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State of Service: MA
Qualifying Service: Civil Service / Patriotic Service
Birth: 18 Nov 1727 Bradford / / MA Death: 09 Sep 1775 Bradford / / MA
Qualifying Service Description:
Elected Selectman for town of Bradford, MA on 14 Mar 1775. Voted to supply MA Army with sundries; pay town Minutemen for reinlistment; and source Minutemen with bayonets, scabbards, belts
erved on the Committee of Correspondence for tracking deserters - died in office
Additional References:
"An Historical Sketch of Bradford, MA in the Revolution," LA Woodbury, Groveland, MA, 1895, pg 6-7, II(8), 10-11
Abraham Burbank is recognized for his Civil Service during the war for American independence. He was elected Selectman at the annual town meeting of the freeholders and other inhabitants of the town of Bradford, Massachusetts Bay Colony on 14 Mar 1775. During his term as a Selectman he voted to supply the Massachusetts Army with sundries; to pay town Minutemen for reenlisting; to source and equip the Minutemen with bayonets, scabbards and belts; and to serve on the Committee of Correspondence responsible for reporting town persons who deserted the Province service. Abraham died in office on 9 Sep 1775.
Abraham was born in Bradford, Essex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony on 18 Nov 1727. His parents were Eleazer and Hannah Burbank. All of the Burbank’s, living mostly in Bradford and Rowley, descend from John and Ann Burbank who emigrated from England in 1635. Abraham married Abigail Savory in Bradford on 25 Apr 1753. Together they raised two children; a son Eliphalet and a daughter Abigail. Their son Eliphalet is also a Patriot Ancestor. He served two tours of duty at a Private, first in Boston and second at the Fort at West Point.
Abraham was listed as a yeoman, or owner of a family farm; and as a cordwainer, or shoemaker. He spent his entire life in Bradford. Both Abraham and his wife Abigail died in the fall of 1775 at very young ages—48 and 43. They are both buried in the Ancient Burial Ground, now called the Riverview Cemetery, in Groveland, Essex County, MA.
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