Burbank, Henry DeLore. The Ancestors and Descendants: Lieut. Daniel & Mary (Marks) Burbank, Williamstown, Massachusetts. West Jordan, Utah: H. D. Burbank. Privately Printed, 1983.

This 562-page tome covers mostly the descendants of Daniel Burbank, born 4 April 1736, died 27 September 1802, and his wife Mary Marks, born 18 July 1740, died 25 February 1808.

The first four generations from John¹, born about 1611, died 3 April 1683, the immigrant ancestor, are mostly covered in Sedgley and tread the same ground. In fact, Mr. Sedgley is credited as the inspiration for the current volume. I’ve also covered most of the information included in my paper of 10 years ago.

The main advantage of this volume is its extensive coverage of the above line from Daniel⁵ to many present-day descendants. There is an abundance of biographical and local history anecdotes. Many details of the families connected to the main line of descent are also given.

There are no real sources given, although the reader may be able, on examination of the text, figure out where a statement came from. The numbering system used is easy to follow. An every-name index is included, in the same size of type as the body of the book, which makes locating a particular person or family easy.

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