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A facsimile reprint of the Second Edition (1994) of this genealogical guide to 25,000 descendants of William Burgess of Richmond (later King George) County, Virginia, and his only known son, Edward Burgess of Stafford (later King George) County, Virginia. Complete with illustrations, photos, comprehensive given and surname indexes, and historical introduction.
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A detailed account of the life and work of a pioneer among women's education and the founder of the Troy Female Seminary.
Dean Burgess' meticulously researched first novel takes us back to the days of our "founding fathers, " the first Puritan settlers, and brings to life the struggles and realities of earliest colonial life as it was actually lived, unvarnished and unromanticized. It's a compelling tale of tolerance and intolerance, love and fidelity, and the daily hardships and rewards experienced by the early settlers in seventeenth century British America. At its core are three essential narrators: Thomas Burge, the woman he marries, Elizabeth, and Lydia, who offers comforts he cannot find in his loveless marriage. But leaving a marriage in 1661 and householding with another woman is simply not done in a Pu...
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