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From: "Audrey Bennett" <>
Subject: FW: Burdick Newsletter, March, 2000
Date: Sun, 27 Feb 2000 19:03:23 -0800


As you Burdick researchers know, Howard Burdick, owner of "Burdicks on the
Web" at http://www.nilenet.com/~hburdick/botw.html, sends an occasional
newsletter to other Burdicks. In the March 2000 newsletter, he mentions a
couple things I thought my fellow SDB researchers might find interesting:

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Duffy Burdick () suggests reading Cyrus Henry
Brown's speech given in 1916 to the Westerly, Rhode Island Historical
Society which recounts the "Great Migration" from RI to New York State and
thence "The West" for many Burdicks. Although they're not mentioned by
name, Burdicks of 19th Century Madison and Chenango Cos. in NY were with
that group. The speech can be found at:

http://www.usgennet.org/%7Eamhisnet/state/nstonect.html

Dan Lundy () recommends the following book for Burdick
researchers: "JOHN CLARKE AND HIS LEGACIES: Religion and Law in Colonial
Rhode Island 1638-1750" by Sydney V. James (Penn State Univ Press, 1999,
0271018496). Dan says it is a very well-written academic monograph that
provides insight into conditions in early Rhode Island and Massachusetts,
their close connections to the old world, sparrings with Winthrop over the
RI-CT border, and, particularly, the fortunes of the First Baptist Church
in Westerly. It's very clear on the religious controversies -- the
Sabbath, laying on of hands, adult baptism, antinomianism, the
professionalization of the pastorate. While no Burdicks figure directly in
the story, Tacy Hubbard makes an appearance as do sundry Clarkes, Maxsons,
and other folk who frequently feature in Burdick lines.
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Hope these are helpful resources to some of you!

Audrey Bennett
SDB-L Listowner

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