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William BURR, Wheelwright of Cuxton Kent England

William BURR was born c1770 and believed to be the son of John and Mary BURR of Speldhurst Kent
He married Mary SUMMERS in Strood Kent in 1793 and around 1800 took over the wheelwrights business at Upper Bush in Cuxton Kent.

Their eldest son William BURR born Tonbridge Kent in 1794 married Jemima PRICE and ran the business with his father until his father passed away in 1848.

William and Jemima's eldest surviving son William BURR born 1831 married Harriett TIESDELL and he too,followed into the family business. There is an interesting little anecdote about William and his brother Cornelius BURR in the book "Cuxton, a Kentish Village" by Derek Church

William and Harriett BURR (nee TIESDELL) had the following children born at Dean Farm Cuxton Kent

Albert BURR 1858 -1933 married Sarah Ann NOCK
William Thomas BURR 1860-1929 married Fanny Thirza TAME
George Francis BURR 1862-1941 married Emma Louisa SALMON
Robert John BURR 1863-1929 married (1) Eleanor Jane TEMPLAR (2) Mabel FOOKS
Fredric BURR 1865-1938 married (1) Julia LEWIS (2) Isabelle A WATERS
Francis Richard BURR 1867- married (1) Mary Kate CROSS (2) Louisa SHEPHERD (3) Clare J SKINNER
John Thomas BURR 1869-1903 married Clara LUCK
Alfred BURR 1872-1941 married Annesley THORNTON
Harriett BURR 1876-1954 married Frederick MITCHELL