Robert Cochran Burchfield, Sr.

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Robert Cochran Burchfield, Sr.

Also Known As: "Birchfield", "Robert Sr Burchfield", "Robert Birchfield", "Robert Burchfield", "Robert II Burchfield"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: St George's Parish, Baltimore, Maryland, British Colonial America
Death: circa March 1783 (70-78)
Burke, North Carolina, United States (Died in an Indian raid.)
Place of Burial: United States
Immediate Family:

Son of Thomas Burchfield and Mary Elizabeth Burchfield
Husband of Ann Burchfield and Elizabeth Burchfield
Father of Thomas Birchfield; Robert Birchfield, Jr.; Meshack J. Burchfield; Nathaniel Burchfield, I; Sallye E. Trosper and 2 others
Brother of Thomas Burchfield, Jr.; Mary Cantwell and Adam Antil Birchfield, Jr.
Half brother of James Burchfield; Joseph I. Burchfield and John Burchfield, Sr.

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About Robert Cochran Burchfield, Sr.

Family

It is well documented that Thomas Burchfield of Maryland married Mary Wilson, and that they were the parents of Robert Burchfield, Sr., 1710- 1783. Robert Burchfield, Sr., married Ann Clark, and they were the parents of four sons, Nathan, Thomas, Robert Jr, and Meshack. After Ann died, Robert Sr. married Elizabeth Justice and they had a son John (and other children). Robert Burchfield, Sr. and his sons moved to North Carolina. Robert Burchfield, Sr., was killed by Indians.The Revolutionary War services of Robert Jr. and Meshack Burchfield are well-documented. Robert Jr. later moved to Indiana, as did his half-brother, John. Meshack eventually moved to Missouri.


He died in an Indian raid.

Occupation: Bet. 1789 - 1791, Petitioner for Frederick Co, MD

http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/c/o/l/Lisa-G-Collins/FIL...


GEDCOM Source

@R1403793422@ Ancestry Family Trees Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.

GEDCOM Source

Ancestry Family Tree http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=163771942&pi...


GEDCOM Note

Robert was a petitioner in Frederick Cou

Robert was a petitioner in Frederick County, Maryland 1789, 91 or 99

GEDCOM Note

I have written in my notes Frederick, MD

I have written in my notes Frederick, MD, for the Burchfields.

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/21120515/robert-burchfield?_gl=....

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Robert Cochran Burchfield, Sr.'s Timeline

1709
February 27, 1709
St George's Parish, Baltimore, Maryland, British Colonial America
1738
January 13, 1738
Baltimore, Anne Arundel County, Maryland, Colonial America
1747
1747
Frederick County, Maryland, United States
1750
1750
Hagerstown, Frederick County, Maryland
1756
1756
Guilford, NC, United States
1759
December 18, 1759
Frederick County, MD, United States
1760
July 1, 1760
Baltimore County, Colony of Maryland, British Colonial America
1780
1780
Burke County, North Carolina, United States
1783
March 1783
Age 74
Burke, North Carolina, United States