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 1678 - 1743
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| Born |
26 Dec 1678 |
England  [2] |
| Gender |
Male |
| _UID |
3F6C7C25B89442098DD71665C114CB48AAB2 |
| Died |
10 Oct 1743 [3] |
- He died the 10th of 8th, 1743 OS calendar
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| Person ID |
I956 |
OuthouseLine2014 |
| Last Modified |
11 Jan 2012 |
| Family 1 |
Rebeckah SPOONER, d. 2 Apr 1729 |
| Married |
24 Jun 1704 |
Newport [3, 4] |
- Vandorland lists her name as Rebecca SLOCUM, dau of Ebenezer and Mary Thurston Slocum.
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| 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) |
| > | 5. Hannah BURLING, b. 16 Dec 1713, Flushing, Queens, NY , d. 16 Aug 1773 |
| | 6. Sarah BURLING, b. 2 Jun 1715, d. Abt 1760 |
| | 7. Ebenezer BURLING, b. 2 Jun 1717, Flushing, NY , d. Oct 1758, Eastchester, Westchester, NY |
| | 8. Amy BURLING, b. 1724, d. 1741 |
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| Last Modified |
1 Jan 2007 |
| Family ID |
F429 |
Group Sheet |
| Family 2 |
Mary, d. 25 Aug 1747 |
| Married |
Aft 1729 [3] |
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| Last Modified |
29 Aug 2004 |
| Family ID |
F430 |
Group Sheet |
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| 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.
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| Sources |
- [S256] Journal of Negro History: 2, Woodson, C.G., (Jan 1917, pg 37-50).
- [S10] Gen & Fam History of New York, Pelletreau, A.M., William S., (NY: Lewis Pblg co, 1907), pg 376 (Reliability: 3).
- [S10] Gen & Fam History of New York, Pelletreau, A.M., William S., (NY: Lewis Pblg co, 1907), Pg 377 (Reliability: 3).
- [S15] Internet, http://www.vandorland.nl/Engels/Genealogy/EEN/ae_00041.htm (Reliability: 3).
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