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William BURLING[1]

Male 1678 - 1743


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  • Born  26 Dec 1678  England Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Gender  Male 
    _UID  3F6C7C25B89442098DD71665C114CB48AAB2 
    Died  10 Oct 1743  [3
    • He died the 10th of 8th, 1743 OS calendar
    Person ID  I956  OuthouseLine2014
    Last Modified  11 Jan 2012 

    Father  Edward BURLING,   b. 1613,   d. Aug 1697 
    Mother  Living 
    Family ID  F434  Group Sheet

    Family 1  Rebeckah SPOONER,   d. 2 Apr 1729 
    Married  24 Jun 1704  Newport Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4
    • Vandorland lists her name as Rebecca SLOCUM, dau of Ebenezer and Mary Thurston Slocum.
    Children 
     1. Mary BURLING,   b. 1706,   d. 1727
    >2. William BURLING,   b. 18 Jul 1708,   d. 7 Jun 1745
     3. Benjamin BURLING,   b. 1710,   d. 1747
     4. Rebecca BURLING,   b. 28 Dec 1711,   d. 2 Dec 1736, Greenwich (Horseneck) Find all individuals with events at this location
    >5. Hannah BURLING,   b. 16 Dec 1713, Flushing, Queens, NY Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Aug 1773
     6. Sarah BURLING,   b. 2 Jun 1715,   d. Abt 1760
     7. Ebenezer BURLING,   b. 2 Jun 1717, Flushing, NY Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Oct 1758, Eastchester, Westchester, NY Find all individuals with events at this location
     8. Amy BURLING,   b. 1724,   d. 1741
    Last Modified  1 Jan 2007 
    Family ID  F429  Group Sheet

    Family 2  Mary,   d. 25 Aug 1747 
    Married  Aft 1729  [3
    Children 
     1. Living
     2. Living
    Last Modified  29 Aug 2004 
    Family ID  F430  Group Sheet

  • Notes 
    • William Burling of Long Island was the first to conceive an abhorrence of slavery. Early in his career he began to speak of the wickedness of the institution at the yearly meetings of the Quakers. He wrote several tracts to publish to the world his views on this great question. His first tract appeared in 1718. It was addressed to the elders of the Friends to direct their attention to "the inconsistency of compelling people and their posterity to serve them continually and arbitrarily, and without any proper recompense for their services." See Clarkson's "History of the Abolition of the African Slave Trade," Volume I, pp. 146-147.

      Among those who largely determined the policy of the Quakers during that century were William Burling of Long Island, Ralph Sandiford of Pennsylvania, Benjamin Lay of Abington, John Woolman of New Jersey and Anthony Benezet of Philadelphia. Early conceiving an abhorrence to slavery, Burling denounced it by writing anti-slavery tracts and portraying its unlawfulness at the yearly meetings of the Quakers.

  • Sources 
    1. [S256] Journal of Negro History: 2, Woodson, C.G., (Jan 1917, pg 37-50).

    2. [S10] Gen & Fam History of New York, Pelletreau, A.M., William S., (NY: Lewis Pblg co, 1907), pg 376 (Reliability: 3).

    3. [S10] Gen & Fam History of New York, Pelletreau, A.M., William S., (NY: Lewis Pblg co, 1907), Pg 377 (Reliability: 3).

    4. [S15] Internet, http://www.vandorland.nl/Engels/Genealogy/EEN/ae_00041.htm (Reliability: 3).