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After he finished speaking, Mr. Burdick offered a prayer, then a hymn was sung, and Mr. Burdick left the platform without pronouncing a benediction, and the meeting came to a close."
* Frank Henry Burdick '''+1887-1889+''' (b. 1850 Granville, Washington, [[New York|NY]]- d. 1928 Chonqing, China), son of Albert Skinner Burdick (b. 1820 Granville, NY - d. 1889 Saratoga Springs, NY) & Caroline Libby Burdick (b. 1821 Danby, Caledonia, [[Vermont|VT]] - d. 1855 Granville, NY). 1874-1877 theology @ (Congregational) Beloit College, WI; 1880 @ Conneautville, Crawford, PA. 1890 @ 924 B St. SW, D.C. By 1900, he resided in Tekamah Covert Twp., BurtSeneca, [[Nebraska|NE]]NY, then at 3515 N. 17th, Philadelphia by 1908-1912, employed full-time as an insurance agentevangelist.
Frank's father, Albert Burdick , was employed as an attorney in 1850. He was a paternal descendant of Robert Burdick (b. 1635 '''Plymouth''', Devon, Eng. - d. 1707 Newport, [[Rhode Island|R.I.]]), whose birthplace was the location (Plymouth) of one of the earliest Brethren assemblies, 200 years prior to its development. He emigrated to Newport in 1651.
Frank's mother, Caroline Burdick , was a descendant of [https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/15816/images/dvm_GenMono002547-00001-1?usePUB=true&pId=1 Henry Wallbridge] (b. 1666 Dorchester, [[England|Eng.]]; emig. 1685; d. 1729 Norwich, CT) & Anna Amos Wallbridge (b. 1666 Boston, MA; m. 1688 Preston, CT; d. 1751 Norwich, CT). Anna's grandfather was Cyrus Amos/Ames (b. 1600 Wigmore, Herefordshire, Eng. - d. 1631 Preston, New London, CT) & Anne Button Amos/Ames (b. 1597 Wivelsfield, Sussex, Eng.; m. 1620 Stonington, CT; d. 1631 Stonington, CT).
The latter Anne's uncle Sir Thomas Button was among the first recorded Europeans to explore [[Manitoba]] on an unsuccessful trek in 1612 to locate [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Hudson Henry Hudson] who disappeared during an exploration of North America.