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Samuel Burns
1716 - Bef 1762 (~ 45 years)-
Name Samuel Burns Christening 5 Aug 1716 Schenectady, Schenectady County, New York 
Gender Male Death Bef 1762 Albany County, New York Notes - In June 1746, while Franz Burns and his brother[Samuel] were hoeing in Cohoha cornfield, when they saw their barn on fire. On nearing their cottage door, they beheld a stack of French rifles and in their fright the brot(hers separated. One ascended the trail over the Kreigger Rocks and hastened up the valley to Fort Massachusetts, and the other turned up the river and met an ambuscade of warriors, who gave chase for his scalp. He plunged into the river and hid beneath piles of driftwood until the Indians retreated down the valley. The next morning, he rose from his hiding place and proceeded to the English fort, where to his surprise he found his brother.
(The Hoosac Valley: Its Legends and Its History, Grace Greylock Niles, 1912, p.121)
Note: It was common in the frontier of eastern New York (before the Revolution) for settlers to build their homes together for protection even when their farmland lay elsewhere, with a stockade enclosing most houses (usually within close distance to a military fort). Thus, a family’s residence and the land a man worked did not necessarily occupy the same location.
Person ID I47338 OurNorthernRoots | Andrew's Ancestor Last Modified 13 Sep 2026
Father Charles Burns, b. Abt 1686, Germany d. 1730, New York (Age ~ 44 years) Mother Bathsheba Bradt, b. 1688, Schenectady, Schenectady County, New York d. Abt 1727, Schenectady, Schenectady County, New York (Age 39 years) Marriage 1708 Schenectady, Schenectady County, New York Family ID F17187 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Magdalena Pruyn, b. 11 Jan 1721, Albany, Albany County, New York Marriage 25 Feb 1739 Albany, Albany County, New York Children + 1. Francis Burns, c. 4 Jan 1741, Albany, Albany County, New York d. Abt 1810, Marcellus, Onondaga County, New York (Age ~ 68 years)2. Jannetje Burns, b. 4 Jul 1742, Hoosick, Rensselaer County, New York 3. Margarita Burns, b. 13 May 1744, Albany, Albany County, New York d. 24 Dec 1819, Brunswick, Rensselaer County, New York (Age 75 years)4. Jacomyntje Burns, c. 25 Apr 1746, Albany, Albany County, New York 5. Samuel Burns, c. 6 Mar 1748, Albany, Albany County, New York 6. David Burns, c. 26 May 1751, Albany, Albany County, New York 7. Alida Burns, c. 14 Jul 1753, Albany, Albany County, New York 8. Catalyntje Burns, c. 18 May 1755, Albany, Albany County, New York Family ID F17186 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 6 Feb 2022
- In June 1746, while Franz Burns and his brother[Samuel] were hoeing in Cohoha cornfield, when they saw their barn on fire. On nearing their cottage door, they beheld a stack of French rifles and in their fright the brot(hers separated. One ascended the trail over the Kreigger Rocks and hastened up the valley to Fort Massachusetts, and the other turned up the river and met an ambuscade of warriors, who gave chase for his scalp. He plunged into the river and hid beneath piles of driftwood until the Indians retreated down the valley. The next morning, he rose from his hiding place and proceeded to the English fort, where to his surprise he found his brother.
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Christening - 5 Aug 1716 - Schenectady, Schenectady County, New York 
Marriage - 25 Feb 1739 - Albany, Albany County, New York 
Death - Bef 1762 - Albany County, New York = Link to Google Earth Pin Legend 
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