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- The Krausz family is linked to the Burnham family via the Davis family. Specifically through Thomas Burnham (1623, Norwich, Norfolk, England - 19 May 1694, Ipswich, Essex, MA). Thomas was the child of Robert Burnham and Mary Andrews.
Please see the Burnham family website for their wonderful and extensive information on the family.
On the 23d of May, 1635, the Angel Gabriel, the James, and several other vessels left Bristol with colonists for America, including 100 passengers, 23 seamen, 23 cows, 3 suckling calves. The former vessel was commanded by Captain Andrews. The early records mention his name, and also the names of his three nephews, John., Robert and Thomas Burnham who accompanied their uncle on the trip, and also the name of Mr. Cogswell a merchant of distinction, but as the passenger and crew list were destroyed when the vessel was wrecked, no other names are obtainable. Captain Andrews was a brother of Mary Andrews Burnham, but whether his nephews accompanied him to America on a pleasure trip, or whether they were bent on seeking their fortunes in the New World, we do not know, but whatever their motive, the disastrous ending of the voyage left them in America, and they became the ancestors of the Burnham family of America. Neither Captain Andrews or his nephews ever saw England again; living and dying at Essex, 25 miles north east of Boston. John was 17 years of age at the time they sailed from England, Thomas Was 12, and Robert 11.
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