Burt, Holland (1790-1855)
- Name:
- Burt, Holland (1790-1855)
- Title:
- Petitioner, New Hampshire Seante and House of Representatives, Establishment of the Walpole Episcopalian Society, April 25, 1816
Member, Walpole Episcopalian Society. - Other Names:
- Burt, Dick Holland
- Born:
- 11/12/1790
- Birthplace:
- Westmoreland, NH
- Died:
- 03/06/1855
- Death Location:
- Walpole, NH
- Residence:
- Drewsville, NH (in Walpole)
Walpole, NH
Woodstock, VT - Nationality:
- American
- Occupation:
- Cabinetmaker (maker of chairs, bureaus, tables, secretaries, et al.).
Joiner. Made several of the houses in Walpole. - Father:
- Burt, John (1764- )
- Mother:
- Livingston, Burt (1760-1789)
- Relations:
- Nancy, the wife of Holland Burt was the daughter of Alexander Watkins, cabinetmaker
- Spouse:
- Nancy Watkins (1791-1871), September 20, 1812
- Children:
- Burt, Sarah E. D. (1815-1826)
Burt, Alfred W. (1817-; m.Caroline Burroughs, 3 children; housebuilder)
Burt, Holland J. (1819-1826)
Burt, Nancy E. (1823-4)
Burt, Sumner A. (1825-188_; m. Anna E. B. Shaw; builder in Boston area)
Burt, John H. (1827-;m.Mary Jo Cushing; builder in Boston area)
Burt, George L. (1829-;m. Ellen A. Derby, 2 sons; builder in Boston area) - Notes:
- Burt Holland: "Learned the trade of a carpenter and joinre and many of the best houses in town are samples of his thoroughness of workmanship." (see Furniture Makers file).
Chairs made by Burt have been Windsor style chairs.
SEE ALSO: Maker/Artist field Burt, Holland.
George Aldrich, Walpole As It Was or Is, 1880, 219-220.
Roderick H. Burnham, Genealogical Records of Henry and Ulalia Burt, the Emigrants, Who Early Settled at Springfield, Mass., and Their Descendants Through Nine Generations, from 1640 to 1891. (Warwick, New York: Elizabeth Burt, 1892), 77.
Martha M. Frizzell, A History of Walpole New Hampshire. Volume I. 157, 395, 583.
Martha M. Frizzell, A History of Walpole New Hampshire. Volume II. 46.
Kenneth Joel Zogry, The Best the Country Affords, Vermont Furniture 1765-1850, 1995, pp. 120-121.
Vital Records, New Hampshire State Archives
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