Family and Education
b. c. 1666, probably 1st surv. s. of John Burchett of Sandwich by his 2nd w. Katherine. m. (1) 24 Dec. 1695, Thomasine (d. Oct. 1713), da. of Sir William Honywood, 2nd Bt., M.P., of Evington, Kent; (2) 22 July 1721 (d. 1 Mar. 1740), wid. of Capt. Robert Aris, commr. of the navy at Plymouth; (3) 10 June 1740, Isabella, wid. of Mr. Wood, ‘a Spanish merchant’, 1s. 2da.
Offices Held
Clerk to Samuel Pepys 1680 – 87; clerk in the Admiralty 1689; sec. to the Admiralty 1694–1742 (jt. sec. 1694–8, 1702–5, 1741–2).
Parlimentarian
Main residence: Hampstead, Mdx.
Notes
This biography is based upon G. F. James's article in Mariner's Mirror, xxiii. 476-98.
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Commons 1715-1754
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BURCHETT, Josiah (c.1666-1746)
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