John Burns

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Husband John Burns ¹

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• Note: This may be the same person as : Alexander Burns.

There appears to be considerable confusion about this man, various sources giving different names for him and different information about his children.

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1 M John Burns ^{1 2 3}

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           Born: 30 Oct 1774 or 1776 - Findlay Twp, Allegheny Co, PA 3
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           Died: 20 Mar 1854 4
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         Spouse: Jane Crooks (1781-1865) 1 2 4
           Marr: 15 Mar 1798 5

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2 M Robert Burns ¹

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3 M James Burns ¹

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4 M Thomas Burns ¹

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5 M Samuel Burns ¹

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6 M Alexander Burns ¹

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7 M William Burns ¹

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General Notes: Husband - John Burns

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He was a relative of the poet Burns, and came to America prior to the Revolution, and was the pioneer of the Burns family in Findlay township, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. He purchased a large body of land near Imperial.
He owned a part of the old Hopewell tract, purchased and patented by him, April 28, 1785.

1 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 1414.

2 Editor, History of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia and Chicago: A. Warner & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 737.

3 Editor, The History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Part II (Chicago, IL: A. W. Warner & Co., 1889), Pg 292, 486.

4 Editor, The History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Part II (Chicago, IL: A. W. Warner & Co., 1889), Pg 292.

5 Editor, The History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Part II (Chicago, IL: A. W. Warner & Co., 1889), Pg 486.