daniel Burton m. Arcada Milby), 2404.