Burgess Family History
Burgess Name Meaning
English and Scottish: status name from Middle English
burge(i)s, Old French burgeis ‘inhabitant and (usually)
freeman of a (fortified) town’ (see Burke), especially one with
municipal rights and duties. Burgesses generally had tenure of land or
buildings from a landlord by burgage. In medieval England
burgage involved the payment of a fixed money rent (as opposed to
payment in kind); in Scotland it involved payment in service, guarding
the town. The -eis ending is from Latin -ensis (modern
English -ese as in Portuguese). Compare
Burger.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Burgess
Name Distribution of Burgess Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Burgess families
 255 - 507  86 - 254 |
 1 - 85  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Burgess families
|
1,380 - 2,758 461 - 1,379 |
1 - 460 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Burgess families
|
103 - 204 35 - 102 |
1 - 34 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Burgess Family Origin
Burgess Immigration Information
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Average Life Expectancy for Burgess
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Burgess Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
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Burgess Civil War Service Records
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