Burton
 
BURTON
 
    Richard Burton, a headright of Thomas Lucas, settled in Rappanhannock County, Virginia. He was one of several English brothers who came to America. His wife was Katherine Christian. Their children may have included: Francis, who married Judith Allen; Thomas, who married Susannah Allen; Robert; Samuel; Richard; John; and Judith.

    The son John Burton (1632-1689) married Rachel Hutchins (Howchens), a sister of Edward Howchens of St. Peter's Parish, New Kent County. Their daughter Mary Burton married Thomas Fields and, after his death, married John Davis and then William Glover.  Through the Fields family, the Burtons are ancestors of our Blackwood family.

    The daughter Judith Burton married William Hunt and then Richard Parker. A descendent may have been the Rosa Hunt who married Rowland Bryant .