Burras, Anne (fl. 1609)
Burras, Anne (fl. 1609)
American colonist at Jamestown. Fl. around 1609 in the Virginia colonies; m. John Laydon, 1609.
As the maid of Mistress Forest, was one of the 1st two women colonists arriving in Jamestown in 1608; her marriage to carpenter John Laydon was the 1st recorded wedding in the Jamestown colony.
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