HOME        SEARCH

1812 John M. Burhyte


Born: Sep.  8, 1812 at Albany County, NY state

Died: Feb. 20, 1874 at Windsor, Broome County, NY

He lived 60 years, 5 months and 12 days.

He is buried at Cascade Valley Cemetery, Windsor, Broome Co., NY.
He is buried next to his mother, 1772 (Catleyntie) Caroline Pulver.

His father was 1772 John T. Burhyte, who may have been 
originally named "Johannes Tunis Barhyte".  There is no other information 
available about him at this time.  I think he died in Holland.

His mother was 1772 Caroline (orig: Catleyntie) Pulver.

John was married Feb. 13, 1862 to 1844 Catherine Ann Brock.

They had these six children together:

  1862 Jane "Jennie" Elizabeth Burhyte  born  1 Jan 1862 ; died Apr.  7, 1893
  1864 Jacob Henry Burhyte              born  6 Nov 1864 ; died Mar. 26, 1912
  1866 Caroline Lucretia Burhyte        born 11 Nov 1866 ; died May  12, 1917
  1869 Mary Cornelia Burhyte            born  2 Nov 1869 ; died Sep.  3, 1958
  1872 James Horace Burhyte             born  4 Nov 1872 ; died May  23, 1928
  1872 John Elliot Burhyte              born  4 Nov 1872 ; died       in 1877, age 5
  
All these children were born in New York State.

N.B.: James Horace Burhyte and John Elliot Burhyte were twins.

N.B.: The subject, John. M. Burhyte, is shown elsewhere with
a DOB of Sep. 8, 1810 and DOD of Feb. 20, 1871, but I believe
the information shown above is more likely correct...there were
two children born in November 1872, which precludes the chance
that John died at any time in 1871.

John M. Burhyte had these siblings:

  1792 Jacomyntie Burhyte
  1794 Maria Burhyte
  1796 Tunis I. Burhyte
  1805 Lucretia Caroline Burhyte
  1810 Betsey Burhyte

If the 1810 DOB is correct for John M., then Betsey would likely
have been his twin sister.  Other data shows birth years of
both 1812 and 1813.  I beleive that 1812 is correct.

The Federal census of 1850 for Windsor, Broome County, NY
page 217, film number 017052 shows:

  John M. Burhyte, age 38 male, Farmer, born in New York
  Betsey Burhyte, age 40 female, born in New York
  Elisha Tinker (or Linker), age 28 male, born in New York

This is consistent with the DOB in 1812 for John, and with
the DOB in 1810 for his sister, Betsey.

The Burhytes emigrated from Holland, probably setting first on
Long Island.  It is not known what year they emigrated.

He is buried in Cascade Valley Cemetery in Windsor, Broome County, NY 
next to his mother, 1772 Caroline Pulver Burhyte.  On his tombstone 
it says he died Feb. 20, 1871, aged 60 years, 5 months, 12 days.
This would be consistent with the 1810 birthdate, however since his 
wife bore twins in November 1872, either he did not die in 1871, 
or else those children were not his.  I believe that he was born in
1812 and died in 1874, and that the 1874 date was mis-read as 1871.

 - JAS -